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fiis drawing power has been Great. and

His drawing power has been great, and
.>s Is now well known personally from
ocean to ocean.
The Clark presidential boom, therefore.
has found ready announcement in
many states. Democrats of local infiu-
ence know the man. He has visited
them at home, and they have heard him
on other topics than politics. They
have felt his influence as a speaker in
the discussion OF questions of general
American interest.
At Baltimore this wide and friendly
personal acquaintance may manifest
itself when the contest for the nomina-
ton opens. Mr.. Clark the successful
platform orator may reinforce Mr..
Clark the presidential aspirant. Men
who approve of him as political lead
er in Congress and as Speaker of the
House may feel their interest in his
fortunes quickened by recollections of
him as a visitor at their homes. A
good mixer-and Mr.. Clark enjoys that
distinction-sows seed from which he
sometimes reaps unexpected. though
welcome. crops.
Mr.. La Toilette has not been so for
tunate. He too. has travelled the chau-
tauqua circuits industriously. but the
fruits have not been observable in his
campaign for the Chicago nomination.
But he is better orator than mixer.
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Memorial Day.

AS the years pass and the ranks of the
veterans who fought for the preservation
of the Union grow thinner, the decoration
Of the graves of those who have gone
becomes a more significant ceremony,
charged with meaning for the younger
generation and with increasing sentiment
for those who directly participate. Year
by year the duty of thus remembering
those who gave their lives that the Union
might live and those who. worn by the
struggles of war. have laid down their
burdens since its close falls to the jun
Tors, now citizens of the republic and
doing their duty as faithfully in time of
peace as did those who bore arms in the
sixties.
1t has been shown by statistics of en-
rollment that the civil war was fought by
an army of young men. almost boys. the
majority being about twenty years of age.
This accounts for the remarkable longev
ity OF the veteran army, the sturdiness
with which it's representatives assemble
at reunions and march and take part in
proceedings that would tax the strength
of younger men not inspired by the high
enthusiasm that has always prevailed
among those who answered the call fifty
years ago. That is why today at Airing
ton and other places where the graves
are being decorated gray heads are held
erect and stin bright eyes look lovingly
at the colors draped upon the tombs OF
the leaders in the great contest.
What OF the Memorial day Of the flu
ture, when all of those who bore arms
in the civil war have been laid to rest :?
1t may not be questioned that the nation
will continue to discharge the patriotic
duty that is being today performed In
thousands of burial grounds. with music
and flowers and flags and eloquent
speech. 1t would be sad reflection in
deed to contemplate the possibility of this
significant occasion lapsing. The original
character of the day may change some
what. but there will always remain a
national sense Of obligation to commem-
crate the services and sacrifices of the
men who from 1881 to 1858, stood as a
bulwark to save the Union from dfssolu-
ton.
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The Chautauqua Field and Politics

Mr.. Bryan was the first politician Of
note to realize handsomely on his ac-
tivity in the chautauqua field After
leaving Congress he travelled extensive
ly as lecturer, and in that way pros
percd both as man and politician.
The shekels were very welcome. He
was at that time poor. He had failed
at the bar. and was drawing only a
modest sum from his newspaper con-
nectians.
But. as matters turned out, his prin-
cipal reward was from extending his
personal acquaintance. He met men
of local influence wherever he went,
and made II a point to cultivate their
good will. He was at pains to impress
himself on them not only as a ready
and clever speaker, but as a man am
bilious of political preferment
Ne succeeded so well in this aim that
when he reached Chicago in 1895 he
found many acquaintance in attend
ance delegates to the democratic ma
tional convention, who remembered his
powers as an orator, and were happy
to meet HIN again.
Mr.. Bryan, therefore, did not on tina
occasion stampede a convention Of
strangers. His speech was brilliant.
and we'll calculated to impress all
hearers. but many of those who yielded
TO ii had been under his spell before.
They had heard him on other topics
and come 10 admire his powers.
From this same source Mr.. Clark is
now reaping profit. Without leaving
Congress. as Mr. Bryan did, he made
chautauqua engagements, and for q
number of years has filled them auc-
cessfully in all sections Of the country
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Mr.. Taft's Stamping Tour.

The President enemies deliver a part
ing shot at the close of his personal ap-
peal to the people He is accused OF
yielding 10 bad advice. and lectured for
taking the stump in defense of his admin
iStration.
Mr. Roosevelt's course produced a sit
uation entirely new in our affairs. At
FIRST he pretended to be responding to
demand for his leadership. Then he set
about creating such a demand What did
not exist in large form he undertook to
call into being.
When he took the stump Mr.. Roosevelt
obeyed the Law of his nature. He dealt
in extravaganc He outraged the rec
ord. He resorted to Misrepresentation
and 10 personal abuse. He was not in
the slightest degree restrained by the
office Mr.. Taft was holding. That office,
indeed. seemed to increase his reckless
ness and strenuosty.
As Mr.. Roosevelt had himself been
President his attacks could not be rated
in the ordinary way. They could not be
ignored. and could not be replied to by
any man of lower grade politically with
any hope of arresting the proper atten-
ton. If a duty devolved, it devolved upon
Mr.. Taft.
After much Observation-Disclosures in
by men of as high class as the country
contains-Mr. Taft made choice of evils.
and chose the smaller. On the one side
was the threat of injury to his cause by
permitting MIR. Roosevelt a free field,
and on the other the unpleasant task OF
taking the stump in person and exposing
the nature of Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign.
The unpleasant task was upon the
whole we'll executed. although Mr.. Taft
lost at the polls. He stated his case
clearly. and without resort to either vio-
lent language or unfair methods.
Mr.. Taft lost. and is told that his
course was partly responsible Had he
maintained silence. he would now be GEN.
sured by the same people. and told that
no official in this country is above ap
pearing a the bar of public opinion when
called there by those challenging his
stewardship and offering proof of their
declarations.
The presidency is an Office of great
dignity, be- = does not protect an occu-
pant from occasional attacks of the ut
most fury and sometimes of grossness.
If. therefore. an occupant were denied
a reply in reason and in the most direct
way. he would be at the mercy of his
enemies in their most unfair moods.
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The Third Degree.

Some months ago a hue and cry was
raised In this country against the social
ed third-degree methods employed by the
police In many cities and a congressional
commission was appointed to investigate
No results have been scored from this
inquiry and. so far as known, the police
are pursuing their usual practices in get
ting the truth out OF persons accused of
crime. The other day in New York
woman was placed on trial charged with
Having caused the death OF nine infants
in nursery hospital by putting poison in
the milk intended for their food. A So
called confession was presented in court
but this was combated as having been
extracted f1om the defendant when she
was In a state of hysteria resulting from
her accusation. and. furthermore. that
there was no direct proof to connect her
with the poisoning of the children. The
jury acquitted her. largely on the ground
that the alleged confession was untrust-
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worthy, and the court commended the

worthy, ana the COURT coHfneHueu tHe
finding
There liz little doubt that police officials
in some cities undertake to make cases
for court procedure in order to give
the appearance. of successful activity on
their part. Certainly some OF the meth
DDS used in the handling of accused per-
sons are unjustifiable, IL half that Is al
legged Is true. They are examined In
secret, browbeaten. threatened, torment
ed by repeated questions, frightened by
intimations that the police are in posses
sion of convicting evidence and thus
driven into a state of mind in which any
sort of statement may be made for the
purpose of ending the mental torture. 1t
is also suggested that physical violence
Is employed to reduce the subject to
state OF mind In which he will be willing
to acknowledge completely II not actual
participation in the alleged crime.
There is no public tolerance for such
a practice. even though 1t is necessary TO
trace crime and to punish offenders. The
law assures every man of an even chance,
and all prosecution of crime is supposed
to proceed upon the theory that man
is presumed to be innocent until ne is
proved guilty. Under the third-degree
practice the accused is treated as though
he were unquestionably guilty. The con-
fession secured in secret is short cut
toward results in court If 1t is accepted
but juries, as in this Brooklyn case, are
manfesting a disposition to ignore SUCH
alleged proof of guilt unless accompanied
by positive demonstration of genuineness
1t has been proposed, as means OF
preventing police injustice, to prohioi'
the questioning of prisoners by ponce OF
fcials. save in the presence of their coun-
sci. Perhaps the congressional commit
tee that is supposed to be at work on
this matter will have suggestion to
make on the subject that will lead 10
the adoption of measures surely pre-
ventive of injustice and cruelty with
out lessening the efficiency OF the po-
lice organization in the detection ana
of crime.
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Senator Smiths Titanic Speech.

British comments upon Senator Smith
speech the other day accompanying the
report of his committee upon the Titanic
disaster inquiry display total miscon-
ception of the character of the state
ments which were made in the Senate.
There may be a fundamental difference
between the English and the American
sense of propriety in the matter OF pub
lie expression, but the people OF TINS
country have no complaint to make OF
the manner in which the chairman OF
the committee laid its findings before his
colleagues. In fact. Senator Smith has
throughout this trying affair been ex-
ceptionally considerate and careful. He
has shown a thoroughness which does
credit to him as an investigator, and In
his handling of witnesses and in his hnal
summing up Of conclusions he has mani
tested temperate and dispassionate
spirit that commands admiration.
There is little question that the findings
of the Senate committee, which reflect
seriously upon the British navigation
laws and the manner of their enforce
ment, make unpleasant reading for those
on the other side of the Atlantic directly
concerned. This report is a severe in
dictment, and Senator Smith would have
been derelict in his duty if he did not
call attention in his speech Of presenta-
ton to its more important features in
order to emphasize their significance.
The American people are looking for
practical measures to be adopted with the
least delay to the end that safety at sea
may be secured as far as is possible. This
was the burden of Senator Smiths re-
marks, that the sacrifices of the Titanic
should be put to useful purpose in in
surfing reforms to lessen dangers and
to increase the efficiency Of safeguards.
There can be no doubt that everything
he said regarding the recklessness dis
played In speeding the vessel through a
field of ice and in the iaxity of manage
ment in permitting her to go to sea with
an undrilled crew of unskilIed men. and
in the lack of system in the hour of
peril in the preparation for the saw
ing of life, was justified by the facts and
demanded by the gravity of the offenses
committed against humanity. No bubble
over his use of terms, or his manner OF
delivery. or his earnestness of presenta-
mental blunder caused the Titanic dis
aster and that hundreds of lives were
needlessly destroyed. The American peo-
pie will watch the British inquiry for
results comparable with those that are
expected to flow from the American, and
are confident that although more time
may be taken in its prosecution 1t will
not be more efficient or thorough or con.
scientious or result-producing than that
which has been conducted here.
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From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
The worst failure ever In the White
House, in the opinion Of the great major
ity Of the American people. after the bat
tie of Charlottesville in the late spring
of 1853. was President Abraham Lincoln.
There had been over two dreary years of
defeat and fizzle; and even a year later.
prior to Gen. Sherman's successes in
Georgia, there seemed only q slight
chance that Lincoln would be renominat-
ed by the republican party. Mr.. Roose-
Welt loves to appeal to the memory and
the great name OF Lincoln. From what is
known of Mr.. Roosevelt, however, II is
certain that had he been privileged to OBJ
serve critically the war President in the
spring of 1853. he would have declared
that he meant we'll feebly." was con-
trolled by bosses. was directed and ad-
vised by inoompetents, and was alto
gether and unqualifiedly unfit to be Pres
ident Of the United States
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The Garden.

He got himself a garden hoe;
He got himself a rake
He neatly marked out many a row
TAe routes things were to take.
They seemed to have no weight at ALL
His task was merely fun.
Ere shades Of night began to fall
Each seemed to weigh a ton!
Whatever eats tender sprout
The tempting spot soon found
The fowls that fiutter round about,
The 'varmints' underground.
Although that garden never may
Fulfill his hearts desire,
The geological display
Is something to admire
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Cuban Outbreak Sudden.
From the New York Evening Post.

The first Cuban newspapers to come
TO hand since the breaking out of the
rebellion make clear the suddenness with
which the blow fell. Havana was in the
midst OF celebrating the tenth anniver-
sary of the independence of the Cuban
republic. when the news came Of a re-
volt that threatened it's life. The exist
ence of the independent party of color
was, of course. we'll known and it's de-
mands understood. but there was ap-
parently no thought that the negroes
would take UP arms. AS son as the grav-
ity OF the movement was perceived, how
ever there was an instructive feeling that
Cubans must drop their political differ
ences and bend every energy to the res
toration Of order.
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1t has been scientifically stated that a
pound of soap will produce 90 44. 600 bub-
bles. This may encourage the Brewers
Association to satisfy certain curiosity
as to how many bubbles a bushel of hops
may be made to yield.
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Brooklyn Beautiful.
From the Brooklyn Times.

The plans for Brooklyn Beautiful in
clude many more Fairgrounds for the
children. That is well. But in the mean
time, Brooklyn has parks of which II can
we'll be proud. parks to be compared with
any in the world. Enjoyment OF the
parks will not be lessened any. but, on
the contrary. increased by a little care and
thoughtfulnese on the part OF each In
dividual Let the good beginning be con-
tinued through the summer.
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Striving to Please.

THAT man does not hesitate to contra
dict himself
Its the fault of the people, replied
Senator Sorghum. They like novelty
and would rather hear a man contradict
himself than have him keep saying the
same thing over and over"
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IL Mr.. Roosevelt should succeed in
demonstrating a right to an indefinite
series of presidential terms. some unduly
apprehensive person is sure to ask him
to promise not to name Kermit as his
successor.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHmANDER JOHNSON.
Acute Sentiment.

THAT office boy of mine is terribly SEN
sitive," said Mr.. Milder.
How do you know
Every time one of his relatives dies he
has to go to a ball game to get his mind
off his SORROW
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DIn order to avoid delays on account Of
personal absence letters to THE STAR should
not be addressed to any individual connected
with the Office. but simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial or Business Department. a. ding
90 tenor purpose.
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Evading an Issue,

What is your manner"
"Ephraim Ebenezer,' replied the
small colored boy.
How do you spell it?''
Tain no use to worry bout dat. Jes'
suit yohsef. / ain puhticlar."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

1t may be necessary at moments to
adopt an arbitrary, course in deciding
whether certain aggregations are to be
classed as conventions or disorderiy as
semblages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

Berlin woman left a bequest to be
devoted to the assistance of men who
were unsuccessful in business. There will
not be nearly enough money to go
round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

A number of Wall street men would
feel easier If C. w. Morses physicians
would tell him that his health depends
on absolute freedom from the excitement
of business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

England will not be justified in regard
ing Germany's conspicuous reference to
the lifeboats provided for the new ship,
Imperator. as another effort to be irritat.
ing.
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The Unarrested.

Ever arrested before?" asked the
judge.
Never" replied the prisoner.
your honor: said the prosecutor. 1.-THE
defendants statement shows the falsity
Of his statement that he has seen bette,
days 1t proves conclusively that he
never owned an automobile"
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Entered as second-class Fail matter at the post
ONCE at Washington, d. @.
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The Campaign.

Though shattered Is the loving cup
And sounds discordantly arise,
Perhaps they're only tuning up
And, later on. will harmonic.
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While the South American republics put
into active practice the idea of rapid rota-
ton in office. none of their leaders is
willing to subscribe to the theory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

So much is going on in the United
States that the public is compelled to sus-
pend its agitation concerning what may
be happening to Controller bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30
The Voice,

do you believe in the voice of the peo-
ple?"
YEP" replied Farmer Corntossel;
when some o. these candidates who want
to do all the talking themselves will give
1t a chance to be heard
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1t is feared that H. w. A. Page in
speaking so freele of eminent men fell
into a not uncommon error OF mistaking
an epithet for an epigram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

AS contributing editor Mr.. Roosevelt
belongs to that school of Journalism
which requires a man, when there Is no
news. to get out and make some.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

Possibly Cuba is growing restless be-
cause 1t thinks it ought to be included in
the speechmaking itineraries of emf
nent statesmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

Some of Mr.. Taft's most serious en-
barrassments have been caused by the
friends to whom Mr.. Roosevelt intro
duced him.
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Tennis, hurdle jumping and rhinoceros
hunting now look, by comparison, like
pastimes.
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Missourians in WrangIe.

jefferson City, Mo, Sept. 5.-Gov-
ernor Hadley denied today that he
told l.. A. Ellis of Kansas City over
the telephone yesterday that if the
elublcan judicial candidates were
nominated by the progressive party
they would Withdraw from the It"
publican ticket if required to line
up for Taft. Il gave Ellis what in
formation | had as to the attitude
of the republican judicial candi-
dates said Hadley. "but didn't make
the statement that Ellis was quoted
as having made and l am informed
by the convention delegates that Ei-
lis didn't make the stctement attrib-
uted to him." ullis today reiterated
his statement of yesterday
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ARTHUR /. GARFORD NAMED AS
PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR.
PLATFORM IS ADOPTED
Prohibition of Child Labor, Min 'N
WAGE For Women, Prohibition
Night Work For Women, Are I'M
portant Planks.

Columbus, Ohio, Sept 5.-Arthur l..
Garford was today nominated by the
progressives as their candidate for
governor, IN the state convention.
The platform adopted by the con-
vention endorses the prohibition Of
child labor, a minimum wage scale for
women, the prohibition of night work
for women, eight-hour day Tor wom-
en-, schools for industrial education, a
municipal home rule and a non-par-
tsan judicial ballot.
John L. Sullivan, republican can
didate for secretary of state, Was
nominated by the progressives toi
the same office. He resigned az the
republican nominee. l.. j. Tabor Of
Belmont was named as the progress
i've candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor.