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WASHINGTON lEIIER.
From or Kegular Cofrespondeji: v
Washington, D C, Jan.. 24.
The Prohibitioa. ? wave wtiich is
sweeping the couotfj, skipped the
National Capital ; this-'! week' 'when
the eommitte of die lowerHouse of;
Congress disposed of prohibition ini
the District ot Oolumbilhtabliug the
bill introduced' for tlwt purpose.
The liquor -question has beeu very
thoruaghly goue asrer in (rporess
and while there 'are roaay raetubers
of that body' who believe that tem
perance is a good thing for th?ir
home towns and states there" were
many dissenting voices to ;the . -proposition
to let our legislators go
thirsty for 4he several mouths hat
Congress is in session here tevery
year. Wlen it was "apparut that
the District Comnaitte was opposed
to letting, the Cajpital go dry the
friends of prohibition expected to
effect a -coup by proposing that the
matter be left tjvthe - residents o
Washington and " that evasion was
also voted dpwa. Two " oaembers,
Represeotative mpbell -of Xansas
and Representative Sims, ot Teu
nessee alone slipported the- bill to
introduce alsoiute prohibition in
ashuagton
The incident of the Governor of
one of the neatest states in the
Union continuing to draw his salary
as a member of Congress and ac
cepting checks for his iull amount
of stationery and clerk hire and
making nis requisition ior miltage
to and from a session wkich fie iiae
not attended is .perhaps without "a
parallel in the liitory of that lody.
The gentleman with the iron Jad
nerve to atteatpt these tninsr is
Governor DUly of Connecticut,
whoot himself into all tempera
tures of not water last year by his
so- called investigations involving
the -Eiectrict Boat Coiapany but
who .won a vindication in his own
state this tail by eantur'nar the Gov-
ernorship. lr. Lilley succeeded iu
making so many enemies for bkn-
self in Congress that when the ques
I tion came up a few days ago whetiaer
1 he was entitled to his Congressional
pay and perquisites while he' Was
tilling the office of Gyernoi there
was not a dissenting voice raised to
the proposition to oust him which
was promptly and neatly done. The
law makes it mandatory for the
Governor to call a special session to
iill a vacancy in the Congressional
delegation but as there is no penal
ty attacned Mr. Lilley will probab
ly take his time before filling the
seat which was so unceremoniously
I jerked from under him.
The second White House' recen-
Ition oi the season took place lhurs-
day night when the Supreme Court
Justices were the honored guests.
These receptions are all so much
alike that were a person iutioduced
nto the East Room during one , of
hem he would have no way 'i of
udgiug in whose honor it was given
except by observiug the guests who
were given precedence. There is
always "a." struggle though fur the
iuvitations to the receptions in
honor of the Diplomats apd of the
JudTciarv for as these are the first
two of the season they : are most
largely attended and one sees at
them the greatest' arrays .f distin
guished men and gorgeously array-
women. However the rresi-
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ent s strained relations with Con
gress may eil'ect politics they do
ot seem to affect in any wrav his
ciai relations with itr members
nd there are onlv a fw nf thnsp
ith whom he has orm-m Aiat
v-wijv. Ill I.V UUWi
onfliet or whom hs has assigned to
he Ananias Club that absent thtm-
elves from his receptions and thev
tir
e never missed in the jjreat throntr
that crowds the White H
----- uv Vf &
these occasions. The list of guests
i limited Thursday would fill seven
priu t and the line of carriages that
"ad assembled before the doors were
opened at nine o'clock extended for
iy,re.thlQ thrce city oIock?- The
;;c.JM.lui(ms which have been, made to
o the Whio : u j
velt has presided therejhave
i . , i "- .. luuiai it nil
nicn iin-;.,. . - . r: -
,i-o quests can enter; its
dKrs but" it is ( an expression .not
SO'm to be iorgotton wheflj'one for
the first time, with a possible fancy
that the President and Mrs. jmos
velt will be waiting just inside the
door to receive him, finds himself
rn the great pushing crowd that is
taov?ng inch by inch thronglj the
corridor and ud the stairs - to the
tnain flcxw of t'ne'executive mansion J
The Stars are tfae particular trying
stage of the journey for it is often
from thirty minutes to an hour that
one must ake to make tuat flight of
about twenty steps. From side to
side and end to end it packed with
people so closa that one oan move
neither forward nor backard unitil
theTeceiviiig party gives the signal
or the Blue- Room ooors to be
opened-and the line begins to move
through the rooms known as the
Red Room arid the banquet hall to
the receiving party. At the
door of the Blue Room the approach
ing guest is asked his name and this
is mentioned to the President by
his aid, Colonel BromwelL The
Presidents generally repeats
name, grasps the vdstor by tfae hand
and with a deft nbvemea passes
him on down the line, or rattier
through the passage way made ' by"
the receiving party on one -side and
the especially honored guests who
aie grouped on the other side of a
velvet rope. Tbis progress is made
usually in undignified haste by the
person new to the performaace. He
has a vague recollection when it is
over of the flash of the Presidents
teeth,, the set smile of Mrs. R oee
velt nd a nuaalier of ladies in very
decollete gowns. The oet day be
will read in the paper ihat all of
the Cabinet ladies were present in
the receiving laae but a Jiis em
barassment and haste he has not
seen them.
- Js Friday An Unlucky Day?
Baltimore Sub.- ,-
On Friday, August 21t, 1492,
Christopher Columbus sailed on his
great voyage of discovery. On Fri
day, Oetober 12, 1492, be discover
ed lamK Ou Friday, January 4th,
1493, he sailed on his, return to
Spain, which, if he had not reached
in Batety, the happy results would
never have.-been known which led
to the settlement on this vast conti
nent. On Friday, March 25th, 14
93, he arrived at Palos iu safety.
On Friday. November 22, 1494, he
arrived at n ispaniola, on his second
voyage to America. On Friday,
June ititn, ne, though un
known to, himself, discovered the
continent of America.
-On Friday, March 5th, 1496,
Henry VIII o' England gave ' to
John Cabot his commission, which
led to the discovery of North Amer
ica. Th is the first American State
paper in England. On Friday, Sep
tember 7, x565, Melendez founded
St Augustine, the oldest town in
the United States by more than 40
years. On Friday, November 10th,
1620, the Mayflower with the Pil-
grims made the harbor ot r'rovince
town; and on te same day they
signed that august compact, the fore
runner of our present glorious con
stitution. On Friday,.f)ecember:22,
1620, the Pilgrims made their final
landing at Plymouth Rock.
" On Friday, February 22, George
Wasemgton, tile father of American
freedom, was born. On Friday,
June. 16th, Bunker Hill was seized
and fortified.. On Friday, October
7th, .1775, the surrender ot Saratoga
hvas made, which had shch power
and influence in inducing France to
declare for our, cause. On Friday,
Sopteruber 26, 780, the treason of
Arnold -was laid bare.
On Friday, October 19, 1781,
the surrender at, Yorktown, the
crowning glory of the (American ar
my, occurred. . On Friday, July 7,
1776, the motion in Jongress was
made by John Adams, seconded by
Richard'Henry Lee,,that the United
States colonies were, and of right
ought to be,'-free and independent.
Mr. Upheimner, of Richmond,
Va., was here the' past week look
ing over our citvVwith the view of
LABOR LEADERS DEFIANT
Bitter Language Used by Gompers
in a Statement Published in
HisPaper.
Wash ington, Jan. 2 1 . "We have
tiot asked and will not ask, for clem
ency and we hope-our friend will
not urge us to pursue such a course.
Loving liberty as freemen. d5 as
we do it cannot be difficult to ap
preciate what incarceration in prison
would mean to us. ' To ask pardon
would fender 'useless all the trial
and sacrifice which our men of labor,
and our friends in all walks of life
have endured, that the rights and
liberties -of our people might be re
stored. Such a pardon
would only leave the whole case in
confusion and it would have to be
fought over again from the begin
mng. This is some of he language used
theL"7., iVrL
in cne "current number oi iue auiw
ican Federationist, in formal protests
agaiM the action of Justice Wright
in sentencinghe to imprisonment
for contempt of court in the Bucks
Stoveand Range ease on December
23d. '
Sanatiel Gompers heads &s state
meut 4Judge Wright's Denial of
Fretj Speech and Free Press," and
he declares, "VV ill not 'bate -a
single word nor take a letter back.
Mr. Oompers refers to the "in
temperate and vindictive spirit die
played by the jufcfSoeand to this tir
ade of judicial abuse and - misrepre
sentation' in a separate statement, 1
but lie joins with Messrs. Mitchell
and Alorrison in declaring that they
would not "enter into competition
with the honorable court in the use
of invectives, rancor or Ocatbing de
minciaxion," and that they should
protest "agaiast the court's unpre
cedented and unwarranted flagella
tion of the cause and of the peo
ple we have the honor to represent"
That the trio of labor leaders ful
ly understand the responsibility they
assume, in making their statements
is shown by their declaration that
even though they may. beheldin ad
ditional contempt "we are willing to
accept the consequences. It may be
necesry to the preservation of the
liberties of the people that a judge
should be disobeyed. Judges some
times usurp power and become-ty
rants. Disobedience to a tyrant is
obedience to law.
The Lincoln Memorial Site.
Washington Herald.
That the Congressional project
for the erection of av memorial to
Lincoln on a site between the Capi
tol and the Union Station will not
meet the approval of President
Roosevelt is practically certain. Mr.
Roosevelt has adopted the sugges
tion i f the American Institute of
Architects for the" designation - of a
council ot fane arts, composed of
thirty eminent architects, sculptors,
artists, and others, to advise with
government officials in the selection
of sites anc designs for publio build
ings, and in the choice of sculpture
and paintings. To thisy council the
Promised to refer the Lincoli Pro
ject, with a request for an opinion
on its charrcter and location., This
indicates that Mr. Roosevelt will aa
sefit to no location for the Lincoln
memorial unless approved s by the
proposed council of fine arts.
The American Institute of Archi
tects is committed to the site for the
Lincoln memorial determined upon
by the Burnham commission. Ac
cording to the Burnham plan," the
memorial was to be located on the
banks of the Potomac, near the end
of a monumental bridge connecting
the western axis of the Mall with
Arlington. This site is now v gov
ernment' property,, having: been re
claimed and improved j as a park.
In view of this fact, the-acnuisition
of a site costing pver $3000,000 in
any ocner portion oi city would seem
to be a needless expenditure to say
nothing of artistic .consideration inr
vojved. , It is comforting to know
CHAT
AND CHATTER
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Gossip and Advice For the World
i - , ; of Women. V-
-The girl of today putson hervhat
"after she has adjusted he underwear.
She tells you that it "is quite incor
rect and shows bad management in
dressing to do it the other way. ,"
Her petticoats are so scanty that
she-can step. into her skirl without
any trouble and the sleeves of her
blouse are so tight that she will.pull
them out of the armholes if she
tries to adjust her hat and veil after
the blouse is on. ' ;
The girl who dresses well knows
that her head is the important fea
ture today. Everything else is an
accessory: Therefore, when she has
on her underwear she sits down" to
the dressing table and deliberately
goes to work. '
Her invisible net is carefully' ad
justed, which means that it must be
neither too tight nor too loose.
Then lier immense hat is gotten on
at just the 'right angle and at one
secured with a half dozens hatpins.
hen comes the adjustment of the
immense veil, which must be pinned
tigfctl; under the chin at nape of
the neck, the edges drawn up on a
straight lien to go over the brim and
fasten to trhe crown.
The ends must be tucked away
wjith small pius, and the front gin
ned to-the. brim or the crowa with
a little bar pin.
It also requires a few pins at the
side to keep it in place; but once
done, and well done, it remains in
6hape foj the whole day, if one has
to keep on a hat and veil,.
The modern girl has not the time
in any walk of life 'to fix her hair
more than once a day and again in
the .t evening, J. and, .therefore, - she
realizes tliat it is economy of time
to do it well in the vbeginnin
The Canal.
Washington Star.
V The members of the House who
made the journey to Panama have
returned with a most fa ,'orable im
pression of canal conditions- Their
rime was iimireo, nut tuey devoted
it to an inspection of the work iu
hand under the guidance of those
able to explain it. They are speak
ing, therefore, -from first-hand know
ledge, so far as their ability goes to
appraise matters.
The question of total cost is of
course important, but not so much
so as the engineering problem. The
countrp Wants and the. world's in
terests demand a canal complete in
every particular. Few, if any, ex
pected the first figures preselited to
be final. A liberal raise was in the
nature of things. , But the talk of
hals a billion dollars sounds "steep,
to say the least. We may all be
sure that that amount will not be
necessary, no matter what changes
may be made to meet recent develop
ments.
The canal is, and will remain,
our "big thing." As to the tariff,
the rail roads, the trusts, and what
not, they are in reach and, if not
easily handled, offer no. great anxie
ties But the canal is not only big,-
but new. We are committed to it.
We must 'surmount . all the difficul
ties presented. Failure is in no
body's calculation. All parties are
williug tou vote whatever, supplies
may be required to redeem the na
tional promise in a spirit of liberali
ty, ; though not of extravagance.
Aud, when the' ships go through
from ocean to ocean all America
rejoice. ?
That was a great slunt winch an
rOklkhoma attorney . did the other
day When he pulled from his pock
et a small American fjag and waved
it over the head of a Rough Rider
on trial for murder. But what in
the world did the man's Spanish
war record have to do with 'the
question of his guilt or innocence?
It would De time io iaut wai; recoru r
when , the court was imposing sen-;
teuce or when the case had come
D JjOre tue pa ruuu iug w ci ,. yua i
lotte Observer
FEMININE
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE ,
; VOTES STATE DRY
State-Wide Prohibition , Measure Is
Adopted by the Legislrtore. ? K
Nashville, Teno., Jan. 20. Ovet
the - veto of Governor Patterson,
both Houses of the legislature today
passed the Senate bill, whcb pro
hibits the saleof intoxicating liqu
ors within four miles of a school
house in Tennessee, and is in effect
a state-wide prohibition7 act.. It is
effective July 1, 1909. The vote
in the Senate was the same as on
the original passage.
The House acted at 5:40 this
afternoon the vote , standing 61 to
36, the original . vote having -been
6 2 to 37. ' In each House the pass
age was effected, through a com
bination of Republican and "state
wide" Democratic strength. - ..-
The galleries were packed in bothf
Houses and the debates following
the reading of the governor's mes
sage were bilter, . -'N; - "
.The actn of the legislature to
day practically brings to a close one
of the most bitter and sensational
political fights in the history ow
Tennessee. State-wide prohibition
wasjjthe main issue . in the recent
contest between Governor Patterson
and the late E. W. Carraack. for
the Democratic gubernatorial nomi
nation and though Patterson, who
advocated local option won the
nomination, the legislature elected
in November last, at the same time
that he was, has ater stormy ; times,
gone against him. This came, how
ever, with the aid of Republicans,
who gave the bill twenty-two votes
in the House and Sve iu the Senate.
,THa bill to prohibit the, manufac
ture of intoxicating liquor in Teu
nessee iter January 1, ,1910, pass
ed the feenate today and vis expected
to pass the House tomorrow. V
Simplified Administration.
Ohio State Journal. ; '
K One' by one the cities are adopt
ing, the centralized form, of govern
ment known as the commission plan.
There is one thing to be noticed
about this new style of municipal
government, and that is, it seems to
be succeeding, for there is no return
to the old complicated power-distributed
plan where the commission
idea has been Intelligently 'tried.
Here is orfe thing that the people
should agree upon and insist upon
as a matter of public policy, that
their government should be simple
aqd direct. They get the best ser
vice out of-such a plan. And then
it roust occur to all observing peo
ple that intricateand complex ma-
chinerv serves to hide needless ex
pense and various forms of graft.
which vould not be 'possible if four
or five men, standing out fi the day
light of publicity, would have to
shoulder the blame. The commis
sion plan is 7ast growing in popular
ity, and it will not be long when a
Leity wilLbe regarded as old fogy
thdt does not have it.
Educating Mothers.
Battimore American.
A woman professor of home econ
omics in a Western university pro-
poses a training school for mothers
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where infant ills aud other prolems
of mothers will receive scient'fic con-
sidaratioh. This is a practical, sen
sible suggestion, for if college ,and
university education is to be of any
value it willlie in their power .to
raise the uhvsicai and moral stand-
ard of the race by it telligjput knowl
edge of couditionsnd facts" which
the present average young mother is
left to lea)n-by experience under the
old idea that such knowledge '-comes
naturaL-. But learning by. exper
ience is the costliest of training: bas
ed oh intelligent study the result is
invaluable. ' -
Teachers Association to Meet.
Alamance .Teachers Association
will meet on Saturday Jan uary 30,
1909; at XI o'clock a. -m. at Gra
ham Public School' Builduig. All
teachers and the public cordially iiir j
CONGRESS TO GIVE GOLD
"Wash'inrft.Sn. F n Jan 95 '
old medols, with suitable emblesis
are to be awarded to Orvilleand 1 - ' ?' : "
Wilburi'Wright by" Congress, in re- - ;
cognition and ; appreciation of their
great service in thC advancement ol?Vf
aerial navigation and for their- abil- x" : .' v.
ityj courage and successjn naviga- :,t,i
ting thejair, if the House of Repre- " - . - -
sentatives approves ; a , .resolution . -"f,.:-adopted
by the Senate today.V'
l Senator "Fo raker, oTjOhio, Intro-1 - . ; , .
diiced the resolution, which instructs 'MBim
.tlfe secretary of war to carry out its V:
purpose and, without r debate the J.u' - -...
measure was adopted by the Senate.'.' -
Gives
Million
To
ChicagHJan. 20 -John D. Rock- ,
e feller has gi ven another $ 1,000,000 o
to the Uuiversityiof Chicago. In a
telegram. to the board of trustees Ick
day John'D. Rockeftller Jr., an
nounced that hisjthgr had set aside, ;
on behalf of the university, securi
ties that will yield an annual, inconie
of $40,000. On thisvhasisf the se
curities are reckoned as being worth
$1,000,000. The endowment fuud .
ot the university isnovr $15,000,-.
OOO fiom all sources. Mr.. ftocke-;
feller's total contributions to the
university aggregate $24,8000000 -forndowment
and other purposes.
The Chamher of Commerce Re-
habilitated- ; '
. We might have mentioned in last
week's issue the reorganization i of -7
the Chamber of Cfommerce wfth Ji
W. Murray "President, and J, H.
"Vernon, Secretary, but we have
delicacy an advertising these . things-'
befwte they have been completely
organized. But last Thursday night
a very enthusiastic meeting was.
held in the Mayors Hall at which
the temporary organization whs
made permanent. . .A committee
consisting of all; th. lawyers who
were-members was appointed to se-
Chicago
University
cure a. charter and draft by law - ;
The proposition wass made , to Jhisf.' -'. i,; 'y " ,
body to consolidate with the-"' young - ' i .'.' v :
men's club which is being organiz-;- j-?
eeu. rjo we ver, tnis -was not oassm ,
upon. The Chamber of Commerce :
will necessaril need, its own home, :
so why not let it ba"e apartments
in the commodious rooms of the.
V T rrit.'
raee.ing adjourned to meet at the r
Teports all special committees r
. 1 : -v;'x-':;'S'.!
A meeting was held vesterday jby -
iue Aiamauce : vjimmv iviiuisters
Association, the . purpose of. Which
was to 'express in. ; some '' way- the
willingness. andf. determination of
the ministers of the county to-stand
by the civil bfBfiers of the county in
their effort to enforce the prohibi- -tion
law.. To., tbu end we pre-,
pared a letter to be sent to the civil
officers of the county assuring them '
of our sympathy and willingness .to
co-operate with them in every effort
they set forth along this'Jing, ;Theji;
appealing to them to enforcS Ctlje; ;
prohibition law with? the same de-.
termination with which they Enforce
anyot their other laws. In spite
of any efforts 'which may be made
by the enemies of the prohibttion:
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A remonstrance against a further . .
sighed-by 224 clergymen of various A ;j';-j',,W.--.;.
denominations in Boston and vinin-
ifv was fnt tn (morrpus ' Ainnrraw ' ' r , . -
The ministers believe 'that ."such: :-M'f-y&$i
enormous-navy, a distressing bur-' -;V. ; - ,s
den upon the richest nations, and aof
actual menace of the world. . '
A law was passed yesterdav-tlaic?- -
ing the solicitors, on? salaries instead
of receiving fees as heretofore. The J
salary was fixed, at $2,500 per :-
annum.' - ::r:7'''.
Americans, are the. greatest con--, ,
sumers of sugar on earth. In 1 9,0T; J
the figures were alittle oyer eighty
two pounds ot sugar to every? man, ::i
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