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The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

Bravery is a sort Of mental starch
which keeps a man from whiting In the
presence OF danger. It Is more valuable
to society than honesty, love. or industry,
for a man has to be brave before he can
be honest or before he gets married or
before he puts his foot out into the
work on the jump to keep warm
There as many kinds Of bravery as
there are kinds OF danger, for each kind
OF danger has its special antidote. Al
most any man has one or two kinds OF
bravery. but very few have a large
enough assortment to I'LL orders in any
sort OF an emergency. A man may be
brave enough TO go to war and get
bullet in the gizzard and yet do dirty
work for some 5 foot employer for
fear Of being fred. A man may climb
into an aeroplane and cut pigeon wings
around cumuIus clouds and yet invent
1s9 excuses for lodging a dentists
chair. A man may meet lion fearless
ly and exterminate him without
tTemor and yet peTspIre freely and go
away without saying good-by when his
married sister asks him to hold the
baby for a minute
Because men were brave enough to
make torches out Of themselves in
Nero's garden, we have Christian re-
ligion. Because men were brave enough
to exchange comfort and safety for rags
and an imminent halter, we have a re-
publican form OF government. Because
a man was brave enough to experiment
on himself with a loaded mosquito and
die of 1t, yellow fever has lost its
stinger; and because men have been
brave enough to leave a steam radiator
and live on raw dog and lubricating oil
for years at a time, We now have both
north and south poles in captivity and
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
La Toilette Still "in the Ring. /"

Dogged determination is the domi-
nant characteristic of Senator La Fol-
lette AS a fighter against special priv
ilege, no odds could discourage him.
As candidate for the Presidential
nomination of the Republican party, he
fights a hopeless fight without finch
ing. Many weeks after Theodore
Roosevelt has absorbed practically all
Of the progressive support in the party,
he continues his campaign indomitably
in the true bulldog spirit, saying little
about his betrayal by certain Greeks
bearing gifts" but fighting on.
Does La Toilette entertain a hope
that, IN the stress and strain of the
coming Chicago convention, he may be
named as a compromise candidate? A
politician of his acknowledged acumen
would have abandoned this hope long
ago.
The .leonine courage of La Toilette
is admirable. Through sheer force of
character, he has forced his way to the
head of the progressive movement. In
the face of certain defeat, he looms
larger than ever.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
SAYS Senator Was Irreverent.

To the Editor: In Fridays Herald
there appeared an illustration OF that old
saying "A lack of decency is a lack OF
sense" Never before in the history OF
the Senate of the United States did one
OF its members utter such words of ir-
reverence and indecency. We are told
he made some Of his hearers squlrn
by the keen shafts of mis- pointed words
Well, IL the distinguished Senator could
hear some of the comments made upon
his language by men and women who
feel the awful solemnity OF those words
about the crucifxion of Our Lord, he
might himself squirm-unless lost to all
sense of propriety.
He owes It TO himself to the Senate.
and to the whole country to make an
humble. apology. But whether he does
so or not, his name Will always be as
ISOLATED with the most irreverent and
most indecent language ever uttered on
the floor Of the Upper House.
Washington, April y. 1872
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
The Underwood Boom.

Alabama, proud and enterpTising, has
satisfied herself that Oscar w. Under
wood is the next President Of the Unit
ed States. She can brook no limitation
on this hope; she sees no cloud on tic
horizon. ''The ablest exponent Of the
tariff in the country" is one Of her pet
phrases Of endearmeat, ard she believes
that when the smoke of the Baltimore
convention has blown away, when all
the other candidates have broken their
strength against the "two-thirds vote
wall" her favorite son will be the NOM
inee, and that nomination IS equivalent
TO election.
Georgia has also caught the Under
wood fever. and it is spreading TO other
States in the South. But It remains to
be proved that the House majority
leader has made a strong appeal to
Democrats beyond the Southern tier
of States. AS a conservative, he has
met with strong support from certain
interests in New York But he must
breast the opposition of Bryan-the fac
tor in the situation which has practi-
cally eliminated Gov. Harmon of Ohio
as a possible candidate-and of prac-
ticaily the entire radical element in the
party.
The South, of course. has local pride
to serve. 1t is now certain that the
Baltimore convention will not name a
nominee on the first ballot. Clark and
Wilson will fight each other to a stand
still, according to the programme Of the
Underwood faction. When the dis
traught delegates turn to find the in
evitable dark horse" then the Under
wood banner will be shot up on high,
and Alabama is positive that she has
the leader who will provide the solu-
ton to a complex and dangerous crisis
IN the party.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Reclaim the swamp Land..

Benjamin F. Yoakum IN LHsIies.
For a century our government has
looked with indifference at the rich
swamp lands of the Southern States,
while England has been furnishing its
money and credit to aid Egypt to reclaim
waste lands in the Valley Of the Nile.
1000 miles away. The need Of more acre
age under cultivation in the Mississippi
Valley, to provide homes for thousands
of those now huddled in the cities and
to produce more food and clothing,
should cause our government to take
deep interest in the waste lands Of
Louisiana. Arkansas, Mississippi, and
other Southern States. Although the
government has spent over SoO.oo000o IN
putting water on lands in the Northwest
at S35 an aSre. II has not shown much In
terest in taking the water on the swamp
lands of the South at a cost or from $40
to SIS an acre. These lands. when
drained. will yield annually crops worth
three times as much per acre as the
average in the United States. Such land,
when drained and cleared, would cost
about SIS an acre, and when cultivated its
value would easily be 500 an acre. There
are 3 100000 acres of swamp land in the
Southern States of the Mississippi Valley,
worth to-day about $500. 10000, which,
when drained, would be worth at least
s., ,0OO, 100000
Farmers, and not military power, must
restore our economic balance. The poll
ticians pour out the governments money
to build fighting machines and starEe
the agriculturist. A fOrty-acre farm OF
reclaimed valley land will comfortably
support a family. It costs SIS. 900 to make
twelve-inch gun. The money thar
goes to pay for. this gun would reclaim
4.500 acres Of land and provide homes
for 500 people. When all the guns on all
the battle ships are shot on once the
government blows OF, in noise ana
smoke, $15O.0O0 This would reclaim more
than 1000 acres Of land and give homes
to 1.550 people. The money consumed IN
powder Is lost to all future. The farm
ers who buy the reclaimed land must pay
the government back in ten years, so il
does not cost the government anything
to build up the country by helping the
farmer. We should make more homes
and not SO many lighting machines.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
We Have No Army.

1t comes as a shock to US to be told
by those in high military place and
with great responsibility that, despite
all the outward signs to the contrary,
the United States has no army. We
have a matter of 5000 men enlisted
in the service, but these, Gen. Wood
says, are not soldiers, but are landscape
gardeners, path-cleaners, and house
keepers attached to military posts. In
stead of doing military duty the great
majority of these men are detailed to
do the manual work of the posts
when they should be learning the art
of war and becoming frst-class fight
ing men.
All of this. we are told, is the result
of certain regulations imposed by Con-
gress on the military branch of the
service, and that the economy which
prompts it is directly the cause of in
efficiency on the part of the men to
whom the nation must look for defense
in time of war. 1t took the maneuvers
down in Texas last summer to make
the War Department quite sure of
what it had long guessed. Record
time was made in getting men, horses,
and big guns from every post, no mat
ter how far separated or at what dis
;snee from the point of rendezvous.
Within eight days from the time when
the orders, hstched in secrecy, were sud-
denly sprung upon the officials, We had
whole Unit gathered together ior the
first time in long while, and every one
was pleased with the dispatch and readi-
ness which it ali showed.
Then there were demonstrations Of
hoE the old art OF tactics and recon-
hotter were superseded by the flying
machines, and, best of all, by the field
wireless. When every one got over
wondering what il was all about, the
evoiutiors and developments attracted
;he greatest interest and were closely
followed b. all at home. Now we are
tod that the men VINO went down there
50 cxpeditiously were not soldiers at
al from a professional standpoint They
were inen; but no: the sort of men
to whom this country should trust it.
sell for defense and protection They
are Little better than the militia, so far
IS feid service and dcpendableness go.
We have admired the army which can
build the Panama Canal We have
BEEN proud of Inc army which rid the
lower courses of the Mississippi River,
Cuba, and the Canal Zone of their in
ieciious diseases, and which proved it
self a master OF sanitation ard hygiene
We have been pleased that i was the
army that demonstrated to the world
Of science that inoculation is a sure
preventive against typhoid fever. But
It appears that this is constructive
work, while the arrny Is, or should be,
a destructive agency, ard that as a
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
A Call to Arms.

From HArper's Weekly.
Mr.. Taft will be renominated. The
country has not gone crazy and the Re.
publican party is not a fool. II it can't
elect Taft. il can't elect anybody. Com.
promise would spell reputation and re.
pudIation would spell disaster Taft
didn't need Illinois. Pennsylvania. and
Wisconsin in 1908. and he doesn't need
them now. He already has 337 delegates
and Is sure OF 30 more at least, making
a clear majority on the first ballot
Roosevelt can continue TO snort and Choir
tie all he likes. He can't change the in.
evltable result so long as William H
Tafts heel is in the ground. And II ID
in the ground and going to stay there
Make no mistake. We know what we
are talking about.
Wake up, Republicans,
Down with the demagoguei
Smash the third term!
Save the republic.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

tionsl eonveEtion. both in its selection
of the ticket and in the phrasing Of the
platform, viii develop serious differ
ences of opinion.
Whatever happens. however. we are
going to witness a great campaign. II
will stir the country from one end to
the other and the result is likely to be
in doubt until the polls have closed.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

The Democrats. when they meet in
Baltimore, may nominate an extremist
and thus attempt to consolidate all the
radical clements, including Roosevelt's
followers, or they may decide to name
a conservative and then seek to secure
the business vote. In either case, they
are on the horns of a dilemma. A
radical nominee would ALLEVIATE the sub
stsntial, sober-thinking portion of the
population and a conservative would
not be supported by Bryan and Bryan's
friends AS it takes a two-thirds vote
to nominate in a Democratic conven-
ton it is not likely that any one will
be named upon the. first ballot, and this
will afford opportunity for discussion
and consideration. Under these cir
cumstances it is impossible to predict
the outcome, just as it is impossible to
prophesy as to the Republican chances
in the campaign until the Democratic
nomination has been made.
A feature of interest in the Demo
cratic situation during the week has
been the emphatic declaration of the
New York World that Champ ClarHs
nomination would be political suicide.
1t is alleged that Clark cannot carry
either New York, New Jersey, or Con-
necticut, and it is further asserted that
in the matter of tariff revision Clark
cannot be trusted because he favors
the destruction of all custom-houses
that in the management of diplomatic
questions he. would be unsafe because
he has already declared for the an
nexation of Canada, and that in national
finance he would be dangerous because
he denounced Grover Cleveland's man.
agement of financial crisis as placing
him in the category of Benedict Arnold
or Judas Iscariot.
This arraignment of Mr.. Clark is
susceptible of several analyses. In the
first place. Mr.. Hearst is for Clark,
which would be reason enough for the
World to be against him Secondly,
Mr.. Clark is evidently so strong as a
candidate as TO be dangerous to his
rivals; and, last CT all. there may be
in this opposition to him a concealed
effort to bring about the nomination OF
Mr.. Underwood, who unquestionably IS
regarded with favor IN New York City.
The one important fact. however, IS
that the Democrats are themselves di-
vided, and it is certain that their na-
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
FerNent Pleading.

They sat in the hotel corridor.
Gimme just one." he pleaded.
She shook her head.
Presently he emerged into the lobby.
That fellow was pleading pretty hard
for a kiss remarked a lounger who had
overheard the conversation. rs that an
engaged coupler
That coupler said another Iounger.
They're married. II was a dollar he
was pleading for; not a kiss"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
BRAVERY
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good old siwash.'

are getting anxious TO explore the moon
There is a frightful waste OF bravery,
however. when Il ls not mixed with
common sense. Men are being killed by
thousands in wars which only produce
widows, orphans, and national debts.
Men are jumping Niagara Falls In bar
rels, driving automobiles 40 miles an
hour, pounding each other up with six
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
WILLIAM J. CoNNERs.

Buffalo, April g7.-wnliam J. Conners,
former chairman of the Democratic
State Committee. Is slowly recovering
from the injuries he sustained from a
fall in the basement of his new home
in DeIasVare Avenue. Mr.. Conners is
suffering from a dlslocsted shoulder and
badly sprained ankle.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Plenty of Material.

what are you studying there. C1arice?''
"Abou: how to make delightful dishes
from leftover food. The cook has left"
We'll. you can make some nice dishes
from leftover food"
Yes: and / have plenty Of material
There's a great deal of food left over
since began doing the cooking"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
His Hurry.

From Puck.
She-But. Harold, why are you in such
haste? We can be married a little later
be gone as long as We like on our hon.
eymoon, and
He-Yes, and the first thing We know
the baseball season will open while we
are away,
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Into the Frying Pan.

Frum Judge.
Il see that E. H. Sothern is interest
ing himself in the Shakespeare-Bacon
controversy"
Il don't blame him for worrying. How
would 1t look to read on the boards,
'Sothern and Marlowe in BaconT"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Modern Entertaining.

He must have spent a mint on his
daughters coming out party. They had
both ham and chicken sandwiches"
"Oh, these large affairs don't cost as
much as an outsider would imagine.
Those chicken sandwiches were only
rented for the evening"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

ounce gloves, and getting married to
three wives at time. and the amount
Of bravery thus expended to no pur-
pose is mournful to contemplate. II all
the wasted bravery in the world could
be gathered up and stuffed into public
officials, who now tremble at an indig-
nant voter as an elephant trembles at
mouse. what a fine old world this
would be!
Copyright. lslz. b. GeorEs Matthew AdEmAJ
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
DIR. WI WOULD BE WELCOME.

CFrom Various Sources)
So far as Washington is concerned the
Chinese question will be a live one In
the shape of DIR. WI.
| And so they say that DR.. WI is COM
| ing back without his queue.
For a while after he gets back we'll
ask Minister WI a lot more questions
than he win be able to ask US.
Or. WI is coming back, and this coun-
try enjoys itself better when he is here.
wu Ting-fang is one who can and
! will come back"
WI Ting-fang is a versatile man,
Once he represented the Chinese EN-
pire in this country, and now he comes
back to represent the Chinese.
Reports that WI may not come back
after all will be welcomed by those who
have had to answer his questions.
When Dr.. WI can afford to leave,
that little China republic must be in
pretty good keller
WI Ting-fang is on his way back to
this country to be the representative at
Washington of the new Chinese Republic
He appears to have earned the place.
The suftragettes may meet Minister
wu at the dock to ask him to help West
ern women get what the new republic
has freely granted to Chinese women.
No matter which way WI Ting-fang
flops politically. he seems to land on his
feet in Washington.
Mr.. WI Ting-fang thinks he will
try third cup OF coffee.
DR.. WI is coming back loaded up with
new stock of questions, and he feels
that these questions should be answered
in America.
According to the New York Herald, the
reports Of Mr.. WI Ting-fangs appoint
ment, for the third time as Chinese
Minister to the United States are prema-
ture. 1t says that Chung Nun Yu. form
erly a coxswain of the Yale crew, has
got the appointment. Most of the people
here would have preferred Mr.. wu's
advanced and inquisitive type of Chi
nese diplomacy. Mr.. Chung. running the
relations Of China with the United States
on the plan Of successful Yale aquatics,
is likely to have his attractive phases
Mr.. WI is another of the comeback
boys.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
ApriI 2s I'm HIntorr.

April 2s. 1755.-Dr. johnson and Bos-
well take a stroll 20 Kensington. John
son gets stung by a wasp: Boswell stands
by, notebook in hand, and records the
great mans impressions.
April q, IS12-John Paul Jones. with his
sloop. chases eleven British frigates for
ty miles.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
A wayHIde Encounter.

My good man. they need Iaborers bad
ly in the next town
Thanks for the warning. boss. I'll
make a detour''
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
His Occupation.

From Judge.
Farmer Hornbeak-w What's your neph-
ew. that graduated from college a spell
ago. doin' now?
Farmer Bentover-stin colorin' a meer-
schaum pipe.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Many DIarTeIs.

Spring is a marvellous time,
A time TO smile.
The skies no longer pOut
No snow drifts hang about,
Even the sun comes out
Once in awhile.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

declared himself opposed to floods.
when I fight. I hsht." said T. R.
yesterday. fact that is slowly ooz-
ing into the systems Of his enemies.
Others may make mistakes, but with
the colonel the first person is always
az"
Col. Roosevelt forgets that semi-so-
ciaiism and semi-anarchy are not the
jimmies that viii help him break into the
solid South.
It appears that the Gulf Stream has
changed It's course. With the sanction
Of Col Roosevelt, We trust.
liar. All his life he has been calling
every man Who disagreed with him a
liar.
Roosevelt will get just enough dele
gates to get left.
There are as many coIonels as ever
in the South. but "the colonel Is the
only one in the country.
Col Roosevelt. while berating the poll
tIcians, seems to forget that most OF
the politicians consider him the most
adrolt and shifty politician OF them all.
Roosevelt says he will guarantee TO
keep his pledges. But who will guar
antee his guaranty?
The a, nouncement that Col Roosevelt
took a day OF rest suggests that the
public also feels the need of one so far
as he and his self-booming practice are
concerned.
Debs. of course. is with the colonel in
demanding the recall.
II the people are the bleachers. as the
colonel insists. why has he put in so
many years playing to the grand stand?
MY dog bites" says the colonel
Once on a time. It will be recalled. he
said something about "as clean as a
hounds tooth" Under the circumstances
let US hope that he is referring to the
same dog.
II the colonel should win the nomina-
ton II wouldn't take him half a minute
to wheel on the despIcable critics Of
the Republican party and bawl them out.
The Rough Rider has changed his mind
on so many important issues in four
years that It must keep his secretary
busy remembering what he said last.
T. r. says Senator Crane OF Massa-
chusetts is a leopard who cannot change
his spots.
Roosevelt declares that even IL de-
feated he will continue his stumping
tour. threat or a promise?
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

e@~~@~@~-@--(1
Roosevelt was endesyoring to create.
1t must be, therefore, that Mr.. Taft
has materially aided both himself and
his party by his self-assertiveness. It
is the one thing that he has lacked. No
one has ever questioned his fairness,
ability, honesty, or courage. Now that
he has shown his capacity for defend
ing himself, he will add to the number
of his friends. There is, of course, the
danger of still further aecentuating the
differences in his party, but the situa-
ton was already so apparent in this
respect that there was nothing to be
gained by pussy-tooted policies.
And it was important that Mr.. Taft
should make clear his own record, be-
cause, after all, he is to be the nomi-
nee of his party.
He has already some as delegates
out of the $50 requisite for a majority,
and that he viii secure at least $50 or
200 more is beyond reasonable doubt.
Roosevelt, on the other hand, must OBJ
tain about $50 more, and where can he
get them? There are still 4S7 delegates
to be elected, and it is an absolutely i'm
possible task for Roosevelt to get all of
them except roo AS matter of fact,
if he should get one-hslf. which is a
most liberal estimate, President Taft
would still have an abundant margin
to insure his nomination upon the first
ballot
The Washington Herald has repeat
edly insisted that the fight was not over
President Taft's denomination, but to
secure his reelection. There will be
no reason to alter this opinion, unless
Mr.. Roosevelt should sweep Massa-
chusetts, which does not now appear
probable. If he had carried New
Hampshire. as was confidently expected
by his friends, he would have had a
better chance in Massachusetts than he
now has. The Taft victory in New
Hampshire and the Taft speech in Bos
ton were two very helpful incidents at
a crucial time. With Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Ver-
mont for Taft in New England, it does
not seem likely that Roosevelt can
I.rk-,1N -. Aaee.1H,,EaENe
even though he should receive many
Democratic votes. With the probabil-
ity, therefore, that President Taft will
be given support in Massachusetts, his
denomination follows as logical GER
tainty. Should it be otherwise, there
would necessarily be some consideration
of the resrrangement of campaign lines.
The fight for President Taft's re-
election will rival in intensity and in
terest the. memorable struggle of 1896,
when Mckinley and Bryan were the
opposing candidates. 1t will be fought
mainly along the same lines, the con-
servative business interests being ar
rayed in antagonism to radicalism and
uncertainty. Upon a similar issue in
1896 the Republicans were victorious,
and even an unfriendly writer in the
current issue of McClure's magazine
admits that Mr.. Taft, representing con-
servatism, may be elected. The fact
is that no radical candidate for the
Presidency has ever been successful.
Even Mr.. Roosevelt, when he success
fully sought an Endorsement for his
first administration, had not reached
the ultra position which he to-day as
sunes. He was then progressive, but
not unsafe.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

Roosevelt told the North Carolinians
that he has a right to the support Of
every heir TO Jacksonlan Democracy"
II the colonel loses this year he'll prob
ably run the Democratic ticket next
time.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

Roosevelt promises to break the sofid
South. II he Is nominated. He nearly
broke the whole country in 1907.