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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

Secretary Bryan, fastening across
the continent to hold council with the
California legislators, emphasizes a
situation which is not without political
significance.
Whatever happens in California may
affect the destiny of one political
party or the other There is another
viewpoint The people of California
have the initiative and the referendum.
1t would be possible. therefore, for the
people of the State, if they become
thoroughly wrought up over the Jap
anese question. to initiate law thor
oughly in harmony with their views. 1t
is within their power, also. to fail to
ratify a law which might be enacted by
the Legislature and not, i'll their opln-
ion. sufficiently restrictive. The Jap
anese crisis in California is affording
an object lesson of the danger of al
lowing laws TO be made or rejected by
a populace which is in an excited state
of mind
If we go a step further and imagine
the RooSeveItian theory OF recall of
judicial decision TO be in force, we can
see that a serious situation could arise
If California should enact a law which
violated the provisions OF the treaty
between this country and Japan, and
the courts should decide that il was
unconstitutional on the ground that the
Constitution declares that a treaty
shall be the supreme law of the land.
the question would then 60 to the peo-
pie to be passed upon and decided by
a majority vote Should the verdict be
antagonistic to the position taken by
The courts. what would be the result?
The contingency thus presented is by
no means impossible. On the contrary.
We may expect the same situation to be
repeated in the future If the present
movement from representative govern
ncnt toward pure democracy continues,
the people will take into their own
hands the settlement OF even the most
serious questions. If we are to have
the will OF the people expressed on
all public topics. the purpose for which
legislature is created disappears. In
our system of government it is eX
pected that the people will choose rep
resentative men to meet i'll legislative
session. and that these men will, after
due deliberation and after reviewing a
question from every possible angle, en-
act wise legislation. The present crisis
in California illustrates the necessity
of a deliberative body. In fact. the
more one considers the dangers at
tendant upon referring serious prob
lens to a decision by a popular vote,
the wiser becomes the plan OF govern
ment through which the nation has de-
velOped
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Commission ". Vice Problem.

The problem which the vice commits
sion had to face is as old as humanity
itself, but in recent years two things
affected the attitude of society toward
| it. One is the commercial element that
has grown up in the purveying of vice.
The other is the growing sense of re-
sponsibility by society for vice and dis
ease.
The commission repudiates the Chi
cago idea that the underworld is largely
recruited through low wages. Thereby
it discredits the unreliable testimony of
large number of the women inter-
rogated as to the causes of their fall
from grace. One reason for doing so
is found in the early age at which girls
fall One of the speakers at the City
Club luncheon. out of which this COM
mission grew, was a woman official
connected with the New York Night
Court, who said that the average in
telligence of the girls and women who
were brought into that court was about
that of normal girls of twelve years.
The combination of adult physical de-
velopment with mental maturity will
explain much.
There is less home life and less home
discipline than there used to be. There
is more amusement of a sort open to
youths of both sexes. The lack of
knowledge by boys and girls will &C
count for something, and the commits
sion makes suggestions of means of
education. PROFESSIONALLY there ought
to be more homes where girls, who are
about to become mothers, may go, and
from which they may later find their
way into respectable employment. Be-
sides these there must be refugees of
sufficient number to shelter every wom-
an who would leave a disreputable re-
sort if she could. These young women
have been betrayed, often under prom
Use of marriage; or drugged; or have
given way to appetites they were never
properly taught to control, and. finding
what sort of life they are in, they
would escape, if they knew how But
they know not where to go. and they
are in debt, and they are intimidated
by the persons in whose control they
are, or believe themselves to be. The
means of escape must be brought within
their reach.
Police raids are useless; fines only
bind the victims more closely to the
only way of earning money that seems
open to them. and imprisonment in the
House of Correction often confirms
them in vice. The police should apply
their energies chiefly to the procurers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Eighteenth Century Caddic,.
Westminster Gazette

Ttfn the westminster Gazette
1t is delightful to the average citizen
to discover that the golf player can dis
piay kindly human sentiment outside
the strict rules OF the royal and an
Gent" and II is cheering TO note that
that flood is Just now pouring out to-
ward the caddie. This constant subject
for cynical speech and caustic picture is
to be suitably provided for and Alfred
Lyttleton, that accomplished golfer.
pleads almost with tears in his voice that
"caddies are identified with the one
Pleasure which helps elderly gentlemen
to feel young" The hearts even of the
well-preserved middle-aged cannot but be
touched by such an appeal; and yet there
fingers the haunting memory that the
very name of caddie is suffused in some
strange fashion with a shade of ne'er-do-
well.
The earliest known use of the amelia
ton. and then as ''caddie.'' is to be
found in the London Morning Penny
Post, when George ii was still on the
throne and the forty-five' was in very
immediate popular remembrance News
from Scotland had it that lone Duncan
Grant. a discharged soldier who had
passed in Edinburgh sometimes as a
street caddie,' had incurred a heavy
penalty for a rather trivial swindle in a
transaction over behring's. He was to
be taken from the Talbooth and put
IN the pillory. to stand for the space of
an hour, with half a dozen herrings
about his neck, and thereafter to be
banished to the City of Liberties for
ever"
Ii was rough sort Of making the
punishment fit the crime, which some
irate golfers would desire to revive for
their caddies even in this more humane
age
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
How 1t Works in Oregon.

At the last election in Oregon thirty
seven legislative proposals were in
cluded upon a ballot four and half
feet long by over three feet wide.
Even this sheet did not present the
full text of the measures, and COM
plant was made by the more intelli-
gent voters that the summaries pre-
scented were not altogether accurate.
amendments to the State constitution
suggested. four of which were adopted.
two of these having been placed upon
the ballot by initiative petition and two
by reference to the people Nearly all
of the eleven measures which received
popular approval were calculated to
give the people a direct benefit, such
as providing an eight-hour working
day for laborers employed by State,
county, or city, and exempting addi-
tional articles from taxation. Another
law prohibited the employment of State
NOINlStS Dg pIlNdtC SOlpCldllOIS, dHu
still another fixed the percentage of
freight rates upon shipments in carload
lots. Measures which did not person
ally appeal to the voter received but
scant attention.
1t will be interesting as we'll as i'm
portant to follow and carefully ana
lyze the character of legislation pro-
posed and adopted or rejected in each
State where the initiative and referen-
dunn is in force. No question has been
uppermost in any such State which ap-
pealed to popular passion or prejudice
as does the Japanese situation in Cali
fornia. There is no doubt that the
founders of the republic seriously
doubted the ability of the people, as a
whole, to exercise all the functions of
government They would not let the
people elect the President and Vice
President, nor choose United States
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Some Unscramblcd Eggs.

From the Toledo Blade.
Under the plan of dissolution which
has passed inspection with the Attorney
General, the Southern Pacific stock held
by the Union Pacific company will be
offered to the stockholders of both COM
panies. with the right to pay for the
same in four installments three months
apart.
This. of course. means that though the
combination under the laws of incor-
poration has been broken up, the COM
bination through ownership has not been
and may not be broken up. The courts
have ordered that competition between
companies whose control through the
distribution of shares is. to all prac-
teal purposes. to be exactly the same.
The Attorney General keenly watchful
lest a new transgression of the anti
trust laws be promoted, has Endorsed a
plan of dissolution which calls for a
stakeholder to compete with himself
Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan. referring to
trusts, asked how ii should be gone
about to unscramble eggs. Easy question.
If you have scrambled 'em by stirring
from left, TO right, reverse the process
Mr.. Morgan had surely fead the trust
dissolution decisions carelessly.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

by ladies or some satisfactory chap
eron. One day tickets for a party of
five were purcha sed-three gentlemen and
two ladies. They duly arrived. the ladies'
in white silk, with richly embroidered
cloaks. The latter were a couple of un-
dergraduates dressed as ladies' and prob
ably they would have reached the box
had not one of them, when going up the
stairs, made a short exclamation in a
deep base voice, because she trod on the
hem of her skirt. The manager hap
pened to be standing nearby. suspicious
were aroused and questions asked, with
the result that the five undergraduates
had to make an undignified retreat
The Paris Fauberg cannot get over its
shock that the ultra-feudal Duchess
o'Uzes has condescended to attend the
receptions of Nine. Poincare, bringing
in her train the aristocracy of the west
end to the Elysee Palace. OF course it
Is not owing to the beauty of the Presi-
cents wife or from an admiring appre-
cation Of the Presidents talents, that
the famous society leader among the
LeSitimiSts has taken this radical step.
The Royalists (for that matter the Bona
partists also) are hungry and long to
eat OF the golden oats in the State man
ger. Should they succeed in CAPTURING
tive politics may look out, and then the
rest. those who are in the civil service
also will have good reason to fear of
being supplanted. The. duchess is a
shrewd campaigner, but so apparently
is NJ. Poincare. II such is her intention
1t will be case of diamond cuts dia-
mond.
The historic old 1.-THE barn at Maid
stone. which is one of the sights of that
ancient town, has been sold and is TO be
pulled down to be carefully re-erected
stone by stone on the grounds Of a
wealthy American. who has purchased
the crumbling old edifice, for the adorn-
ment OF his estate, near the Hudson The
1.-THE barn is supposed to date from the
early part of the fourteenth century
and for many years it was a part of the
Archbishop's palace which was COM
menced by the Prelate Courtenay to-
ward the end of the fourteenth century
and completed by Archbishop Arundel
FLANEJR
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
State Flowers.

The Legislature of Pennsylvania
last week adopted the violet as the
State flower. We cannot help but
agree with the sentiment expressed by
some of our contemporaries that so
humble blossom hardly seems a
fitting emblem of so mighty a SOW
ereign State. one politically so compli-
Gated. Perhaps one or the other of
the Harrisburg solons, reminiscent Of
all the worry caused by the methods
of Boss Finn, has bethought himself
of how much better off the Keystone
State would be by going back to the
rural simplicity and life of the fore
fathers, when the best part of the
country between the Schuylkill and the
Delaware consisted of meadows dotted
with humble field flowers, and was in
habted by supplemented but intensely
patriotic men and women. Then,
again, perhaps. some of the statesmen
there, some scion of the early Ger
mantown settlers, had imbibed the
wer-loving German sentiment Of
Pretorius and his pious band.
At any rate, the violet, if nothing
else, is the emblem of simplicity and
purity In but few of our States
have the Legislatures chosen an Of
fetal flower. AS rule this was left
to the enthusiastic choice and approval
of the school children, who rarely err
in intuition and sentiment. The Ala
bama Legislature has selected the
golden rod. Kentucky, by popular
consent, has also adopted that flower
Wisconsin, Rhode Island, and Illinois
have preceded Pennsylvania in choos-
ing the simple violet Alaska, quite
appropriate to its far-away and iso-
lated condition. has adopted the for
get-me-not. Arkansas, the apple bios
som; California, the golden poppy,
which grows only there. Colorado
has the columbine, for it is found only
in rocky or mountainous sections.
Connecticut has the laurel; Delaware
or course-the peach blossom; the Dis
trict of Columbia, the nasturtium; and
Florida, with an eye to its main prod
uct, the orange blossom. Georgia has
the Cherokee rose; Idaho, the syringia
Iowa, the wild rose; Kansas, the SUM-
flower; New Mexico, the cactus; Ne
braska. the sagebrush shrub, and Wy
oming. the gentian
Indiana has adopted the carnation,
though why it would be difficult to
state, since corn is Indiana's mainstay
in agriculture Still, the Hoosier Leg
islature has adopted it, and in doing
so has run afoul of Ohio, which made
the same choice Again, why? Here
are two great States, each having an
emblem that is native to neither and
popular mostly with graduating classes
or, as the Indianapolis News puts it
in its wrath, with department store
flower sales.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Feeling the Pulse of the People.

The New York Evening Post has
received answers to the following in-
terrogations from the Governors of
thirty-nine States:
!. What was the most important leg
islation enacted in your State during
the present session?
,. What important measures failed of
enactment
g. What, if any. was the worst act
to be passed over your vetoo
Some OF the replies are interesting.
Gov. Carey of Wyoming is very frank
He regards the recent session of the
Legislature practically as a failure The
early portion of the forty days to
which the session is limited, was oc-
cupied with the selection of United
States Senator, and the members could
not get their minds off the contest and
apply them to other things He is glad
that never again" will Senator be
chosen by the old method, from which
''arose intrigue, competition, bribery,
anu CNSly lllllS udlhdSluS " OH ilOICSt
man"
Delaware, though the smallest State
to be heard from, reported the longest
list of achievements, including SIM
plihed ballot law, new marriage law,
ten-hour law for women workers, child
labor bill, employees liability act, and
public utilities commission
The Governor of Montana regards
the blue sky" law as one of the best
results of the session. In States where
legislation of that kind failed, the Gov
ernors report the fact with regret
Gov Blease of South Carolina mod
estly disclaims anything of importance
except the abolition of the hosiery mill
at the State penitentiary, which he calls
tuberculosis incubator" This action
he regards as step in line with the
advance throughout the civilized ma
tons of humane methods in the pun
ishment of criminals"
The third query established the ef-
fectiveness of the Governors Veto In
no instance reported was measure
passed over it in either branch. Most
of the replies came from the West
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
$50 Gold Pieces a Quarter Each.

Scranton pa Dispatch in Philadelphia Record.
When five boys commenced to sell so
and $40 gold pieces on the streets OF
North Scranton for Is cents each, with
the supply apparently unlimited. curl
osity was at once aroused as to the
source of supply. and the boys were
taken into custody and given the third
degree" When searched the youths
pockets produced over $500 in gold coin
and when questioned they admitted that
they had found pot of gold.
The money was buried In box in the
cellar of house formerly occupied by
Peter j. Scanlon, who, during his life
time. had the reputation of being miser
There were $50 in shiny gold pieces In
the box. The boys. none of whom was
over eight years of age, thought they
were brass medals and sold about twenty
of them before being arrs0to4
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

Much has been printed during the
week concerning a plan for infusing a
semblance of life into the Republican
party. Wider publicity is now being
given to details set forth in these col
umns some three or four weeks ago.
Republican leaders are still anxious
to hold conference or convention
some time during the summer or early
fall The ostensible reason for the con-
ference, a change in the basis of rep
resentation in national conventions, has
aroused such antagonism among the
Southern Republicans that it is evident
that the gathering will not be alto
gether harmonious The Southern con-
tingent asserts that they will ask a
vote upon the Endorsement of the Webb
bill prohibiting the shipment of liquor
into dry States. They also will offer
for approval many of the planks of
the Progressive platform.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Southern Republicans.

This antagonistic attitude of the
Southern Republicans has hampered
the effort to hold national confer
ence. Harmony and enthusiasm will
certainly be lacking if the Southern
Republicans maintain their present re-
sentful attitude against the proposition
to cut down the representation from
the solid South.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

and South. Considering the rather
hysterical state of politics year ago
it causes surprise that there was, COM
paratively speaking, so little legisla-
ton
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Hallway to Mont Blanc.
From Hsrper's Weekly.

Aerial railways, which carry their
passengers in cars suspended on cables
are the latest departure in the CONNER
cialization OF the Alps. One of these
unlovely but convenient devices is soon
to be installed on Mont Blanc. Starting
from Chamonix, at an altitude of 5000
feet, it will ascend to the Glacier des
Blossoms at $500 feet. with two interven-
ing stations. 1t will have grade of
so to GO degrees. The line will finally be
extended to the Aiguille du Midi, at an
altitude of 11.50O feet The first Sec
tions is to be completed in 1913 and the
extension the following year. The road
will be worked with three cables-the
carrier, the tractor and a cable for the
brakes. Each carriage will accommo-
date twenty-four persons.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

Senators or judges. They could elect
Representatives, whose hands were
powerless if the Senate failed to con-
cur, and who could only overcome
Presidential veto by two-thirds vote.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Lovely Woman.

from Judge
A mans a fool who thinks OF baking
A woman when her tongue would spin.
She always says, There's no use talk
ing!"
When she intends to start right In.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
ALTTTLE NONSENSE.
GNE WAY.

Cost of living climbs away.
Getting out Of sight:
Jumps a notch or two each day
And notch each night.
We can stop 1t, don't you know.
Curb 1t if we like.
Let us all combine and go
On a hunger strike.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Rough RhYming.

II want a word to rhyme with Me-
hitable," said the amateur poet. What
would you suggest"
His friend wrestled with the problem
for awhile.
Il would suggest that you get an
other girl" he finally said.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
4 Sunrngette's Husband.

I've been wanting to ask you to my
house, old man."
"Well?"
rs your wife-er-in Jail this week, or
out?"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
The Diagnosis.

From Judge
HAS he mental affiictionr
mo. Q sentimental one.'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
In the BACKGROUND.

Il didn't hear you sing or speak at
the strawberry festival. Why don't you
come forward and show some public
spirit at these affairs?"
Il did play a minor part 1 donated
the Strawberries"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Between Doctors.

Doctor. do You think We had better
call in a consulting physician?"
my worthy colleague, why should
WEI"
He's a very rich man.
Exactly. Then why share the estate?'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
The situation.

(Which is the best town to locate in.
Plunkville or Yaphank?"
Il dunno. Both have their peculiarities.
Plunkvile has an unusually odoriferous
glue factory, and Yaphank has an anna
teur stock company"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

Some boys are credits to their dads;
We favor such as these.
But then We know that other lads
Are liabilities.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

Another battle in the Balkans More
than 100000 men engaged"
Boil 1t down." said the managing
editor. I've got a fine baseball story
for the first page"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Has Temperament.

When girl is intense that means
her mother needn't expect much help
with the housework