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The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
WaS an Old One.
REAL ISSUE AT LAST.
Report of Tariff Board Clears Po-
Iitical Atmosphere.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
The tariff board report has brought a
clearing of the skys in Congress. An
honest, ineligible issue will soon be be-
fore the country in the shape OF aIterna-
tive Democratic and Republican bills
making a complete revision and substan-
tial reduction of the wool and Woolen
schedule. Republican leaders apparent
ly accept in prompt good faith the in
formation Of the board and the recon-
mendauons of the President.
This is as it ought to be. 1t will be
refreshing to have the two contrast
ing bills carefully compared and ex-
haustiveIy debated, each political party
presenting a definite programme. The
Republicans were in a very unfortunate
POSITION so long as their adversaries
could accuse them of merely standing
pat" This Is not a popular or heroic
attitude. But the situation has swiftly
changed with the determination of ex-
Chairman Payne and his associates in
the House to embody the results of the
tariff board research in a complete new
Republican revision OF Schedule X in
accord with the party's historic economic
faith and the views of the Taft admin
istration.
This should 60 far to reunite the Re-
publicans in Senate and House, il in
Surgent" Senators and Representatives
are sincere in their avowal of a desire
for downward revision of the wool and
wooden duties on protective lines. On
the other hand, the Democratic leaders
proclaim their purpose to adhere to their
characteristic idea.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
HARMON AS A PROGRESSIVE.
Southern Comment on a washinE-
ton Herald Editorial.

Southern Comment on washinE-
ton Herald Editorial.
From the New Orleans States
Coincident with the declaration OF Rep
resentative Underwood, the leader Of the
Democratic majority In the House, that
he is opposed to the initiative and ref
erendum because he regards them as
dangerous systems Of government, comes
the announcement that Gov. Harmon, OF
Ohio, who has been cIassed with the con-
servatives and the reactionaries, Is q
progressive OF undoubted sincerity.
Those who are supporting his candi-
dacy for the Democratic nomination for
President give him credit for having
forced the Ohio legislature to pass a law
similar to the Oregon statute for the
nomination and election of United States
Senators. He also advocated g. State
wide primary and signed a bill giving
the right of the initiative and referen-
dunn to all municipalities in the State.
Among other things accomplished dur
ing his administration Gov. Harmon Is
credited with having achieved State reg
,ulation of corporations. Much OF the
legislation he favored had to be forced
by his influence through the upper house
of the legislature, in which the ma
jority, both of Democrats and Rspuoi-
cans, were reactionary.
with Mr.. Underwood deliberately con-
demning one Of the pet theories OF the
progressive movement" says The Wash
ington Herald, and Gov. Harmon anx-
Ious to gain progressive support the
situation becomes interesting. Perhaps
Gov. Harmon may get Bryan's indorse-
ment after all"
Well, stranger things than that have
happened in politics. II the distinguished
governor should prove that he Is SIN
cere progressive and that he Is not a
reactionary, as the country has been In
duced to believe by publications inimical
to his candidacy. there is no reason why
Mr.. Bryan or any other Democrat should
refuse to indorse him as ft man for
the nomination.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
TEST OF SINCERITY.
Up to Russia Now to show Desire
for Peace.

for Peace.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Record-Herald announces to the
country as an eminent sign of the prog
=ess of the peace movement, that the
Russian government has indicated to
the State Department its desire to follow
the example of England and France, by
making a treaty of unlimited arbitration
with the United States. The fact, II
made good in practice. will certainly
mark the force of the peace movement
In the particular that a power whose
acts toward weaker neighbors tally poor
Iy with the spirit of international justice,
finds it worth while to make so fair a
profession.
But judging Russia by her present at
titude toward Persia, and her former
attitude with regard to China. II Is i'm
possible to place much faith in the gen.
uineness OF a desire to adopt the funda-
mental principle of restraining her acts
toward other nations within the rules of
peace and Justice. II is taken for grant
ed that II Russia establishes unlimited
arbitration with the United States it
must include a modern, satisfactory
treaty Of residence, commerce, and travel,
without discrimination against any class
or race.
But in Russia's case there is q more
crucial test. II she wishes to testify her
adhesion to the system of settling inter-
national disputes by the principles Of JUS
tice, let her submit to The Hague the
question OF her right to dictate the inter-
nal administration OF the Persian govern
ment, and to occupy Persian territory IL
her dictates are not obeyed.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
EXAMPLE TO COURTS.
Strike Commission Settles Cases
with Great Dispatch.

Strike Commission Settles Cases
with Great Dispatch.
From the Terre Haute Tribune.
Only one case remains on the docket
OF the conciliatIon board which was
established by the Roosevelt strike COM
mission of 1902 to settle differences be-
tweent anthracite mine workers and
operators.
Since the board was created in April
1903, 1s5 grievances have been presented.
What is considered one OF the most re-
markable features OF the boards record
is that while 145 grievances were present.
ed In the first three years, only fifty have
been presented in FIVE and a half years
since the spring of 1906. This is because
the three mine workers representatives
and three operators representative, who
compose the board, encouraged friendly
relations between the employers and en-
pioyes and established precedents which
enabled them to settle things between
themselves without recourse to formal
arbitration.
The strike commission created the
board to practice conciliation, not to con-
duct suits prolonged by technical legal
procedure The policy Of the mediators
from the beginning has been to discour-
age litigation, to bring about mutual
compromises and thus end disputes with
the minimum OF delay.
The boards record shows that the ma
jority Of grievances have been settled
with q dispatch that Is rarely achieved
in regular courts Of law. Questions Of a
highly technical nature have sometimes
caused delay, particularly when they have
had to 80 10 an umpire, but these have
been few In comparison with the total
humber presented.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Dollar a Year for Peanuts.

Some curious statistician has figured
out that every American man, woman,
and child last year spent 81 for peanuts.
The finding is not quite correct, though
it is probably true that the cost of the
peanuts consumed in America was
equivalent to that amoutt per capita,
Inasmuch, however, as the policeman
is never known to buy peanuts, and as
some people do not like them or eat
them, somebody must have spent a lot
for peanuts.
1t is interesting TO note in this con-
nection that the peanut crop in the
South sells for about $5yooo,ooo annual
ly, and that about $I2yoooooo worth of
nuts other than peanuts find consump-
ton in the United States. This does
not mean that VIC are a nation of nut
eaters, for when this vast amount of
nuts is finally distributed it does not
mean so many to the individual. Many
thousand pounds of nuts also enter into
the making of oil or are otherwise con-
sumed in the arts by the baker or the
confectioner.
According to all indications, the
American people will go on paying for
their peanuts. oblivious that this simple
luxury does amount to about 81 year
for each of us. To those who frequent
the circus and the theater gallery it
seems doller we'll spent.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
FREE PROGRAMMES ABROAD.
London Astonished at Generosity of
Our Oscar"
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
What impressed me most at the open
ing performance of Mr.. Hammersteln's
London opera house was the utterly fab
bergasted look on those English peoples
faces when they found they didn't have
to pay for programmes" said the re-
turned traveller Previous suggestions
from Americans that Mr.. Hammerstein
would most likely give programmes away
were secuted as unthinkable.
Impossible said one Englishman.
He can't afford it. Why, the programmes
for one night alone would cost-let me
see how much they would cost
After lot Of figuring. he arrived at
q result which he regarded as stupendous,
but which Mr.. Hammerstein would dis
pose OF with one pun OF his cigar. All
the audience shared TIE Englishman's
opinion apparently, for Immediately they
entered the theater hands were thrust
into pockets for sixpences, which were
quickly exchanged for shillings at sight
of the beautiful programmes, and even
the larger coins were. rendered hesitate
ingIy as IL doubtful Of their purchasing
capacity.
with the usher's assurance that there
was no charge, the facial show began.
Incredulity, amazement. resentment. ran
riot over those British countenances. IL
people could have believed their eyes
they could have seen for themselves that
the programmes were free. for the edges
were held together by beautifully en-
bossed strip OF paper stamped ''No
charge but in the midst Of revolution
eyes could not be trusted. and even when
backed up by the uSher's word the
astounded audience sank back still skep-
teal"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
DEMOCRATIC BOLT IN 1895.
Famous Political Fight Against
Bryan Recalled.

DEyAn
From the Chicago Evening Post.
Demands by Bryanites that Gov. Har-
mon. of Ohio, should not be nominated
for President by the Democrats because
he bolted the nomination Of Bryan In 1880
have led a politician into reminiscent
mood, and he has made some interesting
observations.
The story is we'll known Of the bolt
of Bryan in 1896 by Cleveland and his
Cabinet. and the result Of 1t on individual
fortunes" said the politician. 'Hoke
Smith Yas the only member Of the Cab
met who was loyal to the party In that
year. and had he not been so a political
future would have been out Of the ques-
ton for him in Georgia He is now COM
ing to Washington as the Junior United
states Senator from that State, after
successful career in the once of gov
ernor.
But Cleveland, olney, Carlisle, Her
bert, Lamont. and Morton, the other men
making up the Cabinet circle of the sec
ond Cleveland administration, all retired
from politics after the 1885 campaign.
David R. Francis, of Missouri, who ac-
cepted the Cabinet place vacated by Hoke
Smith. spoiled his political future by
that act He ran in the Democratic pri-
maries last year for the Senate nomina-
ton, but was defeated by Mr.. Reed.
"Mr. Harmon, retiring from the At
torney Generalship at ting close of the
Cleveland administration probably had
no thought of ever trying to re-enter pol
itics. He returned to the practice Of law
in Ohio, and politics had forgotten him
when a situation was created in Ohio
which prompted him to run for governor.
He was elected, and then came re-elec-
ton. The issues in both campaigns were
entirely local, and the 1886 bolt did not
ir onv senEe"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
BosToN's CROWDED STREETS.
Plan Suggested to Relieve Serious
Congestion of TrHMc.
T,Lo,

Congestion OF Tr0mc.
From the Springfield Union.
There will be general interest among
New EngIanders in the agitation for
some means Of relieving the congestion
of Washington street, in Boston. Plans
proposed for elevated and depressed side
walks have previously been referred to
In these columns. One of the latest
propositions is that trollies and heavy
teaming be taken of the street, that the
sidewalks be widened, and that the thor
oughfare be made a one-way street. To
make all these changes would be
radical form OF treatment for such an
important street, but 1t is not improb-
able that the plan to remove trollies
from the street will be adopted in the not
distant future. Another method OF relief
that bears considerable promise is the
plan to build subways to take care OF
some of the traffic that now surges
through the Hubs business center. 1t Is
quite apparent that congestion in that
quarter has reached a point where some
means Of relief is imperative.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Commission Vindicated.

Whatever may have been the mis-
takes of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission in the past. and whatever en-
nifty it may have aroused on the part
of disgruntled railroad officials and
WalI street SPECTATORS, it has come at
last to its time of vindication in the
minds of the people. Twice in one day
President Taft was asked last week TO
use his best endeavors to establish sim
liar commissions, with like powers, to
deal with grave public questions.
John Hays Hammond asked i'll a
public address before the American
Economic Association that such COM
mission be created to deal with the
trusts of the country Earlier in the day
a delegation of social workers called at
the White House to urge upon the
President the creation of a commission
TO deal with all phases of the labor
question. In both instances the new
commissions were urged largely on the
success achieved and the recognized eff
fciency of this agency of government to
secure information, give it publicity, and
inaugurate control of the common car
riers of the nation.
The Interstate Commerce Comrnis-
sion was established by act of Congress
in 1887. The relation of the govern
ment to the railroads doing interstate
business had been thoroughly investi-
gated in Congress during the five pre-
ceding years, or since the famous re-
port on the subject made by the Com
T1ittee on Railroads and Canals in 1884
by Chairman c. w. McCrary, who
pointed out the constitutionality of Gre
ating a commission to take Federal
rognizance of the affairs of railroads.
For fifteen years and more the commits
sion fought its way to public recogni-
tion and confidence, and now for ten
years it has been a recognized and
growing power for good in the Federal
government. 1t has been in vain that
eminent corporation lawyers have said
that the matter of exercising control
over private transportation companies
was beyond the province of Congress.
So useful has the Interstate Com
merce Commission become and so eff
fective its control over traffic matters
that it is now seriously proposed to ex-
tend the principle to other fields where
Federal power may be rightly exer-
cised. The efficacy of the Federal COM
mission of this type is its method by
which inquiry into intricate CONNER
cial, civil, or economic subjects may
be inaugurated, carried to conclusion, at
whatever expense of time. and the re-
suits given publicity The method does
not harm, but simply corrects what may
be unreasonable and unjust" in the
conduct of the corporations or bodies
investigated.
Objection will naturally arise to the
extension of the Federal power into the
affairs of the trusts and organized labor.
but such objection can be no more logi-
cal than that aimed at the Interstate
Commerce Commission; and since the
agencies at work to regulate these great
combinations of capital and civic force
have failed to bring about satisfactory
conditions, it may be found wise and
necessary for the Federal government
TO stretch forth its hand toward their
control in the creation of these nom
partisan, capable, and efficient boards
of investigation and adjudication of the
wrongs uncovered thereby.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
''Roosevelt-He,s Dead.s

From the Phfladslphis Public Ledger
One Of the nInety-seven candidates be-
fore Judge Francis Scott, at Passaic,
N. J., recently seeking citizenship was
asked:
WHO was President Of the United
States before Mr.. TaftT'
Roosevelt" said the applicant.
.'Is he dead or alive?" asked Judge
Scott.
"He's dead" was the response.
The prospective citizen received his
papers.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Lu1ary and Race suicide.

From the Newark Star
In attributing race suicide to Oriental
rugs and automobiles" Prof Sprague, of
Amherst Agricultural College, probably
did not mean to be taken literally. He
merely chose two striking examples Of
modern luxury inconsistent with mar
riage. Too many men and women have
the selfish view that the last thing to
spend an income upon is progeny. A
revolution in social standards is needed,
50 that young people viii be content to
start housekeeping in simple environment
and let the children come first and the
Injuries later.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT.
seventeen Illinois Cities Adopt
Washington Idea.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Seventeen cities IN Illinois, including
the capital city, Springfield, are under
the commission form of government.
The decision of the Illinois Supreme
Court. upholding the constitutionality OF
the commission government act. has,
therefore. been hailed with ALMOST State
wide jubiIation. The decision is the
more gratifying because a previous law
on the same subject had been annuled
by judicial decree, and II was feared
the latter act might meet the same fate.
The court bases its decision on the
ground that commission government is
not unrepublican because "a city has
the right to regulate its own affairs
which dictum seems broad enough to
cover most OF the hostile objections to
this form OF municipal rule.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
MooinR of HEir. won.

From the Arizona Gazstte.
Quite an artfuI little heart Arnasher is
Miss Margaret Woo. Of LossAnSeies, who
has Just registered in the University Of
Arizona. At Tucson. and now has the
young fellows Of the campus on the run.
They are not running away.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
onern Routre in TripoIl.

Frcn the Aontsumery Advertiser.
The rainy season Is said to have prac-
tIcaIly put an end to hostilltiss IN Tripoll.
From the beginning this war has been
sort of roof garden psrfumed ahaig.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

When Nat Goodwin and LII Russell an
nounce on the same day that they may
marry again. we may rest assured that
the matrimonial habit is too strong to
be broken by New Year resolutions
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Delay in the Courts.

From ths Miivsnkes Sentinel.
Porter Charlton. who is said to have
killed giri few years back. WIN be
brought to trial the year after next In
the meantime there Is posslhillty that
he viii die cf old ase.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

The Federal prisoners at Atlanta are to
have music with their meals. 1t depends
upon the quality whether or not 1t will
be a cruel and unusual punishment
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
nerinninr ma fhe rna.

Ffum the Louisville coarier-Jornal.
Began by pushing wheeibarrow;
now . millionaire. Is a typical Ameri-
can career IN nutshell But finished
by being -lnvesusateds Il sometimes the
last chapter
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

If the President really wishes to trail
Senator La Toilette, he should start out
before the Senator's tracks disappear
from those snow drifts.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

Harry Thaw has been declared bank
rupt, but the indications are that he will
never lack for board and lodging.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

Mr.. Shuster might give a realistic
vaudeville sketch by having a single
handed fight with lion and a bear.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
what Prestfre noe.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Attorney General wickershan had an
attack Of tummyache the other day and
the papers called It acute indigestion,
oh, you oniciai prestige!
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

If the mercury continues to drop. it will
not be surprising If the members of Con-
gress are simply wrapped up In wool.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

Senator La Toilette has the satisfac-
ton of knowing that few statesmen can
compete successfully with a Western
windstorm
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
OF INTEREST IN WASHINGTON.

From the Charleston Post.
The White House must be a very de-
sirable residence, as the President admits,
especially with Miss Pauline, bovine,
munching grass on the front lawn.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

A New York court has held that a
dentist is not bound to conceal any in
formation which he has drawn from his
patients
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
From the Rochester Union and Advertise.

From the Rochester Union and Advertiser.
A Washington young man who for
got to post his letter of proposal to
girl but when he found the epistle
hunted her up and married her will prob
ably be allowed to plead his weIl-known
lack of memory in extenuation when he
forgets to post his wife's letters.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

A bigamist generally finds he has made
at least two mistakes.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

In criticising certain conservative
gentlemen" the President is manifesting
progressive leanings.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

Gen. Reyes is to be exiIed to Europe.
He and Diaz might arrange a pleasant
little consolation party.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

Col. Roosevelt evidently desires his
boom to be considered entirely auto
matte
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

]. Eads How seems to have given
away under the strain of playing Santa
Claus to the Amalgamated Associat ton
of Hoboes
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Uncle Penntwise saysi
Always Something.

Take it all around. It was good year.
May all our years be as good.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Striking a BaIance.

80 your wife didn't have a happy
ChristmasT'
Not altogether. She gave 12S small
gifts and on totaling the returns she
figures that she came out eleven presents
TO the bad"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
From the Hartford Courant.

zing into the ears Of (non-immune) spe-
cial correspondents. this holiday week. is
that it's going to be Taft and Fair
banks" in 1872
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
GIVE 1T A HAND,

The good old year
'Tis very clear
Performed with skill.
Its turn has been
A good one in
Life's vaudeville.
1t make US now
A final bow
Ere It withdraws.
So let US cjS.ers
The good old year
With our applause.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

A Boston wiseacre informs us that the
OK type Of man rules this country. Well,
the bears have had the best of It lately
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Our Loss.

This undertaking has made the big
corporations dead sore and hurt the
country" -... .....
That's right. Hardly anybody is CIV
ing blotters this year"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

81 thought I was smart in marrying an
orphan" ..s o.
What's wrong now?"
'oh, nothing. Only that girl exchanges
Christmas presents with thirty-four
school friends
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
pron the Mntrome-1 Adv.rtis.r.

The story from Washington to the ef-
feet that Mr.. Taft was lost for two hours
the other day reminds US that James
Schoolcraft Sherman has been lost for
two years.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

Some parties can make any dinner
peace dinner simply by remaining away.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Mnre EoreairhI

And now the early shoppers
Into the inkpots delve.
The time is ripe to practice up
On writing 1872
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
No Harm Done.

NO HhFm Uohes
II notice many college boys around
town"
Yes: the Christmas vacation is now
on
Seems to me these midwinter vaca-
tions must interfere seriously with a
boys college work"
Not all. The football season is over.
and it's too early for track events"
WnS an Old One.
anecdote."
Credit it to ADAM" directed the mag
aZine editor. II guess that will be get
ting it close enough
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

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illustrators and some advertising experts.