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The Washington times., 1912-02-12
PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE
TO CONGRESSMEN

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
1t was Rothermel who first introduced
universal transfers for the District of
Columbia. Rothermel and Berger are
the people that the city has been look
Ing for for some time. 1t seems as II
no one that is elected to Congress now
adays has the nerve to introduce any
bill that conflicts with capital. II they
ever did SO, they must have been Qui-
eted with soothing syrup (not Wins
low's). Their enthusiasm quickly van
ishes.
Give US people like Berger and Roth
ermel and the people here Qf not all
ldential chair, but will put them in 1t.
We want a man-thc world is always
looking for one. But at present the
product is a poor specimen.
If Rothermel and Berger will do their
part. the citizens of the city and else
where will more than do thcIrs-they
will give them a vote that will leave
them Presidentially all o. X.
If Messrs. Rothermel and Berger are
honest in their Intentions to own by
governmental control, gas, electric
light, public transportation facilities,
etc, the public will stick by you and
will ride them la Sir George Gordon,
or the French revolution.
People have stood so much-they will
not stand more. So it's a case now OF
dcgenerates of some of the people.
Government ownership and suffrage
for a Godforsaken spot Washington.
We can and will elect you President.
The slogan is: DO It now"
CHAS c, DAVIS.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
UNDERGROUND CURRENTS
OF DEVOTIONAL LIFE

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
Anyone whose attention has not been
particularly called to the subject can
not fail to be surprised at the amount
of religious literature which daily pours
a steady stream from the press. Every
denomination of Christian people has
now it's own publishing houses, which
issue not only what may be called the
literature of the denomination, but also
great numbers of no Jks printed at the
OK; "nse IL the au' ncrS, some coctrinal,
scme controversial, some biographical.
but the greater part purely devotional.
They read as though excerpts from the
call the most tedious passages in The
the UnCcnverted." The major portion,
as might be expected, contain nothing
rev. They are simply rehasheG of what
has been better said before. St!ll there
must be dem.nd for such books, or
they would not be issued IN such num-
bers, and the demand probably reflects
the depth of the religious life, which,
unseen, flows beneath the surface OF
human society.
There are several rivers which cross
what vas formerly called The Great
American Desert" by a subterranean
course A few miles from the bases Of
the Rockies they disappear in the sand,
and a Ions depression, with here AMI
there a pool. is the only indication of
tneil presence. Yet dig almost any
where .tlorg the course of the hidden
stream and water in abundance Will b5
found. So 1t Is with this life religious;
III seen, unnoticed, II flows beneath the
surface and eXerts an influence prob
ably far greater than is generally sup
poscI on even that portion of society
which takes no thought further than Of
''''' EVERETT SPRING
The Washington times., 1912-02-12

and sciences, and in everything that
these words imply, than any of the
races found here by the early dis
coverers.
From all that can be learned about
these pre- e-historic races" land that
is only from what they left behind
them), we are led to believe that they
were in existence, on these conti-
nents, as early as any of the races
of mankind mentioned in "historical"
or biblical lore" Yet nowhere In
the Bible, old or new, nor in ancient
history, as / can discover is there any
mention made Of these pre- historic
races nor Of the countries they
inhabited" now known as North, Gem
tral and South America. In fact, from
the earliest recorded historical and
Biblical times. even down to the time
or Christ, all of the then known
world" was only a small portion,
comparatively, of what is now known
as Asia, Africa, and Europe. Yet
Christ said, in substance, to his dis
Sipies; Go ye into all the world,
pie" How could they go into "all
the world" etc, when only a small
part of the world was then known
to them? s. w. HART.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
MISS PASSE VERDANT
TALKS ON SUFFRAGE
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES;
It's only the bond of sisterhood that
gives this little upstate" woman cour-
age to present her views upon this
threadbare subject
First. then, comes wholesome conf
dence in woman's integrity, ability, and
helpful spirit as a whole Executions
exist in almost everything.
Among these leaders. pro and con, "
estimable women are found on both
sices. The writer firmly believes each
side possesses stanch supporters be-
cause of sincere conviction that her
side Is the best and most womanly. It's
simply different viewpoints.
- God formed woman to be mans help
meet, taken from mans side, not foot.
1t would, therefore, seeem that wom-
ans dlvinely appointed place was not
as an inferior. IT'S not to reason why
woman fell into a position of servitude
by committing the same sin as man
It's simply fact that she did. (Read
Gen. 3: 16) Had this been the original
plan, 1t would seem unnecessary to then
mention 1t.
Some strive for equality with "might
and main" Some quietly long for it
but strive not. Some seem content with
present regime.
Would that this matter might be sub,
mitted to a peace and arbitration tTi
hunal (at least nationaD of, for, and by
- whole people, not men alone.
PASSE VERDANT.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
CHURCHES AND SALOONS
SOUGHT FOR COMFORT
To the Editor of THE TIMES


So glad to hear from Mr.. Crowley
again. like the way he told the Rev.
Mr.. Stelzle his imperative duty" A
new experience. too, for the Rev. Mr..
Stelzle. All through the week. and spc-
cially on Sundays, he occupies himself
with telling other people theirs. Why,
Mr.. Crowleys letter must have come
like a bolt from the blue. OF course,
Mr.. Crowley is right Che always Isl, but
! must confes to little sympathy with
the reverend gentleman. There are
points of similarity between the
churches and saloons, Mr. Crowley not
withstanding. We go to both seeking
comfort. which we seem to get, but
which disagrees with US next morning.
We know the proprietors of both have
their living to get, and go about II the
best they know how, talking an infinite
amount of nothing meanwhile. And
that is one place where the average
saloon keeper scores over the clergy
man. He knows when to stop. Went
to church once in New York-a noted
one. too-was charged % cents for a
seat, and two collections were care
fully made Enterprising body of men.
the clergy of that cathedral, but they
didn't know where to stop. And know
ing facts similar to these, Mr.. Crowley
blandly inquiries as to the fate of a
nickelless man in a saloon! Hand Us
bathos If you must, Mr. Crowley, but
for heavens sake draw the line some
where, and learn when to stop.
A FRIEND OF STELZLE.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
REAL SOLDIER" REPLIES
TO REAL VIRGINIAN'

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
In a recent communicat from
Peal Virginian," he seems to object to
my being proud of having four honor
able discharges from the United States
army. Perhaps it is envy. The state
ment was not made by me for any
nglorious boasting, and any idea of
being egotistical was in every manner
eliminated from my thoughts.
He wants to know why we do not
tell ary stories of our service. ] sup
pose he means we who served since the
civil war. If so, j would respectfully
call his attention to a book, the title
of which is "On the Trail of Geronimo" ="
He will find therein a story of hardship
and suffering that has been rarely sur
passed by troops IN any part OF the
world.
My remarks were in no wise intended
to reflect in any manner distredltablH
upon those who served il the civil war,
either Of the blue or the gray per-
suasion. They have made a glorious
history, are entitled to all they get from
the Government. National or state,
and l would consider myself disloyal to
my own people and my country, II IN
any manner l should endeaVor to dc
tract from the great and glorious work
they have accomplished.
Furthermore, those of us who went
to the Philippines in 1899, 1860, and l9ol'
who have experienced the dlscomforts
Of the United States transport service
in those years; who, after getting there,
had the Moro to contend with, have
witnessed the muttlation OF his dead,
who ran the gantlet of the many ter
rible tropical diseases, the chief of
which was dyscntery, away from home
and kindred, the other side OF the
world, experienced also hardships that
very seld lm fall to the lot Of armies
in the field.
But it was pensions we were going to
discuss, II Real Virgtnlan" had not
COME in at the wrong angle.
REAL SOLDIER.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
ECONOMIC INFERENCES
FROM HORSE PROBLEM
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The horse problem in your PAPER has
set us all thinking very deeply. 1 givo
you the solution as I work 1t out.
Owing to the high cost of living and
lack of work, am desperate-have not
a cent in the world. When, coming
home late at evening I notice a poor,
lonesome horse In mans pasture
which borrow and sell to a dealer for
S45. The horses owner is very hard
hearted and Immediately sets the police
on my track to recover his property.
Fearing arrest and not knowing what
to do, I return to the dealer with his
SIS, which he refuses to take, asking
$50 now, for 81 expect to have butter
rush off to a preacher friend and bor-
row the needed IS. On the way back to
the pasture with my white elephant"
I meet the owner. "Oh, sir, stepped
around to return your horse, which
borrowed by mistake" 1 cried. Hon
est man." he says, keep the beast for
your duplicity."
With a peaceful conscience Cwlatever
that is) return to the dealer again.
"Give me $i5 for this fine horse" He
er, is only worth $40 to me now. He
er, has worn out pair of shoes on the
$50 So I I take the $40. give IS TO my friend,
and am S35 to the good. Try II your
self Mr.. Editor, for tempus Is fugitinE
rapidly and some one else may beat you
to it and so corner the egg market.
DORE.
P. s.-The man that bought the horse
Is the loser. D.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12

OF these chronic officeholders? Our ma
ton is sold over to tho money power,
and the people are robbed. Have we
not learned lesson when We see the
monopolists have cornered everything
and produced millions of paupers?
So many millions of people remain 81
lent while the robbery goes on. They
should organiZe-everything else Is.
Even the farmer, once an Independent
individual, now has the prices dictated
to him. II he does not accept them, he
Is not permitted to ship his produce over
the railroads. Often his fruit crops are
left to rot in the helds-and only sixty
miles from Washington, d. c., too. The
farmer performs the hard labor. The
CAPITALIST gets the profits. My friends,
did It ever occur to you that there is
far better material in the Democratic
ranks for President? (Mr. Champ Clark
has no equally Give thcm a chance once
in a lifetime. With a majority in Con-
gress-and soon to have in the Senate
they will be able to accomplish some
thing, and perhaps can redeem this ma
tion from the money sharks.
The people are tired of the present
Presidential election business; end
thank God It does come only once in
four years
The commercial business of the whole
country Is all tied up because the money
power is waiting to see II they can
succeed in electing their kind Of man
for President. In the meantime, thou
sands of poor people are thrown out of
employment and starving to death while
they wait TO- the wheels of the factories
10 start revolving.
God grant we may elect an honest,
clean man to govern our country, who
has strength OF character to resist the
money power, and has the temerity to
stand up for Justice and make correct
laws for the masses, and not the mo
nopolists. This false education Of The
people by the money power press VII
yet have It's downfall. and the money
kings will be the sufferers.
The Russians are serfs to their Car
we are serfs to many czars-the money
kings. J.. w. w.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
MR.. TAFT The VICTIM
OF HIS ENVIRONMENT
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor or THE TIMES:
While I fully concur with Student"
in his criticism of Mr.. Taft, in your is
sue of 5th instant, l desire to enter a
plea of charity for him. 1t is well known
that a man is what his education makes
him. Mr.. Taft is the victim of lifelong
environment, so that now 1t is impOs-
sible for democratic views to enter his
brain or democratic feelings to dwell in
his heart. He was put to school young
and kept there without fresh air till he
was graduated; then hurried into the
atmosphere of legal meditations, where
he unfortunately and carelessly browsed
among the muEty tones of feudalism,
and instead of reading the law of
growth studied the law of decay. AL
ways the ''son of his father" without
much effort and still less merit; he was
thrown by a wave of fortunate birth
and opportunity upon the Federal wool
sack. where his retrogressive judicial
spirit was Enthusiastically laid bare by
the ill-favored railroad injunction.
Mr.. Taft has never been In contact
with the "plain people" of Mr.. Lincoln,
Of which numerous race Mr.. Lincoln
himself was the most conspicuous and
honored example, and Mr.. Taft does not
know them. He has always sat on a
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
THE SHERWOOD BILL
AND PENSION QUESTION

To the Editor of THE TINES.
I have refrained from lifting my pen
in defense or otherwise, on the pension
question, which has been a bone of
contention for many years, largely bo-
cause of the inequality in manner and
methods of adjusting the individual
claims. 1 want to be fair to those
whose duties 1t was and is to pass upon
the intricate questions involved. 1t is,
however, probable that the claimant
gets the benefit of the doubt one half
the time, at least, in the finai adjust
ment of the case by those In authority.
IN my opinion there never was a plan
quite as fair to all concerned, as SER
vice pension. Surely from the stand
point OF equity there can be no dispute
on tnls point. don't wish to be under
si sIoIo as thinking that long service
alone covers all the grounds for grant
Ing pensions. Surely not in case OF
WOUNDS, or otherwise disabled in line
or duty. Now to be more explicit. Take
the men or boys, IL you please for, at
least, one half of the number were less
than twenty-one years old), who en-
listed In the spring and summer of 1861,
Tor three gears, serving their full term.
Many re-enlistlng and thus continuing
In the service for four or FIVE years
How is a service of that kind to be
compared with the man who remained
at home until drafted into the service
and who after leaving the army was
| the most persistent In claiming the
right to pension. many of their num-
bcr being placed on the roll, and never
got nearer the danger line than the
city of Washington? l will venture the
| assertion that a close inspection of the
| pension roll today will disclose the fact,
that the men who followed the fortunes
of that unholy war for three, four, and
five years (but few of whom remain
| with us) will be found receiving, on an
average, the magnanimous sum of 81
\ per month or legs.
THOMAS G. ALLEN.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
OFFERS NEW PLAN IN
MATTER OF PENSIONS
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The matter of giving pensions to old,
worn-out clerks has been threshed and
talked about so much that it has been
twisted and bent all out Of shape.
The original proposition was how to
get rid of the present incumbent with
out throwing them on the street penni-
less. All officials say that IT would be
a great benefit to the Government.
Now, l feel sure that it would be, so
why not propose bill to give a pen
sion of 81 a day to all superannuated
clerks who are seventy years old (or
sixty-five years., and who has served
twenty years or more, and compel them
to leave the service on or before a given
time. THIS would leave many a place
for younger clerks to fill at a much ad-
vanced salary, and it would relieve us
who have grown old and who are suf-
fering with diseases incident to old age,
and who do not have children or friends
to go to to remain short, time until
death calls us off; relieve us who are
trembling and fearing that Congress
may do nothing for us. Many of us will
not live to see another Congress con-
Vene.
l am seventy-two, and have served
| twenty-five years without a black mark
against me. have no funds; sickness
and death took nearly all l earned. l
am working in misery, and l am pray
g that Congress may give us this
| small pension.
Get rid OF us. and all those who do
not care to quit possibly have children
. go to or, perhaps, have funds, etc.
| But so many OF us are not so situated,
and we would gladly 90 to the country
| OF to some home and live on this sum.
Those who seem to be obstructing a
| reasonable plan are not in needy cir
| Cumstances and injuring us who would
| be glad to accept this small amount.
| ''Gid rid OF u.s. and then let Con-
gress take time TO formulate plan for
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
THINK FLOOD SYMBOLIZED
FLOOD OF IGNORANCE

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In your issue of February ~. B. s."
relieves his mind of his idea that the
Bible story of the flood is not scientific;
but is dubious and ridiculous.
To interpret by modern churchianity
or by modern science" he would be
right. But the Bible, like other really
true and logical books, explains itself.
We read that in the beginning the
spirit of God moved upon the face Of
the waters, and God said: Let there be
light, and there was light" But before
going any further, let us understand
that law in one domain is a law in
every domain, and that the law OF OPP
posites and periodicity, the law of cor
respondental analogy, must be correct
ly applied in connection with the fact
that the Bible is written a good deal in
can be any real understanding of the
Bible.
John on Patmos had visions that he
did not understand. The angel, in eX-
PLANTATION, said: The waters which thou
sawest, are peoples and multitudes and
nations and tongues" Here, then, are
the waters that the spirit of God moved
upon 'in the beginning" Light cor
responds to. knowledge or intellect.
When the spirit of God moves upon hu-
manity there is, of course. light.
Ths flood was a flood of fallacy Ggnor-
ance, falsehood, and corruption). Bring
Ing into play the unchangeable and in
controvertible law of opposites and
periodicity. 1t is easy to comprehend
that the old saying that history re-
peats ITSELF is absolutely true, and true
prophecy becomes an absolute science,
absolutely correct, and we know the
past, present, and future, and we can
not know the past without knowing the
future because all things repeat period
ically.
So you see that we are now in the
flood again; It is about at its height and
about ready to recede-daybreak is close
lby. WILL u. REGION.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
THE PEOPLES CHURCH
is NON-SECTARIAN

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
do not deserve publicity, but as
The Times has SO generously offered
its columns to writers, and as have
been urged to define my position.
take this method of doing SO; not for
selfish motives, but in vindication of
the church which l represent This
church was organized in 1909, since
which time / have been its pastor,
and not selfishly claim the respect OF
the people. For twenty-five years,
unremunerated, 1 have preached the
gospel and started six different mis-
sions and supported them. At the
dead hours of night, when other peo-
pie were asleep, l have come and
gone through the most dangerous
places, dark woods, and slums, preach
Ing salvation and doing all the good
l could. Wherever l have been l
have tried to carry a blessing. l am
now at 643 Louisiana avenue north
west, where l have been preaching
for over ten years-Sunday nights at
1880.
This church was organized in 1903,
electing i've trustees, elders, deacons,
clerk, etc. l was ordained by the
elders of the church.
We believe in the unity OF faith:
In union there is strength, and not
in divisions and strife. Our Savior
never intended that there should be
many churches to PeGPikeiT' PSeGkiT because use
Church, zone Shepherd and one fold
To have perfect church unity and
harmony we should be bound by the
same tie of faith, should listen to the
| voice of one shepherd.
If. therefore, people believe in the
unity of faith, and recognize all
Christians to be the children of one
| God, and Christ the head of the
Church, all such are invited to join
| this progressive movement-The Peo-
/ pies Church, Non-Sectarian, of Wash
| ington, d. c.
In the meantime, as our means are
! limited, l will thank anyone to assist
us in this struggle, knowing that
! God will make it all right in the
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
QUOTES A BEADROLL
OF BACON ADVOCATES

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Ever since poor Della Bacon, in 1853.
put her finger on the great literary
secret of the ages. it has been a favorlte
practice of the honest Stratfordians, in
the zeal of their faith, to pelt the anti
from 'fgnoramus" to ''lunatic.", 1t is
interesting to know whether the epi-
thets have stuck to such as Lord Pal
merston, John Bright, Henry Labou-
chere, James Russell Lowell, and John
G. Whittier. all avowed anti-shaks-
pertains But this is a part of the his
tory of the Bacon-Shakespeare question,
and is mentioned here only because we
by the recent revival of the great qucs-
tion and the favorite concomitant prac-
tiCe. Numerous recent contributions to
The Times serve as an excellent illus
tration of the practice as 1t has existed
since 1853. For example:
One Shaksperian informs us that 1.-THE
very name 'Baconian' Is synonymous for
ignorance" and then proceeds to en-
tighten those benighted persons" by
telling them that in the grammar school
, of Stratford was taught Horace, JuVs-
nal, Martial, Cicero, Seneca, Ovid, Livy,
| Virgil, Caesar" and others too numer-
Gus to mention, including "Puertles Con-
fabuliunCulae."
Now we have it. When Ben johnson
said that Shakespeare had small Latin
and less Greek" it was only a playful
| lest of Ben's. What he really meant
was big Latin and more Greek"
BY the way that little town of the
| sixteenth century wasn't very far be-
| hind the grammar school OF modern
Washington, d. C.
Another Shaksperian refers to the
"chlldlike ignorance of the Baconians,"
| and triumphantly calls their attention to
the fact that in sonnet CXXXVI Shake
speare says that his name Is VIII.
"Will" stands for william" Wonder
| full!
In the arguments of these two Shak-
sperians the reader has two good saiI
! pies of the kind of arguments put forth
by Shaksperians since 1853.
E. w. NJ.
The Washington times., 1912-02-12
BACON'S PSALMS WERE
POETICAL IPECACS

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Some Of your correspondents who have
been whacking e. II. Sothern-among
others e. F. H.. the original instigator
of this riot--infer that Francis Bacon
was poet. Francis Bacon was poet,
but nh, such a poet. Let these Bacon
ians read his translations of the psalms.
They are the best poetical ipecacs that
l know of. As to these psalms, can
you imagine Shakespeare writing crude
rhymes like the following:
THE huge Leviathan,
Doth make the sea to seethe as boiling
pam
Among other things that Francis Ba-
con wrote of the drama was the fol-
lowing:
ut is not good to remain long in the
theater."
And yet they call Francis Bacon a
poet and proclaim that he was the au-
thorlo the plays that bear the name
of William Shakespeare. Fudge!
e. c.