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POLITICS. AT HOME
The Hughes Appointment.

xuC nu6ueo 0ppoANtASAss
There was prompt denial Of the story
that the republican senators were cold
toward the appointment of Charles E
Hughes to conduct the airplane inves
tigation. But some interesting talk has
grown out Of it.
This talk plays principally around
the question, Is Mr.. Hughes out OF
politicsf
His entrance into politics is a fa,
miliar story. His ambition did moi
point in that direction. He had been
trained for the bar, had succeeded in
his profession, and was satisfied with
his prospects. But he made so pro-
found an impression on the New York
public by his skill in conducting the
Investigation Of the famous insurance
scandal that he was practically drafted
by the republicans for the state lead.
ership Of their party. From that time
he became something Of national fig.
ure.
Equally familiar is the story Of his
entrance into national politics. In a
way he was drafted for the presidential
contest Of two years ago. His party
had much excellent material in point
Of ability and character to draw upon
but owing to factional troubles it need.
ed in a leader in addition to those
qualities the quality Of unifier. As
Mr.. Hughes had been on the bench for
some years he was free from political
factionism, and so filled the full bill
His triumph in the nominating conven-
ton was swift and pronounced.
As candidate Mr.. Hughes met the
expectations Of his friends. He lost by
a Scratch" and a Scratch" so mex
plicable that political quidnuncs, when
at leisure and in reminiscent mood,
still occasionally discuss it.
Since his dcfeat for tho presidency,
which he accepted philosophically and
gracefully, Mr.. Hughes has busted him
self only with the law and left politics
to others. If he has any political plans
for the future he has not announced
them, nor has anybody speaking for
him said word on the subject.
There is not, Of course, the slightest
suggestion that Mr.. Hughes will at
tempt to play politics with his present
assignment. Such 3 thing would be
entirely out Of character, and, more
over, impossible Of success. What the
country has to congratulate itself upon
is the appointment Of a man SO capable
and so fine and strong in character to
handle a matter of great importance
in circumstances Of considerable diff
iculty.
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Women and the Primaries.

The enrolment Of women at the pri-
maries in New York state Saturday was
light. In the metropolis it was SO light
the matter excited remark and regret.
It seemed strange that on such an oc-
casion the new members Of the cleo
torate should appear Indifferent to the
exercise of privilege so recently won
after so hard a contest.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman of
the New York city woman suffrage
party-called "Boss' Hay, as tribute
to her activity and capacity as suf-
frage leader-ascribes the delinquency
in that town to "the horrible places Sc
lectcd for enrolment"
Whatever there may be in the ex-
PLANTATION and the charge, it is fact
that enrolment places everywhere
should be above reproach as respects
both environment and condition.
shacks, or ramshackle structures of
any kind in tough localities, should not
figure in any feature Of the suffrage
equation. Both enrollments and elec-
tions should have irreproachable sur
roundings. The places should be clean,
and the approaches safe and even in
viting.
City politics everywhere has for
years been too closely associated with
slum influences. Headquarters have
sometimes been established in shady
"joints" Leading activities have been
directed from barrooms, with the pro-
prietors possessing and exercising the
quill"
Many very excellent men have sub
mitted from sort Of helplessness
They sometimes objected, but only to
be covered with ridicule and told that
they were too delicate, too "ladylike,'
for tho inevitable experiences OF
everyday affairs. In democracy, why
be so nicei In a bullring, why stipu.
late for irreproachable conditions and
conduct
This sort of talk should not avail
now. Improved conditions should fol
low the enlarged electorate. As re.
spects the ballot the placing it in the
hands of women demands that they
be protected in using it from all sur,
roundings naturally Objectionable to
their sex. In that particular in the
suffrage, sex has not been abolished.
Meanwhile, women in states where
they have won the suffrage should moi
fail to enroll and vote. These incon
yeniencies and annoyances should dis.
appear all the sooner through the in
luence Of women exercised at the polls
IN the choice Of public servants.
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Sim Fein Fanatics.
rom the New York World.

From the new f0fK WofId.
A few fanatics may be under the de-
lusion that they are freeing Ireland
when they make common cause with
Germany, but II Germany happens to
be at war with the United States they
enter into her service at their peril.
In time Of peace we have sheltered
many political refugees from Ireland.
some Of whom, we are sorry to say.
have abused our hospitality. Although
the circumstances which have made
the United States and Great Britain
companions In arms are no doubt dis
pleasing to this element. its obliga-
ton not to give aid and comfort to
the enemy 10 just as strong as though
we were lighting without allies OF
associates.
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New York's telephone system will
follow the example set some time ago
in Washington and refuse TO answer
requests for the time Of day. The man
whose principal responsibility was to
wind the clock has at last become an
important member of the household.
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Having been unable to destroy her
ships at the docks when taken over
by the United States, Prussia does her
best to annihilate them with sub
marines.
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Austria finds a spirit Of revolt grow
ing within its boundaries. Emperor
Charles may be prepared to take all
the blame in Berlin if anything goes
wrong with Emperor Williams plans.
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Efforts to secure cessation of bonn
bardment on days held in religious
reverence would be more successful If
the Hun could be depended upon to re-
speet any kind of an agreement.
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An increase in the cost Of travel car
ries with it the cheering consideration
that for the average citizen the induce
merts to travel were never less than
at this time.
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Discussions Of. summer heat are not
claiming the attention customarily ac-
corded them. The people have some
thing more important to think about.
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The kaiser asserts victory as divine
right without once condescending to
consult the Supreme Authority in the
matter.
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Bernstorff has at least been success
full in preventing Turkey from becom-
ing disguised with the atrocities Of the
Hun.
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Cornb1ead and potatoes will rescue
America from the danger so often
pointed out, Of becoming nation of
dyspepties.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO In THE STAR

Although virtually >settled by the
vote on the 11th article OF the i'm
peachment charge,
The President the trial Of Andrew
. Johnson by the Sem
0cquitIeu. ate sitting as a high
court. continued to hold public atten-
ton and interest until the final dis
apprehension on the part of the Presi-
dents friends lest the impeachment
managers of the House should seek
to postpone final voting. leaving the
case hanging over the Presidents
head. But the Senate went ahead and
carried the matter to a conclusion. In
The Star of May 26. 1858. is a news
account of the final session of the
high court. held that day. There was
much maneuvering before the case
was finally settled, a group Of radical
senators having caucused and agreed
to hold together for postponement for
four weeks. Motions to adjourn to
certain days were negatived, and
finally the Senate proceeded to vote
on the remaining articles. The I'd
article was first put. the vote
standing IS to 1s, not sufficient under
same as on the 1lth article, previous
ly taken. The Sd article was then
laid before the court for decision, ana
the vote was the same. Upon this
Senator Williams of oregon moved
that the court sitting for the trial OF
Andrew johnson adjourn sine die
This was carried by vote of "a to
16, and, says The Star. thus ending
the great Impeachment trial. with a
virtual acquittal on all the other ar
them" The Star adds: The anti
impeachers were greatly elated with
the result, though making no ex-
plosive demonstration. and many OF
the impeachers expressed satisfaction
that the matter had been definitely
promptly paid, but some losers pre-
ferred to wait and see the exact
status of the thing"
This matter Of bets on the impeach-
ment question proved to be somewhat
complex in view Of the
Bettors in failure to vote on all Of
the articles. The Star Of
UouDt. May. q. 1868. says:
1.-The partleS VINO nave ndue pets On
the result Of impeachment are in warm
contention, the adjournment Of the court
without voting upon all the articles hav-
ing rendered 1t uncertain whether any
money has been lost or any money won
on the trial Some Of the bets were that
Fessenden and Trumbull would vote to
acquit on every article and others that
the President would be acquitted on
every article Those who bet against
acquittal in these cases contend that
as the senators named have not voted
on every article each party must have
his stakes returned. Those, however.
who bet on the square issue Of 'acquittaf
or conviction are paying their bets,
there being no loopholes for escape"
Il -
In view Of the present turmoil In
Europe and the violation of all neu-
trality agreements war
European limiting and armament
limiting conventions spec
matters. uiations indulged in in the
past respecting the possibility of at
taining to an international ideal Of har-
mony and good faith are decidedly in
teresting. In The Star Of May 2s. 1868.
is an editorial reference entitled
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Building the Ships!

From the New York Herald.
No discordant or false note enters to
disturb the cheering harmonies Of ac-
complement issuing from the ship
building ways of the country. Not a
week passes without some astonishing
record OF the past being smashed or
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Educational Influences.

EUUC1I1OuAI InNuence6.
"Do you find that your farm hands
are benefited by q course Of reading ="
"Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel.
"They've gotten about all there is
froln the scientific works on agricul-
ture. When want 'em to hustle for
crops now, I make 'em read the war
news"
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Carranza has at least triumphed over
Villa to the extent of hopelessly Grip
ping his publicity department.
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der Tag" is one Of those "great
days" that are subject to an indefinite
series OF rostponements..
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The nation grows tired of the "tired
business man" when he asserts himself
as a proGteer.
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II conditions at home seem uncom-
Portable or irksome-think Of the men
at the front.
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HEARD AND SEEM,

.ment in washington-if you know
where. That's the trouble. knowing
where they are.
These women knew, evidently, be-
cause there they were, being shown
AS the trio passed up the steps who
should issue forth from an apartment
but Mrs. Smith, friend Of the two Ia
dies.
said one lady you can tell us about
this apartment we are going to rent"
The real estate agent had stopped,
waiting for the women. He was about
three feet away.
apartment" said Mrs. Smith, failing
utterly to see the agent. And, what
was worse, it wouldn't have made any
difference il she had seen that gen
tleman, because it happened that she
had never laid eyes on said agent in
all her life. She always paid by
check
.My dears," breathed Mrs. Smith,
don't you let the agent fool you on
that apartment. Ask him about the
sink that stops up, and
Then came a whirlwind OF advice.
which the two prospective tenants
took in eagerly-as did the agent
That worthy began to blush, 1T must
be confessed. and the two women be-
innocent Mrs. Smith kept right on.
you know" she continued. that
apartment is exactly like mine. What
is he going to charge you for II?
Sixty dollars" said one Of the two
ladies.
Il pay $50 for mine," said all-reveal-
ing Mrs. Smith.
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War is a big game and no-limit
Army appeals as a proper incident
of it.
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Th,. s.,.on,. Oh;..t,v.

This Seasons Objective.
"Where are you going this summer 7"
"Don't know for sure" replied the
young man. france, I hope"
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"Opportunity knocks at every mans
door," said Uncle Eben; "but if you
jes' sits down an listens, you's liable
to drap of to sleep an not notice it."
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Confession Of an Amateur Gardener.
About the daisy once I'd sing
In accents light and gay,
But now find the pesky thing
Is only in the way.
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Well face the present with a smile
The days work is what tells at last
Nor 5sopardize thcfututs while,
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War brings surprising conditions to
light.
met a man last week-and he once
worked in the food administration, too
who had just tasted his first ice
cream soda. More than thirty years
without an ice cream soda. Reminds
one of the annual story about the old
woman who has just taken her first
ride on the cars.
The very next day ran onto man
who had never been fishing in all his
life. He was being gently ragged"
by a fellow employe.
What" exclaimed the latter.
Never been fishing! Why. everybody
has gone fishing, according to the
funny papers and jokes"
Il never went fishing" spoke up
another huskylooking individual.
smile lighting his tanned face.
What" exclaimed the puzzled fish,
ing fan. ANY more?"
Il never went fishing" said a third.
The count stood three to one against
Sir Izak.
CHARLES E. TRACEwELL.
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Too Considerate.

"That's a fine stenographer you
have"
"Yes," replied Mr.. Cumrox. "But
she's too diferential. I never pretended
to be any great scholar and sometimes
she fiatters me to the extent of try
ing to initiate my style Of spelling"
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Colored
Schools.

report. the bureau brought to close
the first step in a project of increasing
national observation-disclosures educa-
ton Of the colored people Of the United
States.
This report was the result of three
years first-hand study of existing negro
schools in the southern states UNDER
taken by the bureau In cooperation
with the Phelps s-Stokes fund, a founda-
ton established by the late Caroline
Phelps Stokes for the improvement Of
the condition Of negroes and other ra-
cial groups The bureaus report on
colored schools may be said to have
transferred the problem of negro educa-
ton from the field of guesswork to that
Of science. 1t is not only the most i'm
portant study of negro education ever
made: it is in many ways one Of the
most important. most comprehensive
studies of educational conditions made
OF any group.
Taking as its motive force the needs
of the 100000 black people in the
United States it promises to be 8. valu-
able guide to the educational advance
Of the whole nation, just as the work
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Past and Future.

The records Of the days gone by
Must show some errors here and
there,
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No matter how men toll and try
With earnest and persistent care.
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Two. women were being shown an
apartment by an agent one day last
week.
Sure, it is possible to get an apart
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European
Matters.

limiting conventions spec
matCeIs. ulations indulged in in the
past respecting the possibility Of at
tanning to an international ideal Of har-
mony and good faith are decidedly in
teresting. In The Star Of May 2s. 1868.
is an editorial reference entitled
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1t is singular that fifty years ago ad-
vocates Of woAan suffrage in this coun-
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One Of the interesting divisions OF
the Council of National Defense ls
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This matter Of bets on the impeach-
ment question proved to be somewhat
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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.

her name to be used, said she would
consider making such a gift
Three years passed, and just before
Christmas. 1916, Mr.. McAdoo tele-
graphed her a reminder of her pro-
posed gift He said it would be
gracious act to present IT to the
American people as New Year gift
The telegram did not reach her be-
fore New Year, but when 1t did she
said she would take steps immediate
" to have the statue made.
]. c. Fraser, designer of the 'oui-
falo, nickel, was chosen for the task.
He made an exhaustive study of the
available likenesses of Hamilton. and
also of his character as revealed In
biographies.
completed, it has been approved by
the fine arts commission, yet worry
little has been printed about Its
forthcoming placement.
his eighty-three years. is stepping
around spry as a two-year-old these
DAYS. When Representative Redenberg
asked why he was so risky. Pop
Rusby. mentor and custodian OF the
records and seal for Uncle joe.
dashed a letter from c. s. Crary.
president of one of the biggest cam
ming establishments in the country,
the concluding paragraph Of which
was as follows:
II want to propose to you this toast
of Uncle Redmond's to his cousin.
aged ninety-five: Here's hopiNe that
the oak for your coffin is stSR in the
&eokE -
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- ECRETARY McADOO remarked
the other day that he had one
regret at leaving the Treas
ury. The regret was that he
will not be here to unveil a
statue of Alexander Hamilton. which
soon will be placed on the south
plaza of the Treasury Department
building.
In that connection there is a coinci-
dence, also story.
AS for the coincidence. Though he
was a great fiscal expert. Hamilton
always was in hot water about his
personal finances. history relates.
Secretary McAdoo is leaving office. as
he put 1t to his friends, because I'm
broke" But Hamilton had the ad-
vantage Of him, at that, Mr.. McAdoo
insists. because Hamilton usually had
an overdrawn bank account.
But John Shelton williams has
fixed 1t SO I can't even do that" the
retiring Secretary whimsicaily re-
marked.
And the story: Early in Mr.. Nc
Adoo's first term, q wealthy New
York woman, lifelong admirer and
student of Hamilton's life, was In the
Secretary's Office, gazing out OF the
window which overlooks the site
where the monument will stand.
Mr.. McAdoo suggested that dona-
ton of such q monument would be
most welcome. The New York Wis
tar, who VIII net e0oA ~ DexuAl
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Don't Let Destiny Pass By!.

side over such a congress would not be
beneath the dignity of the President of
the United States; to participate in its
deliberations would appeal to the best
minds in all the walks of life.
l would have greater force than any
statute law, for they would have back of
them the considered determination of all
the people that justice should prevail and
of what that justice should be made up.
They would assure to capital and to
labor alike an equitable division of the
fruits of their joint endeavor, and would
make aggressive selfshness by either a
thing of public scorn.
They would enable industry to go
forward unafraid to the achievement of
the splendid things which Destiny has in
store, and would constitute a pledge that
when those things had been achieved
their benefits would be for all who had
given service.
Such a consummation would be
GROWING glory to the great democracy
of the new world;> torch to aspiring
peoples in less happy lands who are CROP
ing blindly up the steep and difficult way
to better things.
A MERICA'S greatest need today is for
n assurance of industrial peace. That
peace cannot be assured while capital and
labor are apart, suspicious each of the
other 1t cannot be assured if in the flu
ture, as in the past, the strong, whether
capital or labor, is to take what it
and yield only what it must.
Americas next greatest need is for
industrial efficiency. Industrial efficiency
cannot spring from sullen and discon-
tented labor, nor can it abide where CAPT.
tai is made timid by the necessity of
constant warfare of defense.
THE nations which will compete with
| America for Destiny's splendid things
are basing their programs in large part
on the cheapness of their labor.i During
the war they went to the extent of sub
sidizing foodstuffs in order that the wages
of labor might not be artifcially inflated.
Cheap labor is weapon which is
denied to American industry American
industry, therefore, must have labor which
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BY 1. A. FLEMING,
Financial Editor of The Star.

Financial
TN the opinion of many of the lead
ing financial men of the nation
conditions now existing are such
as would, in all probability. have
forced the country into a very severe
manic but for the existence on the
statute books of the federal reserve
law-an instrument that may be
amended, as occasion requires, but
that will never be repealed.
Business would not stand for that!
Panics-the senseless result, the pit
liable sequence of uneasiness and lack
of confidence, increasing nervousness
to the boarding of money and the
Tightening of credit lines-bring fail
ures, losses that may never be recov-
cred, distress in business and periods
of idleness among the workers with
the attendant suffering, in a degree,
to humanity.
Panic Out Of Question.
Just now there is nervousness over
the railroad situation; labor is being
coddled and handled with silk gloves;
wages are high; the transfer from
the activities of war to industries of
peace offering problem requiring
delicate finesse to Misunderstanding
rough ends smooth. the settlement
of the future part the United States
will take in the worlds commerce
all matters having in them the seeds