THE WASHINGTON HEEAiDi THTfSSDAT JANUARY 28 1909

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Eightycent Gas in New York

The OnsoHdate Gas Company ofYork considers itself aggrieved by-

o receiit decision of the Supreme Courtjfainst its claim that scent

was x nnsf tory and has aeked forrehearing and a revision of tbe courts

free on ground that it will neverable to earn 6 per cent on its capital

tvested plant If the 8Mnt conTlie annual report of thte corn

Tiany stow hat it has paid 4 per centn a capital stock of SS9SAtOM and the

shares are selling at 117 or thereaboutsAs the value of its plant computed byhe Supreme Court te something m exess of 55i6COOW tile annual report to

from setting up a plea of confiscationThe New York Journal of Commerce a

v ry respectable authority on financialattets asserts That if the company

tries in faith to supply gas at J

ems and make a return of per centpon actual value of the propertymployed in the gas business it wilt sucred But of course its officers do notvant to 5nceed in that enterprise It is

holding company itsa c up from various securities aM itsxrwnditr have no necessary relationthe cret of gas manufacture so thati an easy matter to prove ahnost-

ny thing clever bookkeepingWe have adverted to this companys-ffairs teraue they prove beyaad allistkn that manufacture and dtetri

cents a thousand feet is prantaMeConsolidated Company 4 per

a rm ar inflated capital and hi tilelion of excellent can makePT cent on a capital representing tiNtuai of its plant including a rearabl valuation of its franchisee If-

s can be done in New York k canin the District of Columbia and

rnmmer i to those Senators who arew f nira Hl in a study of tbe local gasation a careful consideration of the

rvlition f the Consolidated Gas

atinf for a year under what practicallyummtf tf an rate and has still

i abe pay a 4 per cem oVIdenda ear tock twice as large as the-

o money value of Its plants It fa anstruct v object lesson in the gas busi

an 1 public regulation thereof fromitev r point of view It may be re

Vhat if it does cost twice as much toHI thte country now as it did duringsident Hayes time We cant eat ourrd power rake and have ft too

Army AbsenteeismMuch Iou Well made by the militaryithoritirs during the present reooUm ofongres of tile defects te mOkary adfrustration doe to the withdrawal from

Hne commands of nearly Si officershey ar employed Ia various capacities

n connection with the special staff eornend the army General Staff The Housetllitary Committee has takes a step tovard tfee reduction of absenteeism bylifting Iff from the GeaecalStaff six of-

t majors and aH of the twentyTtalns s ning on that body If thh-nmmendatinn was adapted by Can

r ss rt would not appreciably relieve tilettuation

might easily go muca terther-nd plu restrictknu upon detached

hity notiMy that ta coanectioa theAcaiied Tnilit ry and the anUds-vhere tfce places of active onVers nsedoiwith tbrir line commands might proftt-ahlv be tan by then a offieeis wile haveh en prematurely retired and who areFtill able notwithstaadiner their phyaicaldisqualifications to perform those tasksIn the test six monthe Ute number of off-lffTf detached from fine duty has been in-

creased hy nearly fifty Th rattitaryhave in their ponprmlon tile op-

rortunity of relief to some extent Congress can do something she especiallyIn the direction of legislation which wfllmodify the system by which hue aOcersarc detailed to duty with the sped stallcorps j ich as Quartermaster payma-strs and commissaries As vacancies oc-

cur in those departments they areH d b detail of line officers for four

yea r tours of duty It Is proposed tolimit tins detail of Ibis officers to thejunior grade in the staff corps and keeptiiH majors lieutenant colonels and colo-nels with their regiments The time Iscoming under the existing law when coio-

Tif ls wE he required for staff dutythe place of the permanent person

n T of that grade on its retirement Itinconceivable that a colonel of the tiDe

should want to serve on the staff whenthe opportunities for military activity are

much grrater with his commandjunior grades in the staff corps filled

by detaii it will be poasibl to maintaintie permanency in the personnel of sealergrades making the selection for thoseplaces ton the officers who have servedin a detailed capacity in the subordinategrades

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approach ef which line officersare acting ia the staff will promptlydarner to get back Into the line andthose who command the influence to

will accomplish that end leaving thestaff duties dependent upon inexperleaesdmen appointed by political favor regardlees of the emergency

If Mr Roossveit ever meets a whitsrhinoceros we predict that he will 41spose f it as effectively and premptiy ashe disposes of white elephants that arisela his pathway

Poems sad Poems

The Charlotte Observer criticises tooharshly we think some recent verses ten-

dered Mr Taft by a sentimental patri-

otic and Hbertyteving Chadastoaianduring the PrasMfen eJects visit to South

Carolina a few short days agoWe assume no right to champion the

Palmetto poets in particular and we seekto pus no uUimata judgment upon theirwares We content ourselves with ex

pressing a conviction that they areat least no worse than their South carehas brethren and it that does not yetmake them bares sublime sad tiNt best

crlatton it fl art al s in the verynature at things must safegtsard themagainat a place at the absolute foot ofdie class

Thht South CarolIna effnston Is net sobad that It might net be wehj from this average Tarheel

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sentiment hearty goodfeBow An andnpttftine hrtent TIM Observer objects torhyming est0w with before Caphoes and tiiflfcng Dont they sayth war hi Chartatw Of course theydo We have heard them And if beftr-

doeent rhyme with M1f skrwM we sMe

our Pegasus to postS purposeIf however our prefers

the more sdtted styles of die froaenNorth to paantenntR appeals thatpour from Uw poets of Dixie Landandfrankly we armnblp to suggest even sucha imuaiclon It wW ese along wIth usthe while we recite for ttn ueteetntfon

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Does the Charlotte Observer think It ranproduce anything te the James GordonCoogler line that can beat ear RhodeIsland exhibit We trow not if Indeed

positively wot not Why then thissneering at the Charleston poet Is theObserver Jealous Perhaps Its mftghtyhardheaded about some things ft thinksIt thinks Witness Us buuhoadedaoas ta-

contendftag even ta this eaftghtenedtime that Andrew Jaefceaa af South

Carolina was really born te North CareJIll

Now that Mr Taft has salted for Pan-ama we suppose we SaD have to a

more careful to add the andC respoetlvafy hereafter when men

tfcmtes Augusta or Charleston

Coquelm Est MortBy the death of BenoitConstant Coaae-

Bo Cequetta the EWer for he leaves ano longer te be known as CoqaeHu

Cadet who wtt carry on the famous

world mourns Ute lose of an aster whotruly deserved tile epithet so seldomearned and so often given ta people of thestage great

The stage lass its galaxy of giants dat-

ing frost Shakespeares date its Gasricks its its Macraadys ks KernWes its Booths its Irvfags and withthese honored among this chosen com-

pany the susie of Constant Coquettemast be placed

For he occupied a distinctive place tathe world ef stage art that strangeworld whose rewards come so quickly andfade away so utterly except hv the mindsef there who realize new true an art acttog te He was not like his friend SoHenry Irving for he mode no pretensesto managerial ability but he stood ensomething of the same plane as a playerand as felt as an inter-

national calamity by the AngknSaxon

world so now the nations may mournat the of Coquetta

Born in Boulogne In tbe present monthin the year 1S41 he was educated with aview to a stage career and after grad-

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MM he made his debut at the TheatrePrancais as GrosRene in Depit Amoureaux He had the usual struggles ofth player but the French sysiem madthem less severe than they might havebrett and ta his time he played andgraced many parts

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i his wonderful performance in conjunctionwith Mme Bernhardt of LAigton

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as Argante in Les FourneriescaplH Lesbonnard In La VIsite de

Noces Labusstere in Thermldor Ar

istide to Le LIon Amoureaux Figaro-

in Le Marriage de Figaro and Flor-

ence de Rantzan Due de Sepmonto and

othersHe was also an author of snore titan

passing repute and his works IArtTJa Poete do Foyer Les

Comedieas par nn Comedies andde Dire te Monoiesue are In their way

standardAotors are honored In France as they

are te Great Britain with titles and of-

fices of distinction and Coquotin

EWer was an Officer of the Legion of

Honor and an officer of public Instruc-

tion la rseognttlw of the service be hadrendered

He was m all respects a truly great

acton tot he loved his art knew It thor-

oughly and was throughout his life acaaatptoa for Its good One could say of

him as Fiecknee said of Burbage-

He bid aH time f at ex eBe t ontor xalmtt-

ia Us MdHara betas dsMcd thanwtoea ke svdw Mr wore weir than fcen be h W

bk past Yet erca ta a be ww an axcelknt-

Me smtteC to with his teaks and gestera-

aabttatakc K tie to tke WzktHow truly that daeeriptlwi might fit

CooueUn none who saw him as the grim

old sergeant f the hi LAiglon

but can testify He was as j

In tragedy for when he took a comedy

role the laughter rose from his heart and

not frost his throat and in tragedy thesorrows be expressed were those of the

not of tie lipsCoquettn est mort And It Is the pecu-

liar fatality of the art of watch he wasso masterly an exponent that so much

of It as he expressed dIes with him

Those wile had the Joy of seeing him

can understand what the world has lost

to others thaw of this generation and of

the yet to his art will

ae a tradition his namemerely anayV But he had a work to do In theujnrU sad he did It welL He made thou

ids to weep at the emotions he dis

yed be mads theaters ring withhappy laughter He has done his work

he has gone to his reward Slowly the

curtaIn faOs ta tile Prompters batttberest is jHeace

A Pennsylvania aw i ai r calls onevery DecMcrat hMhfe the State to

Which after nttV is modosc

The oldest mhiibitsut cant rememberwhen OM Glory was auKs so promiscu-

ously te evidence te lbs MediterraneanS a before

The NashvWe Tonnossean calls Tennes-

see Alabama North Carattmi GeorgiaMteataetopi sad OMahasaa ChafedesAcy of inahlbiMon Boas this mean theTMiuaarMin teat altasether sure It wilttay put

And now wa are threatened wkh theSociety of the Signers of the Declara-

tion of IinlepeiMience We suppose itwJB serve tar annual banauet purposes

A CWeagP merchant prteco has retired

mossy This mana hard time we fear andtog

dId from which ta faahfan mutual

The chief dWCerance between junketformer the

says theDetroit Free Press And WIde do yousuppose our otntfamon enjoy the wore

A Niagara Pals plumber has takeRbankruptcy Evidently tile people In hfe-

viehrity dont take the pOMnber joke sart-

ously enough

We foot the octopus mted SenatorDavis attacks nowauays It wW berather a tear that and the next etec

These people MIl papers tecttned tothtek the Senate wtt mike trouble farMr Chaashartetev of Oregon when heromos ta be swam te sro on a cold trailwe think The Senate awy not careespecially whet becomes of Mr Chamber-lain but we thtek euabers are not looklag far that sort of trouble individually

The proposition te Increase the salaryof the President of the United States t-

SMMO te a good sns not so much per-

haps beeaaee bo needs the money as be-

cause Tacte Sam son afford to be moregenerous te that seaport thus he has beedwant to be heretofore

We suppose somebody will declareCarrie Nation a myth some day but Itwill be long after she te unable to getat them

According to the Aflentown Call a NewJersey mteteier marriee couples and hisson sets divorces for them Thats pretty

Mam work at all events

Let as hope that Cape Peter C HalosJr will not develop late so versatile

killer as his brother Thornton in theevent he too gets out of the Annis trialwith an acquittaL

Senator Cuuuaiag te evidently anothernow member who does not subscribe un-

reservedly to the theory that a now Sonater should be seen and not heard

It is contended that Edgar Allanwas Den te three separate citiesand by Pee may equalColumbus record sad And himself b ri-

te ftve or six

The stuff that Walter Mon writesthe Bmperta Gazette Is as dover as thbest of it If not the brightest

How tame Africa will be after WashIngtea says the New York Americas

WashIngton ales may down i

Some sue says President Madfsen onemode a horseback side istothat for strenuosity puts Mrlatest eshlbK In shade Ii Madisonease however our British cousinsindustriously burning the Capitalwhereas nothing more th n aCongresg-ional war waged during Mrexploit

Just to show that its no jokeKansas farmers riding in automobilesTopeka paper prints a halftone engrav-ing of not less thin twentyfive of themlined up on ore dir Mock

Poverty te expensive says theNews This high cost of business

bobs up everywhere it seems

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A LITTLE NONSENSETIlE EXPLORER

He looked upon his AleutsIn a disdainful mood

They wouldnt eat their rubber bootsWhen they had other food

He vowed that he couldbut abhorThese men of little worth

Who wouldnt Cucnlsn data forA lecture on the North

One ReasonHe fairly idolizes his wifeWhy soTWoll it isnt safe not to

A Familiar ShapeWhat have youthere sourMy Noahs ark This is Mrs NoahWell well So Mrs Nth wore a tube

A Careful LibrettistThe scene of my musical comedy Is

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Great GamblingEverybody wins t tWs

Dont forgotWhen a Ides against a kiss

Is the betExplained

That chap must be a reformerWhyHe is so bluer against the Salome

crazeOh hes In the clothIng business

Dq TheyWhy do aH women prefer a watinaeTI dont knowMaybe at a matinee they play the final

act first

Only FairHoWs eotteetJoBs at ciwrch-

Brtidder ShbmTWell we etet nehber had to stopmiddle ob a collection to go an empty

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AUDITING FOR THE NAVY

Rnpld Headway with the WorkUnder Auditor Tyler

Ettar The Waefcawtaa B aUYour editorial ta Wednesday mornIngs

under the caption Trouble ia anAuditors Office lion iteM called t myattention I cannot do more than giveyou credit for a desire to be this Youhave simply bean misinformed as tofasts

Yew editorial charges agateat thisofflee and myself ate to error ta severalspecifications

T the charge of beteg 4eatere4 Iplead guIlty

To the charge of beIng a potttichta Ibeg to eat as I have never bad thetime nor tecflajMtoa to be a potttiehuPrevious to awrnmtec the position I nowoccupy here my duties on a daily sawspaper occupied all my time The fact isthe criticism made against my apotatj

You say that I am from Ctaetenatiwhereas I am from Cotambue Howeverthis fc DOt serious since the place

hag no beartei for rood orThe most serious charge bow ar ta

your editorial of this morning te thestatement that this eaVe te eighteenmouths behind with the work ofbureau

The fact and the truth te that thework te almost weaL and that too taspits of the very appreciable increase tethe work during the past year due toincreased naval appropriations sad achanged system of accounting

When I assumed my some eigh-teen months ago the work was quIte twoyears behind Now It Is but barely sixmouths behind period really consideredcurrent For this bringing up of tilework however I claim no oapoctel creditI gladly attribute all to the loyalty anddMgenco of chiefs and clerks in thiseftee

You also charge that eOrfent clerkshave sought and been transferred be-cause the head of this efflce was a coloredman

Clerk that have boon transferred ashedfor the transfer solely because of theret that the oalces to wnicb they wertransferred secured to them a highersalary thus they were hereTransfers from departments to departmeats and from bureaus to bnreaos fe

It te unite common throughouttho various departments

The fast that the places of transferredclerks were readily fined by competentclerks and the fact that tills office teconstantly receiving requests from clerksin other departments and bureaus fortransfer to this office would effectuallyit seems to me dispute this latter charge

I do not think you would do me or anymaa an injustice intentionally and thisbeMef pioututs me to enter a denial

charges made te your editorial withthe son exception that of being colored

RALPH W TTWK-TiaMary Dtpwftuurt Jan S ElL

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recent of the President toWnrrenton followed by dtatfea of rec-ord breaking rides by army efflcers OR theWestern frontier has pretty well ex-

hausted the subject However I wish tocite a ride made by Napoleon Bonaparteduring the Penteuter campaign fromVaHadoHd to Burgos about one hundredmiles at full gallop ia and onerhaifhours Napoleon also made a record ridefrom Paris to on one occasion andperformed many Other stunts which itmight pay the student f strentMeUy tolook up I have seen a few records ofendurance in Death Valley Californiabut In these eases it was not so much aquestion of getting to a certain point ontime as it was whether one would everget there a S WALTON

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The Conservation Policythe SsEfcgftti Rcpafefcaa

It Is perhaps relatively unimportantwhether the present commission shouldbe made permanent as the President

for the mate thing for the presentIs agitation and the development of apublic sentiment that will compel throughout Ute country tbe waging of aa unceas-ing warfare against the waste of the na-

tions resources Nearly every one today-is acmJaarieaHy in favor of the coasrva

policy DO would now venture toargue w behalf of the reckless individu-alistic methods of exploitation which inthe put have distinguished the develop-ment of the caattnent but somethingmore than a passive acojuiesence in thenew idea Is requisite Public opinionroust be active even belligerent te support of conservation if much progressIs to be made In making economic waste

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The attempt i keep Congressman

Rcard Is wasted effort Thats a goodiplaeo to bury it

Itll Take a BillionRate nau SlIM JaanML

The Ualttd States Is rated as thewealthiest nation but of course thisCongress Isnt through yet

Internationalized

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CAPITOL GOSSIPFiddling Bob Taylors mate in the

Senate is James B Frazier ofTerm Senator Frazier is

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read law with hisfather who was aneminent judge in theState Mr Frazterhad seen no poUtservice of any con-

sequence when he waselected governor te1-

SXC He was ranomiDated and reelectedfor another term in

While ho WASgovernor of Tennessee j

Senator Jeff Davis wnsgovernor of Arkansasand the two executives

ad occasion morethan once to lockhorns over somemeasure of importanceto their respective

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Frazier adopted the rule of seeing everyperson who called no matter of whatooler or previous eomtttten of servitudeand his experiences resulting from thIndetermination were many and amusingBefore his second term as governor ex-

pired he was elected to the Unitad StatesSenate to nH the unexpired term of HanWilliam B Bate

The Senators real and maiden apeeehwas made recently ea die Brownsvflteease As a member of the Committee onMilitary Alleles which investigated thetrouble he was thoroughly conversantwith all of its phases and his effort was

ooneldered an aWe out by aH who heardMm He Is sac of the board of visitorsappointed the President to visit theWest Point Military Academy His cem

asiganesta are uimenaJty attrac-tive for a senate serving hte first term

Representative J Hampton Moore isthe MOSt enthusiastic supporter of water-ways that ever happened Hkunpie talksH5O writes H2O slid dreams HJO Inall manner of ways RepresentativesBanetfetl Shertey aad Moore have pro

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of halt a mOttoa dollars for the im i

of waterways te the UnitedStates There is no assurance of itspassage Mat that doesnt deterho baa H2O on the beam and when themembers of tile House see him comtegthey dock th water wagon immediately

The sublect of powder came te formuch dtocaoatea ourtas th debate onthe naval approbriattons Ml and Repre-sentative Cox of Inalana producedftguree to show that tbe price droppedfrom H per pound la Ma7 to 7 cents m-Ms The government manufactures

at Indian Head on the Potomacat a cost of 4t cents per pound Mr Coxwas whoa he said if the Dejpart njt of Jnetice couldnt cope wtththe powder trust the Representatives ofAmerica has the power te dip Its whucs

Representative McCaH Is an authorityon plea proposed for Lincoln memo-rials The Committee on Library re-

ported a bitt for a memorial last MayMr Ca noted that public attentionhad bees dtreciad ta It and there wasample oppertanky for todignation butthere was sate during a stogieweek ia January whet societies of ar-chitects te Boetaa Seattle New Yorkand New Orleans all decided to becomeIndignant at the time Mr McCaHsaid When you and that tedfejnattaahex bees represed during seven monthsand It comes from everywhere all atonce has pressed the button

Some of the Rcpuhnrau Senators bad arante Wudnonaay over a motion to goInto executive session it was a very

pened for some thae Senator Callom-

sNterteg a treaty but Senator Fakeswho encteeorteg the omnibus claimsam bulked After having it hack andforth the ayes and says wore orderedand the three rings for executive sessionsent visitors and the scribblers scurryingoutside the sacred domain TIle omnibusclaims wore again put on the shelf Theleaders do sot wish anything dose withthat tIde sesatou and of course therewin be nothing

There have DeeM some lengthy peti-tions presented to the Senate ta daysgone by notably sue te reference to theSenator Sweet controversy but the onepresented by Seaator Gamble yesterdaywas a recordbreaker petition wasfrom residents of the Senators StateSouth Dakota and the signers prayedfor the passage of the postal savingshank and parcels post bttte The roil wasof such sbe that it was all a page coulddo to carry it to the cterxs desk Everysection of tbe country Is interested ta thepassage of the biOs and if petitions keepcoming in a separate storeroom will haveto be provided to accommodate thorn

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Congressman Nick Longwarth of Ohiodropped into the Reese barber shop theother day That little fringe of capillarygrowth that fondly embraces the bask ofhis neck had heroine wayward and

It required trimming Hair cathe said haughtily as he took binunmindful of the barbers suppressedsnicker Just then Denby of Michigandropped m booby is just as boaeatiyand nakedly bald as Lengworth more soif site eoakl be balder thar LongworthHe heard the went of command andlaughed You dont want a hair cut

h commented maliciously run-ning his hand over his pate What youwant is a shine

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The perennial rumor that Chief JusticeFuller is about to resign is again to thefore inspired at this moment by the factthat the venerable Chief Justice is aboutto celebrate his seventysixth birthday

is happy In his work competent tomeet aH Its demands and ambitious todie in harness The Chief Justice is one

of the most Imposing and dignified men

in puhHe life yet he is small in staturenot much over five feet three and instriking comparison to Justice Harlanwho on his right hand and is several

over six feet and Justice Brewerwho sits on his left He appreciates hisexalted position lives up to it and insists that others shall recognize Thecontroversy he Instituted between the Su-

preme Court and the diplomatic corps asto which body should have precedence isan old story and was finally decidedagainst the Chief Justice who maintainedthat a the head of the second ceerdtnate branch of the government he wasentitled to precede every site except thePresident and Vice President a standlikewise taken by several Speakers of theHouse A TOorry social war was the re-

sult of the contentious which weredually settled by an international thoughtInformal court of arbitration composed

of our Secretaries of State and secre-

taries of the foreign offices of the powetSinterested The President took a hand hithe matter and it is said that King Edward himself cast the deciding vote tefavor of the ambassadors having thepus over the Supreme Crt

Alt sorts of makeshifts have been re-

sorted to by those having charge of offi-

cial functions to keep bulk the Supreme

Court and the diplomatic corps hi agood humor At the last inauguration

Chief Jostles being the mete actorm the official programme mad chargedwith adnhskHerhtg the oath of oace tothe incomhte Prmment led the processioninto the Senate chamber after whomcame the President directly followed bythe ambassador who were seated oppo-

site the Supreme Court This arrangementis cited as a dew subterfuge of the Ser

it was all those concerned weresatisfied and our ottctal occasion at leastto which two bodies took part wasmarked by lack of rancor and bitterness

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ception of Justice Harhw the senior mpoint of service having been appointedby President Cleveland m April ISIS

nearly ten years after Justice Hartaa wae-

eonwunakmed The Chief Justice by theway is a Yankee a native of Mainescapital and an alumnae of both BOTOOOW

College where he took his academic sadof the law department of Harvardthe majority of the young men la NewEngland half a century ago he began Iris

comer by teaching school sad now andthen be encounters some of his formerpupils in society at tbe Capital His Ju-

dicial career however was made in HU

century be was leading member ofthe Chicago bar sad somewhat of a

te polities although he never aspiredto oSke and It was through no machina-tions of his that Prakknt cleveland se-

lected him for the Supreme bench

In appearance the Chief Justice sug-gests Mark Twain having the same re-

fined and classic features sod the head ofwonderful white hair which ORe asso-

ciates with the author of Tom SawyerHe to as graceful too as Mr Clemensbut he lacks the aplomb of that notedBohemian and is always dignified and Ju-dicial The attorneys who come trots outof town to argue before the SupremeCourt say that the Chief Justice te aneasy man to addrcos that he shows amost flattering attention to the argu-ments mode and asks Questions whichshow his alert Interest to nil matters be-fore the court In a word he Is as sym-pathetic as It te possible for a man te hisposItion to be sad one looks back withmine amusement to the objections mateat the time Cleveland appointed blatsome twentyodd years ago at the

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The Chief Justices feetband neighborJustice Harlan has Mea thirtyone yearson the bench sad looks very lithe dif

did when he first took his seat there Hisbold head te no more haW his figure isjust M erect nod he pays golf with asmuch eutbuelaam as he did when MrHayes persuaded him to give up Ids prac-tice te Kentucky and his political ambitione there for a seat among theelect ones His robust appearance and-Sn stein of health are due perhaps tehis devotion to outdoor sports for he isan incessant walker and the most perablest golfer at the Capital His i-

vortte links are those at Chevy Chase andbe has mode a record there that putthose his junior to sbtT Once upon atime he was playing with a certainreverend doctor who after elaboratecare m building up Ms tee drove off tegreat style but the ball and camevery near upsetting himself by the forceof his blow So astonished was he at hiscomplete failure that be steed dazeda moment unable to say a word butJudge Hartaa called him te order say-ing Look here doctor that is the profaneet silence I ever saw

To the left of tbe Chief Justice is Justire Brewer the only member of the Su-preme Court not born in this countrythis eminent jurist having fist openedhis mortal eyes in Smyrna where hisfather was engaged te missionary workHis mother was a sister of the late Jus-tice Field and this distinguished unclesad nephew sat on the bench togetherfor a number of years Justice Brewer isa worthy son of the notable Field familywhich since the foundation of gov-ernment has been prominent in churchState and law Like most of the mem-bers of his class Justice Brewer Is anatamans of and it is interesting tonote that Chiuancey M Depew and HoaryBillings Brown former Justice of theSupreme Court were both members efhIS close

Of Doubtful UtilityFYrna ta Dos ReaM

The proposal to extend the frankingprivilege to Mrs Grover Cleveland wMehappears ta a MM introduced by SenatorPenroee of Pennsylvania is gallant

the lady anti an attempt to ex-press a feeling of respect to the memoryof the dead President but it is entirelyunnecessary and the last thing thateither she or her distinguished husbandwould consider for a moment

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Measured by their proposed new solorfc the Vioe President of the UnitedStates and tile Speaker of the House areworth as smelt to the country as theChief Justice of the Supreme Court andmote thou the ether Justices of Utat au-gust tribunal This may b accounted for

the tact that the Judiciary departmenthas nothing to do with fixing the compen-sation of its members

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harles J Hughes jr Senatorelectfrom Colorado who Is to succeed SenatorTeller in the next Congress is at theNew TVlllard When asked for an inter-view he declined It in a most abruptmanner and said I dent want te beInterviewed

Asked if he cared te say anythingabout tile report of a contest for Ms seatm the Senate Mr Hughes became bightexcited and repHed in strident tones

Everything that appeared la theIs aj ack of infamous Bee I dont

propose to reply to a tissue of lIes pub-lished in newspapers bought to do soDont come to me and ask for ap inter-view Go to the liars and rascalsbribed your paper to pabltsh that stttfLI didnt ask you to interview me and Idont propose to be interviewed by anypaper

But Senator the people axe deeplyinterested in what you may have ta ssy lareply to those reports

The Senator grew mere and mere ex-cited and in answer te Use last questionhe sent the people and the newspapers toa place which lice always DeeRupon as fit only for the enwrlastfoslylost

Every shop in Mexico beers a titlesaid Herman G Hitter of New Yorkwholesale export merchant who is at theArlington Thte custom has Its Isomer00 side The Store of the Two Hemi-spheres may be no more than threeyards square while Tbe Magazine of theGlobe carries a stock worth about 56

But in th larger cities there are num-

bers ef finely stocked emperfe of differ-

ent classes of goodsThe position of clerk in one of these

greet mercantile estabilsfcmeats hi muchte demand continued Mr Bitter forwhat reason it would be hard to say ex-

cepting that the comparative secteekM ofyoung women makes k somewhat dif

flcait to meet them often unless use bea special attendant m a drapers shop towhich case conversation is allowed toflow unreservedly

la all the mercantile esiafeiisitnKMisthere Is the singular custom of peteawhich apparently coanterbateaca anyattempt at overcharging aa the part ofthe proprietors

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shop in full view of everybody markedwith name and your number Everytime you make a purchase a bean Isdropped down late the cylinder and atstated times these are aH counted andfor every sixteen or seventeen dependingupon the generosity of the you areallowed six or seven cents in money orgoods TIlls citssom must be one of great

Judge T X Stassar of Chicago tehere in a matter relating to the legalaspect ef railroad freight rates and whoIs at the Raleigh said last night that he-

w s te favor of the reelection of Sena-

tor Hopkins to the United States SenateSenator Hopkins wn the choice at

the primary election continued Judgeeec and judging from that heought to be the choke of the people fortile position He is a hard worker andbrings about revolts He may not be thediplomat he ought to be but that shouldRot detract from his quaBflcaiionsnot believe the Republicans in the Illinoislegislature will desert the cause of theman who was thus indorsed in the

It fcs a foregone conclusion theywill never make common cause with theDemocrats

Judge L K WOney of St Louis for-

merly Judge of the United States Courtof Shanghai China who recently re-

signed Us posfckm is at the New WBlard

I am glad to be bosh again and tofeel I am going to settle down to steady

business now said Judge Wllney whohas spent a somber of years in Chinaesiabttsbte the American court there-

I am to practice Jaw inYork I have had strenuous times in thefar East and ant glad to be back againfat the United States

President Gomez hue rough sfeddtogaccording to CaseWy Cook of the New

York bat Service hi as a captain

the late Junta qualify Mr Cook tospeak of Cuban conditions

President Gomez bis cabinet and con-

gress will labor for a stable republic hotstorms already gather hi the course ofCubes ship of state said Mr Cook wno

is the New WHtard The chronic poBtlcal malcontents see agate heard hutIt is hoped the new president will provea Ulysseslike pilot and steer clear ofthreatening rocks

Stand a Cuban on his heed said MrCook and if a peeat drops out of hispocket he Is an annexaHonhit sure i

a common slander There are aMl-

SMM of foreign capital in Cuba repre-sentedby astute poBtlelans and residentSpanish merchants represent TMMtHmore These Interests know the repub-lics failure wilt result ultimately lit an-

nexation to the United States therebygreatly increasing present property val-ues and attracting millions of foreigncapital to Cuba These interests employseveral hundred thousand Cubans andnaturally put commercialism before re-publican sentimentality It is easy tostart a Cuban revolution A lew dis-gruntled political leaders readily arousethe peasantry to imaginary wrongs

The fever spreads A few hundredold rifles several raids on plantations afew harmless personal encounters and aready made insurrection is proclaimed tothe world and the fate of the republicis imperiled The opera boa revolu-tion financed by a few thousand dollarsassumes alarming proportions and therepresentatives of seven hundred mJtttoosof capital will call Uncle Sam hack toabide permanently

If President Gomez however adoptsthe vigorous methods of Porflrte Dtezin his regeneration of Mexico there ishope for a stable lasting Cuban republicThe big stick is needed No mollycod-dle policy will avail Chronic tasurrec

must be jailed or deported the wIllingworkers given steady employment thepoor and helpless properly cared for andthe threatened lottery and other formsof public gambling strictly prohibitedCompulsory education of the memosencouragement t foreign capital to invest in Cube Inducements for immigra-tion that win draw a muchneededproletariat to develop her vast unculti-vated lands and a new mutually faircommerciai treaty between our eonntryand Cuba making dose friendly politi-cal and commercial bonds will help CubaMbre to weather coming storms Thescramble rOt official spoils may makethe infant republic tremble but a hope-ful patriotic people are behind Presi-dent Gomez Let us hope they My suc-ceed and that Cuba wilt shine forever abright star in the diadem Americanrepublics

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The fact that the Pullman Companyssurplus is in tee neighborhood of MM000 looks suspiciously like the porterswere being required to return the tips

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