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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELi?HIATlJESDAY, SEPTlDMBEE 29, 191A.
A David Ready for Goliath
SENATOll 1'BNnOsiK Is a hlg man a very
Ooliuth. There la no doubt about that,
and his bigness Is not only physical. Ite Is
bit? with the potentiality nnu" actuality of
political and i con'umtc evil.
There was a time when Pennsylvania's
voice rang throueli the nation. There was u
time when thf lleiuMican party In this State,
ntundlns for economic truth and political
decency, possessed ut its head, In every
crisis, an honored leader who could Interpret
properly and effectually the beliefs and the
teachings of that party. That condition docs
not exMst today.
Saddled by a master who Is riding for a
fall, who In blind selfishness is spurring
madly and ruthlessly toward the stone wall
of disaster, the party has one obvious moan
of escape.
Let it take the bit In its teeth. Let It win
Its head. Let it Wick, and buck and boll If
need be until the Goliath is thrown. Then
the course will be free and open.
Democrats Tear :i "Scrap of Paper"
FROM 'Washington comes the Interesting
news that the Alexander bill, which pro
poses a Government controlled steamship
line. Is not having clear sailing antl that tho
war tax bill is likely to run acround in
the Semite. Democratic opposition to the
shipping bill rises largely from recognition of
the fact that a S30.000.000 appropriation on
top of a $100,000,000 emefRency tax is not
likely to improve the party's chances at tho
polls.
Two years from now will como tho real
Judging of the Wilson Administration.
Political soothsayers have declared that the
European wur is a great blessing to the
Democratic party, inasmuch as it will ob
scure tho effects of tariff, currency and
other legislation. Hut there is already one
very clear Issue which need not be confused
by conditions arising out of the war, and
that is the question of extravagance anil
wastefulness in appropriating and spending
public mono.
The Democrat h" platform culled for drastic
economy. The pledges made at Baltimore
have not been kept.
Is a political platform n contract or "a
mere scrap of paper"?
Liccnse of Diplomatic Guest-
COURTESY has generally been regarded
as one rf the e.sentiul qualities of
diplomacy. Despite the .strained relations of
European governments immediately preced
ing the outbreak of hostilities, diplomatic
communications among them were marked
by almost t.vesslvc courtesy, which was
doubtless merely formal. The American and
broader idea N that the first and highest
function of diplomacy is the promotion of
genuine good-will among nations. This con
ception was wonderfully exemplified in the
work of John Hay.
It seems that Ambassador Kustem Bey,
Baron von Schot-n and feir Lionel Garden
are not diplomatic In any true sense. Sir
Lionel Is not an accredited representative to
this country, but he does b-ar the official
credentials of the British Government. It
has been suggested that President Wilson
should not press his demand on Great Britain
for an "xplunation" of the Garden criti.
clsm, now that the Mexican pot is boiling
over again, as Hir Lionel predicted. That
prediction, however, is not what President
Wilson and the America, ptople object to.
From Oinet to I'.inJen. von Schoen and
Rust em Bey, ther have been too'mnny so.
called diplomats v. ho hae made the inex
disable mistake of talkin-r in tha United
States as if American liberty meant license,
even for kusi. The three latest offund
ers should bo tauaht thai Ko..-rnmental and
popular tolerance dues rt extend to insult
or to the atnmpt to stir up prejudieoa,
enmities and hatreds.
expressing to Charles Sumner his sorrow
over tho possibility of war between England
and America and his Intention to retire from
public life If such an event should come to
pass, was filled with a sense of brotherhood
which left no room for personal or national
narrowness. The creators of art, against
bitter calumny, have worl ed In the service
of mankind. "Art for art's rake" docs not
produce great nrt.
Our good will toward our fellowmen Is
public Hplrlt. To search out tho effects of
I our acts as citizens and voters It to prove
ourselves public-spirited. Good will Is made
elllciellt liy knowledge. "It Is a home-bred
right, a fireside privilege," said Daniel Web
ster, "to canvass the merits of measures and
j public men." But it Is more than a right,
' more even than a privilege. It Is a duty.
We are nit of us responsible for the acta
I of our public men.
j Wanted : Fire Protection
FtBt and rotten hose ngain! It Is be
coming nn old story, n sickening, mad
dening story; firo that destroys property nnd
rotten hose that bursts. Today, tomorrow,
or some other time, It may be more than
property that wilt bo destroyed; It may be
human life. Attention has been called often
enough to the fact that a large part of the
hose owned by the city Is unlit for use.
Something must be done Immediately, not
by and by. Councils have a way of financing
land grab with the public money. Couldn't
it flnanco a little public safety?
Gettinr: After the Coal Embargoes
NEW laws and regulations have not put
an end to railroad rebates and dis
criminations. Even a college economist can
testify to new ways of turning old tricks.
By pro-rating spur-llnes and half a dozen
other means and methods all the essential
practices of rebating are still possible. The
Interstate Commerce Commission thinks it
bus spotted a new ruse. It is the so-called
"embargo" placed by coal-carrying railroads
on the fuel. Informal complaint nlleges
that they liavo been used to discriminate
against certain shippers.
Though It Is evident that coal-owning
roads might be sorely tempted to such action,
the truth of the matter Is not yet at Issue.
The commission simply considers the charge
serious enough to Justify some action, and
It has summoned representatives of all the
roads affected to appear before It In Jan
uary. If it finds evidence to support the
complaints, nobody will applaud Its enter
prise more loudly than the consumer who
will then be burning that steadily advanc
ing fuel.
'Button, Button"'
WHOLESALE grocers think that house
wives have raised the price of sugar.
Housewives, or those with enough ready
money to buy a barrel at a time, blame It on
the grocers. They saw the price rising and
they laid in a supply. So nobody gets the
blame for what seems nn unjustifiable situa
tion. It is the old story of no responsibility.
Blame it on those venerable scapegoats.
Supply and Demand, and let somebody
pocket the profit. Tho ultimate consumer
must look with en y on the citizens of those
"war-ridden" countries where the food sup
ply Is under a responsible, if official, thumb.
Verbal Atrocities
THERE are atrocities and atrocities. One
of them is a name like Kluck (we prefer
tho common or barnyard spelling). Half a
dozen more are the "sweezes" such a cog
nomen draws from the professional humor
ists. A man has a right to any name he
likes, or any his great-great-grandparents
chose for him. But that privilege entails
duties. He should not thrust himself reck
lessly Into public view if the result Is going
to be such remarks as "Kluck counts his
chickens before they're hatched," or allu
sions to his battle-cry ns "Lay on!" The
only alternative to changing his name or re
tiring from the army Is to copyright tho
word and prosecute any breach of the peace,
Huch as "General Kluck's right wing
smashed." The horrors of war are bad
tnough without verbal carnage.
War Is Gcthsemane
IN explaining why Christians go to war It
should be understood that when the com
mand Is given to fight a man's faith counts
for nothing. He must answer the call. Chris
tianity is not discounted by the European
war, any more than tho multiplication table
ia destroyed by shooting it full of holes.
Truth is eternal. .Man is still imperfect.
The world is passing through the throes
of evolution. Civilization does not move in a
straight line, European political iduals are,
for the time, predominating over the Chris
tian ideals of the "(0th century. The conflict
will result in a new enthusiasm for those
moral forces which are the leaven working
ilowly in modern life. There is a comfortable
optimism in the conviction that good things
work together tor good to them that believe
them. The end of the world is nut yet, and
the path of progress leads through the Gar
den f Gethsemane.
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
FOB ways thai are dark nnd tricks that
are vain, tho Pennsylvania machine poli
tician Is the veriest tyio compared to his
Texan prototype, If reports from Delhi In tho
Lono Star State bo correct. According to
advices received In a letter, Mayor Walker,
who Is a candidate for re-election, addressed
a town meeting tho other evening In the
Op'ry House. At the end of an eloquent and
lengthy speech, he plnyed his trump card by
passing Interstate cigars to the men. Here
bo it explained that Interstate cigars aro
of tho kind which, when smoked In Texas,
aro smelted as far North ns West Virginia,
the wind holding right, as they say at sea.
To double cap tho climax, as It were, he
passed chocolato candy to tho women In the
audience. Then tho troubto began.
"Dey's pepper In dls candy," howled a
woman. Just then one of tl.o gift cigars ex
ploded with the "dull, sickening thud" of
which cub reporters write so eloquently.
Then another popped, and soon there was a
fusillade akin to the battle on the Manic.
The Mayor, aghast at first, spotted an enemy
In the nudlence and seized him as perpetrator
of the outrage. The constabto sought to ar
rest the conspirator, and soon there was as
nice nnd pleasant a fight as ever enlivened
a political meeting. Tlie letter vouchsafing
all this Information winds up:
"There Is much Indignation here."
THAT unreasonable panic seizes even tho
bravest Is borne out by brief dispatches
from the Vvar, which somehow or other have
passed the censor. H is related that one of
tho French army corps, possessed by some
psychologic fear, on a wholesale scale, bolted,
causing a retreat of the French nrtny from
Alsace. But the strangest fear that ever
seized a body of armed men was In the war
of 1S66 between Prussia and the German
States. A regiment of Bavarian cavalry hnd
been retreating before onprcsslng Prussians
for days harassed and hnmmcrod nt Inces
santly. At last the Bavarians found refuge
in a dense copse of trees, where thoy rested
their weary horses. Suddenly a shot rang
out; then another.
"The Prussians!" came a cry and the Bava
rians bolted nt top speed, never stopping for
ten miles, the while two poachers gathered
In tho rabbits they had shot.
THIRTY-SEVEN years ago A. II. Ray
nolds, of Denver, a banker of that city,
cashed vouchers amounting to $2200 for a
contractor doing business with the t'nltcd
States. The banker obtained the necessary
proofs and submitted them to the Depart
ment of the Interior, where they lay for four
years without action. Since then Congresses
have come and gone; statesmen big and little
have espoused Mr. Rnynolds' cause; Sena
tors and Representatives have worked In his
behalf and tho claim Is still unpaid.
A week ago the attention of Joseph P.
Tumulty, private secretary to the President.
wii3 called to the matter, and be interested
himself to such an extent that Cato Sells,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who has the
claim under jurisdiction, took prompt ac
tion. But ho was as unable to pay the claim
as were his predecessors, for under tho law
It will require an act of Congress to reim
burse Mr. Raynolds for money legally due
him. So the matter rests once more.
All of which rellectu little credit on the
business methods of tho United States.
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Every City Ua "Big Stick"
TN TEN , according to a report of th
X t'niu-ii States c.i!,U!, Bi,rau, lrv munbe
or nuinieip.Uly owned pub.'ic utility ,),,n
Jn this countr !. t In- ri.(e,l & per c(.ai Ag
et the m.e m i f ,P nvimipt,) owmr.hlp
has scare l i . . 1.. ,i trun , rtiUifm, though
some CtlN -. luxe JUiii and cvn i,u-iwaya
Ahieh, are Imji !i,VrUlBtiri,u;M,
The only . u- -t.mi i, h--w best to m, ,erve
the public u. u. The sva;;:ici.a f pr.
vate initijog, ii . tu .j', juiMit utllit.tji are prill
qlpally two i M.-Jid -' gt-ner.,1 j(J ,a ,lferjg
and an und .. i .m,i.., ,. un prnau- rr.
The rim of tn. -e H ai.t to take tb fw.a of
nn obatruetlut t policy and ofti ,1 i, uds
municipal owl :-i.i. the ttbl. on ,. itf
Which is usual! f trmsrsed, by Joeal C(,4N
tions. It m ! v mon. iib-Hisant to. i
cit to pi.-.-,. i ., pt,vn-r of own,:,,; and
oiH'ratlng iu tran.t .teni ti.un n e,v rc;v
it; tor it i will t a piivat. .umjarOiMi
shouM Ue rtlu'le4 Ancaslontitly of the fee
that thf powtr rait M efell by tht po
pla when they are driven to ft by th jW,
vict ion th.it public and '-laJ interuta are
not being proptrly rei. tnl.
it " .in wimmmmmv ntni-j
dood Will is Pulilie SpirU
Scuil.LER had for the whole human raca
a kindly fee'inj?. which might almost be
CalKd lllt'tl Ti." luttuIN i,f stuU-MIKU ahlp
ill pm d v id vl nanus v hii !i stand fur ut
teil liri ,11 h ii wt, mi to the publi good
One of the in is that of eir itu:ri Peel, who
broke with hts party in 1SW "' I dl lured Ins
f-enc of otil' n s for 1 - n .. -.f furmum
m, itlt (.xiltfv .rs.n;JJi 7t .ti ijln
As a man of experience, villa distrusts the
rjuiitary poJithlan.
New York's primary purpose wag evidently
not the defeat of Tammany.
"Ptnroi, at Pittsburgh, fcayg voters are
aroue4" Fatal confession.
Pretty soon we shnji 00 wall enough
ac'juairutd with fall to coH It autumn.
And now nine out of twelve Kentucky
counties Join Virginia in weeding out the
mint. ww
"Jimmy" Bennett reports a German army
telephone in a flower bed. But perhaps it js
only one of his flowers of speech.
If Congress wants to win the praise of a
grateful public, it might place a tax on vvar
poetry-
A4dls up the total of the dally retreats of
the Uermunj. it ia clear that by now they
have jufct about reached the Paciiic coast.
About thia time let us recall that tha
Braves once went by the talNend title of the
povta. What's n a name?
An a good many suspected, it tooK John
Slaseaold to write "the" English war poem-
uno it l more poem than war.
Vance McC'ormlck doubtless considers he i
has adanced a bit, but the enemy, firmly in- j
trenched, doesn't teem to mind it.
President ilsnn reo.ut.,t3 that American
neutrality be preserved, but any housewife
can tell htm that with sugar selling at war
time prices it's difficult to preserve anything
itrs days.
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GENERAL RENNENKAMPK. who, al
though of German ancestry, Is fighting
for tho Czar, Is Inordinately proud of his
huge mustnehios, which divide his face Into
two distinct entities. Once, dining the Man
churian campaign, an American photogra
pher named Ropers pursued him across tho
steppes until he overtook the Cossack com
mander nt Tchlta. He explained his quest
to the general and soon the entho corps was
ready to parade before the camera man.
"Now, my friend," thundered Rennon
knmpf, as he gave the "forward march"
order to his men. "Uko all our faces and
don't forget my mustache."
And every olfiner saluted the American as
though he had been a king personified.
THE man who gives out carriage checks
at ono of the principal hotels In Philadel
phia is Inclined to bo absent-minded.
Whether It is love or financial worry that
causes this state Is not known, but it was
productive of trouble for him a few nights
ogo. Mechanically ho gave out checks. Me
chanically the chauffeurs and drivers tool;
the slips and tucked them In their pockets.
Suddenly one of the drivers came back.
"Say. boss," ho asked, "what's this for?"
"That's to got your fare when he's through
eating."
"Eat!" exclaimed the driver. "He'll get
darned little to cat from my wagon. I drive
a garbage cart."
THE Bryn Mawr horse ehow recalls a sim
ilar event In N'ew York hold Bwno years
ago. The cream of American show horses
wero entered. Society Hocked to Madison
Square Garden as nover before,
Down in the old Jefferson Market Court,
house. S'xth avenuo and Ninth street, on
the top lloor, is the office of a paper bos
manufacturer with a keen sense of practical
humor. Ho it was not surprising that he
should take advantage of the horao show to
play a trick on worldly-wiso Now York,
First of all. ho bought a dincardod car horse,
one that had drawn a chambers street ark
for some twenty-odd years. Then he sent it
to his stable to be fattened up. Next he
groomed it for 'he show by feeding it oats,
interspersed with ginger, sleeked its coat
with crude oil, tied a beautiful blue ribbon
to its tall, which had been lengthened with
artificial hair, and then entered It as Pull,
decar Orphan, by Metropolitan (the name of
the street ear lino which had once owned the
animal), out of ueiu.
And that horse, ridden by Brian G,
Hushes' daughter, won third prize.
URAPFono.
CUIUOSITY SHOP
A Sabbath day's journoy was estimated at
1t. furlongs, or 1650 yards. The Rabbins
Axed it at i-eoo cubits, or laSu yards, Jo
sophus says that the Mount of Olives was
flvo stadia, or 625 paces, from Jerusalem,
which would make tlie ullowablo Sabbath
day's journey about 1050 yard?,
The Hindu system of mythology has a
hell so comprehensive that its nethermost
realms have ueir been measured or even
described. Nuraka U the generic name. The
Purana gives 26 diUsions of Naraka. besides
which, we are told, "there are hundreds ud
thousands of others in which sinners pay tiie
penalty of their crimes.''
The Lover's Le.ip, to which Byron rcfets
in "Don Juan," is in reality Leucadia's roik.
a promontory on the southern extremity of
tho island of Leasts in the Ionian f"e
Sappho. th p',,js, is snld to bav 'eir ' i
into, the sa fr-i- ) H rr K ' r
quitcd love. At 'the annual festival of
Apollo a criminal was hurled from tho rock
Various living birds wero fastened to him to
break his fall, nnd if lie survived, freedom
was his.
Colonel Blood, n dlsreputablo and cast-off
member of Cromwell's party, seized the Duke
of Ormond's conch on December 6, 1G70 and
carried the Duko to Tyburn to hang him.
The Duke escaped through tho aid of friends.
On May 0 of the following year Blood tried
to steal the crown jewels from the Tower.
For neither of llieao offenses was he pun
ished. There Is more 'than ono "CUV of Palaces"
Rome, which was converted from a city of
brick huts Into n "city of palaces" by
Agrlppa; modern Paris; Calcutta, with Its
splendid Etiiopeau resiliences. Edinburgh Is
Hometlmcs given tho title.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOK
The Knock Subtle.
A ccrtnln man makes hats and In them
advertises as follows: "New York and big
cities."
Yce, Who?
Wo do not like McGraw to win,
And yet his losing makes us sigh;
Just think of what we'll miss this year
In nllbl?
When Connie's demons get to work
And ono by one the foemen die,
Who'll tnlto thb place or Mathowson
To toll us why?
And Matty's famous' yearly song.
This year for Uostun who shall sing,
To tell tho pitchers how to foil
F, Baiter's swing?
Kasy Money
Three minor political workers whoso party
lost an election found It necessary to do
.ometliltig to keel) the wolf away and ap
plied to tho boss. lie got them work as con
ductors tin the local trolley line.
Pome weeks later one of the three hap
pened Into the car barn after Ills' run and
found his two pals dancing about In high
glee.
"Whassa matter?" he asked.
"Tomorrow's payday," chorused Ills' friends,
"Payduy holy smoke, do wo get that, too?"
A Kindred Feeling
Fighting aboard ship nowadays, with at
tacks from beneath the sea and trom above
the clouds, is very much like going through
a graveyard at night you're apt Just to feel
that something's going to grab you from be
hind, The Higher Explanation
"Father, what is this 'higher criticism' I
read so much about?"
"It is a method by which a man convinces
himself of tho falsity of something wMch
he knows is not true. 'J
Our Position is Impregnable.
Say that our jokes are shy of point
And our verse Is lame and halt;
Spot, if you will, and show the world
Our every slip and fault.
Rant at our stuff In sheer disgust,
E'en to tho smallest wheeze;
Poke it us full of gaping hole3
As an ancient Schweitzer cheese.
Roast, if you must, but play us fair
And herald It near and far,
From the Ice-bound shores of tho Arctic Sea
To the glades of Zanzibar;
That we, alone of a horde of bards,
Hold not a line in store.
Nor have wo written n single lino
Of verse about tho war.
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
MANY of tho big events In tho world's
history como to America first from an
Unexpected quarter and In nn irresponsible,
mysterious manner. I recall that a week
before we received tho official account of tho
result of Dewey's battle In Manila Bay, a
brief dispatch camo from Paris to tho effect
that tho battle had been fought and tho
American fleet had not lost a slnglo vessel.
Tho astonishing character of tho Informa
tion made most people loath to bollovo It
until a week later, when the regular dis
patches from correspondents verified tho
fact.
How did Paris receive the first word? It
has always been suspected that it got It
from Spain before' Dewey could cut tho
cable. And this appears to be tho only
rensonablo theory,
Quite Damp
Hokus I never know such a wet blanket
as Flubdub.
Pokus That's right. If that fellow should
jump from the frying-pan into the firo ho
would put the lire out. Lite.
Of Course
Barney Phelan, Father Healoy's servant,
was celebrated for his teady wit. One day,
while ho was serving a dinner, one of tho
guests said to him: "Barney, why is my
ankle placed between my calf and my foot?"
"Bogorra, I dunno," replied Barney; "unless
it is to keep your calf from eatln' your corn."
Boston Transcript
Tlie Impossible
War has been able to do everything except
push the pretty girl from the front cover of
the popular magazine. Chicago Herald.
Health Hint
Never sing the "Marseillaise" at a German
picnic. Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Cubist Poem
(Composed liy Celetn I.eona (Jolile, of Tepper-
town, Ind.)
A year ago, on Labor Day, (Sept. 7, 1913),
there came an awful whack,
A thousand fiery thunderbolts neatly scooted
the barn off the track;
The lightning a board off sont, part of it In
tho sorghum patch
If the lightning burned tho barn down, we
would have to dig and scratch,
Tho lightning hit the top and ran to the
ground;
I think that barn must bo sound.
Mrs. Goble and her daughter wero the only
ones at homo,
The absent one had just started In the good
old road to roam;
Tho absent ono hnd gone to seo hor old
friend. Blanche Medd,
When she heard that loud clap of thunder
and wondered If tho lightning struck my
old cat Ted.
The Lord kept the barn from burning
lie kept the barn from burning because He
loves us so.
Harrison News.
A Natural Query
Tho Flirt Oh dear, what a lot of people
will bo unhappy when I got married!
The Other Why, how many aro you
marrying? Exchange.
Wliat'a in a Name
It must be difficult to find a prouder man
than Grant B. Peacock, tho Princeton golfer
who btat Champion Oulmet 2 up and I to
play at Greenwich. Now York Sun.
ON SOME HUMAN BONES
(Found nn a Headland in the Hay of Panama,)
Vngue Myetery ham:s on all thtso desert places;
The fe-r which Ltb no name-hath wrought
a speU:
(strength, courage, wrath, have been nnd loft
no tracee;
They cume, and fled; but whither? Who can
tell?
We know but that they werethat once, in days
When ocean was a bar "twist man and man,
Stout spirits ttuudeitfd o'er thesa capes ami
bays
And prlbed where these river waters ran.
jjetltinks they should have built eomo mighty
tmb
Whose granite might endure the century's
rain
eoid winter, and the narp night winds, that
boom
Ufce npirits In their purgatorial pain,
They left, 'tis said, their proud, tinburied bones
Ta wbittn on bl uiidchuoiyledgeg jhoro;
Vet mush- beside the reiks and worn sea.
Now anwer to the great Patlfle'e roar.
A no'intaln stands where Agamemnon died,
And Cheepe iiath derived eternal fame
Ilf auve lie mado hU tomb a place of pride,
tnd theic the dtj,il .Metcll.i eurned a name.
nut these they vanuhvd as tho lightnings die,
'fi'dr nitJchK-fa om. in the affrighted earth.
And l'n "'' kpowetl. umleineath the uky
V. hit heroes nerl'bed pert, nor whence their
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lr -i ' r " -" .-',. t:i-an.
THE first report that tho Treaty of Ghent
had been completed and peace estab
lished with Great Britain reached Phlladel
phla In a most mysterious manner nnd fully
a week before Washington had official ad
vices. As wo expect to celebrato tho cen
tennial anniversary of tho conclusion of the
peace of Ghent this year, this little known
story mhy bo of Interest now.
The treaty was signed on Christmas Eve,
1811, but salting vessels did not cross tho
Atlantic In thoso days with tho speed of
modern ocean liners, and there was neither
cable nor wlrotcss to transmit tho nows.
However, early In the year 1815 a mysterious
stranger called upon President Madison at
Washington ono 'evening and brought him
tho news.
That night this same mysterious stranger
sent a letter to John Blnns, who published
tho Democratic Press In this city, giving
him tho same news. Probably no modern
newspaper owner would havo done what
Blnns did. Any newspaper receiving such
Important news today would Instantly' get
out an extra edition, for tho wholo country
was waiting patiently for word that peace
had been concluded.
BUT Blnns, not knowing from whom tho
nows came, and fearing that It was a
rumor Intended to influence prices of cotton,
rice nnd other home products, hesitated. Tho
letter, which was anonymous, reached tho
editor one morning. Ho lead It and then
meditated upon his next step. Ho feared
that the Information was so Important that
It would bo risky to consult any person as
to his next stop. IIo had visions of a specu
lator booming the prices of some home
products or causing a fnll In the prices of
those Imports such as tea, sugar, coffee and
other goods which had been laid away in
largo quantities by some of our long-headed
merchants.
No person in Philadelphia had received
even a suggestion of the news. Blnns mado
it his business to mix among men likely to
havo heard such a report, but no ono ap
proached him with rumors of that kind. Late
in the afternoon, however, ho sent tho let
ter to the Merchants' Coffee House, and had
It placed In the coffee house books, with
his name as authority. In no time the whole
water front was busy getting ships in readi
ness to send them to tho South for cotton
and rice. Tho merchants were readier to
accept the news than was Blnns. He printed
tho news in his paper tho next day.
PRESIDENT MADISON received tho news
In the same manner and spirit. One eve
ning a person, not known In Washington,
piescnted himself at the President's House.
He was met by Madison's private secretary,
Edward Coles, afterward tho second Gover
nor of Illinois, who listened to the strang
er's story. Tho private secrctnry asked tho
stranger to remain seated until ho carried
his message to the President. The latter
was much surprised at both the Information
and the method by which It was brought to
him, and then told Coles to admit to him
tho mysterious courier. Madison wanted to
hnvo a look at the man, and to determine
if he was worthy of belief. He also called
to his aid the Postmaster General, R. J.
Meigs, and the two questioned the stranger
closely.
After a long conversation, the President
seemed satisfied, yet no information on the
subject camo from tho President's House
until tho confirming official dispatch arrived
some days later, by which time the news
had already penetrated through a large part
of the country.
BINNS, who relates tho incident in his
recollections, declared that he never was
able to learn the identity of his mysterious
letter writer, whom he believed to have been
tho same person who called upon President
Madison that evening In the winter of 1815.
In view of how tho news of tho peace of
Ghent was first given to the American pub
lic through tho agency of a Philadelphia
newspaper. Dame Rumor may not be so
faithless a jade. While It Is a good plan to
bo wary of tales of a sun rising character.
It does not necessarily follow that all ru
mors are untrue, no matter how extraordi
nary they may appear. Big news does not
always como first from the fountain head,
GRANVILLE.
The Ethics of Sniping
From the Jloston Transcript.
"Sniping" Is a comparatively recent addition
ti the red lexicon of war. Originally or on Its
first appearance it signified shooting from am
bush or nt a great dlstante. A soldier under
this definition might ho a sniper. The current
d-tlliiltlon, however, apples only to civilians who
tuke pint In lighting and are therefore not ell.
glide to the consideration accorded to thoso
who fight In uniform as members of a recog.
nlzcd military organization. Though the word
may be now the notion It describes Is very old.
Sniping can bu traced far back In history, it
.istud when organized armies were few and
ery small, nnd by the commanders of old
times was legended as simply one of the risks
of war Snlpeis wero not worse than any other
fishteis in the era before the war became a
profession apart. The defenders of Jerusalem
against tho Hainan legions were almost with,
out exception In the category of sniper. Tlie
men und women who manned the walls of Kara,
gogsn to reinforce Its scanty ganieon subjected
themselves to the lex talionls.
TIIE IDEALIST
Can you "think on your feet"? By which'
I 4q not necessarily mean, Can you
stand up and make a speech, without
previous notification, on any given subject'
Thoso that excel in the art of quickly think.
Ing out a situation and putting it in a sys
temattc order of presentation do not always
come within that class we term "extempora
neous speakers."
A man can handle a situation with marked
skill and precision, can convince those within
sight or hearing of the wisdom of his atti
tude without saying a word.
One day a high official of the police de
partment came tearing down one of our prtn.
cipal streets in a carriage. At an Intersecting
street his horse grew unruly. Just at the
moment a trolley car passed and In the con
fusion the motorman attempted to run hla
car QUt,)f the horse's course. lie figured
wrong, for Instead he caused, the ear to n
lift at-rtfterA n Althtftn Vkllfl t 'W IPVO
Aoeordlno- in nfflee.dnnt. th il...
the Corner, Uhder tho patronage of his .?.n
perior In the carriage, should have forthwiin
hurled strong verbal hot-shot at the motne
jimu. uui iiu u.u uuuiiiiH ui me BOrt,
Ho took tho horse by the bridle, turned hu
head around In tho right direction and slarl
ed him off. Then ho waved to tho motorman
to proceed down tho street. And ho had not
spoken a word. i
You see tho polntr "Thinking on your feef
la really a matter of keeping your head. In
tlie midst of excitement. It Isn't spoken
words that aro os-fentlal. It Is the thoughts
and actions that a calm, cool poise prompts
lh you.
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.
To tha Itdltor of the Kvtntng Ltdgeri
Sir As a newcomer to Philadelphia, t want
to express my satisfaction with a novel feature
of your city, Its ono-way street car lines. At
first they may bo a llttlo hard to learn, though
the straight streets and right nngled corners
greatly simplify tho matter. But tho singular
value of your arrangement of routes seems to
bo tho way It facilitates traffic. Tha can
move much moro swiftly and with far les3
dnnger to petlcstrlana and vehicles than In any
American city I know of. In this respect, at
least, Philadelphia is neither "alow" nor
"dead." l. p.
Philadelphia, September 29, 10H.
ANY PROFIT IN "BUYING A BALE"?
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I wish some Southern reader of the
Evemno LEDoen would be good enough to ex
plain how the purchaser of a bale of cotton Is
going to profit, or even how ho Is going to
"break even?" I hear it said that ho can keep
tho cotton In storago and sell It at an advance
next year. But by thnt time. It scorns to me,
another new crop Is going to drive th
price down Instead of up. Am I right? And If
I am right, why not call the "buy-a-bale"
movement a legitimate charity and not try ta
make people think It is a profitable phllan.
thropy? II. L. HUSKINS.
Philadelphia, September 28, 1014.
JUSTICE FOR VILLA
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I am glad to seo tho entire fairness with
which you treat Francisco Villa. Other papers
label him on every occasion with all possible
derivatives of "thief," and "bandit," while you
inquire only Into tho sincerity with which hi
backs what seem excellent prnciplcs. Certainly
Mexico will never bo nt poaco so long as an
ofTlcer of tho army Is In tho saddle. Villa
knows that, and bo Is trying to eliminate ail
soldiers, hlm3clf ns much as Carranza. In such
a work he should havo the sympathy of every
American. C. K. H.
Camden, September 2S, 1914.
SARCASTIC IN REGARD TO PENROSE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I nm heart and eoul for Boles Penrose.
Senator Penrose Is a gentleman sul generis. II
Is a ptofesslonal office-seeker, and a profes
sional te always more competent than an ama
teur. You abuse the Senator for adhering to tha
machine. Rut this is tho day of machinery.
Why, in some States they have voting ma
chines. I understand that in this State the
machine has done the voting whenever neces
sary, but Ibis may not be true after all.
THEOPHRASTUS CLUTTKRRUCK.
Philadelphia, September 23, 1914.
A NEW COLLEGE DEGREE FOR PENROSE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Tlie colleges give honorary degrees each
spring. If a few moro men like Penrose (liar
vard, SB develop his fallings, their alma maters
will hnvo to join us In administering the sort
of dlshonornry degrees that t'he State of Penn
sylvania is going to bestow on Penrose and his
crowd tills fall. ALBERT WELT.
Philadelphia, September 29, 1914.
Ferocious Pacificists
From the Springfield Itepulillcan.
It is strange to find some of tho fiercest ad
vocates of a light "to the finish" iimoiiK tha
advocates of peace, yet tho leason Is slnipls
enough. When nn English exponent of pacific
ism in found demanding that Germany must
he eiuihed, nnd Its Emperor, perhaps, sent to
St. Helena, what seems like vindlctiveness In
explains ns ically due to a dcsiie foi ace.
Tills must bo tho last war. To make uic of
it Europe must destroy militarism, and to tie
stroy mllitatlsm it is necessary to destroy Oer
many. It, is simple logic, ns hlmple as that of
Torriuemnna, nnd those who apply it du not
think of themselves ns inhuman, or re otpilzs
their likeness to tho ferocious Cato the censor,
with Ills Cnitbnginem esse delendam.
Banning a Bane
From the Augusta (Da.) Chronicle.
School is on in tho big cities of the Bat Ami
"win" In school has been tabooed. In Phila
delphia the acting superintendent of the fliuole,
Doctor Brumbaugh helug busy on the hustings,
has banned all war discussions, ail geographical
studies pertaining to the battle lines and all
narratives of thrilling experienced had by
teachers before their flight as lefugees. This
Is sound proceduie.
Playing Both Ends
From the Sprlnllcld Union.
Tho Kitipps have contributed 1,000,000 marks
to tho Bed Cioss fund, but their contributions
In cannon nnd the ammunition that iirovids
work for the Red Cross run up Into the hun
il reels of millions of marks.
Model Multliubiuiiism
From the New York world.
Bow Mitlthus would have delighted in this
war, cheery old soul!
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
It is to be hoped that It Is not too late
for tho Mexican factions to get together antl
prevent a fresh carnival of blood. New Or
leans State.
The most Intelligible complaint of the Ger
man sympathizers In this country Is that on'
newspapers print too much war news obtained
from English nnd French sources. New Vor
Times
No sensible or fair-minded person wants W
have tho railroads oppressed and crippled mr"
ly because some railroad directors hae been
remiss or unfaithful and somo railroad pre'1'
dents have been overambltlous. SpringfleW
(Mass.) Union,
When Congress meets next winter, "
should make a careful effort to revise tn
patent laws. Our present patent system nw
become an aid to trusts', both foreign ana
domestic, a check to Inventors, and a mar
velous promoter of lawsuits. Chicago Jour
nal. Secretary McAdoo Is acting most com
mendably in beginning u movement ir
bringing to time national banks which nw
be piling up unnecessary reserves in taw
vaults while refusing legitimate requests JOj
loans or which may be taking advantage j"
prevailing conditions to charge excessive m
terest rates. Los Angeles Express
Unlike John W. Griggs, counsel for the Mr
conl Wireless Company. President Wilson nej
was a Mark Hanna Attorney General of to
United States, but bo happens to he M'
mander-in-i-'hit-f of tlie army and nav
his Interpretation of the law bearing upon raa-
communication with belligerents is likely to p'"
vali. New York World
Minister Pezet, of Peru. bstUvsa not &
that lack of good American salesmanship
South America U the principal cauae of
failure to compete successfully with Bur0'!J
the past, but that, unless we Improve our "
manshlp. even the European war will r ?
able u to get und keep South American tr0-
Charleston News and CMirter.
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