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The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
SENATE HOLDS UP
: POST-OFRICE BILL
No Action Taken on Appropriation
Measure Owing to Discussion
Over Good Roads Provision.

The evening session of the Senate lasted
about two hours last night All the time
was taken up in discussion of the good
roads amendment to the post-office ap-
preparation bill. No action was taken on
the amendment, and some Of the Sen
ators expressed the opinion that this one
feature of the bill would take all OF to-
day; ana when a proposition was made
to agree to take a vote before the close
of the day to-day, several Senators OBJ
jected.
The conference reports on the wool and
steel bills were not laid before the Senate
last night They may be taken up to-day.
The conference report on the agricUl-
tural Appropriation bill was submitted by
Senator Burnham. This bill has been IN
conference since before July l. the two
Houses being deadlocked over Senate
amendment which directed the Secretary
of Agriculture TO Immediately select.
segregate. and classify all agricultural
lands now included in forest reserves In
order that they might be opened up TO
homestead entry. The conferees finally
agreed on a modification OF this amend
ment. which simply directs the Secretary
of Agriculture TO make a. selection OF
these lands and report to Congress Just
what arrangement of such lands Is now
included in forest reserves and capable
of entry under existing homestead laws.
This puts limitation on the proposal TO
open up agricultural lands and forest
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New Hampshire Follows Suit.

Senator Burnham of New Hampshire
is following the example of his New
England confreres, Hale, Aldrich, and
Crane, and declines to be candidate
for another term, thus providing for the
Granite State Republicans Senatorial
contest to enliven campaign that is
not exactly bare of other distractions.
The hats of two men are in the ring
already. Both are well known to the
voters to whom they are appealing for
their franchise. Either would wear the
toga with dignity They are former Gov.
Henry B. Quimby and R. w. Pills
bury. The latter is in iiis prime, a youth
of forty-nine, while the Ex-Governor
is sixty-hve, and therefore, in Mr.. Pills
bury's opinion, too old to be doing
effective work in the Senate.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
AUGUST
ny GEORGE FITCH,
Author of cat Good Old Siwash."

No one has ever found any particular
excuse for August, and its only enjoy
able feature is the fact that after 1t
IL over September arrives.
August comes after the world has
painted feverishly through July, and its
sole mission is to make the latter month
seem like q summer resort. In August
the thermometer takes a thirty-day lease
on the nineties and makes a century run
every other day. People who have per-
spired good-naturedly through July give
up in August. and say unkind things even
to the minister when he comes to tea
II August could be eliminated, the amount
Of Immature in this country would be
decreased about 45 per cent
August has thirty-one days, and there
isn't holiday among them. In June and
July the thermometer occasionally comes
down at night and visits the 20 mark,
but in August it only gets little less
hot after midnight. People with 800 ma
hogany beds and 81. 600 rooms leave them
In August and go down stairs to sleep
on the front porch on a so cot and a
sheet. This would be a shocking thing
to do in June. but nothing is very shock
ing in August.
Nobody works very hard in August ex-
cept soft-drink men and baseball play
ers. who run better when they are hot
like automobiles. Even Presidential cam
paigns are put on ice in August. 1t is
no month in which to use burning Ian
guage.
In August the world is divided into two
classes-those who can run away. and
those who have to face it With the aid
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
REPUBLICANS OF ILLINOIS
ARE MUCH WROUGHT UP
BY McCORMICK's TELEGRAMS

Illinois Republicans are much wrought
up over kilograms received by them from
Medill Mccormick, one of the leaders
OF the Bull Moose party. Mr.. Mccormick
wired the Illinois members, asking them
to notify him at once whether they in
tended to support President Taft or Col
Roosevelt.
There was an intimation that unless
the Illinois Republicans Joined the Bull
Moose movement II would be the duty of
the third party TO put candidates In every
district represented by a Republican who
failed or refused to fall into line behind
Col. Roosevelt.
1t was reported last night on unim-
peachable authority that Uncle Joe Can
mons reply to Mr.. Mccormick short
circuited and otherwise disturbed wire
conditions between Washington and Chi
cago. Representative Rodenberg wired
Mr.. Mccormick that his inquiry was
"impertinent." Most of the Illinois men
ignored the telegram sent by Leader Nc
Cormick.
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A Political Waste.

If the Senate will give itself time to
consider the House bill creating a De-
partment of Labor to be headed by an
additional member of the Cabinet, it
may conclude that the plan is a waste
full and unnecessary expenditure of
money We frankly confess our sur
prise that the Senate Committee on Ed
ucation and Labor should have reported
the bill favorably.
As bid for the labor vote we can
understand why the otherwise so dread
fully economic Democratic House should
favor the expenditure, but why the Sem
ate committee should follow suit is a
puzzle. Right here is Mr.. Taft's and
the Republican partys chance For a
Bureau of Labor in an existing de-
partment would serve every legitimate
purpose, just as a bureau Of health
would in lieu of the also proposed de-
partment of health. We have a Depart
nent of Commerce and Labor, and therein
bureau for the study of all questions
affecting employment and conditions of
toll could easily be established.
The increase of departments and
Cabinet officers is bad policy 1t is
wasteful and purely political
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
the Fox.

To Clark Calvert Griffith Of the greatest bali
team in the world credit fer giving Washington ball
club to be which has the National Capital the
race for the American League bunting
The Old Fox. who ouy hurIer in his days but
also hitter has nodded his aggregation together start
ing with trio Of and winding with the fastest OUTFIT
In the American League.
Gnf. while the not
looking bets and has already signed several promising
from the bushes and to raft Of kids to Char
lottesEile spring.
Fox Griffith his pair Of coach
the Dutch schae and Nick Atrok Shae has
been Jim Sae smile when the old guard
cracks a grin Dutch must be funny
When the American League pennant flying the Fods
Avenue Park Griffith have several improve
men made in the grand stand such electric fan with
fnvsabe candy and ice with chair
OF Nationals might lose in By
unforeseen event. but at the time The Big Stick do
sres having Washing
ton club the aggregation that the National
Capital
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Political Augean Stables.

1t certainly has been state of frantic
house cleaning-and lately more than
ever-of the political Augean stables.
We are forever probing, forever in
vestigating, forever ferreting. muck
raking, all of which should argue a
healthy activity. animated by moral pur-
pose.
But is it? Is not good part of il
grand-stand play? Reactionaries and re-
formers would seem to be in the same
boat, though, of course, with vastly
different motives. And considering that
both are pulling in different directions,
the ship of state is rocking in mid
stream with imminent danger of spill
ing some one overheard. s
House cleaning is a necessary pro-
ceeding. But the ordinary weekly
sweeping and busting only transfers the
dirt or dust from one spot to another.
1t does not eliminate it Week after
week If will have to be done all over
again, paralyzing each time the domes-
tic economy Swatting the fly is as
necessary as it is praiseworthy But
does it do away with the fly problem? 1t
is always begun too late, and, as a rule,
swats about one to each million of busy
flies.
The modern sanitarian housekeeper
swats the fly before he is born by
cleaning the Augean stables once for
all, and by abolishing the breeding
places.
He who has eyes may see through this
pslpable allegory. We need sane and
sanitary political housekeeping, but not
50 much political, hysterical house
cleaning. A good many of us may not
want it. but there is no question that
we need i'll
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up their apartment and fed, and to
whom they gave a sum of money TO re-
main silent, developed the fact that the
couple had left New York
Whitman in Boston.
rest in Boston to-day after a strenuous
two weeks. during which time he has
worked practically night and day on the
Rosenthal case. Unconfirmed reports
here late this afternoon said that the Dis
trict Attorneys Investigation Of police
corruption will be aided by the United
States government II was also claimed
that the District Attorney had gone TO
Boston to aid in the search for big
jack Zeng and Lefty Louie" Rosen-
berg. on a tip which is said also to con-
meet the white slave trafic with the
gambling graft
new eyewitness for the Rosenthal
killing has been found through the ef-
forts of Louis Krese the Hungarian
waiter, who Identified Webber and Sullf-
van as members Of the murder party.
Judge Swami, in General Sessions to-
day, took occasion to score the system"
Of collusion between the police and the
gambling fraternity. In refusing to re-
woke the fine OF John Cotter. who has
served the prison term Of a combination
sentence for gambling, Judge Swami
said:
"Cotter was the only prisoner ever
brought before me charged with gambling
who was not protected by the system.
The case bore no earmarks of protec-
ton and the State. therefore. had clean
bill against him.
''As rule, such prisoners are amply
protected and It Is impossible to con-
vict them on the evidence produced by
the police. The best the District At
torney can hope for is plea Of guilty,
In which event Ne are glad enough Ia
be able to assess Q fine"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
That Deceptive Fraud Cry.

Those who are willing TO read the de-
tailed refutation by Mr.. Taft of the so
called fraud charges as regards the
seating of the contested delegates at
the Chicago convention must be con-
WINGED of the shallowness and insincerity
of the accusation. Though it will prob
ably be reiterated by those whose aim
is rather to defeat Mr.. Taft for re-elec-
ton than as to what means are used
to bring this about.
We know now that most of the Roose-
welt contests were mere straw to make
temporary impression. They never
were really intended to be pushed. We
recollect that as soon as the hearing
opened the nominal a3S contests dwin-
died down to "a, on which the Roose-
welt managers attempted to make out
a case
After fair, thorough, and patient
hearing nearly all of these contested
seats were decided in favor of Presi-
dent Taft's candidacy, many of them
by the full vote of both, the National
Committee and the convention commit
tee on credentials.
The 100 contests which, as the Roose-
welt people say themselves, were brought
for psychological effect and were aban-
doned voluntarily, show how little sim
cerity there was in these contests. And
consequently there is just as little sin
cerity now in the cry of fraud.
1t is the usual unprincipled attempt
on the part of the third termers to de-
ceive the public and TO mislead the vot-
ers. 1t is easy to cry fraud, but diff
cult to get the people to read evidence
covering many printed pages which
show conclusively that there was no
fraud committed by the decisions rem
dered In this respect the fraud criers
have the advantage, and are making the
most of it. But that very cry in it
self is fraud intended TO deceive 1t
is nothing but the invention of a plea by
those bent upon disruption of the Re-
publican party to mask their lack of
genuine grievance, and to further a
cause intrinsically indefensible, and on
its merits impossible to justify.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
STANLEY REPORT
ROASTS MORGAN
Result of the Steel Probe Is a
Document for Popular
CONSUMPTION.

The Stanley committee report on the
was submitted to the House yesterday,
condemns lin severe terms the absorption
by the corporation of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company and President Roose-
velt's connection with that transaction,
Public interest in the. document submit
ted yesterday will center chiefly in the
committees findings on the Tennessee
Coal and Iron deal and its comments
on The purposes which controlled ]. P.
Morgan and others in organizing the
great corporation.
The committee clearly finds that the
controlling purpose of the corporation is
to monopolize the steel industry OF the
country, and a large part of the report
Is devoted to setting forth the successive
steps that were taken in this general
plan. The committee, in accordance with
a resolution which was adopted early in
its career, refrains. however, from max
my any recommendation as to whether
or not the corporation ought to be dis
solved.
J, z. Morgan and the men associated
with him in the organization of the Steel
Corporation are handled harshly by the
committee. A large part Of the report
is written in a popular style. not unlike
the memorable complaint filed against
the corporation by former Secretary of
War Joseph NJ. Dickinson in the govern
ment's suit against the Steel Trust.
Plenty of evidences seem to indicate that
the Stanley report was written for popu-
lar consumption.
The report tells OF the battle OF giants
steel giants-of Morgan, the conqueror.
and Carnegie. the ironmaster. Here are
two samples OF the popular literary style
of the report:
TT was a contest between fabricators
Of steel and fabricators of securities; be-
tween makers of billets and makers OF
bonds"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
Iniuring Their Own Cause.

Tie explanation that American citi-
zens in Mexico are being lynehed by
revolutionists for the purpose of fore
ing the United States government to
intervene in the disturbances there will
not hold water. If this government did
intervene, because of such acts by the
insurgents. what possible gain could be
the result? They could get exterminated
by our troops, or their revolution sup
pressed; they could get hanged for hav-
ing murdered American citizens. But
surely that is not the sort of interven-
ton sought by the widest insurgents.
Il Is very likely that if American citi-
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
Given the Forger His Passport,

The institutina by savings fund So
ciety in Philadelphia of afsystem of
signing checks by means of finger
prints, in the cases Of illitefate persons
and foreigners. is about the last word
in the way of an up-to-date device to
preclude fraud and forgery, as well as
to prevent trouble over undecipherable
names. 1t is plan that likely will be
followed by other banking institutions,
those having dealings with large num-
Der of unlettered persons and foreigners
who do not understand the English
language.
One may venture guess that the
idea will soon find its way into the
post-ofice, where the clerks in the
money order division are hard driven at
times to make out the signatures to
orders transmitting or receiving money
to and from the Old World
While the finger print has been pro-
nounced. by experts, without oontradic-
ton from any source, an infallible
means of identification of persons. it has
only been utilized for the purpose of
detecting and identifying those who are
pursued by the agencies of the law. The
use TO which the bank has applied it
suggests unlimited possibilities, in this
particular application.
If the field were widened so as to
include all checks drawn, the forger's
occupation would be gone Considering
the fact that unusual strides have been
made toward rendering the Office safe
immune from the safebreake-s, why
should not the forger be given his pass
port as well, via the finger print?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
JUST AS RECEIVED.

Ananias was a chap both slick, sly,
and
slippery,
Also sot It home, decidedly
Bi1ery.
First he did, and then he didn't,
The third time he tried, and found
He couldn't.
Sol TO the Ancient Of days
''Hallialuisha!"
When his. last term Of judiciary
He showed his teeth. settled his
glasses,
swcre twas time to settle the asses.
Quoted Balaam as Prophet
And Seer
And smilinely said-'Tu be mon
arch Of all there Is here.
Then. doaed his onrduroys. picked
up his
Pen,
Then tossed his hat in the ring.
Once aaain. he sighed, I'll
Have my fling.
Corporations; Trusts. and third
terms. III teach the
Worms
I am neither creepy. senile, nor
sleepy.
When I choose to say the word
IT won't serve"
Or chooee to CHANGE thsp word 81
will Swcrve."
Then hy my teeth they'll lie meath
Ny Curb.
Worlds truth, or Ananias' lie
Let ms. but get there once before
I die.
The asses I'll kill
Needs nothing but nerve. and that
ihows
Ny skill.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
M A D E LIFE
WORTH LIVING.

Under q cruel third degree IN
terriew by reporters Of The Big
Stick, Charles W. Darr. the aftoS
ney and treasurer Of the Wilson
and Marshall Democratic Associa-
ticn Of the District Of Columbia.
broke down and confessed last night
that he had received . tempting
offer to enter vaudeville work.
Mr.. Darr's successful attempts to
aniuse the Democrats who made
the pilgrimage to Seasirt Thur
day attracted the attention Of the
vaudeville managers Of the East.
Besides ''rending" several melodies.
Mr.. Darr savs some inimitable fni-
tstious Of Speaker Clark, Henry u.
Davis, and other prominent men.
IT enjoy that sort Of amuse-
ment," Mr.. Darr said, though. Of
courye, I hare never applauded my
self. But IL Is merely !. diversion.
not an occupation.
"I suthoriEs The Big Stick to
deny the ram0 that / am going
to enter vaudeville
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto; Hyou see il in The Big
Stiek. il isn' Z necessarily 60
LEADING CIT. IS SORE.
He Wants to Know Who Runs
CITY Affairs.

DO you know II ! didn't think
Washington Is the bast city in
the world TO live in. / would get
out pretty prontof" said a lead
ing cit. to The Big Stick. Here
we have q telephone service that
delight in grabbing eTery cent II
can get its hands on. and its serT-
ice-well, l get red In the face when
! think Of what 1t costs me. And
what can / dof Grin and bear
it. / have nothing to say about
the franchise, nothing to say about
.he rates. and who doesi One
tells me it's the District Commis-
sioners, another says it's Congress.
and it Is devilish hard to ind out
who Is responsible. Why don't you
advocate a Board Of Aldermen or
n Common Council or whatever the,
are called in home governed com
munitiesl Here we have monopo-
lies. and any citizen VINO finds fault
gets the horse laugh.
Mr.. Big Stick Man, let me beg
Of you TO start something, do some
thing, that will stir the folks up to
a realization OF what we have to
put up with. Call a mass meeting.
get people TO realize what easy
marks they are, that they have
nothing to say about how their
money is expended. that they are
ust a lot Of mummies as far as
home government Is concerned. Oh
Lordy! I wish I had a newspaper;
/ would make it warm fer some
Of our so-called public utilities i
call them public robbers. Yes.
and don't forget the real estate
dealer, who puts a dollars worth
Of improvements in a lot and wants
twenty back. and then there are
the"
But The Big Stick man fed, fear
ing the man would have a spasm.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
FIGURES NEVER LIE?

SATURDAY Is AND IS NOT.
An executive order says four
hours shall oontitute half a day
on Saturday. An application for
leave proves that the same four
hours constitute four-Seventh Of a
day On Saturday.
By Axiom I: onehalf equals four
seventhS Please notify the vsri-.
Gus disbrrsing Offices and have the
accounts corrected accordingly.
NATH RITHAIETIC.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03
7. r. Will Attack
Presidents Speech

Oyster Bay. N. Y. Aug. 2-Col. Roose-
velt intends to poke holes in President
Taft's speech of acceptance. The ex-
President regards It as reactionary.
Mr.. Taft. in his speech. failed to dis
euss the issues that every man In the
country is most concerned in at this
time" said the colonel, His allusions
to the initiative, referendum and recall
d things that don't bring food or pay
the rent were particularly illustrative OF
what l say. In evefy phase his speech
was retrosressive."
The colonel expects to hurl a broad
side into the Taft and Wilson camps on
his third-party speech. He remarked
to-day that he has covered all the burn
ing issues Of the campaign in fashion
that, he thinks. will leave no shadow Of
doubt of his exact attitude.
The ex-President commented upon the
christening of the third party in Penn
sylvania under the name of the WASH
ington party. saying that the title would
apply only to that State.
You see, in Pennsylvania the Penrose
machine pre-empted every name with
progressive attached to II. They even
took Bull Moose" In his extremity Mr..
Penrose annexed the name Lincoln as
- poito tFtuchty IcT
got that Washington ever existed. The
third party there has named itself after
Washington and will fight for the prin-
ciples of Independence in government
that Washington believed in."
The colonel will rest up at Sycamore
Hill until Sunday when he motors into
New York. to start upon his trip to Chi
cago. He expects to be back in Oyster
Bay next Friday. After a rest OF ten
10. mill D@N ~ q.
Massachusetts. Four days later he will
be in Vermont for a day of speech-mak-
ing. His real campaigning for the Presi-
dency will start in around September L
Upholds Nesro's Right.
UNFOLDING the right of the negro to a
part in the new third party, Col. Roose-
welt to-day made public a letter written
by him yesterday to Julian Harris. son
OF Joel Chandler Hsrris Of Atlanta. Ga.
I'VE cannot permanently succeed"
says the letter, except on the basis of
treating each man on his worth as
man. Exactly as these principles should
be applied among white men without re-
gard TO their difference OF creed. or
birthplace, or social station: without re-
gard to whether they are rich men or
poor men-men who work with their
hands or men who work with their
brains-sO tney snOCid ne dppHeu aiming
all men without regard to the color Of
their skins.
II believe the progressive movement
should be made in the interest of every
honest. Industrious, lawabiding colored
man.
We have made the progressive issue
a moral, not a racial issue. l believe that
wherever the racial issue is allowed to
become dominant in our politics. 1t always
works harm to both races, but immeas-
urably the greatest harm to the weaker
race. Our object must be the same every
where. but the methods by which We
strive TO attain It must be adapted to
the needs of the several States.
In many of the States Of the Union,
where there is considerable colored
population. We are able to bring the best
colored men into the movement on the
same terms as the white men. In Rhode
Island. Maryland, New York, Indiana
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03

Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey. and Pennsyl-
vania this is now being done and from
some or all of these States cclored dele
cations will be sent to the national pro-
gressivc convention in Chicago. Let me
point cut that the progressive party is
endeavoring to act with fuller recogni-
ton OF the rights OF the colored man than
ever the Republican party d!a.''
The Washington herald., 1912-08-03

John Callan o'Laughlin. DR.. J. R. Wilder.
George r. Collins, Elmer Carroll. and H.
B. PlumRer.
The local Roosevelt supporters are pre-
psring to send out literature in CAM
paign Of education in States adjacent to
the District.