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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
The Gaynor Boom.

As an illustration of the chaotic state of
politics and the swift changes that are
showing here and there, take the situa-
ton in New York city.
Six months ago Mayor Gaynor was re-
garded as dead cock in the pit. His
peppery personality had offended large
number Of people. and conditions In town
under his rule were characterized as the
worst in score of years. A suggestion
of his name for a second term would have
been laughed at
Today his name is not only so sug-
gested. but a formidable movement is on
foot TO secure his denomination. Some
very influential men are supporting 1t.
His course in office is the subject of
praise. The question is asked, why put
good man out?" Talk in his favor is
forcing a recast of all the gossip relating
to the coming mayoralty race.
Nor is this all. If Mayor Gaynor should
be reelected, he might become a state
quantity. He might lift his eyes to the
governorship, and perfect an organization
for booming purposes And should he OBJ
tain the governorship ne might turn his
eyes in this direction and survey the
White House with longing.
There was talk OF a program like this
when Mayor Gaynor left the bench for
politics 1t was suggested then that a
term In the city hall might be followed
by one In the mansion at Albany, and
that by term IN the White House.
Mayor Gaynor must have heard the talk,
and II II displeased him he made no sign.
But he did not prove popular In his
place. He chilled rather than attracted
men. Som Of those even who had WORK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
That Single-Term Proposition.

Mr. Madden OF Illinois. a republican. re-
wives interest in the proposition for a
single term in the White House by in
Producing a resolution in the House call
ing for an amendment to the Constitu-
ton covering the point. He would have
the presidential term six instead of four
years. and have the change operate from
March 4. 1921. VIII the democrats of
the House support the resolution?
At Baltimore last year the democracy
adopted the following resolution:
I'VE favor a single presidential term.
and to that end urge The adoption of an
amendment 10 the Constitution making
the President of the United states in
eligible for reelection. and we pledge the
candidate Of this convention to this prin-
ciple."
So far. Mr.. Wilson has not publicly re-
ferred TO this pledge. There was expec-
tation that he would do SO In his speech
accepting the nomination. but he dis
appointed those who entertained 1t. Then
u was suggested that he would commit
himself n his inaugural address. But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
The New Commissioners.

The new District Commissioners take
office this morning. in circumstances
promising a successful administration OF
the Districts affairs. They have been
chosen BY the President with the greatest
care from a large field Of candidates and
suggestions including some OF the most
efficient citizens Of the District Against
neither of them has been raised the slight
est question OF character or AFFINITY, ana
the Senate has waived the question OF MI
Newman's residence.
Mr. Siddons and Mr.. Newman. together
with Mai Harding, will possess the wid-
est powers vested in any board OF Com
Inissioners since the organization OF the
local government They will serve as q
nubljc utilities commission we'll as an
administrative body. They have. how
ever lost direct control Of the excise ad-
rinistration through the creation of a
Separate commission by appointment of
the President Jurisdiction over the pub
lie schools of the District was several
wears ago taken from the Commissioners
and vested in virtually independent
board named by the District Court judges.
The restoration of school jurisdiction to
the Commissioners is 10 he hoped for in
the interest of a more consistent. compact
and effective conduct of municipal at
fairs. The enlargement of the Commits
sioners' powers b. their creation as a
;ublic utilities commission, however far
more than comnensateS for the separation
of The schools and the excise from the
main governing body.
The District being So largely dependent
upon Congress for its municipal advance
nent. il is important that the men in
charge of its administration possess the
confidence Of the Legislators There is
reason to think that the new board OF
Commissioners will stand we'll with the
committees on both sides of the Capitol.
They are now about to frame their esti-
mates for the next fiscal year, the most
nualIy They should proceed not with
reference to the preiudices of those leg
isIators who take issue with the existing
1r-angement whereby the United States
bears half the expense of District main
renance. but in strict accord with the
principles laid down by their predecessors
Several large projects are in contempia-
lion. awaiting affirmative action by Con
~ress III the Commissioners can per-
suade the appropriations committees te
permit the assumption OF permanent
works on the basis of deferred payments
leaving a reasonable percentage of in
come for current maintenance expansion
they will have gone far to forward the
Districts welfare
The Star extends TO these new Commits
siorers it's best wishes for successful ad-
ministration. They are heartily support
ed by the citizens and they will find no
lack of cooperation on the part of all the
interests and forces in the District MAX
ing for the evolution of the model COM
munifv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
The Official.

Pick him up suddenly. Lift him on high.
Slam him down hard, with kick on the
sly.
Get him alone on some dark. stormy
night;
Tie both his hands then compel him to
fight.
Danish all sympathy far from your
breast;
He's just an official who's doing his best
Proudly we babe him farewell as he went
Forth to assist In this great government;
Then the bouquets round his pathway
were thick;
Later each hand CROPPED around for a
brick.
Loudly the call to attack still ascends,
Hes just an official He doesn't need
friends
The public ofttimes like a miscellaneous
boy
The figure IT fashions will seek to
destroy.
1t sets up a hero on high and aloof,
Then makes him a target for every
reproof;
And it sounds the refrain with pitiless
roar,
Hes just an official. Well find plenty
more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
The Senate's Tariff Report

Two notable things in the tariff report
Of the Senate majority are. 1b the very
small surplus promised of revenue over
expenditures. and 60 the fact that We
shall have another billion-dollar session
of Congress.
The margin of safety is extremely mar
rov-fwo million odd dollars in a total of
nearly a billion. Suppose the amount
from incomes should prove to he overes-
timated. Suppose. in the readjustments
of business, revenues from imports should
temporarily diminish. Instead of a small
surplus at the end of the fiscal year we
should have "a deficit. and maybe a large
| one.
Now = lille "A large surplus incites to
extravaganza in appropriations, a deficit
is never desirabI 1t is a bad advertise
ment. 1t discredits the party in power.
government running behind becomes
the subject Of as much gossip as large
private concern caught in similar tolls.
Credit is impaired.
As for another billionr dollar session of
Congress. that was to be expected. No
body of large views and observation
has ever accepted as sincere the rabid
criticism INDUCED in ON the stump of the
liberal support of the government that re-
cent years have witnessed. Every such
person has been able to see that large
and growing country must be provided
for according to it's needs, and i'll way
10 assist development; that to stint the
government would injure it, and inJure
the party infiicting the injury
stump deliverances on the subject Of
economy have been extravagant. Elk
travagant language has been employed
to denounce alleged extravaganza in
appropriations. Promises have been
made that a change OF party control
should work wonders in the line of
retrenchment and reform. Hundreds
of millions could and would be saved
annually.
Well. here is the chance to apply
| the pruning knife. But the cold steel
| is not Forthcoming. Discovery is made
| by the economists that large sums are
necessary for items of government eX-
pense and to deny them would incur
public censure. Who would propose a
reduction in the provision for pensions
Who does not know that satisfactory
| record must be made for the support
of both the army and the navy. and
particularly the latter? Who would
halt reasonable internal improvements,
and particularly as respects the water
ways
We have. as Thomas r. Reed said. a
billion dollar country, and, whether the
republican or the democratic party is
i'm charge, it should be literally sup
ported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
In Aid of City Development.

From the Chicago News.
1t is easier to secure the substantial
and desirable fruits of city planning
In European countries than 1t Is in this
country because in Europe constltu-
tional limitations do not rise to Dlock
the way 1t is not found impossible In
other countries to transform large city
areas in conformity with general
plan of Improvement. One reason is
that more land may be taken than is
actually needed for a boulevard, park
or other public purpose. Then the ex-
cess may be disposed of at largely en-
HANGED prices to help pay the costs OF
the public work, its use being so con-
trolled that the general scheme of de-
velopment is protected from injury.
The right thus to cary out public
Improvement has not been clearly es-
tablished in the United states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

ed for him the most theoretically found
it difficult to get along with him. And
so caustic were his letters on public ques-
tons I'm reply to criticisms that the news
papers as matter of entertainment dis
played them. So that all talk about the
governorship died out and at Baltimore
last year. when the protracted palloting
seemed to require a compromise candl-
date. his name was not mentioned
Neither the Clark. nor the Wilson, nor
the Underwood men took him into ac-
count for a moment
This revival of Mayor Gaynor is inter-
esting and curious in all it's features, and
in none more SO than in the larger nnes
suggested But New York is famous for
supplying the interesting and the curious
in politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
Suggestion in Suicide.

From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
There is reason in the resolution passed
bv the Pharmaceutical Association OF
Rhode Island, asking the newspapers
TO refrain as far as possible from pub
fishing the names of drugs and poisOns
used in suicides and other crimes. The
mere mention of such things in print
has an Enthusiastically injurious influence
upon the public mind. Let the fact be
published that some unfortunate mas
taken his own life by means of deadly
poison. heretofore not widely known. and
by some perverse inclination. weak
minded persons here, there and every
where are impelled to try the same
fatal agent Strange to say, in many
such cases the thought of suicide seems
to arise first from the mere contempla-
ton Of the details OF self-murder COM
mitted by another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
Don't Cut Corners.
From the Toledo Blade.

From the Toledo Blade.
Why be jay walker? The city councli
has passed a law in which it is directed
that pedestrians shall conform to street
lines in crossing at busy downtown cor
ners. The ordinance was passed because
Toledo is q city, with city's traffic, q
city's dangers and because, in the interest
of safety, 1T is necessary to regulate the
pedestrian traffic as 1t is that of street
cars, automobiles, coal wagons and push
carts But a large part OF the population
Of Toledo seems to have assumed that
it lis exempt from the corner-cutting
regulation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

Ambassador Page made the statement
in an after-dinner speech that all our
Presidents except Roosevelt were men
whose main strain of blood came from the
British isles. This fact has not prevented
England from harboring strong resent
ments toward severa, of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

If gentleman named Huntington
Wilson were interviewed on the subject
he might offer some personal views to
the effect that the absence of Secre-
tary of State does not necessarily handi-
cap the business of his office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

y man with reliable talents for lectur-
ing need not have the cares of a large
private fortune to secure an income that
Will adequately, supplement a govern
ment salary. 1t is again demonstrated
that wisdom is better than riches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

\ medical man makes the statement
that apples nourish the brain. Tradition
has il that Sir Isaac Newton discovered
the law of gravitation after being struck
on the head by an apple. 1t remains for
modern research to show that the apple
benefits the mind by internal as well As
external application.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

II the suggestion to carry the bones of
Christopher Columbus the trip
through the Panama canal is carried out.
a custom may be established that will
make the remains of the great discoverer
as restless as Philadelphia's liberty bell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
For a Consideration.

The man who says, II Will confess,
An honest penitent may be.
But we're suspicious. more or less,
When he confesses G.. q. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDFR JOHNSON.
PeruuiSites.

Your salary as lobbyist does not
seem particularly large.
No But think of the letters | have
an opportunity to collect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
Gifted.

Il am convinced said MIR. Meekton
that women are especially qualified for
the duties of craftsmanship
Why"
Because most of the women j have
known were natural-born lecturers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

There is no use Ct trying to explain
the freaks of fashion. No system of
reasoning will show why slashed skirts
come into style just as silk stockings
go out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
No Chance for Father,

How do YOU know Bliggins is unpopu-
lar in his household"
Because when the baby is good they
say il takes after its mother and when II
cries they say it takes after its father
a great deal of the business Of stenog-
raphers and typewriters is provided by
men who would rather pay some one to
listen than go without talking.
Dancing" said the enthusiast. is the
poetry of motion.
Yes replied Mr.. Growcher. and
every once in a while YOU run across
some poetry that ought to Be expur-
gated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
Senators Dilemma.

From the Kansas City Journal.
The senator is In hard lines when he
cannot vote either for or against free
sugar without mourning the charge that
he is serving a sugar trust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
"Honking" Suffragettes.

From the BuffalO Express
| Instead of marching on foot. the women
suffragists will make their next descent
on Washington by automobile. Then let
| those Washington mobs block the streets
| and spoil the parade IL they dare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

| Every railway wreck is cited as Il
| means of guidance to safer railroading.
But the horrible example is an exceed
ingly unsatisfactory means of instruc-
| ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
Should Read the Papers,

From the Boston Transcript.
Why don't the business interests that
maintain expensive Hobbies at Washing
ton save money by getting their news
from the daily papers?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

President Mellen is now making his
own resignation rumors. with prospect
that they will prove more reliable than
the previous output.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

man known as "McNab'' is accused
OF starting one of the biggest forest
fires known in California. In the At
torney Generals office the very name
suggests innammatory tendencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

1t is possible TO complicate an arbitra-
ton conference with SO many questions
that IL will last as long as an investiga-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

After lobby has been discovered the
question arises as to whether it will be
as hard to dissolve as a trust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

1t is doubtful whether improvements
can be made that will give Sing sing
the reputation as health resort that
Mr.. Charles Morse enabled the Atlanta
prison to enjoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

The price of beef and the Their
mometer are the two leaders in the line
of uplifts that nobody desires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

AS matter OF state pride Kentucky
should insist that MulhalIs title.
Colonel" be taken away from him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
Seems Hotter.
From the Chicago News

From the Chicago NEWS
Perhaps it only seems hotter in WASH
ington because the lobby committee is in
session
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19

frs.ueSs OfIice I1th st. and Pcnnsy varIa AVenie-
New York Office: Tribune Rn!!dirg
Chicago Office. First National RanN i'ul ing,
European Office: 5 Regent ST., Lon1on. Eagi.Hd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-10

speakers and cannot find names for
them Then they become more and
more familiar. and ! learn their names.
Finally | come to know them very
well and discover what it is they are
driving at and wig it is they have
said and done the thugs | have been
moved TO set down"
Other writers and painters. too. have
described their processes in a similar
way. William Blake was positive and
emphatic in describing himself as a
mere amanuensis. writing down the
words that were audibly spoken to
him. and he painted in the same way
from a model set before his eyes and
visible 10 him alone Rodin, the
French sculptor. gave his assent to the
same idea of models visible 70 the eye
" the artist. Dickens said that his
characters were actually visible and
audible to him. and it will be remem-
bered that "Kubla Khan" was dictat-
ed TO CoIeridge while he slept-Lon-
don Spectator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-10
LEWIS FOR UNITED STATES
SENATOR.

Governor Dunne's emphatic doclara-
tiq4 setting forth pointedly hat 1t Is
the duty Of every democratic member
q the Legislature to do his utmost %
secure the election OF Colonel James
Hamilton Lewis TO succeed Senator
'ullom as United States senator is
yimoly. AS leader of the democracy
n Illinois. Governor Dunno IS point
ing an Important democratic duty. not
merely because ne may favor the can
iidacy OF Mr. Lewis. but because Cot
mel Lewis was nomina ed by the de,
mocracy OF the state 20 succeed Sena-
or Cullom
Governor Dunno Is merely calling
lttentioa, as II Is the duty Of every
democrat TO do, % the demand for the
lection OF Colonel Lewis. which
zones from the people by direct vote.
Colonel Lewis should be elected
without any entanglements. Attemp s
O make his candidacy a wooden horse
which some self-seeker with seuG-
'Crial ambitions might be carried in
,oncealment into The federal senate
could not be countenanced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-10

at is not the revolution which de-
stroys machinery, but the friction"
II l could get every woman who is
mistress OF a home % lift up her head,
straighten her shoulders and say, q
am the head of the largest department
tai business in the world; must know
how the work in every department is
done, so, even though I do not have to
do it, can always direct it Intelligent
ly, and know whether it is done right
Of wrong, and govern my criticisms or
praise accordingly; l should know
what constitutes a days work and The
length of time required for doing it
we'll such as washing, ironing, sweep
ing, busting, cooking or sewing, and
a thorough inventory of my household
goods and personal clothing should be
taken at leas- once a year." tnun 4.
should know there was not a house
keeper in the land who "disliked
Homework" In my first experiences
giving cooking and housekeeping lee
lures l was constantly greeted with
such as these: 81 hate Homework" Il
can bear TO wash dishes" House
work is so monotonous," etc, etc.
There is only one answer to this dis
like for homework and that is, plain,
unvarnished ignorance Of the profess
sion they are engaged in. This has
been proven hundreds of times since,
when the very women who said the
above, later have studied housekeep-
ing and cooking, and now frankly come
and tell me they like it, Everyone
may not love it," but it can surely
help make work pleasanter and easier
by knowing how to keep the wheels
of the machinery running smoothly.
l am no. very enthusiastic about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-10
The Argus Daily Story
Sea Doctors Story-By John B. Bowling.
Copyrighted. 1918, by Associated Literary Bureau.

There are strange bouleyerSemeuts Ia
the world zone thing is intended. au-
other totally different takes place; a
child is born to n fortune. perhaps
throne. and another child far removed
mounts the steps and wears the crown;
a woman in early life bears children.
they lose her and are brought UP by
another. who becomes the only mother
they remember
l have been participant in one OF
these strange happenings. When l
was young 1 decided to study medicine,
and after graduating ut the College Of
Physicians and Surgeons and spending
some time at hospital work, being of "A
rowing disposition. accepted position
as medical officer of a steamer plying
between San Francisco aud Uongkong.
After making several trips I had he
come so attached 10 life ut sen thai
had no thought of leaving it. Never
theleSS. looking ahead, I foreSaw that
unless l broke away from il very soon
and settled down in my profession on
land l must always be - wandercr,
without home or family ties.
On one of my trips out from San
Francisco became intimate with one
OF the passengers, named Ainsworth.
He was about my age, but that was all
the similarity there was between Us.
1t was our differences that drew us
together. have not noticed during
my experience that similar traits pro-
duce marked friendships. AS I'm the
case of marriage dissimilarity is the
bond OF union.
One thing that drew AinSworth and
me together was the fact of his falling
i'll during the journey. From the time
he was taken down till he became con-
valescent. a week before we reached
our destination. l not only attended
him as physician. but as n nurse. He
was pretty sick and got it into his head
that he was going to die There seem
ed to be some especial reason why he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-10
Unbiased Opinion.

1t is wise child that knows its
own father the first time it sees him
with his whiskers shaved off.
When a man tells you that he
doesn't care what the public thinks OF
him, SO long as he knows that he is
doing right, shun him. He is a dis
sembler.
No person can think great thoughts
and at the same time wear shoes that
pinch.
The egotistical ass who thinks he
knows 1t all is far happier than the
wise man who realizes how much
there is that the shortness OF life
makes it impossible to learn.
Don't waste sympathy on the wife
whose husband calls her the old wom-
an" He is the one that's to be pitied.
The good that men do is oft inferred
with their bones, but it is seldom nee
essary to enlarge the collins on that
account.