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The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
New York for Direct Vote for Senators.

New York is the third State to ap-
prove the constitutional amendment
for the direct election of United States
Senators, ratihcations by Massachu-
sets and Montana having been re-
ported last year. Most of the States
will act expeditiously on this amend
ment, since popular opinion has been
prepared for its acceptance by the agi-
tation extending over twenty years,
and in thirty-two States the choice OF
Senator's has virtually been taken out
OF the hands of the Legislatures. The
election last fall OF so many Legis-
latures in sympathy with the demand
for the direct method, universally ap-
piled, makes the consent of the nation
10 a constitutional change practically
a foregone conclusion.
The Legislature Of Georgia passed
a resolution attacking the validity OF
the resolution through which Congress
submitted the amendment and rebuking
Speaker Clark for declaring that
two-thirds majority for the resolution
was recorded in the House of Repre-
sentatives Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Car
olina are opposed to the amendment,
because it recognizes the power of
Congress TO regulate the manner in
which Senators are to be chosen at
the polls. These States fear interfer-
ence with their election laws on the
part of Congress. Still they ooncede
that Congress always has had the
power to regulate the direct choice of
members of the House of Represen-
tatives. Thus some States, especially
in the South. may cause a delay. But
the present temper of the North and
West points TO ratification in time for
Senatorial terms beginning March,
IoIS
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
Our Corn-growing Visitors.

The twenty-five boys" from the
South. and a like number from the
North who are to visit the Capital
this week, the so-called "all-star" boys
who have won signal honors in the
corn-growing contests that have been
so great a feature of Our agricultural
sections, call to mind the great exhi-
bition to be held at Columbia, S. C.,
next week and the wonderful strides
this particular branch of agriculture
has made and is destined to make still
more in this country.
Corn, whether in the grain or as
hominy. or in the form of cornfed
cattle, hogs, and other animals, plays
an enormous part in our national
economy, and the importance of rails
ing constantly increasing crops of it
cannot be overestimated. The West
has been its stronghold for years, but
all parts of the Union produce it, and
in the South especially its cultivation
is being pushed with great earnestness.
1t is interesting TO note that the annual
national corn exposition is to be held
in Columbia, S. C., from January p
to February s. According to the Of
fetal reports, this temporary move from
the West to the South is due to the
achievement OF South Carolina corn
growers, who hold the worlds record
for production OF corn per acre, and
to the enterprise of South Carolinians
in guaranteeing the expenses of the
exposition and providing a special
building for it.
The building is a steel structure
which covers 5000 feet of floor space.
The exposition is TO be educational
and devoted to the betterment of agri-
culture and of rural life. 1t will pre-
sent a broad view of agricultural pro-
gress and development, from the work
done by the Federal Department OF
Agriculture TO the achievements by in
dividuals in many States. Addresses
by eminent men and experts will be
one of the features. Twenty-sever
States have pledged exhibits, showing
the work of their agricultural institu-
tions, and 800 boy students of agricul-
ture who have won prizes in corn and
Dig contests are expected to attend
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
The Late MIR. Consumer.

As the Ways and Means Committee
continues its hearings on the tariff, we
look in vain for the appearance of the
ultimate consumer. The manufacturer,
with his plea for retention of tariff
protection, is always on hand. Like
wise. the importer. who usually is a
free trader or a revenue tariff advo-
cate. A host OF middlcmen busy them
selves with their particular Senators
and Representatives The former will
be heard from to-day, when the agri-
cultural schedule will be considered
But the ultimate consumer is nowhere
to be found in the corridors that lead
TO the Ways and Means Committee
room. 1t would be interesting to hear
the still, small voice of the disinter-
csted citizenry raised in discussion of
the food tariff, the present duties on
coal. or even, the customs baggage reg
ulations. But, unfortunately, the ulti-
mate consumer seldom speaks for him.
self. About the time the President
signs tariff bill the ultimate consumer
bcstirs himself. looks over the sched-
uIes, and exclaims: why, l never ex-
pected anything of that kind" Unless
his resentment is cooled by the distrac-
ton of baseball or the latest murder
trial, he goes to the polls, casts a vote
against the trainers of the tariff, and
forgets it.
The time to influence the tariff
trainers is before the bills are reported.
1t would be interesting to know the
effect of the activities of half dozen
skilled lobbyists employed by the ulti-
mate consumers of the land and in
structed to buttonhoie members, pull
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
TOUR THROUGH RURAL FRANCE.
Large Audience Goes on "Trip with
r., NJ. Newman on TrayeitaIk-

In the second of his series of travel
talks at the Columbia Theater, E NJ.
Newman last night proved a delightful
travelling companion on an extensive
tour through Rural France" Start
ing the evenings journey at the Bel
GUM boundary, Mr.. Newuan's motor car
traversed Normandy and Brittany, where
old-time customs and quaint costumes
prevail. poled its hood into all sorts or
odd places, and finally landed its owner
at the hangar of one of the French army
dirigibleS, there to be temporarily dis
carded while Mr.. Newman secured an
excellent motion picture OF the French
chateau district as seen from the basket
of a military balloon
OF the many splendid motion pictures
Mr.. Newman has shown in Washington
ii is doubtful If any has been received
with as great interest and enthusiasm
as that which greeted the motion picture
record OF this remarkable aerial ride.
The pictures of the numerous famous
chnteaus over which the balloon passed
are clear and distinct. and afford an ex-
celIent idea of the architectural perfec-
ton of the buildings
Among the many interesting studies
of faces and places in Brittany were the
motion pictures showing the Breton girls
at their needlework, together with many
beautiful examples Of their work
This afternoon at $50 o'clock Mr.. New
man will repeat Rural France" and
next Sunday night will have "Switzer-
land as his subject.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20

Mrs. Washington. and was next morn
ing suffered to use his lancet for her
relief No doubt a good fellow when
sober. and not to be lightly childed when
drunk. like many a gallant horseman
and gentleman who Joined the meet OF
the countryside at the hospitable place
TO follow the hounds when the hunting
was good
Fox Hunting Winter and Summer.
There was fox-hunting winter and sum-
mer, in season and out, but the sport
was best in the frosty days of January
and February, when the year was young
and the gentlemen Of the country round
gathered at Belvoir or Gunston Hall or
Mount Vernon two or three times a week
to warm their blood in the hale sport.
and dine together afterwards cordial
company of neighbors, with as many
topics OF good talk as foxes TO run TO
cover. The hunt went fastest and most
necessarily when Lord Fairfax came
down from his lodge in the valley and
Joined them for days together in the
field and at the table.
Washington loved horses and dogs with
the heartiest sportsman of them all.
He had d great gusto for stalking deer
with George Mason on the broad forested
tracts round Gunston Hall, and liked
often to take gun or rod after lesser
game When lHt udNS ltll uuilt DtsL
of all he loved a horses back. and the
hard ride for hours together after the
dogs and a crafty quarry-a horse IL
put man TO his points to ride, a country
where the running was only for those
who dared.
His own mounts could nowhere be bet
tered in Virginia. There was full blood
of Araby in his noble Magnolia and AZ
good hunting blood as was to be found
in the colony in his Blueskin and Ajax.
Valiant and ChinklinE. His hounds he
bred so flew'd. SO sanded,' so matched
in speed and habit that they kept al
ways tune and peace together in the
field. a cry more tunable was never
hollO'd TO. nor cheered with horn" than
theirs. when they were let spend their
mouths till echo replied ''as IL another
chase were in the skies" Twas first
to the stables for him always in the
morning, and then TO the kennels.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
ATTACK MADE ON PLAN
TO REAPPOINT DE LACY
Delay in Naming of Judge Again Brings
Up Report of Adverse Reeommen-
dation by Wickersham.

Delay in the appointment of a Judge
for the Juvenile Court to succeed William
H. De Lacy, is bringing into greater
prominence the report that Attorney Gen.
eral Wfckersham had advised against the
reappointment OF Judge De Lacy, whom
President Taft feels inclined to nomin-
ate.
Some of the protests against Judge De
Lacy's reappointment have been forcefuL
A recent one, filed by the Daughters of
America, an auxiliary of the Junior Or
der Of United Americans, declares that
his rulings in a great majority of cases
in the past. have been without warrant
of law, and contrary to moral uplift
of the defendants brought before him."
Furthermore, this protest ~Sges, ''in
a great majority OF cases or young
girls from nine to sixteen years old,
said defendants have been subjected to
medical examinations, which were not
only illegal, but most humiliating, said
examinations having nothing whatever to
do with the charges upon which said de-
fendants were hailed into court
"The majority of these cases were sen-
fenced to an institution. not of correction,
but of labor; as the greater percentage
of these girls may be found doing time
in a steam laundry, connected with said
institution, where they must labor from
ten to twelve hours per day, and where
they receive little, IL any moral training.
The maintenance Of these prisoners or
defendants is paid for by the District
government, whereas We claim, that the
proper place for said prisoners or de-
PENDANTS Is in the reformatory which Is
owned by the government"
Judge De Lacy has been indorsed. how
ever, by some very influential people of
the District, and reports about his service
have been so conflicting, IT is reported,
that the question of whether or. not he
shall be reappointed has become a very
difficult problem. His term expired last
June,
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
Air.hip Falls ON Roof.

Berlin. Jan. 1s.-The wooden-frame air.
ship Schattelanz. while engaged In trial
fight yesterday near this city, with a
view to purchase by the War Office. be-
came unmanagable, and the commander
was obliged to descend. landing on the
roof of a house. The, wooden frame
supports snapped, ripping up the en-
velope and leaving the airship hanging
suspended over a ring pole. The me
,chanic risked leap of fifty feet to the
ground, breaking several bones The
remainder of the crew of twelve escaped
unhIlrt
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
STA SMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

After all. the man with imagination
is the fellow who nudges along.
Alfred G. Allen, Democratic member
of Congress from Cincinnati, has imagi-
nation. Those who read this Will be re-
warded by learning how Allen applied
little imagination to gathering in the
Italian vote down his way.
When he first oozed into Congress a
couple of years ago, practically all the
Italian voters-and there are a good many
in Cincinnatt-were against Allen, for
the simple reason that the average 1tal-
ian is a Republican.
But, after he got here, Allen received
from number of his
Italian constituents asking him TO do
what he could toward keeping down the
duty on lemons.
Allen wrote back polite letters, in
which he said with the utmost sincerity
that he was in perfectly sympathy with
a low duty on lemons. seeing no reason
why the man who drinks lemonade and
gets drowned out of the conversation
should be taxed beyond a certain point.
In this way Allen won the esteem OF
a number of Italians, and was invited
this last fall to speak at big banquet
they were going to hold.
A number of Republicans were TO speak
also, and as the committee on arrange
ments was composed of Republicans AL
len knew even without consulting sooth-
savers or oracles where he would come
on the programme. 1t was a moral GER
tainty that he would speak last-which
is not a happy place for speaker at
any banquet You know yourself that
there comes a time in the course OF a
banquet when listening to a political
speech is just about the last thing one
desires to do.
Allen was well aware of these things
and yet he was determined to get the
Italian vote in bis district and he could
not afford to pass up his opportunity.
For a month or SO before the banquet
he was busy on a little scheme that
lay a secret in his own bosom-or
wherever it is that secrets lay.
The night of the banquet came. And.
lust as Allen had assumed all along, he
When his turn came, the banqueters
Southern blood was up, and sitting
quietly by while somebody discussed
Issues" was a long way from their
notion OF a successful banquet.
Allen opened Up substantially as fol-
lows: when visited Italy few years
ago. the thing that impressed me most
of all was a wonderful national song.
All. that beautiful. beautiful canzonel
They were singing 1t at the dock when
our boat pulled away. and even yet 1t
rings in my ears. / believe could hum
it now"
And he did hum it. He went stiIl far
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20

ther and sang the words. getting the
correct pronunciation, mostly. Aliens
voice isn't So bad, either. 1t may not be
as rich a voice as Caruso's, but it is
almost as loud. Anyway. it sounded
good to the Italian banqueters, and by
the time he reached the chorus they
were standing on the tables trying their
best to drown him out.
The Republican speakers present
stared aghast, wondering what had
broken loose.
You see. none OF them had stopped to
think that of all the things an Italian
would love to do. along toward the tail
end of big banquet, by no means the
least of these would be to sing.
Naturally Allen didn't take UP their
time explaining how he had been prac-
ticing on the song for almost a month
and half, and about the noon hours
he had put IN at the Cincinnati School
of Languages learning how to pronounce
the words. He had no desire to bore
them with tedious details.
The election reports show that where
as Allen barely slipped through two
years ago. this last time he was elected
by an overwhelming majority.
When ]. N Heiskeu, the Little Rock
editor, started for Washington to take
ms SSoI III lHt IHllcu CldttS SeIldle-
after his appointment to succeed the late
Jeff Davis-he left at home. a much dis
appointed wife.
Oh. no. no, no. It wasn't that she
didn't like to have him become a.Sena-
tor, or that she feared the effect of the
associations. She was disappointed be-
cause she couldn't come along to see him
sworn I'm. Being busy taking care of
fine young baby, she didn't feel like
leaving home. Just a few years ago.
Mrs. HeiskelI went to boarding school
here in Washington and part of the cur
riculum was to go to the Senate gallery
occasionally and listen to the display of
craftsmanship. She and the other girls
would laugh about how fine II would be
to grow up and marry great men and
have their husbands In the Senate talk
ing just as big as anybody. Little did
she think when she consented to marry
the Arkansas editor that the schoolgirl
stuff was going TO come true.
Now she's planning to come along
presently and sit right in the same place
In the gallery that she occupied when
boarding school miss, and look at her
husband down on the floor.
HeiskeIl himself is a tall, pleasant,
greyhoundish looking chap. who has held
| some good newspaper jobs before he
bought a paper of his own in Arkansas.
and who Is just as proud OF being a
a United States Senator.
tcopyrisht. 1915, By Fred c. Kelly. An rights re-
suedl
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
IN DOUBT.

When I'm hurried forth to dine
By my watchful wife.
There's no joy in 1t for mine,
Not upon your life.
Fuss and fashion please me not;
IMMERSED in such lore,
I've a tough time telling what
All the forks are for.
Dishes doubtless rich ana rare
Pass before a man.
But 1 don't enjoy the fare
And / never can.
All my woe is simon pure;
Dinners 1 abhoT, 80.
For i never can be sure
What the forks are for.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
The National Chamber of Commerce.

1t will be mammoth gathering,
that of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States" which will convene
in our midst this week, some 900 dele
gates being expected from the local
bodies throughout this country, not to
speak OF their wives or other men,
bers of their families who will ac-
company them.
Well, the Capital City is we'll able;
willing, and, above all, prepared to re-
ceive them and entertain them as BELTS
the occasion, and President Taft also
will show them that courtesy and hos
pitality to which these citizens, the
foremost of their respective sections,
undoubtedly are entitled.
The work which this association has
mapped out and which it is deter
mined to make d success is of far
reaching interest to the industries,
trade, traffic, and manufactures of the
land. Commercial men of the United
States long since have come to the
conclusion that, in order fully to sue
ceed, in order to take leading part in
the carrying of our trade into foreign
lands, in order to compete with other
trading nations whose merchant flags
float over their own vessels on the
waters of all hemispheres, it would be
necessary to unite to achieve univer-
sal legislation and cooperation. Hence.
the creation of the important body
which is 10 meet in our city this week
trying to advance one more step in its
efforts for the betterment of the COM
mercial and trade conditions of Amer
ica.
The men who are listed to address
the convention in themselves are an
earnest OF the vigorous programme
mapped out for consideration, among
which is banking and currency reform,
an absolute necessity for the further
ance of the National Chambers pro-
gressive ideas, which are to be dis
cussed by Mr.. Glass himself, the chair
man OF the subcommittee of the
House Committee on Banking
and Currency; the consular serv-
ice, in which field much has
already been achieved, but where there
still is a good deal more to accom-
plish; commercial organizations and
national development; permanent tariff
board; recognition of the republic OF
China; the Pomerene bill affecting
freight traffic; cooperative instruction
in agriculture by States in secondary
schools. also of trade, industries, and
home economies, and other matters of
similar import.
While it will take years for the Ma
tional Chamber to make itself felt in
our politico-economic affairs. yet when
once the difficulties attendant to the
beginning of the work are overcome
that body is destined to become one of
the foremost factors for the coming
commercial success of our nation in
the field domestic and international.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20

wires, and roll logs as diligently in that
interest as they now do for their cor
porate masters.
Il am the friend of the great Ameri-
can sheep" shouted defender of the
wool tariff during debate on the Payne
Aldrich bill. Which prompted query:
"Where is the friend of the great
American goat, otherwise known as the
ultimate consumer
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
DOGS TAILS AS CHECKS.

Atlantic City. ". J.. Jan. 19.-Hereafter.
Mayor Riddle declares, this city will pay
only once for the killing of stray dogs
which find their way to the pound. and
not, as heretofore. several times to line
the pockets Of "grafters." In the future.
the Mayor announces. each dog to be
cremated will have its tail cut OF first
This will be handed over to his secre-
tary. when payment will be made.
The pound keeper has suggested that
as the tail seldom wags the dog and is
not therefore indispensable to the ca
mines existence. the city may become
one of tailless dogs.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
A Big state.

Texas is a big State" remarked the
native. A man from the eastern part
Of the State Is a Southerner, a man from
the other side OF the state is a western
er" s-r-
How about a man from the northern
part of the Slater
HES a yankee"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
Ways of Justice.

Confinement for the jurymen,
OF which they are not fond.
They envy the defendants when
They see them out on bond.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
A Use for 1t.

AT last some OF the old medicine that
mother has been saving for years ana
years comes in handy"
How now"
These pills just fit Tommy's air rifle. -
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
Busy with the Index.

"How's business since you put in that
card indeXT'
We'll. the fact is, we haven't paid
much attention to business since we put
in the card index"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
Land Mt s5,oOO,OOo nm Acre.

London. Jan. ia tiny strip OF
ground. measuring 46l square feet ahut-
ting on the new Mall archway at Char
ing Cross. was sold yesterday by the
London County Council for $5s,sS5. Based
on this sale, an acre of ground in the
same locality is wirth S5,5+5,O0n.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
March of Progress.

Il tell you. PIunkville will eventually
own its gas works"
Il don't doubt IT. And by that time
gas will be out of date
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
Barnyard Aristocracy.

I'D have you know that I'm a descend
ant of the geese that saved Rome
What is that to pure colonial ances-
try? Can't you see I'm Plymouth
Rock hem
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
January 20 in History.

January 70, 1756.-Boswell and DR.. John
son are drawn on'a jury.
january ~. l5+0.-Henry VIII spends the
day sitting ashes, closely superlntended
by his wife.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
Botheripr the NoyeIists.

! A number of excellent Yiddish citi-
zens are settling in Indiana and giving
a new twist to the local dialect
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20

st Irsis Cluhvonen have opened a new clubhouse
at 400 Linden boulevard. with large cafe and two
rrirate diningrooms features
The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
The Story of
NEN The FRS. President llA
NfV The Presdent-Elect S(H ,u,
WOODROW WILSON'S
- Life Of Washington -
Washington Married Mn-Devotes Successful Manage
ment his Estate and Assumes Fahey of His Sephdren
Gains Envb Reputation for Hospitality Acquiring that Of

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Nh 10
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
STATE To ACT IN
BUFFALO Strike
District Attorney Ready to Prose-
cute Trolley Company for HaV-
ing screen" Men at Work

BUFFALO y. Y. April lids
trict Attorney Dudley to-day threat
ened 70 place President Connette, 81
the International Railway, under ar
rest on . charge Of msnaeing the pub
tic safety by hiring green motormen
aud conductors to break the street ear
strike
- intend to take a hand in this
strike" said the District Attorney.
"AH / want is formal complaint that
incompetent men are running the cars
and 1 win proceed against the com
pauy.'
The United Trades and Labor
Council Aas voted 40 call a general
strike of $4,000 men in sympathy II
The strike committee Of street Car
Workers demands an extension OF the
strike There was little disorder our
ing the night. the company making no
attsmpt 10 operate cars.
The big hitch which is now holding
up = settlement of the labor trouble
is the refusal Of President COnnette 10
recognize the Union.