The Washington times., 1917-02-10
Here and There
In the News.

There were only Ave of them-5 to
TS-three Republicans and two Demo
Gratis; but their names should be
burned into the hearts of their people
as the names of five men who hesi-
tated when the honor and dignity and
safety of their country were at stake.
or course, they were honest In their
thinking and action: but so were the
Copperheads up North and the Union
men down South many years ago; and
to this day, after over half a century
of more or less blessed peace, to be
designated as either is accounted
reproach in both of the old sections of
the country. BY this time, Mr.. Bryan
must have some doubt in his own
mind as to the success of his peace
at-any-price propaganda. Two Demo
cratic Senators out of ffty-five and
three Republicans out OF forty-one is
rather a bad showing for the head of
the peace party. But Mr.. Bryan Is
not afeared to fight; he was colonel
of a regiment in the war with Spain,
nearly twenty years ago, and is de
serving Democrat"
Two Going Home.
Senator John w. Works will soon
be going back to his home in Califor
mia, and he will not be missed in
Washington. Why his State sent him
to the Senate has meyer been ex-
planned: but they are taking him
back, much to the relief OF a grateful
country. Senator MARITIME OF New Jer-
sey will be leaving for Plainfield early
next month. He has not made
strong representative of his State in
the Senate, and has had little or no
influence in that body; but II he has
done no good. he has done little harm
HIS colleagues generally have liked
him. not because he counted for any
thing in particular. but because he
has always been good humored about
it,
A Negative Tribute.
One OF the stories the late Judge
Brawley told with gusto was about
the sermon OF old Parson Hinton, of
the Baptist Church, at the funeral OF
miserable reprobate who had lived
within the bounds Of his CONGREGATION.
So far as the parson was advised, the
deceased person had violated all the
Commandments, "and then some" as
the saying goes, and the parson was
a truthful man and could not bear
the thought of going through an idle
service. He thought that IL would
| be better on the whole to let the de-
parted go without making any fuss
about 1t: but he was finally persuaded.
out OF respect for the surviving FAM
! lily composed of the best people in the
community, to conduct religious SER
vices. The casket containing the body
| of the deceased was taken into the
parsons church and placed in front
OF the pulpit. There were the usual
emblems OF mourning and an atten-
tive congregation. After the singing
OF an appropriate hymn and a sincere
prayer old Parson Hinton arose in
the pulpit, and, touched by his SYM
pathy for the grief-stricken family,
broke the deep silence by saying:
Our brother who lies before us to-
day had some virtues, but they were
| mostly Of a negative order" He had
! spoken the truth, and with telling ef-
feet.
The Presidents Visit.
Wilson makes hurried visit to
Lansing. ng."-Newspape headline.
As matter of fact, Wilson did moth
ing of the sort. He left the White
House and went across the street
to the State. War and Navy building.
walking along at his usual gait and
| apparently with nothing OF a very
desperate or exciting nature on his
mind, and when he found that Lans-
| ing was not in his office he walked
back across the street to the White
House. There was nothing very re-
markable in his adventure. He has
made frequent visits OF the same gen.
eral sort without exciting the fears
| OF well-balanced observers. II he had
7 his own way about II he would prob
! ably poke srospd town very much
as he used to walk about Princeton
when he was a comparatively free
man.
/ The Quiet Maa Is the Fighting Man.
! Henry Ford is a paclfist, and he 10
not ashamed OF It; but he will fight 10
/ 1t is pushed on him, and he is ready
to fight now. Beware the quiet,
| patient man.
The swashbuckler Is really not dan
| gerous, the jingo does not count when
! trouble comes: the man who boasted
/ fifty years or so ago that there would
| be no fighting and that he would
| drink all the blood that could be spill
\ ed IL war should come. never got
within sound of the hostile guns-It
was the quiet fellows from the shops
| and fields who did the work. The
: quiet man is the dangerous man.
/ Patience under pIoVocation is the
! highest test Of courage.
The ..BaInnce' OF the Senate.
One OF the favorIte forms of eX-
preston in the Senate is the balance
Of the Senate" II was used the other
day by Senator Smith OF Georgia.
| He did not mean II. He knows bet
ter. What he meant to say was the
rest OF the Senate, or the other mem
I bers OF the Senate. The balance" OF
the Senate is on the Senator's side I:
the rest Of the Senate IL not infre-
quently against him. Another favor
/ Ite in the Senate Is 'in our midst
II is used on nearly all funeral oc-
/ casions. and Is much In demand when
patriotic appeals are to be made.