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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-26

The Chicago water carnival will
be held in the Windy City August
16 to "a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-26

George Stovall says he will re-
tire from baseball at the end of
this season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-26

King Coles no-hit game pitch
ed last week makes the sixth of
its kind pitched in the American
association this season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-26
< GAME AWAY FROM TIGERS But THEY WON
Short Sport

BUFFALO, N. Y.-The four
races of the Grand Circuit meet
ing were won in straight heats
here Tuesday. Slow time was
made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-26
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE 4

q . @ o o o o o o o o o . o Q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-26

Bobby Wallace. ex-manager of
the st. Louis Browns, saved hi.
wife's grandmother last Saturday
night from her burning home at
st. Louis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
The Postmaster Generalship.

In the cabinet discussion of the day
this statement is made respecting the
Postmaster Generalship: This portfolio
bears with it the opportunity TO build up
a political machine Of great effective
ness"
Not now. 1T once did. Twenty-Five
years ago the Post Office Department
was the spoilsmens paradise. They rev.
eled in the pickings. Adlai Stevenson was
the first assistant postmaster general In
the first Cleveland administration. and
made a record for supplanting repub-
lican with democratic postmasters. He
won, and wore with pride. the sobriquet
of 1.-The headsman." He worked the ak
every day and all day long. and at The
end Of a year had wrought many political
changes In that department.
And yet his work-the machine he thus
constructed-did not avail to re-elect his
chief in 1883. Although supported by all
the postmasters In the country. encour-
aged by Mr.. Stevenson to their utmos,
endeavors, Mr.. Cleveland lost to Gen
Harrison.
Today q large majority Of the places
then at the disposal OF the appointing
power ara under the protection Of civil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
That Clock.

1t is possible that the authorities of
the big gray building at 18th and 18th
streets and Pennsylvania avenue are
contented with the present condition OF
the clock in the tower of that structure.
Maybe they feel that it. is better to still
the hands and thus be sure of it's cor
rect reporting of the time twice a day
than to let it run and never be right.
A clock that is not going and is recOg-
nizable as in that condition is less of a
menace to the public than one that is
running, but without regard to the hours.
Hope is still felt, however. that some
time between now and the 4th of March
the clock doctor will be called to attend
TO this conspicuous case of eccentricity
so that the new administration will be
started with accuracy, if not with COM
plete confidence as to the continuous
trustworthiness of the city's most con-
spicuouS timepece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
A New Man From Texas.

New administrations develop new men,
Our soil is fruitful and flowers some
times blush unseen for years Then, of a
sudden. attention is directed to them. and
they are not only admired, but serve a
valuable purpose.
The Mckinley administration developed
Mark Hanna. He had figured in Ohio af-
fairs in limited way. but never with am
bition for Office for himself, and hence
without attracting wide notice. The coun-
try at large hardly knew of his existence
But suddenly he stood forth as mas
terful politician. He met and vanquished
the managers of the Reed presidential
boom. and then the country was advised
that the achievement was that of a BUSH
ness man of large means who had botn
the time and the inclination for political
activity. Henceforth, to the end of his
days. Mr.. Hanna was power in national
AFFAIRS.
The Wilson administration, soon to be-
gin. is developing Col. House of Texas
He is described as a scientific farmer of
wealth. who while seeking no office for
himself. has yet always taken an interest
in politics and displayed talent for the
game. He became impressed with Mr.
nomination. and supported it Now he is
in Mr.. Wilson's confidence. and conduct
ing some important negotiations for him.
Shall we see him come into some of the
prominence and influence attained by Mr..
Hanna?
1t is probably well for Mr.. Wilson that
Col. House is farmer. and familiar with
what may be called the agricultural view
of existing issues. For the farmer is now
a very prosperous citizen and, of course.
wants to remain so. Gone-and it would
seem forever-are the grasshoppers Gone
are the mortgages that once made the
farmers life so miserable. Come are the
days of full cribs, and agricultural bank
accounts. and high prices for farm prod
ucts and all that sort of thing.
OF course, Mr. Wilson wants the farmer
with him in his official journey. In fact,
he must have him. Without him, the go
ing would be hard, and the progress
slight.
Can the farmer be held to the Wilson
program? Can the tariff be revised down.
ward after the fashion prescribed at Bal
timore so as to help and not hurt the man
of the soil? Mr.. Taft alienated the farm
er vote by his trade negotiations with
Canada. And yet Mr.. Wilson's party in
Congress supported that measure.
What says Col. House? He should
know And II trouble arises, will he not
be the man for the performance of mis-
SONAR. work to quiet agricultural unrest?
We may all hear a great deal of the new
man from Texas during the next few
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
The MEXICAN CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE.

4, to prevent our military tailors from vast
| ing time in proposing changes OF the uni
form, and IL may halt the debate be-
tween other swivel-chafr experts over the
question whether the length and shape OF
the cavalry saber should be altered.
From the Boston Globe.
Gen. Victoriano Huerta may not be
President of Mexico long enough to make
the pronunciation Of his name important.
but in the meantime "Wearta" will do
well enough for ordinary purposes.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
And now the Mexican taxpayers will
have to pay the piper for the ten-day
dance in their beautiful capital.
From the Omaha Bee.
Maybe IL the Mexicans could see the ar
ray of colonies assembled at the Wilson
inaugural they would think more serious
ly of the prospect Of inviting trouble
with Uncle Sam.
From the Pittsburgh Post.
1t is up to Mr.. Huerta now to. show how
long he can perform the strong-man act.
AS an expert revolutionist himself he
knows how quickly an upheaval can de-
velop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
The GREAT HIKE.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
The fact that boys snowbalIed the
suffragetteS leads us to assume that there
were no mothers in the parade.
From the Jacksonville Times Union.
In this country the suffragettes are in
league with the shoe and leather trust
but in England they are working for the
window glass trust.
From the Portland (Me.) Press.
1t is something that those suffragette
women who are hiking to Washington
are not doing 1t on wager
From the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch
Those suffragettes who are walking 2OC
miles will expect somebody to meet them
with an automobile when they get home.
From the Bridgeport Evening Post.
The hiking suffrag ettes believe they
are entitled to little courtesy at least,
but even that is denied them in certain
places.
From the Syracuse Post Standard
Don't think for moment that the
Washington lady mixers are disappointed
at being subjected to little good-natured
martyrdom.
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
How happy we all should feel that our
own girls are peacefully hiking" along
country roads instead Of initiating the
Lady McNamaras" Of London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
NOT INTERESTED.

They are busy getting ready for the merry fourth
OF March.
With electric lights and bunting they string
ing every arch!
Now To Washington are heading from a hundred
different ways;
Soon we'll hear the sound Of cheering and the
hands will start to foot,
As Mr. woodrow Wilson dOns his presidential
suit.
Every general, colonel major now is polishing
And busting OF his medals for the nations big
Far and near we hear men talking of the coming
Some are going to see the doings II 1t costs them
every cent; -
From the villages and hamlets they will shortly
be route
To witness Mr.. Wilson don his presidential suit.
But I'll not be there to see il, and I'll not be
there to cheer,
When the big parade is moving shall still be
sitting here;
And when Mr.. woodrow Wilson dons his presi-
Dental suit
shall not be there to offer up a single whoop or
hoot;
1 won't be among those present when they're
fashlight photographed,
1t is really not my party. since ! cast my vote
Detroit Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Compromising the Tipping Habit.

One New York hotel manager has, after
several futile efforts to break up the tip
ping of walters and other hotel employees.
come to the conclusion that 1t is impossi-
BILE to eradicate this system. because the
habit has become firmly fixed with the
patrons of places of public entertainment
He has consequently hit upon a new de-
vice which promises to shift the burden
of the tip in effect from the patron to the
employer. On all menus is printed con-
spicuously q legend to the effect that a
rebate Of 10 per cent on all orders over
so cents in amount will be given to every
customer. This is the average Of wait
ers' tips and 1t is figured that the patron
of the house will turn over to the waiter
the amount thus saved from the bill. This
means that If the prices are no; advanced
tn. house pays the tip to the waiter. 1t
has been often claimed that the tip forms
necessary part of the walters income.
his wages being low, beneath the point Of
his actual necessities. Thus hotel and
! restaurant proprietors have virtually
shifted to their customers directly a large
percentage of the cost of the walters
service. OF course. the customer bears it
all anyway, but the fixed prices for food
are supposed to cover all expenses. ma
| terials. preparation. service and proper
tionate percentage of the standing charges
of the establishment. Cutting down the
walters stated wage and forcing him to
depend upon the customer for the balance
of his compensation is virtually an in
crease of profits to the proprietor The
rebate of 10 per cent. unaccompanied by
| an increase in the menu prices. means
that the proprietor reassumes the burden
of maintaining the waiter, although he
compromises with the habit of the public
of tipping, which has become too firmly
| fixed to be corrected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Defying the British Government.

Mrs Pankhurst. leader of the militant
suffragettes of England has defied the
British government in public speech in
terms that must necessarily lead to some
action At Cardiff, the other night, COM
menting on the destruction of Lloyd
Georges country house by suffrage bombs
size expressed her great delight at the
outrage and declared her full approval of
sch methods The next night she re-
"a ated her fiery language. and challenged
( = government to prosecute her as in
etigator of the recent outrages. saying:
s'You cannot govern II We refuse
to be governed there is no power on earth
that can govern us. Your ponce, your
Your navy and all the forces of civiliza-
ton cannot govern one woman If she re-
fuses TO be governed.
This is anarchism unqualified. 1t is the
most extreme expression of indivhualism.
Hardly acceptable as an argument in
favor of the extension OF the political
franchise TO women. il is. on the contrary.
rather demonstration of incspacity to
participate in public affairs One of the
first lessons that the self-governing citi-
zen must learn is to accept authority. II
is more incumbent upon him than upon
the subject of autocracy. An out-and-ou
denial OF the authority of government.
such as that expressed by Mrs. Pank-
hurst. is nothing more nor less than revo-
luton. such. indeed, as the whole militant
procedure in England has amounted to
during the past two or three years. But
the trouble with the revolution of the
militants is that 1T is not conducted along
the lines of warfare. 1t Is puerile pre-
tense at conflict. with the fighter seeking
all the advantages of victory with none of
the penalties of defeat. Such utterances
as those of Mrs. Pankhurst cannot assist
the suffrage cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

service regulations. The fourth-claEs post
offices have been removed altogether from
the field Of partisan scramble: and while
pressure will be brought to bear to in
duce Mr.. Wilson to restore them to that
field. pressure against the taking Of such
a step will also be strong. There is
what he will do.
The opportunity in the Post Office De-
partment now is for service Of much
higher grade than that Of machine build
ing. Recent legislation has greatly en-
larged the work Of the department, and
that work has nothing to do with what
is known as practical politics." Bust
ness-real businesS-is the note there
under the new order of things: and the
department has grown to be, and should
be kept. self-supporting. The spirit and
talents of a political ''headsman'' are no
longer properly associable with the d.
rection of things.
Several men, we'll known in politics, are
under discussion for the Postmaster Cen
eralship. and any Of them would fill the
office acceptably. The man selected
should be. of course, a democrat. in line
with his partys Baltimore declaration.
and loyal personal friend OF Mr.. Will
son. He should be capable of what Mr..
Wilson himself has happily described as
good team work. For while the ad-
minstration will have regard for all in
terests, 1t nevertheless must consider
them from the standpoint OF the prin-
ciples on which it has obtained power. In
other words, while the new Postmaster
General should not be a boss. with a boss
aims and influence. he should. and prob
ably will. be seasoned democrat in the
best PARTY standing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
CABINET COMMENTS.

From the Birmingham Age Herald.
The names of no cabinet officers can De
procured from the President-elect by
cOmpulsiOn.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
wouldn't it embarrass Woodrow Will
son if Mr.. Bryan, having been appointed
Secretary of State. should come to cabi-
net meetings wearing a cooked hat!
From the St Paul Dispatch.
President-elect Wilson has unbounded
confidence in mankind If he expects his
selections for cabinet positions will keep
their honors secret until March 4. But
human nature will declare itself. The
men will be too proud of the honor to re-
main secretive, and If they are not their
wives will be.
From the Grand Rapids Press.
Perhaps Mr.. Wilson could have his own
way and get along better without any
cabinet at all.
From the Toledo Blade.
Washington correspondents keep repeat
inc that BRYAN has accepted the state
nortfolio. Why accepted" Thought he
took it,.
From the Columbus Evening Dispatch.
There is complaint that Col. Bryan is
very very silent But let nobody de-
spair. The colonel is going to be in a
place after the fourth of March where
he will be often, often heard from.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

up under the shelter of a protective tarin
Mayor Fitzgerald-a tariff reformer 1of
votes Only-has journeyed to trenton u
tell Mr.. Wilson that If the democrats Oh
Massachusetts are to have a cnance u
elect their candidates next fall the outS
on boots and shoes must not be removed
The south wants protection continued
for her sugar, her rice, her cotton anu
her citrus fruits. She declares she wouio
be ruined by free competition In those
products And the south Is democratic
Without her support the party could not
have won even with the unusual advan-
tages presented last year.
And both the east and west have favors
to ask Their claims are being pressed.
and by men who have been tariff lights
in the democratic party for years. Even
in Kentucky, where the Star-eyed God
dess of Reform has sat enthroned for a
generation. many Of her liegemen are
clamoring for the retention Of the duty
on hemp, a local industry.
The trail of self-preservation is over all.
Now that the test has come. nobody
seems to be free from a desire to live.
Everybody is waving the cold steel away.
Gen. Hancock is in no danger of being
forgotten. There are statues or nlm-an
impressive one in this town. But they
celebrate the soldier-the fighter who,
while competent on every field, was SUI
perb at Gettysburg, one of the greatest
of fields.
But there is no statue as yet to the
brave man who. as a political leader at
time when his party friends We're all
vocal with demands that the tariff be re-
vised without regard to local effects, had
the prescience to discover and the courage
to proclaim that the thing could not be
done. His reward at the moment was de-
rsion and defeat. The democrats felt
outraged, and of course the republicans
laughed. 1t was amusing to see the truth
handed out in such frank fashion by the
candidate of a great party in the midst
of presidential campaign.
But better late than never. And as his
party is now confessing to the fact then
stated, it should make the suitable amend
to it's former and long discredited chief.
Better a public building less somewhere,
and a. statue more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
The One Deficiency.

Joe Struthers could make an uncommon
good speech,
II he only had somethin' to say
His voice is the kind that is strong and
will reach
Till the echoes awake far away.
But he sort O. winds up fu- general
spin,
Comm out purity near the same place he
went in.
He promises well, when you hear him
begin
But he hasn't got nothin' to say.
I don't blame Joe's wife fur desirin' to
vote,
Fur she really has somethin' to say
She doesn't read books merely wishin' to
quote
And show of her learnin' some day.
Will, Joe he stands up. sort o. swellin'
his chest.
A-sayin' he loves the plain people the
best
An givin' the 'Merican eagle no rest
But he hasn't got nothin' to say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

From the Kansas City Times.
Making for the back door. Mr. Madero
paused long enough to say that he would
consent to the appointment of a provi-
sional president
From the Atlanta Journal.
The way to stop a battle in Mexico Is
to arrest the president.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
ANYHOW, Mexico knows what to do with
her ex-presidents: she sends them SO far
away they can't NEEDLE In her anairs.
From the Cleveland Leader.
At least the Mexican gunner VINO nreo
the shell that demolished stove In q
kitchen can claim that he got the range.
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Huerta is the man Of the hour in Mex
leo lust now, but there appear to be sew
erai others who are only waiting for the
clock to strike.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One can't throw a brick in any direc-
ton In Mexico City just now without hit
ting a candidate for the presidency.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
The shindy in Mexico ought at any rate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Hancock. the Statesman.

While the democratic party is in gener-
Gus mood as to appropriations. why not
provide for that long delayed-too long de-
layed-monument to Gen. Hancock in rec
ignition Of his famous solution of the tar
III question?
Now Is the time of times. For not only
is the tariff question uppermost in all
thoughts, but Gen. Hancock's wisdom is
being verified on all sides. The tariff is
a local question. The north. the south,
the east. the west, all confess it, and
both Mr. Wilson and Mr.. Underwood are
hearing the confessions.
New England cannot abide" the sug-
gestion Of free fish. or free boots and
shoes. She is particularly interested in
both industries. and has seen both built
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Taxation in Foreign Capitals.

resolution has been adopted by the
senate calling upon the Secretar! vi
State for information relative 10 the
methods of taxing private property In the
various capitals of the world. the facts
to be used in determining the manner OF
levying taxes in the District OF Columbia.
Undoubtedly much valuable Information
would be obtained In this wise There is
a singular dearth of information on the
score of comparative taxation TINS is
evidenced from time to time in the course
of debates in Congress on the subject OF
local finances, As The Star has had fire.
puent occasion to indicate. The subject
Of taxation in foreign capitals. however,
has never been adequately examined. and
doubtless the State Department will be
able through consular research. TO lay
before the Senate a mass of important
statistics.
Yet when these figures have been col
lated and the time has come for their
consideration IL will be necessary to bear
I'm mind the fact that Washington is in
class by itself as regards its character
capital city: 1t is the only federal
capital in existence that was built TO or
der. the only seat of government-outside
of that of Australia. which Is still in
process of construction-which was plan
ned on national scale While still in the
form of fields and forests 1t would be-
manifestly unfair TO the District. what
. ever the figures may show as to taxation
methods in support of foreign capitals. to
attempt to readjust the local taxation
sy stem in accordance with the principles
in vogue in those cities. Every one of the
capitals of Europe is a great metropolis.
city that has a large industrial. COM
mercial life wholly distinct from its
character the seat of government.
Every one of them could survive thriv-
ingly upon it's present scale with the
capital removed to another situation
Washington alone of the worlds capt.
tails was framed in prospect upon a great
national scale. and il alone of all the
government centers has been hedged
about with restrictions designed to pre-
serve its peculiar character as an ad-
ministrative city. If Washington had the
resources. the population, the industries
and self-supporting activities of Lon
don or Paris. Berlin or Vienna. Madrid
or Rome, Brussels or Budapest. Buenos
Aires or Rio de Janeiro, st. Petersburg
or Copenhagen. ii would be in position.
perhaps. to maintain itself on different
basis from that which now obtains. Not
one of those cities was created for gov
ernmental uses. Not one OF them has
been restricted in it's growth and develop
ment as a matter of public policy: not
one Of them has been placed exclusively
under national Jurisdiction All OF them
are thriving. teeming communities liv-
ing their lives quite Independently OF the
governmental activities that are merely
incidental to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
An Observation.

what is your idea of patriot?''
Well replied Senator Sorghum.
there are various descriptions. The
kind 1 have most frequently observed ex-
presses a willingness to die for his coun-
try. but pending that highly improbable
finish expects to live as comfortably as
possible at his country's expense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
His One Request.

do you object to your wife's marching
in the parade?"
"Not at ALL" replied Mr.. Growcher, eff
she won't come home and complain about
the way l let her do all the hard work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Preference.

do YOU like a man who quotes
poetry
well" replied Miss Cayenne. "he is
usually better than one who relies on
original conversation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
Modes of Travel.

bicycling seems to have gone out of
vogue entirely
Yes. 1t is hard to realize that the
bike was once even more popular than
the hike