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The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
Where Reform Is Needed.

We are told that the Democrats are
projecting a number of reforms in the
Government Printing Office by means
of various economical methods where
by the gigantic task of publishing the
official documents OF the government
may be accomplished without a hitch.
No one will deny that there is need
Of many changes in this department.
Waste amounting to millions Of dollars
in the course of decade goes on un-
checked; documents that no one wants
are printed by the ton, but not always
such documents for which there is
popular demand The government now
and then has to pay for the destroying
of the superabundance of the books it
manufactures Congress at all events
is half indifferent. half complacent in
its attitude toward such conditions. Yet
as it makes the laws by which the G.
P. o. is run, it is upon Congress that
the responsibility must rest.
The energy of the Presidents COM
mission of economy and efficiency, in
part, have been directed toward the
work of overhauling the great print
ing institution. And in connection
with the existing conditions a good
story is making the official rounds and
its truth is vouched for:
A short time ago student in Wash
ington had an experience which bears
on this problem in that it relates to
Congress, the Government Printing Of
fee and the Congressional Library. The
student desired to see a printed copy
of the testimony taken at a hearing of
certain House committee two years
before. He applied first to the rooms
of that committee. He was there told
that, as the political complexion of the
House had changed, all old documents
had been thrown away" including the
sought for hearing. 1t was intimated
that the clerk of the House doctr-
ment room might have a copy. To
him the student went. but this official
said that "he never kept such stuff"
and referred the student back to the
committee. Thinking that something
might come ofNit, the student returned
On the way he fell in with politician
who suggested visiting the base
ment of the Capitol, there to inspect
the documentary rubbish heap" But
half an hour spent in poking over the
discarded books and pamphlets availed
nothing. Some one next mentioned the
Congressional Library. Even the Con-
gressional Library admitted that it
did not have complete file of hear
ings, because such pamphlets were
meant only for the distribution of the
committee holding the hearing. The
man at least, in desperation, went to
the Government Printing Once, and
in the attic of that plant he found
tattered copy of the testimony he de-
sired. If the administration of any
party can better these conditions, and
can prove so in advance to the nation,
it will receive the entire vote of the
small but earnest class of those who
are trying TO get hold of facts
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
THE COLONEL.

There's this about the colonel.
however critics rail and charge that
all his statements are old and vupr
and stale. wherever it may phase
him to tarry for q day the people
cease from doing and find out
right away that there , something
doing that hAdes is to pay.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
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ALL MEMBERS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

At a meeting yesterday Of delegates
from the AnAnias Club. the Legion
Of Undesirable Citizens. and the
Ancient Order d Mollyroddles. il
was voted 10 participate in the wei
come to Col. Roosevelt when next
he cUmes to Washington. The
marching order will be as follows:
Short and ugly liar: 0Jncantenatcd
Order Of Nature Fakers; Grand
Amy Of Mollycoidles: Sons Of Mol
lycoddles: Munchausen Fife and
Drum Corps; Congressional Liars:
Occasional Liar; Press Agents
RrasI Band; Daughters Of Sap
phira; Weaklings in Carriages aud
Undesirable Citizens on Foot.
ALFRED W. LEVENSALER.
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A WELCOME
DISAPPOINTMENT

Is it possible that this beautific
smile We notice on the smburned
cOuntenances Of our tennis friends,
"Connis" Doyle, NORM Nc
Lean, up" Morehead. e al, have
any connection with the resignation
Of Lee McCiungs Don't smile too
soon. Mr.. McClung may not decide
to lesTe Washington amer all.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
PROBABLY LOANED BY
CARTOOHIST MANI

In n fish market on Louisiana
Avenue there Is some kind Of ma
rine monStrosity in the window.
After standing there while I
learned from the onloOkers that IL
was a hydro1OOn deTilfsh. physalia
cuttlefish, monster tArfish, &c. To
one not Eersed in cartoonology or
trusts, 1t looks like an octopup.
DR.. JOHN C0NSTAS.
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THOSE AID WRITERS.

THOSE AID WRITER'S.
Listen to some Of them: Says a
New York restaurant in an adj. IF
you want your yitals well seasoned.
Try US"
Tn Charlotte observer: For
Ssle-One moving machine-nearly
new, but not worth a dam.
The LOudOm Minor: Wanted to
bUy-A quiet horse"
For Ale-a lot Of chickens with
legs"
Ad offering an auto: This ma
chino IL being disposed Of on 40
count of bad health"
Tho Mexican Herald: "Nice room
TO ct beautifully decorated with
German couple"
Milwaukee add: Promising in
vestment for a man who can afford
to lose S,0OO.
Want ad in an English paper:
viii anybody give n scTTant girl
a fresh start in hfel Neither truth
full nor honest. -
A Chicago jeveler adyertiSes:
Spoons and forks are now con
sidered an important factor in ones
table appointments"
On Fcurteenth Street: Barber
shop. Shoes Shined under new man
agement."
On Seventh Street: "Ready-to-
wear pants"
In a pool and billiard room On
Ninth Street: Patrons who can
not play viii please play by the
hour"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
PERFECTLY PROPER.

At the Washington Y. N. c. A.
headquarters prohibition Is taken
50 seriously that the daughter Of a
prominent cit. I'VE forbear 10 men
tion her namel was criticised for
wearing eorlscfew ctrls.
DR.. KURT YoELCKNER.
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under without raising the draw, and
liberal deposits Of gold and silver. Il
has several great mines and a number
not enough to congest II with population
It has $50 people, Of whom about half
pay one-tenth of their income TO the
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
DANGERS on MArRIMnNY

Says "Bighteyes' Mattingly. TO
Willie caITo: After all. a man
who marries takes big chance"
Says Willie Cairo to ''Brighteyes"
Mattingly: You're right. l have A
friend who confneted severe case
Of hay fever Immediately after no
had married q grass widow"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
HE MILLENNIuM.

A painlist once assured me that I
AOuld live to a great age. but l
dent expect to live long enough to
So a policeman or conductor en-
force the ordinances against spit
ting. MIKE FLYNN.
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Exceptional Child.

From Judge.
First school-teacher-Does Edith's lit
tie girl ever make any bright answers?
Second school-teacher-No; she always
knows her lessons.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
To-day In History.

November 16. 1850. queen Elizabeth
goes after autumn leaves and gathers
lot of the beautiful poison ivy variety.
Wells were fashionable around court for
some time.
November 16, 1921. The Pilgrim fathers
finish gathering their first crop or sue
cotash.
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SHAKE. BILL!

As we dawdie TO press. Billy Cor
coran. who came a cropper the other
day while doing the gallant ON the
Speedway. Is up and about trying to
learn to walk.
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GOSSIP GATHERED IN
COUNTRIES ACROSS THE SEA

having originally meant a person Of Slav-
onic race. captured and kept In servitude
by the Germans. Slavonie writer's lean
to deriving "SIav'' from a word meaning
glory. Others connect both "Slay'' and
Serb" with a root that makes both
signify "vassals;" that is. followers Of
chief. And, again "Slav" is explained as
meaning intelligibly speaking and Serbs"
as meaning "the people" Philosophy is
apt not to be dispassIonate when It tackles
a racial or national name.
Although Servia does not treat its GRIM
inals quite so leniently as Montegro, pris-
oners In the former country enjoy a GER
tain degree Of liberty. Some, for instance,
are employed as road-sweepers. and these
are allowed TO smoke and chat with pas
sers-by, provided that they do their work
efficiently
When Mr.. Vesnitch, who now represents
Servia in Paris. made his first appearance
at a foreign office reception after his APP
pointment. he was greeted as an old
friend by Prince RaldoliR, the German
Ambassador. The acquaintance dated
twenty years back. when the prince was
stationed at Belgrade. In those days NJ
Vesnitch was a journalist, and for an arti-
Gle attacking the government he received
two years imprisonment While serving
his sentence he used daily to sweep the
street where the German Minister resided,
and the latter often used to hand over
his cigarette-case and have a chat with
him.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
A Baseball Reason.

why was Napoleon so successful?'
He managed from the field" ventur-
ed a voice from the rear Of the class
The Kings he went against managed
their campaigns from the bench"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
The Crop.

''How:s corn, old man.
"Um"
"How's wheat in your section?''
I'm"
How about oats?''
"Um."
See here. stranger. I've tried you on
corn. wheat. and oats. yet 1 can't seem
TO strike you. Where are you from"
Il. sir. am from Boston"
oh. excuse me. How's beans
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

Mormon church and do not make as
much fuss about II as the ordinary man
when, he pays S11.E3 in taxes.
Utah became a State in 1896, at which
time the Mormons agreed TO marry with
moderation and restraint Salt Lake City.
an enormous little city OF 10000 people.
is its capital. and Ogden is the only other
settlement visible from a fast train
Copyright. 1912. By Geurge Mathew Adans.I
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

Still, there are other ways Of securing
a foreign appointment than by liberal
contributions to campaign funds.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
The Voice of Wealth.

Hi, CHIMNEY. I hear your uncle gayt
you a nickel"
Yes; and never knew had so many
poor relations
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

Ente readers aprornisnS Grth recruit engaged
early spring training Out Of courtesy to our talented We
hesitate this Illuminating work Of art but
you District Assessor Richards What is Mr..
Richards dongg He hurting bricks Why he hurting hksi
Is pseTed At certain
Congress hurting bricks him. Why did they hni
needed the in their home
Richards principal form Of amusement these days
of House document familiarity
In the matter Of targets Mr. Rich
ards specializing this.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

The announcement that the renovation
Of the facade Of buckingham Palace is
at last to be taken in hand must have
caused widespread relief and satisfac-
ton. Since the Victorian Memorial has
been placed in front Of it. no English
man could contemplate the building with
out indIgnation-hardly the sentiments
with which they should look upon the
residence Of their sovereign. No doubt
year or two hence, when the work is
completed, London shall learn, perhaps,
from letters to the Times. that Sir-Aston
Webb's new facade is a fcOlishness in
the eyes OF men OF taste, but there will
always be this cOmfort-that. whatever
is done to Buckingham Palace. its last
condition cannot be worse than its first.
Stafford House is not to be bought for
the Prince OF Wales. II is stated in
Continental paper that Stafford House
was built for the Duke OF York, and
the then Marquis of Stafford found the
money" to which is added that the
crown lease was sold to "a Victorian
Duke of Sutherland under a special act
Of Parliament. This is Dt so. Stafford
House was commenced by Frederick,
Duke of York. who died in January. 1877,
deeply in debt. The unfurnished house,
was completed by the Marquis Oi STAFF
ford. who was created Duke of Suther-
land by Lord Grey in 1893. Lord Stafford
arranged with the government for a long
lease, but owing TO various causes many
years elapsed before the arrangement
was completed. Lord Stafford also was
the owner Of Bridgewater House, which
was left to him for life by his uncle, the
last Duke of BrIdgewater.
FLANxCR.
tCopynght. 49,. ~ Court Gossip syndicate.l
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Anyway, Inauguration visitors can de-
pend upon the shsd season il not on the
weather.
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AMT IT AWFUL, MABEL?

Likewise. there are people who
say PLEASED to meet you" widow
woman" no doubt but that
"prog1m, and he first began TO
study music when FIVE years Old" 1t
MAYO DUDLEY.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
An Early Sign.

81 am sure baby is going to be a
great actress"
Why
''She is so intensely interested In her
own photograph. She can look at It for
hours and hours"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

MY favorite football team" complain
ed the gridiron enthusiast, rs losing
right along this season.
We'll" said the baseball enthusiast,
eft is always better to do your losing
early in the season"
II know that axiom goes good in
baseball, but we've got such darn
short season"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16
Very True.

or course it is not always May,
AS you no doubt remember.
And we are very glad to say
The same about November.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

The late Lady Cork was a daughter of
Lady Clanricarde. herself enc of the most
brilliant woman OF her day and a grand
daughter Of George Canning, a very large
share Of whose wit she inherited. She was
gifted by nature with much quIckness and
vivaeity. and her gifts had been cultivated
by careful education and extensive read
ing. especially In memoirs. She had ex-
cellent taste both in art and literature
with remarkable talent for conversation
and early in life she acquired a reputa-
ton for her wit, her brilliant talk being
described by one enthusiastic admirer as
sheet lightning" Lady Cork was one of
the great beauties of the late '4Os OF
the last century. and refused many splen-
did offers before she married the late
Lord Cork in 1853
Lady Cork was a niece Of Lord Can
ming. the first Niceroy of India. whose
large fortune belongs for life to her
brother, Lord Clanricarde. after which IL
passes to Mr.. Frederick Canning Las
ceIles' second son Of the late Lord Hare
wood. whose mother was Lady Elizabeth
de Burgh. eldest daughter Of the late
Lord Clanricarde. Another Of her sisters
was Lady Margaret Beaumont Cmother Of
Lord Allendale) who was also a clever
and witty woman and most charming
hostess.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

Listen TO some Of them: Says a
New York restaurant in an adj. IF
you want your yitals well seasoned.
Try us.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

tCopyight. 49,, ~ Court Gossip Syndicate,
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

Tn Charlotte observer: For
Ssle-One moving machine-nearly
new, but not worth a dam.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

In a pool and billiard room On
Ninth Street: Patrons who can
not play viii please play by the
hour"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-16

Ad offering an auto: This ma
chino II being disposed Of on ac-
count Of bad health"
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Prominent thurchmen

Continued from Page Ono.) --.-
wei equipped Negroes holding
large Offices.
President Taft's Southern policy is
the most cruel and degrading blow
ever delivered against the Negro by
any President. it was cruel, because
the Negro had helped to elect him
1t was degrading because it struck
down the Negro leaders all over the
South and left him without power
political newer of wood and drawer
Of water.
But, now God, in his own time, has
made 1t possible for the ten or more
millions Of Negroes in this country
to join hands and send William How
ard Taft back to private life, stripped
Of power and covered with shame.
Will you do 1t? will you help?
The man who made William How
ard Taft Presidcnt>~ts now a recep-
tive candidate; and 1t should be the
bounded duty Of every Negro in the
United States, male and female, old
and young, voter and non-voter, to
lift his voice dn behalf of Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the only man, we be-
lieve, in the Republican party who
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Committee
II ASKED EOR< NOTHING MORE
THAN a "SQUARE DEAL" =
BN- con. ROOSEVELT.
Three Weeks Tour
In The West Is Planned by The Col
unel who Will Take The Fight to
The People Direct and Speak in
Several West Virginia Towns.

Opstcr Bay, March 20--''All ask
..of the Republican National Commit
tee is square deal"
This was Colonel Roosevelts ut
terances tonight in discussing the
bitter contests over Southern dele
gates which the National Committee
Will be asked to determine before
the Chicago National Convention.
Roosevelt is urging his Washing
ton managers in their fight against
the rotten borough" delegates. He
wants the dispute to be thrashed out
before the National Committee, hop
ing, as he says, there to get fair
play" .-.--.-..... .--,- .--
Have you any idea that you will
be able to control the committec?"
he was asked.
II am not trying to control the
was the response LAS
to whether q majority Of the commit
tee will be. for or against me | am
not prepared to say, | only want a
square deal. The committee will
have the contest before 1t, and upon
the committees decision will depend
the seating Of the disputed delegates.
Il am not asking the committee
to declare themselves on one side
or the other in this campaign the
Colonel went on. 1.-Two Of the COM
mitteemeD, among others, informed
me some days ago that they were
for me-. and this reached the leaders
on the other side. Immediately the
two committeeman we're denounced
as traitors. So | am not asking any
one how he stands.%
Roosevelt will depend entirely on
| the. contests before the committee
and the work his leaders do in the
South to overcome the influence Of
the Taft patronage bludgeon. He in
tends to keep severely out Of the
Southern situation SO far as personal
activity goes. The eX-President has
been advised by his managers to go
into the South and rip things up, -
but he will take his own counsel and
stay away. No speeches will be
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Second District
S. S. Union Meets
E,X:C;ft1i,hENT PROGRAM WAS CAR.
! RlED Our BY THE DELEGATES
OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN
( THE SECOND DISTRICT.

Beckley, March 19-The Second
District Union comprising the Sun
day schools from Thurmond to Hin
ton met In its second semi-annual
session with the Central St. Baptist
-Sunday-SchooI here Feb 25,--.--
The executive board, with presi-
dentR. l.. French, presiding, conven-
ed at / p. m. followed by the regu-
lar session Of the Union at3p.m.
After remarks by the president,
appointing the various committees,
reading of the. letters, adjournment
was taken till 7 p. M, when a most
excellent program was carried out.
OF special mention was the talk by
Il. E. Peters on THE necessity Of
the Union and two excellent papers
on the benefits Of o Sunday school
to q community by Mrs. r. l.. Nit
chel and Mrs. M. l.. Mosby. Sunday
morning a model Sunday School con-
Quoted by Supt. r. l.. French and
bis corps of teachers, followed by II
o'cl0ckS service.
After some excellent music by the
N'"''t 'hhC'' ~. W. w. hGdUOWS OIL
Huntington, preached the introduce
tory sermon from Rev. 22:17. The
sermon was full Of good and help.
ful things presented in manner In
tereSting to all.
Afternoon session was taken I'D
with the address Of welcome by Miss
IS. r. Powell, response by Rev. J..
J. Turner, the presidents address,
report of committees, etc. In the
evening Rev. J. J. Turner preach
ed an excellent sermon from John
1892.
This was by far the best session
the Union has had. President French
and the good people of Sylvia spar
ed no pains to make the meeting
Success. The enrolment committee
reported 42 members; the finance
committee reported 5000 taken
up during the Union, and eleven
schools represented by letter or dele
gate. -...
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PACE 1llIvilS
made In the South by him Ia THU
precohvention contest. 2 55l3 Si2s IS

made In the South BY him Ia thiS
precohvention contest n El9, s So Is ~
As the. ColoneI's spoechymakinEE
itinerary has been made up, he will HsEss
be on the go for at least three weeks. @
His speech at Carnegie Halt next y
wednesday, when he sounds the Islo. u
gan OF his campaign, will be, follow
ed UP, he expects, by a speech either
on Thursday OR Friday night on THE
East Side in New York. Early next n
week, probably on Monday, ~Roose- ~
welt will start for the West, speaking 81
on the way from the back splatfornls
OF his train in West Virginia townssss
He will so to. Chicago, st. Louis and
either Minneapolis or st. Paul, and
| on the way May. pop into Ohio, HIS
next trip during the week after that&
Will be at Boston and Concord. '53f
Colonel Roosevelt in his talks
with the newspaper men today allud-
cd to reports that misleading infoT-
nation in regard to the campaign
was disseminated in news dispatches.
He said some Of his supporters had
told him In certain news reports theS
facts regarding the relative strength
Of the Taft and Roosevelt forces had
been misrepresented.- Former Sena4l
\ tor Beveridge, he said, had told that
the sit uation in Indianapolis had
been misrepresented in Dispatches
saying the primaries there had Fe-j7
sultedin favor of Taft, Whereas. ,Mr.E
-, Beverage said, they were two to
one in favor of Colonel Rooseyelt.
Governor Hadley. of Missouri. told
him, Colonel Roosevelt continued,
that similar situation had arisen
on the day Of the Republican pri-S
maries in Kansas City. ,~ Y <Fy#
Replying to a statement attribu-
ted to Samuel S. Koening, Chairman
: of the New York county Republican
Committee, that Colonel Roosevelt
would not have more than four or
five delegates from New York State,
the Colonel said: II expect we Nill
get at least 20 delegates, and If 1t
were not for the bad primary system
in this state: we would break even
or better" .....+ ~
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Philadelphia, Pa; Rev. Dr.. John F.
Moreland. Birmingham. ala. - Rev.
Dr. l., W. Kyles, Mobile, Ala; Rev.
DR.. c. w, Adams, Birmingham, Ala. :;
Rev. DR.. J. H. Mcmillan, New York
N. Y: Rev. Dr.. j. II. Taylor, larry
town. N. y; Rev. DR.. j. w. Brown,
Rochester, N. Y; Rev. DR.. NJ. d. Lee,
Rockhill, S. c.; Rev. Dr.. ]. r. Mop
pins, Chattanooga, Tenn. Rev. Dr..
MtAliam Anderson, w. Va. Rev. DR.
c. S. Whitfield, Providence, R. l.; Rev
Dr.. w. D. Swain, Hartford, r. T.;
Rev. DR.. r. F. Fisher, Worcester
Mass .
District Of Columbia: Rev. Dr.. G.
M. Oliver, Rev. DR.. G. G. Alleyne, Rev
Dr.. w. H. Barton, MI. ]. Lewis Taylor
Esq, DR.. j. Anderson Taylor, Rev
Sylvester l.. Corrothers, Chairman O.
the Committee on Arrangements, A
o Street N. W..
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]. I'M. conner to the A.. M, e. Bish.l
opric Is regarded )by his friends aS
q certainty, he is not relaxing his
watchfulnesb over the situation.
With the great Southwest as his
DR. Conner. has spread,
all over the country and will have,
votes from every prominent= confer
ence. It1is unique circumstance
that while having enough votes
pledged to put him through on the
first ballot, he has a host OF admir-
ers who are DESTROYS of sharing in
his~uccess, but are obligated. to- cast
a complimentary vote tor a local ia
voritc, WHO is expected to drop out
OF the Funning when the hight comes
on In earnest. Thus, Dr., Conner is
the; second choice OF more delegates
than; any other candidate, and should
fthe' contest be too close to elect
anyone on the first ballot, this sur
+ plus strength will rally: to him when
their hands are freed from their:
conference Instructions His allies
are loyal to the core and as senior
cand idate, with a following largely
Increased over his fine showing at
];Norfoik, he cannot fail to win at
Kansas City, ..>, ...'......
,s.EWhiie inIAtlanta. recently, he ad-
dressed an ,appreeiative audience at
Morris Brown College, and had as
his COLLEAGUES on the platform, Bishop
TT s. ,Flipper. DR.. ". N. Townsend, of
llATkansas, President'.W w. "A. p. Foun-
tain, of the College, and other. lead
ers Of the A. ne E. church. : In Bait
amore, at the Bishops Council, he
was especially, welcomed by DR.. Al
l.. Gaines and his hospitable. peo-
ple.< Optimists declare that the Kan
sas City General Conference will
elect five Bishops. Conner, Hurst and
Ross arc guessed as three Of them.