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The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
BUBBLES FROM POLITICAL POT

From the Charleston News and Courier.
To the progressives the Ten Command
ments are out OF date.
From the Chattanooga Times
What We need is a get.together pri-
mary. not an overture TO a funeral
From the Baltimore Star.
President Taft also has some of those
Iaconic ana expressive phrases all his
own.
Prom the Cleveland Leader.
Wherein is the necessity OF proceed
ing against the money trust II the cash
register trust is busted?
From the PittsburE Sun.
No one has been hurt thus far in the
rush for the honor of being Vice Presi-
dent.
Prom the Omaha Bee
1t remains to be seen, governor. whether
the people of this country have lost
confidence in the head of their nation"
From the Buffalo ETpgess.
A Rochester alderman is accGsed of
accepting a bribe. Will this weaken
Rochester's faith in the desirability of
aidermanic government?
From the Ohio State Journal
There has been so much interest in the
Republican situation lately that Gov.
Woodrow Wilson hasn't been detected in
any more crimes for two or three weeks.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Though a steam roller MAJ make a
nj
for the voters TO dance by.
From the IoungSiown Telegram.
The most distressing feature Of the
Roosevelt candidacy is the fact that it
will probably cause a revival of the
can he come back talk.
From the Nsshrille Tennessean.
So much of the Taft administratio ton
seems to Le in the Roosevelt band wagon
that a new inventory has to be taken
every few minutes to discover who is
who.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Meanwhile Henry Watterson refuses to
be comforted because either he or Wood
row Wilson has lied and the professor
will not let him prove which.
From the Milwaukee Free Pres
A Chicago bachelor. running for alder
man, says that II he is elected he will
wed within a year. Doubtless all the
girls in his ward will see that their
fathers vote for him.
From the e Paso Herald
Mr.. Bryan never gets lonesome. no mat
ter where he misses his train. The Peer
less Democrat was kept as busy in Ell
Paso as a Mexican revolutionist lodging
u battle.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
LONG HAND MUST GO.
Western Union Orders 10000 Type
writer's TO Help Along.

From the Springfield Republican.
The Western Union has ordered 1000
new typewriters. which is but a begin
ming. and It is expected that within a
year all kilograms, including the day and
night letters. will be typewriter. Does
this mean, II may be wondered, the
gradual extinction Of that peculiar cur
rent writing. rapid, open. free and in
tricateIy Iooped. which is known as "tele-
graph hand?" II is admirable for its
purpose, but It is the reverse OF what is
needed for those uses for which chiro-
graphy is still retained. Librarians, for
example. also have a special hand but
1t is compact. formal and print-like and.
rapidity is less important than legibIlity.
The mercantile hand. nowadays at least.
is much less uniform. but IL has its own
traditions. Literary people, on the other
hand. when they happen not to type
write, follow any model they like, but
they seldom employ the easy. rapid
gallop or lope Of the telegrapher's hand.
That is best suited TO one who is writ
ing from dictstion. and who keeps up a
steady pace after once getting up mo-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
Why Not State the Faets2

Not long ago Senator La Toilette,
writing to an adherent in North Da-
kota, intimated that he had entered
upon the fight for the progressives in
the Republican party when no one else
could be induced to make the contest.
Now comes Senator La Follette's
manager, Mr.. Walter L. Houser, in a
statement telegraphed from Portland,
Greg. declaring that Col Roosevelt
'double-crossed" Senator La Toilette,
after urging the latter to enter the field
as candidate. ....-.....
If there has been double-dealing, why
does not Senator La Toilette give the
facts:
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
AK FALLS TO-DAY
In CENSUS BUREAU
28l Clerks, Last of Temporary Roll,
70. Will Be Dispensed
With.

The remaining temporary clerks in the
Census Bureau-2l in alI-win be dis
charged to-day. All are in the population
and agriculture divisions. Thirty-eizht
states are represented by the DISCHARGED
clerks. and twenty-six are from III Dis
trict OF Columbia
Director of the Census F. Dana Du-
rand yesterday explained the situation
In regard to the clerks. Owing to tn.
meager appropriation made by Congress-.
he said, 1T was necessary TO do away
with the temporary force We kent
these clerks until the last. owing to the
iact that they were in two Of the most
important divisions where the work is the
heaviest A slight delay in the work OF
the two divisions will be occasioned bv
the loss OF the clerks, but do not think
II will be serious
The entire temporary force which was
taken on at the beginning OF the census
OF 1910 has now been laid on This last
oatch OF clerks has nothing to Complain
or. as they were given notice over a
month ago that the AK was TO fall We
kept them as long as We could under the
appropriation We are getting
There Is little chance for the DISCHARGED
clerks to get on the permanent roll As
unoer certain regulations adopted at the
beginning OF the census temporary clerks
are not eligible for transfer. DespIt.
this fact, appeals have poured in thick
ana fast to number Of Congressnnen
the States and districts from
which the temporary force was recruited
ne lawmakers are as helpless as the
clerks. inasmuch as IL is impossible 10 re-
tain any Of the temporary force under
the present appropriation. In case an ad-
diuonal appropriation Is secured a num-
Der can again be mustered into service
under what are known as emergency
appointments"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
BY FRED c. KELLY.

Congressman Gordon Lee. of Georgia,
sat on a lounge in the cloakroom Some
time ago eonhding his troubles to Con-
gressman Austin. OF Tennessee. A
postmaster in Lees district had been
caught in an annoying little faisehood
and efforts were being made to oust
him from his job. Lees objection to
this was that the postmaster was a
great friend OF his. and that the false
hood was only a white lie at the worst.
He was exceedingly anxious to have
the man retained.
Austin listened to the tale and said
he thought II could be arranged nicely.
How're you going to fix ItT' asked
Lee.
Leave It all to me-" said Austin.
BY the way. could you go with me to
the Postmaster Generals ONCE to-mor-
row morning at 1880"
Yes, but how do you intend to"
Never mind" interrupted Austin.
Just keep your eye on me. BY the
way. how many terms have you been
In Congress?"
We'll, I'm now on my fourth" re-
piled Lee. But what's-'
your intention at first was to serve
only one term. 1 believer went on
Austin.
Yes. but"
That's all, then said Austin. Re
member. now. Postmaster Generals Of
fee at 1890" And the interview was at
an end.
The next morning. when Lee and
austin and the p. q. were closeted to-
gether. Austin said:
When my friend Lee here first ran
for Congress. he caused IL to be Known
throughout his district that II elected
hesw would not ask for another term. But
that was when he was running for the
F1fty-ninth Congress. and he Is still
here. Now. II a postmaster in his dis
trict has told a lie. you can see for
yourself who set him the example. I
will ask Mr.. Lee to confirm what / have
told you"
Lee nodded submissiveIy. and Austin
went on:
My friend Lee now tells the truth
at all times. and I believe this erring
postmaster will again follow his Con-
gressman's example"
So the postmaster held his job.
Children learn politics as soon as they
do their a, b. c's IL they live in WASH
ington.
Congressman Campbell. Of Kansas, and
Nelson, OF Wisconsin. live across the
street from each other here. Each has
a seven-year-old daughter.
The other day the little Campbell girl
was overheard saying to her playmate
across the way:
Your fathers one Of those-Nhat you
call 'em. insurgents. isn't he?''
'Oh, yes admitted Nelson's daughter
HE votes with the Democrats some
times"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
Express and Parcel Post.

The grIllIng which the express COM
panies of the country are undergoing
al the hands of the Interstate Com
m6rce Commission Is doing more to
create opinion favorable 10 parcel
post than anything hitherto done. The
evidence before the commission has
shown that the business of the ex-
press companies has been managed in
almost utter disregard of the public
welfare. constant overcharges being
made on prepaid packages, with no eff
fective system for the return of the
money taken. 1t has been shown that
the cost of the express service to the
country in many instances is excessive.
and the commission is positive that a
way must be found by the companies
to stop intolerable practices.
The entire volume OF evidence con-
stitutes an argument in favor of the
establishment of parcel post by the
government in connection with the
Post-office Department Ii was only
this week that high official, testifying
before the commission, sought to pal
late his position by telling the COM
mission that they were in constant fear
OF the establishment of a parcel post.
which would ruin the express business
in the United States. If the statement
is true, and express matter can be car
ried by the government and delivered
through the Post-office cheaper than the
express companies can do it, the fact
IS important and comes near clinching
the argument in favor of the parcel
post
1t IS not belicyable that the estab-
lishment of this service by the gov
crnment would break TIP the express
business 1t might lead to IFS reor-
ganizstion on a better and more eco
nomical basis, but the parcel post at
best could only supplement and extend
the express business by taking charge
Of the smaller and cheaper parcels and
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
COLLEGE ATHLETICS FOR ALL.
Exercise should BE for Student
Body and Not a Few Sports.

From the Hartford Post.
The attitude Of college government to-
ward athletics is much like that OF the
man who had a bull by the horns. He
can't hold on and he can't let go. The
thing has become as essentially a part
Of college life as the classroom work.
and no power can change ii. 1t is SIM
ply a question as TO how the power can
be made most useful and least harmful
A recent report of Cornell University
offers some suggestions. 1t tells how at
that institution great attention has been
paid toward engaging all the men in ath-
Ietic work. During the past year some
two hundred contests were held outside
the intercollegiate competitions. These
were interclass and interfraternity
matches and those between other So
cieties.
The essential weakness Of college ath-
letics is that the vast majority OF the
boys get no physical training. other than
that given by cheering and waving ban
ners in the grand stand. The few who
play on the teams are so overtrained that
they often suffer physical strain and at
best can give but secondary attention to
study.
The college problem is how to get the
sport, when his body is in his class
room, TO put his heart for a little time
into the real work of life for which he
went TO college TO prepare, and how to
get the bookworm away from his mid
night lamp and out into the athletic
field. Cornell seems to have done some
thing positive toward the latter end, at
least.
Two suggestions might well be offered
to our colleges. The first is to encour-
age host of minor contests in which
all might take creditabIe part, as Cornell
has done. The second is to encourage
games in which a few men can play
in an impromptu manner.
In the latter way no sports are more
valuable as a means OF development to
the average man than tennis and golf
Tennis is particularly valuable, because
the equipment is relatively so inexpen-
sive and the play is so vigorous. The
man who wants the fellows of HIS alma
mater to become strong and healthy men
could do more good by offering 800
year in prizes for tennis than by giving
81 900 a year for coaches for football.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
rHE AFFA1R an LAwRENcE.
'.HiEh-hanaed Act. condemned In
yiEorou. Language.

Ffnm the New York Tribune.
The high-handed act of the Lawrence
authorities In preventing the strikers
from sending their children away to be
cared for by sympathizers elsewhere may
have brought them in conflict with the
Federal law. through their interference
with an Interstate carrier in the per-
formance' Of It's functions. The investi-
cation now begun by Federal authorities
Is to be desired. for Massachusetts,, in
spite of its traditional attitude on ques-
tions OF Individual liberty. seems singu-
larry cold with regard to the Lawrence
anair. Gov. Foss apparently has given
IL no more than perfunctory attention.
The development OF the case in the
local court yesterday shows how fimsy
were the grounds on which the authort-
ties acted in alleging that the shipping
of the children elsewhere amounted TO
parental neglect. No evidence was pro-
duced 10 show that those already sent
out Of Lawrence had not been properly
cared for or that the homes in Philadel-
phia to which children were to have been
sent were not proper homes for their re-
ception. A police oficer swore merely
thoA hhc InOlner "no was oclilB piOsc-
cuted for neglect in the case before the
court did not know where her two chill
dren were going. who was to care for
them, or whether she was going to see
them again. Even that, II II is true. does
not prove neglect. The woman might
properly have had sufficient confidence In
the labor organization which was dispos-
ing of the children to trust II entirely.
We are not sure that as bad a case of
neglect" might not be made out against
some mothers, ignorant aliens like this
one. who permit their children TO be
taken 10 the country for summer outings
by various philanthropic organizations
engaged in that laudable service. They
certainly are not likely TO know any
thing about the persons who are to take
care Of their children on their precious
vacation. Ignorant of the geography of
the country, they may have no clear idea
of where their children are going. and
they probably could not prove to the
satisfaction of a police officer that they
had sufficient assurances that they would
ever get their children back again. And
yet how absurd and tyrannical II would
be for the public authorities to step in
and allege that sending these children
away thus to fresh air and health was
neglect on the part OF their parents!
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

| Ny father never never votes with
child
Il wouldn't brag 80 about IL" retorted
Nelson's girl. "wouidn't he vote with
the Democrats II he thought they were
rightZ''
AT our house. replied the Daughter
OF the Kansas standpatter, I'VE don't
think the Democrats are ever right
Though he has a solemn. glum-lcoking
face. with which he could qualify for
ticket seller in a theater box once SEN
ator Clarence Watson, OF West virginia.
Is. in reality. q jovial citizen. He can
be depended on to come through with
good story on an average OF once every
ten days or two weeks
Watson used to have a friend. by name
Doc" Cook, who drifted TO the West
Virginia coal fields and opened up 4
studio for ministering to the wants Of
the MANNED and diseased Later on he
started a sanatarium. The first patient
to enter there up and died with much
dispatch Also the second patient. Like
wise the third. so II went, until the
sanstarium was popularity confused with
the idea OF a morguc.
Then n delirium tremens victim entered
the sanatarium- The second night he
was there he became fretful and climbed
out second story window. Doc Cook.
having few helpers, started to chase the
patient in person. But the d. t. man
gone mile and a half DER hill and dale.
the doctor sat down on a rock, exhausted.
and muttered to himself:
on. well; let the blamed fool 90. He's
the nrst one that ever got away alive
This thing OF being in Congress re-
minds me so much Of going to school"
remarked Representative Stephen Por-
ter, Of Pittsburg. that some day I'm
going to forget myself and raise my
hand and ask Mr.. Clark, our principal
IL may go out for a while. When they
want us in the House, they ring a bell
and everybody comes seanpering in,
Ike so many schoolboys. Then pres
emily there's demand for tellers on a
roli call. and We all march about the
room i often think II would be pleas
anter IL we did a few simple caIesthen-
les while we were marching, and sang
.Hurrah for the Red, White. and Blue
Some day, when the suffragettes come
into their own. suppose there will be
many blithesome women in Congress
and IL they will wear ginEham dresses
and fix their hair in braids, the mem
oers VIII oe SO constantly reminded OF
their carefree school days that they
Will keep young indefinitely, and Il win
all be jolly to a degree"
Mr.. Uncle Joe Cannon laid down the
paper he had been reading and re-
marked:
IF ] were editor of a newspaper.
know OF headline 1 would use some
DAY when l wanted something brand
new and original. II would read: Food
Prices Soar"
Copyright, lsl2. by Fred c. Kelly. All night, re-
sTved.l
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
EXPRESS LINES INNING.
Service swifter, Rates Decreased,
and Wages Raised, IL Contention.

and Wages Raised, IL Contention.
That the express companies of the
country have brought their service to
the highest point OF efficiency was the
substance of the statements of George c.
Taylor, Western manager OF the United
States Express Company. in his testi-
mony before Commissioner Lane yester-
day. In the investigation which the In
terstats Commerce Commission is con-
Quoting into the rates, rules and regula-
tions of the express companies. Mr.. Tay-
lor said express matter now is received
in New York and delivered in San Fran
cisco in four days. whereas twenty years
ago II took twice that time.
Joseph Zimmerman, general manager
for the Adams Express Company, said
that from 1855 to 1so2, % per cent of the
rates Of his company were reduced on
10o-pound packages. and that rates gem
orally at his companys exclusive offices
had been reduced.
The attorneys for the American Ex-
press Company placed in the record
statistics showing that there had been an
increase in the monthly salary of the
employees OF that company since 1900 OF
II per cent.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
SMEARED MORTAR ON HOUSE.
Four Boys Arraigned. but Court
suspends Sentence.

-Four youngsters were arraigned in the
Juvenile Court yesterday afternoon for
smearing the front of the residence Of
Mrs. Annie c. Cook. So Sixth street
southeast. with mortar. The boys,
charged with disorderIy conduct, were
Arthur Susan, twelve years old. of SO
] street northeast: Rhode Brady. eleven.
OF 6l2 l street northeast: Herbert o. 'Brien.
twelve. of s06l5 4 street northeast, and
Eden O'Brien, thirteen, Of the same ad-
dress.
Mrs. Cook said she heard a series OF
peculiar noises Sunday evening. and rush
ing to the door saw the boys fleeing She
told the court that the front OF the house
was plastered with mortar. Arthur and
Herbert pleaded guilty, telling Judge De
Lacy that their companions dared them
to throw the mortar at the front Of the
building The court suspended sentence.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
SOME FLOOD, TOO"
}. PIuvIus Says Hat Is In the Ring.
saturn's seventh.


From the New Yotk Evening Sun.
Just after the violent thunderstorm OF
last evening. which followed a days
uownpour OF ram, sieet ana naiI, ana
wnicn brought TO the minds OF many
bedraggled pedestrians the young cloud
bursts or summer. Jupiter rIuvlus grant
ed an exclusive interview TO the Even
ing sun.
"wnen maze my uecIsIon To run.
J. r. said grandiIoquentIy. Il was act
ing IN COmpnance with wnar 1 oeneved
to be a universal demand. There will
be no let up. ! shall run 10 the last ditch
l. e, the Gowanus CanaI. Ny nat IS IN
the rIng-SaTurns seventh"
But" expOstulated the reporter. our
national observatory prognosucators say
tnat you Will ne frozen out wIInIn Iwen-
ty-fOur hours.
frozen OUT: snapped J. Z. 80 THIS
is Tne report they are sending out from
the Boreal headquarters. Well. let 'em
rave. inns MI Boreas. whom once
thought 10 be my friend. has turned out
10 ne nothing out org wIna. Don De-
lieye him. It's going to be some flood"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

carrying them to points which the ex-
press companies do not reach, and
which they viii do nothing to serve.
There is room in this country for
both the express and the parcel post.
with the express service put upon a
proper business and economic basis, in
stead of the extortionate monopoly
which the evidence before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission proves it
to be.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
A Third and Then n Fourth.

Prom the Philadelphia Record.
A fourth term has never been discuss
ed because a third term was supposed
10 be. ard is still believed to be, wholly
out Of the question. But IL the opposi-
ton TO a third term shall be broken
dowL we shall have to consider whether
the Dlaz precedent shall be regarded as
governing in this country. After Gen.
Diaz had had one term in. the Presidency
he had TO put friend In the ofice for
one term on account OF a constitutional
barrier to his Succeeding himself. But
having resumed the Office after an, In
terval. Diaz had the restraint Of the
constitution removed. and thereafter held
the Office until his tenure was abridged
by revolution.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
WILL ENTERTAIN VISITORS.
TO Provide Programme for Hygiene
Congress Delegates.

Plans for the entertainment Of the del
egstes TO the International Congress on
Hygiene and Demography and the Amer
lean Public Health Association. which
are to meet here next September, were
discussed at a joint meeting of the on
GERS of the Board OF Trade and Chamber
of Commerce yesterday afternoon.
DR.. ]. W. Schereschewsky. Of the Pub
lie Health and Marine Hospital Service.
and Dr. John s. Fulton. of Baltimore.
outlined to the officers of the two or
ganizations the scope Of the coming con-
ventions. They stated that about S0o0
delegates will attend. and that the total
number OF visitors to Washington at
that time will probably be more than
le.00o
II was decided that the question OF
entertaining the visitors to the conven-
ton should be left to the Board Of Trade
and the Chamber OF Commerce. after
first submitting II to the respective eX-
ecutive committees of the organizations.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
COMMERCE AND CANAL.
Business Men Ask President
Guard Against Monopoly.

delegation representing commercial
interests on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts called upon President Taft yester-
day TO protest against any movement on
the part OF the administration or Con-
gress which may give transcontInental
railroads control OF the Panama Canal
the deiegation's position was that the
government In drawing up regulations for
the operation OF the canal can keen the
railroads from obtaining a monopoly Of
transisthmian steamship lines. and can
thus virtually enforce competition The
delegation was composed OF William II.
Wheeler. Of me San Francisco Chamber
Of Commerce: John NJ. Teal of the Port
land toreg1 Chamber OF Commerce: ID.
o. Ives. OF the Boston Chamber Of Com
merce. and n. ,. Kelly. OF the Philadei-
phia Chamber Of Commerce.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
SHADE IN PITTSBURG.
City Commission Gets Busy Setting
Ont the Trees

Frum the Pittsg1Irz Post.
The Pittsburg shade tree commission
has struck the proper gait in the work
of beautifying the city and contributing
10 the comfort of the people. The num-
ber OF trees TO be planted this year, IL
placed in a straight line. would reach
seventeen miles. The commission is to
open bids for $500. trees next Saturday,
the planting of which will equal the
splendid work OF last year.
Nothing can add so much to the at.
Of city as a profusion of
shade trees Many of the residential sec
tions are already rich with verdure, but
there is ample room for a continuance
OF the work, which will meet the hearty
approval of all citizens.
In the attainment of 'the city beau
tifuI' the shade trees will play a promi-
nent part.