INK SLINGS. —Girls let it hair is passe. —Wouldn’t it be fine if spring were to spread her knees and let winter fall out of her lap. : —Pinchot’s attempts to get compa- ny in the misery of his mud-slinging campaign have failed utterly. ——Every member of the Genoa con- ference is willing to let Russia have a loan if the other members furnish the money. : ——Well, the destruction of the fruit crop was certain to come any- way, and it is just as well now as at another time. ——Governor Sproul and Senator Vare may be all right as sponsors but we wouldn’t recommend them to any friend as spokesman. —With the cherry and plum crops killed for the second year in succes- sion the preserves of the thrifty house-wife have had a jar indeed. —Council could save a lot of per- fectly good paving brick by having those sunken at the approaches to the High street bridge brought up to grade. ——Germany has always been an industrious and thrifty nation and her present attempt to pose as a pauper makes a poor impression on the pub- lic mind. — As long as General Atterbury is opposed to the soldiers’ bonus Sen- ator Pepper will vote against it. As a Senator he is simply the echo of General Atterbury. —More power to the court that has ruled that Grover Bergdoll, deserter, can’t have his seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars back. Why not dis- tribute it among the boys who didn’t desert? —We presume it never dawned on Mr. Pinchot that the more he tells of the rottenness at Harrisburg the eas- jer it will be for us to lick him, should he happen to get the Republican nom- ination for Governor. —Washington news is to the effect that the government is moving to end the coal strike. Inasmuch as we have seen so many similar moves in Wash- ington we are not very hopeful of ear- ly results from this one. —Yes, Lady Astor has a husband. His name is not Henry Peck either. Lord Astor is said to be a very capa- ble fellow, but his Lady has piquan- cy, wit and an American way about her that is irresistible. That is the reason she is always in the spot while he is up stage. —Anyway, it makes little difference to us just how or why Gen. Alter de- cided to run for Governor. He has rendered a signal service to all the grow again. Bobbed near leaders of his party by giving them somebody to be for. Two weeks ago not one of them knew who he was for. Now they are all for Alter. — At last the Senate has tackled the ‘tariff problem and there will be weeks, and perhaps months, of backing and filling and then will come the en- actment of an emasculated Fordney bill that will serve no other purpose than to raise the cost of things we buy and reduce the sales of things we have to sell. — While in Bellefonte last Friday Senator Fisher told some friends that he intended keeping hands off in the gubernatorial fight and letting Alter and Pinchot fight it out. The Phila- delphia Ledger on Monday announced that Fisher has gone to the help of Pinchot. Now what do you suppose made the Senator change his mind in twenty-four hours? If he did. —Russia doesn’t want much. She will be all right, she thinks, if all her war debts are wiped out, interest on her pre-war debts relinquished and enough money supplied with which to set her house in order. In the next revision of her demands she will prob- ably be asking for new uniforms for the gigantic army she has encamped on the Polish frontier. —An advertisement of a screen production of the Queen of Sheba informs us that the Jane, who is the ‘Queen on the screen, will wear one hundred and fifty pounds of beads. Why advertise the beads. Why not ‘tell them the number of ounces of cheese cloth that will make the rest of her covering? It’s the least cheese .cloth not the most beads that counts with the movie fan. —Mary Garden has resigned as manager of the Chicago grand opera «company and Muratore, the French ‘tenor, is very happy, of course. At one moment she called him “pretty boy” and the next “pig,” and he was so un- «certain as to which he really was that he led a very unhappy life in Mary’s company, but not so unhappy as to resign and forget the awful stipend he «drew for being a punching bag for Mary and singing a little on the side. —Just as soon as the Primaries are over and it is known who the Republi- can nominee for Governor will be the machine will begin talking about cleaning house at Harrisburg, as it always does. It will be suggesting to the vast army of outraged Republi- cans in the State that, if the house is «dirty it will be better to clean it with their own broom than to take a new one of another brand. Don’t fall for that kind .of stuff. The house must ‘be cleaned and a broom like Pattison and Berry used is the kind that’s needed. This is no time for piffling ‘with a feather duster. Bema fc. STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 67. BELLEFONTE, PA., APRIL 28, 1922. NO. 17. Vare Attacks Pinchot. What Senator Vare says of a polit-. ical opponent is of little consequence as a rule but what he said of Gifford Pinchot, the other day, is so clearly in the line of probability as to command attention. It is certainly true that the forester has been a part of the Sproul administration for three years and that he remained silent while an orgie of profligacy was rioting about him. It is equally certain that his salary was increased during the per- iod of his incumbency and that he re- sorted to a subterfuge to avail himself of the advantage and evade the con- stitutional inhibition. These things are not consistent with his present pretense of abhorrence to the tricks and iniquities of the Republican ma- chine. By inference Senator Vare asserts that Mr. Pinchot solicited his support and promised to relieve him of his share of the burden of financing the impending expensive campaign as a consideration for the favor. Unless he supports this statement with proof the average voter is not likely to place much confidence in it. In reply- ing to Mr. Pinchot’s allegation that the agreement of the machine to sup- port General Alter for Governor was made “in the back room of a hotel” Senator Vare quibbles. It might have been made in the front room of Sen- ator Vare’s office or in the vestibule of some politician’s headquarters. The main fact as charged is that Mr. Vare’s candidate is hand-picked by the machine politicians and that the Re- publican voters had no voice in the matter. What if they hadn’t? Did they have any choice in the matter of Pinchot’s candidacy? Their time will come on the day of the Primary. The average voter is also likely to accept with a mental reservation the statement of Senator Vare that “I have never bid on a State contract in all my career as a contractor.” It is lieved that a number of contracts have been let by the State Highway De- partment to corporations or groups acting for Senator Vare and that the profits of the operations have gone to him. ‘This charge has been made fre- quently in the mewspapers of the ‘State and have+gone uncontradicted. Taking one consideration with anoth- er, therefore, it would be safe to as- sume that most of the things said about Pinchot are true and in the same ratio those said about Vare are equal- ly accurate. The Anti-Saloon League may succeed in suppressing the boot-leg- gers after the public has been taxed into such poverty that nobody will have money enough to buy the stuff they sell. Two of a Kind and Weak. No aspersion can be cast upon the personal character of either of the candidates for the Republican nomi- nation for Governor. Mr. Gifford Pinchot is “a gentleman and a schol- ar,” influenced by lofty motives and possessed of high ideals. It is true, as Senator Vare states, that he has been a part of the Sproul! administra- tion and remained silent ‘while profli- gacy was running riot and iniquity stalking about. He might have check- ed the extravagance and saved the people millions of dollars by a vigor- ous protest courageously uttered and consistently pressed. But he held his tongue in order to conserve the inter- ests of the party rather than those of the people of the State. He became a creature of the machine. Attorey General George E. Alter is equally deserving of public confidence, measured by the records of his public and private life. He is a gentleman of the highest attainments, a lawyer of distinguished ability and a citizen of the best type. Left to his own im- pulses he could be relied upon in every respect. But when the political ma- chine required it he looked the other way during the outrageous proceed- ings at the close of the last session of the Legislature during which millions of dollars were appropriated for ques- tionable purposes by unlawful! pro- cesses for the benefit of a corrupt par- ty machine and at the expense of the tax payers of the Commonwealth. What we want to convey by these statements of fact is that no man affil- iated with the Republican machine of Pennsylvania can correct the evils un- der which the people are suffering. Mr. Pinchot is personally honest but he remained quiet while his party or- ganization was looting the treasury and despoiling the people. Mr. Alter is personally honest but rather than call the manipulators of his party and the despoilers of the State to account for their recreancy he also refrained from protest. The only way to cure these evils is to turn the Republican party out and put in control a man who has both inclination and courage to do the work. John A. McSparran {is that man. generally understood and widely be- | Now Pull Together. At the instance of the Democratic State committee a “harmony meet- ing” of Democrats of Pennsylvania was held in Harrisburg some weeks ago. At that meeting, as the result of a full and free discussion of the subject, a committee was named by the chairman to select a committee of two from each Congressional district “to canvass the subject and recommend fit candidates for the several offices to be filled at the ensuing election.” This is not the exact language of the res- olution but substantially conveys the idea. The committee of seventy-two recommended the nomination of John A. McSparran, for Governor; Mr. Mc- Avoy, for Lieutenant Governor; Sam- uel E. Shull and Colonel Kerr, for Senators in Congress, and Mr. Thomp- son, for Secretary of Internal Affairs. This was a novel method of proced- ure but an absolutely fair one. All factions of the party participated in the original meeting and in the work of the committees. The result was accepted by a practically unanimous voice of the Democratic voters. There was nothing of the “star chamber” method in it at any stage. There was no bossing, no trickery, no under- hand proceeding. In fact the sugges- tions of the committee of seventy-two were cordially received and enthusias- tically accepted by the press and vot- ers of the party throughout the State with much unanimity. Not only that but the wisdom of the recommenda- tions inspired hope in the rank and file of the party such as had not been present for many years. It created confidence among the voters. It is now up to the voters of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania to complete the work of harmonizing the party so auspiciously begun. If every man and woman who believes in the principles of Jefferson and the pol- icies of Woodrow Wilson does his or her part on election day, the admira- ble candidates recommended by the committee will be triumphantly elect- ed. There are enough Democrats in the State to make a hopeful fight even if the enemy is united. With the present divided and demoralized force against us we may easily win this year by a large majority. Every vot- erin the State is concerned in-this re- sult. It will mean a restoration of the government of the State to the peo- ple of the State. It will spell the end of profligacy in Harrisburg. It can hardly be said that Gov- ernor Sproul’s administration has been an entire failure. It has per- formed the seemingly impossible re- sult of making the Brumbaugh admin- istration comparatively respectable. Representatives or Lobbyists, Which? It is both natural and proper that interest should be centered upon the election of Governor. As Mr. Gif- ford Pinchot said in a recent speech, “the Governor has the power to limit expenditures so that they will be within the income of the State.” With a practically empty treasury and a de- ficiency of upward of $40,000,000 to meet, it is important that a man who can and will put restrictions upon the profligacy which has worked this re- sult be elected Governor. No doubt the deficit can and will be met but un- less it is properly handled the people will be taxed into poverty. The elec- tion of John A. McSparran will guar- antee a proper treatment of the sub- ject and the voters have a right to feel deeply concerned in the matter. But the importance of electing fit men to represent the people of Penn- sylvania in the United States Senate is equally plain. The Republican ma- chine has given its approval to the se- lection of one man for this important service by the Pennsylvania railroad and another by the Steel trust. If George Wharton Pepper and David A. Reed are chosen these great corpora- tions will have capable lobbyists on the floor of the Senate and the people of the State will be without represen- tation. The constitution never con- templated such a condition of affairs. That fundamental instrument pro- vides for representation of the peo- ple instead of corporation lobbyists in the Senate. It is up to the people to decide. At the May primary election the Democrats of Pennsylvania will nom- inate for this service two distinguish- ed gentlemen who have no affiliation with corporate interests, no obliga- tions to predatory trusts. Samuel E. Shull, of Monroe county, and Colonel Keer, of Clearfield county, are “of the people and for the people.” Both of them have already rendered valuable service to the Commonwealth and the country and are now offering them- selves to this service unselfishly and for the public good. Voters. should keep these facts in mind. The selec- tion of the right man for. Governor is important but the selection of real representatives of the people to the United States Senate is equally a bounden duty. The Fordney Tariff Bill. In presenting the amended Fordney bill for consideration in the Senate Chairman McCumber wisely admon- ished his Republican colleagues against expecting too much from it. No tariff bill, he said, substantially will restore prosperity until commod- ity prices are reduced and tlie openly declared purpose of this particular tariff is to increase the cost of com- modities. Mr. Fordney admits this much and the New York Journal of Commerce, an organ of business with strong Republican leanings, construes it as “a bill to raise living costs and | hamper trade.” The New York Tri- bune declares it a sign of “tariff mad- ness” and the New York Herald, in- tensely Republican, predicts that “it will completely shut America out of foreign markets.” The principal purpose of both Ford- ney and McCumber in framing and ‘amending the bill was to entice the farmers into support of the protec- tive policy. Previous tariff measures had taken care of all sorts of manu- facturing industries and given no pro- tection to the products of agriculture. The agricultural bloc in the Senate early gave notice that its members would oppose any tariff legislation this year unless provision were made for ample protection for farm products. To satisfy these political farmers a tariff tax of thirty cents a bushel was placed on corn imported and a trifle more than that on wheat. It is not likely that within half a century there will be a bushel of corn imported and the importation of wheat in large quantity is about equally improbable. But the political farmers in Con- gress were delighted with this conces- sion to agriculture and have promised cordial support of the measure, though it inceases the tariff tax on everything the farmer buys by about one hundred per cent. and guarantees him no increase in the price of the commodities he sells, for the price of corn and wheat is fixed in the foreign market in which the wares are sold. Moreover, as the New York Herald |'h indicates, it will “completely shut America out of foreign markets” for the reason that foreign purchasers | hye no money to buy and the tariff tax will prevent them from purchas- ing by the exchange of commodities. The logical and inevitable consequence will be that farmers may continue in- definitely to use their corn for fuel. Candidate George E.. Alter Visited : Bellefonte on Saturday. Attorney General George E. Alter, candidate for the Republican nomina- tion for Governor, spent an hour or so at the Bush house, Bellefonte, on Sat- urday afternoon where he was greet- ed by quite a number of Republicans. Mr. Alter spent Friday night as a guest of warden John Francies, at the western penitentiary, and on Saturday morning went to State College where he was entertained at luncheon and also made a speech in the auditorium. In his talk Mr. Alter confined himself entirely to matters pertaining to the College, making no direct reference to the political campaign. Mr. Alter had as an escort to Belle- fonte Hon. A. G. Morris, whose guest he was on the "trip down; war- den John Francies, Republican county chairman L. Frank Mayes, Judge Hen- ry C. Quigley, Representative Thom- as Beaver and County Commissioners Harry P. Austin and George H. Yar- nell. The party arrived in Bellefonte a few minutes after three o'clock and Mr. Alter held an informal recep- tion in the lobby of the Bush house for one hour. In the neighborhood of two dozen women voters also greeted the candidate, while a sprinkling of Democrats called to pay their respects. Shortly after Mr. Alter arrived at the Bush house Dr. J. J. Kilpatrick created a diversion by appearing be- fore him with a sixteen inch trout which he had just caught in Spring creek and laying it down on the tiled floor told Mr. Alter it was his. The Attorney General looked at the fish and with a twinkle in his eye said, “almost would I trade my chances of the nomination for the thrill of catch- ing a trout like that.” He spent Saturday night and until Sunday afternoon with Mr. Francies at the penitentiary. ——Destruction works faster than construction. In one order President Harding tore down the civil service structure which his predecessors in office spent forty years in building. nse fp lp s— If President Harding is ambi- tious to make a record for absenteeism he is likely to achieve his purpose. He has every other President except Taft shoved off the map already. ——The House and Senate commit- tees at Washington have agreed upon an appropriation of $1,900,000 for the continuation of the airmail service. The Lid is Coming Off. From the Philadelphia Record. It is evident that the gang is fright- ened. It is still struggling to avert its fate, but every day it is increasing- ly clear that it cannot maintain its policy of concealment and evasion. The people of Pennsylvania are going to have the lid at Harrisburg lifted and what has been going on there for years exposed.