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than Washington said to KnoI he
would be damned II he'd ever go to
the Senate again And he never did
I must apologize for putting pro-
family in the mouth Of the father
OF my country. but II you knew the
6c1low feeling that story gives me for
Washington you would forgive me-
Continuing, MIR. Taft said he had
tried to arrange an arbitration treaty
Win two great European Powers. The
terms were drafted, providing for tho
settlement Of cahns which might arise
in the future. II remained for the
Senate TO give it's consent To make
the treaty binding. But the Senate
had made 80 many amendments and
notifications that he did not feel
X taking ~ back to France and
England In its INA, form. Mauled,
truncated and out OF SHAPE, Il would
not have accomplished the purpose he
had IN mind. He had wanted TO pre-
sent n model which would have beer
Of Use to the nations Of tho world in
their international dealings. o a
mere mass of meaningless g~eueralities.
And yet tho power Of the presi-
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"ouiu oe uSsuui IN Dreaming wiz "'h''
countries ana reA1 10 olne' CouilT'oS
"nop"ns 'neh Win each olher'
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owner Of New Yorker Staats-Zetung: Whose Editorials Defending the
Kaiser's Cause Are Causing Discussion Here. Believes Continuance
of European Conflict Will Work for Undoing of the United States

less ashamed Of It's Amer!can,sm.''
There doesn't appear 10 be n
ground for the stories painting you
as the Field Marshal of the German
Emperor. ready 20 lead operations on
American SOIL I remarked. hoping
had rot been tho first TO break the
rough news. "ln case of-well-in
case Of a clash between Germany
and tho United States"
Why. of course the United States
comes first. It's absurd for any one
70 rate me other than a good Ameri-
can. I don't want President Wilson
TO get vs. in a war. No good Amer1-
can does. I'm opposed to q II
should be avoided until II 10 absolutely
unavoidable But II We must have II
at any time. with any nation what
ever. America comes fFvR with mo-"
Then a series Of questions were put
20 Mr.. R.dder. embracing q number
Of point blank queries. designed TO get
HIS personal Wow In . way that no
has not been able 70 mako Il known
in his paper. He preferred to trat
these questions ostegoYtcAiIy rather
than as they might one about IN
haphaxard conversation. This incurred
The exact narration q his opinions.
We started OF with the Term that has
set millions a-wranglins since the war
be~an--German kultur.
"Mr. Ridder. does tho average Ger
man think his civilization, and all
that may he brought within the term
German klltur.' better than that OF
ether countries?"
aITl 49, 49,. n.. -. -
the same way that the E~nglishman
holds English civilization to be the
highest expression OF social organiza-
ton and INTERROGATION which the world
has witnessed. Or IN the SANE way
that w Americans regard ourselves
az the most advanced, progressive and
civilized people on the face of the
earth. Pride OF race, which underlies
his feeling. IL common to all peoples,
and may not, in m opinion. be pressed
against any n nation In a condem-
natory sense. | should regard myself
as nut n poor sort OF an American
II ! did not believe IN the superiority
OF things American over things for
ciRn."
! Nobody hnrped on German kultur
before this war" interpolated Mrs.
Ridder significantly, from her seat
nea Mr.. Riders side. I'VE all knew
Of it's height and its depth. but the
fact was never thrust in peoples
faces. II is the English who are
doing their utmost since the war be-
gan to make It appear that Germans
are boas'!ng OF their knltur, They in
vent reports to hat effect"
Mrs, Ridder will supply the ginger
for this interview" said Mr.. Ridder,
with a grave smile. Then the questions
went on.
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when Executive power had oesn I'M
duly strong. but the complaint Of
Executive domination wNs often on
tirely unjusttfied
Here are soqne Of Mr. Tafss pisas.
anrfee:
Woodrow Wilson had rsv1ved no
practtce Of delivering tho Prod
Dental messages 10 Congress In the
form Of ornl addresses. Il am con-
Serained to SMILE" ohucklod Prot.
Tart when I think Of Ire amount
Of cratory the Senate lost because
Mr.. Roosevelt or myself did not re-
vtve the PRACTICE earlier"
In four years OF Consre0 $4,000
Different enactrnen@ had been paasei,
a state OF ch:nss delightful only 20
the secret hearts of the lawyers,
There was a prevalent .dea that leg1s-
lation was more virtuous than on
forcement Many Of these laws were
passed only as tho result of prom
ises spread NJ election Ike '.molasses
for tiies."
They hint that YOU NAY he In
duced 70 enter the political arena
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MOI. epree with his findinep and optn-
,ona These translation covered six
months. each month a creecendo of
attack on everything and everybody
an,!-German. They pointed out the
unpatr,o.ic willingness Of the Amer.-
can girl to we'd poverty stricken no.
hlemen. and administered rebuke and
repr!mand a~-plenty to the o~it,zenry
OF the United States who failed TO OPP
pose the Allies.
1-hese divergent trans,ations i'm
neI,ad mo 70 discard roth ana went
10 Nr home oman minded
wb,cb nrovad ,ha ,y,,. ching ,rdeod
Gov tho sd,,or ~ n stnnts.zcftun1
d,dr,t rom. u,,,h,r a mt,,,or n,les q,
to,r,r, % VA. oa ,ba hy,yn .na,a5 ard
,ha mada MIN taib IN
h,s editorials Ana I fos,nd ont Ia
fore I concluded my vtstt that while
there ara times whom . mar will put
himself in print Of his own initiative,
there arc also other times whom he
will not be put N print until no In
asked thfn9a Consequently thAre ara
viows and opinions Of Mr.. Ridder
printed hare that no has Doomed alto
gether too personal to print In his
paper.
Into Mr.. Riders family catherine
room I was indicted. That must be
the name OF the room, for after I had
shaken hands with the editor Of the
Sfddts-XeftunD there we're Il h~andshake
from Mrs. Bidder. who came in later;
n handshake from Son Bernard H.
Riddcr, the vice-prestdent Of the
StndtS-Zcihuno corporation. who came
IN still later; "A handsnake from
Brother Henry Rtdder, who entered
still later: a handshake from Son
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esa3nf" Mr.. Taft was asked. w4th
q laugh that would mov tfse veries;
cynjo hat sver lived 70 Join with
him he rephed. -Oh. 10: The Pro-
ereasivo party - dead and I have no
desire to distnter Y. We entered the
cemetery oosettser md in death we
DO not part"
What aboue Sne Republican party
1T 10 golnG along all right, keep
ing no nrU1 gotnG. and some one will
appear at TIE propcr t1me to repre-
sent the party" "a the non-com-
initial reply.
Nr. Taft nnaay paid a tribute to
me loyalty II the large number OF
departmental heads who gave self
sacrificing service Co the admins
;ration Of the laws, paying slight heed
TO the political changes from time e.
time. The President might go to
tho mountains or the seashore, mem
ne-s might 60 around the country
telling how fortunate they were In
having such an Administration, but
the Government at Washington goes
or just the came"
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Former Occupant of White House Discusses the Powers,
the Limitations, the Worries and the Responsibilities
Attached to the Office of Chief Executive

OF the people, and aro,ises vAtons Of
Charles L." said the ex-president.
Men differ, hut husbands are al,
alike. Politicians and Congressman
differ likewise. but opposition Oon-
gressmen arc all alike"
The President more often truly rep
rcsents the entire electorate than does
the majority IN either house of Con-
gress. Mr. Taft declared. He told a
story Of Mr.. Roosevelt and Tim Sui
Ivan. Mr. Roosevelt asked Tim to
vote for him. Tim asked him to sup
port a certain Mr.. Rooss-
welt pleaded that no couldn't: Il would
be against the Constitution. "what
the Sam Hill is the Constitution among
friends?" demanded Tim.
The veto power might be exercised
to cut down expenditure, but this was
not the right way to do It. The British
budget system was much better. The
American system Of Appropriation
committees was "a horrible ness"
The inability Of the President to veto
successfully any which the
people actually wanted was touched
upon. 1t might take two years to get
IL, but eventually the President could
be overruled.
This may not be the modern idea Of
reform" he said, but my idea Of a
real reform Is one that comes slowly,
after a great struggle. showing in the
very contest the vafue OF tho point
gained
Mr.. Taft had some fun with the in
dividuals who denounce the veto on
occasion as an exercise OF the royal
p~rerogative to defeat the popular will.
To make the veto chiefly a means OF
blocking unconstitutional Measure
would lead to still further disregard
OF constitutions. limitations. Already
in h Legislatures Of the States there
was too much disregard of the Con-
stitution. shifting to the courts a re-
sponsioiltty that the Legislatures
should assume.
In the matter OF precedence At
Warrington functions Mr.. Taft said
h a the Presidents position Is as
sured and possibly the Vice-Presi-
dents because. Mr.. Taft declared. all
he has to do is TO be next to the
President" The Speaker of the House
is a great stickler for precedence, &C.
cording to Mr.. Taft. He insists that
his position be recognized because he
represents the Peoples House and II
/ don't get my right place I won't eat
any dinner"
"Ons Of the functions Of the Execu-
tive which in practice gives hin moro
influence than any other 10 that Of ap-
pointment to Office" vent on Mr.. Taft.
This power 10 shown in an inverse
way by the gradual impairment Of
influence with the members Of Con.
gress as his term wanes and the offices
he has TO fll are fewer in number.
w would nave a better Admins
tration II we broke away from the GUS
tom Of securing the consent and ad-
vice Of the Senate in the matter OF
minor appointments. For every APP
pointment under the patronage system
a Senator lays himself open to a great
deal OF trouble. He is likely I make
one migrate and ten enemies by tho
act. The life OF a President is o
easy. He should be a humorist or he
should resign from ONCE before he
goes into the position"
Mr.. Taft explained that before the
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AMERICA COMES FIRST WITH ME, S.

VERY likely there arc millions
" OF hyphenated and urhyphen-
ated Americans who would like
TO get a close peep at
Herman Ridder Of the NCur Yorker
Stddts-Zeitun0. His paper Is reld
extensively a., over the United States,
and simultaneously with the boom OF
the first war gun ne began 20 roll up
a reputation through the medium of
his virile editorial page until there Is
no other defender Of the Kaiser's cause
in this country so aggress!vely prom
inent. So II was decided the other day
that he had incurred tho penalty OF
his publicity and deserved to have his
personality probed-this TO be done
by a sort OF cutting open Of the Ridder
bellows and extracting the personal
note from the editorial roar.
When one man. even OF pronounced
prestige. has the temerity to assall
such q colossal thing as public opin-
ION and to scold and spank all OF the
United States that isn't pro-9erTnan
lm tho present war people begin to
want him diagnosed for his impetus
germ and questioned closely as to his
future intent. Thus TO dig and query
! went toward Mr.. Rldder the other
evening. 7 found both the hyphenated
and the unhyphenated within a small
representative circle eager 10 have me
go, but from antipodal reasons. The
former hoped TO CLEAN add!tiona,
praise for the mar they had already
placed on n high pedestal, tho latter
to find something additional 10 pclt.
The hyphenated read me a number
Of editorials from the Stddts-ZettunG
which they assured me were samples
in average. OF the fiery Of inions Mr.
Ridder has been publishing. Accord.
ing to these TRANSACTIONS Germany
merits the prayers OF the entire
civilized world--except the Allies
and Americans UNFOLDING her foes II
the present conflict are pretty stale
pumpernickel.
Herman Ridder.' said tho trans,
hating h~vphenated. rs the most heToi,
figure in United States public life to-
day. Kaiser Wilhelm is epitomi2cC
Germany abroad, but Herman Riddle,
IL Germany incarnato horo, Tn,
4, Rider editorials fairy culver viii
the Justice of the German cause. You
can almost see h militant words
marching like soldiers to their pa
triotic place in phrase and sentence
And through II ali there tx a sub
dued. humming sub-motif Of hi,
| Wacht am Rhein.' All. thore il 1
man we'd like to meet personally
to hear him talk as he writes
The unhyphenated, on the contrary
read me Stddts-ZcitunO editorials tina
made Mr.. Ridder seem a modern Sau
Of TArsus, breathing out threatening
kAnA GaavgAtsr against those who di,
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civil service law oame into force there
we're at least 100000 civil servants Of
the Federal Government and down to
the lowest charwoman every n Of
them was . rank political henchman
who had q direct interest in the pregt-
DENT" Because tho President still
had the power to appoint his Cabinet
officers Senators frequently referred
to q member OF the Cabinet as "ons OF
the Presidents clerks"
Even the best Of mon suffer from
partisan feeling and evep the best Of
us make mistakes" Mr.. Tart declared.
THE President should moi be required
TO know who should BE- postmaster in
Podunkville. Mich. or postmistress Of
Devil's Lake. Mon
A lady once called upon Mr.. TAFT
when he va Secretary Of War, a
very attractive lady. who wanted him
to get her boy into West Point de-
spite the fart that the medical men
had rejected him because he lacked
an inch in chest Measurement
II explained that he hadnt passed
his medical examination. and she lis
tened to me with that impatience mar
Red men know" Mr.. TAFT said. And
then she SAID. Well. what are you
going to do about NJ She was a
very attractive woman. I sent for
his examination papers, and found
that mentally he passed a. 95 per cent.
I said, Madam. a hoy with your boys
brain ought 70 have no difficulty in
increasing his chest measure ment. I
have had none
She looked at me. She wae a very
attractive woman. And she said, Mr.
Secretary. what are YOU going TO Do
about itT' Msdain.' I said, Y am 60
ing TO let him in
she turned a beautiful rosy color.
and she looked, II possible. more at
tractive than ever
Mr.. Secretary she said. you are
not nearly 80 fat an they said YOU
were"
When Secretary OF War Mr.. Taft
went 10 the floor Of the Senate on one
occasion to as>ist in the passage Of the
Philippine railway bill and was re-
monstrated with by n Senator. who
challenged his right TO lobby. "r
told him the bill ought to pass. and II
I had no right there what right lad
he to come to the office Of the Secre-
tary of Wa and ask favors?"
The ex-President told Of his efforts
while President 20 achieve the con-
stitutton Of an international arthtm-
ton tribunal and how they had come
to nothing through the timidity Of the
United States Senate. Mr.. Taft swaxed
Just a trine sarcastic over this tim
idity.
Tho Senate Of the United States
Is q sacred body" said he, and they
seem TO think hat their rcsponsi-
biltties are a little greater than those
OF the President" Therefore. they
argued. while tho President might b.
willing to bind himself TO delegate
his powers to a court OF arbitration
for the settlement OF cases which
had not yet arisen. they. the Sena-
tors. felt that for them such action
would bs exceeding their powers
under the Constitution.
Stepping aside and removing his
glasses Mr.. Taft said:
Washington made a treaty with
the Indians with the aid OF Knox.
The Senate made so much difficulty
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American States and cited the Vera
Cruz incident as an example.
That" he said, was nothing but
an act Of war"
In the Vera Cruz n however,
while the act was committed before
authority given by Congress, the
necessary authority had passed the
House and was being passed in the
Senate.
Under the Constitution the foreign
policy Of the republic was largely
in the hands uf the President. He
could make treaties or abrogate them
without consulting the Senate. except
that to be binding a truaty must be
assented TO by two-thtrts OF the Sen
ate. Mr.. Taft pointed out difficulties
hat aroBe from the existing system
instancing the action Of Congress In
passing Legislation in favor Of the
state Of California; concerning condi-
tons for admitting Chinese, oondi-
ttons hat we're in direct variance
with tho treaty with China
The President had also the right
TO decide whether he would recoe-
nize or REFUSE to r~ecogrtze the
Government Of a foreign State.
IN the case. for instance, Of Gar
rama and Villa. the exercise Of
the power of the choice of rotten
hpples may have serious results" was
HIS compliment to the Mexican leaders.
Uncle Joe Cannon was referred 10
as the most faithful watchdog of the
Treasury with the o prcfane bark
you ever heard, and Mr.. Taft told
the story of how customs duties
!can. importers In the Philippines when
Mr.. Taft was Governor were saved
70 ne Treasury. The story illus
rated a personal triumph Of Mr.. Taft.
The importers OF American goods
into the Philippines were charged
duty under a tariff imposed ny the
Philippine Government created by
President Roosevelt. Tho importers
paid the duty. but they simply added
K TO the selling price OF the good.
Then they o a judgment 20 recover
the total amount from the United
states Treasury on the ground that
the Philippine Government had no
constitutional right to impose Il. Mr..
lhII IOuRnI the ttSS 1lsVLHH " Ni'
supreme Court and lost throughout
Then he went to see Uncle Joe
Cannon, chairman I the Appropria-
tons Committee. He explained that
certain gentlemen were applying
themselves &c the United States
Treasury WITH a Jimmy. He sot the
watchdog "a draw up q bill to
authorize these Philippine dudes.
Next he saw Senator Hale Of Maine.
who was also watchdog whom MAINE
was not getting anything" Hs up
por; was secured for the bin in the
Senate. Then ne lawyers argued that
the Congress could ma pad . law In
the face OF a Supreme OUrt d.
cision
Gentlemen said MI. TAFT 'vs Are
going to DO ~ And we did"
Mr.. Justice White upheld Tire legal
!ty Of the bill ana won over mis- 3d.
leagues IN tho Supreme Court when
I became President" concluded Mr..
Taft. ~ had the opportunity Of ap-
pointing him Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Cour:, and" (~chucklingo "you
can rest assured I was vNr pleaS~d
70 do 80"
Considerable controversy md oeen
INDUCED IN on occasion regarding
the limitations OF PreTdent!al power
under me Constitution. Mr.. Rooee-
welt had advare ed the belief that tn
President could do what he cnnsii-
cred IN the best Interests of the
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VERY likely there are millions
OF hyphenated and unhyphen-
ated Americans who would like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-15
NEGRO WOUNDEDBY OFFICER ROCHELLE Was Attempting to Take Revolver From Pocket of
 Officers Coat

John Johnson, negro, was shot and slightly wounded last night at 10 o'clock at Alley H and Twenty-third street, south, by Officer William Ro- chelle Rochelle and Sergeant George Bagley had entered the house of the negro and arrested him on a charge of violating the prohibition law be- fore the shooting occurred. As the officers entered the house Johnson ran into the arms of Rochelle, who stopped him and took revolver off his per- son. The officers then searched the house and found 50 bottles of beer, five quarts of whisky in quart bottles and one-half gallon of whisky in a demijohn.
 The officers then placed Johnson un- der arrest and called the patrol. As Sergeant Bagley went to another part of the room the negro lunged at the throat of Officer Rochelle and tried to get his revolver out of the side pocket of the overcoat Rochelle was wear ing. The attack was so sudden it caught Rochelle off his guard and in twinkling he was pushed against a window. The glass cut Rochelle about the hands and face. Just as the negro got the revolver half way out of the pocket of the officer Rochelle fired. The bullet took effect in the left thigh, went through and came out of the right thigh. When the patrol ar rived the negro was brought to the Hillman hospital where his wounds were dressed. It is not thought John son is seriously wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-15

! dians," (transscribed and harmonized by Troyep; (a) Sunset Song" (b) "In- vocation to the Sun God;' Co '1ncan- taton Upon Sleeping Infant;;' (d) "rhe Sunrise Call
 *-Mrs. Toensfeldt will sing the h. dian songs in costume
 It was Lewis Morgan, America S greatest ethnologist and scientist, who
 stated in his greatest work, Ancient Society,"" published as far back as
 1877, after researches while living
 among the Iroquois Indians for 30
 years, that the Indians of that great
 federation and other tribes of this con tinent were the equal in status of civil lization of the old Greek tribes, just prior to the Homeric period. This was a profound deduction, de- rived from close acquaintance with their arts, manners, inventions, family forms and other institutions.
 If that be so, and it is about time we in America were beginning to have some appreciation of the peoples found here by the pioneer discoverers. and from whom we have appropriated all he continents of the western hemi- sphere, then we can find some common ground n the consideration of the main features of the programme of the Music Study club to be given by Mrs. Toens- feldt on Thursday, December 16. Gu riously enough, Mrs. Toensfeldt has brought together a most unique and charming association of musical matter,
 rare in it's absence of the backneyed, the overdone, and of the differential lcassic features
 The introduction of the song cycle by Mary Turner Salter, of the Sapphic ly- lrics from translations by our own Bliss Carman on the same programme with the group of Zuni Indian songs ar ranged and harmonized by Carlos Troyer bespeaks rather unusual taste, which is after all certainly war ranted, if we can take the dictum of Lewis Morgan
 Primitive or barbarian culture is hardly to be looked for in the lyrical utterances of Sappho, and certainly not in the composition in this cycle; doubt may even be expressed if lyrical poetry has ever surpassed that accomplished by what we have left of the ancient Sappho-neverthele they hark back to so great a distance in the past of the race as to make their significance
 more marked when contrasted on the same programme, with so positive an attempt to reflect barbarian culture as is found in Troyes sincere work.
 
 other purpose than the achievement of pure music, true art, and emotional content. In the latter there is some what more; there Is a scientific pur- pose besides that of the portrayal of Indian life and lore of the perpetra- tion of what may be of value in In-
 dian songs. symbols, traditions, myths and not least, culture. Charles Wake field Cadman has found fertile ground in that direction and has gained much reputation in his work, but Troyer seems to have reached for the heart an dcore of Indian remains and has, it would appear, preserved them almost
 native and original, while Cadman has been open to criticism by no less a critic than the Russian composer. Cae- sar Cui. for clothing Indian forms in European dress.
 l This group of Indian songs is to be given by Mrs. Toensfeldt in costume and should be rendered more effectively thereby MUSIC LOVER.