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PRIDE VS. VANITY
Bucklo, tho English historian, thus contrasts
tfrido and vanity: "For when tho notion Is onco
firmly implanted in tho mind, that tho sourco of
honor Is from without, rathor than from within, it
must invariably happen that tho possession of cx
tornal distinction will bo preferred to tho senso of
interna powor. In such cases, tho majesty of tho
human intellect, and tho dignity of human knowl
edge, aro consldored subordinate to thoso mock and
spurious gradations by which weak men measure
tho degrees of their own littleness. Henco It is,
that tho real precedence of things becomes alto
gether reversed; that which is trifling Is valued
more than that which la great; and tho mind is
enervated by conforming to a falsa standard of
morlt, which its own prejudices havo raised. On
this account, thoy aro ovldontly In tho wrong, who
roproach tho noblos with their prldo, as if it wero
a characteristic of tholr order. Tho truth is, that
if prldo woro onco established among thorn, their
oxtlnction would rapidly follow. To talk of tho
prldo of horoditary rank, Is a contradiction In
torms. Prldo doponds upon the consciousness of
sol f -applause;' vanity is fed by tho applause of
othors. Prldo Is a reserved and lofty passion, which
disdains thoso oxtornal distinctions that vanity
eagerly grasps. Tho proud man sees, In his own
mind, tho sourco of his own dignity; which, as ho
well knows, can bo neither Increased or diminished
by any acts excopt thoso which procood sololy
from himself. Tho vain man, restless, insatiable,
and always craving after tho admiration of his
contemporaries, must naturally make great ac
count of those external marks, thoso vlsiblo tokens
which, whether they bo decorations or t ties strike
directly on tho senses, and thus captivate tho vul
obvious understandings thoy aro immediately
PERTINENT
Tho Sioux City (Iowa) Journal, a standpat re
publican newspaper, gives Senator Bristow a
timely and pertinent reminder when it says
" I am not fully acquainted with the situation
Ux Iowa,' kindly responded Senator Bristow 4but
I am informed by Senator Cummins that it
would be inexpedient to havo primaries to choose
Senator Dolliver's successor at this time ' The
league should amend its articles. Tho declara
tion should bo for direct primaries when they
aro expedient.' "
A GOOD MOVE
A measure before the house of representatives
contained the reference, "war for the suppres
sion of rebellion with respect to the unpleas
antness of the sixties. Mr. Bartlett of GeSrgfa
moved to Btrlke out these words and substitute
the words, "civil war." The motion was adopt
edopted unanimously. Men in every section of
America will say "amen" to this action It s
particularly gratifying that not one vote was
3ttonRBatalt thoroueh Progressive proTo
Ship Subsidy in
LAJtvy
k m n 'I ' jSW I M m
One Democratic Absentee Makes It Possible
Tho bad beginning of a' senator, elected as a
democrat, is told in an Associated Press dis
patch which is so important -that it is given in
full:
Washington, February 2. For the first time
in the history of the government tho vice presi
dent of the United States today exercised hiB
constitutional prerogative of casting a vote to
break ties in connection -frith three successive
roll calls in the senate. In the first he saved
-from impending defeat the ship subsidy bill, and
by the third forced an adjournment of the sen
ate on a vote having direct bearing on the reso
lution looking to the election of senators by
direct primary vote. The vote on the subsidy
bill, both in the committee of the -tfhole and
senate proper, stood thirty-nine ayes and thirty
nine noes, and on adjournment thirty-seven aye's
to thirty-seven -noes. On all three occasions tho
vice president voted In the affirmative.
Another notable occurrencein -connection with
the vote on the subsidy bill was the absence of
the new democratic senator from West Virginia,
Clarence W. Watson, who had taken his seat
early in tho day as the successor to Senator
Blkins.
Mr. Watson was in the senate chamber for
only a few minutes during the session and voted
on only one roll call. This vote was cast on
an amendment offered by Mr. Shively of Indiana,
regulating the aggregate expenditures which
may be made under the terms of the bill. In
this provision the new West Virginia senator
cast his vote in the affirmative, thus indicating
his opposition to the measure. After casting
this vote he disappeared.
The result on the next ballot was not so close
as to render material the presence of any sena
tor, and no notice was taken of the fact that
Mr. Watson was not in attendance.
After the final result became known the op
ponents of the bill, Including all of the' demo
crats, realized Mr. Watson's absence had pre
vented the defeat of the bill. He was the only
democrat present at any of the roll calls whose
vote was not cast against the measure.
The final vote came after three hours of de
termined conflict over amendments. Apparent
ly there was no general appreciation of the sharp
division which afterwaTd developed, and as a
body the senate was unprepared for the tie
votes.
The two votes on the subsidy bill, which was
a tie until the vice president broke It, were as
. follows:
Yeas Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Burkett,
Burnham, Burrows, Carter, Clark of Wyoming,
Crane, ullom-'-'Curtis, Dick, Dillingham, Dixon,
Dupont "Mnt, Frye, Gallinger, Guggenheim,
Hale, He,ourn, Jones, Kean, Lodge, Lorimer,
Nelson Nixon, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins,
Piles, Root, Scott, Smoot, Stephenson, Warner,
Warren and Wetmore, all republicans. Total
$y.
Nays -Beveridge, Borah, Bourne, Bristow,
Brown, Burton, Crawford, Cummins, Gamble
Gronna, LaFollette, McCumber and Smith of
Michigan, republcans; Bacon, Bankhead, Cham
berlain, Clark of Arkansas, Culberson, Fletcher,
Foster, Frazier, Johnston, Martin, Newlands
Overman, Owen, Paynter, Percy, Shively, Sim
mons, Smith of Maryland, Smith of South Car
oling, Stone, Swanson, Taliaferro, Taylor Ter
rell, Thornton and Tillman, democrats. Total.
Eighty senators were paired, Money with
Young, Bailey with Bulkeley, GoVe wUh Depew,
and Rayner with Richardson. '
Five senators Aldrich, Clapp, Davis, Suther
pXed Watso-id not vote and were not
When in accordance with the previous agree
ment the subsidy bill was laid before the Itt
ate, Senator Gallinger presented a substitute tor
mwn6 JTT6 a orieinally introduced The
first bill granted a bounty only to American
built vessels plying from American norts to ?h
southern half of Soutn America bMhe subsU-
. Senator Simmons delivered a speech 'aziinaf
of landmen aVonf & 2EBb?Hl
provision indud.ng ZTnd 4ons7Sre2
in connection with ocean-going mail inthe total
expenditure on that account as a' basis' for com
puting the surplus of ocean mail earnings Dver
expenses, which, it is provided in the bill, shall
not be exceeded by the total bounty. The. amend
ment was lost, 35 to 40.
A closer result was scored on the next vote,
taken on an amendment offered by Senator Stone
of Missouri. The purpose of Mr. Stone's amend
ment was to extend the provisions of the bill
to all American-owned -vessels, whether con
structed in the United States or elsewhere. Tho
amendment was lost by 37 to 39.
Amendments by .Senators Newlands of 'Nevada
and Jones of, Washington, the former providing
for. an .auxiliary navy of thirty -vessels nd the
Jatter confining the. proposed bounty -to-ships to
ie .built hereafter, were rejected. -
Before the final ballot was reached, there
.were two mild sensations. Asserting that the
unanimous consent agreement under which the
senate was proceeding had been obtained when
f only fifteen or sixteen senators were present,
and therefore it should not be recognized, Sen
ator Owen of Oklahoma passed to a general
declaration against the conduct -of any business
by the present congress. He gave as his reason
that men in public life had been repudiated at
the polls last November.
No reply was made to Mr. Owen, bnt'when
Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan an
nounced his intention to cast his vote in opposi
tion to the bill and at the same time said he
believed in discriminating duties, In favor of
American vessels, Senator Gallinger. author of
the measure, replied:
"I cannot understand how1 any senator can
square his conscience so as to favor discriminat
ing duties aB against direct aid, when the one
policy takes the money from the treasury he
lore it is paid in and the other afterwards so I
do not see the difference in principle." V
Elaborating the reasons against the duty plan.
Mr. Gallinger closed by saying:
ia 2 hiaV? dne. the best I could d0 and this
is the last effort I shall make in this direction.
If this legislation fails it will be a long tlmo
before anything will be done to place our flag
?cnan shipphig11" t0 reStre the prBBtiS0 of Amei"
fwSi6? Wa8.any ereat general Interest man
t S2JSS1 atJ lasJ th0 vot,nS egan &
vnM CaH P1?6 it was recognized the
It aVni5g cl.?vbut the real situation
nonn?pLaSP,ed ?,ntil tfie President's an-
?nrr?n?nt oll a tie was made- Sherman per
formed his part expeditiously.
to thliri8?168??11..6 vote stand8 thirty-nine
i?Aly'Ine' a tIe ho saW.
Without hesitation he added:
hnvJ u.CIlaIr S?? In th0 affirmative- the ayes
"L.?6 substitute is adopted."
i X Dl was then transferred to the senate
The SSTnSSS!? nits Passa repeated,
ine vice president again cast the, deciding vote.
senateaCCmpIiShIlie the final PaS by the
The situation was so unusual it aroused in
tense interest. This feeling was increased L fo -a
h?s feeilma gf m J?0t ioIn herein attested
meJuS JhfS, wneCti0n with thG fate of a
fTmany yeSs commauded best efforts
As passed, the bill authorizes the navment bv
H iX? ' Chin1 nnd Australaela, and be
ira south of .i"58 a?d P in South Amor
S N mnB t fi.?4u,nt0r and th0 Payment of
ilarly Engaged Am6rlom aWPs lm-
sSlSr5 Fracas
in or imnLTa" or ? Is employed in export
ture in any on. ylTlc UfiWOfnlJT
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