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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
Business and Politics.

Confidence in republican success
next year is based largely on the be-
lief that business, big and little, is
against the democracy, and Will I'M
prove the opportunity to declare IT.
self at the polls. The depression OF
the past two years has created
longing for a change.
As a matter of fact, business, for a
number of years, has been afraid OF
the democracy. Ever since 1896 the
great producing states and oenters
have shown that fear at elections
and the trial at Syracuse recalls
matter bearing on the point.
At the beginning, business was not
we'll inclined toward Mr. Roosevelt.
1t shared in Thomas c. Platt's dis
trust. 1t regarded him as unsafe,
and tinctured with populism.
But in 1904 business not only sup
ported Mr.. Roosevelt, but subscribed
enormous sums to his campaign fund.
Nearly all the captains of industry
were on the little list some for
small fortunes.
Why? Their faith was not in Mr..
Roosevelt but in his party. Business
men felt that the republican record
showed a capacity to deal with bust
ness questions by that party in a
way to insure prosperity. Hence
they helped elect that year both Mr..
Roosevelt and a republican Congress.
The democratic candidate was not
personally distrusted by business, as
Mr.. Bryan twice had been. Judge
Parker had even recommended HIM
self to business by the telegram he
sent to the St. Louis convention in
terpreting the financial deliverance
of the convention while it was still
hot from the griddle. 1t was his
party that business would not accept.
And while many business men were
subscribing literally to the Roosevelt
fund, only one came down hand
somely" for the Parker fund. Thomas
F. Ryan was reported as subscribing
half a million dollars to the demo-
cratic cause.
Business did not elect Mr.. Wilson.
II was not in favor of his election.
But it was powerless in the face of
the republican division. AS it could
not heal that, it was obliged to &C
cept the result at the polls, which
brought in the minority party by a
minority vote. The wrangling re-
publican politicians, and not the
business men, were responsible for
what took place in November, 1912.
Since then business has had "a
time of it." Hence the assertion
that at the polls next year business
of all kinds and degrees will register
itself in favor of a change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

car has been permitted to run about on
a more or less fixed route, and when
an accident has happened the opera
tor simply shifted to another town to
evade the consequences. A street
railway company cannot dodge re-
sponsibility for mishaps, but is in
effect bonded to pay damages through
the accumulation of property which
stands as security for court judg-
ments. A regularly organized jitney
bus corporation would in the same
degree be responsible. though per
haps the public utilities commission
may find it advisable to consider the
question of requiring some definite
guarantee of ability and Willingness
to meet damage judgments that may
be rendered in cases arising from
the earelessness of employees. 1t is
not desirable to increase the dangers
of the street in order to effect
more flexible transportation system,
and certainly it is not desirable to
add to the pavement perils without
corresponding security for the meet
ing of formally assessed penalties.
The commission should furthermore,
in preparation for the jitney bus
service, ascertain whether the present
requirements for the licensing of
chauffeurs are adequate to insure eff
fciency and reliability on the part
of the men who operate these We
hicles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
PRESIDENT ON NEUTRALITY.

From the Columbia State.
President Wilson is so firmly planted
on the rock of neutrality that it would
take wrecking crew to throw him off.
From the New York Evening Sun
Self-control is the best aid in maintain
ing neutrality. says President Wilson
What startlingly original thoughts come
unbidden to these Presidents of ours
From the Atlanta Constitution.
For all they say to the contrary, Uncle
Sans neutrality is all wool and world
wide.
From the Chattanooga Times.
If you failed to read President Will
sons talk on neutrality at the Associ-
ated Press dinner you missed some
thing worth while. 1t was the utterancs
of a real statesman and OF an adviser
who should be needed.
From the Atlanta Journal.
President Wilson's idea is to make the
country first in peace.
From the Cleveland Leader.
President Wilson's confession that he
is "scrappy'' man is the more meritori-
Gus in that nobody had suspected It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
COMMENTS ON HUERTA.

From, the Cleveland Leader.
still if Huerta did cross into Mexico,
he couldn't make any more trouble there
than it has now
From the Minneapolis Journal.
villa objects to Huerta's visiting the
Tinted States. We are none too enthusl-
astic about 1t ourselves.
From the Savannah News.
If Huerta is plotting a return to Mexico
he Ia not telling outsiders about 1t be
cause, perhaps, 1t is yet professional
secret"
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Cen Huerta says base ball is good
game, but he prefers bull fight. He
wants to see a good amateur ball game.
From the Columbus Dispatch.
Gen, Huerta declares that order will not
be restored in Mexico by any of the
bandits operative or imperative there.
But who will hold the bandits, actual and
potential, still while the man who isn't
bandit Strengthens things out!
From the Charleston News and Courier.
Huerta finds base ball tame compared
with bull fighting He ought to go and
see department store bargain sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
JitneYs and Responsibility

Before the jitney bus service starts
in Washington the public utilities
commission should seriously consider
the question of responsibility for &C
cidents and damages due to the care
less driving of these vehicles. In
some of the other cities where thi.
form OF transportation has been
adopted the experience Of the peo-
pie has been unfortunate in the mat
ter of accidents. Without any eff
fective regulation in some cases
there has been total lack of respon-
sibility for injuries inflicted upon in
dividuals and property. In some
alaeeAauy Qus With 2 licensed motor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

From the Kansas City Times.
Does anybody know which side Har.
ward IS on In this suit between two OF
it's alumni at Syracuse, N. y!
From the Schenectady Gazette.
The Barnes Roosevelt suit gives
Syracuse Il chance to brag about its
$1,5O0O00 courthouse.
From the Kansas City Star.
Mr. Barnes wishes the country to un-
derstand that his pure, white soul Is
simply shocked to be considered an Or
binary political boss.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald
In Barnes VS.. Roosevelt the public
has a libel suit that promises to be of
the major league variety.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Roosevelt told about his military
service just to identify himself. As
Iif that were needed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
THE SYRACUSE LIBEL SUIT.

From the birmingham News.
We don't recall just what the colonel
said of Boss Barnes, but II it libeled
him it must have been something fierce.
From the Wilkes Barre Leader.
Boss Barnes of New York is tin
horn sport. Why should he care about
what T. r. called him?
From the Detroit Times.
The lawyer who best handles any
case for 7. r. is the one. we presume,
who is content to remain In the back
ground and who best understands
when not to butt into the case.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The colonel is certainly having another
bully time" no matter how Mr.. Barnes
feels about It .AaA
From the New York Evening Telegram.
Expected to see more prohibitionistS on
Col. Roosevelt's jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
Kindness Needed.

Be kind to your father.
Oh, small, growing boy,
Though his manners may rather
Surprise or annoy;
Though sometimes he's guessing,
AS you often do,
Concerning some lesson
He hasn't learned through;
Though sometimes, quite fluent,
He'll chatter in vain
When he has played truant
And tries to explain;
Though his transactions
Strange moods seem to run,
Don't make the exactions
He makes for his son.
It's too late to tame him,
To slow placid joy.
Be kind and don't blame him,
Oh, small. growing boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
A National Budget.

Addressing by invitation the Penn
sylvania legislature at Harrisburg
last week, former President Taft re-
ferred to the lack of national budg-
ct and advocated one The subject
appeals to him, and he discusses it
after investigation and understand
ing1y. He said this:
The growing danger to the ooun-
try is the waste of the people S
money. Some waste, of course, is
necessary, but our system of govern
mental housekeeping is so childlshly
lacking in foresight that it is time 10
call for care for the future. We are
getting much nearer the limit of tax
able resources than ever before. We
need trial balance; statement of
what revenues are coming and what
expenditures are to be made"
There should be budget. The
matter is so plain it scarcely needs
argument. A government should no
more live beyond its means or ex-
travagantly than an individual. Our
appropriations for years have not
been made without regard to Our in
come. but have been made on a
higgledy-piggledy plan. very unbusi-
nesslike. Whatever waste has taken
place has been due to that.
But the waste has never been
nearly SO great as campaign stories
for campaign purposes have repre-
scented. Neither party has ever
rolled up its sleeves when in power,
and helped itself out of the Treasury
without regard to the peoples in
terests.
A budget alone. important as that
is, would not settle the real question
at issue. That question is as to how
the government shall be supported
whether on liberal or close scale.
AS there are big navy men and little
navy men, big army men and little
army men, there are big government
men and little government men.
There are men who would skimp
Uncle Sam until he would look like
a piker in the company he must
keep.
1t does not help at all to point out,
as some dot seems to be the sole
basis of their contention--the differ
ence between the sum total of the
appropriations now and that of twen-
ty years ago. 1t is great; but so is
the difference between our present
obligations and those of that time.
We have been growing and expand
ing amazingly since then, until we
have reached size and Importance
requiring a large increase of supplies
for the government. The establish
ment has reached proportions where
skimpfng would not only make 1t
look contemplate in the eyes of the
outside world, but injure the peo-
pie in their domestic affairs. Worthy
progress must be encouraged, and
when attained generously supported
Mr.. Taft is not a cheeseparer, as
his record in the White House
shows, but a statesman of broad
views, proud of the country and So
licitous for its continuing advance
ment. His suggestions are against
pork" and are sound and well ex-
pressed. Pork" can be eliminated
without injury to the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
The Ancient Strife.

LAS a boy the story of David and
Goliath made an impression on me
that has never been effaced.'
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum !;
those were the good old days when
political antagonists got out and
threw real rocks instead of mud"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
HER FAMILY.

Her mother treats me like son,
Her aunt enjoys my style Of joking;
Her fathers thawed and has begun
To lend me books and borrow smoking.
Her brother il a friend of mine
Who's always glad indeed to meet me;
Her toddling sister thinks I'm fine
And always has kiss to greet me.
The dogs o'erjoyed wheneer call
And makes ME romp and will not spare me.
There's just one drawback to it all:
know the girl herself can't bear me.
Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
lev independence.

1.-THE Eskimos are said to be very
happy and contented people"
why shouldn't they be?" rejoined
Mrs. Frettles. AN Eskimo family
never has visitors except when an
occasional exploring party comes
along. They don't care much wheth-
err the servant leaves or not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
Endless Possibilities.

"Soon there will be nothing left for
scientists to discover"
mo fear of that. Scientists can al
ways go on discovering that what
scientists previously discovered is all
wrong"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

A man like Kitchener manages to
make really serious impression
when he announces that he is a
soldier and rum is his foe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON
Getting the Details.

How did you get your clothes torn
and your face bruised1" asked the
boys father.
my condition" was the cautious
reply, "is the result of slide to sec
ond base"
But l thought you were umpiring
the gamer"
II was. I said the boy who slid
didn't make it"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

An efficiency expert has calcu-
lated the amount of energy wasted
on chewing gum. The mental energy
devoted to useless statistics never
attracts any interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

The practice of serving cider in
champagne glasses introduces the
optical illusion as feature of Wash
ington banqueting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

e1In order to avoid delays on account @,
personal absence. letters to THE STAR snoui9
not be addressed to any individual connected
with the once, but simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial Business Department. according
tenor purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

The photographs in the case do
not invariably make the affections in
controversy in breach of promise
suit look like the moneys worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

After all, prohibition is a safe topic
of agitation for a country engaged in
neutrality with reference
to world politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

Unauthoritative announcements as
to the terms to be insisted on are,
unfortunately, no convincing indica-
tons of peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

Reports that Mexico is in a state
of anarchy do not tempt any of our
leading anarchists to 60 there and
enjoy their ideal state of society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

The King of Belgium is respected
as a fighter in spite of the fact that
he never manifested any desire to be
a war lord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

Croquet is said to be in process of
revival This should give the poetry
editors on sporting pages light and
congenial literary occupation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

When it is announced that Barnes
and Roosevelt will fight to finish
nothing more serious is referred to
than a logical conclusion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

Turtle bay was as good spot as
any for the jumping-of place of the
Japanese war scare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

The plot to kidnap Harry Thaw is
about all that is left of series of
sensational features that promised to
be permanent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

The first robin has not nearly the
authority as spring sign that the
Potomac shad maintains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

A lingo" just now is recognizable
by his expression of great lonesome
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
A Dawning Requirement.

The melody of birds is sweet.
The poisoning is nice.
The lanes and fields are green and
neat
But how about the icc1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
GREECE AND BALKANIC ENTENTE

Tho cabinet crisis at Athens. the re-
peated visits Of Prince George. brother
of King Constantine. and
VenlzeloS the arrival of NJ Venizelos
p..4, in Egypt are incidentswhich
have provoked much inter
est and discussion in political circles
and in the European press. A dispatch
dated London, April II. announces that
the former members OF the Greek cab
met, presided over by NJ. Eleutherios
Venizelos. have organized themselves
into committee to conduct the af-
fairs OF the liberal or Venizelos party.
in view OF the elections to parliament.
In manifesto to the Greek people the
committee says the first duty OF the
party will be to aid in a solution OF
the great problem in accordance with
the pan-Hellenic desire and to show a
united front in the electoral campaign.
NJ. Zavitsianos. who presided. said the
retirement of Premier venizelos was a
loss to the nation which the voters had
it in their power to repair.
The correspondent Of tho Corriere
della Sera interviewed NJ venizelos be-
fore his departure for Egypt, where,
according to a dispatch dated Alexan-
dria, April 20. 'he was greeted by a
wildly enthusiastic crowd and well
coined officially by Prince Fuad. brother
of Prince Hussein, the Sultan of Egypt.
together with British and French Off
Gals"
Egypt, It should be mentioned. con-
tains a numerous Creek colony in the
cities and in the country as well. The
commerce indeed. the cotton market
and the bourse are principally in the
hands of the Greeks. and this will serve
to explain the enthusiastic greeting
accorded the ex-premier of Greece.
The Greeks. 1t goes without saying.
are intensely patriotic in Greece. and
by association with them I know by
experience of their patriotism in Egypt.
The interview in the Corrier della
Sera is Instructive. The resignation of
NJ. Venizelos was entirely natural. The
cabinet was in accord with the pre-
mier and remained in accord with the
sovereign until the cabinet believed the
occasion propitious for Greece to enter
the war with the allies. The sovereign
refused to give up neutrality. The
ca binet quit, and that was all.
German influence had naturally
weighed heavily on the decision of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25

| The government, through ono OF Its
arms, which Is brought most often into
| contact with its
Humanizing the citizens. is becom-
| ing "humanized." 1t
| ooVeIAuleAI. is coming to under
stand its people and to be understood
The over-formal procedure which once
obtained and which made for rnechan-
| icalness is giving way to considerable
! activity. A spirit of fellowship is
springing up and is leading to CO.
operation between governed and gov
| erning agency.
This is the message that Secretary
Lane of the Department of the Interior
has brought to Washington from trip
through the west which he has just
| completed. after nearly a years absence
from that portion Of the country. in which
| most of his departments activities CEN
ter.
For many years the people of the
west who have necessarily come into
close contact with the federal govern
ment have viewed its activities which
most vitality affect them with feelings
close to suspicion and resentment They
nave made it clear in communications
10 the Department of the Interior and
70 Its field agents that they feared ''the
ring to this former condition of affairs.
secretary Lane, just after his recent
return to Washington, said:
1t is the fairly general tendency of
westerners to drop this attitude and to
LOOK to the government in a spirit of
confidence and understanding that i'm
pressed me most strongly during my
trip This change has come over the
Whole people of the west to a certain
extent, but is most strongly marked in
a al RI
with the government. Among these the
cooperative spirit is evident in all
cia neutrality-suspicious. homesteaders, farm
eIs on the reclamation projects and In
dlans on their reserva tons
This change is due to a number of
factors Recent legislation has evil
denced the intention of the government
to adopt more liberal policy toward
the west and its resources; the bureaus
or the department have greatly reduced
the time required to handle admins
tratfve matters and to complete field
work: and the field agents have shown
splendid spirit of considerable and
helpfulness In a word. the machinery
Iceland the west approves"
me recently enacted legislation to
which Secretary Lane ascribes much
of the changed attitude of westerners
includes the Alaskan coal-leasing bill,
which will open for DEVELOPMENT one of
the commodities of which the west is in
greatest need: the Alaskan railroad
Dill, which will make the coal as we'll
as other resources of the territory
available, and the new reclamation
act, which doubles the period In which
settlers may pay their purchase money,
and more than halves the burdens
which have weighed them down.
Two other bills which vitality affect
the destinies of the west, and which
were passed by the House during the
late Congress, have met the hearty APP
proval of Secretary Lane. They are
the general mineral leasing BILL which
would remove difficulties and inconsis-
tencies that are thorns in the sides of
many westerners, and the water-power
bill, which will make possible the pro-
duction on an equitable basis of sorely
needed energy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-25
Friendship for
Great Britain.

tain the friendship of England and to
participate in the weakening of Tur-
key. All the reasons invoked by NJ.
Venizelos encountered the opposition of
the sovereign, also of some politicians
and the general staff. which denied
the possibility of an invasion of Greece.
Nevertheless, in May, 1914. the chief
of the general staff assured the gov
eminent that Greece was capable of
opposing Bulgaria and Turkey united.
Now that Turkey is assailed on three
sides and that Greece may count on the
support of the three great powers, the
staff affects to fear for the territorial
integrity The friend of NJ. Venizelos
affirmed that the eX-premier was dis
couraged, that Greece had allowed the
hour to pass which would never come
again" 1t was that situation NJ. Ven
izelos proposed to submit to the Greek
people in the next assembly. The pres
emit assembly would be dissolved in two
months and after that the general cleo
tons would be ordered.
The situate of Greece 1t may be said
on the one hand is particularly exposed;
by Saloniki 1t touches Bulgaria. by Janina
ii touches Albania; by the Adriatic 1t is
confronted by the Italian shore: by the
archipelago 1t Is In maritime contact with
Turkey; the straits, Asia Minor and
fnally the islands with the complications,
mart the islands by the Italian forces.
Bulgaria appears to be the real cloud
upon the Greek monarch's policy; Inc
Corrier della Sera Of March 27 publishes
a statement made by NJ. Stratos. minis
ter of marine in the present cabinet.
NJ. Stratos declares that Russia was
opposed to the Intervention of Greece.
bulgaria is In a situation analogous 10
Rmlea ria. one in favor Of Austria. the
other of Russia. In the event of the