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The Washington times., 1914-02-26
HENNESSY AGAIN.

y fs announced that President
Wilson has been told hat either one
Of three Democrats could be elected
governor of New York this year.
They are Franklin i. Roosevelt,
Herbert Bissell, ami John A. Hen
Messy.
Young Mr.. Roosevelt is a real,
sure-enough Roosevelt al over; and
Hennessy, well, he wcuId surely
have something happening every
minute. Albany would be right in
the middle of the map from the
Jump if Hennessy had a chance to
write some Of those speeches of his
into messages and fire them at the
legislature.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
NEW FOOD LAW DECI.
SION.

The Supreme Court has decided
hat adulterants in food prepara-
tions are not so Objectionable, if
they are not injurious. That is
looked upon by DR.. Wiley and other
experts as throwing open wide the
doors to all kinds of fraud, and
practically breakin" down the law.
What it means is that the time has
come for the establishment of
standards of strength, quality, and
purity, under the law. That ought
10 have been ione in the original
law, but could not. Ever since, il
has been more and more apparent
that the standards must be fixed
# the Law is 70 De success. Now
is the time to establish them.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
DISTRICT PENSION FUND

Whatever may be the conclusion
about the general merits of the Fire
Department charges and the in
curry into them, there is one aspect
of the report presented oy the special
court which ought to have attention.
That is the part which refers to the
conditions of the pension fund avail
able for police and firemen in this
city.
1t is very grave thing to have
the police and fire departments fall
into a condition in which progressive
reorganization and adaptation is
hampered by the need of a pension
find. That is exactly the condition
Of the general civil service of the
Government. Because there IS no
way to provide for civil service
workers when they become old or
incapacitated, common humanity
Keeps them in their Positions; they
can't be turned cut to starve, after
giving the best of their lives to the
public service. So the establishment
tends to become atroph:ed at the top,
and in the lower ranks promotion
and advancement are ALMOST impos-
sible because the higher places are
held bs people who ought TO move
On. but cannot.
This statement of the case as to
the Governments civil service has
been iterated and reiterated so many
times that it is perfectly familiar.
1t doesn't command so much atten-
ton as it deserves. But let that
same condition come to obtain in the
fire and police departments, and it
will be certain 20 compel the atten-
tior of Congress and the public. The
seriousness of having such con-
ditions enter those departments, on
which the safety of peace, property,
and life are dependent, will not be
overlooked.
Let it be observed, then, that the
special inquiry board has found
these conditions in the public safety
services of the District. There is
no adequate provision of pension
funds. 1t is we'll enough to assume
that a lot of dogs and cats and odds
and ends Of revenue from fines and
licenses and the like vii! make up a
fund for this purpose: but it is i'm
possible to keep the fund intact and
adequate in that way. Moreover, it
is demoralizing and ruinous to ex-
pect the Police Department, in par
ticular, to earn its pension fund in
such fashion. Put Il premium on
making arrests, and ol course the
policemen vii! find excuses for max
ing them; sometime they will be too
busy making arrests on preteXta,
and not busy enough making them
for causes. That is The Inevitable
tendency. The whole system is
radically wrong. The pension fund
uIght to be created and filed as any
other fund is; il should be regarded
as just as NECESSARY to maintain
these pension funi3 a5 to maintain
The asphalt on the streets.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP A
FAILURE!

The TtteranceS of former District
Commissioner Henry L. West before
Z gathering oil :hc employees and Of
ticers Of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company last night
night be passed OYER Without com
ment were it not for N" fact that
he bases his cOIclIsiCn, that it would
be unwise &c operate the local trac-
ion companies municipality upon a
tour years study Of the local public
utilities situation.
In view of the fact that the pres
ent board of District Commissioners
is favoring municipal ownership ard
operation Of Washington public
Utilities after a special study of the
situation as public utility commis-
toner's, the declaration of Mr.. West
against public ownership is inter
sting.
Under the regime oc NJ West,
and both before and since his eli
cIrbency, the people OF this city
have been struggling 70 get some
.ort of square dca! from the gen
tlemen who puryey light, power,
telephone, and traction service with
admitted profit TO themselves. but
with indifferent satisfaction to the
people who pay the tolls. The fight
ior universal transfers, for instance
has been met at every step with the
combined opposition of both traction
companies.
If the intelligent public operation
Of the utilities would not result in
more efficient service or lower rates
or both, then such operation would
indeed be a failure.
It might be enIightening to Mr.
West to read in shc current issue
Of magazine just how certain pub
lie ownership and operation of one
public utility, the telegraph, actu-
ally compares with private monopoly
ownership and operation.
Possibly Mr. Vests -four years
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

the whole truth. When all around
Benton as he stood before Villa were
Villas friends, Villas soldiers.
Villas camp followers, the United
States Government ought not to fail
to get it for the sake of the Mexican
revolutionary party itself; for so
long as Villa, unvindicated, is the
military chief of tha, party it must
remain damred in the eyes of the
American people.
Undoubtedly the public sentiment
of the United States, since the
slaughter of Benton and the specious
explanation of how it happened, is
that instead of becoming Il worthy
President or other high officer of the
government of Mexico, Villa would,
in the e"ent OF mis- success, seriously
,omplicate our difficulties.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
Hits From Sharp Wits

When an Englishman decides to en-
ter the ministry. they say he will
take orders We say the same of a
man who decides to enter matrimony
--,'olumbi;, State.
In grand opera the term "tcmpera
mental" seems more largely temper
than mental
Only recently it was an accepted ~ lie
of good society that no gentleman
would talk politics in the presence of
ladies. Now the rule seems to be that
any man who declines TO talk politics
in the pDesencc of ladies Is no gentle
man.-Chicago News.
What do you think OF the thirteenth
baby born into 4 st. Louis family on
Friday. the 12th of FebruaIy?-knox-
vile Journal and Tribune.
II it were only easier to smile and
praise than it is to growl and criti-
else many a rough mile of life's jour-
ney would be Observation-Disclosures
Sentinel.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
BLAME THE NEWS
PAPERS,"

The politician who. caught in an
unfortunate or untactful observa-
ticn, explains it away by saying that
the reporter lied" has long been
familiar. Blaming it on the news
papers has been accepted procedure
N diplomacy, craftsmanship, politics,
and all kinds of affairs.
But a new use of this pleasant de-
vice has developed, incident to the
revived discussion of events in
Manila Bay during those stressful
days when Dewey and Won Diede-
richs were wondering whether they
would have to shoot o.. not.
Admiral Won Diedcrichs, telling his
recollections at this late day, admits
hat things got mighty strained and
that at one stage, if any American
officer had come aboard his ships to
inquire" that OFFICER would have
been shot.
So 1t was really pretty bad; worse
ihan most of US ever have imagined.
But later things were patched up,
von Diederichs and Dewey exchanged
'lsits and presents, and, in the
language of the dispatches, buried
The hatchet and blamed the news
papers."
"Cussing the papers" as a means
10 the proper management of a mill
lary campaign is a new application
even of this highly useful and versa
lie invention
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
GENERAL.

w. :. West. lawyer of Valdosta. Ga.
has been appointed by Gov. John NJ
Slaton to succeed the late United States
Senator y. o. Bacon.
Having sat in lral that covered
seventy days, New Jersey jury, after
tIrenty-scvcn hours deliberatiOn, ended
I he sj.00o.GlO damage suit brought by
the Buckeye Powder Company against
he L. ]. du Pont de Nemours Powder
Company. The plaintiff alleged unlaW-
full interference with its business.
Charles Becker. whose conviction as
Herman Rosenthars. slayer has been set
aside by the Now York court of appeals,
will probably be given L second trial. AS
District Attorney Charles s. Whitman
will not assume responsibility of letting
the prisoner go on the charge of nur-
der.
IgnaA Jan Padcrewsii, the world
famous pianist and his wife were res
cued bv a chauffeur from snowdritt
near the Indianapolis motor speed" ay
after having spent several hours IN
fruitles3 attempts TO release themselves.
Homemade wines containing wood
alcohol served at an Italian wedding
IectiDlloli "el' iSiu iSSpoh'''H'' ~ d"
New York coroncr's jury for the death
OF three girls.
Aviator GaraiN established a world 5
record NJ Chartres. France. by ascend
inc 1885 feet with four passengers IN
a biplane. Theodore Maccaulay, al
San DiaSu, broke the American altl-
tude record by ascending l2.l39 feet.
Official recognition was given the
snowstorm by the Mississippi LcSisa-
ture by passage of a resolution granting
holiday TO the pages for a snow battle
in the capitol grounds
The House Judiciary Committee will
hold suffrage hearing March ). Sena-
tor Ashurst is expected to call up i'm
mediately the resolution amending the
Constitution.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

by James in his cam
paiSn was that his op-
ponent h a d b c e n
paired" on some I'm
portant vote with
Senator GuggenneIm
of Colorado. The GuS-
enheims about tEat
time were being lib
orally accused Of con-
Quoting a f1rSt-class
..smelter trust ana
seeking to sobble up
Alaska. If asked 10
look at a picture or a
Gugsenheim the aver
age voter examined II
critically to see IL the
horns were visible.
Therefore, what =
hit it made In "ote
Kaintu ck" when
James told the wool
nat boys OF the State
that their Senator had
actually been paircc
with Guggenheim. in
formation conveyed
about this way:
Think of it, by tel-
low-citizens." thun-
dered James Ehe
Senator from old Ken
lucky, the State whose
name is reverod ry
every man within the
sound OF my voice.
WAS paired on this
vote with q GusseI-
helm. The trusts are
at our throats. but 90
we ind Your Senator
on the ju5. No: hes
paired with the SmeiI-
or trust. l tell yS'..
fellow-citizens. If i am
elected to the Senate
the trusts will declare
a Rom an holiday
whenever I am absent
from that body on an
occasion so frausnt
with Importance az
this"
Was James elected
lie was-by 4 decisive
majority. He's max
Ing good in the upper
chamber. too, as Le
did in the House, snd
the papers carry MS
picture as bsiag "clcse
20 the .ASnl.aiztra-
t!cn."
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
IheNeWS in
TablOid
FOREIGN.
FOR BUSY READERS.

In the house of commons the opposi-
tion tried to obtain from Premier AS
quith disclosure of the concessions TO
be offered to Ulster in the home rule
bill The prime minister refused to
divulge his proposals.
Although the divorce suit brought by
Alexander BrOderick Ieslie-MelviIle,
millionaire banker. was dropped. the
case was called in divorce court to
allow Earl Fitzwilliam, the correspond
ent. and Mrs. Leslie-Melville to deny the
charge under oath.
Two Americans have been captured
and carried off by Albanian brigands.
according to telegram received at
Vienna from Elbassan.
Mrs. E:meline Pankhurst has written
10 the King of England asking him 10
receive a deputation of suffragettes who
will lay before him their claim for the
parliamentary vote.
A treaty between England and Ger.
| many dealing particularly with the in.
! terests of the two countries in Africa
and possibilities that m ght arise shoult
| the Portuguese colonies in Africa com,
| into the market" will probably be sign
4 ed before Easter
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

study" has been since his tenure Of
cffice as public servant Of the
people of the District. What i'm
provement in service or reduction
IN rates since that time has led him
to his present belief is not evident
to the people of this town.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

Smith was a
horrible example
of what not to
cultivate in ones
disposition. Don't
cultiva te the
brute that is in
you. If you fight
it with all your
strength you will
have all you can
do to keep it in
subjection. The
man who IS ruled
by his temper is
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

~ ONE men are born brutes, some
~ are made brutes by circum-
stances, few deliberately
achieve brutality. Mysterious Billy
Smith loved to fight for fighting's sake,
and he thought that in order to fight
best lie ought to cultivate brutal dis
position and an ungovernable temper.
He deliberately made himself Il savage.
In his palmy days he was the toughest
thing that walked on shoe leather, a
terror in the ring and out Of it; man
who was feared and dreaded by all
who came in contact with him for his
cver-smoldering temper and frequent
explosions of terrible, volcanic wrath.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
Hygienic Survey Being
~tMade of Potomac

OLLUTION the Potomac by and factory waste not
many caused much excitement among Washing
l. tonians Charges cityS supply
being located the Maryland and Virginia
concerned allegations that their oysters fenng
seage storing disease germs for dissemination
throughout the country.
This question safeguarding the public health each year be-
coming function the Federal Government Con-
sequen decided complete surrey the Potomac
be made BY the Public Heath Marine Hospital Serpce
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

TheTeupUn the general public
promptly forgot the possibility OF
lurking germs in its drinking water
and has fed with unconcerned relish
upon the hivalves dredged from the
Maryland and Virginia banks.
Meanwhile n corps of scientists
las shouldered the considerable task
Of determining the extent of pollu-
ton OF the Potomac and mapping out
methods for eliminating as far as
POSSIBLE unclcanness. without p aclng
too heavy an economic burden upon
communities. or individuals.
This undertaking was begun last
June. Six months more will be re-
uiIired, Surgeon General Blue. OF the
Public Health Service, says, TO COM
pIetc the field work, and several ad-
ditionai months for the digestion and
compilation of results. Until the
work is completed Surgeon General
Blue declines to comment.
The oyster question. he says, is
too great On economic problem 10
discuss until abundant data has been
secured and carefully considered.
The fact mus, be born in mind. he
added, in dealing with the subject
of factory waste that the diversion
of the waste from the river may
place a heavy financial burden upon
the companies involved.
Daily the steamship Bratton, a
small vessel owned 10y the Federal
Government. plies til" Potomac be-
tween this city and the mouth of the
river, gathering samples of the wa
ter and the mud and silt upon the
streams bottom.
Scope of Work.
Some of these samples are ana
lyZed immediately in small labora-
tory aboard the ship. Others are
brought to the hygienic. laboratory
in this city, while stilI others are
disposed of in n laboratory 1itted' up
especially for this work ut Colonial
Beach in addition to the Bratton.
the investigators have two launches
for sample collcctins,,onc here and
another at Colonial Beach.
The water and mud is submitted to
meteorological, chemical. and bio
log cal tests. At the same time
agents of the Public Health Service
are securing the hills at the source
Of the Potomac. cnumerating tho
community and observing drainage
conditions. one Of the particular
duties of these field agents IL to
make u study of typhoid fever
prevalence, and the presence in con-
Eliminating distance of all other
communicable diseases.
Similar procedure will be observed
in the case of all the tributaries OF
the Potomac. When this survey has
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

IT Is NO SECRET
that Uncle Joe"
i Cannon occasion
ally likes a social
game OF the Sreat
American institution
draw poker. In the
old days. when Mr..
Cannon was the CEN
ter OF fierce political
battles and was called
everything from Tho
best Speaker we ever
had" to = "despot
and a. car" the vet
eran legislator rom
Danville could get 4
c.w crories about a
table and forget all
about his political
troubles.
Now and tn e II
"Uncle Joe" returns 10
Washington and the
news that he IS In
town is generally
worth a iront-page
interview or a new
story of some kind
A standpat Ecpubli-
can recently az
preached Congress
man Joe Fordney or
Michigan, an o t h e :
standpat Republican.
and said:
Say, Uncle Joe IS
In town. Have You
seen him.
Yes. I saw him.
responded f'oTdney,
with a dry grim. 'i1e
had three kings 10
my three queens
Congressman Ford
ney. b. the way, is
probably the highest
protectionist in public
life. II he had the
framing of a tariff TIL
he'd build a Chinese
wall of protection so
high about American
industry that a for
eign shipper would
have to dig under il
ne got in at all. The
Democratic fiscal pol
icy is never thorough
ly lambasted until Mr..
Fordney arise. hnd is
Welded one hour TO
tell his colleagues how
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

Safe Of the State treasurer OF Iowa
withstands the efforts of four robbers
to open it Nothing unusual Amy State
treasurer's safe could do that. But then,
look at all the practice they get.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
Needed Every One.

Asker--Could you lend me Il V:
Trllit-No, I couldn't.
Asker-Have you friend thas would
lent me a ":
Tellit-No I have not friend to-
City Star.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
x Capitol Spotlights x
Bv THEODORE H. TILLER.

the country Is headed
for soup houses ana
woe. When he makes
a tariff speech, Mir.
Fordney advances :
the well" of Il
House, just IN front o
the Speakers stand.
faces friendly and hos
tile legislator. and
starts in with my
friends"
Mr.. Fordney always
addresses the House
as my friends.
With this as a bee
ming he pulls out
trcmolo stop and J
weeps for the coCntr.
He has been on the
Ways and Means
Committee so long
that he has import
and export figures at
fingers end, and the
nation shiverS while
he paints a picture OF
what will happen un-
der Democratic rule.
Congressman Ford
ney is one of the
wealthiest members OF
ths House. lie made
most OF il in lumber
and he wears a dia-
luond shirt stud that
would bring a glean
Of envy from snN
man who ever old
business under the
sign OF the three
brass balls.
Senator Ollie James
of Kentucky Is one OF
the best rough-aad-
tumble debaters and
stump speakers In the
country. When ne
toured the Bluegrass
State in opposition
to Senator Paynter,
whom he defeated.
the very hills shook
with the echoes OF
"Ollie's" denunciatlon
Of the trusts and all
reactionary [ n l n z s.
James has a voice In
keeping with has
bulky frame. Eie holds
'em spellbound.
One of the most e.
fect.Ieargumen;s used
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
Rapid.

Il suppose that your son is developing
apace."
= Yes: and "a pace that is much too fast
for one of his years. ."-Buifalo Express.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

New Congressman sworn in. In a few
weeks substitute ''at" for lin" What's
a proposition or two among friends?
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

Secretary Bryan speaks about the
gravity of the Mexican situation Grav-
ity Is the wrong expression Sir Isaac
Newton would turn over in his grave to
see situation with so much gravity
attached to it, having such a proclivity
for staying up in the air.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

This merging Of public utilities lis a
fine thing. We're in favor of it. Start
in by merging Seventh street cobble
with a few Of our public mossbacks
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
THE OLDEST INHAB SEz-

Some folks is
so mean that
they'd stand on
their heads so
they could claim
tn snow vuz up
t their cars"
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Gentleman tells the President that in
a few months business will be booming.
AS it will be the Fourth of July IN a
few months the booms must mean the
crackers and toy pistols.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

Secretary McAdoo says that he is not
overworhed. This testimony is thrown
out. The only way it could have been
obtained is by extOrtion and browbeat-
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

Vessel Is rescued from Potomac ice.
Nov rescue the consumer from the same
commodity
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

John d. Rockefeller says he will nav
a tax Of 36,000,000. Throw that piker
out. Can't open this pot under two
nickel chips.
France awards a medal Of honor to
IA bugler. Probably because he stopped
once in a while and gave the neighbors
a chance to sleep.
The situation is threatening again in
Haiti. Knowing the native Haitian's
well-known antipathy for work, any sit
uation you offered him would be threat
ening.
What's II matter il her hair be blue
or green or orange? 1t can not be any
worse than yellow one on your coat.
so far as your wife is concerned. Es-
pecially when her hair is black.
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