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The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
TILLMAN'S MEANING.
Senator'S Candidacy Gives CarOIin-
ians Choice of Two for Race.

Senator'S Candidacy Gives CarOIin-
ians Choice of Two for Race.
From the Greenville News.
The announced determination of Sen
ator Tillman to enter the primaries next
summer as a candidate to succeed him
self for a fourth term as United states
Senator means that Gov. Blease will be a
candidate for reelection in opposition to
the announced candidacy OF Chief Justice
Ira B. Jones. who resigned from the
Supreme Court bench some days ago in
order to go into the coming campaign
unhampered.
The last statement from Gov. Blease, 1t
will be recalled, was to the effect that
If Senator Tillman declined to run for
reelection. he would announce for the
Senate; otherwise he would stand for
reelection as governor 'on his record"
The statement from Senator Tillman now
puts the record" of Gov Blease plain
ly up to the people of the State.
So 1t appears that South Carolinians
will have the opportunity of choosing
an executive between Gov. Blease and
hi record and Judge Jones and his rec
ord. 1t is hoped that the gubernatorial
race will be left to these two.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
New York's Backward Step.

Surely New York is taking a step
backward when its municipal authorities
announce that they will inclose vacant
land owned by the city in the borough
of Brooklyn with fences to be used for
advertising purposes One of the To-
calities to be thus dishgured is along
the Eastern Parkway, near the main en-
trance to Prospect Park, i'll one OF the
best neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
Nearly every ~;tv in the country IS
cndeavoring /. minimize the use OF
billboards. In Washington, while there
are many in use, no additional boards
can be erected, and thus, while the num-
Der does not appreciably decrease, more
cannot be added 1t is difficult to un-
derstand why New York should dellb-
erately enter upon an enlargement OF
the nuisance. 1t surely cannot be that
the revenue which is to be secured IS
essential to the city's financial welfare.
1t may be. of course, that New York IS
so entirely given over to commercialism
and ugliness that few more bIotches
upon the landscape will not be noticed.
There ought to be in New York some
organization with enough civic pride to
make an effective protest against plac-
ing huge signs near the entrance of
Prospect Park Suppose for moment
that the entrances to Rock Creek Park
or the Zoo or Riverside Park were
utilized for advertising purposes. There
would be a storm of denunciation, loud
enough to be heard from Maine to Cali
fornia.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
Quite q Serious Problem.

The announcement thatsthe funds of
the tariff board are running low and
that its work may be terminated long
before the close of the fiscal year is
really depressing. In view of the fact
that the President has announced that
he will not approve any tariff reduc-
ton until the tariff board furnishes him
with information, it will be serious
blow to the country if the board should
be prevented from pursuing its impor-
tant Investigations. 1t will mean that
the promised reduction will be indef-
nitely postponed.
For it is hardly probable that the
Democratic House will provide any
funds to meet a deficiency. Tariff
boards have never been popular with
Congress. Many years ago a commits
sion spent several months and very
large sum of money in travelling all
over the country collecting data, and
then its voluminous report, of over 5000
pages, was absolutely ignored. Con-
gress went to work and enacted tariff
bill in the usual way 1t is a safe wager
that not only the present Congress, but
all Congresses to come, will undertake
to revise the tariff in the light of their
own Investigations The present tariff
board, moreover, has had considerable
difficulty in impressing upon Congress
its value as a factor in tariff revision. q.
So, if the tariff board exhausts its
funds, and Congress will not grant an
additional appropriation, and if the
President remains firm in his determi-
nation to do nothing until the board
has completed its extensive inquiries,
what is the rest of the country going
to do?
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
The Pennsylvania Disaster.

If it be true, as now stated, that the
disaster in Pennsylvania, which resulted
in the loss of hundreds of lives, could
have been prevented, it would seem as
if severe punishment ought to be visited
upon those on whom the responsibility
rests.
The assertion is now made that for
more than a year the inhabitants of the
fated valley have been living in con-
slant fear of the danger which finally
eliminated in such tragic fashion. More
than this, it is also alleged that the
attention of the Engineering News hav-
ing been called to the insecurity of the
structure. an expert examination was
made and condemnatory report fol-
lowed The company controlling the
dam, however, is said to have done little
or nothing to strengthen it, so that the
collapse was merely the natural result
of existing conditions.
These allegations are certainly serious
enough to warrant investigation. If
they be true, some one is liable for
criminal negligence, and ought to be
made to pay the heaviest penalty in
flicted by law
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
HYPNoTIsM AND THE COURTS.
Influence of Mind on Mind as to
Responsibility for Criminal Acts.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
A recent incident in a local court
draws attention to hypnotism in its rela-
tions to Justice and even to crime A
young woman witness found herself I'M
able to tell a straight story under the
gaze of the defendant. The attorney
for the prosecution, after a passing sus-
picion of perjury, boldly made a charge
of improper hypnotic influence.
Hypnotism. for some years an outcast
in the eyes of the medical profession, has
lately secured a foothold of compare tive
respectability. The recognition given to
the same influence by the legal profess
sion has been more dubious and reluc-
tant. The very complications and i'm
plications of the idea tend to disconcert
and awe. The courts often find it diff
fcult to deal with man as a free agent;
how, then, can they handle him as the
slave OF another's will? And II the
hypnotic influence can be successfully
exercised in open court, how much more
successfully may 1t not be exercised in
affairs that antedate the courts cog
nizance?
The disquieting affair just cited gives
but another reminder that medical juris-
prudence will soon have to enlarge its
bounds and study seriously the question
of the influence Of mind on mind, and Of
will on will, as an aid to assigning ulti-
mate responsibility for criminal acts.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
THE MOST HONEST MAN.
Paid Newsboy $3.50 Instead of 1
Cent After Reading Paper.

Paid NewsbOy $3.50 Instead OF L
Cent After Reading Paper.
From the Buffalo ExpresA
The most honest man In the city lived
in boarding house and read daily. with
no thought OF its provision, the morning
paper that he found at his plate.
But one morning he hurried out of the
house without Seading the paper. And
when he had attended to the business
which had summoned him forth in such
haste, he bought his first paper-twelve
pages, one cent. He took 1t to his office
and read. With leisure unusual. he pro-
gressed from the beginning to the end
accidents, benevolences, crimes, telegraph
news. local news, vicinity news, political
news, railroad news, government news,
state news, marine news, essays, reports
of meetings and speeches, the list of per-
sons to whom marriage licenses had been
issued, interesting clippings from news
papers of which he had never heard, a
short story, market news, baseball news,
football news, news of the boxers, bowl
ing news, tennis news, yachting news,
motorboat news, automobile news, real
estate news. society news, theatrical news,
music news, religious news and advcr-
tising news of too many kinds to men
ton.
When he had finished. he went out in
the street, hunted up the lad of whom
he had bought the newspaper and paid
him $50 for value received.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
Slang in the Courts.
From the Docket.

From the Docket
Slang has at last compelled the court
to take judicial notice of IT, An employe
in talking to his foreman referred to a
belt he was compelled to use which had
loose lap as rotten" and the court, on
appeal from a judgment for damages for
an injury resulting from the breaking Of
the belt (Horstman VS.. Staver Carriage
Company, 153 III. App, 1907, refused to
hold that he meant "decayed." and said:
I'VE will take notice of slang phrases
which obtain in these times in all walks
of life, and not do violence to apparent
intention by indulging in a literal inter-
probation of the words used, when such
Interpretation would do violence to the
plain meaning intended by the use of the
words when taken in the connection in
which they were used. In stigmatizing
the belt as rotten, plaintiff plainly in
tended to convey the idea that il was his
opinion that the loose lay was a menace
and danger to himself"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
Not the Slightest Objection.

The statement is made that Japan
is purchasing large quantities of armor
plate from the Midvale steel works, the
plant of the corporation being kept busy
furnishing the material
AS long as foreign nations are in a
mood for buying armor plate, it is to
be hoped that they will continue to
make their purchases in the United
States. 1t is a tribute to American
workmanship which has a practical
value. It keeps the mills going and
pays good wages into American pockets.
So long as Japan is a good Gus
toner, paying its bills regularly, its
patronage will be welcome. Inciden-
tally, if there are other powers that
want to spend money with us, they will
find that we can supply steel to all the
world.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02

settlement with Turkey; having lost
faith in the many vain words and men
dacious promises given by Turkey IN
the last years, having lost patience, de-
cided to abandon her policy of forbear-
ance, which might be reproached as a
sign of weakness and an acknowledg-
ment of inferiority, has firmly resolved
to obtain with the greatest energy the
respect of her own rights and the pro-
lection of her own interests"
This is, of course, an ex parte state
ment. Turkeys side of the controversy
has not been made public. Italys JUS
tihcation is, however, an interesting con-
tribution to the diplomatic literature
of the world.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
MR.. BRYAN'S ANSWER.
He Talks About Trust SympathiEers
on the Federal Bench.

From the Commoner.
President Taft challenges Mr.. Bryan,
saying:
Now, I would like to ask Mr.. Bryan
or any OF the other publicists and tu-
rists who have been denouncing this
opinion as the surrender of the rights
of the people and a usurpation of judi
cial power to tell the public what par
ticuiar contract or restraint OF inter
state trade he would condemn which
would not be condemned within this
definition ef the court"
The question is not what particular
contract or restraint of trade Mr.. Bryan
would condemn. which would not be con-
demned within this latest definition of the
court. But the question is what con-
tracts or restraint of trade would be
absolved by a Federal judge who is
partial to the trust system? The an
swer is: Any and all trusts, contracts,
or restraints of trade according to
the whim and pleasure of the trust sys-
TEN sympathizer occupying at the time
a seat on the Federal bench.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
WOMAN POLICE OFFICER.
Wonders why It Was
Not Done Before.

NOT DOnc
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The appointment Of a woman to the
sanitary police force in this city Is one
of those acts so obviously wise that one
involuntarily wonders why 1t was not
done long ago This officer will be given
the particular duty of inspecting fac
tories and workshops where women are
employed, of pointing out violations Of
law. and arresting unyielding offenders.
Manifestly a woman can penetrate
places where a man would be barred and
can render assistance which a member
Of the opposite sex would be helpless to
give.
Upon the statute books of Ohio have
been placed laws for the protection Of
women and children engaged in indus
trial and commercial pursuits-laws
which. If enforced, will go far toward
alleviating many of those conditions
generally recognized as harmful to the
race of mankind. But these protective
laws will not enforce themselves. They
are merely weapons in the hands OF
those who have the public welfare at
heart. The appointment of woman to
the police force is an attempt to give
these laws their maximum of usefulness.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02

their own laws, and they want the reye-
nue. which the State licenses produce
The suggestion is made that the State
authorities might be won over to the
Federal proposition by returning to
them the amount received by the ma
tionaI government in proportion to the
number of licenses issued.
There is no doubt that the automo-
bilists are now subjected to considerable
inconvenience and annoyance. The
probability is, however, that they will
have to endure the situation for some
time. Congress can hardly enact
Federal automobile law unless it can
be shown that touring is matter of
commerce between the States.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
By A. w. MACY.
MARY FISHEP'S STRANGE


EXPERIENCES.
In 1855 Mary Fisher, a. young
English woman, landed in Bos-
ton, and was promptly taken be-
fore the court and convicted of
being a Quakeress. The master
of the vessel that brought her
over was compelled to take her
back to England. She then
claimed that she was moved of
the Lord to go to Turkey and
warn the people of that country
to flee from the wrath to come.
When she reached Smyrna the
English Ambn ssador sent her
back to VenIce. Nothing dis
couraged. she set ct again by
land, and after '-aveling 500
miles she reached Adrianoble,
where the grand vizer of Turkey
key was encamped with a great
army. She managed to get
word to him that she had a mes
sage from the great God to the
great Turk" He Immediately
gave her an audience. listened
to what she had to say, and
treated her with the greatest re-
spect. When she departed a
guard was offered her. but she
declined, and went on her way
unaccompanied, reaching Con-
stantinople in safety. Banished
from Boston because OF her re-
llgious belief. she was most
courteously treated by the Mo-
hammedans.
Copyright. isll. by Joseph B. BowieAl
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
Italy's Indictment of Turkey.

The Italian government has made
public its indictment against Turkey
and asks the world to Judge as to the
justifability of the war. 1t is a lengthy
document and cites numerous instances
to prove that the conflict is only the
epilogue of long series of vexations
and abuses
Some OF these occurrences, such as
the fact that an Italian firm was COM
PEELED by the hostility of the local Otto
man authorities TO abandon the con-
cesSion to cut wood in the province
of Brussa," and that an Italian woman
was forced to marry a Mussulman, do
not appeal to the Anglo-Saxon mind
as sufficient cause for war. Other
cases, however, are more serious. For
instance, a Turkish warship is said to
have seized an Italian bark and robbed
it of a considerable sum of money
which was aboard; the commerce Of
the Italian colony OF Eritrea was sys-
tematically and persistently pillaged by
the Turks Italian priests and citizens
were murdered, and, finally, this ex
perience is related:
The Bank of Rome starts in Tripoli-
tanla with an Italian Capital-a real and
beneficial civilization OF the country.
The authorities prohibit the natives
from having any dealings with that in
stitution, and punish them for imagi-
nary crimes if they disobey. The bank is
prevented from obtaining the legal
ACKNOWLEDGMENT before the local courts,
and when, after two years of laborious
attempts, the acknowledgment cannot
be further delayed, the vexations again
commence, taking another form"
We are told, too, that the hostilitieS
Of the Ottoman authorities, at times
open and violent and at other times de-
'ceitful and spiteful, were in the nature
of a constant war against the economic
and commercial interests of Italy and
TO prevent the increase of Italian in
huence. The official organ of the Trip
oil government, also, never spared on
any occasion abuses and affronts against
Italy" The government at CONSTANT
nople either postponed action with
"melliauous promises" or was unable
to impose obedience upon its subjects
in Tripoli, being characterized 'as a
government which has failed to keep
toward Italy its international duties"
The result Of these conditions is thus
expressed:
The limit has been reached, the yio-
lent attacks beyond all measures inju-
rioust of the Turkish Ottoman press, the
systematic resistance and the utter lack
OF good faith in the subordinate author
ties. the extraordinary series of Incl
dents and complaints of all kinds augu-
flenting day by day, have finally shaken
and tired public opinion, the press, the
Parliament, and the government of
Italy.
ltaly now was compelled to give
~ any and every hope of a peaceful
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
Quits If Pews Are Empty.

From the PittSburg Dispatch.
Every member of st. James Episcopal
Church at Hackettstown. n. j., has re-
ceived a circular letter from the Rev. DR..
w. NJ. MItcham, rector. asking the re-
cipient to indicate a desire that the rector
remain in charge by attending services, or
a contrary desire by staying away. II the
rector breaches to a large congregation
he will know he is wanted: II he faces
empty pews it will mean get OUT" Mr..
Mitcham would prefer to remain in Hac-
kettstown. He has been rector fifteen
years.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
Perhaps So.

From the New York Tribune.
The late David Graham Phillips had,
like many bachelors, a cynical view OF
matrimony.
Mr.. Phillips. at well remembered re-
union OF Princeton's class of 81, at the
Princeton Club. said of marriage:
THE Persians have a proverb that
evef9 young man should consider well
before proposing. 1t runs:
He that ventureth on matrimony is
like unto one who thrusteth his hand
into a sack containing many thousands
of serpents and one eel. Yet, If the
prophet 30 will II, he may draw forth
the eel'"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
First OF OCTOBER.

The vine grows crimson on the wall;
The scarlet sage adorns the mall.
With vaudeville
Upon the bill
We realize that 1t Is fall.
The moving vans unceasing go,
And now and then chill breezes blow.
The aster blooms;
In quest of rooms
We wander wildly to and fro.
We hear the whistle OF the quail,
And just now got lot of mail.
And every bit
Says: please remit"
1t is the same old autumn tale.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
John Sharp wIlIams' Advice.

From the Houston Post.
Senator John Sharp williams, who has
achieved success as a planter as we'll as
a legislator. has handed out few
words of advice to the boys Of the
South. John Sharp says the call OF the
farm is being needed, that the movement
back to it has ceased to be a mere
doctrine and is become reality, since
the knowledge Of the almost perfect
agricultural conditions that prevail in
the Southern States has begun to take
hold of the minds of the young men.
Senator Williams says:
MY word to the farm boy of the
South would be that the three elements
of success are industry, perseverance,
tntelligence Industry without intelli-
Eence does not win; intelligence without
Industry does not win, and the two
together must be coupled with perse-
verance-and TO this must be added that
degree of honesty In dealing with ones
neighbors that makes friends for life"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
How to Observe Co1umbu. Day.

From the New York World.
On October y Italians throughout the
city will celebrate the holiday instituted
in recognition of their rights as citizens
How better can Columbus Day be cele-
brated by the more respectable and law
abiding element of the Italian populat ton
than by devising measures to aid the
police in suppressing these evidences Of
Black Hand activities and in bringing to
justice the criminal band responsible for
the stain on the italian name?
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
Knew What She should Do.

From LipPincott's Magazine
The new minister was noted as an in
defatigable talker. and when Mrs. Schuy-
Ter, who was very busy, saw him com
ing she decided not to receive him. She
instructed her daughter. aged four, ac-
cordingly.
Mamma says she's not in" said the
little one when she opened the door
in response to a ring.
You go and tell your mamma" said
the minister. impressively, that I'd like
to know what she'd do If St. Peter sends
her that kind of message when she
knocks at the gate Of heaven
She says" said me child when she
returned, that she'll do what you'll do,
only she won't make so much fuss
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
The New Senator from Maine.

From the Providence Journal
The new Senator from Maine is not the
first OF his vocation to wear the toga or
the only farmer in the present Senate.
Without scrutinizing the records too close
ly, his more unusual. II not unique, dis
tinction appears to be that he was born
in Michigan and reared in New York and
Maine. Thus. at the period Of the great
emigration to the West young Obadiah
Gardner was a go-East-young-man He
grew up with this part of the country;
which. as Senator la Toilette has gently
reminded US, gave Of its bone and sinew
10 breed Insurgents in more favorable
Sail.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-02
Another Interstate Question.

Hardly day passes without some
question arising which adds to the prob
lem of the relation of the States to the
Federal government. The latest propo-
sition, made to the secretary of state
in New York, comes from the automo-
bilists. They want Federal license to
facilitate their journeys through the
country.
It is argued that license issued b,
the United States would eliminate the
present necessity of frequently chang
ing Identification number plates. This
is urquestionably true; but what would
the States say about IT. They have