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The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
Now Up to the Senate.

The District Appropriation bill, when
| reported to the House. was by no means
! as generous as it might have been, the
| estimates submitted by the Commission
ers, after careful investigation, having
been materially reduced. AS the bill
goes to the Senate. however. it is a
bare bone, shorn OF nearly every pro-
vision which the Appropriations Commit
tee had incorporated. Its passage
through the House was a rough and
rocky experience 1t met antagonism
and criticism at every point.
The District looks to the Senate, as
usual, for the consideration to which
it is entitled. Many of the items which
went out upon a point of order will un-
questionably be restored First among
these is the increased salary for the Dis
trict Commissioners Upon its merits
this increase would undoubtedly have
been agreed to by the House, because it
is thoroughly understood that the salary
now paid to the Commissioners is not
commensurate with the dignity. labor
and responsibility of their Office The
proposition for the establishment of a
municipal asphalt plant ought also to
be reinstated. while other provisions
plainly for the benefit OF the District
ought again to be incorporated. If these
items are placed in the bill by the Sen
ate, they will not be subject to the tech
nicality of a point of order. and thus
the desired end will be accomplished.
1t must not be forgotten. however, that
if the House gave proper attention to
District legislation the unfortunate in
cidents of the past week would have
been avoided. AS matter of fact, the
District appropriation bill is not the
place for legislative items. 1t ought to
be financial budget, pure and simple.
When. however. all other avenues are
obStructed. nothing remains but to graft
legislation on the appropriation bill, with
all the annoyance and criticism which
such action may entail Viewed in this
light, the suggestion that the District
Committee should have Jurisdiction over
both legislation and appropriations seems
to have force.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
Willis Moore or the Groundhog ?

Tomorrow the grounding will emerge
from his cave and survey the heavens
The eyes of millions will turn toward
him and away from the Hon. Willis l.
Moore. who will be left in undisturbed
contemplation of his charts.
The woodchuck, plus his disappearing
tail, is our weather forecaster on ground
hog day. If the sky be clear and he see
his shadow on the ground, he retreats to
his well-stocked winter refuge. there to
remain exactly another forty days. Dur
ing all of that time inclement weather
will prevail, but his groundhogship will
wallow in warmth. He will luxuriously
consume the spoils of long months of
pilfering storage. while his two-legged
contemporaries above ground shiver in
wintry blasts or. worse vet. IN Billiards.
praying for the first signs of reluctant
spring.
The whole force of the learned Agri-
cultural Department. with all of IT'S book
wisdom, will not prevail against the old
established sagacity of the woodchuck
The grounding for us every time!
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

ciprocity between the Dominion and the
United States. Let it be said right here,
that the belief has gradually been gain
ing ground in England that this country
has designs upon the ultimate annexation
of Canada and that this reciprocity busi-
ness is meant as the first step toward
gaining our point This, and this alone,
forms the basis of widespread disap-
proval of the pending scheme in Eng
land. Under such circumstances, it is
suggested, there may be feeling in Great
Britain that heroic measures are needed
for keeping Canada in the folds of the
empire, and therefore man has been
selected for the viceroyalty who not
only is particularly competent, but who
is of such high rank as to make his
appointment compliment to the Cana
dams, producing among them a revival
of loyalty to the Crown.
We are convinced that such fears on
the part of the English are unfohnded.
There is no indication in the recent move
on the part of the President which may
lead any one to think that he has any
Interior designs on the Dominion. In
fact there is an intelligent appreciation
of the difficulties and perplexities in
which such design might involve this
country. Mr. Taft knows this and his
Secretary of State knows it. also. 1t
is really to be hoped that the 'annexa-
ton bogy" is less formidable to the en-
lightened British vision than some re-
ports which we have read in the Lon
don papers would pead one to believe.
Why not be salts led with the theory
that Great Britain is sending the Duke
of Connaught to Canada because her
greatest daughter is worthy of the very
best she has to send?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
Connaught and Annexation.

The appointment of Prince Arthur OF
England. Duke of Connaught. and uncle
to the present King of Great Britain
the only surviving son of Queen Victoria
to be governor general of Canada is
interesting from several points of view,
not to say significant. As senior men,
Der of the reigning family he is the most
eminent parsonage who could have been
selected for the place, a circumstance
that ought to be appreciated in the
United States, and which no doubt will
be appreciated in Canada.
But the duke is much more than that.
He has long been known both as a SOL
der and statesman of more than or
dmary capacity. He has been intrusted
with number and variety of commits
sions of import, and has discharged
them always with ability. knowing the
duke from his former activity, it may
be taken for granted that he will not
merely be distinguished fgurehead at
Ottawa, but hard-woris;ng and Efficient
ruler of Great Britain's chief self-eov-
efning colony
The most interesting speculative fea-
ture q dis appointment obviously is the
pussibae felatjbn it may have to the
pending agreement for commercial -
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to be confirmed when Austria, with the
support of Germany, proceeded to annex
Bosnia and the Herzegovina. and sep
arated Bulgaria from the rising move
ment of Panslavism on the Balkans.
The revolution in Turkey has been a
temporary check only to the POLITICAL
and economic advance of German influ-
ence In fact, we may safely assume
that the German performance there is
too safely intrenched to fear disturb
ance from any quarter. This is great
change from the days when England
was supposed to be preventing Constan-
tinople from falling into the hands of
Russia; not to forget that after the
Bosnian annexation Germany demanded
that Russia should retire from the role
of champion of the Slavonic states of
the Balkans.
An immediate victory thus was won,
and without a war, but it has left a
lasting soreness, which is remembered
by every patriotic Russian. And last,
but by no means least. the success of
Austria and Germany in the Balkans is
the first and most necessary step to the
strengthening of German influence along
the line that runs through the Ottoman
empire to Persia And, we ask, under
such conditions, is there any reason to
fear that the triple entente between
England, France. and Russia may not
be continued in an effort of sheer self
preservation?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
The Triple Entente.

There is a great deal of trepidation
Just now in certain European chancel-
leries as to the future of the triple en-
tente This is caused by a fear that
England. at the present crisis of her
internal politics. will forget that her in
terests in the European concert may re-
quire attention. To tell the truth, the
other countries to the treaty, France
and Russia, anticipated that the death of
King Edward might have a tendency to
cancel the role of England as peace
maker and peace upholder in continental
Europe
We are convinced that there is no rea-
son for apprehension or anxiety. The
triple entente is in the nature of things
For if in the days of absolutism in Rus
sia there could flourish an alliance with
republican France, how much more ia
vorable are conditions now. when the
dawn of constitutionalismS in Russia
only served to show the approval of the
Russian people. of the entente and the
protection it affords the nation? Be-
sides, French capital is too deeply en-
gagged in Russia at present, and the
economic Transformation of Russia now
is far too definite process to allow the,
friendship of France to falter at a
moment so propitious to her commercial
interests. This will become more ap-
parent still to the student of states
economies, if he considers the action
of Germany with regard to Russia dur
ing the past few years. Germany is
supposed to have endeavosed 10 create
. condition On the Rsssisn fsoatier IA
sorable for tie prosecution Of her
-Cermanizins poliy. This ieas seesssd
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED C.. KELLY.

when the newspapers ask why I'll tell
them it was to prevent you from reaping
a harvest Of thousands Of dollars that
should go to tie State. Now will you
agree to break this contract?"
They broke it.
II by any chance there should be an
extra eession Of Congress this year. what
lot of dolefll. detected. down-and-out-
looking people there would be up around
the Capitol of the United States.
You see. there are a lot OF clerks to
committees. doorkeepers. and scores OF
ether employees owing their positions to
the political complexion o: the House who
will burn low and go out when the next
Congress organizes. Note the last-When
the next Congress organizes. Until then
they will hold their jobs Between March
and the first Monday in next December
they will have little or nothing to do ex-
cept just to draw their salaries. But
then even the comparatively light task
Of drawing ones salary helps to keep
ones mind occupied throughout the long
summer months when there isn't much
else doing. and the prospect Of continu-
ing on the government pay roll until De-
ccmber comprises an important contribu-
ton to the retiring employees joy fund.
On the other hand. IL a special session
organized Democratic House would inn
mediately set about taking care Of a lot
of the boys" and scores of people now
on the pay roll would find their names
worked up into galley marked kill"
The wife of a member of the House is
obliged to stand outside the front door of
the House chamber and send her card in
to hubby, just as IL she were nothing but
a constituent from back home anxious to
talk to the Congressman about the post
Office appointment at Yaps Corners.
Mrs. Alice Longworth is among the
Representatives wives that come around
to see their husbands occasionally. Just
the other day she came in with a friend
to whom she wanted to show Nicholas and
manner. In a minute he came out and
granted his wife and her friend an audi
ence
Early in the Fifty-seventh Congress.
ten years ago. all the Republican men,
bers who were then serving their first
terms in the House formed little club,
called the Tantalus Club. and every
month or so they would meet to eat food
together and fan over things Of common
interest There were some fifty-seven Of
them. And just by way OF pointing out
the changes that ten years bring into
the House, it may be noted that Of those
fifty-seven only eight now remain. They
are Bates, Of Pennsylvania; Currier, Of
New Hampshire: Draper. OF New York:
Dwight OF New York: Foster. Of
Vermont: Gardner. of Massachusetts,;
Hughes. of West Virginia, and Martin. Of
South Dakota.
Copyright Isll by Fred C. KeIly.)
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
The Growth of Thirty Years.

Every one is aware, in a general way,
that the District of Columbia is materi-
ally progressing The exact ratio OF
development is not, however, as well
known When. therefore. the figures
are at hand. it is worth while to give
them the widest publicity.
In publication just issued by the
Manufacturers Record the growth OF
the District during the past thirty years
is summarized in interesting fashion. We
find, for instance. that the population has
increased from I77,ooo in 1880 to $4,000
in 1910 In the same period the re-
sources of the national banks advanced
from S5.ooo.ooo TO SS.ooo,ooo. while
the individual deposits of both national
and private banks. which aggregated
only S5,ooo.ooo in 1880, now total nearly
S7oooo.ooo The value of property has
increased in the same three decades from
Seoo,ooo,ooo to SI.2Iooooooo.
The National Capital is not given a
large degree OF credit for its manufac-
turing interests, and yet. according to
the figures submitted, the amount of
capital invested along these lines is over
$5o.ooo,ooo. with an annual product in
excess of this amount These totals
compare favorably with the material out
put OF entire States like Arkansas, Flor
ida. Mississippi. and even South Caro-
connection that the Potomac River is
given an estimated horsepower of 462,-
600, of which only the very minutest
fraction is utilized. This indicates that
enormous possibilities are undeveloped,
and that when the great water power
which IS at our very doors is harnessed
into action. the increase of wealth will
be prodigious.
The story which is told by these sta
tistics is but one chapter out of many
1t does not include the fact that in the
last thirty years the National Capital has
bcSohiS tiiS duoptSu IiOiilS Vi IilOSt uc-
sirablc class Of residents. who have built
handsome residences and who have con-
tributed largely 10 the social ecat of
the city. 1t tells only indirectly the re-
suits accomplished under an admirable
system OF government, while the educa-
tlonal advantages are not even suggested.
OF course, the fact that bank deposits
have increased includes a multitude of
other details. and vet it is worth while
to know that the District has progressed
along other than merely financial lines
Most important of all. the promise of
the future is even greater than the
realization OF the past There is to-day
throughout the United States deeper
and more abiding interest in the National
Capital than ever before. The people
are taking natural. although somewhat
belated, pride in Washington. and this
sentiment will increase as the city be-
comes more and more worthy of the
nation Washington to-day has merely
crossed the threshold of its greatness.
1t is destined to he the most beautiful
capital in the World. and the figures of
the growth OF thirty years, when con-
trasted three decades hence with the
results then achieved, will seem small
and insignificant by comparison.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Shortly after he became governor o.
Arkansas, Jeff Davis, present Senator
from that State, heard of a graft by
prison labor contractors that he purposet
TO stop. Two men. relatives Of member.
OF the State penitentiary board, were
contracting for labor of prisoners at the
rate Of 50 cents day apiece and letting
subcontracts forsit at the rate Of 81 day
thereby netting themselves a profit OF
several thousand dollars a week. 1t was
indeed a happy arrangement for the con.
tractors. but Gov. Jen thought it would
be very nice II the State could get the
dollar a day that was being paid for the
prisoners labor.
So he sent for the contractors and tol6
them the 50 cents day rate would be OF
In future.
"Ah," said the contractors, but We
have just closed a five-year contract with
the State. a contract that was signed
by you as governor
'oh. no." roared the governor. II neve,
signed any such contract as that II ]
did, was either doped or crazy"
So the contractors showed him the con-
tract and sure enough. It had his sigma
ture to it. But he had been neither doped
nor crazy when he signed 1t, for 1t had
been signed by his secretary and had
slipped by him unnoticed in the rush OF
State business.
well. I'll break it," declared Gov
Davis. Il shall never allow you fellows
to rob the State the way you have been
DOING
''Oh. very well, then break it," they
said pleasantly. for they were certain
that the contract would hold.
The governor had some Of the best
legal talent in the State put on its specs
and look at the contract, but all the law
yers agreed that there was no legal flaw
or dropped stitch whereby it could be
broken. So far as they could see. the
contractors had the State by the nape OF
the neck
So the governor called in the contrac-
tors and asked them kindly if they would
not Just break the contract as n matter
OF equity and justice to the people of the
State OF Arkansas, who were victims of
the graft that would be worked upon
them.
But the contractors began to talk to
him sarcasticallly out of the corners of
their mouths, feeling that they had him.
You said you could break the contract.
Now go ahead and do it." That was the
impolite way they talked to the governor.
And then the governor played his ace.
which the men he was dealing with didn't
know he held in his hand at all.
you've overlooked one thing" he
shouted in their ears pretty harshly.
You think 1 can't break this contract
But you forget about my pardoning pow
er Never thought OF that. did you? I'll
pardon every man in the whole confound-
ed penitentiary before In permit you to
make a dollar of this contract. I'll turn
them all loose just as rapidly as my
clerks can make out the papers, and
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

thlrty-eIght ships of this latest type in
! the water, and it took more than. five
years to build them. But now. in the
short space of one year, this number is
almost to be doubled
This sounds like Limitation Of arma-
ments' with n vengeance, OF these new
ships to be launched. eleven. or nearly
one-third, will be British. Germany is a
close second, with eight ships to be
launched in 1911. but this includes three
seafighters which, according to estimates,
should have been launched last year.
The United States will launch two 5000
ton ships (the Wyoming. to be launched.
and Arkansas. already in the water).
Besides, it is just a possibility that two
other leviathans, the New York and the
Texas of q 900 tons each, may be finished
ere this year closes.
Russia expects to launch four Dread
noughtS next June, France two. Argen-
tina two. Chile two, Japan two. Italy
two. Austria one. Brazil one. and Spain
one.
The killing Of three policemen in Lon
don by anarchists and the carnage that
followed when two of them were shot
dead the famous battle of Stepney'),
iI'oh' thht tiic I<dst FsHu VI I<DHOOH dp-
pears to have been a favorite dwelling
place of aliens as far back as the days
Of Queen Elizabeth. In 1868 an official re-
TURN was made Of the number of strang-
els in London and the suburbs The total
was 1856, and a large proportion of these
resided in Whitechapel. Poplar, Black
well, Limehouse, Shadwell, East Smith
field. the Minories. and Shoreditch. Some
Of them were characterized as ''undesir-
ables' in those far away days, for 1 read
in the chronicle of one James Stonard
aged fifty years. and born in Saxson, in
Flanders, who fled thence for killing Of
man.
Lord Willoughby de Eresby, by the
death of his father, the Earl of An
caster, has succeeded to a vast inheri-
tance. Drummond Castle and the cele-
brated deer forests in Perthshire in
themselves are enviable possessions.
and among the most sought-after show
places north of the Tweed.
Mary Queen of Scots and Darnley
visited Drummond Castle. The Prince
Consort of Queen Victoria shot his first
stag in Glenartney. and the present
Crown Prince of Germany and the
King OF Spain have Inspected the won-
derful Drummond gardens, which are
not exceiled on either side Of the bor-
der in Britain. The new earrs Eng
lish possessions cover a goodly part of
Lincolnshire. He can drive from
Grimsthorpe Castle to Normanton with
out leaving his land. The park at
Grimsthorpe alone is seventeen miles
in length. and the house contains some
of the finest pictures, plate. tapestries.
china, and antique furniture in all Eng
land.
The new Countess Ancaster is a tall,
good blocking American. As Miss
Eloise Breese, of New YoRk. she was
well known in the society Of both
hemispheres. She was exceedingly
fond OF outdoor life and sport. They
were married in 1905. and have one
son, Gilbert, the heir to the earldom,
who was born in December, 1897, and
. younger daughter. FLANEURs
NpguTight. MI. By Mcclure Nevspap1 6yndicte.l
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

The Wellesley College girls have a So
ciety in which member who smiles is
fined cent. and one who laughs cents,
while an old-fashioned giggle, We sup
pose. would count up to about 81 or
more
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

We read that an editor was offered
$780, 600 to write a subsidy editorial. but
We suspect ii was in the sort Of money
that Nat Goodwin used when he gave
Edna Goodrich s., ,0O0 600.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Prof Knapp. Of the Department of
Agriculture, says that if the government
would give him one-half the cost of one
battle ship he could fight OF more in
vaders with a pumpkin. carrot. and a
beet than with all the national arma-
ment. The learned professor evidently
proposes to feed the invaders to death
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
Why the Hound was Missinx.

the LAVeDWOfth ChfOn1cfe.
little boy was entertaining the min
lister the other day until his mother could
complete her toilet. The minister, to
make congenial conversation. inquired:
Have you a dog?" ''Yes, sir: a dach-
shund." responded the lad. Where is
hep questioned the dominic, knowing
the way to a boys heart.
Father sends him away for the win
ter. He says it takes him so long to go
in and out Of the door he cools the whole
house on" .
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Used Ticket Twenty-Five Years old.
Fruu tbs Philsdelphia Recud.
A woman boarded . train on the Tyrone
and Ciearheld branch OF the Psnnsylva-
mia Railroad q Wallacetown and pre-
sentsd tickSl 81 Tor a passage from
wailacetown - 1bburx which had
besa tssaed - - thasy-avs ysass $50.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

What strides from the days OF the Ore
gon and Indiana. when Cervera's feet was
demolished. The latest naval proposition
is twelve 14-inch guns on 30,0OO-ton battle
ships.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

How is this for race suicide? Three
men killed themselves in Massachusetts
town because their wives had presented
them with twins.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

And now the hatpin is stirring two
countries. In Austria the city of Buda-
pest has ruled that protruding ends shall
be incaSed in a screw cap.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
AMERICAN STOCKS,

They sell abroad in fair amounts
And might sell stronger
No longer.
But every heiress takes enough
To load a carriage
'Tis cheaper to acquire the stuff
By marriage.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Politically speaking. Mr.. Bryan may
be somewhat interested to know that an
Illinois man given up for dead came to
life in a morgue the other day.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Now was II not too bad for Uncle
Sans sailors to spoil a perfectly delight
full little revolution in South America by
capturing one little gunboat?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Written guarantees with eggs. by all
means, In this day of progress it may
be arranged for the hen to lay them on a
dated rubber stamp.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Lunatics voted for Joe Cannon. says a
Danville Qll) dispatch Does not sound
near SO embarrassing as bribery.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Close inspection has revealed a Repub-
hcan member OF the Texas legislature
He was still alive according to latest
accounts.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
Danger of Censlsid Combs.
n tho I<D3m Daily Ma

A Stockton-on-Tees jury returned a
verdict Of accidental death" in the
case Of a girl who was burned to death
as a result Of her csiiuloid comb becom-
ing ignited when she was seated in front
Of the fire. The jury condemned the use
Of celluloid csmhs because Of their high
infiammability.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01
ne olA,s.sh,..ea MstAep s.r Q,

TIE olAyfsshie.ea Mother ter %.
IN the q. Louis Post-DiEatA.
And now We have college experts whs
take . hand in showing the people how
TO hem .hOuse. What hes becoms of thu
olo-fashioned inether who used To ax&ent
- 81 that segt q bdsins@Dss
The Washington herald., 1911-02-01

Because he Vs. In . Hurry.
From ths Philsas1uhis nsDsd.
J. Pierpont Morgan has refused to give
the reason for Ms fecord-breaking run
from washingt0n 70 New York: but we
violate no coaAdence in saying that II
was made bscAvae he was in hurry to
get there.