pe Peoria INK SLINGS. —Why is it that so often when you hire just the right man to do a job you have to tell him how to do it. —At this distance it looks as though France and Germany might get to- gether for partial settlement of their difficulties before very long. —If the present dry spell and in- tense heat continues much longer the farmers will have short clover and very thin timothy to cut next month. —With the thermometer register- ing 88 degrees at eight o’clock Wed- nesday evening, we are wondering what the fellow is thinking who pre- dicted a cold, unseasonable summer. —After Germany has used up all of the synonyms available for re- phrasing her first offer of reparations to the Allies the world may hope for something definite in the way of set- tlement of the European troubles. —Ten Pullman cars are required to haul the President and his party across the country to Alaska. Ex- travagant as that may sound it looks like a piker junket when compared with Lasker’s farewell trip on the Le- viathan. — President Meiklejohn has done about the only thing he could do: Re- sign and get out of Amherst. When any group of men start out on a man hunt they never stop until some sac- rifice has been laid on the altar of their vindictive natures. —Mt. Etna is on a rampage over in Sicily and thousands are fleeing before the floods of molten lava that is coursing down her sides. We note that the King of Italy is on the way to offer the stricken populace comfort. And that’ll do them a lot of good. —The President has started on his much advertised “swing around the circle.” He headed right into the en- emy’s country, the great Middle West, where they are likely to make his for- eign policy so hot for him that he will be glad enough to escape to the cooling climes of Alaska. —The resignation of Marcus Aaron, prominent Pittsburgh publicist from the State council of education, is the first direct slap Governor Pinchot has received in consequence of his treat- ment of Dr. Finegan. It was a right smart wallop, however, and suggests to the Governor that it would be well to prepare for more than an ordinary fight if he aims to make the public school system a political asset. — Our revised edition of Lamenta- ‘tions, Chapter I, third verse, should really read as follows: And when we realized that the infected finger about which we have been bawling for the past two weeks was the one absolute- ly essential to proper fly casting and that the days of the trout fishing sea- ‘son in the year of our Lord 1923, are flitting fast; there came upon us a surge of wailing and gnashing of teeth. —We note that William Jennings Bryan did not give up newspaper work with the death of the Commoner. He has contracted to write for the ag- ricultural publications of Senator Ar- thur Capper, Republican. In this it seems to us that Mr. Bryan has cut out for himself the job of his life, for he has agreed to write nothing of a partisan nature and that is something Mr. Bryan has never successfully done before. —Col. House is beginning to emerge from the quiescence that fell upon him so suddenly several years ago. While in his recent public utterance he doesn’t tell all that the public would like to know from him, he does reiter- ate his belief that America should go into the League of Nations, which is rather discomfiting to those enemies of Woodrow Wilson who sought to have the country believe that House was really opposed to the League. —With the announcement that Fred Hazeltine is to be removed as prohi- bition enforcement officer at Philadel- phia, on July 1st, the information is given out that the Sams fellow who is to succeed him, is the “hot dog” of the prohibition sleuths. Every time things get so rotten in en- forcement circles that the public comes near asking Haynes and Wheel- er why they are, there is a “shake up” and great things are promised that never materialize. —Those of you who had interest enough to read it last week, were vouchsafed some very profound ad- vice as to the right and wrong days on which to cut bean poles. We told you that Sunday was the wrong day, because we tried it and got an infect- ed finger from which we have been suffering the torments of the damned ever since. Our main pencil pusher is clear out of commission but, from the number of tied up fingers that we have met up with, going to and from the doctor’s office, we imagine there must have been a lot of people cut- ting bean poles on Sunday, or doing worse things. — Those Wilmington, Delaware, twins who celebrated the eighty-sev- enth anniversary of their birth give as their recipe for reaching such a ripe old age: “Eat moderately, avoid dancing and theatres, and retire ear- ly.” The dear old ladies are doubt- less very sincere in giving the modern world an idea of how they have man- aged to live so long, but since neither of them have ever danced a step in their lives, seen the inside of a theatre more than once, most people will pass up their gratuitous advice as a bit of hokum on the part of a couple of old folks for whose reception the good Lord isn’t just quite ready. enracralic SED STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. VOL. 68. BELLEFONTE, PA .. JUNE 22. 1923. NO. 25. Centre Democrats Should Lead. A movement looking toward the strengthening of the line of Democ- racy in Pennsylvania has grown to considerable proportions in and about Philadelphia. cratic women of the city recently or- ganized a “luncheon club,” which has met with such success in the direc- tion of party rehabilitation, that men of that political faith are inclined to imitate the excellent example of their political sisters. It is a commendable movement and deserves every encour- agement. But this is no good rea- son to limit it to Philadelphia and ad- jacent counties. The Democratic women and men of every county in the State should promptly get behind this proposition. There is glory enough to go around. Last fall encouraging signs of party rejuvenation were revealed in all parts of Pennsylvania. The representation of the party in Congress and the Gen- eral Assembly of the State was con- siderably increased and but for false pretenses of the Republican candidate for Governor and the fraudulent votes cast in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the Republican majority in the State would have been reduced to nominal figures. Those results were accom- plished with comparatively little ef- fort, which was limited to a brief peri- od of time. By beginning the work now and continuing it with energy enough during the remainder of this sylvania may be made a doubtful State. During the session of the Legisla- ture just ended Democratic Senators vent corruption of the ballot. But the Governor discouraged the effort, mindful, no doubt, that he is largely indebted to illegal votes for his elec- tion. This fact should admonish the , voters who desire fair elections that | the only way to secure them is by electing Democrats. To promote this result greater energy must be invest- ed in the work of organizing the party, and the time to begin it is | now. There should be a strong, earn- est and active Democratic organiza- | tion in every county and city in Penn- "sylvania, and