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The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Sam Randall. He has been familiar
with almost all the Legislation which
has been enacted since the civil war
I think that he has a better under
standing of the fundamental princi-
pies of the Democratic party than any
member of that party in either branch
of Congress. Moreover, he is true
Democrat in the social and personal
sense as we'll as in the partisan mean
ing of that term.
II suppose Randall is not worth
more than four or five thousand dol
lars. He has lived upon his salary.
He has had abundant oportunity to
accumulate a fortune. but he dis
dained every chance. / know that he
lost his speakership at the time Mr..
Kerr. of Indiana. was nominated be-
cause he would not agree to name .
certain man whom powerful capital
wanted appointed to the Craftsmanship
of a certain committee. l know that
he would not accept penny from
any of the protection leagues Of ths
United States for the purpose Of aid
ing his campaigns for election to Con-
Sress. although he was and Is a pro-
tectionist in the sense that he favorS
a revenue tariff with incidental pre-
lection. He is man of rugged hon
esty."
had heard at Chicago that IL Mr..
Randall would consent to make a Ger
tain bargain there would have been
brought to his support for the Presi-
Dental nomination a considerable num-
Der of the delegates. but he peremp-
torily refused to bargain for the NOM
inatiOn.
Copyright 19B. by z. J. Edvards All nsat -
servcd)
Tomorrow DR.. Edwards will tell OF
Bronson Towards First Successful
Play"
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

| how 'inconvenient to the English" II
| was to have French settlements run
ming all along from our lakes by the
back of Virginia and Carolina to the
Bay Of Mexico"
There was keen rivalry in trade. and
had been these many years. between the
men Of the English and Dutch colonies
and the men OF the French for the profit
able trade In furs which had its hear,
az the north: and II was already possible
Tor those who knew the forest commerce
TO reason right shrewdly Of the future
knowing. Is they did. that the English
gave better goods and dealt more fairly
for the furs than the French, and tina,
many OF the very Frencnmen who ranged
the forests In search Of gain themselves
preferred to send what they had to Al.
bany for sale. But. except for a few
lonely villages In PARKWAY Maine. there
was nowhere any close contact between
FRENCH apd English in America
Few, except traders and thoughtful
governors and border villagers. who fear.
ed the tribes whom the French melted
10 ittack and massacre, knew what
Franco did o. was planning.
Hing Williams war Q6S9-l69O, with It's
eight years of conscious peril set new
thoughts astir. 1t made America part
OF the stage upon which the great Euro
pean conflict between French and Eng.
lish was TO be fought out: and immedi-
ately sort Of continental air began to
blow through colonial affairs
Colonial interests began to seem less
local. more like interests held In COM
mon. and the colonies began to think OF
themselves as part of an empire. They
had no great part in the war, II Is true
Hale Sir William Philips. that frank sea.
man advcnturer. led an expedition
against Acadia in 1880. took Port Royal
and stripped the province of all that
could be brought away: but that had
hardly had the dignity OF formal war.
He had chiefly relished the private gain
got out OF II as a pleasant reminder of
that day Of fortune when he had found
the Spanish treasure ship sunk upon q
reef In far HispanIola.
His second expedition. made the same
year against Quebec, no doubt smacked
more Of the regular business. for he un.
dertook 1t as an accredited officer Of the
crown; but when It failed II Is likely he
thought more of the private moneys SUBJ
scrfbed and lost upon II than OF the de-
feat Of the royal arms.
There was here the irritation. rather
than the zest, of great matters. and the
colonial leaders were not becoming
European statesmen Of a sudden. Their
local affairs were still OF more concern
courts.
Nevertheless the var made a beginning
of common undertakings. The colonies
were a little drawn together, a little put
in mind Of matters larger than their own.
Tomorrow-Ths movement against
the French.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

he was chosen to sit the Supreme Court bench
and pass judgment criminals without fear or
favor and without regard for the sentimental hog
wash about leading men into temptation. The
prisoner confessed that he was unworthy to longer
associate with his family and those who had taken
him into fraternal order for the betterment Of
men, and the judge gave him the opportunity to
do real penance at Sing Sing as we'll as play the
role of pentent in court. 1t may not be happy
ending of dramatic trial, but it is the ending
for which laws were made and courts were insti-
tutcd.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
HISTORY BUILDERS.
Why Speaker Randall Was Not
Nominated.
Written EXPRESSLY for The Washington Herald.
Nv DIR, r.. j. EDWARDS.

When the Democratic Presidential
convention at Chicago in 1884 was or
ganizing ] met Samuel J. Randall. OF
Pennsylvania. who had been Speaker
of the House of Representatives al
Washington and who was then a mem
her of the House. Mr. Randall was
aware that "A considerable number OF
delegates warmly favored him for the
Presidency, but he had no illusions
about the possibility of his nomina
ton.
When | met him he was resting in
a retired place at the rear OF the read
ing room of one of the large hotels
of Chicago. He greeted me cordially
and seemed disposed to speak with
some freedom respecting the action OF
the convention.
He said: ''Of course. it is gratifying
to have friends who think SO well OF
YOU that they would be glad IL you
were nominated for President. The
reasons. however. are many why my
nomination is impossible. 1 have al
ready discovered that some exceed
ingly shrewd political work has beer
done for the purpose of securing the
nomination of Grover Cleveland. Of
New York, and l suppose the fact that
he was elected governor of New York
by a wonderful majority adds greatly
to his availability. There Ia no chance
of carrying Pennsylvania for a Demo
cratic candidate for President. but
presume there is very good chance
that New York State would give a
ma ority or at least a plurality 10
the Democratic candidate"
Mr.. Randall did not seem to be very
strong. His wonderfully bright and
large dark eyes revealed mental vigor
but he seemed somewhat weary ply
sically. As I looked at him, l recalled
something that his warm friend. Judge
William ID. Kelley. of Pennsylvania
who was also a member of the House
and who. although differing in pol
itics with Mr.. Randall. was not only
a strong personal friend. but also a
very great admirer of him. said TO me
At the time John G. Carlisle, OF Ken
lucky. defeated Mr.. Randall for the
nomination for the Speakership.
Judge Kelley said: There is no man
in the Democratic party better quail
ined by experience and BY ability
for the Presidency than 70 NJ friend
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

~HIS stealthy power which crept 90
steadily southwark and westward
at the back of the English set
u. Elements upon the coast was held
at arms length throughout that quiet
age Of beginnings. not by the English.
but by a power within the forests tne
power OF the great confederated lro-
ouois tribes, who made good their mas
terry between the Hudson and the lakes;
the Senecas, Cayugas. Onondagas.
Oneidas, and Mohawks
They were stronger. fercer. more con-
slant and indomitable. more capable
every way, than the tribes amidst whom
the French moved; and Champlain had
unwittingly made them the enemies OF
the French forever. Long. long ago. In
the year 1909. which white men mad Tor
gotten, he had done what the lroauois
never forgot or forgaVe
He had come with their sworn foes
he Algonquins. to the shores OF tnat
lake by the sources o. the Hudson which
the palefaces ever afterward called by
hin name. and had there used the dread
firearms of the white men. OF which they
had never heard before. to work the
utter ruin of the Mohawks in battle.
They we're always and everywhere
ready after that fatal day to be any
mans ally, whether Dutch or English.
AGAINST the hated French; and the
French found II necessary to Keep at
the back OF the broad forests which
stretched from the eastern Lakes TO the
HUI son and the Delaware. the wide en-
pre- Of these dusky foes. astute. implac-
able. They skirted the domains of the
Iroauois when they were prudent. and
passed inland by the lakes and the val
ley Of the Mississippi.
Rut though they kent their distance
they advanced their power. The colon
lists In New England had been uneasy
because Of their unwelcome neighbor-
hood from the first. Once and again
there Lad been actual collision and a
petty warfare. But until William OF
Grange made England a party to the
great war of the Protestant powers
against Louis XIV few men had seen
what the struggle between French and
English held In store for America
The English colonies had grown back
not a little way from the sea, steadily
pushed farther and farther into the
thick-set forests which lay upon the
broad valleys and rising slopes of the
interior by mere increase Of people and
drift Of enterprise.
Before the seventeenth century was
out adventurous English traders had
crossed the Alleghenies. had launched
their canoes upon the waters of the Ohio.
and were fixing their huts here and there
within the vast wilderness as men do
who mean to stay.
Col Dongan, the dukes governor in
New York QSsD, like many another Of
fcer whose duties made him alert to
watch the humors and keep the friend
ship Of the troquois. the masters Of the
northern border. had been quick IN see
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
Wake Up, Law Officers!

There has never been period in the history
OF New York when there more crimes OF
violence and bloodshed than at the present time.
Attempts to blow up cathedrals, churches and
courthouses occur with almost the frequency
of spring showers. Mysterious murders COM
mitted almost often traffic is interrupted in
Fifth avenue. The deadly bomb has become as
common as the town pump at the crossroads
hamlet. Thugs and shotgun braves are as numer-
Gus and daring in the days which preceded the
killing OF Rosenthal
Now, the place for beginning OF the cure of
this evil is the Bronx. The miscreants who blew
up the courthouse on Monday night should be
for the maintenance of law and order in the State
Of New York have to be employed
We fear the police authorities do not realize
the gravity Of their responsibilities New York
Herald.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

The British theory that the Kaiser is deter
mined to force the United States into tho war to
provide an excuse lot Immediately suing for peace
Is hardly a>>aablc Certainly the limit has almost
been reached m attempts 10 provoke Half an
hours notice before the torpedo sent against
the Lusitana> side would have been sufficient to
save the lives oi those hundred and more Amcri-
cans. fathers, mothers, and babies and had such
notice been given the crisis which confronts
lis would have been less acute, How the deliberate
murder OF these helpless noncombatants could
possibly benefit Germany not at first appar-
cnt. The British theory. which now seems paus-
ible is that the Lusitana's passengers were sacr-
feed in effort to Germany from her foes
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Americans, almost unanimous in the belief that
Germany has pcrpctrated unspcakable crime
against this country manfcsting admirable
sef-restraint while their President is making up
his mind what purse to pursue in unfolding the
national honor. Dr. Dernbcrg. Herman Ridder
Richard Barthodt and Jew who proclaim them
selves American citizens, and who have under
taken 10 excuse the murder OF more than 100 Amer
lean men, women and children. should at least
have the deccucy to hold their tongues.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

out into the surface diseases
called labor troubles. 1t is
known that SIX months ago
Russia was on the eve OF a
great radical uprising. And
in Germany the radicals were
growing more menacing.
England, too. was apparent
" about to become involved
in a civil war, directly trace
able to religious and class
bitterness. That some or all
the forces of uncleanliness in
the national life OF those ma
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Editor of The Washington Herald
The editorial in The Herald of May
How to Teach Temperance" is appear
entity misleading and ill-advised in some
pa PARTICULARS. The tone of opposition to the
employment OF q special teacher in scien-
tific temperance instruction in our pub
lie schools voiced by the editor is only
an echo Of the big waves of opposition
that rolled over the efforts for such in
struction made by the W. G. T. L. some
forty wears ago. under the leadership OF
Frances f. Willard, foremost educator
of her time.
As to the burden upon special teach
er teaching the 5000 children taught in
something like 100 rooms in nearly 2co
buildings in the District" 1t is not pro-
posed that one teacher shall accomplish
the impossible. The proposition is SIM
liar to that of instruction in music. draw
ing, elocution and physiculture. We do
not expect one teacher to teach in every
grade. but in az many OF the upper grades
as found possible. Such teacher was
employed BY the W. c. T. L. of the Dis
<rict for one month in the early part Of
the present school year. and she did
give a lesson TO each eth and sth grade
room by assembling the It'll and Sth
grades. and sometimes more. together.
then reaching about 5000 pupils.
We feel that the result has been an
awakening OF more interest. and that it
was appreciated by most of the regular
teachers.
We cannot agree with the editor that
we have had true temperance instruction
for the past hundred years. Temperance
in its modern meaning is moderation in
CONTINUED on PAGE NINE
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Many circumstances connected with the sink.
ing of the Lusitania, concerning which accounts
are contradictory, remain to be cleared up by the
complete official reports. For instance one dis
patch states that the vessel was being conveyed,
and some German defenders cite this as an excuse
for the torpedo attack but the other hand a
flood OF criticism comes because the British navy
afforded the ship protection. All the evidence,
however, points to the conclusion that no war
ships accompanied the Lusitania. Again, some of
the survivors quoted saying that the mad
rush to the boats caused the loss of many lives,
while others complain that many were lost be-
cause assured by the ships officers that there
was no danger, they made effort to save them
selves. The wonder is that. in the few minutes
between the striking OF the torpedocs and the
sinking of the ship. even many as $50 were
saved.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

II shall remember the time | have spent here
the happiest in my lie" says Porter Charl-
ton, an American confined in an Italian asylum
awaiting trial for numbering his wife. Warden
Osborne OF Sing Sing. should be able to get
some pointers there.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
THE WINGS OF FANCY

Ion happy birds that fty
e Have no more wings than
Who on my fancy free
Can soar across the sea,
And wing my way afar
To any land, or star;
To any distant height
Beyond the realm OF night.
With nothing to impede
By earth born woe or decd
The ecstacy OF flight.
Copyright. 1871
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

1t is announced that woman recently acquit-
ted of murder in New lork is to go the stage.
An arrangement should be made whereby persons
who achieve notoriety in that way merely
place themselves exhibition, instead OF attempt
ing to do something entertaining; that is it the
public really wants to look at them.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Even ii former President TAFT. former Senator
Root and Senator Wadsworth called to SYRIA
cusc to reiute the testimony OF Theodore Roose-
welt, Franklin ID. Roosevelt and William Loeb
there will be no reason to look forward to happy
reunion in the court ROOM
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

81 only say that any ship flying the
American flag and not carrying contraband OF
is and will be safe a cradle the seas, !"
DIR. Dernbcrg is quoted asserting. But DR..
Dernbergs government has warned the United
States 10 the contrary, and its torpcdocs and
bombs have furnished corroboration
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

DO VIC know positively that the Lusitania was
torpedocd; Ambassador Bernstorf asked the re-
porters in New York. just as his government was
sending official announcement OF its achieve
ment. Berlin should keep its Washington repre-
sentative better informed.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

A dog killed 100 guinea pigs and made useless
two years work OF Michigan scientist who had
been experimenting with the animals Is it pos
sible that dogdom has learned of the practice OF
vivisection canine subjects?
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
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and keep alive the ideals arl activities
upon which it depends. That is. We can
do all this and more for the human race.
If we remain al peace. Let us, therefore,
if possible. remain at peace even though
our doing so might seem under other
conditions to involve q serious sacrifice
of national amour propre or even of ma
tional interests.
But a decision to remain at peace Will
not necessitate our remaining UMPIRE
pared for war. This we cannot afford to
do. We cannot hope to save the world
from militarism merely by setting a
pacific example unopposed by force. or
such show OF force as TO dash its
courage it will march directly to its
ends over every protest and every OBJ
stacle. And its end will be what it al
ways has been-the economic eXploita-
ton of its victims in order to maintain
at their expense privileged military
caste 1t is as undeterred by scruples as
an earthquake or cyclone. or, let us say.
an iceberg.
We have. therefore, the task before us
of putting ourselves in a position to repel
force with force and yet preserve our
democratic and pacific ideals from cor
ruption or debilitations. We have done
this before and can do it again. At the
close of our civil war our soldiers of both
sides went gladly back to their fields
and workshops and domestic hearths.
We should at once begin to put ourselves
in a position to follow words with blows
in case OF need. not only in behalf Of
our national right and dignity and 10
show that we really mean to hold tres
passers to account for present encToach-
ments. but in order-when terms OF pea ce
are to he made-to put in a potent word.
IL necessary. on behalf of fairness to the
under dog.
This of course. means Il ConvokinC OF
Congress in special sessian at very
early day since the preparations needed
cannot he carried far without appro-
priations and borrowing powers which
that body alone can confer.
EDWARD T. PETERS.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

1t is to be hoped that the State Departments
reply to Germany's protest against attack"
on the steamer Odenwald at San Juan, Porto Rico.
will be considered wholly satisfactory.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

A St Louis dispatch says haiIstoncs ic at
Upton, Mo, eight and onc-hali inches in diane
ter and weighing half a pound. They mus, have
been soap bubbles.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
Cleaning Up the World.
BY JOHN ID. BARRY.

THERE is kind OF cleanliness operating with
= in all the warning nations none the less real
through being covered up by the contest, breaking
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First prin ing of original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Perhaps what is most important ior the world
to acknowledge is the truth that the people are
not the English people or the German people or
the American people. They simply people
wl.ercv they are and whatever their language
and manners and customs may be. One para
mount issue of this is the principle behind
the protection of Belgium. insisting on the rights
Of the smaller nations maintain their integrity.
In this principle lies the essence of the matter
that right is greater than might. The Germans
have been frank in placing might their chief
reliance They have made the issue plain.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Then, too, there is growth out Of
business. To business all directly or
indirectly related important circumstance that
the sacrifice OF business and of moneyed interests
and of millionares in the present ought not
to blind us to. More and more clearly the world
is realizing that business must to be ex-
ploitation and must become what it ought to be,
service The interests that now live by the people
and on the people must be the servants OF the
people They are such now in name. Often they
use the word service to commend themselves to
the public. We hear great deal just now OF
public service corporations. The must be
more than trademark. 1t must express the
very nature of the work done and done under the
peoples control.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

tions had something TO do with the international
strife could hardly be questioned. Moreover. on
the national uncleanliness OF England the Kaiser
deliberately played by relying on the Irish trouble
as a means OF keeping England out OF more COM
plications abroad. He forgot that when the quar-
reling husband and wife found themselves con-
fronted with an intruder they were certain to get
together at once in cooperative defense and OPP
position
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

The war, it should be borne in mind, was moi
a disaster sent from the skies. II was not an &C
cident. There is chance in results, says
Emerson. The infamics OF war are the results OF
the spiritual infamies that have been countenanced
and encouraged and pcrsistently maintained in
spite Of civilization, in spite OF ethics, IN spite OF
the professions OF the world accepted and pro-
mulgated as blasphemous from God Almighty
AS the war is it is no moro blasphemous than the
life it has come out OF and the life going on to-
day in Christian countries that do not happen to
be involved
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

The Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmetef entertained at dinner Sat
urday evening in honor of the Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Bryan
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Miss Ruth Jones entertained at a
supper party last evening in honor of
Miss Ruth Bliss.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

What tho world needs is housc-cleaning
Perhaps ono good will come out OF the war IN
the spreading OF thought this subject and in
the leading toward start. All the wretchcd
cant that creates the false ideals OF patriotism
ought first, to be swept away. 1t is too easy Tor
the nations nowadays to look over anothers
fences TO allow such fimsy lies TO be kept up
We haven't the old excuses for deceiving our
selves and for passing the hes to innocent
children. Moreover, it is time for us. as nations.
to live by the knowledge that all lies are bad.
the lies OF diplomacy being worse than many
other lies becaus, they far-reaching in
their consequences. Both history and diplomacy
ought to be cleaned and aired History ought
to be rewritten so that other events more impor-
tant than those connected with wars may be re-
corded, events that ignored relating to the
true progress OF the race. events not merely ma
tiona in their character, but international that is
human.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Breckenridge.
Mrs. J. c. Ten Eyck. Miss Julia Ten
Eyck and Mr.. Breckenridge Ten Eyck.
of New York. arrived in Washington
by motor last ening and will remain
during the horse show. They are stop
ming at the POWhatan.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Mrs. Bryan. wife OF the Secretary of
State. will go to Fairfax. Va. Thurs
day to deliver an address to the FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs OF that State.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

DR.. and Mrs. Francis s. Nash will en-
terrain at young peoples dinner We'd
ncsday evening at the Chevy Chase Clue
for their daughter. Miss Carolyn Nash
Il nd her house guest. Miss Ellen Newbold.
of Philadelphia.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

DR.. Rufus Cole. of New York. who
arrived at the Willard yesterday to at
tend the meetings of the Association
of American Physicians. entertained a
large and distinguished party at din
ner in the Presidential suite yesterday.