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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1913.
Ambassador Bryce.
It is with the most sincere regret
that the American people see the Brit
ish envoy depart, a regret which is
eased somewhat by the pleasant antici
pation which is cherished 'for his suc
cessor, Sir Spring-Rice, who himself
is no stranger to this Capital and coun
try, having served here twice before
in a diplomatic capacity. Mr. Bryce
has been a most efficient and diligent
representative of his nation, whose in
terests he has championed in a' mas
terly and highly satisfactory manner.
He has been always persona grata at
the White House and with the heads
of our government, and by his fine tact
and finesse, his reasonableness and
readiness, has facilitated all transac
tions. More than this, c believe that
Mr. Brjce has been an effective bond
between the two great peoples promot
ing mutual "trust" and understanding,
and, above all, mutual esteem. Though
he leaves the United States now, the
results of his work will remain.
While ambassadors are accredited to
a government and not to a people, it
must be admitted in the case of the
retiring diplomat, that he has com
manded to an unusual degree the at
tention of the public and has known
how to exercise influence upon the
American people. The relations be
tween Great Britain and the United
States arc quite different from those
of any other two great nations on
earth. For years past American envoys
have not merely been received, but
actually have been made 'integral parts
of the social and cultured life of Eng
land. They never were made to feel
that they were just visitors, liable to
be recalled at any moment at the pleas
ure of their government. And if we
here reciprocated in the case of Mr.
Bryce, we not only have demonstrated
that we appreciate kindness shown to
us, but wc have also shown how great
ly we were pleased to have a man of
Mr. Bryce's attainment as a diplomat
and scholar in our midst.
After Scutari What?
The fall of Scutari naturally compli
cates the already delicate Balkan situ
ation. The powers can easily force the
Montenegrins to abandon the coast
towns, for they could not successfully
withstand bombardment, but there
seems to be no military force available
to take Scutari, which is fourteen miles
inland and re-enforced as its defenses
arc with the powerful artillery used in
the siege. Public opinion would wel
come some realignment of territory
that would leave Montenegro in posses
1 sion of its prize and make this the
basis of new negotiations. On what
plea can the powers continue their
blockade of the coast now that the
siege is ended, unless they intend it to
be punitive?
Another siege like that just ended is
not possible, fir no other people could
have a siniiiar pride in its capture or
fight with such fanatical zeal for the
accomplishment of their purpose. For
si months the besiegers have dis
played a patriotic heroism almost un
paralleled in warfare. Women have
been with their sons and huibands in
the trenches. Judges, lawyers, doctors,
have volunteered as private soldiers in
the ranks. Not even the voice of the
allied powers could swerve them from
their achievement. It is a feat to chal
lenge the admiration and the sympathy
of the world.
Slav diplomacy is as difficult as
Oriental intrigue 'for the Occidental
mind to comprehend. The chancelleries
of Europe seem to have been in a con
stant maze, predicting peace one day
and dpairing of it the next. The
Balkajrc feel that the fall of Scutari
makes for peace; Berlin fears that it
is an augury of war. .
The- only safe conclusion is that the
Balkan states themselves have their
future in their hands. If by some mira
cle they can maintain their solidarity
they have nothing to fear from the
rest of Europe and what they have won
in battle they will retain. If they, in
sist upon warring among themselves
they will only take the chestnuts out
of the fire for those who arc waiting
to swallow them.
Belgkw Girct In.
Like the lady in the poem, the Bel
gian prime minister, affcr declaring
that he "never would consent," has con
sented. It was only last week that: M.
de Broqueviile stated in public that "no
government could yield to a strike of
this nature, and that to do so would
be to abdicate." ,And yet he has" yield
led, and has not resigned.
The consent of the government to
consider the abolition of the system of
plural voting has ended abruptly the
strike of the Socialists, Radicals, and
Liberals for a reformed franchise after
ten days' duration, which greatly par
alyzed the commerce and industry of
the busy little kingdom.
The obnoxious practice is illustrat
ed in the returns o'f the last national
election in Belgium. At that time there
were 993,070 citizens who had but one
vote; 395,866 with two votes, and 39r
683 who had three votes to their credit,
on the grounds of paternity property
ownership, and education. Hence the
cultured and aristocratic minority for
ever found itself in numerical ascend
ancy. We have stated here before that the
system of plural voting has obtained
in Belgium twenty years, that is, since
the adoption of the present constitution.
Each cabinet was compelled to face the
issue, as voting in that country is
compulsory. Hence the Conservatives
(church party) were able to maintain
their alvantagc without much difficulty
by the pleasing and telling process of
counting their partisans as two or even
three votes each.
It has its significance that this "po
litical" strike is the first of the kind
that has resulted in a victory. Con
trary to general expectations outside
of Belgium the demeanor of the par
ticipants was marked by restraint and 1
sobriety. The strike leaders and their
followers were on their best behavior,
proving that the demonstration was
for the sake of an important principle,
and not for selfish individual advantage.
NATION'S MEN OF AFFAIRS IN CARTOON
The Aloofness of the Supreme Bench.
More frequent contact with the per
sonnel of the United States Supreme
Court and the public would have a
wholesome effect. It is a co-ordinate
branch of the government On many
matters it has the final word. As it
is regarded in this country, it is the
greatest and most powerful court in
the world. It deals with principles that
have already been established rather
than the forces that are born of public
opinion at a particular time. While
its function', is to declare the meaning
and the limitations of our laws, it is
itself limited by them.
An able address was recently deliv
ered by Chief Justice White at Rich
mond, Va. It was illumining as coming
from the head of the national judiciary,
divested of his ermine, and therefore
freer in his expressions. It is no in
fraction of dignity or propriety for the
justices to respond to an occasional
invitation from a proper source. If
the members of the United States Su
preme Court could put themselves and
their views more in touch with the
people it would be better for the coun
try. The Supreme Court is looked
upon as unsympathetic and inflexible.
That has been a growing opinion to
ward all courts, though it is the view
of Justice Holmes that judges, par
ticularly in State courts, have read their
conscious and unconscious sympathies
prematurely into the law. The justice,
in a recent speech, intimates that be
yond the distrust that frequently finds
expression there may be "some germ
of inarticulate truth." The law does not
keep pace with the results of the bat
tle" of opposing convictions. "The mo
tion that is destined to prevail is nof
jet entitled to the field."
Jusice Holmes is one of the most
radical members of the Supreme bench
In divided decisions he is perhaps more
often found on the dissenting side than
any of his colleagues. No man has
had greater experience with the sub
tleties of the law, and none is more de
sirous than he to make them conform
with the principles of strict justice.
His own sympathies are keen, and he
discerns in the expressions of unrest
and discontent more than a meaningless
protest
Should Satisfy Japan.
The step taken by the Federal gov
ernment should plainly and accurately
show the Japanese the attitude of
America toward their country. Wc are
of the belief that Mr. Bryan will be
able, in some way satisfactory to all
concerned, to clarify the situation by
submitting a plan for a new treaty
with Japan embodying the things now
in confusion and stating unmistakably
that the States of this Union have the
right to enact such laws as they may
consider necessary relative to the con
servation and ownership of land.
Should California, despite Mr.
Bryan's tactful arguments, persist, it
may be able to irritate Japan, but no
more; 'for nullification of treaties is
a long-acknowledged modus operandi in
case of necessity, in order to avoid the
results of just such embroilments, and
we cannot believe that the Supreme
Court would permit the enforcement of
any State law which is in violence of
national law and obligation.
Still, if Cobb gets his 115,000 a season,
it is tho patrons of the game who will
have to pay It
On July 1, 1914, aigrettes are to ' be
barred from Pennsylvania. It is now up
to the women of "Washington to bar them
Without the enactment of any law.
A- real Bryan Journey from coast to
coast ought to produce at least 100
speeches.
It remained for a brand-new Senator
to discover an elevator nonconductor.
FREDERICK HOWARD TREAT,
President Washington Utilities Company.
Their utiunnl Color.
From Ansims,
Has it ever struck you which color is
most oftener seen in the flags of the
world? Probably it hasn't, because there
are not many people who can recognize
more than a dozen flags at the outside.
"Well, the most popular color is red,
which is found in the standards of no
fewer than nineteen countries out of
twenty-five. Practically every one of the
European states, together with Mexico,
Venezuela, Chile, and Cuba, boast the
color red in their national flags.
Blue is found In the emblems of the
United States, Russia, France, Great
Britain. Holland. Ecuador. Sweden, Chile,
Portugal. Venezuela, and Cuba. Black is
not at all popular, being found In the
cases of Germany, Belgium, and China,
while Germany is noticeable for having
black and white together. Nine countries
boast of a flag partly jellow, viz.: Aus
tria, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Persia, Swe
den, Egypt, China and Venezuela. To
Ecuador belongs the distinction of hav
ing a standard nearer white than any
other country.
EIGHT TO SEEK OFFICES.
Vetera Entitled to "Auk Candidates
for Places They "Want.
Ron tho New York American.
Tho surge of the olflceseekcr against
the new national administration is
neither unusual nor alarming.
It is no worse, 'even if It is not better,
than it has been when the government
changed hands in other Presidential
years.
Aspiration is the natural impulse of
every wholesome mind. And when to as
piration is added the consciousness of
party service, even If founded upon a mis
conception of public fitness, there is no
cause for impatience nor condemnation
toward the pretender to public state. The
offlcesecker has his place even If he does
not always know it
President Wilson has fared easily by
comparison. Grover Cleveland had to
flee the capital and seek the duck stands
of the Virginia seacoast to escape the
swarm.
But it Is good, healthy political Ameri
canism behind the application of these
crowding Democrats. They hae nothing
to be ashamed of. It is asking no more
than thobe w horn they have helped to rise
above them have asked from them, and
asked it straight.
Every waiting candidate asks the voter
for what he wants. Every voter is en
titled to ask the successful candidate for
what he wants. He may not get it
Every voter cannot possibly get his heart's
desire as the candidate did. But every
voter has the right to try. Turn about
is fair play, and if, perchance, the voter
did valiant service for his candidate he
has a double right to aspire without hes
itation and without embarrassment for
anything that he is fit to do under the
government
The supreme and less remembered con
sideration is to make of public office a
public trust
There are better things than seeking
office more satisfying, more dignifying,
more agreeable. But every man to his
tabte in politics, and to his soverein
rights as a citizen.
And If the crowding companies of tri
umphant Democrats throng the depart
ments at Washington and the White
House, too. it is just as well to remem
ber, in simple Justice and In common
gratitude, that they are strictly within
their rights and also within their precedents.
WielMfor
tk Uplift.
THE BIG STICK
A Hitter
Ewry HaL
VOL. VI. NO. 49.
WASHINGTON. APRIL 26. 1913.
ONE CENT,
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: Hyou e it in Tha Bif
Stick, it iin't utcnunljr to.
A Prismatic Retrospect.
It cannot be successfully denied,
that, betweon th reappearance of
the Cal-Jap trour. the Mex hodge
podge, the Turk-Balk mess, the Pan
Can-Toll puzzle, the Stiff and Anti
Sitters, the Lady Hikers, the Tan IT
Mystery, the Non-Vinous Dipl. Din
ners, the Ominous Oyster Bay Sil
ence, the High Cost of Linng, the
Modern Drets Enl, . the Cubist
Blocks It Squares, the Jolly Office
Seekers, the DARters, Nor. Election
& Aftermath, the Change in the
Weather and Bureau, the Fall of
Scutari, the Germo-Anglo-Franco-
Ru&so-Italo-Austro-Entente-Alliance,
T. It., the Shad Bake, Ice-Cream-
Foda, Mint Julep, and other stir
ring features too numerous to eluci
date, the fecundity and capacity of
our editonal-ataS-brain has not been
taxed beyond human belief. We
must cry halt: once, twice and
thrice. We're coins too fast We
must sand our tracks or else well
slip. Life's not to be jammed into
one day. The baseball teason is star
ing us in the face, the swimming
hole is beckoning. Decoration Day is
near by mid so is a Safe and Sane
Fourth. Our individual' and re
spcctiTe families must go to the
mountains during the heated spell,
or to the seashore or to the coun
try and we must figure how that
can be done with shoes $7 a pair
and no tariff on hides, and the cost
of high living defying all threats
of extirmtion. Yet we toil on and
complain not, 'for patience is a rirtuo
and we hare a duty to perform, we
fear to tell you what would be the
calamitous result if our galaxy of
brilliant Big Stick editors and con
tributors would put down their pens
and cease to furnish the world (oh.
horrors) with that adrice it so badly
needs erery Sat, a. m., and which
no one else seems to be as well
qualified to dispense so lavishly,
disinterestedly and entertainingly as
THE BIG STICK.
NO PLACE FOR IDLE.
The Drama,
Shakcspere wrote "Macbeth"
when he was bloodthirsty. When
he took a more cheerful Tiew of
life he wrote "Hamlet" . H$ also
wrote "Much to do for Nothing."
A chorus girl got $390 damages
because the manager discharged her
on the ground that she .could not
dance or sing. Never knew dancing
aad singing constituted "good
form" la the chorus.
STODDARD TAYLOR.
The lTew Art
There was a 'post'iapressionlst
who daubed until be fainted, and
no one in the whole wide world
couM tell what 'twas he painted,
B called it" "Nude Descending
THata.M this piece 'of art cxotlcv
but to Comstack if fare no shock,
um thing' was so hLti:
jAMaat.HssKEr MOSam, .
HALL o JSy
Few heroes are so promptly rewarded as the Hon. William C. Red
field, the Secretary of Commerce. Hardly had Mr. Rcdneld whicked
out a declaration of independence for every Saturday afternoon during
fire months of the heated term, than preparations were perfected to
place him in a niche of The Big Stick's Hall of Fame, where the
immortals cot only repose but strenuously vibrate.
The Big Stick, which lets its force off till Monday as soon as we
get the paper oat Saturday morning, sent its star man over to see the
Sea as soon as we heard of the new order.
"Docs the recent divorcement of Labor from Commerce have any
thing to do with these short hours!" The Big Stock man asked
shrewdly. '
"Absolutely nothing there is plenty of labor left," returned the Se.
positively. "It's efficiency does it. With a proper reduction, of tariff,
an inspiring competition and a. Batoarday half holiday, weAmericans
can beat the world.
"As for me and my colleagues here under the proud banner of
Commerce, we find enough to work at five and one-half days every
week with keeping the lighthouse lit. the fisheries fit, the corpora
tions curbed, and the census censored You may tell your readers,
too, that my heated term runs for four years, not four months."
Sec. Bedfield, who has been thrilling hopeless manufacturers with
optimistic speeches -ever since- he was voted out of Congress into
'real Job, confided to The Big buck man that he will publish, some of
his talk under the title, "The New Pep."
Baseballs.
Girls may not be much good at
playing baseball, but they are the
candy kids all right at playing the
players. And yet again some women
wear watches on their ankles; some
wear china heels on their shoes,
while others don't hare to resort. to
these little fads. BILL PEST.
, , Human After All.
Get out the fishing tackle; Sunday
fishing mar be wrong; but in the
creek I saw a fish at least eight
laches loaf. MILTON AILBS. .
Problem.
"Say,:' said the keeper of the zoo.
"I wish some of you chumps would
tell me what a man can do for
monkeys with the mumps?"
,ED. SCHMID. alias Tfae Bird."
Such Is Keputation.
Columbus, De Soto and Cabot
Gained fame through discovery habit;
But they JackeB the acclaim
(Oh, ain't it shame!)
Of the guy who discovered Welsh
Babbit
EDWIN I. SHOP. 4
My life's History.
Second Chapter 1 was called homo
and stayed a week for recreation. My
large blue eyes rcered into hers,
which wero a beautiful brown, and
there was such a charm in them
them I waded across the creek to
greet her. The happy meeting was
like that which befalls some awful
catastrophe. For a moment all was
ulcnt while each looked upon the
other with bated breath and quiv
ering nostrils. The atmosphere be
came oppressive and the full har
vest moon flooded the old barn and
old oaken bucket. Then I eaid:
"Let's take a ramble and cull some
pretty flowers." As he took the
check he shook hands with Tom, hw
bojhood friend, and tears stood in
his bright bine eyes so large that
they dimmed hfc) sight and made his
nose red. Now & then she took a
look at me and whispered "there goes
your car, here's your hat."
JACK MAURY.
P. S. These reminiscences have
been gathered from yellow papers
scared with age, which I found la
an old ironbonnd chest up in th4
attic They treat of my boyhood
and coUcge days. Next week I'll
have something stimng.
f College News.
In view of the abounding good
nature, the Yale boys will yet per
suade' Prof. Taft to Join their tug-of-war
team.
GARDNER F. WILLIAMS.
It is stated that Princeton stu
dents are to be fed next year on
"food like mother used to make."
But there were mothers and moth
ers, and there were also fathers who
were not good providers. It looks
like a doubtful experiment
W. D. McLEAN.
Dr. Eliot says he is fully per
suaded we have Just begun to de
velop the right kind of education.
This almost seems a pity, too Juat
as tho doctor has quit teaching.
BEEKMAN WINTHROP.
All's Well.
Hereafter, to be real salty, you
mustn't talk of the starboard or port
of a ship, nor even larboard. The
admirals decided that they are ob
solete terms. "Bight" and "left" is
proper. By and by our ships will
have, a cellar, a roof, and attic, a
chimney and a front yard with a
gate. Won't that be nice!
Commodore Harrington Barker.
The Kelly Hat.
One of the blessings of our Con
stitution is that it does .not require
a man to wear a green hat with a
bow on the rear facade. Anyway,
who dares to stand forth and pro
claim to mo that green hats aife
de rigeurf This ides, of aping the
styles of others is all tommyrot.
GALLAGHER OALVO.
Gentle Woman.
The Invasion of man's sphere
goes right on. The women of St
Louis have adopted boxing; as a
gentle diversion
DOC. TINDALL.
ARE YQU THE MAN? ,
We are looking for a toan'who is looking for a firm m
whose business integrity he lias confidence.
One of our out-of-town customers writes us: "I buy from
you because I know intuitively that I WILL GET WHAT I
PAY FOR."
StaUiag, fam..: S2.H t $2.5 per 1M ft
Jm, faa $125 to $3.25 pr 10t ft.
Skotkar, feMed, htm $2.ff to $&5f pr IN ft
Jut aid StaMiar, Nm. 2 aad 3. . .$1.25 to $1.5t pr IN ft
Sixth Street and New York Avenue.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
HAS AN EDUCATED PALATE.,
Good Wise Sampler 3lmnt Possess) a
DIscriralnatlBflr Taste.
From Harper's Weekly.
A good sampler of wine, unlike the
cigar sampler, must not exercise his pal
ate more than a single time at a sitting.
Then he must drink quantities of water.
Certain of them go to the trouble of
gargling the throat before drinking the
water to keep the sense of discrimination
absolutely Intact The sense of sight is
first brought Into requisition by the sam
pler, then that of smell, the palate serv
ing to confirm or refute the intimations
thus gained. '
The inspection demonstrates various
things. For example, new wines are clear,
the older more yellowish in tint. While
old wine 1b better than new, yet the old
wine is never clear, while it Is a bad f-i
sign if the new is even slightly turbid.
Contrary to what is generally believed,
it is by the odor that the expert is able
to determine the vintage and to detect
adulteration if there be any. The tongue
also develops a sense which is much re
lied upon to measure the quality of the
wine. The tongue of the expert sampler
is able to tell slight differences in the
"texture," so to speak, of the wine:
whether it be harsh or mellow. He ex
tends tho wine over the entire surface of
the tongue and keeps It there until it Is
warm. It happens very often that a new
nine seems somewhat thin and harsh at
first tastings, but with repeated tastings,
this effect wears away and it shows body
and evidence of being very delicate of
flavor.
Once n Fnmoai Ranncr.
From Tit Bite.
Have you ever heard of Ernest Men
sen? Sixty years ago his renown. spread
all over Europe. His exploits make the
pedestrian feats of the present day look
Insignificant
He was al man who first came under
notice by running from Paris to Mos
cow, a distance of 1,760 miles, in thirteen
days and eighteen hours. In 1836 he ran
through Central Asia from Calcutta to
Constantinople, bearing dispatches for
the East Indian Company. The distance
is 5,615 miles and he accomplished it in
fifty-nine days, one-third of the time
taken by the swiftest caravan.
A favorite employment for him was
as the messenger extraordinary of sov
ereigns. He ran from country to coun
try, bearing letters and dispatches of
the highest importance, and always beat
ing mounted couriers matched against
him. He never walked. Invariably he
took the direct route to his destination,
climbing mountains, swimming rivers,
and guiding himself-through forests In
a way known only to himself. His food
was a small quantity of raspberry syrup.
A LITHE NONSENSE.
ALWAYS SOMETHING.
Sometimes we think, we're going blind.
Great outcry make.
But In a day or two we find
It's a. mistake.
Again we think we're getting deaf
And mope along
Until a week brings us relief
And proves us wrong.
Through endless perils a man fares
While he's alive.
But what a lot of awful scares
We do survive.
Some Do.
"You can't expect to land an office
simply because you were neutral during
tho last campaign.
A Bid for Barslara.
"Why are all the burglars heading for
New York?"
"Reform wave going on. Pickings will
be easy while the police are making
cafes close early and seeing that nobody
places bets on the tenpin games."
Why Not?
"The Tjolnt seems to be to get the hats
as hideous as possible."
"Well." said the woman coldly, "what
is it ou want to say?"
"Why don't you put bats on 'em in
stead of birds?"
Jnat So.
Pedestrians should know their rights;
That is my view. t?
Just bear in mind that, they will find
They have a few.
When Women Rnle.
"Even In alluding to the race they call
it humanity."
"Well?"
"It shall be huwomanlty in a few
years."
A' Pretty Pass.
"No passes accepted on this railroad."
"What's the matter with you, young
man? My father left me that pass and
he inherited it from his father. Three
generations have traveled on that pass.''
Real HomiHation.
."It must be rough to lose the rocf over
your head.''
"Yes; buf think of havings the' "mort
gage foreclosed on your automobile."
Optimism, in Its last Stasre.
From Judse.
Sitting in silence, meditating over the
things she must not say to hurt her
neighbors' feelings.
JAMES BUCHANAN
By GEORGE FITCH,
Aathor of "At Goad Old Slwaah'.
This is the birthday of James Buchan
an, fifteenth President of the United
States In order of aciesslcn, and twenty
seventh In quality of results.
Buchanan was born in Pennsylvania
in-1711. and remained a Pennsylvanian
all his life. At the age; of eighteen he
was a college graduate, and at twenty
one was support :ig th3 gorernment in
tho war of 1S1-. He went into pontics
vith great success, and became Con
gressman, Senator, Minister to Russia,
Secietary of State, end Minister to Eng
land in succession. It finally got to be
the custom of very new President to
save the choicest office for Buchanan,
and in 1S36", havinr had everything else,
lie was elected President
President Buchanan began his admin
istration with great experience and a
deep and tender reverence for the Con
stitution. He loved the Constitution as
no one has loved It before or since. He
was at all times willing to give his
heart's blood for it, and he spent his
entire administration upholding it with
the greatest firmness. Most of his- Cabi
net was composed of Southern men who
were then in the process of seceding
from tho Union, and in 1S60, when it be
came evident that unless something was
done the nation would part in the mid
dle with a destructive bang, the North
pleaded with President Buchanan to pre
vent it
This was Buchanan's opportunity to
defend the Ccnstitution, and he did so
like a man. After a careful' study, he J
announced that any effort to save the
Union would override the Constitution
and possibly hurt his feelings. He there
fore clasped the precious document to
his bosom and retired to a safe corner
of the White House, while the South
armed itself with Federal guns and ships
"He loved tho Constitution."
and forts and seceded in a leisurely and
effective manner.
When Buchanan retired he left the
Constitution perfectly intact, but left a
country spilt so badly that It took a
million lives to repair it He died in
186S. amid great "respect and general
resignation.
(Copyright 1913. by Georgn Jlathcw Adams.)
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