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The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
This Settles It.

It's all over but the shouting. Presi
dent Taft has been invited to attend Z
reunion of the Smith family, the invi-
tation declaring the clan wanted his re.
nomination. Talk about a snowfall
gathering force and size after it started
down a mountain side-such a simile
wouldn't be one, two, three compared to
the momentum of the Smith-Taft move
ment if it gets a good start.
There are Smiths in every hamlet in
the United States; there are Smiths in
every legislature, every Congress, in
pulpits, on farms, and their name is
legion. With a strong organization, this
wonderfully large family could about
control anything it desired; it could
sweep the country like an avalanche, and
if Mr.. Taft IS their chosen one, when
the returns come in the answer that
was given the late beloved Queen Vic
toria when, after witnessing the first
international yacht race in England, she
asked who won, and was told America,
she inquired who was second, and was
informed there was no second, the Eng
lish boat being so far behind she could
not be seen.
With the Smith family solid for Mr..
Taft, there will be no second he will be
so far in the lead that all other entries
will be in the also ran class. 1t means
more than this, for it seems to be the
proper thing for many happy parents
to name their offspring after the Presi-
dent they voted for. This indicates the
future may make Taft Smith as popular
as Washington for a favorite name.
Its new wrinkle in politics, and we
venture to say if Mr.. Taft can line up
all the Smiths at the coming election,
there will be a grand scramble four
years from now for other large families.
OF course, if Smith happens to be a
Democrat, his vote will count two, for
it can hardly be considered one of the
clan will stand out; rather he will join
in helping to make the name of Smith
go down in history as power in Ameri-
can politics.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
FDn IN, petrcit Free Pr...
Remnrd> of Educnforr.

From the Pittsturg Chronicle Telegraph.
Figures published by the Federal Bu-
reau Of Education give evidence that the
rewards of genius engaged in the educa-
tionsl field are considerably below those
attainable in other OF the Learned profess
sions and in many industrIaI avocations.
The highest paid head OF a State-aided
institution Of learning is the president Of
the University of California, who re-
ceives $4,000 year and a house. The
presidents OF Cornell University and the
University of Illinois each receive $1,000
a year and house. and the president Of
the University OF Minnesota, $4,000 a
year without house. Other presidents
salaries run down as low as 81 100. The
best paid full professor enjoys an income
Of 5000 a year and the least paid tutor
struggles along on an allowance of $50
When Il Is considered that there are
lawyers in the country earning from
$4,000 TO 100000 a year, that some
medical men command almost as large
earnings and that many engineers, presi-
dents Of manufacturing concerns and
others engaged In Industrial pursuits are
equally well rewarded. one may weIl mar
vel that so many men OF superlatfve in
tslligence devote their lives to pedagogy.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
of Two Evils.

From the New York Sun.
Rita" as Mrs. Desmond Humphreys
the English novelist, IS called. scored,
on her arrival in New York, divorce In
America.
In England there is only one divorce
court-that Of London, said Rita,
but you have here a divorce court in
every village, haven't your
Perhaps you have so many divorces
because you are too reckless about mar
rying. 1 met one American girl on the
boat who is certainly going to marry
very recklessly, indeed. She said 10 me,
as she twisted her engagement ring ner-
vously:
Hubert is rake, and know he'll
lead a double life. But
she smiled grimly.
But better that she added, than
for me to lead single one
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Frnn The phil,delrhi, Recnrd
Not I'm Good FnIth.

From the Omaha Bee
1t does not look as IL the House
Democrats were acting in good faith In
reintroducing the wool tariff bill the
President vetoed last Year. They know
beforehand that even IL it should pass
the Senate after running its automatic
course through the House. which is
extremely doubtful. it would again be
vetoed.
Chairman Underwood dropped the
bill in the basket as he entered the
House to-day" in press dispatch, Is
significant of the nonchalance by which
the Democratic majority goes about
this bit OF political trickery. Just toss
it in the hopper, for II is of little con-
sequence. but II will do 10 mark time
over, and that is apparently all Chair
man Underwood and his party followers
are concerned about. The crying need for
Panama Canal and Alaska legislation,
not to mention other Vital matters, does
not reach their ears
President Taft, we believe, was sus-
tanned by the country for vetoing this
wool bill last year on the ground that Il
was haphazard measure gotten up pure
ly for political reasons and in conflict
with the tariff commission idea-an idea
in which the people believe.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Free Trade Between the States.

Ffum the New York World
Texas railroads, acting under the power
Of the State commission. have been max
Ing rates which will carry trafhc more
than twice as far eastward between
points within the States as their inter-
state rates will carry traffic westward
into Texas from points in Louisiana
This Is an obvious discrimination in
favor OF intrastate as against Interstate
trafic. II establishes an effective protec-
ton of Texas places and industries
against the competition OF louisiana
places and industries. II virtually opens
a way for ending free trade between the
States.
Has the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion no power to correct such dIscrimina-
tions? Is the Interstate Commerce law
so feeble that in spite OF II States may
violate the Constitution. which forbids
any preferences in the regulation OF COM
merce TO the ports or places OF one
State over those Of another?
II is not surprising that the Interstate
Commission should decide these ques-
tions in the negative. The surprising
thing Is that three of the seven members
should dissent and affirm the need OF
further action by Congress.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Natural suspicion.

From the CeTelsnd Plain Dealsr.
One can scarcely criticise the Indians
for distrusting the white mans medicine,
for much OF the latter's ministrations
have proved disastrous TO these red chill
dren Of nature. However, as the Indians
are crowded OF their reservations and
brought under the influence OF civiIlza-
tion this hostility must OF necessity be
broken down.
Eighty per cent OF the children in the
Euchee Mission School In Oklahoma have
been found infected with trachoma or
some similar and equally dangerous IN
fection. For reasons not difficult to un-
derstand the Indians have opposed the
accepted treatment for this disease, and
the authorities are having difficulty In
stamping II out.
Trachoma is a product OF conditions
which. though new to the Indians, are as
old as cities. The red men were COM
paratively free from all such complaints
as long as they were permitted freedom
to roam the free West. with the In
dlans. therefore, the disease Is a result
OF that civilization which the race dis
trusts and whose ministrations they will
be obliged TO accept. The complaint Is
too serious to permit the authorities to
indulge a prejudice against its proper
medical treatment.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
BETTER THAN SHE KNEW.
New steaosrapher Pats ola Phrase
to Good Use.


10 Good Use.
From Puck-
A dozen young women, who have just
finished a course in stenography and
typewriting at a Washington business
college. have been employed to assist in
sending out campaign literature at the
Taft headquarters In the Hotel Raleigh.
One Of the stenographers was busy try
ing q new typewriter the other day when
Representative william B. Mckinley, Of
Illinois. who is in charge OF the head
quarters, stepped up to the girls desk
and asked in that genial way of his:
May ask what you are writingr'
The young woman was abashed for a
moment, at least, and reluctantly handed
sheet OF copy-paper to Mr.. Mckinley
on which the following familiar SEN
tence was written many times: Now is
the time for all good men to come to
the aid OF their party"
Mr.. Mckinley smilingly said: That's
good campaign stuif. You can keep on
writing that sentence until I tell you to
quit I'll have that sent out to every Re-
publican in Illinois as a starter, and II
1t works on them we'll adopt that time
worn admonition as a slogan"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
joys ABODE.

The crocus blooms when 1t is spring; the
1onquil DER the garden queens.
The butterflies are then awning; that In.
In all the magazines.
The buds come out when II Is spring;
they tint the trees with tender
greens.
There are great hocks OF birds to sing;
at least, in all the magazines.
The air is mild when II is spring; the
weather well itself demeans.
And life Is quite Joyous thing. odds
bobs, In all the magazinesi
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
A Good JuggIer.

Soda seasons about to open. Need a
good clerk?"
What qualifications have you for dis
pensing soda water?" inquired the drug
gist.
II was with juggling team in vaude-
Vile all winter"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Papa Wa. wise.
From Puck.

From Puck.
Gladys Roxton--And the duke is so
brave, papa Why. he declares he in
tends TO become an aviator
Papa-Hm. He does. ehis Wants to
visit his castle, / suppose.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Very Foolish .

Il fine you s.
Judge, / only sassed a policeman"
II fine you for foolishness. When there
are so many foolish things you could
have done, why did you select this?'
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Just n Pose,

Il think she will make a fine wife. /
have been calling on her for several
months now, and nearly always find her
dsrning one OF her fathers socks"
That caught me. too. until l found
out that II was the same sock"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS.
From the PhlAdeIphia Public Ledser.

From the PhilAdelphia Public Ledger.
man like Justice Hughes probably
could not be prevailed upon to permit the
use of his name in a contest like the
present, under any circumstances" As
/ a Judge and student OF history, he knows
that the contest between the ideas for
which Taft stands and the policies which
Mr.. Roosevelt has suddenly seized upon
/ is fundamental. Mr.. Hughes recognizes
the proprieties as well and the duties
OF such a situation. and fully under
stands that 1t would be a misfortune TO
distract attention from the new redical-
ism rather than to destroy IL utterly and
finally.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
His candidacy could by no possibility
be Interpreted as a compromise in the
issue OF principle between President Taft
and Mr.. Roosevelt. Justice Hughes posi-
tion Is unmistakably in support Of the
established institutions Of government,
the enforcement of the Constitution, and
the solution Of the problems OF the pres
ent day by the enlightened application
Of the principles which were laid down
as fundamental In the establishment of
the government.
Frum the New York Mail
One institution that should never be
subject to the recall is the water wagon.
From Satire.
Store proprietor (hiring a new clerk)-
You know how to work a cash register?
Clerk-Yes, sir: was one OF the first
to get on to IL. / can work anything
from a taxicab to a gum slot, but they
watch you closer nowadays.
From the Detroit Free Press.
But why do you advertise that you
want TO sell this car because you are
going to leave the city? You know that
isn't so.''
Yes, il is. II I ever sell this car for
what ask for 1t I'll have to leave the
city"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
In the sunny south.

From Puck.
Has yOush nephew stahted his spring
plowin' yet, Bill?"
WAL. no. Jim amt stahted his fshuss
work yet-he's powerful far bshipG
his dshin'" -
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
A Desirable Heart.

Mr.. Plentimun. the elderly millionaire.
has offered me his heart
Accept II, girl" advised the friend.
His physician tells me that its valvnlar
action Is very bad"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Long before the Republican nationa
oouveution assemblies in Chicago, tht
precision of President Taft's renom'
iastinn, made months ago in The Wash
,ngtcn Herald, will be fully realized
already the President has more than
hall Of the requisite majority of the
convention, and many of the States
hlca are certain to give him generous
5ppgrt have not yet elected delegates.
i did not require the gift of prophecy
10 know that Mr. Taft could not be de-
feases for the nomination. In the first
plzce there was no reason why the
hanc should not be accorded him. He
had not been recreant TO his party; he
rad not failed in his administration; he
h. not alienated the people. He would
NATURALLY rather have had his renomina-
tion rendered him without opposition,
but when a contest was imposed upon
him there could have been only one re-
suit. He never was endangered by the
candidacy of Senator La Toilette, and
Roosevelt entered the race handicapped
in many ways The people were Ger
tain to resent his disregard Of his
solemn declaration; besides which, there
is no desire to give anybody in this
country a third term.
A writer in the Worlds Work very
truthfully says that when any man
thinks that the salvation of the country
is alone dependent upon him, it is a wise
plan not to elect that man President of
the United States. There is no ques-
ton that this statement accurately por-
trays the temper of the public mind.
We have not reached the stage where
our national progress, much less our
existence, rests upon one individual
When that time comes we might as
well despair of the continuance of the
republic and accept a dictatorship. That
time, however, will never come.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
ON THE FAIR SEX.

From the Chicago Nevp
A beautiful woman needs no letter OF
introduction.
From the Providence Tribune
New York has a Practical Mothers
Club, which distinctive name presumably
means that the members are women who
have children.
From the Detroit Free Press
A convention Of shoe manufacturers has
decided that womcn's feet are growing
larger. Therefore. II may be safely pre-
dicted. size sB instead OF size 5B will
hereafter be marked "a.
From the Philadelphi. Recrd
Mrs. Henpeck-Therc viii be no mar
riages in the next world. Mr.. Henpeck-
No wonder they call Il heaven.
From the New Yok Press
A girl wants a fun moon when she gets
engaged to man so they can keep out
of its light.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Pass On.
March 81 I'm History.

March 81, 15Ss-Queen Elizabeth makes
rhubarh pie. Raleigh declines 70 par
take thereof and is sent to the Tower
March q, 11H-Richard the Lion Heart
ed cuts down and stacks six cords OF
Saracens.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
March Poem.

Ny soul to-day
Is far away.
Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.
My body. though.
To work must 60
Through all this slushy ice and snow.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Prom the Kansas Oty Star.

Prom the Kansas City Star
These winter storms are said to form
in Siberia. Evidently what is needed
Is to encourage the Siberian farmers to
| use smudgepots.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
n the Toronto Man and EIrre.s.

Capt. Amundsen's forethought in TAX
ing photographs OF the south pole will
definitely settle all doubts as to his
reaching the goal. The public will be
able to compare the pictures with the
original and promptly decide the mat
ter.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
UncIe Pennywi.e say.I

Whistling girls and growing hens are
all right to-day. They can make money
In vaudeville.
Pass On.
Tn seeking local color for an
opera" announced the traveller. Have
you any merry villagers in this hamlet7"
Not In this village" replied the inn
keeper, for II was he. "All we have here
Is bunch OF disgruntled taxpayers"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
TABLOID THOUGHTS.
The Clereland Pain p-.l-r.

Cheer up. husbands II Is hardly pos
sible TO clean house in such spring
weather as now obtains.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31

From the New York Evening Post
The two Italian airships that dropped
bombs into the town OF Zangour. kill
ing four people and wounding ten 9TH
ers, "all Of them noncombatants." have
demonstrated the complete utility of
the dirigible balloon in warfare.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31

The Promptnesss with which the Re
publicans in the South met and elected
Taft delegates led to the belief that the
President was depending largely for
support upon a representation from
States which could not, in the very ma
ture of things, afford him support in
the electoral college. Recent events
have demonstrated, however, that this
belief was not well founded. No one
can gainsay the important part which
New York State will play in the Presi-
dental election. 1t is an axiom that as
New York goes, so goes the Union. If
there had been in New York serious
division in the Republican ranks, or if
Roosevelt had commanded the support
q OF even large minority of his party in
the recent primaries, the Republicans
who are anxious TO win next November
might well have paused to consider the
availability of the President as a candi-
date. All doubt has now been removed.
There could not have been a more de-
cided expression of the opinion of the
Republican rank and file than was given
last Tuesday. 1t demonstrated that in
New York, where Col Roosevelt had
once been governor and where he had
been given an enormous majority when
he was the Presidential candidate. his
present attitude is most unpopular. The
charges of fraud do not weigh heavily
upon the public ear They are the nat
ural sequence of an overwhelming de-
feat, and their result will be to solidify
the Presidents support and lead to
earnest efforts to prove that the verdict
last Tuesday was a genuine expression
of party opinion.
And not only in New York, but in
Michigan, where Gov. Osborn is an
ayowed friend of Roosevelt; and in
Iowa, which has its favorite son and is
regarded as. the veritable hotbed of pro-
6ressiveism; and in Indiana, where ex-
Senator Beveridge and former State
Chairman Lee made an earnest fight for
Roosevelt, President Taft has secured
many delegates. II is these results
which give the Republican leaders en-
couragement. 1t proves that the Presi-
dent will go into the convention with
sincere and enthusiastic support in
States which figure in the Republican
Column. IT is now certain that when
tne roll is called in the convention. the
delegates fromEthe Southern States will
% small minority of those who vote
fqr the President.
1t being settled, therefore-as, indeed, |
it has been from the beginning-that
Mr.. Taft will be renominated, there is
still a campaign of great intensity to be |
fought. The position which Mr.. Roose-
welt will assume during that campaign
continues to be matter of speculative
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Prom the Toledo Blade.

FTO1n the IOIedO BIa1e-
A Spokane pastor stood on his head
to win a contest. That Is one stunt
that the Rev. Billy Sunday has not
copyrighted.
From the indianapolis News
At this time It must be dawning on
big business that during some cam
paigns politics is nothing less than in
corrigfble
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.

I Hum tbe NeW I on MAI.
One institution that should never be
subject to the recall is the water wagon.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-08-31
The Last Letter

tits a shame for you to go out such
a day as this! Why, it's away below
zero, pa!'' grumbled Mrs. Bascom,
shaking her head so vigorously that
every stiffly starched ruffle on her
Bingham sunbonnet, which she wore
summers to keep off the heat and win
tiers to keep off the cold, fluttered gaily.
There won't be half dozen letters;
just lot of silly post cards and notes
to crafty the vanity of some giggling
girls. I'd stay right at home, Jere-
miah!"
The old man, who was reluctantly
pulling on his heavy felts which had
been warming by the fire, stamped one
foot vigorously and with jerk
brought the refractory boot to place.
st wonder how many times it is
necessary to explain to woman that
business is business" he queried with
mock severity, at the same time Civ
ing his old wife fond glance which
set every nerve to tingling. "'Tain't
question of what we want to do OF
think. The United States mail has got
| to go; rain or shine, if there amt but
| one measly circular in the whole pile
Even passengers and special trains
must make way for it."
eff you were regular man or was
getting big pay it wouldn't be so bad!'
interrupted the wife emphatically
"but this business of you going out in
the cold to take another mans place
when you only get few cents pay
mebbe he'll never give you the money
is too much You'll traipse all over
the country road and get the rheuma
tism. Then who'll take care of you
and who'll pay the doctors bill?"
Jeremiah Bas ON, who had buttoned
the shabby old coat about his throat
took the little woman to his heart.
"There, there. mother, you don't un
derstand," he soothed, patting hel
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A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. ROSE OF LIMA.

This lovely flower of sanctity, the
first canonized Saint of the New
World, was born at Lima in 1886. She
was christened Isabel, but the beauty
OF her infant face earned for her the
title of Rose, which she ever after
wards bore. AS a child, while still in
the cradle, her silence under a painful
surgical operation proved the thirst
for suffering already consuming her
heart. At an early age she took serv-
ice to support her impoverished
parents, and worked for them day and
night. In spite of hardships and aus
terities, her beauty ripened with in
creasing age, and she was much and
openly admired. From fear of vanity
she cut off her hair, blistered her face
with pepper and her hands with lime.
For further security she enrolled her
took st. Catherine of Siena as her
model, and redoubled her penance. Her
cell was a garden hut, her couch box
of broken tiles. More than once, when
she shuddered at the prospect of a
night of torture, voice said, my
Cross was yet more painful" The
Blessed Sacrament seemed almost her
only food. Her love for It was intense.
When the Dutch fleet prepared to at
tack the town Rose took her place be-
fore the tabernacle, and wept that she
was not worthy to die in It's defence
All her sufferings were offered for the
conversion of sinners, and the thought
of the multitudes in hell was ever be-
fore her soul. She died A. D. 1917, at
| the age of thirty-one. Under her habit
Rose wore a hair-shirt studded with
iron nails, while, concealed by her veil
silver crown armed with ninety
points encircled her head. Her body
was racked by the pains of sickness
she was insulted and prosecuted by
her friends, and for fifteen years sui
fered fearful desolation of spirit. Yet
she never lost the sweet calm of hel
soul; clinging to God by bare faith
she cried out year after year, Lord
increase my sufferings, and with then
Thy love in my heart" At length
amidst heavenly lights and consolins
visions, the answer came from the lip:
of Jesus, Rose of My Heart, be thol
My spouse,-Rosa cords mel tn mih
sponsa esto."
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FOURTEENTH SUNDAY
AFTER PENTECOST,

EPlSTLE: Brethren, walk in
the spirit, and you shall not full
fiji the lusts of the flesh: for the
flesh lusteth against the spirit,
and the spirit against the flesh;
for these are contrary one to
another; so that you do not the
things that you would.
GOSPEL: Therefore say
to you, be not solicitious for
your life, what you shall eat,
nor for your body, what you
shall put on. Is not the life
more than the meat, and the
body more than the raiment?
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if he made an error in committing
the whole Church to point of faith
or morals the damage would be IRE.
parable; the teaching Of Christ's rev,
citation would be adulterated, and the
Church would cease to be the guar
anteed delegate of Christ.