davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
AUTO SPEED LAWS
MUST BE ENFORCED

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
One of the most reprehensible con-
stituencies Of the body polite, is the
growing inclination 10 outspeed some
body else with the automobile. Instead
of moving at a reasonable rate of speed,
and thus eliminating the accidents that
occur. and which no one can foresee
with the speed mania running at high
water mark. these safeguards are not
recognized.
graduating exhibits of reckless speed
carry danger and death in their track
over every foot Of their speedways.
Congress is slowly awakening to the
fact, that speeding automobiles has be-
come a part of Government control, in
reducing the crazy speed of terror. as 1t
It is to investigate the irregularities Of
bonded warehouses.
The driver who toots his horn, as q
warning Of danger, without diminishing
his speed to safety limits. is Justly SUBJ
ject to condemnation, for casualties that
would not occur III his absence.
The march of progress. that has pro-
duced the automobile, cannot afford to
stultify itself, in the wholesale results
that leave their footprints all along the
line of the daily record of accidents for
which the automobile is responsible,
Tie Declaration Of Independence de-
r!lands Government control of conditions
adversely affecting the best interests of
the people.
Government control is equally ap-
plicable in the removal of causes, pro-
ducing derogatory conditions tc the peo-
pie, evidenced in the constantly recur-
ring records of death and serious acct
dents by automobiles.
These relics Of barbaric events are
sadly out of place In our generation of
progress and progressive good will.
Public opinion is not to be despised.
Public opinion ratifies the necessity for
reducing the speed of the automobile
to eight miles an hour, enforced by
legal statute.
1t is quite useless to talk about rea-
sonahle rates of speed.
There is no reason in some people
except in a forced restraint, under the
grinding provisions of law enforcement;
other people need 10 law, and their
lives flow in the channel of quiet recog-
milton Of the rights of others.
A NJ BROWN
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
SUGGESTS THOS. FORTUNE
MINISTER TO HAITI

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Were they to be admitted, there would
hardly be standing room at the White
House to accommodate the colored
brethren who have bowed at the mercy
seat, and are crying, Here am 1 (Mr.
President) send me, send me, to repre-
sent the United States as Minister 10
Haiti
Some of these applicants have served
Uncle Sam very faithfully in other
fields of duty with credit to the Gov
eminent, to their race, and themselves
alike. But to our mind there is one
whose name has not been mentioned in
connection with the ministership to
Haiti, and he is one of the chief corner
stones of the colored race. He is a
ripe scholar, an author of books, a
newspaper writer who is known to the
civilized world and by our present
Chief Magistrate and those who had
the great honor to be his predecessors
in office We know of no man who Is
more betting and worthy to represent
this Government as Minister to Haiti
than T. Thomas Fortune, of New York.
Mr.. Fortune has been, and is now,
a great friend of DR.. Booker T. Wash
ington. No one is more acquainted with
the life and works of Mr.. Fortune than
DR.. Washington, and he should lose no
time in presenting the name of Mr..
Fortune to the President for Minister
to Haiti, for, in our opinion, a better
selection could not be made.
J. c. CUNNINGHAM.
The Washington times., 1911-06-05

ment" The fact is that Dr. White
admitted that he had two automobiles
as we'll as a carriage and a pair of
horses for his personal use. furnished
and maintained by the Government.
and, in addition, the street cars ran
by the institution to all parts of the
city of Washington. Regardless Of
the fact that the elecric cars pass the
institution, which DR.. White could
use in reaching any part of the city.
l am not opposed to the Government
furnishing him one vehicle for his
personal use, but do contend that it
is an extrayagant and unwarranted
expenditure of the public money to
furnish him with two automobiles. a
carriage and a pair of horses at the
expense of the people, and particular
" is this true when il is considered
that DR.. White is a bachelor. l re-
gard this as being an outrage perne-
trated upon tax-burdened people for
the personal convenience of this high
salaried official. 1 trust that as
your reporter inadvertently, 1 pre-
sumo, has misstated the facts that
you will give publication to this note
in order that the people may lie ad-
vised as to one of the many species
of graft practiced at the institution,
the proof of which I am abundantly
able to establish.
FRANK CLARK. NJ. c.
Second Florida District.
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
ALT|MORE WILL
Join WITH NATION IN
TRIBUTE TQ.G|BBONS
Monster Testimonial to Be
Held for Cardinal on
Tuesday.

Surrounded by the President, the Vice
President. and the only living former
President of the United States, to-
gether with Supreme Court justices.
ambassadors, diplomats, church dig
nitaries, and hundreds of personal
friends, James Cardinal Gibbons to-
morrow in Baltimore will witness the
greatest demonstration ever accorded a
living prelate Of any church.
The event will mark the fiftieth ami
versary Of his priesthood and the
twenty-fifth of his cardinalate, but 1t
is to James Gibbons, the citizen, that
the people of Baltimore, regardless OF
religious belief or race, will pay tribute
With the same democracy he dis
played in administering to the Jewish
people; in going to a meeting at a
Protestant church, and in his socia-
bility with neighbors. the cardinal has
so arranged ii that no tickets will be
given out for the meeting in his honor
at the armory. Those who come may
enter without tickets. They may sit
pomp to mar the fraternal spirit OF
townsman to townsman.
With great interest and active direc-
lOIdle III CITY dudIS, SdTulIldl 1lDDOHS
has made himself as well known in
Baltimore as a citizen as he has as a
churchnan in ecclesiastic circles. Be-
cause of this. religious lines have been
entirely laid aside in preparation for
the tribute to be paid. The actual date
of the cardinals double anniversary is
June 30. The ecclesiastical will not
come till October 10.
To his daily program Cardinal Glib
bons has adhered faithfully. Between
10 and IL in the morning any one who
calls may see him, and there are few
appointments made. Every morning he
takes a walk, then there are his offices
to recite and his burdens Of admins
tration. Invariably at o'clock he goes
to the cathedral for prayer.
Evidences of the esteem in which he
is held in the community are daily given
by the people of Baltimore, but on
Tuesday an elaborate and memorial
tribute will be paid.
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
WHAT THE WORLD OWES
MISSIONARY SPIRIT
nt THE TIMES

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The missionary spirit in the Protes-
tant Church is the only element which
answers to the ardor OF the Church OF
Rome. Long ago DR.. Newman declared
that I'm the present day mistlness Is
the mother of wisdom. The hope of
the church is said to be he who can
guide 1t through the channel of no
meaning, between the Scylia and Cha
rybdis of Ay and No" And Robertson.
who was certainly as orthodox as he
was sweet, found Christianity to he
Eat once devotional, slanderous, timid,
gossiping, narrow, shrieking, and prud-
ish." But the solitary men and Women
who, with a courage above that of
armies, penetrate foreign, and hostile
lands, there to live or to die for an
ideal, recall the apostolic days and the
dauntless faith of the primitive Chris
tians. Their work is either Quixot!c
or inspired, as one looks at it. But
their attempt Is sublime.
They plant the outposts of civilization.
Doctrines send them where dollars
could not, and commerce and the arts
follow in the track they have cleared.
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
THE FILIPINO MEETS THE
MINT JULEP.

Perhaps the pencil of Landseer might
have been able to picture the ecstasy
written upon the countenance of the
first kitten that ever found itself in a
catnip bed. Certainly English and
Tagalog combined fail to do justice to
what must have been the sensations of
the Filipinos to whom a grave member
of the United States judiciary has just
introduced the pungent and inspiring
mint julep. Under the silk gown of
justice-if he wears one in that climate
Judge Powell carries a heart which
beats warm for all the glories covered
by the American flag. When he went
from Iloilo to Pototsn to investigate
justice of the peace who was under a
cloud he kept the honor of the ermine
before his eyes. But scarcely had he
arrived at his destination when he
caught sight of luxuriant bed of
heritage known among the natives as
"buena yerba." His trained eye i'm
mediately identified it as the good
herb" indeed-nothing less than the
mint of song and story. 1t was like a
hearty "Howdy dot" in the midst of
alien tongues-like the patter of cool
showers upon the thirsty earth. The
Revised Statutes faded like last years
thistledown. The judicial countenance
broke into an unjudicial smile. The
court reporter was dispatched to fetch
glasses if possible, or calabashes if
necessary. The court interpreter was
ordered to commander the sugar and
the spirits.
Then followed scenes in and around
Pototan the like of which the oldest
inhabitant could not remember. There
was little of the oriental in the bursts
of mirth and laughter, intermingled
with new pledges of loyalty and de-
votion to the process of benevolent as
sanitation.
So far as the record discloses, the
offending justice of the peace was not
Investigated. Perhaps he was invited
to the julepfest. Under such inspira-
ton he surely must have undergone a
change of heart, while the people as a
whole are still shouting, in their own
broken way, Long live the meent
huleep!" ..---z-s4
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
DISTRICT NEEDS CAPTAIN
OYSTERS SERVICES.

The terms of three members of the
Board of Education are about to expire
One of the members is the chairman
Capt. James F. Oyster. Coincident with
this. announcement it is stated that
Captain Oyster may not accept a reap
pointment.
This condition should cause the
people of Washington to do some
serious thinking, for the retirement of
Captain Oyster, either as member or
chairman of the Board of Education,
would be little short of q public
calamity.
There is a trite but true saying that
no one person is essential to the sue
cess of the movement or institution
with which he is associated, and it
must, of course, be admitted that the
public schools of Washington would
manage to get along and thrive even
without the genius of Captain Oyster
to direct them. But it must also be
admitted that the public schools and
the city of Washington need the serv-
ices of the present chairman of the
board. He is here, he is qualified for
the position, he has had the inclination
and the courage to do real, effective
work for the advancement of the in
terests of the school children, and he
should be retained in the position
where he can continue to do it in the
future.
Captain Oyster has generously de-
voted a great deal of valuable time, at
personal sacrifice, and a great deal of
energy to the public schools of the Dis
trict, and the people of the District ap-
preciate that fact. They are grateful
for his devotion to their interests, but
they are also selfish about it. They
want him to keep it up. They feel that
they cannot get along without him.
They know they cannot get along as
we'll without him as they can with him.
The Times sincerely hopes that Cap
tain Oyster will find it possible to &C.
cept another term, and that the Board
of Education will duplicate its former
display of wisdom by re-electing him
chairman.
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
LUTHERAN LAYkEN
AND MINISTERS TO
MEET This WEEK
Members of Church From
All Over the Country Are
Coming to Capital.

Two conventions of much interest to
members of the Lutheran denomination
meet here In Washington this week at
the Luther Place Memorial Church,
Thomas Circle. The conventions will
bring to Washington many prominent
Iaymen and ministers of the church in
this country, and are looked forward
to with much interest by members Of
the denomination all over the country.
The Federal Council of Lutheran
Brotherhood will hold their first con-
vention this evening at o'clock.
and will continue in session tomorrow
morning. afternoon, and evening, and
hold their last session on Wednesday
morning at o'clock, when they Will
unite with the members of the General
Synod of the church in the celebration
OF the Lords Supper.
The General Synod of the United
States will hold its forty-fifth biennial
convention after the conclusion Of the
joint communion service with the men,
bers of the brotherhoods. The conven-
ton will remain in session for eight
days, holding its final session on June
10 next.
The Federated Council of Lutheran
Brotherhoods, which holds its conven-
ton first, represents the laymen's or
CARNATIONS of the church, and the MEM
bers devote their time to both religious
and charitable work.
The sessions Of the synod will be open
to the public and all questions concern
ing the work of the church in this
country as well as in the missionary
fields will be discussed, and addresses
will be made by prominent ministers
and laymen Of the church.
One of the most interesting sessions
will be held at o'clock on Wednesday
evening, when the delegates will be adj
dressed by President Taft, Count Won
Bernstein, the German ambassador, and
Commissioner Rudolph. Prominent dip
lomats and members Of the Senate and
House have been invited to be present
at this session,
The Washington times., 1911-06-05

contend this can be done without max
ing the agreement invalid. Moreover,
they insist that II the Democrats will
stand for the broadening Of the scope
of the agreement 1t can be broadened.
and large number Of articles can be
admitted free as the result Of 1t. The
insurgents are not prepared to swallow
the Democratic free list whole. but they
will stand for some of its features.
Senator La Toilette and Senator
Cummins will be leaders in the fight
for broadening the scope of the
agreement. If they get it broadened,
will most of the Senate progressives.
Should II fail of amendment, there
is a probability that a considerable
number of the insurgents will vote
for the agreement anyhow.
Propose Exhaustive Work.
The iDsurgent leaders have been
working on tariff matters for weeks
and they do not intend to content
themselves with any merely perfume
tory discussion of reciprocity. They
intend to deal with all phases of 1t,
intend to show wherein the present
agreement can be improved, and
doubtless before they get through
they will go into general tariff re-
vision deeply.
On the House side, the tariff dis
cusSionS, including those on reel
procity, have been more or less per-
functory and wearisome. But on the
Senate side, the signs are that one
of the great historic fights of that
body on the tariff is impending and
that 1t will be extremely interesting
and animated.
In some respects. the situation now
recalls the situation at the outset
of the fight over the railroad bill in
the beginning of the long session Of
the last Congress.
President Taft submitted a rail-
road bill and insisted 1t should be
passed without amendment. 1t went
through the House without much
amendment, but in the Senate the
insurgents attacked 1t, reconstructed
1t and made it more drastic.
Taft Opposes Amendment.
President Taft wants no amendment
of the reciprocity agreement. But
the insurgents believe they are 60
ing to be able to repeat what they
did in the railroad bill fight, and put
through the Senate a stronger meas
ure than President Taft has proposed
If they do this, they think the House
will have to accept 1t and the Presi-
dent sign IT
II amendments along the lines they
suggest are prevented. they look for
Il to be done by a combination of
high tariff Republicans and protec-
ton Democrats led by Senator Bailey
Senator Bailey makes no secret Of
his opposition to the reciprocity
measure and is expected to oppose
1t in any form.
The Washington times., 1911-06-05

cases have made it apparent that al
last the big problem of regulating
combinations of capital must have at.
tention. The Sherman law has been
proved strong enough to smash the
most powerful combinations. No law
exists by which their properties can be
reorganized and operated in security.
There is going to be realization, before
long, of the necessity for such law.
This does not mean that the, Sher-
man act should be amended or repealed.
1t should be supplemented by a
statute providing for federal incor-
poration or license, with regulation,
control of capitalization, and general
Federal supervision. The Supreme Court
has directed the Circuit Court of APP
peals to supervise the reorganization of
the Tobacco trust. Are the Federal
courts to take charge thus of the re-
organization of every combination that
may meet disaster under the Sherman
act? If so, we shall have more of
judicial legislation and judicial admin
istration than the most rabid alarmist
ever dreamed.
1t is the business of Congress, not
the courts, to make over the combina-
tons; to provide rules and methods;
to point the way. Congress cannot too
soon recognize this obligation and busy
itself with legislation to that end.
The Washington times., 1911-06-05

They carry with them that vast engine
of progress, the English language. In
Asia and Africa alone they have re-
duced to written character many bar
barous tongues, which must give place
to English speech. They have built
school houses. They have taught hab-
its Of decency, order. sobriety. The
progress of civilization has been ac-
CELEBRATED by their efforts to spread the
gospel.
Humanity might better lose the whole
history OF Napoleon than the story of
such deeds, not wrought in the heoric
heat of a high moment, but the slow
fruit of every day of painful years.
They make contemplate the luxurious
life of worldly men and women. They
render despicable that piety which calls
itself Christian only because II utters
long prayers on Sunday, and pays tithes
in anise and cumin. They drive thought
full people without the church to the
conclusion of the Pike county philo-
sopher, that loving service to God S
helpless children, the bringing them to
their own, is a derned side better busi-
ness than loafn around the throne
EVERETT SPRING.
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
SENATE TODEBATE
RECIPROCITY SOON
In One Week More Trade Pact Discussion Will Be Cen
era and Progressives Promise Fight for Amend
ments to Tafts Bill
By JOHN SNURE.

With the direct elections amendment
soon to be voted on, with a reinvestlga-
ton ordered in the Lorimer case, and
with the Finance Committee to vote on
the reciprocity agreement Wednesday.
the Senate is about ready to plunge into
the real business of the extra session,
the consideration on the floor of the
reciprocity compact.
Thus far, practically nothing has
been done by the Senate about the bust
ness for which President Taft called It
together. While hearings on reciprocity
have been conducted in the Finance
Committee, those hearings have he'd
little to do with settling the fate Of the
bill.
A single protracted speech on reel
procity has been made on the floor, that
by Senator Crawford of South Dakota.
The whole gamut of a protracted de-
bate has to be run before there is a
vote, and as the time for opening the
real fight draws near 1t looks as II the
discussion would stretch out almost in
definitely.
0ratory In Another Week.
The week following this one is when
the engagement on reciprocity is ex-
pected to become general. The direct
elections amendment will be voted on a
week from today and then there will
be no longer excuse for not getting
down to business on the reciprocity
question. The great question, aside
from the matter of whether reciprocity
will pass or will fail. that is engaging
the Senate just now is what is going TO
be the attitude Of the insurgent Repub-
ncans. On this much depends. With
the insurgents holding the balance of
power. the position they assume will be
Of much moment. Moreover, while a
Democrats may prevent them from hav-
ing numerical balance of power on
reciprocity, they are certain to WELD
great influence, and what they say
will have large effect on the country.
Opposed to Reciprocity.
The insurgent Republicans in the SEN
ate are for the most part opposed 10
the reciprocity agreement. but this does
not mean that they are going to content
themselves with a mere policy OF OBJ
struction. On the contrary, they are
going to undertake what appears to
them to be a great constructive policy
with reference to this matter. They are
going to seek by amendments to perfect
the reciprocity measure, as they view il.
They contend the existing arrange.
ment is defective, that II is one sided
that II VIII not afford the public the re-
lief it needs, and that the scope OF the
agreement must be broadened. They
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
is THERE PREJUDICE
AGAINST THE VETERANS
To the Editor o. THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
Can It be possible that the American
people are prejudiced against the volun-
teer soldiers of the Spanish-American
war?
1t appears so to me Of late. I have
been in the city of Washington over two
weeks, and have applied for a position
at a number of places and have been
refused When l applied ] was asked
where l last worked. | explained the
circumstances in detail, thus:
| have not done any practical work
for about eighteen months. l was taken
sick while at work in North Dakota, In
the fall of 1909. My Illness was caused
from old disabilities contracted while N
the Philippines with the First Coiorado
Volunteer Infantry. l got no beeer
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
REAL BUSINESS OF CONGRESS
NOW AT THE FORE.

After two months of the special
session, Congress will this week get
squared away for real business. The
reciprocity measure is to be reported
to the Senate, probably without any
recommendation from the Finance Com
mittee, and the long spell of Senatorial
talk will open.
Thus Congress has, since April 4,
accomplished just about what was as
certain of accomplishment as it is to-
day. 1t was perfectly assured, two
months ago, that reciprocity would pass
the House; that the free list bill would
do the same; that the Senate would
do lot of time consuming maneuver-
ing; and that at length the Senate
would get around to actual considera-
ton of the measure.
Two months ago it was just as GER
tain as today that the Senate would
be the arbiter of reciprocity's fate. All
that has been accomplished of tangible
results might have been done in two
weeks. Eight have been consumed.
Eight weeks ago there was still hope
among opponents of reciprocity that an
excuse might be found to adjourn over
till autumn. That hope is about dead.
The special session is going to drive
ahead to a vote on the measure. The
final outcome is not much more ap-
parent than when the session opened.
But in the two months of inactivity
the problems before Congress have in
creased vastly in volume and moment
The decisions in the three great trust
The Washington times., 1911-06-05
more, who has the unique talent for
doing his work with a cold chisel.

Few, church services in the District
yesterday planted the seed Of better
endeavor in more appropriate soil than
the outdoor rally on the lawn at the
Juvenile Court House, when $50 proba-
TONERS. from ten to seventeen years OF
age, gathered to hear encouraging talks
from Judge De Lacy, the Rev. Zed H..
Copp, and Miss Jean King. These meet
ings will be continued every two weeks,
and have been found by experience to
be a powerful agency in the reformation
of scores of youngsters who have found
out all too early in life that ITO err is
human"