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Evening star., 1911-08-20
The "Leave to Print"

Why should Representative Littlepage
of West Virginia be singled out for re-
buke for having interpolated into his
leave to print" remarks in the Con-
gressional Record ten ''applauses'' and
one great applause? He has done only
that which has been done many times be-
fore. and not from sense of inordinate
vanity, but in an artistic desire to pre-
serve the unities and to make the Con-
gressional Record appear like a real re-
port Of the proceedings. 1t is not the fault
of the representative from West Virginia
that Congress has fallen into the habit
Of numbering the official record with mil
lions of words never uttered on the floor
of the House or Senate. He comes to
Washington to find this practice in good
odor and daily use. Shall he, with the
leave OF the House to print formally
granted, interject into the daily docu-
ment of discussion and debate a speech
that bears all the marks of closet delivery.
"a bald and unpunctuated set of phrases
unheard by any ears? Or shall he not,
for the sake of verisimilitude. give his
text the semblance of a spoken speech,
with the House listening attentively and
appreciatively? Does the House intend to
adopt the policy of stamping every leave
to print speech that was never uttered.
save perchance to the ears of a stenog-
rapher. with the unmstakable mark Of
its class by excluding from it all tokens
of human interest and lively understand
ing on the part Of the membership? Why
not go further. if that is to be the policy.
and preface each leave to print speech
on it's appearance in the Record w...l
some sign or statement of it's character?
Representative Littlepage may have the
satisfaction ultimately of figuring as the
immediate cause of a reform. Perhaps
through his pardonabie indiscretion the
utter absurdity of the leave to print
feature of the Congressional Record will
appeal sufficiently to Congress TO cause
it to restrict the pages of that publica-
ton to the words actually uttered on the
floor of the House and Senate and thereby
make 1t in truth report of the proceed
ings, without delay and without padding.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
VARDAMAN.

From the Syracuse Post-Standard.
vardaman Is not without lucid intervals.
He has been telling the Mississippians
that they ought to live on Mississippi
products and not entirely on canned goods
from Connecticut.
From the Columbia state.
Though vardaman announces himself
as 1.-THE White Mans Hope" it is not
to be inferred that he intends to enter
the ring.
From the Birmingham Age.Herald.
Gov. vardaman coolly declares that his
victory was a triumph Of patient right
eousness
From the Jacksonville Times Union.
The country will know Vardaman bet.
ter next year. He may not be as big
as Tillman, but he Is not SO rough; ne
is not as small as Davis OF Arkansas.
but he is not q clown. fool or a hypoS
critic.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
How disappointed Senator-to-be varda-
man will be when he finds that the negro
question is not . burning issue in the
Congress.
From the Omaha Bee.
In the election of James X. yardaman
to the upper house. Mississippi will put
another block between the Senate and ID
ancient courtesy.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
IN The THROES.

I've a right to boast of learning. for with Wis wis
dom l am burning-I know Plato. Llvy'
Homer. and / know DemOsthenes;
I can tell Of Quintus Curtius and the poems OF
Propertius: ! can prate OF Theophrastus
and can cite Thucydldes.
I'm acquainted with Catullus and the musings
of Tibulus. and myself am not unhandy
when I want to turn rhyme;
But there's Jealous OF me, ana the traces
men do not love me, for l seem TO lack
the ducats pretty nearly all the time.
laud not myself unduly. but OF Hahz and
Fezouli and Of Omar and Ferdausf can
talk from morn to night;
am such a knowledge spiller that I've Lecky;
Kant and Schiller at my fingers ends ana
lhsen Is TO me a sheer delight.
| can talk Of Schopenhauer and OF Hegel Win
much power. and OF Metchnikon and Haze
kel have made particular pets,
But the hours quickly fitting find me here In
anguish sitting. for I can't scare up the
price of pipe or box Of cigarettes.
or Carlyle and Herbert Spencer I've knowledge
that's Immense. sir. and there's nothing
that's I'm Darwin that's to me mystery;
Fiske and Franklin I delight In. Emerson !
show my might in, Bernard shaw ana
Walter Pater in easy reach OF me,
But the wealthy Lady Flora. though ] am her
rapt adOrer, doesn't go In much for learn
ing, and fear my doom IL near;
But I'll brace up II you'll meet me with smile.
and say you'll treat me to Q limited ham
sandwich and modest glass ot-beer!
-Nathan n. Levy In Puck.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
Ladies First!

Any one who has gone about New York
city by surface car. elevated road or sub
way doubtless realizes that thereis precious
little regard for the supposedly prior
rights of women. On all lines the rule
Is that of the swiftest and the strongest.
During the rush hours women must take
their chances with the men, and the re-
suit is that inasmuch as each car holds
two or three times as many people stand
Ing as those seated. most of the women
are strap hangers or seat clutchers. An
interesting experiment Is now being tried
by a gallant police commissioner whose
sense of propriety is shocked by this
spectacle. He has ordered that on one
of the Brooklyn bridge loops the crowds
shall be. separated SO that the women are
to have first go at the seats. leaving the
men such room as may be left. This
practically reverses the long established
order Of things, and in consequence there
is a great crouch in that part of Gotham
served by the loop In question.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
Mosquitoes at Occoquan.

Those who fear that American prison
conditions are being made too easy for
he successful enforcement Of the laws
nay perhaps be comforted by the an
aouncement that the mosquitoes at Occo-
yuan are making life miserable for the
men who are sent there in punishment
For their misdeeds. Judging from the
pleas of three men who have been pa
-oled by the judge Of the Juvenile Court
because they could not endure the at
.entions of these insects at the new
District workhouse, the mosquitoes at Oc-
;oquan, if not eliminated. may add suffi-
,ient terror to the prospect of conviction
and sentence to that establishment to
keep the minor lawbreakers Of this COM
nunity in good order
But would it not be an excellent thing
20 do at Occoquan what has been done by
he United States in Cuba and In Pana-
ma? The elimination of the mosquito
aas been proved beyond question to be
possible At Occoquan there are certain
conditions conducive to the breeding of
ready gained elsewhere should serve to
permit their conquest There is an
abundance of labor, and ii is surely de-
slFaDie TO give tneSe men something 10 DO
which makes for their own advantage.
They would probably take a greater in
.erest in the mosquito warfare than in
any other form of toll assigned to them.
With small expenditure for oil and with
persistent work in draining the breeding
places and clearing out the egg-protecting
sedges Occoquan could be transformed in
single season into a mosquito-proof
region. Apart from the release OF the
prisoners from the insect meEc-,. this
work would stand as a valuable object
lesson for all that part of the country
where the mosquito is an annual nuisance
Uncle Sam having earned a worldwide
reputation as mosquito eliminator in
distant climes, il surely behooves him to
10 little work on this line right at
nome.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

range to change pulpits next year, so to
say. You visit my district and make a
few speeches, and I yours"
why, I shall be delighted. The favor
will be all on my side. 1t will help me
at home to participate in the campaign
Of veteran of your distinction. 1t was
kind of you to propose it. And when
you visit my people. they'll turn out to a
man to hear you."
Give me pointer about their taste in
stumping."
ITS much better than 1t used to be.
1t was lowered at one time by one Of my
predecessors great, numbering, roaring,
round-shouldered ignoramus with. his
mouth full Of catch phrases and his huge
body full Of assurance"
What became of him.
"Our people sent him to the Senate-a
just punishment for him-and he petered
out there"
Something, then. of an argumentative
nature goes best there now?"
'Yes, but seasoned with a little CUFF
/ haven't been AS:e to dispense with gun
altogether. Breaking a constituency of
taste for CUFF Is like breaking an old
topper of his taste for booze. It's slow
work.
Don't forget upon your return home
to play the part of the exhausted states
man. Remember, your labors here have
been extremely taxing. Sleep late. Seek
the shade on your way down town. Work
fan at the office and decline one or
two small fees. on the ground that you
are hardly equal to a case in court at
present Play the game"
About when should I begin to appear
as my old. vigorous self again?"
Toward the close of September. Come
around slowly, and then show the boys
what you can do when in fettle in the old
line again. Play the game. For some
of us, there's millions In it
Evening star., 1911-08-20
A Not impossible Colloauy.

Said the old member of the House to
the new: Well. the jigs about up, and
we are going home. Are you glad?''
II am from the bottom of my heart.
The session has been oppressively dull for
me-
Haven't learned anything from it?''
only that our would-be teachers dom t
know anything themselves"
Come. come, my boy. That's lese
majeSte."
Maybe. But it's also the TRUTH
Haven't your tariff views been broad
ened?"
Considerably. II the debate at the
next session Is no better on our side than
II has been at this, I'll turn protectionist
In sheer disgust"
"Cheer up. You'll find that you can
stand good deal for party's sake. Shall
you offer for re-election?"
"Oh yes, and expect to lay some wires
the next few months. And your
"Oh, yes. Me too. Suppose We ar
Evening star., 1911-08-20
Low English Wages.

IT is stated in dispatches from London
that the newspapers OF that city nave
throughout the present labor crisis failed
TO discuss or publish the facts about the
actual cause of the dispute between the
workers and the employers. confinlhs
themselves to descriptions of the struggle
and speculations to the outcome 1t
lis probable that few English readers care
to be reminded, even at so serious juno
ture in their affairs, of the true circum-
stances of the working classes 1t must
be more or less distressing to the great
body of Englishmen to reflect that the
majority of the wage-earners are keep
ing themselves alive with incomes OF
from SO to IS week. England is land
of low compensations. as a rule, but the
gap between those that are assured of
sufficiency, the affiuent and seni-affluent.
and those who are on the narrowest mar
gin of actual necessity is too wide for
comfortable contemplation.
II is fact that the cost of living has
increased in England of late years. while
the average of compensation has remain
ed stationary. The claim of the workers
in this strike for readjustment is based
rot upon mere social prejudice and jeal-
is impossible for the average British
worker to maintain himself and his fam
lily decently and keep off the rates."
and at the same time to lay aside some
thing for a rainy day and for honorable
retirement at the end of his working
career. The old-age pension system holds
out some hope for him and eases his
mind as to his own actual needs in the
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surance scheme may help him further by
compelling him, with the aid Of his en-
ployer and the government. to insure
himself against sickness and In certain
restricted trades against unemployment.
But neither of these schemes, which add
very heavily to the middle class burden
of cost and taxes. reaches the problem
Of the present. the wages of today. which
are inadequate.
1t is reported from London that the
government has been appalled, at the
promptness and volume of the response
to the strike summons. The truth Is that
save on the part of a few statesmen. who
have been studying men and conditions
rather than political doctrines during
late years, there is only an academic ap-
probation on the part of the lawmakers
Of England Of the fact that the economic
adjustment In that country is absolutely
wrong. This strike may arrest the
thought of British craftsmanship suf
aciently to cause a general reformation
Of Industrial conditions. Certainly, it is
calculated to stir English society to the
depths. especially as 1t is merely a symp-
tom of a condition that reaches through
put the British political system.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
Solving Industrial Problems.

William E. Corey, ex-president of the
United States Steel Corporation. who has
retired from business and Is spending his
time in and near Gay Paree, landed in
New York the other day on brief visit
to his native shores. Being told that
George w. Perkins was retiring from
many of his business engagements with
a view Of assisting in the solving Of the
country's big Industrial problems, Mr.
Corey laughed and said: THAT is very
amusing"
Why amusing? Mr.. Perkins is an able
and experienced business man. and knows
a great deal about our big industrial
problems. He possesses independent
means. Why. If the spirit so moves him.
should he not give of his time and tai
ents to the public welfare? Is such a
man to be supposed incapable of patriotic
impulses and aspirations? Is not the fact
that he is turning in that direction in
stead in the direction of gilded, pinch
beck loaferdom very much in his favor?
When Philander C. Knox accepted a
seat at President McKinley's cabinet ta-
BILE for the purpose of putting life into
the antitrust law. cynical politicians and
business men laughed and said: THAT
is very amusing" A corporation lawyer
of the first class and the Garner of big
fees from such clients giving up his
practice for an anti-corporation job under
Uncle Sam at cabinet officers pittance?
Surely the performance was either a fad
or trick. Nothing would come of 1t.
But something did come of 1t. Much
came Of it. Mr.. Knox gave of his time
and talents to Uncle Sam and admin
istered to the trusts the first punishment
by law they had ever received. There
was no money in it for him, but only an
opportunity to serve the public.
And when Mr.. Wickersham appeared in
the Attorney Generalship for the purpose
of following up the advantages gained by
Mr.. Knox. the same cynical politicians
and business men laughed and said:
THAT is very amusing" Why, it was
explained, Mr.. Wickersham had learned
his trade within a stones throw of Wall
street. Such man pursue the trusts?
Nonsense! He would not dare attempt 1t.
But he did attempt it, and with large
results. Ask the Standard OIL Company.
Ask the tobacco trust Ask other trusts,
booked for reckoning. Mr.. Wickersham
gave up a large and lucrative law prac-
tice to serve thecspublic practically for
nothing.
May not Mr.. Perkins be capable of as
high and public-spirited impulses as Mr..
Knox and Mr.. Wickersham? They have
made great reputation as public servants.
Is there not an opportunity for him to
win renown in the field he Is consider
ing? He will hold no official commission,
but he will need none to insure him
praise and remembrance If he renders
conspicuous assistance in the solving of
the difficulties that are attending our
enormous and labyrinthine and growing
industrialism.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
SOLICITOR M'CABE.
From the Buffalo News.

From the Buffalo News.
Solicitor McCabe need not favor recall
Of judges as long as he may fix up ju-
dicial DEGREES to suit himself, when the
Judge has made his finding.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
An expert in the employ OF DR.. Wiley's
bureau Of chemistry testifes that the en-
ployes Of that department are not per-
mitted to talk with members OF Congress
unless they get q written permit from So
licitor McCabe. Perhaps the solicitor had
been reading about the Lorimer case
when he issued that order.
From the Columbus Evening Dispatch.
Solicitor McCabe is downright angry.
"Whom the gods would destroy they first
make mad"
From the Indianapolis News
Solicitor McCabe may want to make 1t
clear to the committee that he has not
falsified or changed court records. but
a man of his experience. Of course. knows
especially after his recent testimony
that even an Agricultural Department
employe doesn't always get what he
wants
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
It looks as II Solicitor McCabe OF the
Department Of Agriculture might yet
overtake Hon. Lorimer and Senator
$lO7 600 Stephenson In the why-doesn't-
he-resign contest.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

the strict letter OF their instructions. The
public has yet to be treasured that rail-
road companies endeavor sincerely to en-
force their orders by Furnishing engineers
and conductors who carry their trains
through against instructions without COM
fng to grief A few widely proclaimed
cases of discipline in such instances would
go far to correct the impression which
prevails generally that the railroads Of
this country are constantly running risks
for the sake of maintaining high speeds
and fast schedules. placing responsibility
upon the engineers and trusting to luck
in a shocking percentage Of cases. AS
long as that impression remains and is
strengthened by wrecks like that at
Bridgeport there will be a public demand
for the automatic halting of trains when
the limit of safety is approached.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
ADMIRAL TOGO.

From the Cleveland Leader.
II that phonograph Admiral Togo is
going to take home with him contains
'all the popular songs of the day" It's
all off. Our relations with Japan will
soon become strained again.
From the Rochester Herald.
For his visit to the United States Ad-
miral Togo appears to have brought
full list Of superlatives.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Admiral Togo seems to be standing the
strain of his visit well, according to the
reports: but he hasn't met Richmond Pear
son Hobson yet and the returns aren't
all in.
From the Buffalo Enquirer.
Has anybody seen Togo within a day
or two? Those powder mill explosions
look bit suspicious. from our Hobson-
ian viewpoint but we trust the visiting
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
When Admiral Togo sees that feet drill
OF Provincetown he may feel relieved
that all that Japanese war talk was only
buncOmbe.
From the Toledo Blade.
BY not saying anything Admiral Togo
reduces his chances Of being misquOted
to q minimum.
From the New York World.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
So Soon /!

Sweet April smiled
And dropped a tear.
Then May beguiled
And June drew near
With song SO sweet.
And then July
And August heat
Came drifting by.
September soft
October gay
With leaves aloft
In bright array
Novenber-stop!
The rhyme must pause.
It's time to shop
For Santa Claus!
Evening star., 1911-08-20
The TREATIES

From the Providence Journal.
It may be gathered from the report OF
the Senate committee on the peace trea-
ties that coupled with devotion for the
principle Of arbitration is something OF
feeling agi'n' the practice.
From the Boston Globe
Mr.. John Hays Hammond's comment
when he was told that the Senate was
holding up the peace treaties was:
"Huhv' And 1t would have sounded just
the same If he had spelled 1t backward.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
International arbitration is under way.
but knowing the United States Senate
as we do, the work on the Panama canal
Notifications goes right on.
From the Duluth News-T Tribune.
II the truth were known about some
would be found that they love England
more than they do President Taft and
fear her less.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.
The Senate calls its dealings with the
arbitration treaties "amendment,'; no
doubt Secretary Knox would call 1t
butchery.
From the Topeka State Journal.
There is nothing so strange in the fact
that certain of the United States SEN
ators are vigorously opposed to the gen.
eral arbitration treaties with England
| and France. They're opposed to every
thing which does NOT originate In their
| own narrow minds.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

eTrn order to avoid delays on account Of
personal absence letters to THE eTAR
should not be addressed to any individual con-
oeeted with the once. but simply to THE STAR
or to the Editorial or Business Department.
according to tenor purpose.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
The Notable Figure.

1.-THE bridegroom doesn't attract much
attention at his own wedding"
'Oh. WELL" replied the man who had
been divorced. you can't expect to be as
conspicuous as the clergyman who re-
fuses to marry YOU
Evening star., 1911-08-20
Dodging Oblivion.

why did you declare that you were
anxious to retire to private life?"
Because" said the statesman, Il
thought it was up to me to say some
thing to remind the public that l hadn't
done so.''
Evening star., 1911-08-20
A Distinction.

''Are artists Indifferent to money!"
WELL" replied the manager, they are
usually Indifferent to the money they've
had, but never to the money they ex-
pect"
Evening star., 1911-08-20

A scientist working for the greatest
government on earth must not expect
anything like the compensation an alien
list receives In homicide case.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Seeking Safety,

What makes SO many people put mort
cages on their homes to buy automo-
biles?"
WELL said Mr.. Chuggins. lin these
days it's worth something to avoid the
risks Of being pedestrian
Evening star., 1911-08-20

This year has brought some disappoint-
ments, but that 1912 base ball pennant
is going to be worth going after.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

A trust promoters arguments are not
accompanied by the usual appeals OF
craftsmanship to the plain sense of the
common people.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

The dissolution program has made a
great deal Of extra work for Standard
Oils bookkeeping staff.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Admiral Togo's declaration that there
must be peace between Japan and Ameri-
ca was in no way to be construed as a
joint debate challenge to Mr.. Hobson.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Now and then Mr.. Roosevelt drops a
remark which shows that. all things con-
sidered, he regards the previous admin
istration as a pretty good one.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
Envy.

Oh. envy haunts both serfs and kings.
Its ways are something to amuse.
1t makes us want lot OF things
Which, If we had, we could not use.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Any democrat who makes a striking
speech comes under Mr.. Bryan's imme-
date scrutiny as a possible presidential
candidate.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

At this date there Is absolutely no COM
petition for the democratic vice presiden-
tial nomination.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

The career Of the Wright brothers sug-
gests that one Of the tests Of the success
full aviator is knowing when to quit.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Connecticut man says he can live on
2J cents a week, but he does not say how
many weeks.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

After all, there seems little use of
congressional adjournment, with the sum-
mer lecture season SO nearly over.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

The county fair will assist in calming
the impatience with which the Panama
exposition in San Francisco is awaited.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Experience leads various senators to be
very cautious in scanning proposed
treaty for possible joker.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Some Georgian may yet start real
trouble by trying to put near-water-
melon on the market.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

"If you don't believe dar's danger in
backslidfn," said Uncle Eben. watch
desc gemmen dat goes up in airships."
Evening star., 1911-08-20

From the New York World.
It Is to be hoped Togo doesn't blame 1t
on the cantaloupe.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Entered as second-class mail matter at the post
offce. at Washington. ID. Q.
Evening star., 1911-08-20
From the Salt Lake Tribune.

The Senate calls its dealings with Il
arbitration treaties ''amendment.'; !
doubt Secretary Knox would call
butchery.
Evening star., 1911-08-20

Considerable confusion prevailed early
in the campaign owing to the fact that
many men were original
Three Month ly enlisted for short pc
Gill;: RODS, the expiration of
0VAuACAS' which necessitated many
Evening star., 1911-08-20

To resume, the energetic figure Of Apte
Gorguis looms up at this moment when