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The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
Mai. Sylvester and the Women.

If Maj. Sylvester should protect
the inaugural paraders to-day in the
same manner-and as eficiently-as he
did the womcn-righters yesterday, he
will stand a frst-rate chance of losing
his Job.
Not only was the whole thing a dis
grace to the Capital City. where to-day.
at least, quarter million persons will
witness the Presidential pageant, but
the superintendent of the Metropolitan
police by allowing the ropes at the
curbs OF the Avenue TO be trampled
down, thus allowing the vast multitude
TO overflow on the street proper, has
created a precedent that may act as a
boomerang upon him and his force
and methods to-day and lead to a vcr-
liable riot, when the people will insist
on doing the same thing they did yes
terday with impunity.
Whether Maj. Sylvester is personally
opposed TO woman suffrage we know
not, and care less. But it has been al
legged all along that he at first de-
clincd to give the women a permit to
parade the streets yesterday. He was
obliged to grant it, and we ask: Where
was the platoon OF police, the usual
vanguard at all parades? Where, in
fact, was the enlarged police force
yesterday? We will bet red apple that
there will be platoon of them in to-
days parade, that they will scrupu-
lously guard the roped-of curbs, and
that they will strictly enforce the rule
that none OF the crowd step out into
the street.
Wasn't our superintendent OF police
farsighted enough and experienced
enough to forescc that with the hosts
OF Inauguration visitors in the city he
would not be able to enforce order
and give adequate protection 10 our
women, who, whatever their aim, ef-
fort Cor, if you please, folly). may be,
are American women, and for that
reason alone must be protected,
And what protection was accorded
them on the eve OF the induction into
Office OF the very man who is inclined
to favor their movement?
Things became so chaotic that the
cavalry from Fort Myer, for whom
the leaders OF the women had pc
but who were denied them,
had to be called posthastc to keep
the crowds at least in a semblance
Of order to give the paraders a chance
to finish the march
incidentally, the people that formed
the crowds might have shown some
for the marchcrs, for, III
reality, they were as lawlcss as the po-
lice were Lax.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
Welcome to All.

Washington's quadrennial opportuni-
ty TO extend the glad hand TO the ma
ton is here to-day, and with plenty
of warmth and sunshine promised by
the Weather Bureau, the general Jolli-
fcation should be one OF unbrokcn
bIithcness for the hundreds Of thou
sands that arc festively greeting 4 new
President of these United States.
1t is an Inauguration with many re-
markable f,aturcs. The average man,
called conservative" generally regards
change with disfavor; the change that
is effected to-day is one whose won
derful popularity is attestcd, not only
by the quarter million people who have
como to see a big show. but by cleo
toral returns whose near-unanimity is
called in language political a land
slide"
With the vast majority of our visi-
tors pleased with the cause of their
visit, therefore, Washingtonians can
not be accused of imagining a vain
thing in believing that the circum
stances OF the visit will not complete
the pleasure of the strangers within
our gates.
Many of our guests to-day arc not
only fired with patriotic and nearly
satisfied ardor, but are invigorated
with hopefulness which it were cruel
TO suggest will be even partially dis
appointed. With the spirit of opti-
mism that should stimulate the So
journer, and with the hospitality that
should grace the host, the stay OF our
friends from the provinces should
prove mutually pleasant, and, let us
hope, mutually profitable
Let us remind our visitors that the
whole OF the Capital is not included
in the cnvirons OF the broad Avenue
that forms the majestic way between
the White House and the Capitol
There are so many other places of
splendid interest that it is impossible
even to enuuerate them here. But we
should all of us be very, very glad to
have Our guests stay with us long
enough TO do some of our pet sights.
We are all three abed, so to speak, but
at the price of bodily discomfort the
liberal education that few days rub
benecking in the National Capital af-
fords is cheap.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
After California; Freeze.
.Os Angeles EIprss

Frum the los Angeles EIprss.
Citrus fruit shippers and growers of
Southern California, in session this morn
ing. at a meeting called by the Citrus
Protective League in the Consolidated
Realty Building, were highly pleased at
the improved conditions OF their orchards.
as a result OF the copious rains since the
big freeze.
They were a unit IN declaring that the
rains. coming after the frost, would be
highly beneficial TO the trees and help
start sap flowing and thus mature the
fruit. The rains will cause the damaged
fruit to drop sooner than otherwise and
give the growers a better opportunity to
learn just how much was badly frozen.
The league, which has asked the ship
pers TO cooperate in a movement to ship
only the best colored, best size, and least
damaged oranges TO the East. is meeting
with cooperation OF the citrus men. and
the meeting to-day was 10 further the
work along that line.
G. 3. Shattuck, OF Tustin. exhibited at
the meeting to-day a number Of oranges
unintured by the recent frosts. taken
from his groves
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
safety on Land and Sea.

Frum the Philadeiphia Inquirer.
II 10 q peculiar fact that while on land
we have enjoyed thus far one Of the
most open winters in the history Of tho
Weather Bureau. the ocean has been
more severely storm-tossed during tho
past month than II has been in years
Ship after ship has made port only
after terrible battles with the elements.
and few are lucky enough to coma
through without impressive scars from
the fights they have waged.
The fact that they have risen super
Tor to these struggles Is an illuminating
commentary on the advancement that
has been made in shipbuilding during
the past ten or fifteen years This pro-
gress has developed such confidence in
the present safety Of ocean travel that
steamships are sent from their sailing
ports into the midst OF storms that are
known to be raging on the deep with lit
tie concern as to their safety.
At times, OF course. this feeling Of
security Is overshadowed by a Titanic
tragedy. but, taken by the large, COM
parison between those who travel on
land and on water seems to argue bet
ter for the security OF the latter.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
INAUGURATION DAY
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of cat Good Old Siwash.-

This is Inauguration day-the day on
which the new-made President is firmly
installed in ONCE and the discarded ex-
ecutive is turned loose without ceremony
to find some new job without a brass
band accompaniment.
Inauguration day is regarded with fer:
vent Joy by the countless patriots who
have been in the minority for the last
sixteen years and have at last arrived
in sight of some fat office. 1t is also
the greatest day in the year for WASH
ington. There are veterans in WASH
ington who have fought and bled through
the last fifteen inaugural balls and
many a feeble old man will tell his
grandchildren tonight how he stormed
the punch bowl in the Pension Building
in the great struggle Of 1876.
On inauguration day the expiring
President rides with his successor to
the Capitol Building and helps him take
the oath of Office. This is not considered
to be as pleasant job as walking be-
hind the chariot of Roman conqueror
neither is 1t as healthful. Often the
parade has TO stop until the rotary snow
plows in front gets the road cleared. and
when the ex-President finishes his task
he has plug hat fun Of snow. and
pneumonia is getting ready to move into
his system. Ex-Presidents do not usual
IL live very long, but there should be
some more humane method of fastening
their demise.
On Inauguration day also the ex-Presi-
dent takes his successor over the White
House. shows him how TO work the check
drsKt on the furnace, gives him the key
TO the grade door and the china closet.
tells him what to do in case the kitchen
sink clogs up again and then wishes
him well and goes away on the night
train. Turning over the White House to
his successor is the one solemn Joy of the
day for the ex-President.
Inauguration day comes four months
after election because In the early times
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
Our Women.

Women nowadays are physicians, they
are lawyers, professors OF colleges
leaders in educational movenents-they
share mems work in so many walks
OF liic
The pageant OF yesterday and the
tableaux on the south portico of the
Treasury building were hardly needed
TO impress fair-minded men with the
position occupied by women in this
country and in the twentieth century.
All that was fully understood. but since
the leaders OF the votes for-women
movement believed that yesterdays
demonstration would draw the atterr-
ton of the citizens and the lawciyers
OF the United States still more TO their
efforts to gain equal suffrage, We shall
not gainsay them. They certainly have
shown what thcy can do under given
conditions, and when they have the
chance. 1t was an impressive parade,
and it would be stultifying in the light
of this great demonstration to deny the
capacity of American women to help
the men in carrying out the world 5
work.
But when all is said, we cannot but
reiterate what We took occasion to re-
mark the other day, when commenting
upon the hike" from New York to
this city. Where was the necessity for
all this ado? No one doubts that
women are the equal of men in a good
many things.
The pageant was well engineered and
carried through. The tableaux were
nasterful in their conception and per-
forrnance, but who, in the name of
sense, doubted that they could and
would do it we'll: Docs this give them
the franchise they demand? No more
than did the hike to Albany or TO the
Capital of the Nation Docs this
change tho minds of the lawgivcrs from
ants or "pros?" Perhaps so, and then
again perhaps not. Men Judge these
matters from a different angle alto
gethcr than do women. They might
ask if the family will not be made to
Ter by such "doings," that it might
\So loosen the ties of the domestic
the nation if carried to excess
in many States, have been
right to vote on all matters
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
London Place Names.

London Place Names.
Frurn the Lcndou Times
Many London thoroughfarcs. like many
a country village. probably owe their
names to the existence of some hosiery
In the immediate neighborhood. and
around which, in course of time, other
houses were built, so that at last. a street
was formed Hanging Sword alley. on
Whitefriars Street. and Catherine Wheel
alley. near Liverpool Street station. no
doubt obtained their names in this man
ner. Gracechurch Street. city. Is said to
have had nothing whatever to do with
that particular virtue in the beginning.
and perhaps there is no more OF 1t there
nowadays than there used to be 1t was
originally spelt "Grass-church." because
CT the grass that once grew along its
edges, or on account OF the fact that
vendors Of herbs dwelt there Holborn
Is another corruption Of a perfectly diff
ferent word. Originally It was "Old
Rourne" or Hill Bourne" so called from
the stream which broke out near where
Holborn Bars afterward stood. and ran
down the side Of the street to the Fleet
River From the latter. as every one
may suppose, Fleet Street took its name.
Ard as a final example OF the corruption
Of names, brought about by the loose
regard for spelling and pronunciation that
our forefathers entertained. one may in
stance the Barbican. which, as We are
assured, is an easy rendering of the old
word "Burg-kenning''-
Abundant evidence as to the marshy
nature OF the ground upon which a large
part of the city OF London was originally
built is still to be discovered in such
names as Fenchurch Street. and Moor
fields The district traversed by the
first of these was at one time nothing
better than fenland. the Lansbourn; a
tributary OF the Thames. running across
It. Finsbury. for the same reason, was
at first "Fensbury.'' but the alteration
Of a single letter has entirely destroyed
all indications as to its insalubrious be-
That area OF the city was
known as Moorfields must have taxed
the ingenuity of the builder to no small
extent when he first attempted to set
houses upon it. for we are told that the
ground was OF such a squelchy nature
that causeways of wood and stone had to
be built across It before II could be
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
Ono View of Conservation.

From the San Francsco Chroniclc
The Geological Survey reports a de-
cline in prospecting lin several of the
Western States IN 1911 and 1872" and
that there was no notable discovery
of new ore bodies or deposits that seem
likely TO promise immediate material
Increases in the domestic gold out
put" There is nothing surprising in
this statement to the inhabitants Of
the several Western States. The perni-
cious activity of the Washington bu-
reaucrats has nearly driven all the
prospectors out of the field, and, of
course. ore bodies must remain undis-
covered while that condition exists.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
Railroad Over PopocatapetI.

From HarTcrs Weekly.
Between the Mulato River in Chile
and Potosi IN Bolivia a railroad line
whose highest point is 1900 feet
above sea level. has been constructed.
This is the highest railroad in the
world. The road connecting Argen-
tina and Chile reaches almost the
same height. An English company
proposes 10 construct a roal still high
er to unite Mexico City with Pueblo,
and ascent Mount Popocatapetl. this
volcano being 1850 feet above sea
level. This new line will serve prin-
cipahy to transport sulphur from a bed
in tho mountains containing. accord
ing to the estimate Of experts, millions
Of tons.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
LET WOMEN VOTE!

Let women vote II they desire,
And thus their purity inspire
All noble men TO do all good
For lovely. lofts womanhood,
Let women vote TO help the cause,
To r-Irify the nations laws
Bv voting cut all greed and wrong,
Crushing the cruel and the strong!
Let women vote to help themselves
And join the world that digs and drlycs
For fTceCinm and the glorious lisht
That ever gilds the cause Of right
let women vote because their God
Made them all human on this scd.
And when they act on land or sea
They vote for lore and liberty!
Let women rpte for siIr- As fate
Their Progress in the home and state
Is growing grsndly day hy day
And soon shall win q golden sway,
JOHN A. JOYCE
d. c., March ! l?ll
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
NO. 50.'

NO. SO.
The whole country was in a tangle Of
disagreement about granting TO Congress
the power TO lay imposes: Gardoqui, II
was rumored, was insisting, for Spain.
upon closing the Mississippi; twas evil
dent enough conference was needed. Ev-
cry thoughtful man might well pray that
It would bring peace and accommodation.
When Maryland's suggestion was read
in the Virginian Assembly. there was
prompt acquiescence- Virginia asked all
the States OF the Union (January. 1850 TO
send delegates TO a general conference
to be held at Annapolis on the first Mon
day In September. to consider and rec
ornmend such additions to the powers OF
Congress as might conduce TO a better
regulation OF trade.
washinEton's Grave Charge.
There is more wickedness than ig-
norance In the conduct OF the States. or.
in other words, in the conduct OF those
who have too much influence in the gov
ernment Of them" Washington wrote
hotly TO Henry Lee. upon hearing to what
lengths contempt of the authority OF
Congress had been carried: and until the
curtain is withdrawn, and the private
views and selfish principles upon which
these men act are exposed to public no.
tice. have little hope OF amendment
without another convulsion.'
Perhaps tho conference at Annapolis
would withdraw the curtain and give the
light leave to work n publication: and
ne waited anxiously for the issue.
But when the commissioners assem-
bled they found only hve States repre-
sented-Virginia. Pennsylvania. Della
ware New Jersey. and New York.
Maryland had suddenly fallen indif-
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
Whole Country Dsees Over Granting Congress the Power Lay I'm
poO Five States Send Representatives to the Convenone1
ande Hamilton With Washington His Theory of General Gov
ernment-The Rebellion in Massachusetts,.

|, ferent and had not appointed delegates.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts. Rhode
Island. and North Carolina had appointed
delegates, but they had not taken the
trouble 10 come. Connecticut. South Caro-
lima, and Georgia had ignored the call al
together. The delegates who were IN at
tendance. besides. had come with only
the most jealously restricted powers: only
New jersey, In her great uneasiness at
being neighbor 10 the powerful States of
New York and Pennsylvania, had author
iZed her representatives TO consider how
far a uniform system in their commercial
regulations and other important matters
might he necessary to the common inter-
est and permanent harmony OF the sew
eral States"
HnmiIton's Stirring Appeal.
The other delegates had no such scope:
all deemed il futile 20 attempt their busi-
ness in so small "A convention: and II was
resolved to make another opportunity.
Alexander Hamilton. CT New York, drew
up their address TO tho States, and in 1t
made bold to adoPt New Jerseys hint
and ask for n conference which should
not merely consider questions OF trade
but also devise such further provisions
as should appear To them necessary to
render the Constitution of the Federal
government adequate 10 the exigencies Of
the Union
Hamilton held with Washington for a
national government.
Congress Indifferent.
He had been born and bred as n lad
in the West Indies. and had never re-
ceivcd the local pride OF any colony State
into his blood. He rad served with the
army. too. in close intimacy with Wash.
ington. and, though twenty-five years his
captains Junior, had seen as clearly as
hs saw the deep hazards OF a nations
birth.
The Congress was Indifferent. n not hos
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
Two Empresses at Suitan's Palace
From the PaN Mall Ga,ette


The Empress Eugenie. on her way to
the opening OF the suez Canal in 1859
had been tho first Christian sovereign
or woman to lodge in one Of the Sui
tan's palaces. but after that our Prin-
cess of Wales was entertained at Lolma
Bagtche on the occasion Of her trip to
the East with her husband, while in
1889 Abdul Hamid seated himself in
the same carriage with the German
Empress. and thus donducted her to
Yildiz Kiosk. More than that. the EN-
press spent an evening with the ladies
Of the harem.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

II took that long to sort out the returns.
Now. however, the worst is usually
known after supper on election day and
the President, who has Just died, politi-
cally. has to hang around four months
until he is Luried-while the man with
large. uncomfortable hope has to wait
even longer before he can coin It into a
post-office or a Cabinet position. Both
Of these are unnecessary cruelties, and
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
InRuEuratIon Itema.

Watch your hat and coat. and your
Enthusiastically.
The plum tree has gone with the cherry
tree: everything is under civil service.
An inaugural ball is all right as a
starter. but don't take too many.
Washington is a city OF magnificent dis
tances between the position you go after
and the Job you get.
Please do not step on the new Con-
gressman, or hitch your horses to them.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

Possibly at some future inauguration
the airship will be here. and those who
have to work will be able to get to their
places of business without being subject
to a lot of red tape.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

should be ended. The President ought to
he inaugurated December 1. On the
ether hand Washington wants the in
auSural day put off until May, when the
climate is better and higher prices can
be secured for seats in the reviewing
stand. II inaugural parades are neces-
sary this should he done, but there are
many who are of the opinion that the
government could be run, IL due caution
were exercised, without any inaugural
parade at all
Copyright, 1915. by George Mathew AdamA)
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

Platinum is being produced in the
United States in increa sing qua
~ troy ounces. worth sl.sl4. in 1902;
357 ounces, worth s115S9, in 1907, and
$40 ounces, worth 3io,s90, in 1911.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
March 4 in History.

March 4. 1S57-With true simplicity.
James Buchanan drives his own autono-
bile TO the Capitol.
March l. lS3G-Davy Crockett dances
with Peggy O'Ne,ll at the inaugural ball
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

The report that the Inauguration COM
mittee has been censurcd for having rec
ognized the public press for their extra
labor in making the week a success is
false
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
One Reason.
Prom .Indge.

From Judge.
Knicker-The pen is mightier than the
sword.
Bocker-Yes: there isn't any fountain
sword.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
The New Paper Money.

Il see the government wants the new
bills to look valuable. In short, they
want design in keeping"
II would suggest a dressed turkey in
the center with a border OF lamb chops"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
A Stranger in washington.

Sir. can you show me the Treasury
Building"
See that pile OF lumber yonder?'
II do"
The Treasury Is the building behind
II"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
The Omcc.seeker.

He thought he'd like consuls work;
But later on asked for
A chance to he a modest clerk
Or else n janitor
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
Had IL Hidden.

The man was looking at houses.
Where's the lawn"
Here 1t Is" said the agent. THE man
next door had his door mat over it"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

tile to the measures which the address
proposed: and the States would have act
ed on the call as slackly as before, had
not the winter brought with II something
like a threat OF social revolution, and
fairly startled them out of their negligent
humor.
The Rebellion of Shays.
The central counties OF Massachusetts,
broke into violent rebellion. under one
Shays. veteran OF the Revolution-not
to reform the government. but TO rid
themselves OF it altogether: to shut the
courts and escape the payment of debts
and taxes.
The insurgents worked their will for
weeks together; drove out the officers OF
the law, burned and plundered at
upon the land like a hostile army. and
We're brought to a reckoning At last only
when a force thousands strong had been
levied against them
States sympathi.e with Shays.
New Hampshire. and. even when the out
break had been crushed. the States con-
cerned were irresclute in the punishment
Of the leaders.
Rhode Island declared her sympathy
with the insurgents: Vermont offered
them asylum: Massachusetts brought the
leaders to trial and conviction only to
pardon and set them free again.
Congress dared do no more than make
covert preparation to check a general ris-
ing.
WashInRtOn's Indignant Protest.
You talk. my good sir wrote Wash
ington to Henry Lee. in Congress. "of
employing influences to appease the pres
ent tumults in Massachusetts l know
not where that influence Is to be found
or. if attainable, that it would be a proper
remedy for the disorders. Influence is no
government Let US have one by which
our lives. liberties. and properties will be
secured. or let US know the worst at
once
II was an object lesson for the whole
country; the dulIest and the most leth-
araic knew now what slack government
and financial disorder would produce.
The States one and all-savc Rhode Is
land-bethought them OF the convention
called TO meet in Philadelphia on the
second Monday in May, I7S, and dele
gates were appointed.
Even Congress took the lesson TO heart,
and gave its sanction TO the conference.
To-moHrow-wash nGton Presi-
dent of Constitutional Convention.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04

Only the churches have not raised
prices for the Inauguration season.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-04
on the Water WAGON,

The fourth of March 10 a great day,
eh?"
1T is in Washington, anyhow. What
shall we do to celebrate?"
Il think we'd better have an inaugural
ball"