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The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
As to Nerves.
From the Chicago Journal.

from the Chlcaso JournaL
Talk about the weakness OF modern
nerves doesn't square with facts. We of
today are more sensitive to pain than
were our ancestors. We even shudder at
the pain Of others, which is something
that our forebears were able to endure
with equanimity, and often with pleasure.
But when it comes to withstanding a
seven-day ay-in-the-week assault on human
nerve-ends, our ancestors were neuraes-
thenic children compared to ourselves.
Back in the Middle Ages people had a
witchcraft panic whenever somebody's
COW died suddenly: dancing manias when
any one preached at them too hard, and
nearly all Europe stood on its head, fig
uratively speaking, when the Turks took
Jerusalem. How different now, The
modern citizen takes the troubles of the
whole world home with him on a street
car. He lives in intimate association
with white plaques. and anti-white slave
crusades. and uplift movements Of all
sorts and varieties. He takes sides on
the suffrage question; he endures elevated
roads. honking and charging motor cars.
police censors, cubist art. tariff debates.
and turkey trots, and still. In nOst cases.
he manages to keep out OF the insane
asylum and courts generally hold that he
Is competent to make a will. The nerve
endurance Of modern human kind de-
serves q monument
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
TEE WASHINGTON HERALD SUNDAY. AUGUST TO- 1913.

Gratis are to be defeated the opposi-
tion must be solidly united unless
and this is contingency so remote
as hardly to be within the range of
possibility-the wing of the Demo-
cratic party defeated in the primary
should decide to deny victory to its
successful opponent by knitting the
ticket at the polls.
The result of the election, no mat
ter what it may be, will have moral
effect upon the campaign of next year.
If the Democrats shall win, which
now seems to be the logical outcome.
adherents of their party everywhere
will accept the verdict as further vote
of confidence. If the Progressiyes
show disintegration and loss of
strength, their organization will suffer,
while if the Republicans repeat the
poor showing made last fall, it will
be difficult to infuse any life into the
party hereafter. The political spot
light will, therefore, shine fercely
upon Maryland during the next three
months.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Other Features of the Situation.

There is another feature of the sit
uation which develops as the Maryland
campaign progresses. The importance
of membership in the Legislature is
considerably minimized. One OF the
principal duties OF a Legislature in the
past has been the election of a United
States Senator. 1t was this honor and
responsibility which attracted legisia-
tive candidates and which gave a pc
culiar zest to the political contest in
each county or legislative district. To-
day nominations for the Legislature
are practically going a-begging.
Two results may follow this condi-
ton OF affairs. Legislative candidates
may be more largely restricted to the
class of politicians who seek the Of
fee for the selfish purpose of adding to
their incomes through the manipula-
ton of questionable legislation. The
temptation in that direction may be
greater than ever before, and every
one who knows human nature and the
political game will concede the posi-
bility of such an outcome. On the
other hand. it may be that members of
the Legislature, divested of the per-
sonal equation which is inseparably
connected with the election of a
United States Senator, will find more
time to devote themselves to the en-
actment OF laws for the betterment Of
human welfare. This, of course. is the
consummation most devoutly to be
wished.
Then. too. the question has already
arisen in Maryland, as it will in other
States. whether a poor man can be a
candidate for the Senate. The cost
of securing nomination and election
will be enormous. If candidate de-
sires to send a personal letter to each
voter of his party in his State-and
this is not an uncommon method of
seeking to obtain popular support
the cost in Maryland. which is COM
paratively a small State. for postage
alone will be from $4,000 to $4,000.
1t has been publicly printed in Mary
land that a candidate who recently
sought the primary nomination for
Governor admitted an expenditure of
$4,000 in his campaign, and the
amounts actually spent are said to
have aggregated $4,000. There is no
intinlation, however, that a single dol
lar was corruptly or illegitimately ex-
pended. In the effort 10 secure the
nomination and election the law which
limits the expenditure of Senatorial
candidates to $4,000 is certain to be
evaded. This sum will not begin to
meet the cost of appealing directly,
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
THE HEPOLITICAL SITUATION

There will be a whirlwind of poll
tics in Maryland during the next three
months.
Ordinarily, a campaign in Maryland
would have no national significance or
interest. 1t so happens, however, that
Gov. Goldsborough has just issued a
writ calling special election tor
United States Senator on Tuesday,
November !, when minor State officers
and members of the Legislature will
also be chosen. Unless the courts in
terfere-and there is some talk OF ap-
PLYING for an injunction-Maryland
will be the second State in the Union
to elect a United States Senator under
the seventeenth amendment TO the Con-
stitution, Georgia having been the first.
1t needs only a glance over the State
to see that II presents conditions which
prevail in practically all OF the thirty
two States which are to elect Sena-
tors next year. and thus a discussion
o: these conditions has a widespread
political value.
The election is TO be held to fill the
vacancy caused by the death OF Sen
ator Rayner. This vacancy was filled
some time ago by the appointment OF
William P Jackson, and it was sup
posed that he would be secure in his
tenure OF office until the first WedneS-
day in next January when the new
Legislature would meet. Many emin-
ncnt authorities so held. The lam
guage OF the amendment is not alto
gether clear 1t says that when va
cancies happen in the representation
OF any State in the Senate, the execu-
tive authority of such State shall is
sue writs OF election to fill such va
cancie>." but it also further prcvi':r:
that this amendment shall nvt be
construed as TO affect the election or
term OF any Senator cho>en before it
becomes valid as part OF the Consti-
tuition
Notwithstanding the fact that Gov.
Goldsborough owes much i'll the way
OF political preferment to Senator
Jackson, and disregarding also the
likelihood OF decreasing the Republican
representation in the Senate by invit-
ing all election al the present time.
Gov. Goldsborough has followed the
advice of his Democratic Attorney
General that a vacancy now exists.
He evidently felt that it was due 10
the people OF the State TO be afforded
all opportunity 10 express their will
al the earliest possible moment after
the ratification of the amendment. The
Maryland voters, therefore. suddenly
find themselves confronted with po-
litical struggle which is all the more
intense because the nominating pri
maries are to be held on September
s. less than a month distant Thus
what was expected to be years CAM
paign is crowded into about three
months. a situation exciting enough to
put any State on edge.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Almost a Political Travesty.

The purpose of the Constitutional
amendment is to secure the expression
of the will of majority of the people
of State. How this most excellent
purpose may be frustrated is shown by
the operation of the law in Maryland.
In Maryland the people do not vote
directly in the primaries upon the as
pirants for the Senate. They vote to
elect delegates to convention, which,
in turn, makes the nomination. There
are 1eo of these delegates, but they
do not vote individual preferences.
They vote as units by counties and
legislative districts for tine candidate
who carried those respective political
divisions. The law was framed to
neutralize the importance of Baltimore
City and County, in which nearly so
per cent of the people of the State
reside, but it results in almost a po-
li,ical travesty. In the Gubernatorial
campaign last year the candidate who
carried the State by 1900 majority
had a ma ority of only one in the con-
vention. In the Republican convention
to elect delegates to the Chicago con-
vention Mr.. Taft had seventy-three out
Of I2o delegates, but Mr.. Roosevelt
controlled the convention by the votes
of counties and districts. 1t might be
possible for a Senatorial candidate 10
control the nominating convention
without having received a majority of
the popular vote in his party, and yet
when the convention nominated that
candidate the voters who wanted 10
remain loyal to their party would have
to cast their ballots for him. Adroit
politicians have thus perpetuated the
convention system which modern po-
litical reformers are attempting to de-
stroy in order to give the people full
rein in the control Of affairs.
More than this. inasmuch as a plu-
rality of votes will elect a Senator,
it is possible that a little over one
third of the people of Maryland may
determine who will be the Senator.
although in this particular Maryland
will not be alone 1t is none the less
interesting. however, 10 note that the
approaching election in that State may
be prevented. in two distinct particu-
lars. from being an expression of the
will OF a majority OF the people.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Sun Yat Sen.

We are not so sure that the present
overthrow of DR.. Sun Vat Sen marks
the end of his efforts as revolution
airy reformer in China, though it is too
bad that the creator of the republic
had to flee his country prescribed
rebel and defeated. Whatever may be
the ultimate verdict as to the man, he
certainly exercised a profound infu-
ence over the uprising which put an
end to the Manchu dynasty.
His self-denying attitude when he
relinquished his claim to the leadership
of the republic in the interest of har-
mony has not been maintained by him.
however, since the election of Yuan
Shih kai as President. The latter
accuses DR.. Sun of being the instigator
and leading spirit of the rebellion in
the southern provinces of China, the
ally of disaffected officials who hoped
to stay the progress of genuine reform
and return to the system of corruption
which for centuries fourished in the
administration of the old empire.
We lean 10 the belief that the strong
hand OF authority employed in the name
of the republic. but with hand OF
iron. will prevail, and that once more
DR.. Sun will become an exile from the
land in whose cause he was for years
a hunted fugitive.
He has been proclaimed as an I'm
selfish patriot. and, on the other hand.
as an unscrupulous plotter: as a pro-
found student of the modern science
of government and as a self-seeking
demagogue. 1t is therefore almost
to form an accurate judg-
ment OF his motives. Opinions are
colored by prejudice or preconceived
ideas. and the workings of the Oriental
mind find no true index in the utter
ances of leaders like DR.. Sun, whose
had to be conducted by means
of secret societies and with the help
of men and their deeds which will
hardly bear the light OF day.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
FRENCH NEGRO TROOPS.

From the New York Evening sun
The Parisians have been making much
Iof the native African troops that were
brought to the French capital to repre-
sent the colonies on the occasion of the
national holiday. Several interpretations
may be put upon the tremendous ovation
bestowed upon the black soldiery from
the sidewalks of Paris In naming them
over the thought comes that all are in
part true.
The cheering expressed first and fore
most the delight which Frenchmen, at
present going through all the ariors of A
regeneration OF hopes and ambitions nat.
urally feel at the view of a tangible sign
of the national achievement in colonial
development. With this undoubtedly
mingled a different and deeper enthus-
iasm in the appeal made by the colonies
in this tangible form OF a detachment of
troops under the common flag. to the
humanitarian traditions Of France the
guiding elder land who is to lead them
into higher future.
Finally, TO a certain extent, the popu-
lar delight in the colonial troops expressed
consciousness that in these auxiliaries
the French nation could put a new reli-
ance for the defense of its territory This
feature of the demonstration has received
much discussion. and the French public
lists are in many cases OF the opinion
that Frenchmen would welcome the as
sistance of an armed force drawn from
the colonies to strengthen the human
barrier that Is ever renewed and often
REINFORCED against the eastern frontier
In case the French were again hard
pressed, 1t is fairly certain that troops
would again be brought from the colonies
as they were in fsTe. to fill gaping ranks
But. save in extreme emergency, no ex-
tensive call on the colonials could be
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Popular Choice Restricted.

The election of Senator Bacon in
Georgia under the new amendment
did not excite especial interest. Fopu-
lar elections of Senators have been the
practice in Georgia for many years.
the Legislature merely ratifying The
selection of the people Senator Bacon
had already been chosen at a previous
election, and the special election was
merely perfunctory compliance with
the terms OF the Constitution. In
Maryland, however, there has been no
vacancy now to be filled, nor is Mary
land. like Georgia. in the solid South.
Ii is not a State in which a noniina-
ton is equivalent TO an election. There
fore, there are conditions 10 be ana
lived and lessons to be learned which
must appeal to every observer of po-
litical affairs.
And the first point which presents
itself is that the new amendment. in
stead of widening the field from which
United States Senators may be Sc
lccted. actually restricts the people i'll
the choice of candidate.
Under the Maryland law, which has
it, counterpart in many other States.
lie candidates for Senatorial honors
must be entered, like horses in a race,
fifteen days before the nominating pri-
mary is held. They must qualify in
each of the twenty-three counties and
four Baltimore legislative districts by
paying an entrance fee of SIS, and no
person not thus qualifying can be
voted for at the polls. Under the old
system the convention which nominated
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

through letters, literature, and speeches.
to the voters of an entire State.
When the election in Maryland shall
have been held there will be an inter-
esting story of the financial burden of
Senatorial campaign, provided, of
course, that the facts are ever made
known. In the language of the late
lamented Ben Franklin, we are likely
to pay pretty dearly for our new
whistle.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
The Revision In Express Rates.
From the New YUk American.

from the New YOk American.
Sooner or later the gentlemen in the
express business will learn that these
new complaints will prove as Intellectual
as those that have gone before. The
plight of the express companies Is due
solely 10 their own greed. Reaching into
the public jug. they grabbed too many
chestnuts, and in consequence couldn't
get their hands out again.
In handling this particular monopoly
the government has done a workmanlike
job. But back OF 1t 1t had a jealous
public sentiment, built up by the greed
of the express companies themselves.
There is a lesson here for every over
greedy corporation that seeks not only
monopoly. but eXtortIon through mo-
nopoly. II the express companies can be
curbed, other monopolies can be curbed.
if not through the antitrust law. by
effective and scientific government COM
petition.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
An Index to Next Year.

The popular election of a Senator
in Maryland this, fall may afford an
index of what may happen next year.
First of all, if the Republican party
continues divided in Maryland, as it
is divided in other States, it insures
Democratic victory. Last year the
Wilson electors received II2,764 votes,
Roosevelt was given s7,7S6 votes, and
Taft polled s4o56 votes. In other
words, the combined Roosevelt and
Taft vote, classed as Republican to
differentiate it from the Democratic
vote, had bare majority of eighty
eight This means that If the Demo-
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

Every high-school graduate in Nebras-
ka receives a letter from the University
of Nebraska congratulating him on his
gradu .tion and urging him to consider
the advantages offered by the State UNI
versity.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

How would YOU like to be the proof
reader at the Government Printing Of
fee and have TO read all those tariff
speeches?
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
4 New Department.

That new manager is a wonder" de-
clared the department store head.
''As 10 how
Has a bargain sale every day. and
sells nearly every woman an accident
policy before the rush begins"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

II the Venezuelan government had not
built up a surplus in its treasury Castro
would not have tried to come back.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

It is not safe TO Judge man by the
clothes he wears. nor a woman by the
clothes she doesn't wear.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

The word Huerta means fruit garden,
but the one In Mexico is a lemon.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10

Rome. Ga. is paving with asphalt
macadam.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
A Best Seller.

A Best Seller
my publishers have my next novel all
billed and advertised, ! see."
That ought to be gratifying"
1T is: but they may want to begin
selling 1t. don't you know. I wonder
what I'll write about"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Uncle Penuywise Says,

Apparently We can't all be successful
but when a man is successful it's aston
ishine how many people can hang on to
his coattails.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Continuous Performance.

This divorce evil is a curse
How now?'
Il have five daughters. and no sooner
90 I get 'em all married on than / have
to start fresh"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Her Little Task.

''How's your new housem3ld?'
Artistic, but not much for rough work.
Yesterday she spent the entire morning
manicuring the hands of the parlur
clock"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
Didn't Speak Up.

And you accepted wombst last night?
What could have possessed your
You could have possessed me-" re-
torted the girl, but you were entirely
too slow"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
A Popular Cause.

oh. Mr.. Woodman. spare that tree.
Touch not a single bough.
You may need wood, but you should be
For conservation now.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-10
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
PoErRY,s PROMINENT PEOPLE

POETRY'S PROMINENT PEOPLE.
who lay a-dying in Algiers
Amid a dearth Of woman's tears?
Who's kept it up throughout the years!
The soldier.
Who, in the meadow. played the drudge.
Raked hay instead Of making fudge?
Who was it nearly caught a judge?
Maud Muller.
Who on the curfew bell kept tab?
Who thought of home when skies gre "
drab
And hailed a passing taxicab?
The plowman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-10-24
CONFEssEs Staying WIDOW
Prisoner Who strangied Woman at
Milwaukee Is Identified as
Ex-ConvIct.

Milwaukee.--The identity of wom-
an who was strangled with her own
silk scarf and her face and head
crushed by blows from a piece of gas
pipe, by man giving his name as
George Schultz. has been established
as that of Mrs. Amelia Willie, 50 years
old, widow, who was a sister Of Pc
lice Lieutenant William Mas.
The police by Bertillon records have
identified Schultz. who confessed, as
Harry Dorow, son Of a Milwaukee sa-
ioonkeeper. Dorow was a prisoner at
the Green Bay reformatory, where he
served eighteen months for forgery.
After attacking Mrs. Willie and beat.
ing her face beyond recognition. Do
row dragged her body into an alley
Passersby witnessed the act and at
tackled him. but he escaped. Later III
the evening he surrendered to the po-
lice. Dorow claims the motive of his
crime was robbery.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-10-24
MAY CLEAR MURDER MYSTERY
Case of Staying Near Altoona In 1908
Reopened by Confession of Man
Held In Chicago.

Eau Claire.-The mystery OF muir
der committed near Altoona more than
Ave years ago may be cleared up by
the confession of Robert Hodgins, held
in Chicago, who admits that he per-
petrated the crime for the purpose of
robbery. In November, 1908, the body
of w. e. Murray, railroad laborer,
was found on the outskirts of Altoona.
His skull had been crushed and a
large sum of money he was supposed
to carry was missing. George White.
another laborer, was arrested for the
crime. but finally acquitted for lack
of evidence. The story told by Hod-
gins to the Chicago officers closely cor.
responds to the facts of Murray's muir
der and the Eau Claire county officials
will probably bring him here and re.
open the case.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-10-24
20 U. S. SOLDIERS ARE KILLED
Crack Members Of Artillery Com.
panles Lose Lives :. Rail-
road Wreck.

Meridian, Miss, Oct. 21.-Twenty
United States soldiers were killed and
100 hurt when special train on the
Mobile &: Ohio railroad plunged
through a trestle near State Line,
Miss, on Sunday.
The dead are:
Joseph Teben, Ernest Parquette,
Clyde Teel. B. B. Bishop, G. C. Burle-
son. Joseph Provence, w. H. Brim.
80 Goodies. Remsen, -
Gruckle, - Acres, one body uniden-
titled.
All We're privates and members of
Company Thirty-nine. coast artillery,
u. S. A.
The Thirty-ninth and One Hundred
and Seventeen companies of coast ar
tliiery stationed at Fort Morgan were
taken to Mobile on the special Mobile
e Ohio train, bound for Meridian,
where the soldiers were to participate
in fair. On the train were 179 off,
GERS and men. The men were the
crack members of their respective
companies, having been chosen for
their excellence In drill and other
maneuvers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-10-24
FIVE DIE IN BLIZZARD
MIDDLE WEST IS SWEPT sv
sNoWsToRm.
Gale Wrecks Vessels on Great Lakes
and Crops in South Suffer From
Cold Wave

| Chicago, Oct. 21.-The first snow
storm OF the season blew into Chicago
Monday night on the wings of a 30-mile
northwest wind. The snow did not
last long, but it was of the blizzard
variety for a short time. Wisconsin
suffered severely from a gale that
swept the state.
Dispatches from widely scattered
Wisconsin cities brought the same
news-that a frightful blizzard was
raging Railroad traffic is practically
at q standstill; telegraph and tele-
phone service is demoralized, and in
one city, Ashland. the street cars were
forced to suspend operation because
of the snow.
Other points in the Mississippi val
ley where the sudden advent Of win
ter was reported included st. Paul
and Minneapolis, registering ternpera-
lures from ten to twelve degrees be-
low freezing. 1t was the coolest Octo-
Der day for the Twin Cities since Octo-
Der Is, 1896, and a snowstorm, al
most OF blizzard proportions. ragged all
afternoon and night.
The Wisconsin blizzard, however,
easily outclassed all other reports OF
bad weather The snow belt at mid
night was from Fond du Lac, $50
miles north of Chicago, across the
state to the west and north to the
Lake Superior line.
All shipping on Lake Superior has
sought shelter. and three men were
drowned in Chequamegou bay at Ash
land when their gasoline launch was
upset by the heavy seas. Details Of
the Ashland blizzard are meager.
Two hunters on Shawano lake, George
McEachron and Thomas Stoltz Of
Milwaukee, were drowned when the
gale upset their skin half mile from
shore.
dispatch from Alpena, Mich,
states that the wooden steamer Nor
walk OF Detroit was driven on the
rocks at False Pressure isle.