The Washington herald., 1911-01-10
POLITICAL CHAT.

From tho st. Paul Dispstch.
Thus far no city which has adoptsd the commits
sion plan has shown any desire to give it up
From tho Char1eston News and Courier.
Judge Lamar owes his appointment to tho su
yrems Court to tho fact that Augusta, Ga. has
good tourist hota and excellent golf linkA
From tho Hartford Cou1ant.
The Dcmocats will have to ty . hazard Of nex
fortunes in 1917: Col Bryan is not candidate 70,
nomination. The Commoner says 50. and it's in
position to know.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
In poker phraseology. Japan is merely seeing thl
raise Of the other great powers There is . jingt
press in japan that equals our lingo orators. anc
cur fre-alam Secretary Of War. in advocating
greater armament and in fcrecasting war.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
Nothing is more certain than that in view o
the meaning of the landslide tho interest Of tht
Democratic party is to put its best forward
to seek the advice and aid Of men Of the calibe,
of those who won Ohio. New Jersey. and Connect
cut
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Mr.. Br5an's old trick when QUESTIONED . long way
ahead Of national convention time about Demo
cratic Presidential possibilities was d name tenta
lively two three impossbilites of the nonentity
type. thus practically committing himself to the
support Of nobody but himself.
From tho Philadelphia Public Ledger.
David and Jonathan were not more completely IN
accord than are Taft and Roosevelt at this very
moment according to ASSURANCES apparently inspired
at the White House. The colonel certainly hal
continued maintain quite unprecedented silence
since the election. Int what this might porend Of
future activity has been a subject Of varied conjec
turc.
From the New York Tribune.
The Houston Post has for some time past looked
askance at Col George Harvey, doubling the proofs
Of eligibility to qualify a real Democrat which
he had 50 far furnished. 1t will cheefully admit
him to its Jefersonian Hall of Fame now that he
has written an article in the North American Re
view indorsing all that Senator Joseph W. Bailey
has said about the necessity Of rrpudiating the
Mills Cleveland WilsonWatterson programme Of tar
if revision and going back to the sounder teach
nSs of Walker and Polk.
From the New Orleans Pcayune
When the fathers Of the American republic met
to form national government they thought
mere general statement without any limitation q
powers and stipulation of duties necessary.
and they only adopted the indefinite articles Of
confederation But the disposition Of people clothed
with power to oserstep all bounds and usurp the
functions Of government manifested itself. and
a written constitution fixing rights and powers was
found necessary. and under that Constitution the
republic has subsisted to this day
From the New York Evening Post.
W. ID. Connor. chairman Of the Taft Republican
State committee in Wisconsin, has filed a statement
showing that the committee spent more than $lA,.
600 in its attempt to defeat La Toilette and other
progressive Republican candidates. 1t cost Senstos
La Toilette about $500 to win by vote Of four to
one while the regular State committee spent s. 00
on both primary and November elections Now the
Milwaukee Journal has published list of /. 400 in
diyiduals in Milwaukee County who received sums
varying from S to $50 each from the Taft com
mittee.