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looking the world over II is a sad and
evil fact that 80 many and &c large a
part of the worlds population do not
enjoy the happy condition of a good
living. as witness the present famine
in China and India and the ceaseless
Edrope Of the MANY millions hoping to
better their conditions by The double
wages paid mere oyer Europe. and the
fact that food, clothing. and shelter
of the same class are now no higher
here than in europe, as our best In
formed authorities inform us. The
practical question commenting the
tina 10 staSS sGpe ana hG% how 'f to DO con-
The strikers all want more pay-every
one does. The coal strikers want 81
cents ton advance, which would he
the people; that is, THE consumers" I"
which means you and l. Now. if We,
the consumers OF everything produced
by labor are to be made to pay liberal
advances on everything We buy to live
by, how are we going TO AFFORD to do
It? Can we then buy as much cloth or
us much coal rs we now do2 VIII our
incomes. allow us to do so? Are not
to consider our sources OF wealth. We
are the richest country In the world.
and now paying the highest wages OF
are worth less than 1850 pr head. =
all the wealth Of the country were d.
vided up equally, our census tells US.
The income OF this will not support a
person, therefore. every able-bodicd
person. must labor Our census goes
on still. and II all the resIlts OF labor
and capital were combined. the whole
income Of the United States Is still less
than 20 cents per day for each man,
woman, and child How can we then
continually advance labor and shorten
hours of labor? Will some philosopher
tell uR how to do so without taking
from many Of us that which we now
haNeI x.
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influence Of such character He is not
an orator, nor a man of high scholastic
attainments, yet he is none the less
a profound philosopher. He grasps the
logic of events. His strong points are
wealth of saving common sense, an
incorruptible honesty, steadfastness In
honorable purpose, an untiring indus
try, all supplemented by the highest
order of moral and physical courage
He possesses an indomitable will and
tnfexible purpose, and when once he
has decided what duty requires of him
he moves forward to the discharge of
its requirements and there Is no change
or shadow of turning until his work
Is done. As legislator he has few
equals and no superiors. The impress
of his great mind is stamped upon the
statutes enacted during his Congress
sional life. He is a man of sterling in
tegrity and above reproach He has
lived through the days of jobbery and
corruption and came out with garments
pure and spotless. An enemy OF corrupt
schemes he stands for his country and
his country's good.
William sulzer, the man who, like
for the people. There are men in Com
gress who pursuing the noiseless tenor
of their way do yet perform a good
work In the interest Of the State they
represent, and more especially Of the
neighborhood in which they reside. Sui
zsrs field Is larger than his Congress
sional district It is broader than the
state; II 10 as wide as the nation.
TIM TICKLE
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ALSO THINKS GAGNlER
DESERVES A TRY-OUT
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Anent the article in a recent edition
OF The Times entitled Thinks GaKnier
Deserved Thorough Try-out," wish
TO state that /. too, am OF the opinion,
In view Of the brilliant fielding and bat
ting Of this young man while in train
ing, that he deserved better fate than
a return TO the minors It has been
stated that his record as a batter is
against him. May ! ask this question {?
II II was the intention to return this
player to the minors, even though he
delivered the goods,'' as he surely did
In every department OF the game, why
was he ever given a try-out? AS for
Mcbride, / consider him to be as good a
shortstop as the majors can boast of
AS fielder II is hard to realize where
re could be improved upon, and, while
his Is not slugger, he is a fair hitter,
and at his best when the game is clos
est ] have seen him break up many a
game with a timely hit. Surely in this
connection George deserves all of the
nice things that have been said about
him. Returning to the case of Gagnier,
like Bob Thayer, l am still waiting for
a satisfactory answer as to why he was
not given an opportunity TO show his
mettle before the Washington fans, at
least in the exhibition games
H. s. WILSON.
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PENS POLITICAL PROPHESY
WITH GREAT BIG "P'S"
To the Editor of THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
Wilson and Wiley will never come ont
OF the wilderness leading the disaffected
Democratic hosts.
Mr.. Wilson's particular brand of pure
politics would perhaps be as powerless
to protect the people from a plundertng
plutocracY as Mr.. Wiley's pound OF pre-
vention has proven ineffective against
the protected piracy of business inter-
ests, in providing pure food for the
people.
Political poltroons have permitted the
people to be plundered and poisoned by
Greatest OF all Christian civilizations"
and most philanthropic of preyinR peo-
pie, ever since the Republican party nut
itself into power with protection pros
perity palaver.
Let the Democratic party protect the
plain people who work and get hungry,
who wear out clothing, and burn coal
and cells of brain and body tissue, in
the production of that they consume,
and produce for the consumption of that
vast and varied volume of vaingloriOus
Naga bonds who irfest society, and suck
Its substance as parasites, pirates, and
plutocrats. who prey upon and plunder
the people who work and produce the
wealth Of this wonderful country.
Let the Democrats in Congress not
follow the demagogues who have gone
out or power, by studying what to
substitute in the schedules to supply
the shortage of sugar and shoddy, but
spend less.
Show craftsmanship and courage by
curtailing the cost OF government, and
cutting down the cost of living.
Protect the plain people, Shut up the
shoddy shops that make shoes of scraps
and cloth OF cotton threads with a little
wool spun on-that have fattened under
the fostering care OF protection, until
society and state are fostering with the
corruption of the awful, self-destroying
impurities about to burst as a boil from
the body polite.
Put a stop to these shameless shams
that spread so much suffering and sor-
row under the system OF robbery called
protection. and never more will the pCo-
pie place their trust in the trust of
trusts, the Republican party--the pro-
genitor, promoter, and protector Of tae
most Infamous political and plratical
lnlquities that ever preyed upon, plum
dered, and Impoverished 3 people,
NV. NIGH
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS
DISOWN THE ALLEN CLAN

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Referring to a paragraph published in
a Washington paper to the effect that
"Old Man Floyd Allen, the head of the
Blue Ridge Mountain dynasty. which
tried to enforce its primitive code by
shooting down the officers OF the court
when he was being tried, is a member
OF the militant branch of the church
known as the 'Hardshell Baptist and
their deep religious convictions bend
only to their limits of liberty to order
their lives as they will, without inter-
ference or molestation from any
source" l want to announce II as un-
true, unsustained by the logic of facts,
and cannot be verified by any man,
knowing the creeds and doctorems Of
the Primitive Baptist church, without
putting fidelity to truth and principle
behind him.
Floyd Allen is not a member of the
primitive Baptist or any. other branch
OF the Christian church-doesn't deserve
the privilege of citizenship, and has
not for many years. !,
The writer hopes to see the old Com
monwealth OF Virginia vindicate her
laws and uphold her courts and all in
strumentalities established to maintain
order in society by extending the most
severe punishment to the men who COM
mitted this terrible crime.
1t Is sure TO be done by the beloved
old State which has ever been prompt
in resenting such disorderly conduct,
not by Condemning some of the most
worthy Christian efforts, but by the
education of her citizens, such as was
suggested in an editorial of The Times,
the emulation OF which, by the citi-
gems of the State and nation, will rem
der progress OF our social life toward
better things a certainty.
d. F. WILLIAMS.
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
SAVING THE RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

The+Supreme Court, by overturning one Of the
Commerce Courts decisions, has given assurance Of
purpose to save the present railroad legislation
preserve the spirit and efficiency of the interstate
commissions authority, and to consider the broad
views Of those complex questions arising under the
commerce clause.
The Dolliver-Hepbum act authorizes the COM
mission to require very complete reports from car
riers covering all their business The question arose,
whether this authority extended to intrastate bus-
ness. In involving joint rates between rail-
roads and water lines, the Commerce Court held that
water lines could not be compelled to report port
toport business, or on purely intrastate business
handled independently of traffic arrangements with
railroads.
To maintain this attitude would in effect render
useless the reports interstate business, which the
commission was still permitted to secure; for COM
plete survey of the business of concern is, of
course, necessary before it may be determined
whether some particular section of its rates is rea-
sOnable or not.
The whole tendency of the Commerce Court atti-
tude toward reports from carriers is to destroy the
effect Of section TO- perhaps the most useful part
of the whole Doiver-Hepburn act. There has been
grave concern about the Supreme Courts attitude.
If it should give the narrow technical construction
which had satisfied the Commerce Court the results
would be disastrous.
In the decision just rendered, the Supreme Court
takes the higher and broader ground. 1t sweeps
away the technicalities and leaves the big main ques-
ton clear II declares that there is difference be-
tween regulation of intrastae business, and knowl-
edge Of IT, The Interstate Commission has no power
to regulate intrastate business but it has need to
know all about intrastate business in order to ex-
srsise intsllgenty and knowingly the power over in
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terstate business. And, therefore, the court holds
that the commission may demand complete showing
Of the business OF carriers which do interstate bus-
ness.
While this decision is not representative Of unan
court the bench stood seven to two in favor of
it, and it justies again the belief that the new per-
some! of the Supreme Court willcontnue the policy
of liberal interpretations designed o give substantial
effect to the laws for regulating commerce. Anything
less would make Federal control failure and CON-
pei amendment OF the Constitution before reforms
could be enforced.
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
SENATOR JONES DOES
NOT SEEM CONSISTENT

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
! happened to be present in the Sem
ate on the 18th ultimo. when there
came to vote resolution offered by
Senator Jones of Washington. There
was pending a motion by Senator Hey
burn to the effect that the election OF
the Junior member from Wisconsin was
valid. Senator Jones presented an
amendment to this Qn the nature OF a
substitute). which declared Mr.. Stephen
sons election void This Jones resolu-
ton was defeated by a vote of % to q,
and ! considered 1t res judicats. What
was my surprise, therefore, the very
next day, to witness Senator Jones
rise in his place and offer the identical
motion. The chair. Mr.. sheI man pre-
siding, ruled that inasnrsch as II was
the same resolution that had been
passed upon the day before, 1t vas out
of order
suppose Mr.. Jones had sufficient
reason to vote against the reopeninS
OF the Lorimer case, but the reason is
not apparent.
Senator Jones various positions do
not seem consistent CIVIS.
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
HOPES ROTHERMEL BILL
WILL BE PUSHED
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Congressman John H. Rothermel Of
Pennsylvania Is. in the near future,
to introduce a bill in Congress to in
vestigate the causes of the cruelties
practiced on dumb beasts in the Dis
trict of Columbia; the hours the
men are compelled to work.. and the
measly salaries paid them. l surely
and earnestly hope those interested
will petition him to urge this bill
We have in Congressman Rothermel
a brilliant lawyer. who always stands
for justice once and all the time for
the poor laboring man and the dumb
beasts. We are to be congratulated
in our friend, and you can rest as
sured the investigation will be
thorough and !, for one, am ready to-
testify. Citizens push this bill
THE MAN AND BEASTS' FRIEND.
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
YOUTHFUL ESSAYIST ON
THE CIGARETTE EVIL

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
What is a more disgusting sight than
TO sec boy eleven or twelve years old
putting his strength and character away
through a vie tube Of tobacco7
repeated warnings given him by the
yellow sickly color Of his fingers, a
sleepy drowsy feeling in his head, and
his decreasing strength IL absolutely
foolhardy or a hend to the most un-
sanitary and popular drug in the land.
turn out to be good citizens, and even
when they do they are sickly and not
much credit to q country.
EMMETT MOTLEY,
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS

at Portsmouth, N. H.;
Wheeling at Guantanamo: string
ham at Annapolis; Nero at San
Diego Wisconsin at Philadelphia.
Sailed-Connecticut, Florida, Delaware,
Michigan, North Dakota, Titan.
Louisiana, Kansas, New Hampshire,
South Carolina, Georgia, Nebraska,
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia,
Minnesota. Mississippi, Missouri,
Ohio, North Carolina, Birmingham,
Salem. Celtic, Lebanon, Patapsco,
Pstuxent, San Francisco, Solace, and
YRnktCn from Hampton Roads for
Southern Drill Grounds; Nanshan
from Olongapo for Shanghai; Wash
ington from San Juan for Port au
Prince; Castlne, Severn, Tonapah,
ca. CO, ca. C-5. D-3, Ell and e.
from Norfolk for cruise; California,
Colorado and South Dakota from
Guam for Olongspo,
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A TICKET TO WIN:
CLARK AND SULZER

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
II I had my choice / would have
Bryan and Sulzer. But as Mr.. Bryan
has refused to be a candidate, my next
choice is Clark and Sulzer. Let us
examine into the qualifications of these
gentlemen. Who Is Speaker Clark, and
what does he stand for2
1t Is difficult TO rightly estimate the
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
USE OF SEPARATE TOWELS
WARMLY COMMENDED
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
The lady advocating separate towels
for the different races has certainly
voiced the true sentiment OF every gem
tleman in the United States Govern
ment. Many have thought just as
expressing themselves. l would like to
shake the hand of the lady who has
been brave enough to speak her true
sentiments, regardless OF everybody 9
opinion. Let's hear from her regarding
salaries paid employees.
TREASURY EMPLoYE.
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
SOME BROADER ASPECTS
OF ECONOMIC SITUATION

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In reading the Washington Sunday
papers I read that Lincoln SteTens, the
sociologist, who suggests the Golden
Rule" in the hynamittnE cases in Los
Angeles, in writing his article on the
Lawrence strike, says he aims to reach
the root of the strike" or why men,
women. and children cannot earn by
"cVil fact" he wants dealth with. In
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: IIodges-Natlonal
No. u, F. c.; Arminus No. 25. NJ. NJ. ;
Myron NJ. Parker No. 81: King David
Lafayette No. 5, r. A; Washington
No. 6, P. and NJ. e. Ancient and Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite-Mithras Lodge
OF Perfection No. /. Almas Temple,
A. Q. n. NJ. S.-Meeting OF home and
auditorium committee. Eastern Star
grand chapter.
The following l. o. o. f. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Washing-
ton No. 26; Amity No. q, degree work
Golden Rule No. 81, business. Patri-
archs Naturalization Washington
No. |, monthly meeting.
The following knights of Pythias lodges
will meet tonight: Webster No. 7,
esquire rank: Excelsior No. Il; Capt.
tai No. "a; Myrtle No. Is, page rank.
o. T. M, regular business. with initia-
ton by the degree team, tonight
Annual election of the Congress Heights
Public Improvement Association to-
night
Lecture by Anatole lie Braz before the
Alliance Francaise OF Washington. the
Washington Club, 17l0 street north
west
Meeting of the Tennessee Society of
Washington. w. G. T. U. building. 622
Sixth street northwest, 7:SO p m.
Meeting of Washington real estate men,
Chamber of Commerce rooms. Twelfth
and Fstreets northwest, p. m.
Meeting of the Anthropologtcsl Society
of Washington. New National Mu-
scum building, 4:45 p. m.
Illustrated lecture on "Our Song Birds,
by Edward Avis, Washington Club,
1710 / street northwest, s p. m.
Meeting of committee on home build
ing Almas Temple, Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine. GUIDES Hall, 1H4 F
street northwest, 7:3O p. m.
Banquet of the grand council OF the
Royal Arcanum, the Arlington Hotel
Lecture on "On-Concrete and Modern
Road Construction. by Logan Waller
Page, director of the office of public
roads, before the Washington Soci-
ETY. Of Engineers, c. and P. Telephone
Companys Hall. 792 Twelfth street
northwest, p. m.
Monthly meeting of the COLUMBIA
Heights Citizens Association. st.
Stephens Parish Hall, Fourteentl !
street, near Irving street,tnorthwest'
Meeting eI Is; Of; Of the Home Economics Asso.
citation, 600 o street northwest S4o
D. m.
Selected reading by Mrs, Walter Reed,
reading room for the blind, Library OF
Congress. p. m. . ,,.s.-
turers' Association, the Raleigh
morning afternoon. and evening.
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
ARMY.

ARMY.
Lieutenant LEVI G. BROWN, Thir-
teenth Cavalry, detailed as professor
of military science and tactics at
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas, College Station,
Texas, July !, 1912.
Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE f. Lam
DERS, c. A. c., detailed to Adjutant
Generals Department, April l, 1872
vice Lieutenant Colonel IRA A,
HAYNES, adjutAnt general, relieved
Major GEORGE r, PATTERSON, c. A.
c, detailed to Adjutant Generate 8
Department April !, 1912, vice Major
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, adjutant
general. relieved.
Idautenaat ARTHUR T. DALTON from
Jefferson Barracks, Mo, to Boston,
Mass, for recruiting duty.
NAVY.
Rear Admiral r. r. NICHOLSON, to
China aFanl tam IflX
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
TOO MANY LAWYERS.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching, which recently shook up the dry bones
of the medical colleges of this country by demon
strating that they turning loose far too many
incapable doctors, has trained its guns upon the law
school,
There are IA law schools in the country, and in
the year 1910 they turned out the enormous number
of 4l83 legal practitioners This does not take into
account the scores of those who enter the profess
sion "by reading law" in office who get their
knowledge of it by their own efforts.
Gen. ]. Franklin Bell now head of the army in
the Philippines used to tell the story that when he
was stationed years ago in Illinois he studied law in
his spare time. When he came up for his exami-
nation an old gentleman looked him over and said
Bell, what is law?" After hemming and having
for while over this query without finding ready
answer, he was helped out with you know what law
is don't you?" Bell finally managed to say he be-
lieved he did. Well" remarked the examiner
that's all there is to be said about it; if you know
that you know it ALL" and gave him his certificate.
Examinations in this day not so lax. The
States are gradually erecting safeguards against ad
mission to the bar of the utterly incompetent, but
there is still much to be desired.
1t would be far better for many of those who
enter the profession to exc out the scantes live-
hood if they were faced by barrier only to be sur
it was not to be denied
1t is the overcrowding of the profession that leads
to many unethical practices 1t is the ignorance Of
many who hang out their shinge, with little learning
and small aptitude for the law that is accountable
for much of the laws delay 1t is the struggle for
existence among a certain class of lawyers that
brings about much of the litigation that clogs the
court calendar.
The worst feature of the situation is that the con-
dition means denial of justice to those who fall
into inefficient hands, and this, generally speaking,
is the poor and the ignorant man.
Any move to establish higher standard of ad.
mission to the bar and that would relieve terribly
crowded profession, though it might keep out some
of those who possessed the divine fire, would be a
good thing for the profession and for the public.
Fitting tribute was paid to the memory of Dr..
Crawford w. Long on Saturday, that being the seven
teth anniversary Of the day which, for the first
time in history, he used ether as an anesthetic for
surgical operation. The tribute was we'll bestowed
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
Amusements.

National-"A Romance of the Under
ReIesco-"OVer Might" sis D. m.
Coiumbia-Columbia Players in Billy"
Chase s-Polite vaudeville. 2:15 and sis
A5sdemy-"The Penalty" 2:l5 and S:l5
Imperial 2:l5 and SI5
p. nj.
Casino-Elite vaudeville.
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville.
Matestic-Vaudeyille.
Gayety-"Midnight Maidens," 2:l5 and
s:lb o. m.
Lyceum-'The Gay Widows" 2:l5 and
s:lb o. m.
Arcade-Motion pictures, skating and
bowling.
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% l nj
he writer's h goo mar m ahu
Address
The Washington times., 1912-04-02

Fitting tribute was paid to the memory of Dr.
Crawford W. Long on Saturday, that being the seven
tieth anniversary Of the day which, for the first
time in history, he used ether as an aneshetic for
surgical operation. The tribute was we'll bestowed
How far the world has moved even with the short
span of seventy years!
The Washington times., 1912-04-02
NAVY.

Rear Admiral r. +. NICHOLSON,
China SQuadronl temporarily.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-20
HARMON'S MANLY UTTERANCE.

However men may disagree on the
subject of the dcsirability of Governor
Harmon of Ohio as the Democratic
leader in the coming presidential fight,
his closing address made at Delaware.
Ohio, on Saturday night, was in strik-
ing contrast to the bitterness and
personalities that have characterized
the Ohio campaign, and stamp him as
man whom we would delight to fol-
low in case he can secure the NOM
nation. In closing his speech, he said;
"If | am right in my belief, the del
erates from Ohio will present the
name of her Governor at Baltimore
in no spirit of hostility or envy to any
other. They will simply make good
the unanimous action of the conven-
ton at Dayton by confirming at the
State primaries on Tuesday it's selec-
ton of me and back that action b!
fair and honorable advocacy. They
will neither attempt dictation nol
submit to it from anyone. And If the
choice shall fall on another, they will
be able to assure the convention that
with its wcll-carned privilege at homo
saved from its would-bc destroyers.
the Ohio Democracy will he found II
the victorious column of the nation IL
November"
What a delightful, inspiring spirit
Of Democracy is shown in this manly
statement of the distinguished Ohioan
How feeble beside such breadth OF
view arc the rawlings of one William.
Jennings Bryan of Nebraska, who
threatens to bolt the ticket If tlar'
mon is nominated. We rcteratc ou'
position, that we have no choice be-
tween the four candidates for the
domination, but VIC take courage whcr
we think of the possibility of having
20 follow man like Harmon in tho
coming fight.