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WHAT is the most important
task before the new admin
istration under President
Taft? What one great thing
should be achieved by the Taft admin
istration?
Following are some of the letters
from prominent Americans received by
the Christian Herald of New York in
answer to its queries as to the most
important task confronting President
Taft:
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Revival of Merchant Marine.
By lion. WILLIAM I\ FRY IS. President
Pro Tempore. U. 8. Senate.
I know of n<> legislation more important
for the consideration of congress during
'he present administration than that pro
viding for the v vivid of t!> American
merchant marine.
Many Important Tasks.
By Senator GEORGE <' Pi: UK INS of
California
Tho most important subjects which arc
likely to I)-* brought forward are old ago
pensions, public health and tuberculosis
legislation, preservation of forests and
conservation of natural r sourc-s, legis
lation to safeguard food preparations,
greater sanctity of our courts and exten
sion of rural free delivery.
Attend to Its Own 3usiness.
By Senator A. J. MLAURIN of Missis
sippi.
The most important thing for the ad
ministration to do is to nttc:>fl exclusively
to executive business and lot congress at
tend to legislating and the courts attend
to adjudicating.
Opening Field of Opportunity to All.
By Senator PORTER J. M'CUMBER of
North Dakota.
While there are many problems tho
proper solution of which will advance the
material interests of the people, each im
portant in Its own lleld of influence,
there Is one in particular which tran
scends all others in its scope and impor
tance—the problem of opening and keep
ing open the field of business opportunity
lor each and every American citizen.
The work of the Roosevelt administra
tion In protecting; tho Industrial field
against monopoly has been great. the ac
complishment great, but the work Is not
•completed. Any cessation of endeavor
along this line would lose us all we hare
gained. This work will not be completed
until the rights and duties of great indus
trial and other combinations have been
flxed and determined in such way as to
guard every field and avenue of trade and
business from the control of monopolies
and maintain equal opportunities for th*
small and the great.
A Federal Incorporation Law.
By Senator JONATHAN BOURNE of
Oregon.
The most Important tasks before the
present administration Include everything
that will tend to readjust the controlling
forces of society to their legitimate
spheres. At present our industrialism is
driving us upon the rocks of anarchy or
upon the shoals of despotism, through
unionism on the one hand and plutocracy
•on tho other. An equitable adjustment
between these '.wo forces, which should
bo had and I believe can bo obtained
through a federal incorporation law,
ought to be the speelal task of the new
administration.
Enforce the Law.
By Senator NORRIS BROWN of Ne
braska.
The most important task before the
new administration under President Tuft
Is to enforce tho law.
Improve Inland Waterways.
By Senator WILLIAM 11. MILTON of
Florida.
The improvement of the inland water
ways is one of the most Important task*
before the Taft administration.
CONGRESSMEN.
Develop the Navy.
B> Representative RICHMOND PEAK
SON HOBSON of Alabama.
1 believe the development of the Amer
ican navy to meet the requirements ..f
the law of self preservation and tho d.
mands for peace and therefore the op
portunity to Christianize tho peoples of
the earth, particularly those of Asia and
more especially tho Inhabitants of the
empire of China, and thereby to avert the
conflict toward which the withdrawal of
our fleet from the Pacific is setting us—
that is. the conflict between the yellow
race and the white race—is a task ex
ceeding in importance any other that tho
new administration will have to meet.
Work For Peace.
By Representative RICHARD BAR
TMOLT of Missouri.
President Taft can make himself im
mortal if during his administration ho
•ihould perfect tho legal machinery by
which differences between nations will bo
settled by judicial decision Instead of by
war A good start has been made, and
tf present arbitration treaties are still
further extended the era of bloody war
will soon be past.
Revise the Tariff.
By Representative FRANCIS BURTON
HARRISON of New York
The most Important matters before the
new administration are, flrst. a genuine,
revision of tho tariff downward, in tho
interest of the whole people and to in
crease the revenue; second, a real parcels
post system, along the lines of the par
cels posts which have proved so success
ful in other civilized countries; third, leg
islation looking to the establishment of a
real bureau of public health.
BUSINESS AND LABOR.
Harmonize Capital and Labor.
By TIENRY CLEWS, Banker. New York.
One of the most vital questions that
will confront Mr. Taft will be the strained
relations of labor and capital. There is
no doubt in the mind of any fair man but
that in the unsettled conditions that have
existed during the past two years, labor
has been tyrannical and uncompromising
The great mass of the American public
has been like corn between two mill
stones, one of which was labor and the
other the trusts, and as usual many were
ground exceeding fine.
If Mr. Taft can devise some method of
procedure that will bring harmony, with
Justice, between theso opposing forces,
which will prove to both that tho interests
of labor and capital aro identical, he will
solve the greatest problem now perplex
ing the American people.
Build Good Country Roads.
By AMZI L. BARBER. Capitalist.
I think that one great thing to be
achieved by the administration under Mr.
Taft should bo the commencement and
carrying out of a new policy upon the
part of the national government by mak-
Immediate Results.
Mrs Hlnnesy—Jamie, phwat's thot
noise? James—'Tis little Paddy Mul
IlKan pokln' tt shtick Into th' ribs o'
Casey's goat. Mrs. Hinnesy—All, he's
ehtopped now! James—No, mother:
lie's goln' yet. 1 think he won't shtop
till he strikes tli' house.—Exchange.
A Little Slow.
"How's collections at your church,
Brudder Shinn?"
"Well, wt ain't nebber had to stop
in de middle ol> a collection togo an'
empty Ue box." Louisville Courier-
Journal.
ins an appropriation of. say. J20.000.000 for
the building of good county roads in the.
United States. This appropriation should
be made annually and distributed among
the several states in proportion to popu
lation on condition that the several states
accepting their share should provide $3 in
addition to every dollar received from the
national government.
Restore Peace to Business.
By THURLOW WEED BARNES. Author
and Capitalist.
The most important task before the
Taft administration is to lead tho people
back to sanity. For the past year the
public mind has been demoralized, freak
ish and dister'oered. What we need in
this country is to return to the straight
and safer tn< t hods of our forefath< rs.
Free Press.
By JOIIN MITCHELL. Vice President
American Federation of Labor.
The most important work of the new
administration will be to preserve invio
late the constitutional, traditional and in
herent liberty of the people to write,
speak and print their opinions, being re
sponsible under the law and to a jury for
what they write, say or print. Any sys
tem which permits, under whatever pre
text, a censorship of speech or press, ex
cept in times of war. will prove destruc
tive of liberty and will lead to greater
evils than tho alleged wrongs which tiio
denial of these rights seeks to correct.
Readjust National Finances.
By Hon. CHARLES 11 TREAT, A sistant
Treasurer of tho United States.
Tho important thing of today is to re
enforce the money requiivnu nts of the
treasury. The next is the readjustment
of the tariff and the third monetary re
form. Thoso questions must first be ad
justed before we can take up other topics
or duties, because prosperity must come
through reassured abundance of revenue
and an adequate monetary system that
will not only insure contldonee as to its
stability, but be expansive and safeguard
ed to meet the growing needs of business.
GOVERNORS OF STATES.
To Preserve Highest Ideals of Govern
ment.
By J. O. DAVIDSON. Governor of Wis
consin.
The administration under President Taft
should bring back the government to the
control of tho people wherever they have
been deprived of it. provide facilities bjr
which tho people may express their de
sires in the government wherever new ac
tivities have been assumed and preserve
for and hand over to Its successor the un
blemished ideal of democracy.
Keep Expenditures Within Income.
By ASIITON C. SHALLKNBERGER,
Governor of Nebraska.
The most Important task for Mr. Taft
is to keep the national expenditures with
in tho nation's income and to make a re
visicn and ieduction of the tariff which
will be a substantial relief to ♦' Ameri
can people and to induce coi» e hh and
the executivo to realize that big . 'arles
and excessive expenditures do not buy
the best quality of public service.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE.
Regulation of Child Labor.
By WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE.
Sculptor. New York.
The most important objects for the pres
ent administration to direct its energies
upon are the regulation of child labor, the
extension of civil service reform and the
preservation of forests and natural re
sources.
Uniform Divorce Law.
By Mrs. DONALD M'LEAN, New York.
1 consider the uniform divorce law as
important as any measure liuble to come
before the new administration.
Cut Out the Spoils System.
By Dr. DAVID STARR JORDAN. Presi
dent Lcland Stanford Junior University.
The most important thing that tlie new
administration can give Is to set the ex
ample of clean and just executive work,
cutting out the spoils system and other
forms of graft just as far as may be in
everything with which the government
has to deal.
Federal Appointments According to
Sectional Sentiments.
By CLARK HOWELL. Editor Atlanta
Constitution.
The greatest work ahead of tho pres
ent federal administration Is the material
ization of the pledge of Mr. Taft. as made
repeatedly in his recent southern ad
dresses. that in the matter of federal ap
pointments all sections of tho country
will be treated with due and reasonable
consideration by the national administra
tion and that in appointments for office
selections will be made with due regard
to the S'ntlment of communities *" be
served.
Efficient Insurance Agains* War.
By HUDSON MAXIM, Inventor, Brooklyn.
Tho most vital concern to the broad in
terests of the American people is efficient
insurance against war—such Insurance as
shall be a warranty of enduring peace.
There is only one thing that can give us
this nappy security, and It is an efficient
navy, one big enough and powerful
enough to circle our shores with a wall
of steel, through which no enemy can
penetrate to work us harm. If we bull
but a few battleships and forge but a V w
guns, we must slaughter with them *nd
lay cities In waste. If. on the other '.and,
we build battleships enough and arm our
selves with guns enough, then wo dis
courage attack and prevent slaughter.
There is no greater mistake than to con
sider preparedness for war an enticement
to war.
Relations With the Orient.
By FRANCIS B. LOOMIS. United States
Commissioner to tho Tokyo Exposition,
Former Minister to Venezuela.
In foreign affairs perhaps the greatest
problem which will present its. If for solu
tion to the administration of Mr. Taft
and one which he is himself uniquely
and pre-eminently qualified to consider is
tho rearrangement of our relations with
tho orient. We have wisely. 1 think,
adopted from time to time various meas
ures. in the form of agreements, treaties
and understandings, which were of a tem
porary nature and which well served I
purpos. inasmuch as they allayed fri
tion ur.d >!: >osed of the Immediate posyi
bilities of nsort to arms.
No farr ' principle has been laid
down, sa\ ; mat of tho open door, enun
ciated by Mr. Hay, and no permanent
policy has been evolved and perhaps can
not be until we know what the history of
tho next two or three years will bring
forth. But it is very apparent to any
«no who has definite knowledge of tho
far eastern situation that we will have,
probably within the term of the new
president, to meet and solve some very
delicate problems in connection with our
relations with both China and Japan, and.
above all. we shall probably have to de
fine. onco for all. our attitude, from a
racial point of view, in respect to the ori
entals.
Industry keeps the body healthy, the
mind clear, the heart whole, the purse
full.—Simmons.
Cheaper.
Servant—Please, sir, missus wants
you to send for the plumber, 'cos she's
dropped her diamond rliiß down the
bath pipe. Mr. Nurlche—'Tell your
mistress not to be ridiculous. I'll buy
her another diamond rinjrI London
Mall.
Snow fell In Kurope for fortv duyi
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| President Taft's Cabinet Officials \
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By JAMES A. EDGERTON.
THIS cabinet Is not provided for
by the constitution, but neither
is the flag. The constitution
could not look after every
thing. The cabinet is purely an ad
visory board and sometimes scarcely
that. It dei>onds on the president
Some of our chief executives would
listen to advice by the yard and then
go ahead and do as they pleased.
Others would not even listen and still
do as they pleased. Yet cabinets are
useful institutions. They are handy
to have around as foils when the boss
is trying to find out what he wants to
do and as goats to take the blame If
things go wrong. Every president lias
had at least one cabinet and some of
them two or three. Koosevelt lias had
his official cabinet, his tennis cabinet
and General Leonard Wood.
After March -1 the country will have
only one living ex-president, but no
body knows how Many ex-cabiuet offi
cers. Moreover, nobody cares. The
average cabinet officer Is an impor
tant man while on tho job, but not be
fore—nor after, lie is like the Scrip
tural wind—we hear the sound there
of, but know not whence he cometh
nor whither lie goetli. And, again, we
do not care. So far as the national
consciousness is concerned, very many
of our cabinet members have emerged
from oblivion and to oblivior have re
turned. Of the cabinet 1 Jen out,
though unofficially, as that to be se
lected by I'resident Taft, only four
members, Knox, Meyer, Hitchcock
and Wilson, have what might be prop
erly called national reputations. The
other five are known only in spots.
Great Constitutional Lawyer.
Philander Chase Knox, the new sec
retnry of state, is a MeKinley find and
a Koosevelt development. MeKinley and
Knox were in college together. At the
time of his selection as attorney general
Mr. Knox's appointment was widel;*
criticised for the reason that be had
been a corporation lawyer. Vet his
chief fame in that office was gained in
prosecuting the trusts, lie proved
• Mv > U A A
• F. H. Hitchcock.
• Philander r. Knox. * "anklin MacYcaffh *
that he could be as loyal to tha gov
ernment at SB,OOO a year as lie had
| been to private concerns af It;o,000 or
more. Knox served b* . a short time
with McKinley, his great work as at
! torney general occurring under Theo
! dore Roosevelt. His most notable
! achievements were galvanizing the
anti-trust law into life, dissolving tin:
Northern Securities merger aud nego
tiating the purchase of the Pauarna
canal from France. On the death of
Mi l "hew Stanley Quay he was ap
I i>' ,<ed senator from Pennsylvan' x
| i J was afterward elected by the leg
j Jature. In the senate, contrary to
custom, he Immediately became a lead
er and took rank as one of the great
constitutional lawyers of that body.
He was born in 1853 at Brownsville,
Pa., tho little city on the Monongahela
that gave rise to James G. Blaine.
Knox was educated at Mount Union
college, Ohio.; admitted to the bar at
twenty-two, began practice at Pitts
burg, was United States district attor
new in 187G-7, but resigned to form
the firm of Knox & Reed, which was
long a leader at the Pittsburg bar. In
appearance he 1s short, dapper, well
dressed and polished. lie talks quick
ly and smoothly. He is bright with
out levity and able without solemnity.
The chief impression he gives is one
of dry Intellect. Ills recreations are
driving good horsey and reading books,
books, books.
Classic Scholar and Multimillionaire
Franklin MacVeagh. chosen to be
the new secretary of the treasury, 1 +
a brother of Wayne MacVeagh, Gar
field's attorney general, and has gen
erally been classed as a mugwump In
politics. Like Senator Knox, he was
born in Pennsylvania, but is now a
citizen of Chicago. lie is nearly sev
enty years of age, is the son of a
farmer, a graduate of Yale and was
educuted ft the law, spending a year
In the practice in New York city,
where he helped Judge Edmunds to re
vise the New York statutes. A break-
Great Dock System.
Bio Janeiro proposes to construct the
greatest dock syst in In South Amer
lea, if not In the whole western hemi
sphere. The plans cull for about ten
miles of docks in addition to the two
miles already provided for. Tlie Idea
is that the additional docks shall con
sist at first of three great piers built
at a distance of 1,115 feet from each
other. Completed, these docks wIT
have a frontage of C 2.220 feet, or
about twelve miles. The addition?
planned will cost a boat $19,000,000.
down In health forced him to abandon
the law, and he embarked in the pro
eery business in Chicago. Burned out
In the groat fire, he rebuilt and be
en me president of a citizens' commit
tee that revised the government of
Chicago and practically made the pres
ent fire department. A Republican in
politics, he bolted Blaine in 1884 and
afterward worked with the Demo
crats. lie declined a nomination for
mnyor, but afterward accepted that
for United States senator and can
vassed the state, but his party was a
minority in the succeeding legislature,
lie has been at the head of various
civil service, charitable and literary
bodies in Chicago and served as a
member of the National Civic federa
tion. In the last campaign he aban
doned Bryan and returned to the Re
publican party. Mr. MacVeagh is tall,
spare, rather reserved, but with u
ready wit. lie is a combination of
classic scholar and multimillionaire.
He married tlie daughter of a bank
president and has been himself chair
man of the board of directors of a na
tional bank.
Jacob Mc-Gavock Dickinson, selected
by Mr. Taft as his secretary of war, is
the attorney for the Illinois Central
railroad. I.lke Mr. MacVeagh, Judge
Dickinson Is a Democrat who bolted
Ilryan, and, like MacVeagh also, he i
a resident of Chicago, though accredit
ed to Tennessee. The new war sec
retary is the grandson of Felix Grun
dy, a former attorney general of the
United States, and has been himself
assistant attorney general. He has
also been Judge of the supreme court
of Tennessee, counsel of the United
States before the Alaskan boundary
commission and a professor of law lu
Vanderbllt university. lie Is about
fifty-flve years of age, served for
three months In the Confederate ar
my. graduated from the University of
Tennessee and afterward studied at
I.eipzlg and Paris. He belongs to the
best of southern families.
Shoved Into Politics by a Car.
George von I.engerke Meyer, chosen
for secretory of the navy. Is the for
mer postmaster general. In tlint posi
tion lie shook things np by his per
sistent advocacy of postal savings
banks and the parcels post, lie was
also minister to Italy and ambassador
to Itussiii where he took high rank
socially find hobnobbed with royalty.
In our present Washington society
that sort of tiling cuts ice. Mr. Meyer
was born in Boston in IXSB and, of
course, was from Harvard,
lie was a rich man's son and Is yet
richer himself, being connected with
many corporations. He was shoved
into politics by a street car. There
was a threat of a trolley line on his
aristocratic street, and young Meyer
started out to defeat the heinous
thing. He fought to such good pur
pose that before he realized the depths
to which he was sinking he found
himself a member of the common
council. He then went to the legisla
ture and for three terms was speaker
of the Louse. He wanted togo to
congress, but Henry Cabot Lodge
could not see it that way and gave
Meyer the post of minister to Italy as
a consolation prize. From that this
young man went up step by step un
til now he is to sit In a swivel chair
and watch the navy bureaucrats run
Uncle Pain's big ships.
Uncle Sam's Chief Postmaster.
Massachusetts is to have two cab
inet posit)' • . ihe other one going to
Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the
Republican national committee. Hitch
cock acquired Massachusetts, however,
having been born in Ohio, like other
great men. He went to the 15ay State
because bis father was a preacher and
was called there. Then he (the boy*
went to Harvard. Next he went to
Washington as clerk for a contractor
he knew, got Into the agricultural de
partment as a birdologist—that Is not
the official title, but It will do—took
to studying law at nights, ran intc
George B. Cortelyou, who was dolnf
the same thing, and, 10, he was made
Cortelyou began to rise and tool
Pretty Thin.
"My dear," said a thin little Brlgb- 1
ton man to his wife, "this paper says
that there is a woman down in Devon
shire who goes out and chops wood
with her husband."
"Well, what of It? 1 think she could
easily do it If he is ns thin as you are. I
1 have often thought of using you to i
peel potatoes with."
The thin man laid down bis paper j
with a sigh that sounded like the
squeak of a penny whistle.—London
Answers.
Hitchcock with him, first into the de
partment of commerce and labor, which
the two of them organized, then Into
Republican national headquarters la
the campaign of 1004, next Into tin
postofflce department, with Cortelyou
at the bead and Hitchcock as tils first
assistant. Now uc returns to it as tlia
head. During the recent campaign
Frank Hitchcock was called "the hu
man card index," "the- tower of si
lence*' and other names that should
not be printed in a moral newspaper,
lie is forty-two years old, well groom
ed, is both tall and heavy and looks
like an athlete. He is no longer a
bird expert, his chief study now beiu"
politicians, lie has them all clas'
fled as a naturalist classifies bugs.
George W. Wickersham, the new at
torney general. Is tlie Wall street law
partner of Ilenry W. Taft, the presi
dent elect's brother. He hails from
Pennsylvania, has been an attorney
for t'e Ryan and Belmont interests in
New fork, helped to put the suspend
ed Knickerbocker Trust com; — - y back
on its feet and is highly recommended
by Senator Knox. He is known as an
office lawyer, has practiced in New
York for twenty years, belongs to the
old school and has the highest rating
In Is s profession as an attorney of big
financial interests. With such prece
dents and training he may be expected
not to"run amuck."
Authority on Law.
Richard A. Ballinger, Mr. Taft's sec
retary of the interior, was a class
mate of James It. Garfield, the present
holder of that portfolio. As a result
Garfield tried to get him '> be commis
sioner of the general laud office, but
Ballinger declined. Garfield insisted,
and Mr. lia [linger at last reluctantly
consulted. He held the office one
year and In that time reorganized it
.from top to bottom. He then resigned
and returned to his law practice.
When appointing Ballinger, Roosevelt
remarked that they were getting a
$>20,000 man for $5,000. The new sec
retary of the interior was born in lowa
in 1858, his father having studied law
with Abraham Lincoln. The son went
to Kansas and embarked In the cattle
business at the age of seventeen, ne
got a preparatory education In the
University of Kansas and Washburn
college and graduated from Williams
college in 1884. He practiced law for
a time at Boonesborc, 111., then went
•outh and was prosecuting attor
ney of a county in Alabama, returned
to Chicago, where he practiced two
years, then went to Seattle, Wash., his
present home. There he was judge
of the superior court. United States
court commissioner ami mayor of Seat
tie. He is author of several lawbooks
Fighter of Bosses.
Charles Nagel of Missouri, new sec
retary of commerce and labor, is i
tighter of bosses, a devotee of art and
a high .ess lawyer. He i< better
known arnong lawyers and educators
than to the public at large, although
he served as a member of the .MS
souri house of representative: ■>i
a member of the Republican ..a.ii n.i',
committee. He is a native we ; rnr
having been born in Colorado . u; i .
Tex., In 1841), In the height of tlu
civil war the pronounced Union sent!
ments of his father, Dr. Herman N i
gel, compelled him to remove from
Texas to St. Louis. Here Charles Na
gel soon entered the St. Louis hig'i
school. Graduating from there, he
took a two years' course in the St.
Lonls Law school and then went to
the University of Berlin, where he took
n special course in law and political
oconomy. Returning to St. Louis In
1573, lie was admitted to the bar auc
soon had an active part in municipal
affairs. He was for four yen - s presi
dent of the city council of St. Louis.
If Secretary James Wilsor continues
to hold the agricultural portfolio until
next November he will have broken
the record for continuous cabinet serv
ice, which is now held by Albert Gal
latin, once secretary of the treasury,
who served twelvo years, eight months
and twenty-flve days. Secretary Wil
son was appointed at the outset of the
McKlnley administration. He wa
born in Ayrshire, Scotland, In 1835.
and at the age of seventeen was
brought to this coutnry by his parents.
He was educated in the public schools
of lowa and at lowa college. He en
gaged in farming and, entering state
politics, was a member of the twelfth,
thirteenth and fourteenth assemblies
of lowa, being elected speaker of th?
assembly in his last term. He served
three terms In congress.
In Grot Luck.
"I have been looking over my finan
cial operations," said Mr. Kaslgo. "I
must say they are more successful
than usual."
"Have you been making large prof
its?'
"No. I don't expect anything like
that."
"But you say you were successful?"
"Comparatively successful. During
the month 1 have loaned money to
five friends, and only three of them
have quit speaking to me."—Washing
ton Star.
THE EX-PRESIDENT.
Terse Comments by the Press
on Roosevelt's Record.
"CAPTmIN OF HIS PEOPLE."
"Mighty Prophet of a Better Day,"
Says One Admirer—Raps From Oth
ers—"Bully Copy Maker," Says a
Scribe—Quips on His Huntinn Trin.
Roosevelt retires without a single
blot on the fair escutcheon of his sin
cerity.— Baltimore American.
A Hard Rap.
Roosevelt was the greatest muck
raker of muck rakers that ever sliced
r. slanderer.—Atlanta Constitution.
About to Be Discovered.
As March 4 has gone one naturally
wonders if darkest Africa realizes that
It is about to be discovered.—Kansas
City Star.
Jungle Folk Worried.
Reports from Africa are to the ef
feet that the nervousness In the juii
gles Is becoming a -ute.—Chicago Rec ,
ord-Herald.
Notable Record.
Roosevelt's record as president is a
uotable one and gives him a consplcu
ous place among tho world's great
men.—Baltiniore American.
When He Is In Africa.
When Mr. Roosevelt Is dining on hip
popotamus steak in Africa he will bp
able to laugh to scorn the historic j
possum dinner.—Kansas City Star.
Picked Up Silvers.
Ex-President Roosevelt has stubbed
his toe many times in his distinguish
ed career and got many silvers In it,
nnd not a few also In the hand which
swings the big stick.—Boston Globe.
Roosevelt and Congress.
All hands freely conce% that Mr.
Roosevelt's twenty rounds with the j
Sixtieth congress have been soniewhnt
faster and more emphatic than a la
dies' sewing circle.—Anaconda Stand I
ard.
Game Fighter.
Never having had the opportunity to
Judge of his performance as a butcher
congress Is not prepared to dispute the
statement that Mr. Roosevelt Is not a
game butcher, but It doubtless stands
ready to affirm that he Is a game fight
er, at any rate.—New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Furious Zeal Needed.
Serious faults in oar national life
were waiting to be corrected when
Roosevelt came into power. Doubtle.s
the nation needed a man of furl\us
zeal, Indomituble will and strenuous
ideals to correct these things. Such a
mau was found. Roosevelt went fur
ther. Syracuse Post-Standard.
7
"Bully" Copy Maker.
The man who writes paragraphs and
humorous stuff will regret the passing
of Roosevelt. His race suicide theo
ries, his nature fake crusade, his An
aulas club, his country life commls
sion, his advice to mothers, his butting
into everything in which there is hu
man interest, have all made talk. T .
usi' his own phrase, he has been a
"bully" copy maker.—St. Louis Post-
IMspatcli.
Traditions Ignored.
That even a portion of natural ap- j
probation goes to ex-President Roose- j
velt is high enough compliment, for I
his methods have not been in keeping
with American traditions nor with the |
spirit of the American government, j
The feeling has gained strength that a j
bull lu a china shop is not necessarily i
a bad conjunction and that some Kinds
of china ought to be smashed anyway.
—Cleveland Plain Denier.
Fortunate In Misfortune.
Mr. Roosevelt is too impulsive, errat
ic and uncertain evidently to win fa- [
vor as a possible executive of a corpo- !
ration. Such au Institution must have
at its head a tactful, clear headed and |
able man of self control. Thai the
United States should have had as chief
executive a man whose Idiosyncrasies
would have imperiled au average cor- i
poratlon and that It should have sur
vlved his ebullitions but shows how i
fortunate the country has been in Its
misfortunes. Doulsvl'le Courier-Jour
nal.
"Captain of His People."
In many details of his multifarious
activities Mr. Roosevelt has erred. To j
err Is human. He has fallen short and !
failed. He has never faltered. As j
Lincoln did before him, he has known
how to meet overmastering necessity !
with opportunism, but he has not tak j
en his eye from his "hoseu goal nor
relaxed the irou of bis u ar miuation. ]
Ills devotion to the national ideals, j
his fervent patriotism, have been an j
inspiration to his generation and will |
be a lasting example to posterity. No
president, no patriot, has ever put !
away power in a nobler spirit or with 1
a firmer will than he when he refused
a re-election that would have come
In spite of reiterated pledge and refus
al had he not opposed to It the full
¥orco of his Influence. A great cham
pion, conservator and exemplar of
American democracy, Theodore Roose
velt has beeu the captain of his peo
ple, and In the house of the lowly as
In the house of the strong he has been
the mighty prophet of a better day.—
Chicago Tribune.
Legislator's Offer to Mothers.
One dollar a babe is the price lowa
ought to be willing to pay to lowa
mothers Is the estimate of Dr. Ful
11am, president of the lowa State Med
ical association. Dr. Pulliam Intro
duced a measure the other day mak
ing such u provision into the lowa
house. The bill provides that If the
mother presents notice of her child's
birth to the county clerk within three
months after birth and accompanies
the notice with a physician's certifi
cate she is to be given an order on
the county treasurer for sl. No pro
vision la made for twins or triplets.
SWISS PSYCHIC GIRL'
Young Wonder Who Paints Mar
vels Under Inspiration.
AT WORK ON FOURTH PICTURE
Helen Smith Astonishes Disciples of
Occultism In Geneva American
Prima Donna Tells of Miss Smith's
Efforts In Art—Painting of Portraits
Started With the Eyes.
Helen Smith, the wonderful girl psy
ehlc at Geneva, who Is astonishing
even those who profess to know tho
mysteries of occultism and bewilder
ing those who follow the philosophy
of materialism, recently finished the
fourth painting in the series of seven
which she claims she has been inspir
ed to do, and the work is exciting thc
wonder of art connoisseurs who have-
Been it.
Miss Minnie Tracey, the prima don
na, daughter of Colonel John Tracey,
journalist, who at the time of hi»
death was commissioner of charities
in Washington, recently returned to.
Paris from Geneva, where she ha»
| made a triumph in the operas of -Tris
tan und isode" and "Tannbanser."
1 She is a great friend of Helen Smith
and spent much time with her watch
ing her work upon the portrait of
Cagliostro, which is Miss Smith's lat
est work. Speaking of her experience.
Miss Tracey said:
"I called upon Miss Smith quite fre
quently while in Geneva and saw the
portrait of Cagliostro grow front its
beginning. It was simply wonderful.
| At first the outline appeared like tho
features of a young man, but as Mlsa
1 Smith worked the fuce grew older and
wrinkled. The color of his dress waa
| changed several times during the mak
ing of the picture and finally remained
• rich brown.
' "You understand that Miss Smith li»
*ll uneducated girl, without a knowl
edge of or even an acquaintance with
painting. She Is always In a trance*
while doing her work and never takes
anything to eat or drink on the day
j she receives her 'inspiration.' As tber®
j is u painting of Cagliostro in tho
Louvre ut I'aris, it is proposed to
bring the painting by Miss Smith to
Paris to compare the likeness of ttm
| subconscious work with the real por
trait in the museum,
i "Miss Smith's work so far has con
sisted of three other paintings-a 'Cru
cifixion,' which possesses such strength
and origipuilty that It tnade team
> come to my eyes when I looked upon
It; 'Christ In Gelhsemane' and a 'Vir
gin.' She has never been out of Ge
neva and has been a very limited read
er. Yet the historic factj she state*
are always correct, and her knowledge
of geography and of places Is perfect.
"M. Badin, In whose store Helen
acted as a shopgirl until her retnnrku
j ble psychic manifestations attracted
the attention of tho psycho-philoso
phers, told me that Helen never vi
denced great Intelligence, but that she
had a remarkable memory. Whenever
she became possessed with an inspi
ration to pnl«t M. Radin willingly al
j lowed her togo home and remain
away as long as she required.
"Through Mrs. James Jack ton's gen
erosity she was enabled to give up her
position and stay at home to develop
her powers.
"The painting of a picture involves
much preparation, for the 'inspira
tion,' or whatever It may be. directs
her Just how to prepare the canvas or
panel on which to paint, indicating the
; exact size, the kind of wood or ean
' vas to be used and everything to the
I minutest detail. Even after every
! thing has been prepared this inspira
i tional force often decides to change
! its mind and will instruct Miss Smith
to commence all over again on a new
plan.
"She generally starts her portraits
with the eyes. The room In which she
pait ts Is always in a dim light, and
absolute quiet must prevail. She had
her first command to paint In 1006.
but attributed it to some wild fancy
and did not take it seriously, but a-t
the inspiration recurred she followed
Its instructions and finished her first
work. 'The Crucifixion,' in
Fooled Him.
When Tommy was taking papa hi\
dinner lie stopped for a moment tn
watch a workman emptying a sewer.
"That." remarked Tommy Interest
edly, "is the grate my brother lost a
shilling down."
The workman's eyes lit up.
"Well, young man."he said, ~ith u
show of carelessness, "you'd better
get forward with that dinner before.
It's cold."
In about half an hour Tommy re
turned to find the man still at th>
same grate.
"Are you quite sure It was this grate,
the shilling was lost In?" said th«
workman.
"I am certain," replied Tommy, "be
cause I saw my father get it out
tendon Answers
sens !
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