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The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
VICE PRESIDENT.
~, By GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of cat Good OLD sfwash.s

The Vice President il first gentleman
In waiting to the President of the United
States. He gets $4,000 q year and feed
for his horse, which is not, however. as
much as he would get IL he waited In
New York instead Of in, Washington.
The Vice President is elected by the
people and becomes President IL the
President dies. II the President lives
the Vice President dies-poiitically. And
yet the government processes to disap-
prove Of gambling.
There have been twenty-six Vice Presi-
dents and seven of them have survived
in history as Presidents. John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson. Martin Van Buren,,
John Tyler. Willard Fillmore, Andrew
johnson. Chester A. Arthur, and Theo-
dore Roosevelt took chance and won
thong, Tyler and johnson would have
been hapI Ter IL they had lost.
When elected the Vice President quits
work and presldes over the United States
Senate. He is merely a referee. however.
and Is not allowed to bang the members
about as the Speaker OF the House does.
When his term expires the Vice Presi-
dent retires to his home. after which he
can be found in the encyclopedia by q
man with a good memory. There are
now four living ex-Vice Presidents,
which fact Is not generally suspected.
This also proves that Vice Presidenting
is not as wearing on the constitution
as Presidenting, for there are only one
ex-President. and he Is not so very ex
at that. A man can be Vice President
and still remain partially alive for forty
years afterward.
Vice Presidential candidates are chosen
by national conventions as a relaxation
after the exhausting labor Of choosing
Presidents. Sometimes a willing victim
Is found. but the Job is usually wished
on some one by committee which
meets in the grillroom of the leading
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
COURT GOSSIP OF INTEREST
FROM LANDS AcROSs THE SEA

each spent some time. It then passed
into the hands of the Comte DARTS.
who. was to become Charles X Of
France, and who had a magnificent
dining-room added to the castle by the
architect who built Bagatelle. On this
enormous sum for the period. Louis
XVI. and Marie Antoinette often drove
out from Paris to dine at the chateau.
When the revolution came the nation
coniscated II and Napoleon l. gave II
to the first Duke of Montebelio. His
widow sold It to the banker Laftte.
and the castle and the town took its
name from its last owner. Voltaire lived
there for some time in I723; In fact, he
lived there longer than he meant, for
smallpox laid him low just as he was
finishing his tragedy, Marianne" and
kept him there a month after he meant
to leave. On the day of his departure
& IRE broke out in the rooms In which
he had lived and written, and the re-
pairs cost the owner OF the chateau over
$4,000. Yoltaires study in the castle is
still shown to visitors. and. curiously
enough, In 1923, exactly a century after
Voltaire's residence there, when the cas-
tie belonged to a deputy named Manuel,
Reranger lived there for several months
and wrote In Voltaire's room.
The Duchess Of Albany, VINO has been
spending the summer in Germany, open
ed the new county school at Whitby last
week. Her highness was the guest of
Lord and Lady Normandy at Mulgrave
Castle during her stay in the district.
! Mulgrave is a handsome. imposing
house, which was built by the Duchess
OF Buckingham, the natural daughter of
James II. The estate came to the
Phipps family by the marriage Of the
duchess daughter lin 1z19 to the father
OF the first Lord Mulgrave. There are
some good pictures in the house. They
cover the sides OF two deep ravines.
which open to the sea, and several miles
OF drives and walks have been cut
through the demesne. FLANEUR.
(CoFydght lsl2 by Cours Gossip Syndicate)
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
TRAFFIC IN ANTIQUITIES.
Enelishmen mt Last Falling Into
Habit of Selling Relics.

From the Boston Transc1pt-
Anxieties environ the national trust
for preserving places OF historic interest
or natural beauty, and the public spir-
tied Englishmen who compose that
worthy body seem condemned hence
forth to unsleeping vigilance Fellow
countrymen OF a baser sort have dis
covered that there is money to be made
by traficking in historic memorials. and
almost every day brings tdings Of some
shameless plan. not readily to be dis
couraged, to buy or sell.
Probably there will be no further at
tempt to transport Shakespeare birth
place across the Atlantic. now that
Marie Corelli broods over Stratford
with a watchful devotion which almost
excuses all her absurdities, and probably
Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey,
and the Tower OF London will stay
where they are, partly because they are
too bulky to take up and carry away,
but scarcely anything else in Great
Britain appears to be immune from the
huckster. Twenty years ago William
Watson, writing with kind Of sardonic
sadness. congratulated James Bromley
that at least the churchyard in which
Wordsworth is buried had remained in
violate, and adjured his friend:
Let US give thanks because one nook
hath been
Unflooded yet by dissertations wave"
But only last week the readers of the
Transcript were requested to help save
twenty acres at the head OF Windermere,
a tract that failing subscriptions to the
amount of $4,000, was to be built up
shabbily. And it may be that not even
the little churchyard In the valley
81 cen" is quite free from danger of in
vasion.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
Socialist Fishing.

From the New York Evening Sun. E.
]. G. Phelps Stokes, just at present
the Socialist candidate for mayor Of
Stamford. Conn, advocates the construc-
ton OF free fishing pier several hun
dred feet long-long enough to accom-
modate about a thousand fishermen at
the same time, we should Judge.
With society organized, as It is at
present there are more places to go
fishing than there are people who have
time to fish. The most OF US have to
fuss around and earn a living some way
or other. But all this Will he changed
when the Socialists are in control. No
one will need to do more than a few
minutes work each day-not that much
If he isn't feeling so very well-and food
viii drop automatically from heaven.
Just as the mamma did when the Israel
ties were up against II in the wilder
ness. There will be nothing to do but
go fishing.
But when that time arrives what will
be the use OF going fishing? There will
be no need for the fish: and when we
are able to go fishing as often as We
want to we Will get so bored with the
idea that we will never want 10 go.
In fact, We have always laid the feel
ing that We would be bored with the So
cialist regime; the perfect state would
be wearisome merely because II was per-
feet: with nothing left to strive for time
would hang heavily on our hands; we
conceive that some kindred feeling may
have inspired the revolt of Lucifer.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
Debs Is Funny!

1t is a funny old campaign, indeed
when politicians, who have been re.
jected by the people, in all solemnity
are telling the leaders of n1ajorities
what they should do to be chosen. Mr.
Debs thinks none of his rivals ought tc
be elected because they lack these quail
ifcations:
Take all three of these candidates
and not one of them has ever had to
look for a job. Not one of them has
ever been on strike Not one has ever
been slugged by capitalistic policeman
and not one of them. has ever been in
jail. Not one of then-yes, all of them
together-ever produced enough to feed
gallinipperl
Imagine Americans voting for such
candidate! Fancy labor meeting be-
ing told that Mr.. Roosevelt was a po-
litical "scab." And imagine a meeting
of engineers being asked what the
colonel had done for labor, and the
speaker pausing for reply, which did
not come from the men whose. horny
hands the third termer shook so eff
fusively. If anybody can imagine a
better joke than the idea among work.
ingmen that the third-term candidate
does not know what labor" wants, it
would be a pleasure to print it. There
is no dynamite for our institutions in
a campaign of this sort, and what at
first was feared to become tragedy, is
turning out farce.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

with II. And he should also be in SUI
iciently good condition to keep for four
years without preservatives
Vice Presidents are ornamental. but
not useful, and we are constantly in
danger of having them become Presi-
dents. The Vice President should be
given $4,000 a year and two votes in
the Senate. This would tempt fuIl-sized
statesmen into the job, and the country
would not shudder so convulsiveiy when
ever the President catches a slight cold.
Copyright, 1872, by George Mathew Adams)
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
1T MAY HAPPEN.

Bought and Paid For" as you know
Is a modern play.
paid in Full" another show,
Holds the boards to-day.
Business titles seem TO please;
Writers to them cling.
Business titles such as these
Are the latest thing.
Since the playwrights all agree
Such names make a hit.
We may see a tragedy
Labeled Please Remit"
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

hotel and draws black bean out Of a
hat. To be good Vice President
man must have name which harmon
lies well with that Of the Presidential
nominee. He must be able to wear dig
nified clothes successfully. to shake
hands fiuently, sit for good picture,
and remain silent In seventeen languages
for at least four years. He should have
money, but should not object to parting
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
Pays to Advertise.

why should I advertiser
Well, here's an example. America
wasn't named after Columbus. who dis
covered 1t. but after Amerigo vespucci,
who first advertised it
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
For the Uplift.

You society butterflies ought to do
something helpful occasionally. For in
stance. we are now agitating for munich
pal dance halls
"A worthy idea. And I should be
pleased to help instruct some poor girls
in the rudIments OF the turkey trot."
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
"My Next Imitation"

Next turn is one by Hamlet Fatt.
And he Is very keen
At initiating actors that
You've never seen.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
Uncle Pennywise Says,

The best yarn OF the summer was that
about the hot sun popping popcorn on
the stalk in the fields.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
Hardly That.

why are you whistl;ng?' inquired the
city man.
For a breeze" explained the old salt.
do you mean to tell me that a breeze
will come In answer to a whistle, like a
messenger boy?"
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

This club has Just one rule"
And that is?'
You mustn't call a fellow-member a
crook or a yeggman on account Of po-
litical differences
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committees are now scratching hard to
get enough money to meet legitimate
expenses.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

With only a month before election
day, the campaign grows more interest
ing. The efforts of the campaign man.
ayers will now be directed toward in
fuencing the vote which, up to this
time, is of undecided mind.
If the election were held next Tues
day Woodrow Wilson would stand the
best chance Of victory. There is still a
serious division in the Republican
ranks, and, although it is clearing up.
much remains TO be done in the way
Of closing up the ranks. While Col,
Roosevelt cannot possibly be elected, he
will be satisfied to secure the defeat of
President Taft, and it is within his
power to accomplish this purpose. He
has created in many States a unique
situation. Take South Dakota, for in
stance. In that State the Roosevelt
organization has placed the names of
the Presidential electors upon the bal
lot under the Republican emblem, and
the electors have announced that if
chosen, they will vote for Mr.. Roose-
welt. Rather than see them victorious,
1900 Republicans in South Dakota
will vote for Mr.. Wilson. In Kansas
the Roosevelt electors will appear in
the independent column, but there is
trouble over the political designation of
the State officers, and the result of the
muddle will be many Republican votes
for Wilson. A somewhat similar Sit
uation exists in Nebraska, and in Cali
fornia no one seems to know exactly
what will happen.
The logic of the situation in these
States is against the Republicans, for
the Democrats, although not cheering
enthusiastically for Mr.. Wilson, are
kept together by the prospect of Sue
cess.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
October 5 in History.

October 5, 1ise-Colunlbus is met by
some Indian reporters on a tug. who
interview him for the local press.
October s, 1120-Richard the Lion Heart
ed tries to ride a motorcycle and gets
his armor all dented up.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
Timber Is High .

Are the apples in this barrel good
ones?'
Madam" said the dealer solemnly,
II assure you that barrels are much too
expensive to use for packing inferior
apples in"
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

The old chateau OF Malison-Lafitte.
which was built in 1912 by Rene de
Longeuil. after many vicissitudes, has
been opened as a museum to the public.
Longeuil, after his disgrace, sold his
castle, where Louis XIV and Louis XIV
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

And yet, with adverse conditions
confronting them everywhere, the Re-
publican managers are making a gallant
fight in the hope of impressing upon
the people the fact that Democratic
victory means the destruction of pros
perity in the country.
Their argument is concretely stated.
If Woodrow Wilson is elected-and it
will be either Taft or Wilson. for
Roosevelt cannot possibly be chosen
every manufacturer and business man
will know on the morning of Novem-
Der 6 that the tariff will be radically
changed. There will then ensue many
months of anxious waiting, during
which time business men will curtail
their working force and husband their
resources against the blow that is sure
to fall When the new tariff law is
enacted, orders will go abroad for i'm
mense quantities of goods. The with
drawal of orders from American fac
tories will cause many plants to shut
down, force millions of men into idle
ness, and line the sidetracks with
empty cars. In order to pay the bills
of the foreign manufacturers millions
of dollars of American gold will have
to be sent abroad. This will deplete
the bank reserves, with constant calling
of loans and the sacrificing of securities
in order to raise ready money. This
means commercial and financial panic.
Such is the issue which the Repub-
hcan managers are impressing upon the
people. Whether it will be effective re-
mains to be seen. In 1892 the country
was so well satisfied with prosperity
and so certain that neither legislation
nor party politics could affect business
that Cleveland was elected. The lesson
that business activity is, after all,
condition which can be speedily and
adversely affected by political legisla-
ton was bitterly learned when the Viii
son tariff law was enacted.
The hope of the Presidents friends
is, of course, that the memory and the
warning of this lesson will be decisive
against a change 1t must not be for
gotten, however, that there are fully
100000 voters in this country who had
no personal knowledge of the distress
ing conditions of 1893. The story of
those days is to them like the history
of the civil war to millions of others. 1t
is interesting rather than impressive.
The fact is that there are thousands.
of workingmen in factories and clerks
in Offices and stores who think that any
sort of change viii help them, es-
pecially in reducing the cost Of living.
They do not seem to realize that they
may not have any jobs at all year
from now.
The fear that this picture of the fu-
ture may appeal to many others has
The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

The fear that this picture of the fu-
ture may appeal to many others has
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1t is not at all unlikely that for a
short time, at least the developments
of the campaign fund investigating
committee will overshadow the cam
paign.
Mr.. Roosevelt's treasurer first stated
that only $4,000 had been expended
in the pre-convention campaign of the
third-term candidate; but already the
amount shown to have been contributed
aggregates over a third of a million,
and no one has yet discovered how
much more was expended in Massa-
chusetts, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Cali
fornia, and other States. One million
dollars would seem to be conservative
estimate of the amount spent in the
effort TO get Col. Roosevelt the nomina-
ton which he so desired. 1t was a des-
perate game which he and his friends
were playing and they gambled with all
the spirit of wild plungers. 1t is no
wonder that Mr.. Roosevelt was angry
when he was defeated. He had taken
the money of the interests which were
back of him and he had nothing to
show for it Even if he had not been
inspired by personal ambition and a
spirit of revenge into making the
Presidential race as an independent
candidate, it is probable that the men
who invested in him would have COM
PEELED him to give them a run for their
money.
1t must not be forgotten that il was
who received the benefits
of funds contributed by corporations,
and the Democratic managers have
made as much political capital as pos
sible out of this fact 1t is fair game
for them. Of course, under present
laws, corporations are not allowed to
aid campaign committees, but the fact
that they were generous to the Repub-
licans in the past will be used as the
argument to prove that legislation was
enacted in favor of special interests.
Perhaps, after all, the fact that the
chairman of the investigating commit
tee is one of the Roosevelt coterie ex-
plains the activity in dragging out any
fact that may be detrimental to the Re-
publican party.
Speaking of contributions, it is in
teresting to note that the days when
the treasurers of the campaign commit
tees held millions of dollars has passed.
Both the Republican and the Democratic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-17
SPECIAL COURT TERM.
 ID PROBE MURDER

Montgomery. June 16.-(Special.) )-Gov. Emmet O'Neal today ordered Judge w. w. Pearson of the Montgomery circuit court to call a special term of that court For the purpose of Investigating the as- sassination of Brooks Fuller, Mont gomery man, who was killed in a sen- sational manner Friday afternoon. The governor has also instructed Solicitor Temple Seibels to have the coroner to call a special jury of picked men in or der to ascertain just what person fired the fatal shots.
 The governor said today that peculiar state of affairs exists in a city when a man can be killed on one of the most prominent corners of the business section in broad daylight. with the streets thronged with people, and yet the man who committed the deed cannot be defi- nitely named. The governor intends to adopt the same course of procedure used in the investigation of the Lewisburg murders. which resulted in the apprehen- sion of the band of alleged assassins who lived in that beat of Jefferson county. As soon as the murderer of Fuller is
 lentihed the person or persons will Have a speedy trial before Judge Pear son in the special term of the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-17
RESTLESS WEEK IN
 HE STOCK MARKET
The Government Report on rains Has Depress-
 ing Effect

York, June 16-The dullness and eHal|al on of the price movement in the
 lock aarket last week reflected the ap- #faHea ion of participants in the deal fnzs oh as is usual between periods of
 alive activity.
 There was enough in the news of the week of popular unrest and disturbance to sharpen the attention paid to the direction of public policy towards corpor- ations. Riotous demonstrations in Perth Amboy and Boston were taken at more than local significance.
 What is considered part of the same problem is the discontent with higher prices on the part of consumers. voiced by mobs storming butcher shops and the formation of boycott leagues.
 The dissatisfaction of borrowers with prevailing conditions is shown in the re- sort of short time temporary notes. A glut of capital issues is the complaint of the London, the Paris and the Berlin markets. The same condition is reflect ed in prices of standard government se- curities.
 The government report on grains last week had an effect of depression. The low condition of winter wheat, the likli- hood of contraction in cotton acreage and delay in corn planting however leave hope unimpaired of offsetting advan- tages in later conditions and in order crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-17
THE COTTON MARKET
 ID bE INTERESTING
Will Watch July Condition Closely Center of
 Operations

New Orleans June 16.-The cotton mar ket this week promises interesting de- velopments along the line of the market ing of the remnant of last seasons crop. Bulls have recently taken the aggres- sive and the amount of cotton they have accumulated by their purchases in the fu- ture markets makes it imperative that they continue their aggressive operations this week. The situation is such that it is likely the spot markets will attract fully as much attention as weather and crop news, unless the latter should de- velop sensational features one way or another.
 The July condition will be watched closely this week for, as that delivery draws near. it is evident that it is the center of bullish operation that may, un- less strong influences arise to check them, extend over a considerable period of time.
 This week will practically end the period to be considered In the forecast of the season on condition. Forecast of both reports are likely to be made this week. and they may influence trading to some
 
 reporting beauro reports will not be made until next week. In connection with con- ditions in the belt, the trade will give most weight to advices from Texas, Geor- gia and the Carolinas. In Texas and DOT tions of Oklahoma, rain is needed and the filling of this want will have ten dency to work against the price of the new crop; continued dry weather will stimulate purchases. In the Atlantic states dry weather is needed and any more moisture will help the bulls de- cidedly.
 The technical portion of the market will begin to worry the trade this week. especially if the advance is continued. Al ready bears have claimed the market is becoming too heavy and over bought and any indications htis week that this is true will result in short selling on ex- pectations of a reaction from the long continued advance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-17
REFERRING OF THE COMPRESS CASE

Montgomery, June 15.-(Special)-Re- hearing of the cotton compress case will be permitted by the interstate commerce commission, according to advices received in Montgomery Saturday. This case was filed by the Alabama railroad commission against the Central of Georgia railroad. and the commission Is seeking to force the railroad to accept compressed cotton without making the additional charge of S1s cents for compressing. The commerce compission says there has been submit ted additional evidence in the case.
 The Central of Georgia charges an un- alterable compressing rate which must be paid whether the shipper has previous ly compressed his cotton or not The rail- road commission insists that a shipper has the right to have his cotton compressed at a mill not controlled by railroad, and should not be required to meet the charge of the railroad.