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RPIBULIC OR [MPii Time For Voters to Determine Which They Want. QUESTION OF " IMPERIALISM'i People of the United States Face tc Face With a Serious Problem--Tin Financial Situation-Volume of Cir- i culating Medium Too Small-Elec tion's Aftermath. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. What is to be done in Washington i, the way of politics is a matter now of political discussion and a matter 'fI very great doubt. The president hat. of course, control of the situation. But what the president is going to do must be determined by the men who are back of him and with whom he join-. He has been beaten in all the. vital 'elections in states which he thought ,e could control. He was beaten ih Ohio, in New York and in Kentucký Men are claiming that he won in Ken tucky, but as a matter of fact he lo.t The tentucky success was not a pres Idential success, but a pbiely local vic. tory, largly due to local interests. The Roosevelt papers are insisting that the result of the elections was an ap proval for the administration. Nobo+iy knows better than Mr. Roosevelt hilt self that this is absolutely untrue. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan. 1Nobody will question Mr. Roosevelt's popularity before the people. The last man to question it would be Mr. Bry an. In a somewhat extended acquaint ance with both of these gentlemen I have never heard Bryan say one word of criticism of Mr. Roosevelt, nor have I had occasion to listen to one word of Shostility to Mr. Bryan expressed by the president. This does not mean ithat they are absolutely friendly iu dltities. I have listened to Mr. Roose vilt when he explained to me that Mr. 1 *ryan was not a dangerous man, but as net a wise man. What Mr. Bryan sks . of the president I do not know. SWhen Mr. Roosevelt makes up his as to whether he will be once - reI a candidate, whether, unlike Washington and Thomas Vet he is willing to stand for a rlaw, t&ere may be some things eameerning him. It Is quite up to to make this determination, and made he must not-object to what She said 43an It Be'King Roosevelt? or three days -ago a lecturer in w department of the University , one Professor Drake, said that in his judgment Mr should be made king. The lIaLghed, thinking that 'he was satirically or at least humor He assured the class that he seriously. Here in Wash l-Ive heard at least twice men hot strongly for Mr. Roose pwlOse'poHtics I did not know e. thatithey thought rthe Unit needeida king and that there ise better man for that impe :I :am but one of -many irested in publicaffairs, bat to ie-that if I have had four men talk to me.about making t king or emperor the must have been made many hundred other people. ttse Democrats urpd th:at of imperialism was going a very serious one. At that Democratic party did not fear at home, but it did fear Wu4l, be established in onr ties and might ultimate Today the people are with the question of tm Aifhe United :States. It is to pass over with a prominent 'me dare to collegeclasss and as would rather see a king tIt Is time for a pro ilgh time that the voters rnetry should determine s want a -republic or a ameocraey or as empire. waneial Situation. # of the New Trrs bare es5ulted in WerJ for western banks a fect. the diflculty proceeds to New hee grarve troe*le t1 sold today ' at .&mill that he dai- .--ot Same utws era~ ito perfectly solvent. which hisb custoner is equally solvent. but ,hether there was crren Sthat section to enable paysbent of the draft d for the draft is a reputation. While sot e' 'ee.ftort.ble creum 'as not asking for the r to speculate. But pLj say assuramnee that i. This shows what of ta currency of the S. BOme years ago the Ssked that the chi kaluld be increased SIt was not done et the country are hmat the` cireulating Sby allow h£ Llk notes based If e is done we had of which it tad stocks sutb isntl·y in New palae Unques `. lrealUO b =?![ nt.. f-l i .o:oleers ~ Leth,,r that a;Tord a fair: n.; :, :,I, AmI,,ica'n rnr" r on"y. "h'"- I e,:.l l Irs a e !; i 'uI ., d btck timeI l: :::! i \\h; Ili'-y ':ilted the '" n : .h l , 'n t " . - l'. , ;. . . o f t hi e ,h i d a y s . I11: 1 ' IIc'm ' y hali;l a so l It tly ho l,:sis. EveF'y-ilthiz tl:1ht b:s I-een s:taid about it was sa;id ji.stili:laly. But if tod;ay the I,.oposiiullo of the gtreat bankers of the United states that they shoult he al lowed to issue circulating notes or cut rency based upon the assets of their banks shall be accepted the only dif ference between the old wildcat cur rency and this currency would lie In the counldence of the American people in the banks which issued tilhe notes. But when we lind great banks lending money upon securities which go fast downi to destruction how can we feel that in the future the notes issued by these banks will form a safe circulat ing nledium? Why should not the gov erilent itself furnish the mioney which is necessary to the country': W\ .y should it be demandeli that the national banks or the trust 4onlll;lllies. the E. R. Thomases or the E. 11. liar rimans, should be given the op ulorltuity to supply the money which is neces sary for the country and for their own profit? The Elections. It is worth while to counsider the meaning of the recent elections. The most striking illustration of the Dem ocratic trend in public sentiment was furnished by Cleveland. There Tom Johnson, a progressive and radical Democrat, was put up against a straight out and out Roosevelt Repub lican. It is fair to say that IMr. Bur ton is a man of ability, of standing and of absolute integrity. It would be hard to pick any man in Ohio who would have made a stronger candidate against Tom Johnson. Besides his per sonal characteristics, he had the sup port of the president, of Secretary Taft and of Secretary Garfield. He himself said that lie had accepted the nomi nation only because of the personal request of these three eminent mem bers of his party. Yet when the time came for the people to vote dMr. Bur ton was beaten by practically 10.000. In Toledo, O., Brand Whitlock, who stands for democracy, but not for ma chine democracy, was elected by a swinging majority. In New York, Tammany, the regular Democratic organization, won easily, although the Hearst organization for got its professed democracy and fused with the Republicans. In New Jersey the normal Republic an majority has been c%t down to practically 6,000. It is true that the issue was a local one. Mr. Roosevelt finds some consolation in the fact that It was cut down once before. He has descended from the dignity of the pres idential office to explain that this loss of power ;in New Jersey is in no sense attributal to him, but is simply the re salt df 'local conditions or of an off :year. This may be true, but it is also ,true that Mr. Roosevelt is the first president who has stooped from his office to discuss the question of elec tion returns. When Grover Clevelant was in the White House and an ofi election went against him he had noth ing to say. Whatever may be said about Mr. Cleveland, he at least dli not descend to the plane of the ordi nary politician. Mr. Roosevelt is poll tician first and president afterward. Much has been said about Massachu setts. The Democratic nominee. so called, was defeated. lie was defeated by a split in the Democratic party There was a fight within the party which was eminently characteristic of i the politics of the state. Massachu-i setts Democrats always fight. Mr Henry M. Whitney, whom the courtP declared to be the regular nominee. lias not been for more than twelve years an active member of the Dem ocratic party. He has not believed in the things for which that party stood. He has been outof touch with the na tional organization and was out of touch with the state organization. That be has strength in Massachusetts can not be questioned. But it is the strength that comes from money and from corporation influence. His defeat will not in the end be hurtful to the party. Perhaps the manner of It may bp harmful, but that is .;et to be de termined. The outcry of certain so called metropolitan newspapers to the effect that the attack upon Whitney was the reason for the loss of Massa chusetts is without any sort of intelli gent foundation. Massachusetts Is al ways a Republicae state. The Paper Trust. A few days .age a number of news paper owners from all parts of the United States were in Washington for dhe purpose of urging the president to take some action against the paper trust. They brought an appeal to the p.esident ,to use his influence for the destruction of the paper trust. They asked, first, an investigation Into the trust itself and action by the attorney general's office for its dissolution; sec ond, that white paper and wood pulp be pat upon the free list. Both of these requests were acceded to by Mr Roosevelt. There will be in the presi dent's message a reference to the duty on print paper and pulp. How much this may accomplish is doubtful. If wood pulp is put in the free list Can ada will possibly put an export duty apen it, and Canada is the only coun try from which it can be imported. The really effective way of saving the newspapers of the United States from impendlag disaster is for active action against the -trust which now controls the print paper supply of the country it has ceased to be a secret that what the paper trust is now working for Is. first, smre proit for itself and. second.to take tbe one cent paper out of existence. The president has promised to attack the trust and -has asked the attorney emeral to give Mm a report concern g It. Whether congress will reduce E tasrF ranet reamans to be seen. SIX NEARLY SUFFOCATE, Irank of Office Boy Results In Close Call For HALF A DOZEN EMPLOYES. During Noon Hour Enter an Air-Tight Vault, the Door of Which Is Shut 4 Combination Knob Sprung, Re quiring Prompt Rescue. Chicago, Nov. 23.-Six young women stenographers mntployed by the Amer Ican Ste-I and Wire comlpany had a terrifying exper~inc(' as the result of a trick play'd on them by the office boy. There are Ihiity young women etn ployed in the orlcr department, trans; ferring invoices on the typewriter. During the noon hour they play games until the return of their superior. Six of them concelv?d a variation of the piogramme a.yl adjourned to a cavern ous filing vault to sing. They left the door partly closed. Just when the chorus was rol:ing forth in reverberating volumg little Willie Oaterfel't, the office b~y, slip ped up to the va;ult, banged the door shut and gave the combination knob a wtiri. The song of the imprisoned sextette died tway in a shriek while six pairs of feminine hands, beat on the door. Th. other young women stqnubgraphers sprang to the rescue and Willie hastily decamped. The vault is 14- tight and none of the girls knew the combination; in fact, it is known dlly to Pratt. head of the filing department, apd he was at lunch. One rool headed young woman. however, found the janitor and rushed him to the spot with a pickax and a crowbar. A hole was soon made in the vault wall through which the pris oners received air. Theysaid th:ey had nearly suffocated. Mr. Pratt sooq returned and releas ed the girls. The office boy was dis charged. One )f the girls had to be sent home in a carriage. PEONAGE MATTER. Lady Assistant Attorney Gener al Investigating. New Orleans, Nov. 23.-An outline of plans for stamping out peonage in the south was given out by Mrs. Mary Grace Quackenbos, the only woman who is special m.slstant to the attor ney general of the United States. Mrs. Quackenbos was recently assigned to investigate peonage in southern states. "One thing which I am compelled to fight against," slid Mrs. Quackenbos. "Is the fact that few persons yet real ize my motive and purpose. With proper support I believe I can com pletely wipe out peonage in the south i within the next year." Mrs Quackenbos' prediction is based partly on the belief that peonage is not at all general. In her opinion im migration into the south will not suffer material setbacks from the exposure of this oppression on foreign labor. She says charge s of oppression in the south recently made In foreign coun tries were almost wholly due to letters w-hich immigrants have written home. and a governn 'nt investigation .hv removing the cause for such letters will benefit immigration. Mrs. Quackenbos has gone to .Jack son. Miss.. to .inosecute a peun:gte charge there against O. B. Crittend 'n, a planter. Wh' n this case is settled her investigation will begin in Louis lana. RIOT AT JOLIET. Brought AboUt'by an Attempted Wage Reduction of Quarrymen. Joliet, II., Nov. 23.-A riot occurred as the result -if a strike following an attempted wag- reduction among stone quarrymena. Strikers and men wishing wnok clashed In a bloody fight. Revolvers were u;sed, but most of the shots were fired in the air to intimi date. Stones were thrown and a num ber of men on both sides hit., but no seious injurle4 are reported. The riot occurred, in the vicinity of the Western 'Stone company's quarries at Southeast Joliet. The wage scale of 20 cents per hour for ten hours. It wa'R announced, would be reduced to 17 1-2 cents per 'our Zor nine hours. In con sequence the men in the various qnar ries have been on strike since last 1 Monday. Friada; men from the quar ries at Lemont went to Joliet to take the places of some.strikers and this precipitated the clash. DOZEN INJURED. Two df the Maimed So Badly Hurt They May Not Survive. Sandusky, 0.. Nov. 23.-In a headon collision between an interurban Lake Shore electric railway motor and city car a dozen me: were injured, five so seriously they were taken to a hospi tal. Two may die. The police ar rested Motorman Baldwin and Conduc tor IAndis of 'he interurban car and attempted to arrest- William Jakes, conductor of =he city car, but Jakes. although injured, escaped. Four Hundred Laid Off. Albany, Nov. 23.-About 400 men employed in ,h? shops of the New York Central an ' Hudson River rail road have been laid off. This is about one-fourth the force. More Gold Engaged. New York. Nov. 2?.--l.azares Freres engaged $2.000).w))0 go!d Friday and Goldman, Sachs & Co. $800.h000. Total up to tmoon FrI:(ity was $76,200.041'. *IcGuire's Private Secretary. Os:th:i. Nov. 23.-Earl Croxton" has "evn nr.,..UoiEtoJ '-y Con Crr:'ssmal MO n* ^t. frirov.e secretary. BUILDING A HOUSE. Many Women Are a Match Fo; .! Guileful Contractor. "I don t want to pInt np any more .O0'es for women." said a successful bui'der. "The idea that women may not be safely trusted to look out for their own interests under such circum stances is a mistake. Many women are much smarter than men even if they can't call a piece of timber by its right name. "Women nearly always begin by saying that they know nothing at all about house building and that ther trust to your honor to do the right thing by them. Before you have the cellar cemented you learn that what a womanI says and what she means are not always quite the same. In the first place,. she hasn't any real confidence in either your honesty or ability. She is prying about all the time to watch that you don't cheat her or spoil the pre cious house. She will deliberately measure the outline of a window. gauge the capacity of a skeleton closet. inspect the contents of the mortar box and test the quality of the lumber to verify your statements. One of the first things she does is to commnit the plans to memory, and she spends all her spare time going about to places where other houses are being erected acquiring information in regard to building. Usually you couldn't fool her if you wanted to, and there are very few contractors who are mean enough or smart enough to get ahead of weo men who employ them. Even the plumber, bad as is his reputation for industrial probity, would hesitate to take advantage of his woman employ er, especially if he had reason to thinki her well informed in the matter. Ah, Pity the Poor Builder! "You know that it is almost impossi ble to make the completed structure agree in every small detail with the original plans. Well, I once had a wo man bring suit against me because owing to some oversight of my employ ees a two paned window had been in serted where the plans called for a four paned one. I explained that this oversight was really a loss to me, as the two large panes had cost me more than four smaller ones would have done. She replied that the reason she objected was because it would cost her more to replace the large panes than .Q. - WAT(HING THE BUILDING. the small panes should they ever be broken! She won her suit and dam ages. She claimed the latter on the score of the delay the suit had caused her in taking possession of her new home. Where the Contractor Loses. "Another woman for whom I put up a dwelling asked me after I had begun it to make some slight changes in the kitchen. When the building was com pleted she refused to pay for it because it did not in every particular agree with the. plans. I reminded her that she had asked me to make those alter ations, but she would not or could not remember. She threatened me with a suit, and as I knew by experience that she would probably win it I made peace by letting her have the house for $500 less than the contract price. "Yon see, when a woman makes an appeal to the courts the builder has little chance. The judge will say: "'The poor woman didn't under stand. You can't expect a woman to know anything about building.' And the jury will come in with a chivalrous verdict for the fair plaintiff. The sym pathy of the entire courtroom is titb the lady, and after the judge has mahle a few scathing remarks you are g!ad to sneak out of court, even at the ex pense of several hundred dollars. A Hopeful Sign. "It is quite possible that the build er's unfortunate experiences have prej udiced him against women in general. There is another side of the question, however-the absolute Indifference of many house builders to a woman's preferences and suggestions, even when she is his employer. Women know better than the average man what is desirable and convenient in the planning of a dwelling, and their sharpened intelligence in dealing with contracter and workmen is a hopeful sign. Experience will teach then. falanss and consideration In dealing with employee." ETU L DBANK About Women. When Brains Are Antago nistic to Clothes-The Elastic Feminine Conscience-The Misery of Not Being One self at All Times. "Wylv." remarked Mrs. Cynicrl. "should a woman's brains be ant::: enistic to her clothes:' : "Meaning the short haired variet 'y rr put in the bachelor. 91 "Meaning the shabby, dowdy kind." N she rturned ''lThere's Mrs. Ilrightl .' k She writes fir the mlagazines. Well. o you ought to -ee her at the breakilnist V table. She's a perfect sight. Iit, :! F Mrs. Fluffy, oni the other hand. \w\ho brain resemll.s that of a sparrow. makes a pictulre of herself in a crisp muslin trimmed with pink ribbon and simpers bewitchingly over the cofl':,· cup at her adoring husband. She doesn't have to utter epigrams. In,o just to sit still and have him look at her. Mrs. Brightly, on the other hand. might he a silver tongued orator and the mial sitting opposite her would never notice anything but the spots on her kimono and her curl papers. "Why, there were two girls I knew." she went on, "both married. The fir~t was a college graduate, a very clever girl. Her people gave her a pretty trousseau, and everything started out well. After 1: : baby was born she went all to pi, as far as dress was concerned. ' :loppy blouses and twisted ri', ... o und her neck in stead of ~ica;.;l. collars. The other" girl was of the stay at home kind She made nearly all of her modert trousseau. After she became a mother she was quite ill for a long time. ,but her first act on becoming well enough to be on her feet again was to fix over and have new clothes made, which gave her a more attractive appearance than ever. Today she has three chil dren, and you would take her for a 4I / : / SHE WAS . HIF'rP AT TH'E BRWAKvsTV TABLE. girl, w. ' -'e brainy w,)man 'witrh: only on! ; to take,care of is sli d shod in .,. manner .and appearanve.. "I wonder why." she concluded. An'!I *h5 hknholnr Chnand "Why?" A Matter of Conscience. Women are adepts at juggling ,Awit. . their consciences. They do just as Ian things as men, but tell them'to t!ahei. faces that they do and there will ., trouble. They always have some del+. cate diplomatic way of retfrini-; from calling a spade a spade. Here's a case that will illustrate rn,: point: A highly-religious woman had a haus band who was running for office. Sh'e knew that a certain workinglna would not vote unless he was paid fors it, and.it was a case where every vo e counted. So she said to her husband': "Don't buy his vote, of course. That is horrible. But give him this twodoi. Isr bill as a little present for himself. and be sure when you give it to, h'ina that you say, 'This is just a little gif:t for you,'" as if she didn't know :an the man didn't know, and-oh, what"-ia the use? That's just a woman's consciencie -, and the way it works! Nothing Equal to Dignity. Blessed be the woman.who cannot ber overawed! I don't mean the boldltype, but slt" whose quiet dignity and justified :,'t4 opinion of herself make her feel frtee from awkwardness in any gathviri - I She is never betrayed into selrf e,+t sciousnes by any turn in Jhe co.-.verM;a tion, and the little annoirntcs th;at ruffle most women do not ditress her. She rises absolutely superior\t, them1 all. There is no slavery more g;dli;:, than that which f,,rlces us to .eonrt,. our real thoughts through rmo'ves- of policy or from fear. And tl-Iho !: nothing more hm:niili;ai;ni thlan ,t fee' awkward in the 4lresen'ce of le'1Ct' who are only sul,eriort to uy ,;ln l~i.' we think them so. I would like to say to e ery w,m::e.. "Speak your :,.:nd like a free won.a;'. regardless ,!i consequences. ;ld hold up your head high, with a propEr 'o spect for your own dignity. no mattor where yeou my be." LMAUD OBINSON. A IMI --M- From Her Viewpoint. A Society Woman's High flo-wn Fad The Woman's Club Invading the Tropics. Japanese Criticism of the American Kimono. Automnolilinlg u1ti l to Ic a e .a . i ' ble sport. bult now it is hl( il. One ha;s 10 have coulag'e as wll :a mloney to Ih a :balloonist in the pro"o :ll stage of the development of t!I art. firs. .1 ax lleis(chmanuon, t:t" v l known .ocio13y leader of ('ill'i:lrtl. i.; one of h11: !mii.-t illtrepid of ao! ,,..T' While aIro;d both MIr. and lir\ Fleischm:lann became interested il 1,:0 MRIS. MAX FLEISCHMANN. looning anti when they returned to th a country provided themselves with a well built airship, in which they t.:, frequent ;:s",ents with success. 31:: Fleischmann's latest air voyage was a trip of 1::7 niles between North Ad ams, Mass.. and Meriden. N. II. Sl e was accompanied by her husband a1't a friend. Mr. and Mrs. Fleischma.lll 'were among the most enthusiastic i itors to the recent aerouautic coengr' -s at St. Louis. It is said that lMr-. Fleischma:nn's Christmas gift to Ii. husband will be a balloon coStl, : $2,200. Clubs In the Canal Zone. E \li5. I I, in \sirik. HBosweii inas I a turned fn tit l'mauai. to withit h " went at tihe I'ltlu1,rt of the secrtet:ar war to see if -<i:e .~rild not infuse so.. , brigbhtnes i:l i :re so-rul at:Iis.p) h'' of the ,ann!l zsr,e ly ourgan i::iw5 mIen's club. The t women in 1':;:/ :: are not so hilly as their nortlheu rn ters. Mlost of tli, aliens have left tlh-ir children at hol.re in schools, andl hout keeping duties.ame very light. In cae town exists Ia Varoug feeling of c.':', between tbo.:.e who do manual 1l,.t" and those whre do not, although some cases t5e fornmr get more mol ' than the httiler. \Mst of the woo,' !i were unacguainted with their nest hors, and :leeir dijsatisfied attitude. was comulnliating; it~elf to their il,", bands. Wtiss Rosweiil organized a i-c ries -of cltabs -along iraactical lines; such as gardPuin c-lu bs. dtfvoted to. improf ing the appearance of: the towns:- un:! sicai chibs. :v hich wir take an: itetr1 in provfidmu concerts and *nterita, meats for the public., and tany oile - useful oeganzatlons. She left the n." men of the canal ct runtry as..,ý ý -elh astic in retard to b er as are .all '., know her. 'iss Bos .vell orgasiaed 'fT ,wmen's Republical clubs and Is : Imember of the well sire department f :the Civic .federation as well. as maenv other feminine orga aizations. She is .i southerner. :althougl she now lives in the ,north. dividing her time- betwee)n. Washlnglon:indsNe iv York. A *CJlevr ~lapanese. In the-land of' the chry.sanrthen l :i,, with its t''aigis ins of ge.lwe lC 'i,. light tripflins wcVbu i. t.iwiti auiretole-, ecrapy hel:- i" i.n. }el hy jewecied d ggrs, I l ..,so..l.i,..i'ry doctrines of ?!,. nflew twoi lai:u O dal.ily tn; il their -"~y, ::hi sunl sweet Pitti S;: and hr-: I, iii -.'! txist no more. I rope- 'au e~-. JiElr)poan i1ea1s :1itl L. ropfan rlt "l!l,. rin are graduallyy eli" inat.ing rlw.U y sani henm n ll maid. t, of the nr- lst -1f .J;:pan' new w'Oh,,ib is the c-I:;a nhil; nlI:,,e. ilanaki, t l., . now toilirieg 11-ih '.on.itry with hier pany of .laf..riete player's. 11o;:: Greele.'s gra':llidl.ghter. M.iss Nizx Greelev Smith. Ihas been intervieitiig this nettw tm1nun1li of the orient in r.-. gard to the inew- \o lall of Amei. One of litoe i' . stlartl!ing lisclb+.l ,.i made 1 " .1ltie. I!:' oks. : t icei t fling frm,, i t ., .fni!ivih e s. tntl;,noi . that the i, ch 'l, , t Iha b en PI! %(ii l ' .:. kimono h r-tn i',TW-d over l'o, b to right i`+ I i ', -.; ,"rt". :t I t ia l From righ, i . I; : ; Irgl -.:. Ameri,-ltn f;:.itii-'< i i vte I, l a':i it. M ile. iiU ;.; n a,. ;l . s g ".'. • - In Japan :lI -.e f ,oP !,rn; r cut to lii. II; I'e t' " :'."t"s age. T ." older a worait.in *" Ilie si:nl:er :.rn, her sleeves. MARCIA WILLIS CAMPBET.r. - ~L,~.-T-- ~ _p.