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FOR SAIE-I.akevfew Farm. Grade
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Madison, Me, X. + i. No. /. 4tll'
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Stencils, Etc.

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Because man is poor it is no sign
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buildings with dynamite.
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1t only by the of good fortune that Dr. Washington
could be secured for this lecture welcome Dr. Washington
part citizens will the bringing Skowhgan of
other great leaders in national life
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FOR SALE-nn West Front ST. house
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FOR SALE--16 choice w. l.. Pul'ets $;
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judicial department of the government
shall exercise any of the powers be-
longing properly to either Of the
Evening star., 1912-11-08
The Inauguration Plans.

Preparations are making already for
the inauguration of President Wilson, in
that names are being suggested for chair
locally Interested in the practical meas
ures are looking about for suggestions as
10 the 6est methods to be adopted There
Is no lAnS Of excellent material for in
auguT11 chairman or heads Of the various
subcoCnnIittees responsible for the actual
s1secu13on Of the plans. Washington has
done tats work so often that 1t knows
precisely how TO go about it and has de-
veloped experts I'm the line OF providing
suitable arrangements for the Induction
of the chief executive into Office
Washington can guarantee a perfect
organization for the inaugural work, and.
In fact. every detail OF the affair except
the weather For whatever weather may
he experienced next fourth OF March IL
will have no excuse to offer, be it even as
bad as that suffered in 1909. II has en-
deavored in and out OF season for many
years to secure from Congress the legis-
Iation necessary to a change In the date.
and il feels no degree of responsibility
for whatever may befall the multitudes
who viii assemble here next March to do
honor TO the newly elected President
This is a matter that more directly af-
fects people from outside of the District
than those who live within its boundaries,
for the former come from long distances
to spend a few days or perhaps even a
few hours in viewing and participating in
Evening star., 1912-11-08
Thanksgiving.

In his Thanksgiving proclamation Presi-
dent Taft notes the fact that the year
drawing to close has been notably
favorable to our fortunate land" 1t has
enjoyed peace. both within its borders
and with the rest of the world. 1t has
been free from calamities and disturb
ances and il Is even now blessed with a
prosperity of unprecedented extent. There
IS the best of reason for thankfulness. and
in accordance with the long continued
practice of the American people they will
on the 18th of this month assemble and
Civ thanks for the mercies that have
been vouchsafed to them and for their
preservation from ills and disasters. Even
now there is a special reason for thanks
giving. for the nation has once more
demonstrated its capacity for self-3ov-
ernment by conducting without the least
disturbance an election which will result
in a complete overturn in the national
administration. Every time this occurs
the proof is strengthened that the Amer
lean people can be intrusted with the
management of their own affairs, what
ever may he the immediate result of their
voting. 1t is well to remember this fact
on an occasion like the present. when the
country IS by executive proclamation en-
joined to pause from its activities TO give
thanks for the blessings that have been
vouchsafed TO it.
Evening star., 1912-11-08
A Teachers Prophecy.

A pleasant story Is told In a dispatch
from Joliet. ILL.,. to the effect that when
Woodrow Wilson was a boy Of ten
in a school at Wilmington. n. c., Mrs
Mary Russell, his teacher. predicted that
he would some day be President of the
United States. She followed his career with
great interest and remained firm In the
faith that her once favorite pupil would
rise to the highest American office. I'm
fortunately she did not live to see her
prediction verified. but her brother now
tells OF II as evidence that the qualities
of the newly chosen executive were cor
rectly measured In his youth
II is by no means unusual for school
teachers to tell their pupils that each OF
them has q chance to be President OF
this country. Indeed, this is one Of the
axioms Of American education. 1t is a
means Of conveying to the pupil a po-
litical fact Of greatest Significance. FORM
ins one of the chief foundation stones Of
the governmental system. But In the
case of Mr.. Wilson It seems to have been
pointediy applied to the Individual Per-
haps It has been done many times be-
fore by teachers who haze been strong
ly attracted to certain pupils. the
prophecy being uttered in no spirit OF
fiattery, but sincerely. Considering.
however. the fact that only about one
Evening star., 1912-11-08
The Kill-Joy.

Oh, the pessimistic prowler is most in
cessant scowler and a hooter and a
howler on occasions small or great.
He will revel in invective. With pre-
tensions all corrective, but with rea~
soning defective, he'll discuss affairs
of state.
He will frame up prediction Of disaster
and affiiction and defy all contra
diction that might cheer him up a
bit.
He's our leading joy-forsaker. He's
our foremost troublemaker and with
him the undertaken is the man that
makes a hit.
If you turned him loose in clover to re-
main a careless rover with the
blue sky stretching over where the
birds draw near to sing,
He would hunt a yellowjacket: to it's
lair he'd surely track 1t. He would
buffet it and whack 1t, till it simply
had to sting.
For whatever he is doing, there is trouble
still renewing and hard luck story
brewing as the burden of his song.
He is gloom's most trusty warder, chas-
ing Pleasure from our border, and he
thinks life's out of order if 1t isn't
going wrong.
Evening star., 1912-11-08

the inaugural ceremonies. Yet II has up
to this time been impossible to arouse
sufficient public sentiment for change
Of the inaugural date to force action IN
Congress, -. ,: ~
The District people every four years
gladly guarantee all the funds necessary
to insure the successfM execution OK the
plans for the inauguration. provide on a
liberal scale for reviewing stands, deco
rat!ons. music, inaugural bali and display
Of fireworks, and take their chances on
a refund of the money later out OF the
receipts from ball tickets, sale Of privi-
leges and sale OF reviewing stand seats
They make absolutely nothing out OF this
transa ctlon, but e1pend their time and
energy freely at a rate that cannot pc
compensated by any conceivable pecuniary
return. few lines OF local business OF
course. profit from the assemblage here
Of large crowd Of people Tor snort
time, but the net gains OF the city are
by no means as large as some have at
fected to believe. Taken as q whole,
Washington is probably out OF pocket
when all the inaugural accounts nave
been settled up, considering the personal
expenditures of citizens and their enter
tainment OF guests.
AS for the place for the inaugural ball.
there should be no anxiety whatever on
the part of those who are prospective
managers of the ceremonies. The demo-
cratic House of Representatives will hard
ly be likely to interpose serious oo1ec-
ton to the provision of that suitable and
practicable place for the crowning fea-
ture of the day in which democratic
President will be the chief figure. The
people of Washington have gone as FAR
as possible in an endeavsr to provide
building appropriate for such uses, but
WITHOUT the necessary assistance and en-
couragement from Congress they have
been unable to accomplish the desired
result They feel no sense of RESPONSE
bility on this score, but look to see the
United States once more provide the
place for the inaugural ball, as it has
done in the past, while the capital plans
and manages all the details of this great
national ceremonial.
Evening star., 1912-11-08
An Extra Session.

History is repeating itself. How far will
the repetition go?
Twenty years ago Mr.. Cleveland con-
fronted Immediately after election the
proposition of an extra session. Some of
his supporters urged one, and declared 1t
should be called in April. Let the tariff
be tackled and disposed of at once. The
sooner the better for the business world,
which was standing tip-toe to see. II pos
sible. what the democratic victory meant.
Others thought the matter should be al
lowed to simmer. Wait until December.
Let the whole tariff question be thought
out in the light of legislative RESPONSE
bility. Let the ehaf of the party plat
form and the stump deliveranees be win
moved from the grain Of duty toward the
ceuntry's interests. A delay of twelve
months would show the proper way.
Mr. Cleveland, sorely beset, hesitated.
He gave ear first to one side and then to
the other, and at last called the extra
session for August. BY that time, how
ever, q panic was on. and he added to
the trouble by disappointing the majority
of his followers. who wanted the tariff
put first. He put forward the silver ques-
ton, and by SO doing split the combina-
ton which had elected him wide open.
From that moment he doomed his admin
istration to failure, and insured the most
complete failure in party history.
Some democrats want an extra session
Of the Sixty-third Congress called for
April. Their idea Is that, as the tariff is
the leading issue, and business awaits the
disclosure of the democratic purpose, the
sooner the disclosure is made the better
for the party and the country. Let the
Payne law, which has twice been con-
demned at the polls, be revised as soon
as possible.
Will Mr.. Wilson be influenced by this
sentiment? His ears are open, and in
clined toward the ground. He wants to
hear from his fellow-citizens Of all creeds
and classes on the matter. And he is
likely to have his wish. We are all So
ciable toward our chief magistrates, and
like to help them along with suggestions
on all subjects The more difficult the
subject, and the fewer men there are
competent to handle 1t, the greater the
number Of those offering solutions. Mr..
Wilson's mail is heavy, and will increase
in weight as the weeks go by. And some
of the solutions submitted are probably
as heavy as lead.
But 1t is all In the days work. It is
but a small part, indeed, of what Mr..
Wilson solicited by his candidacy for
President Having entered upon leader
ship. he has. for four years at least left
all hope of peace and ease and quiet be-
hind. Few can help him bear his burden.
and fewer still will be disposed to help
tighten 1t. He has job on hand which
for size and taxing power is the greatest
in our affairs. and one Of the greatest in
the world.
Evening star., 1912-11-08
Mr.. Dixon on the Future.

Mr.. Dixon-may he still be designated
as Chairman DiXon?-says that the repub-
lican party Is dead. and that the pro-
gressive party has come to stay. He
announces plans for the early future
looking to strengthening the progressive
organization both as respects state and
national affairs.
Yes. but will the angels continue to
put up? A burnt child breads the fire.
A clipped "anger' breads the shears.
And every one of Mr.. Dixon's covey of
high flyers has felt the shears. How
much they have lost in the way of wing
spread is not known. But considerable
Ne may all be sure. More than one could
hardly clear a barnyard fence now.
To appraise the future We must ex-
anime and consider the past What is
now advertised as progressiveness was
at the outset described as a great up
rising of the people which only needed a
candidate and direction. Money? What
had such sordid thing as money to do
with the hearts of the people stirred by
an overmastering desire for reform? Let
the stuff not be considered. Money sug-
sested the Observation-Disclosures, the tariff.
and all that-and had no place in a great
But, somehow, money entered the sa-
red inclosure. The serpent. it will be
remembered, found his way into the
famous garden. So progressiyeness soon
s1und Doodle. and a mighty sight of it,
n its midst. The hearts of the people
vere not as passionately stirred as de-
srribed. and had to be assisted to strong
,,iumpings Steady assistance was pro-
,,ded. and there was a great to-do. But
Or the angels" progressiveness would
rot have mustered corporais guard
either of the Chicago conventions in
June. or at the polls last Tuesday.
As it is money, then. that makes "pro-
gressiveness" go. money, and in quantities,
will be necessary for the purposes of Mr..
Dixon and his friends from now on. Can
they get it? From some sources 1t will
continue to come In. Some of the AN
gels who make of politics a game for
their personal pleasure and to keep in the
spotlight will find more coin.
But those angels have not the great
est spread of wing. Will the "archan-
gels continue to put up? Harsh as the
remark may sound, they are a hard
headed set. with the gambling instinct
wen developed but not recklessly SO. They
seldom send good money after bad money.
In future. when hard up. will Mr.. Dixon
"go to Perkins" and find his pOcketbook
open and responsive? And was William
Fiinn's success Tuesday sufficient to en-
courage him to put something more into
the progressive venture? The future OF
the Dixon brand of progressiveness de-
pends on the angels" II they refuse to
put up Mr.. Dixon will have to shut up.
Evening star., 1912-11-08
Busy Days Ahead.
m the Boston Transcript.

Beginning next week washington
hound railroad trains will again carry to
the capital the returning men and women
who make up the manifold activities OF
that busy seasonal city. Representatives
on important committees will reopen their
offices and clear away the dust that mas
been collecting since the last week in Au-
gust. senators will resume probes" not
ABLY the investigation into campaign ex-
penditures secure in the knowledge that
the day for making political capital has
gone by. The fine houses In the north
west section of the city will again stir
with life, and the daily procession OF
brides and grooms inspecting the White
House will be interrupted by hurrying
cabinet officers. Washington after cleo
tion annually bestirs itself as one that
has been doing.
Evening star., 1912-11-08
Wars Aftermath.
From the New York Sun.

While the smoke of battle still hangs
over southeastern Europe, amid the ex-
ultant cheers of the victorious Bulgars
arise the cries of the wounded and the
starving for help in their distress. Patri-
otic devotion and dauntless courage are
not wanting, but OF medical stores and
food there is heartwringing lack. Each
parting of the curtains that hide from
the world the struggling soldiery reveals
a tragic spectacle of suffering whose de-
tails of pain the imagination shrinks
from picturing. If war can serve a good
purpose. surely it Is in stimulating the
heneyolence of humane men to relieve
the wretchedness of the helpless who
have fallen in it's course. Let there be a
generous and immediate response from
fhe fortunate American people to the ap-
neal for aid that comes through the Red
Cross from the Balkan states. The need
is urgent and the machinery of succor is
at hand
Evening star., 1912-11-08
President Taft.
rom the New York Evening Sun.

From the New York Evening Sun.
President Taft needs nobody's sympa-
thy in his defeat. He has stood squarely
upon the honor and simplicity of purpose
which are instructive in his character
He has but become the sacrifice to the
selfish ambition of others, made possible
by the weight of unlucky circumstances
heaped in the scale against him. How
great have been his actual services tc
the country at large is a record which
cannot be made up now When the nc
count has been fully reckoned and audited
by the events OF even ten years to come
the people will realize more fully the
worth of his wisdom and forbearance not
less than of his quiet determination.
Evening star., 1912-11-08

boy out Of every ten million has q cnance
to be President of the United States' the
percentage is heavily against the
prophets. 1t would be interesting to
know how many Of the Presidents OF this
country have been marked by their
teachers In beyheod fer this honor,
Evening star., 1912-11-08

Gentlemen who expect to assist in whil-
ing away leisure hours at the White
House next year are hoping that Mr..
Wilson will choose some favorite sport
representing q compromise between COL
lege foot ball and the conjugation OF
Greek verbs
Evening star., 1912-11-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Allowed Bliss.

81 suppose you are happy since your
party won?''
NO. replied the relentless person.
''The pleasure of politics is greatly hin
dered by the fact that you can't re]oice
in a victory without giving somebody you
don't like chance to rejoice along with
you
Evening star., 1912-11-08
Third Term Ambition.

From the Springfield Republican
Never before, in the Republicans men,
ory, was the result of national cleo
tion SO quickly ascertatned. The ambi-
ton for a third term did 1t.
Evening star., 1912-11-08

The diplomacy manifested at the Baiti-
more convention may have been what
prompted this early discussion OF w. j.
Bryan as Secretary Of State.
Evening star., 1912-11-08

Nearly everybody wants to do the right
thing. The greatest difficulty arises from
differences of opinion as to what 1t is.
Evening star., 1912-11-08
Wasted Wisdom.

"A rolling stone gathers no moss" said
the ready-made philosopher.
Yes replied Mr.. Silliyoss; but why
should a man want to roll rock around.
when he could find so much more amuse-
ment in hitting a golf ball?'
Evening star., 1912-11-08

The electoral college will proceed to re-
mind the older civilizations that America
Is not without It's elaborate state formal
tiles whose original purposes are obso-
lete.
Evening star., 1912-11-08
Shocks.

.'Why do you refer to that orator as
the human high-explosive?'
Because he is always getting the up
lift confused with the outburst.'
Evening star., 1912-11-08

II il were not for an occasional effort
to introduce a political scare into finance
the bulls would come pretty near having
ii all their own way.
Evening star., 1912-11-08

The suggestion that DR.. Wiley be made
Secretary Of Agriculture doubtless origi-
mated with some admirer Of what the
theater calls poetic Justice.
Evening star., 1912-11-08

If William Howard Taft doubts that
men can show more greatness In defeat
than IN victory he can ask William Jen-
nings Bryan about it.
Evening star., 1912-11-08
Can This Be True?

From the New York Mail.
Among the democrats elected to Con-
Eress are several that have long knives
held gracefully behind their backs for
the gentleman from Princeton.
Evening star., 1912-11-08

No volunteers are yet reported by Dull
moose statesmen for enrolment among
the seven governors who are to start
proceedings for 1915.