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new to executive duties, or new to the
public notice. They will have their hands
full at once of matters of the mghest
Importance. A very great deal Will de-
pend on how the ball is set rolling.
But with Congress in session, compli-
cations IL they arise can be adjusted
with the assistance of that body. II
congressional action IS important In any
case. it can be had without delay. The
President will have only 20 submit the
matter by message. and what is neces-
sary can be voted in short. order.
Congress also, ii is true, will show new
men. and many of them. Such cam
paign as was waged last year. with one
of the old parties in a state of disor-
ganization, was bound to retire many eX-
perienced legislators in favor Of op-
ponents who ordinarily would not have
had a chance Of success.
But the majority party in both houses
will be led by men of experience; and
that should count heavily in the eaua-
tion. In the lower house particularly
the presence Of Mr.. Clark. Mr.. Under
wood, Mr.. Clayton and others should helc
steady the general situation as Congress
may be called upon to notice it.
The length of the session VIII be de-
termined by developments. Intervention
in Mexico or another Intervention in
Cuba might make IL advisable for Con-
gress to tarry awhile on that account.
Some sharp business disturbances grow
ing out of the shaping of new tariff. or
trust or currency measures might make
it advisable for Congress in some way to
deal with them.
But, in any case. We are to have Con-
gress in session soon after the issuance
of the country's latest mandate as to
legislation, and with power to deal with
all questions affecting the public welfare.
And there is in the fact much for the
country to be thankful for.
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Washington and Lincoln.

.ro Washington and Lincoln out-of-
date" Have they no message Tor 'hese
times" Arc We mistaken in iooklns u
1h.tr performances for inspirations anu
suggestion in the work We now have IN
hand?
There are men before the public whose
deIiverarces lead to these duestiohs.
Some of them spoke on the l2tn ul'ifho'
and others on the I'D. The tributes 10
bnth the father and the preserNer OF the
countI.v were warm, but somehow quail
fled.
II was admitted that Washington
work was great. and we'll done AS huc'l
WAS said of I.incoln's work. Eacn soiNeo
the problenls of his day, and earheo tie
lasting gratitude of his countTyIaen.
rut we are reminded that Washington
work. was done moro than IA hundred
wears ago. and Lincoln's fifty years ago.
Nov times. new problems. New PROV
,.,us now men Neither Washington nor
lincoln had either the trusts or conserVa-
lion to consider Both were protectlon-
,sts but the tariff problem of their DAY
Was not the tariff problem of this DAY.
All very true. but it fails to take into
account the broad principles for whlcn
tb,, two men stood. and upon which they
.c,ed They found warrant in the Con-
stitution for all they did, and all thes
aid still further strengthened the Consul
ru,ion At the end of sixty years WASH
tnrton was an inspiration to Lincoln. and
why at the end of fifty years should not
Lincoln be an inspiration to us
Had Washington been in the Nhi'e
tIo,,v. i'm 1S6i he would have found. as
LINCOLN did power enough in the consul
tuition To save the country from dismeH-
bcrment He would have proceeded quite
as promptly as Mr.. Lincoln did against
secession. and being a trained soidler
nrobab,v with clearer idea of the mill
tary difficulties presented. The war, un-
der his general direction OF the Union
cause might have ended sooner than IL
did. Certain il is that he would nave
amnloved all the resources of the govern
mont to support and defend the Constltu-
tion.
If Lincoln were in the White House TO-
day he would be laying his course q!
the Constitution as conscientiously as
Taft has laid his. The men who are
claiming him for a revolutionist. and de-
claripg that If alive he would be sup
porting radical departures from the old
chart. give a strange reading of his rec
ord In his day he met the temptations
of a change but resisted them. tie re-
manned constitutional conservative to
the end and students of that great strug-
gle today agree that by no other course
could he have performed the services
that have made his name immortal.
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INAUGURATION NOTES.

Eron, HE Jacksonville Times Union
Washington is employing special police
men for the inaugural parade: She doesn't
;ntand that her visitors shall carry any
thing but hopes back with them.
From the Baltimore Star
After stating that Wilson ) request for
:, simple affair would be carried out, the
inaugural chairman blandiE announces
that II will be the grandest and most gor-
aeous ever held.
From tie Cincinnati Enquirer.
Having experienced one meteorological
..f1areback'' on Inauguration day. the
Washington authorities have no intention
OF trusting fully the chief forecasters
promises Of sunshine and balmy breezes.
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A POSSIBILITY.

Whea tariff makers OF renown
Shall cut each unjust duty down;
When landlords ask but little rent:
When banks and trusts shall be content
With modest profits now and then
On trade they do with common men:
When railroads cease TO cirarge a rate
Almost the value OF the freight;
When coal men. lumbermen and such
Shall cease TO waste and spoil SO much:
When middlemen shall be no more;
And he who runs the retail store
Shall find q profitable way
10 scale the prices We must pay
When, in each legislative hail.
Our Statesmen serve US, one and al!
Instead OF working for the folk
Who hold the land beneath their yoke;
When you and l. with thrifty care,
SHALL stop the leakage here and there.
Desist from thOughtleSsness and haste
Which mean extravagance and waste;
When all these goodly things are SO.
The cost OF living may get low
But, l dunno!
-BertOn Braley, in Detroit Time:
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gerous If one will simply mind ones own
business. F7ashy propositions of oppor-
tunities for diversion are, to be passed up
without discussion. There VIII perhaps
be some fake guides. seeking merely to
entangle the stranger and separate MIN
from his money. The city provides Ii
censed guides who can be easily identified,
and all others should be avoided. There
are enough policemen here to give infor-
nation to inquiring strangers. and if
washingtons guests during these next few
days will be ordinarily discreet and SEN
sibIe in their activities they Will have
no occasion to regret their visit.
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The Spring Session.

Let me country rejoice that il Is To
ave Congress on its hands in the spring
Take our foreign affairs. We are. and
may be for some months To come nery-
ois about Mexico. We are responsible
ioI. order in Cuba, and disorder NAV
srow out of the approaching change OF
administration there. Unrest is showing
"a certain sections of Central and South
America. and should il take turbulent
orm our interests there may REQUIRE
sQ!nc action on our part.
Take our domestic affairs. Business is
nervous about the incoming administra-
ts1D- II Will be cfficered by men either
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COMMENTS ON THE COMMONER.

From the Atlanta Constitution
II Bryan il not appointed Secretary of
State the Ananas Club will be over
crowded
From the Cincinnati Times star.
One position that the protean cabinet
possibility. w. j. b., isn't anxious for is
that of Secretary of War.
From the Columbus Dispate1.
If Mr. Bryan is unusually silent 1t may
be because he is keeping UP powerful
thinking
From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Something ought 10 start soon 10 make
William Jennings Bryan break his silence
Spell.
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From the knoxville journal and Tribune.
Next Tuesday Woodrow Wilson will
fall heir to some responsibilities he hadn't
thought about when he was nominated
for President.
From the Grand Rapids Press.
Wilson's inaugural address will consist
Of only 2,OOO words. He starts Off like
President worth having.
From the New York Evening Telegram.
Quit publishing those lists OF cabinet
officers. It's causing Mr.. Wilson no end
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The new PRESIDENT.

Of trouble changing his original tab SO as
to prove all the guessers wrong.
From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Woodrow's refusal to follow the exam
pie of his predecessors by joining the
aristocratic Chevy Chase Club no doubt
pains him, but 1t gets him in all right
with the horny handed multitude
From the Cleveland Leader
Woodrow Wilson doesn't look like a
man who would permit his administration
to be Bryanized or ''ized'' in any other
way except Wilsonized.
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In spite of the many disappointnents
that have followed announcements Of new
cures science has made SO much prog
ress in fighting diseases once regarded as
hopeless that no new claim can be dis
missed without respectful consideration.
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\ lawyer for the New York Stock Ex-
change describes his client as the Eltais
of the nation and the state 1t might
be as we'll 10 call in Il doctor and see
whether the ailment threatened is
financial cirrhosis OF merely pecunlary
dyspepsia.
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THIS CHEERFUL CLIMATE.

At eight O'Clock it's bright sunshine,
The sky begins to cloud at nine,
At ten we meet the east winds BIAS,
There is a snowstOrm at halfpsst,
It's warm throughout the afternoon,
The glass goes up. but very soon
it grows 10 be quite cold again.
And presently down comes the rain.
Which drives a man TO take nip
To co,rnteract likely grip.
Oh! Don't we have jolly time
n this erratic, beastly cline!
La Touche Hancock, in the New York SUI
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Punctilious.

I'VE must avoid anything in the way
Of dollar diplomacy" said one interna-
tiOnal lawyer.
Just as you like replied the other:
well do a little mental arithmetic when
we get down to real business and men
ton only pounds or francs
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Chicago's new Chinatown is to have a
church whose creed is made up from the
beliefs of a number Of Christian churches.
1t may be found eventually that a uni
versal religion will be possible. with BEN
efits far beyond those of the much sought
universal language.
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Comparisons.

$50 you think a member of Congress
has some advantages over a PRESIDENT"
Yes. A member Of Congress can get
leave TO print but a President has to
stand out Of doors and read every word
OF his inaugural address.
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By sending over fleet of airships
ii might be possible TO interest great
many of those MeXicans in way that
would make them stop fighting for
while. Still it is question whether the
lives OF American aviators should be
risked for so temporary a benefit.
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After London suffragettc has refused
to eat for few days she begins to won
der why mere men should enjoy special
privileges at the noon hour with reference
to coffee and sandwiches.
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Nexicos rather tickle army has caused
the doctrine that d military organiza-
tion is a peace promoter to be scruti-
niZed with some suspicion.
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Most of the trouble in our economic
system Is caused by Il resentment on the
part of people who have TO hike" to-
ward the use of special train facilities
10 fame and success.
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Suffragettes in England call attention
to a condition which frequently presents
itself in which the government is COM
PEELED to step in to protect the people
who are seeking to discredit or destroy it.
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A twenty ty-thousand-dollar Doctors bill
for man in J. p. Morgan's circum-
stances does not necessarily mean that
the patient was In imminent danger.
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If Mr.. Wilson as President establishes
AN office in the Capitol building he may
ind il desirable to go further and an
nounce lecture hours.
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Spring.

The merry spring We soon shall see,
With blossoming SO fine,
When we are filled with poetry
And also with quinine.
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New Yorks Subway threatens to bring
underground finance to notice as an in
teresting product OF high finance.
Evening star., 1913-03-02

The man who is among those nen-
toned for political appointment wonders
whether MARCH is d prologue to April !.
Evening star., 1913-03-02

Nhenl this country was young enough
to be still one Of the crowns" posses
sions, the little American fleet
Care OF would return home laden with
c.:,., cargoes o. various sorts. and
in addition to the wares
packed away in the hold came crews Oh
sailors smitten with sicknesses new to
the colonies. The sailors were cared for,
and the physicians battled as best they
could with diseases they knew naught or,
how they came or what would cure them.
At first the number of sick seamen was
small enough to make their care one OF
individual interest rather than a matter
of community concern. But soon the
number grew to such proportions that the
colonists began to feel that their care was
one of the crowns duties instead of the
individual colonists and so hospitals were
esta ablished.
Then came the revolution, and the
buildings used as hospitals were conf1s-
Gated and made to accommodate soldiers
as we'll as sailors fighting for this coun-
try After the revolution, in 1898: as a
result of a bill introduced by Robert
Livingston of New York, an act was
passed for 'the relief of sick and dis
abled Seamen.' That was the creation
OF what is today the public health serv-
lCc lie HOSplldlS COntlnueQ 1uOTe DIS 1O-
cal institutions, however, than as govern
ment ones. In the meantime. too. Massa-
chusetts and Virginia had established ma
rine hospitals, under the supervision OF
the state
AS conducted in the beginning. the ma
rine hospital service as it was then des-
ignated, consisted Of small hospitals at
the principal ports Of entry into this
country. The few officers connected with
the service We're stationed permanently
at these points, while the work was car
ried on under the supervision of the col
lector of customs. The reason for this
was that every seaman and officer on
American ships had to pay 90 cents a
month toward the maintenance of the
hospitals AS 1t was the collector of Gus
toms who received the monthly payments.
1t was quite natural to give him the fur
ther duty Of supervision of the hos
pitals themselves. During the early years
the benefits Of the marine hospitals were
extended to sailors Of the United States
Navy. but in 1911 Congress authorized
the establishment of separate naval hos
pitalS.
Evening star., 1913-03-02

When a man says he 'has been disil-
lusioned'' it merely means that he took
q rash chance and guessed wrong.
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1t is sometimes difficult to understand
why Harry Thaw was not tempted some
time ago to retire to private life.
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SHOOTING STARS.
EY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Hope.

t'You have been condemned to be shot
at sunrise said the friendly guard.
WELL replied the Mexican prisoner.
I'm willing to take chance on formal
craftsmanship. But don't let anybody
send a rescue party for me-
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Egyptian
Question.

inclination to tell the true story OF EgYpj
and much less of how that unhappy
country was deprived vi uuasi-indepen-
dence.
The popular impression j. tnat Arab
Pasha was a patriot who struck blow
for the independence OF his country. Tho
truth is he was more puppct than patriot
and the bombardment and burning %
Alexandria in 1882 was a serio-comed4
whose curtain fell upon Il British otca-
patton.
In 1ss2-I am writing in the light BY
which l know NJ. Judet reads Egyptian
hiStory-France was alone in Europe. She
had not recovered from the shock OF cor
flict with Germany. Germany WAS hostile.
Austria was hostile. italy was hostile AMI
Russia, if not hostile, had not vet eA-
tended her hands to France, for tho
Franco-Russian treaty was executed nile
years latcr-that is, June 80. 1s91
In 1904. the year of the AnSlo-Fronch
treaty. France had not Yet prepared her
army and Russia was nursing that social
revolution which has caused her incal-
cuable loss of power at home and is
mainly responsible for her ruin in MAN.
churia.
NJ. Judat believes that Morocco was a
poor exchange for Egypt birihrsht. .in
fact, for mess OF pottage. In any event
the conditional mood 1t should be re-
marked, dominates the treaty OF 1904.
France possesses traditional interest
we'll as economical and commercial rela-
tions I'm Syria, and these must inevitably
be considered in the final settlement o.
the Syrian question, which is closely al
lied 10 the Egyptian question.
AS for the suppression of the privilege
under the capitulations in these countries
AS France paid Germany for Germany's
privileges in Morocco, England will pay
France. Germany, Austria, Italy and the
United states for their capituations IN
Egypt. Gil. C1IAlLLE-LONI.
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District
Court.

Oouit. airy IS, 1869, said. just before
its passage:
'It is to be hoped that Congress will
surely enact into law the pending bill to
remodel the judiciary Of this District. 1t
fails to meet the sanction OF the bar here.
but that is by no means strange. AS a
class, the interests Of those Of its men,
bers who naturally exercise most in
fluence with the body is against any
change whatever. This was signally ap-
parent in the history of the canvass for
the adoption Of the new code. defeated
clearly by their interference against it. to
the great injury of most other interests
among us. We are fast becoming a COM
have changed more in the last two years
than those of any other city ever change
in the same time, and our resident popu-
lation has well nigh. if not quite, doubled
in that time These two changes will
very shortly double the amount OF busi-
ness to be disposed of by the District
courts, requiring the latter to be changed
so as to comport with the judicial changes
that have been found to work we'll for
the public interest in commercial cities
with large populations. If the President
elects, he may under this law retain the
present judges But whether retained or
not. we respectfully submit to Congress
that in times like the present 1t would be
folly on their part to permit the interests
of individual offlceholders to be weighed
in the balance against the many cogent
reasons which will suggest themselves to
their minds for the enactment of the
bill"
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A way to guess mans political likes
or dislikes is to note the kind of weather
he hopes for on Inauguration day.
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POLITICAL SITUATION In EUROPE.

navy is for us a question al life OF -
death, and the evil of constant augmel-
tation Of military and naval expenses
was fell by all in England"
Herr Bethmann-Holweg March >. ial"
replied. He insisted upon the duty of al
nations 10 bear the rivalry of their neigh
bors. but at the same time Germany IN
naval matters would act as Germany ha..
decided.
Mr.. Asduith said in July OF that year
ii was necessary for England to make a
new naval effort. Notwithstanding the
Visit of William III To London and the in
terview of Lord Haldane the German
press places at the head of its budget an
augmentation of Germany fleet. The ar
fair at Agadlr provoked agitation al
London. Mr. Churchill at Glasgow de-
fined the English conception of aE
eventual arrangement thus: Naval su-
periority is a vital question for England.
the navy is rather luxury for Ger
many.
Mr.. Churchill. March 10. l9i. said
Every addition that Germany makes or
will make 10 her new ships each yea
will hasten the augmentation of our
dreadnoughts. and viii necessitate on oar
part special measures.
Coming To the year 1919, Mr.. Churchill
expressed the fear that Germany would
construct three ships OF
ChurchillS the first line while Ena-
cA land would bc obliged
FF To construct five. Let
us suppose" said Mn. Churchill. that
We insert a blank page i'm our book oi
quarrels: suppose Germany does not con-
struct single ship, economize that seven
or eight million pounds. We would not
construct the five superdreadnoughts
which would have been Englands rejoin-
der. Germany could not accomplish a
more brilliant naval action
The echo i'm the press of Europe has a
most uncertain sound. Certain French
when Europe is face To face with a
serious Balkan crisis Germany re-
nounces her naval struggle with England
and would keep her eyes only upon her
army.
The Figaro does not think that the
Balkan affairs will cause or can cause
serious complications. Nevertheless. IL
adds
The peace of today is not forcb' !; the
peace of tomorrow. still less of the day
after. At the same moment that Ger
many renounces the development of hcr
navy by abnormal proportions she thinks
| of increasing her army. The maritim"
armaments are directed against England.
/ On the other hand the military arma
ments are turned exclusively against
France"
| The Echo de Paris is alarmed lest .Ad-
miral Won Tirpitzs declaration in th"
Reichstag was German maneuver
with the view TO pacify and gain over
| the British.
| Germany would professionally close up
her naval quarrel i'm order 10 concentrate
her principal efforts on the continental
problem. prepare the prospective thun-
derbolt which must fall sooner or later
against France. Her army should he
prepared.
The Temps agrees with its cotempo-
| rary's measures for defense. But it IL
| in entire dsaccord as to the designs al
| tributed 10 Germany, and should be
cited:
4
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in
Disgrace.

measure up to their responsibilities. An
instance Of this kind is reported in the
columns Of The Star of February %, 1863,
as follows:
1--WE hear and have no doubt OF the
truth of the statement that last night the
1st Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment went
out on picket duty in the vicinity of
Union Mills. and instead of performing it
the whole regiment went to sleep! The re-
suit is they were disarmed this forenoon
by orders from the commander Of this
military department, and the officer in
command Of the regiment at the time has
also been ordered into arrest. This dis
graceful conduct on the part Of the 1st
Pennsylvania Reserves is doubtless the
result of growing spirit of insubordi:::c-
ton in their ranks. that must be instantly
checked and punished with an iron hand
II the United States would hope to keep
an army. Every officer Of the regiment
who cannot signally clear himself from
suspicion Of sympathy with 1t should be
summarily reduced to the ranks and
forced to serve with nnusket on shoulder,
and its rank and file should be as prompt
ly drafted, by squads of ten, into other
regiments with officers firm enough to
shoot them down, on the slightest mani
festation Of future INSTRUMENTATION So
only can the country hope to have its ar
mics as Well disciplined as those Of the
rebels.