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The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
Credit to the populises.

Amid all the Difference which is now
being paid to the doctrine of the direct
primary, the direct election of United
States Senator's, the initiative, the ref
erendum, and the recall, let us not forget
that fifteen years ago these were the
despised principles of political party
Familiarity known as Populists.
In the PopuIist platform for 1896, and
indeed, in the Democratic declaration
of that eventful year, the theories now
so earnestly supported were put forth
with noisy emphasis. The Populist
party has long since passed into oblivion
but its principles survive.
Times change and we change with
them. We take this occasion TO pay a
somewhat belated tribute to the popu-
listic statesmen in whose path so nrany
feet are now treading with eager haste
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
JACK MARTIN QUITS
c, U TRACK TEAM
Mainstay wiz Not Wear the Blue
and Gray Again-New
Relay Four.

Jack Martin, for the past three years
member OF the Georgetown track team.
has quit the squad. notifying Coach Gish
yesterday. Martin gave as his reason
for quitting that he could not spare the
necessary time required for practice
from his studies. He is a senior in the
law school.
Martin has been the mainstay of the
Blue and Gray track team for the past
three years. making the team in his
freshman year. and was Of great service
to the squad during this season.
His ability as a quarter-miler is well
known in this vicinity. Last year he
ran this event in the outside meets and
established a widely known reputation
The passing OF Martin from the squad
leaves only Davis and Jim Mulligan for
the captaincy left vacant by the retire
ment OF Carrigan. who left for his home
in Los Angeles last evening Martin
was mentioned for the job. as his previ-
Gus experience with the team as captain
entitled his name to be considered for
this honor. The captain will be elected
tomorrow. and the new leader will have
charge of the team at the meet in Rich
mond Saturday evening.
Coach Gish Is discouraged over his re-
lay team. In statement made last
evening he declared II as his in
tention TO try out a new bunch Of
men against Washington and Lee Satur-
day evening. Bob Eller is to be run on
the relay. Eller. Chapman. and Davis
are sure TO be on the team which runs
Saturday. Young Golden has been show
ing up well also, and he viii most likely
be the fourth man.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
MOTORING IN MARYLAND.
Mr.. Cummings Explains His Posi-
tion Regarding Auto Licenses.

tion Regarding Auto Licenses.
Editor The Washington Herald:
1nasmuch as the proposed automobile
law affecting Washington has been a
source of controversy between the auto
mobile commissioner Mr.. Mark, and my
self, l deem it fair to state my position
clearly in this matter.
At the outset I wish to state that nv
effort is in behalf OF the motorists of
Washington. d. c., and its suburbs.
There has been some misunderstanding
as regards the automobile law for the
State of Maryland, inasmuch as can
not find, after a careful examination,
anything in the law that would give the
automobile commissioner authority to
appoint a deputy in Washington; nor can
I find anything in the law that requires
an affidavit on an application. I there
fore do not see how Mr. Mark, the al
legged deputy in Washington, has author
ity TO charge a fee for the issuing of
these licenses. In a statement given to
the press by the automobile commits
sioner. he states that Mr. Mark simply
charged notary fee. and that he had
entered into a contract with Mr. Mark
whereby that gentleman paid the State
500 for the privilege. Mr.. Mark states
that this Office does not pay him, and
yet il would appear that he is willing
TO give $500 for the privilege. I will
leave the motorists of Washington, d.
c.. TO Judge for themselves where the
snake in this proposition lies.
therefore propose to introduce a
measure that will give to the motorists
of Washington and vicinity the right and
convenience of securing their Maryland
licenses without the additional cost of 80
cents per application Very truly vo,,r.
A. ,. CUMMINGS.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23

Representative Robert T. Broussard,
who Is to be Senator from Louisiana
some three years hence. has Travelled
extensively In South America. and knows
most Of the people who populate o.
Henry's 'csbbages and Kings"
Two or three years ago Brcussard got
caught In the midst Of musical comedy
revolution down Honduras way. He de-
sired TO cross a river leading from a
state marked on the map in dark blue TO
a light cerise state where the revoiu-
ton wasn't But a couple Of uniformed
demi-tasse-sized guards stood at the
bridge with pointed bayonets and for
bede Broussard TO cross. They said he
would have to get n passport from the
President of the republic
The trouble with that was that nobody
knew from one minute to the next who
the President was. and even II they had
known Il would have taken a couple OF
days for Broussard 70 get his passport.
and he earnestly desired to get away
right ay-way-a
He tapped his head and an inspired
thought came out
Whereupon he reached into his inside
coat pocket. fumbled through bunch
VI ACttCts anu RaRNAh AAANL NN- ACNtfN
an official looking document that was
about four feet long when unfolded.
The tan-oxford guard bowed low and
told Broussard TO pass. and welcome.
What was the mystic document Brous-
ssrd had produced?
1t was Q. & c. mileage book.
Francis W. Taylor. secretary TO Secre-
tary Macveagh. went up in an aero
plane with one OF the birdmen at a meet
out in Chicago last summer. Something
broke about the airship, and Taylor felt
so eIated over reaching the earth in an
unkiIled state that he rushed right to a
telegram station and wired his wife. who
was away visiting:
"Just been up in an airship. Feel
ine."
Taylor was travelling about on business
for some time after that and did not
see his wife for about a month. When
he was starting to Boston to join her he
received a telegram from her. stating:
Just been up in an airship. Feel
fine"
The minute he saw his wife Taylor up
braided her for going skyward and TAX
ing a chance on getting killed. as he
had barely avoided doing.
II didn't want to go at ALL" she said.
but I did It In self-defense. I knew
that II didn't go in an aeroplane be-
fore We met again you would bore me
for the rest of our lives telling me of
your trip. So I took a trip to have
something for an antidote"
Congressman Ben Foeht. OF Pennsyl-
vania, owns a prosperous weekly In his
home town. A colleague asked him re-
Gently IL his readers took much interest
In politics.
II don't know how they could avoid II, :"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
Name. of Literary Men for Dickens
Chiidren.

The death OF Alfred Tennyson Dickens
recalls the great novehst's penchantl for
naming his children after distinguished
literasy men and particularly after his
contemporaries.
His eldest son. born In 1887, heschristen-
ed after himself Charles CuIIiford Boz;
his first daughter he named simply Mary:
the second daughter. Kate Macready: the
second son. born IN 1871. Walter Landor;
the third. born In 1874, Francis jeffrey,
the fourth Alfred TennySon; the NTH,
sydney Smith: the sixth Henry Fielding.
and the seventh. Edward Bulwer Lyttou.
OF these only Henry Fielding, who, like
his namesake. follows the law. now sur
wives. One wonders somewhat why he
passed over his great friend. John For
ster. and his greatest contemporary,
Thackeray.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
By FRED C. KELLY.


replied Focht. unless they cancel their
subscriptions to my paper. Ny insfruc-
tlons to the boys when I'm away Is: Put
J In every line OF politics that you can dig
up. and n there should ever be any space
left than add such other news as oc-
ours to you
/ John Cailan O'Laughlin. washington
correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
believes that the next Republican nofni-
nee for President will be a fellow by the
name Of T. Roosevelt Feeling as he does
about II. O'LAughlin has been backing
his Judgment by making a number fof
wagers. To keep these purely sportive
and noncommerclal. he has hazarded
clothing rather than money He started
in by wagering a hat. Then he signed
papers BY which he hopes to wrest a
suit of clothes from a friend who looks
for VIII raft to be nominseed. After
that he added a spring oyercoat. socks.
neckties. and fine linen. In a little while
II became nolsed abroad what O'Laugh-
lin was doing. and every Taft adherent
who dislikes to pay for spring clothing
began to look aim up
Last "wednesday at 2:sD o'Iaughlin took
out small memorandum and announced
that he could accept no more wagers.
1T isn't that / have any fear Of los
q Il
plication. and the only articles Of apparel
that do not already stand TO win are
a pink silk union suit and spats, both OF
which deem unworthy Of the cause"
.'Yes. there are five doctors in the
House" one of the Capitol guides was
saying.
"Oh, / see one OF them" wedged In
young woman member Of the sight
seeing party. And she pointed to Rep
resentative Redfeld. OF Brooklyn. who
isn't doctor at all, but a manufacturer.
Take any visitor at ALL give him ten
sueses on the five doctor members, and
Il &c a fairly safe wager that at least
two Of MS guesses would be on Redield.
who wears sandy side whiskers. and could
pass easily for a successful eye, ear. and
nose specialist.
An Iowa Congressman tried to entice
Representative Martin B. Madden. Of
Chicago. to turn over his quota of seeds
They're Of no use TO you. represent
ing a city district" pointed out the Iowa
man. but ! can make good use OF them.
Aw. gimme EN-
What are you talking about?' came
back Madden. II need more seeds than
n my constituents were all farmers. My
people are ralriy Irantic ABOUT mower
seeds. There's a window box Of nastur-
tiums or sweet peas or geraniums in ev-
cry home in my district"
Asher Kinds. the Maine Congressman
and parliamentary authority. dictates his
speeches and. IN fact. everything he writes
to a patient little graphophone. He says
he does Il in order to improve his die
ton
tCOpgrsht. lsl2. By Fred C. Kelly. An rights re-
served-l
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
THAT ARMY ROW.

Gen. Ainsworth's Abilities Have
Been Greatly Misundcrstood.
Prom the Kansas City Times.
Gen. Ainsworth. Adjutant General Of the
army, is regarded in Washington as the
very ablest card indexer who ever sp-
pearec in the National Capital Under
his supervision of the records, lnforma-
tion that Congressman used to have to
wait week for is now furnished them
In fifteen minutes,
So many Congressmen have been i'm
pressed with the efficiency OF his system.
and the general has been on the Job so
long. that he has acquired q personal in
fiuGnce out OF all proportion to the Inn
portance of his ONCE. An attempt to
discipline a man of this sort is bound
TO result in a merry row, with political
pull as one, Of its prominent features
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
CHILD's STATUS INVOLVED.
Hearing in Meyers AnnuIment Case
10 BE Resumed Tomorrow.

Hearing in Meyers AnnuIment Case
10 BE Resumed Tomorrow.
The hearing OF the Interesting but pa
thetic case Of Walter f. Meyers, which
involves the legal status Of a child after
whose birth the marriage, of its parents
is annulled. will be resumed in the Juve-
nile Court before Judge De Lacy at noon
tomorrow. An agreement for a contin-
uance of the case was reached at $50
o'clock Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Grace Brown Meyers, wife OF the
defendant. who tainted at the hearing on
Wednesday during the sensational testi-
mony of her mother-in-law, has fully
recovered from the shock. After toppling
from her chair and falling in a swoon
on the court room floor, Mrs. Meyers were
taken into an anteroom, where she was
rapidly revived.
Meyers Is charged with nonsupport. He
contends that as the marriage was an
nulled, he is under no obligation TO sup
port his offspring.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23

the damage in this State at well over
s59e.000
Along the Northern New England coast
the high wind was accompanied by heavy
snow; traffic is suspended and the mails
are from four to five hours late. The loss
At sea and ashore has been tremendous.
Thousands of homes have been unroofed,
and vessels putting into port to escape
the gale report the blizzard to be the
worst in years
At Portsmouth. N. H., the British
schooner Evolution collided with the
United States revenue cutter Gresham
while seeking refuge in the harbor, and
has ben laid up for repairs The author
tiles in New Hampshire report the gale
to have been the worst in years.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
NINETY-SIX-MILE
GALE In new YORK
Storm Aftermath Shows Damage in
Wide Area-Loss Will Reach
Into Millions.

New York, Feb. 1.-The 9S-mile gale
that has held the Eastern seaboard from
the Carolinas north to Nova Scotia In
It's icy grasp for the past twenty-four
hours swept out to sea tonight. leaving
behind a new record for wind velocity
in the East, and a list OF property dam
age that will reach into the millions. The
low pressure area is now central over
Quebec, and the local weather bureau
promises diminishing winds and a slight
ly falling temperature.
The great gale left this city Uttered
with the ruins of toppIed chimneys. un-
rooted homes and broken electric light
wires. The Great White Way. Broad
ways show place, from Thirty-third
street to Fifty-ninth street, is strewn
with hundreds of electric signs, and
Broadway is almost as dimly lighted as
a main street of a country town. Great
squares of plate glass, broken from the
show windows by the gale, lie in heaps
In the cutters. whole half blocks are
without a single electric light, while
wrecking crews are working over the
roped OF streets TO free the buildings
OF the damaged signs. that menace Pc
destrians as they swing in the fifty
mile wind that is still sweeping the
city
Busy Repairing Damage.
In Long Island Sound and New York
Harbor thousands. of men are busy re-
pairing the damage done by the giant
waves that battered the wharves and
shipping. and captains OF Sound liners
which steamed for safe anehorages when
the gale approached its height have ad-
vised their Offices they will get under
way some time this evening, en- route
for their various destinations. The list
OF those injured by falling debris is ex-
pected to rtsch a score. while the prop
erty damage to the shipping and city
will probably be well over sl,OOooOo.
The gale reached as far South as
Savannah. where reports from the inte-
rior Of the Middle Southern States tell
OF wrecked homes. ruined crops and fruit
trees. crippled telegraph service, delayed
mails. and many casualties.
Atlantic City reports $50.co damage.
Houses were unroofed. chimneys blown
down, windows broken. and the Board
walk undermined in places. The dam
age was greatest at Ventnof and the
Inlet. Reports from other points In
South Jersey Indicate heavy damage to
orchards and farms. Similar reports have
been received from Delaware.
Steamships Are Wrecked.
At Hampton Roads salvage crews have
gone to work on six steamships wrecked
by the gale The loss to the cargoes and
vessels viii probably reach 45o.OOo.
The gale ragged through the Pennsylva-
MIA oil fields, blowing down oil derricks,
unroofing houses. and completely cutting
on parts of ohe State from teleraphic
communication. At Washington. Pa, the
Washington and Jefferson College was
wrecked by the wind. the college roof be-
ing torn from its moorings and blown to
the street Late reports tonight estimate
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
EAGLES OF SWITZERLAND.
Government RaIses Them for tbs
Delight of the Tourist.

From the Springfield Repuehcan'
switzerland Is cuitivstIng eagles. The
farmers don't like them. but the tourists
do. and what tourists want Switzerland
does its best TO give them Whatever
damage is done by the carrying on OF
poultry or young lambs the government
undertakes TO make good. and the hrst
bill has lately been submitted matter
Of IS.
II the cost finally is saddled upon the
ultimate consumer, 1t is worth franc
or so extra to see an eagle executing a
yolpIane among the crags- The Alps are
not complete without that stage property.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
MR.. RoosEvELTs SPEECH.

From the New York He1ld.
Now that Mr.. Roosevelt has taken even
the Initiative and referendum from him
Mr.. Bryan must feel like a hank mes.
senger after taxicab trip.
From the PHILADELPHIA North American.
That he stands with Lincoln and
against Taft in believing the American
people fit for complete self-government
was. perhaps. the most significant utter.
ance he made.
From the New YORK American
Col Roosevelt at Columbus throws into
even sharper and more vivid contrast the
differences which separate him from
President Taft and which make him.
since La Foilette's unfortunate retire
ment. the natural and legitimate leader
of the better element in the Republican
party to-day.
From the New York Sun.
In commencing TO the attention of
everybody the salient feature Of Col.
Rooseyelt's Columbus address, we bes
leave TO remark that II is the most
astonishing and. In view OF healthy intel
ligencc. the craziest proposal that ever
emanated either from himself or from
any Other statesman since the organiza-
tion Of 4 Ir government BY law.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
A Wise Physician.

II told the doctor / was tired of wait
ing. so he asked me to put out my tongue
and close my eyes. Kept me that way
for ten minutes"
And meanwhile?r
He attended to four other patients"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
Quite at Home.

Il hear your son has brought home a
timid little BRIDE
We'll, she isn't so awfully backward at
that She started in right away TO i'm
prove mothers game OF bridge and show
the girls how TO dress"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
TSz Grocer. Prediction.

Il am going to start a garden" an
nounced Mr.. Subbubs "A few months
from now 1 won't be kicking about your
prices"
No said the grocer. ''you'n be won
dering how l can afford TO sell vege-
tables so cheap"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
Their Only Use.

What's the matter with your
Got dyspepsia"
Don't you enjoy your meals?'
Enjoy my meals?" snorted the indig-
nant dyspeptic. My meals are merely
guide posts TO take medicine before or
after"
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
February 23 I'm History.

February ., 157+-Ivan the Terrible has
the chilblains, which make him still more
terrible.
February .. 1155-Dr. johnson pawns
Boswelrs pants and spends the proceeds
Oh mulled sack. Boswell highly indig-
nant
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
How to BE President.

This one rule follow. n you please;
II never fails.
Just always split your cherry trees
Up into rails.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT.

n LII LIE NOINOENOE.
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT.
Sometimes companions tell me jokes
That have heard
Sometimes the woes OF other folks
Seem quite absurd.
A chap can't always break away,
And people bore me every day.
Perhaps my jokes are told to some
Who think them trite.
Perhaps my tales Of woe become
Annoying quite.
never thought of II before,
But maybe sometimes I'm bore.
Uncle Pennywise saysi
Into each life some rain must fall, and
II Il comes now 1t won't interfere with
the bali games later on.
A Great Mistake.
Il chopped down many promising tree
when was a lad"
yet never got mentioned for the Presi-
dency, hey?'
NO; but II may have been my own
fault. ! never told the truth when cor
nered."
- DEoP IN
81 once proposed to girl in a conserva-
tory"
with what result"
"A lot Of expensive plants were nipped
by frost
February 23 I'm History.
February ., 1574-Ivan the Terrible has
the chiIblains, which make him still more
terrible.
February ., I1s-Dr. johnson pawns
Boswelrs pants and spends the proceeds
OF mulled sack. Boswell highly indig-
nant.
How to BE President.
This one rule follow. n You please;
II never fails.
Just always split your cherry trees
Up into rails.
Their Only Use.
What's the matter with your
Got dyspepsia"
Don't You enjoy your meals?''
Enjoy my meals?" snorted the indiR-
nant dyspeptic. My meals are merely
guide posts TO take medicine before or
after"
TSS Grocer's Prediction.
Il am going to start a garden" an
nounced Mr.. Subbubs. "A few months
from now 1 won't be kicking about your
prices
NO." said the grocer. 'you'n be won
dering how I can afford to sell vege-
tables so cheap"
A Wise Physician.
II told the doctor was tired of wait
ing. so he asked me to put out my tongue
and close my eyes. Kept me that way
for ten minutes"
And meanwhile?''
He attended to four other patients"
Quite at Home.
Il hear your son has brought home a
timid little BRIDE
We'll. she isn't so awfully backward at
that She started in right away TO i'm
prove mothers game OF bridge and show
the girls how to dress"
MOTORING IN MARYLAND.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23

Into each life some rain must fall, and
II It comes now 1t won't interfere with
the bali games later on.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23

A Drop In TemDerRture.
81 once proposed to girl in a conserva-
tory"
with what result"
"A lot Of expensive plants were nipped
by frost
The Washington herald., 1912-02-23

Inc ETulce OF wales, VINO Is now sew
enteen years of age. and who last No
vember completed a course of training
as midshipman on board the British bait
tie ship Hindustan, is not to enter one
of the universities as had been reported.
The young prince is to be gazetted to the
Nineteenth Hussars tQueen Alexandra's s
OWN, who are in garrison at Aldershot
as part OF the First Cavalry Brigade. II
had been planned TO gazette the British
heir to the Tenth Hussars, but as that
regiment may be sent TO South Africa
TO replace the Fifteenth Hussars the
Prince OF Wales is not likely to be made
to run the risk OF being sent out of the
mother country and into colonial service.
The Tenth has enjoyed the distinction
before OF numbering q future British
king among its officers, when the late
Duke OF Clarence. the elder brother of
the present ruler. served under its colors
Mr.. Henniker Heaton, In accepting a
baronetcy. has retraeted from his former
position. when he repeatedly declined a
Enighthood. saying he was satisfied with
the freedom Of the city OF London. which
he considered the greatest honor for any
man to receive. Sir Henniker has not
only imperial postage services 10 his
credit. He was tha pioneer OF tea on
the terrace Of the House of Commons.
and he popularized the game OF chess
among members. lie organized the great
est chess game in the world-that be-
tween Washington and London. A tele-
graph lfne was run into each House, anc
the moves signaled by cable. Just as
America looked like being beaten came
the message. We don't think this fair:
We will play you poker Lord Randolph
Churchill was an impatient player. Brad
laugh was an astute player. but Sir
George Nevnes could beat him: while
Parnell seemed 10 have more pleasure in
looking on than skill in the fight
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