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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
Tariff Will Be Campaign Issue.

The next campaign, year from next
fall. which will determine the political
complexion of the next House, will be
fought upon the tariff issue.
Bv that time the new law will have
been in operation long enough to de-
ternline whether it is a blessing or an
injury. Up to the present time no
body knows which will be the result.
Ii would seem as if like causes pro-
duce like effects-the low tariff schel-
ules. which produced idleness and bust
ness distress in 1893 are likely to bring
about the same result in 1913.
Whatever happens, be it i'll or good,
the full responsibility is with the Dem
ocrats. The division of parties at the
time of the memorable tariff legisla-
ton in the last Democratic admins
tration do not now exist. There was
a bare majority in the Senate; now the
Democrats have margin of SIX votes
The President was not in harmony
with the leaders of his party in the
Senate; now the President is in abso-
lutte control. Then there was the pow
erful Gorman-A ldrich combination
today that domination does not exist
So that, if things go wrong, the
Democrats cannot plead extenuatine
circumstances.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
BK1LEY'S REPORTED
NEW ROLE AMUSES
Guardian of Constitution as Counsel
for Banker Glover Would
Present Anomaly.

Congressional circles were first inter
ested and then amused yesterday by
renort that former Senator Joseph well
dom BAILEY. who gained name ana lame
"a a constitutional authority and
Jealous defender of the bulwarks thrown
around Senators and members OF Con-
gross by the constitution, has been re-
tanned to defend Charles c. Glover. Mr..
clover Is expected to be hauled before
the bar Of the House on warrant
signed nv the Speaker some day this
week He will be as soon as the tarin
hill is off the boards. Mr.. Giovers
alleged contempt consisted in Shaping
the face of Representative Thetus w.
Simms Of Tennessee, in Farragut Park
last month.
No verification was obtainable yester-
day of the report. Mr.. Glover was not
to be found. Senator Bailey was In
New York. Vice President Flather, OF
the Riggs National Bank. of which Mr..
Glover is the president, said he had not
seen the latter for more than ten days;
that he had heard the report but did
not place any faith in it's accuracy.
The report was to the effect that Mr..
Glover expects to sue out of custody on
a writ of habeas corpus and carry the
case to the Supreme Court for decision.
He desires the able pleading and great
constitutional knowledge of Senator
Bailey, recognized as one of the leadins
constitutional authorities of the country.
Members Of the House yesterday laugheo
at the prospect of having Senator
Bailey defend one who, supposedly, mas
violated one Of the constitutional e&-
emptions and projections Of a MEMBER
OF Congress.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
Preparing for the Campaign.

1t is no wonder that the Democrats,
realizing that they must stand or fall
upon their record, are already planning
for the next campaign. The reorgan-
ization of their Congressional CAM
paign committee is now under way.
There is some difficulty regarding the
choice of chairman, there being
current reports to the effect that Presi-
dent Wilson wants to virtually domi-
nate the selection. while the Repre-
sentatives favor Ben Johnson, OF
Kentucky. When this matter has been
settled. the Democrats will undertake
to perfect their organization in each
Congressional district Their main
hope is, of course, that the split in
the Republican party will continue, and
they will naturally favor the nomina:
ton of a Progressive candidate in each
district Inasmuch as the Progressive:
seem equally determined to be in the
field, it would seem as if the next
campaign would continue to be three.
cornered fight.
Up to the present time the Repub'
lican party, as an organization, has re-
manned inactive. 1t is true that upor
the floor of the House they have en-
deavored, under the leadership of Rep
resentative Serene E. Payne, formel
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, to harass the Democrat
and make some political capital, blu
even this effort seems likely to b.
abandoned. There has not been, thu
far, any effort to reorganize the Re
publican Congressional campaign com
mittee, while the rumored opening o
a national headquarters has not ma
terialized I
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
GEORGETOWN LAW CLASS
HOLDS ANNUAL SMOKER
.In.ticc Ashley M. Gould Makes Adj
dress ON "FcllOwshtp At
the Barr

Justice Ashley NJ. Gould last night adj
dressed members of the class of 1914.
of Georgetown University Law School, at
their second annual smoker. Two hun
dred and fifty students attended the
smoker. which was held at the National
Hotel.
Fellowship at the Bar" was the IT,
tie of Justice Goulds address He spoke
of the rivalry between lawyers in court
rooms. and contrasted it with the sood
fellowship that exists between attorneys
at times of relaxation.
C. G.. James, of the washington bar,
smoke on The Study Of Law" Class Of
ficers who spoke were Joseph j. McCon-
Vile. president; William II. c. Gala
han. first vice president; William 1. Con-
nelly, second vice president; Harry M
Carroll secretary; Oliver B. Smith, treas
urer: George A. Cannon, sergeant-at-
arms: William T. Richmond, historian;
M McGruder, and John Shields.
Guests of the students were, besides
Justice Gould and Mr.. James, A. A.
Hoehling. William Henry White Charie.
]. Murphy. Ralph D. Quinter, Edmund
Brady, and C. c. Miller.
Those in charge of arrangements FOL
the BANQUET were James A. Purcell. chair
man: Thomas v. Sullivan, William T
Richmond, and Norris w. Mclean, com.
prising the banquet committee, and
George w. Bond, chairman; Charles X
Clason. Thomas p. Hevers, Frederic 8
Noise, and Arthur p. Same. composing
the reception committee.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
NO RECOMMENDATION
FOR FRIEDMAN CURE
Public Health and Marine Service Not
to Make Statement for
the Present.

Emphatic denial was made at the Pub
Tic Health and Marine Hospital Service
yesterday that the government would in
any manner recommend or indorse the
Friedman tuberculosis serum Surgeon
Rucker. speaking for Surgeon General
Blue, stated that the service would not
issue a statement of any kind either in
dorsing or criticising the Friedman
cure. Whether or not some merit has
been discovered by chemists at the n.y.
genie laboratory in the bacilli and that
such a report has been made to Surgeon
General Blue would not be admitted.
THE whole matter" DIR. Rucker stat
ed, is one for deep research. The serv-
ice is not going on record in favor OF
the Friedman serum until II positively
knows, not only what II is made of. al
though to a great extent this has been
ascertained. but that 1t is an anti-toxin.
Certain experiments made on animals at
the laboratory have given the Surgeon
General an insight into the virus, but
these experiments have by no means
definitely settled the question as 10
whether or not the Friedman serum is
cure for tuberculosis. Further expert
ments, that is a complete record of cases
| treated. must show the efficacy of the
treatment, before the government Will
lend itself as an indorser of the Fried
mann cure Until the cases treated by
Friedman show actual conditions OF
Improvement the gYvernment will with
hold all recommShdations."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
JUNIOR REPUBLIC GIRLS
ODE ENTERTAINED HERE


The party of girls from the Junior
Republic at Freeville. n. y. who
will arrive in Washington tomorrow VIII
he Joined at the Union Station by the
,virIs from the National Junior Repub-
n. a. Annapolis Junction. These girls
live In a city which they govern.
while here the young ladies will be
chartered by friends of the Junior Re-
n,,blic. A reception will be rendered w.
r. George, who is in charge OF the
girls. at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
PbiIlip s. Henry, 1402 Massachusetts,
Avenue. President Wilson will receive
the party tomorrow afternoon.
Following is the committee in charge
of plans for entertaining the girls:
Miss Aline e. Solomons, Mrs Mary
Lockwood, Miss Elizabeth Howry. Mrs.
Fanders Johnson, Miss Rose Bradford,
Mrs. Philip s. Henry. Hon. John Dwight.
John Newbold. c. Millkin. Walter 2.
Rogers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04

If the political managers are slow to
take advantage of the eagerness of the
people to be informed Upon political
topics, the Chautauqua bureaus are
more alert.
A series of joint debates, more than
sixty in number, has been arranged to
be given in Oklahoma, Kansas, Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, South Dakota, Ne
braska, and Missouri, upon Republican
ism versus Progfessiveism. Former
Representative Charles F. Scott OF
Kansas uphclds the former, and Henry
Allen is his opponent. The Chautauqua
managers expect to realize largely by
appealing to the political interest in
these States, and they are not likely
to be disappointed. The attractivenes.
of politics is perennial II is the one
subject, next to religion, which appeals
to the universal mind and is thus 2
sure foundation for business venture
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
bORSECRETARY
|. HOPESFORPEACE
William B. Wilson Addresses
Members Of Pennsyl-
vania Society.
PRAISES HOME. STATE

II hope that the Department of Labor
may bring about such relations between
capital and labor that we may have in
dustrial peace throughout the country,
based not on the might of corporations.
but on equity and Justice
This was the hope expressed by Secre-
tary Wilson, of the newly-created De-
partment of Labor, in a speech delivered
last night before the Pennsylvania So
ciety at its monthly meeting, held at
the Pythian Temple. Secretary Wilson
is a citizen of Pennsylvania, and was
speaking on the subject. Pennsylvania"
'In the creation of the Department of
Labor said Secretary Wilson. zone Of
the duties given to the Secretary was
that he act as mediator and conciliator
in trade disputes: that he bring together
the parties to the dispute. not by the old
means of strikes and the stoppage of
business, but by reason and common
sense. If the department can accomplish
this it will not have been created in
vain
Representative Willis ]. Rulings of
Pennsylvania also addressed the society.
His subject was ''Oil Production in Penn
sylvania.'
Mrs. Laura Davis, DR.. George P Davis,
Franklin A. Writ, and Miss Tillie Rote
were admitted to membership.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
BLOUNT PLOW COMPANY
HAS COOPERATIVE PLAN
Prominent Georgetown Resident Is
Proud Of His Factory's
Record.

A pension fund for employees over
sixty years of age was announced by the
Blount Plow Company at Evansville,
Ind. as a surprise for the men at the
annual May Day dinner. All employees
with twenty years service may retire
when sixty years old with a pension
equal to l per cent of their wages null
tiplied by the number of years they have
served. The pension plan was worked
out by Henry F. Blount, jr., manager
of the company, and was read to the
men by Walter z. Blount.
About Is employees, wives and chill
dren. were seated at the dinner tables
in the factory warehouse Thursday, May
l. The company, represented by several
members of the Blount family, acted
as host on the occasion; Frederick r.
Blount being POSTMASTER.
Col II. F. Blount, founder of the fac
tory, which will be fifty years old in
1917. celebrated his eighty-fourth birth
day yesterday. Mr.. Blounts Is one OF
the best known residents of George
town and makes II a point to go to
Evansville at every annual meeting. He
addressed the merrymakers. saying he
was happy to return to Evansville again
and renew the spirit of comradeship
which had always existed between the
company officials and the employees
Among the speakers at the dinner
were Capt. S. F. jacob, who was with
the company many years and is now re-
tired on a pension, and Charles Moore,
superintendent, who emphasized the
friendly feeling existing between the men
and the company. The Blount factory
has never had a strike, has no unions,
and has never had az suit for personal
Injury damages. The employees have a
mutual benefit sick and accidental asso-
citation. The foreman of the blacksmith
shop has been with the company thirty
five years, starting when he was six
teen. and enjoys the distinction of being
IA oldest empIove
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

The proof of the pudding is in the
eating. What kind of food will the
tariff bill provide?
This is the question which is wor-
rving the Democratic majority in Con-
gress. 1t was all very well, during
the last campaign, TO tell the voters
that the Democratic party, if Entrusted
with power, would reduce the cost OF
living without closing a factory or re-
ducing wages. The spellbinders took
their audiences up on the mountain and
showed them the promised land. 1t
is different now. Glittering generali-
ties have been replaced by grave re-
sponsibilities 1t is up to the Demo
Gratis to redeem their promises, and the
fact that they may not be able to do
all that they claimed is giving many
of them cause for sober reflection.
1t was stated i few days ago by a
Western Representative that if there
could be secret ballot in the House,
the tariff bill would be defeated. OF
course it would. A measure which
makes such wholesale reductions in
tariff rates is sure to pinch good
many corns. Take the New England
Democrats. for instance. There are
members from Rhode Island and Con-
necticut who are sincerely in favor OF
tariff revision, who believe with equal
honesty that the pending measure is toe
radical. They expect to sf serious
check upon the manufacturing indus,
tries in their districts and they know
that this means that they will be left
al home
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
Senator Works Bill.

1t would be the worst possible
policy to cover up crimes, to conceal
murders and robberies, and to assure
every criminal in one place that the
police of other cities know nothing
of him and his doings.
We recall this in connection with the
bill introduced by Senator Works of
California, prohibiting the newspapers
of the District of Columbia from pub
fishing any news of crimes commit
ted. No doubt the distinguished
statesman from the coast with its ele-
waited morals is DESTROYS Of elevating
the morals of the Federal District
and the National Capital. But the
District Commissioners take a differ
ent view of the matter, when they
say:
The publicity given by the press
generally tends to lessen evil condi-
tions, and thus renders useful serv-
ice to the public That the dread of
publicity has a deterrent influence
upon those disposed or tempted to the
committing of crime may be inferred
from the fact that most offenders
against the law seek to avoid expo
sure of the circumstances of their mis-
behavior in newspaper reports of their
trials.
Just so. The Commissioners know
exact1v what thew are talking about
as practical men should. And Sena-
tor Works also ought to know this,
just by looking at events in his own
home country. The Western mining
camps and the headquarters of the
cattle men are but poorly supplied
with newspapers Some are altogether
destitute of newspapers or periodicals
of any kind. Are there no murders
is there no horse stealing, no gambling
no train robbery, where men have nc
record of the previous days crimes
all over the world?
Perhaps there is a good deal of truth
in what Dr. Woods Hutchinson, the
noted reformer and hygienist, says
"A man who goes crazy on account oil
love or religion has not far to 60
But the man who commits a crime
just because he happened to read
about One already was near prison o,
! asylum
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
CARLOAD OF PRISONERS
LEAVE FOR SALTWATER
suut. Zirkhan Starts with Twenty
nine Conicted Men for West.
ern "Pen."

supt. zinkhan, of the Washington Asy-
um Hospital. and the District jail. took
a special car at Union Station at 7:35 last
night with twenty-nine prisoners for the
penitentiary at Saltwater, MINI. With
Supt Zinkhn's party were several
policemen loaned by the District for the
preservation of order on the trip.
Leroy Baker, the youthful house,
breaker who achieved notoriety over
night by a series of reckless exploits in
boarding houses, was among the prison.
ers. Young Baker probably was the
most distinguished in the profession"
of those making the trip. For three
days his operations were spoken and
written of as the most mysterious and
the coolest in the knowledge of the
local police.
This is the third consignment of pris-
oners taken by Supt. Zinkhan to Still
water The Federal institutions at Fort
Leavenworth and at Atlanta are over
crowded.
Most of the prisoners were house
breakers. Those of their number best
known were Lee Swain. Thomas Jones.
Walter johnson, Richard Stewart.
housebreakers, and Eugene Carroll,
sentenced for robbery. Sentences of the
twenty mine prisoners totaied 100 years,
the terms running from one and one
half years to twelve years. Five Of the
prisoners were white and twenty -four
| were colored
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
The Supreme c.urt % R.pudi.iioa.


The Supreme Court of the United
States last Monday, by the close margin
of S to 4, decided that railroad
company cannot wipe out its debts by
reorganization, provided its creditors
had failed to consent to such reor-
ganization. The case was that of John
BOYD against the Occur d'Alene Rail
road and Navigation Company, and
the owner of the judgment has brought
suit against the Northern Pacific Rail
way Company, after the latter had
bought the Occur d'Alene property.
Later he tried to have his judgment
declared lien on the property Of the
Northern Pacific.
Justice Lamar, who handed down
the decision, said:
When BOYD found the property ir
the same hands after the reorganiza
ton as before. he had right to gel
the property for the payment OF the
debt, even though there had been
judicial sale. Corporations insolvenl
or financially embarrassed often hnc
it necessary to scale their debts ano
readjust stock issues, with an agree,
ment to conduct the same bushes:
with the same property under re-
organization. This may be done II
pursuance of a private contract be-
tween bondholdcrs and stockholders
and though the corporation property is
thereby transferred to new company
having the same shareholders, tht
transaction would be binding between
the parties. But, of course, such
transfer by stockholders from them
selves to themselves cannot defeat thu
| claim of a nonassenting creditor. A:
against him, the sale is void in equity
regardless of the motive with which i
was made.
This seems to be good morals. lr
this case the owners of the new com
pany were identical with the owner:
of the old. The property was th'
same. There was no difference excep
in name between the Northern Pacific
Railroad" and the Northern Pacific
Railway Company" Justice Lama
holds that there is nc difference il
principle, if the reorganization instead
of being effected by private sale i
consummated by masters deed, undel
consent decree"
1t is not in the interest of gooc
| morals that liens should thus easily b,
wiped out. There has been altogethe
too much of this reorganization scan
dial, though in this case the transac
ton was admitted to have been honest
Reorganization has often been nothing
more than a device for repudiatinl
honest debts. In the present case al
wages and salaries owed by the oil
company were assumed by the new
one. 1t ought to be so with all debts
except, of course. when the creditor
knew of the reorganization and con
scented to it.
Men can escape from their debts afte
making a proper showing in the bank
ruptcy court. But they cannot do
by merely changing their name. No
ought railroads be permitted to FIRE
themselves from their obligation
through transfer of the corporal
property from one company to anothe
with the same stockholders.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04

Chicago dispatch to the New York Herald
Skyscraper baseball, played 200 feet
above the street level, is the newest sport
adopted by employees in the main build
ing of the Chicago Telephone Company
since the mild weather has made outdoor
playing possible.
A baseball diamond has been laid out
on the roof of the new building and
two teams have been organized. Every
day during the noon hour the teams play
q few innings.
The diamond ID inclosed by a six-foot
wall, anc the roof In SO large that no
one has yet been able to bat the ball out
Of the grounds
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04

One of the most interesting details
of the situation is that the Democrats
have real leaders.
Oscar Underwood has demonstrated
his ability to lead his party. The tar
if bill, which he and his colleagues
upon the Ways and Means Committee
have framed, is being railroaded
through the House without the change
of a single syllable. Many Democrats
do not like some of its details. They
have said so in their speeches. A few
of them, from the wool and sugar
States, may vote against it; but the
great majority of the Democratic men,
bership will swallow it, hook, line, and
sinker They are afraid to be re-
corded against it. They will either
come back to Congress upon a great
wave of successful accomplishment, or
they will sink under a great weight of
popular condemnation. They follow
their leader, hoping for the best, but
anxious about the outcome.
President Wilson is proving real
leader. He knows what he wants and
purposes to get it. Beneath his smii-
ing suavity is a determination which
commands respect. The changes which
he suggested in the tariff bill were
promptly made and the measure now
has his approval. This does not mean
that the struggle is over. 1t is not al
all improbable that the fight will be
carried into the Democratic caucus, and
even to the floor of the Senate