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PHILADELPHIA, TntmSDAY, OCTOBER O, 19U
Where Is the Republican Owen?
SENATOR ROBERT L. OWEN, of Okla
homa, Is going Into Illinois to do all In his
power to defeat Roger Sullivan. He was
never moro of a Democrat than In this. He
knows that virtue Is worth more to the party
than -victory. He knows that civic righteous
ness In Democrats Is better than, party regu
larity. In putting good govornment nbovo
party, he Is preparing tho party to rise also
Where Is tho Republican Senator that will
do a llko service to Pennsylvania and his
party? Is there no high-minded courage left
In the ranks whero Lincoln stood? Or must
it wait for a sign from a Democrat such as
Senator Owen?
Battle of the Billets
THE thin red line of 'eroes Is gone. The
World Series tickets are sold and tho com
pany of amateur outposts have demobilized.
But not before they had held tho advance
lino against rain and cold and bluecoats and
pedestrians, not until the cohorts had swung
round Spruce- to Eighth.
Tho battle Is over. Ladles fair, coming on
bets, or to surprise their husbands, or achieve
publicity or Just because they wanted to,
havo achieved their diverse ends.
The police have had a chance to prove
their lack of arithmetic by estimates of the
crowd running from 5000 to 20,000. And the
first boy In the line has resisted a flfty-dollar
offer for his place, plunged to the window
and made himself Immortal for the day.
As for the speculators, nothing out of the
ordinary courso of selling an Insufficient
quantity of a much desired article seems to
have occurred. Every sort of scheme of dis
tribution has been tried and proved far more
wanting than the present grab-bag method.
Next year, however, the commission might
distribute tickets as a byproduct of registra
tion and get some really valuable results.
Dimmick. Code of Honor
PERSONAL and political honor unite In
dictating the present position of J. Benja
min Dlmmlck. Having entered the primaries
ngnlnst Boles Penrose under a pledge to
abide by the verdict of the polls, Dlmmlck
cannot re-enter the senatorial fight. How
ever keenly ho may feel that Penrose Is a
moral Issue, he must abide by his engage
ment. Whether It was wisn to have made such
a promise does not enter Into tho discussion.
We need men In public life whoso word Is as
Inviolable In politics as In commerce. To
break confidence with tho people Is more
than a fault: It is a crime, and weakens the
foundation upon which republican institu
tions rest.
Dlmmlck's stipulation does not bind tho
rank and file of the voters. Many of them
did not realize the gravity of tho conflict last
spring. They are not under any obligation to
support a candidate who outrages their
moral sense. Every Republican In Pennsyl
vania, except Mr. Dlmmlck, Is free to work
for Mitchell Palmer. Every Republican In
Pennsylvania who has a genuine regard for
his party's future will probably do so.
End of the Telephone
THE Civil War stimulated American in
vfiitors to twice their previous output.
Thf L'uropean fracas may be a little too
S'ouns for similar conclusions, yet hardly a
day fall to reveal a revival of ingenuity
abroad. Under the stimulus of shot and
shell, with Italy In Imminent peril, Marconi
has at last completed his periodic discovery
of tho wireless telephone. Denials are use
less, he says: he has done It with his little
medulla. And tho King of Italy agrees that
he has watched the human voice ricochet
across nine miles of ether waves.
On toti of that, a certain Professor Argen
tlnleri .-'lzed the chance to announce a pocket
wireless receiver, which may be operated by
the pedestrian without the necessity of tow
ers m the head. If all this is true, the art of
tekt.nony Is dead. Real privacy ( barring
"i ntral") is over. Tho man on the next cor.
nr can cut In on your most private messages
even if you pick out the middle of a sand lot
n a telephone booth.
If war Is causing all this reckless Inventing.
Sherman hardlv did it Justice.
Burying the Hatchet
IRELAND remembers Robert Emmet as a
patriot. In Great Britain's present crisis
Irish patriotism Is unquestioned, John Red.
monL leader of tho Nationalists, comes loy.
ally to the support of the Asquith Govern
jnent, and the sons of the Emerald Isle fight
valiantly for country on the battlefields of
Europe. The animosities of long years of
strife between Dublin and London are for
gotten in the common cause, and when the
war is over, if the spirit of Redmond prevails
on both sldea of the Irish Channel, the dlfTU
culms over Home Rule ought speedily to
jeut.li an end
Educating Jones
IN the new penology the nrst thing given a
prisoner is his freedom. They put him in
a field, in a shop, on his honor, without an
armed Euard. In the new penology every
prisoner is a "trusty." That this Is wise is
proved in the results. Prisoners invariably
respond to this appeal to hc-aor, to this as
sumption that manhood remains In them.
?hey are not punished; they are forgiven,
with a chance to work back. Their fingers
and their characters are trained together.
They tell us'thU war is ending one of the
ages of the world. Bletw us, we are ending
"age of the world" every day A revolu
tjonary tbias la happening at Harvard Uni-
verslty. They are Installing In tho Law
School a professor to teach the law, not as It
Is, but as It should be. It Is said that tho
cardinal point of his philosophy Is not the
recall of judges, but the recall of law
teachers.
That Is Rett Ins back to where tho trouble
lies. We have acquired a great fever In these
days for overturning all our settled Institu
tions, Some of them will bear a bit of brush
ing up. But do you know the simple thing
wo have to do to make our prisons more hu
mane, our Judges more Just and prompt, our
saloons fewer. d society better behaved?
, ntt a,ter Smith, Crown and Jones, and edu-
I cate them. They are the men who make the
i country. Educate them as they ought to be
j educated, and automatically you will hae
temperance, and better prisons, and fewer
prlsonors. A French king once said, "1 am
the State." He was mistaken. Jones Is tho
State. Get after Jones.
Brumbaugh Qualified by Experience
T'i picture Doctor Brumbaugh ns a mere
pedagogue, a typical school teacher, a
man versed only lit the duty of conveying
Instruction to children, Is to fly as wide of
the mark ai possible.
Tho Superintendent of a public school sys
tem such ns that of Philadelphia mint be
an executive, nn administrator, nn clllclenoy
expert, a political economist and a trained
diplomat,
Doctor Brumbaugh ha been administering
a trust moro delicate and more difficult than
falls to any business man. He has held the
making of hundreds of thousands of citizens
In his hand. Upon his direction and leader
ship the future of Philadelphia has depended
for many years.
This city has 191,881 pupils In school, holds
32S buildings for educational purposes,
spends 12,000,000 a year for salaries, supplies
and improvements In property, employs 5255
teachors.
As Superintendent of that vast and com
plex system Doctor Brumbaugh has been a
distinguished succcsi. No other man In the
Commonwealth has had n better qualifying
experience for the Governorship. In electing
him to tho high office the voters -re taking
no risk. Every power and quality that he
has displayed so conspicuously In the pnst
will bhlno more brilliantly In the future.
Croesus of the Cafes
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iNE class, at any rate, Isn't worrying
about the war tho waiters. Cash may
come and cash may go, but tips go on for
ever. In fact, the unemployed of tho Stock
Exchange arc eating more than usual Just
now, and the waiter's 10 per cent, swells In
x'olumc. Brokers who once were too busy
for anything but a lunch counter now loaf
leisurely over a white tablecloth and try to
spend enough money to keep up an nppear
anco of prosperity.
So Francois has built him a club. Or,
rather, moved out of what was fast becom
ing an undesirable neighborhood Into a dis
trict a little more "classy." Lolling In the
windows of the Walters' Alliance, Francois
scans the war news for word of former
employers slain, and rejoices at the steady
decline of Immigration. Moral, If you must
live through tho war, be a waiter.
Japan's Fulfilment of Promises
NOTHING in the seizure of the German
Island of Jalult by the Japanese indicates
any purpose ulterior to the perfectly obvious
one which representatives of tho Mikado's
Government have openly acknowledged. All
tho circumstances substantiate tho official
statement that Japan has no Intention of per
manently retaining possession. Moreover, It Is
worth remembering, now and in the future,
that Japan's promises are good; she does not
tear up "scraps of paper" and she keeps her
word.
To the success of the Panama-Pacific Ex
position, which will be held In the California
supposedly so bitterly hated, Japan will con
tribute largely, and today she sends a ship
from Kobe laden with materials for her Gov
ernment building at tho fair.
Allies of Santa Claus Instead of War
NOW and then one finds a pure white
blossom growing out of tho red soil of
war. The suggestion that we send a Santa
Claus ship loaded with Christmas toys to thu
children of Europo Is one. Fortunately, there
Is no nationality in childhood Children aro
Just children everywhere. Tho humanity of
childhood is a universal thing. It Is a happy
thought this proposal to remember tho
children of the European soldiers on the
day that world peace was first proclaimed
from the skies. Santa Claus is of all coun
tries and climes. Ho is all men's friend
The children of America will he benefited
qiilto as much as their brothers and sisters
across the seas. It Is still "more blessed
to give than to receive "
As an expression or sympathetic neutral
ity toward all the warring nations, and as
a sincere manifestation of Christmas good
will, let the good ship be freighted with tho
toys and good wishes of the children of tho
United States.
The war zone seems to be the safety zona
for the couple accused of a I185.G00 Jewelry
theft.
"Let us keep our powder dry and our ooun
try wet," says Holland. Another way of say
ing that the Dutch are taking Holland.
Spruce street may spruce up a bit without
the risk of giving over its fine old residential
traditions for the gawda of commerce.
Deserting his Boston clothing store, ex.
Mayor "Honey Fitz" Joins the "royal root
ers," possibly to get a line on fall styles
farther aouth
The man who wants "Mude in America"
on the flower and vegetable seeds must he an
agent of the microscope trust with a Ytvld
memory of Connecticut nutmegs.
Soma thousands of fans turned a resentful
eye on the lowering heavens this morning,
and then gratefully reflected that there wera
no more midnight ticket lines to freeze in.
The acme of congressional courage has
been reached by Representative Mann, who
recommends the postponement of the pur
chase of a postofflce site In hla district until
the treasury is In a better condition.
Philadelphia suffers as keenly as Boston in
the loss of the Braves' crack third-baseman.
Red Smith. If the Athletics win, It means
less glory: if they lose, the defeat will be the
sharper.
Penn is getting desperate. In order to get
together a presentable football team, it is
thinking of adopting Harvard's terrible, if
eiftcaelous, expedient of making the candi
dates study their lessons. But "book l'arn
ln'," it ehould remember, comes naturally to
jtho home of Emersonian pennant winners.
PAKTY REGULARITY DEPENDS
ON MORALITY OF CANDIDATES
Senator Owen Denounces the Penrose of Illinois, Who Represents
Bipartisanship and Commercialized Politics Will Fight
Against His Party's Nominee.
Special Washington Correspondence
Pennsylvania Republicans who aro opposed
to tho ie-electlon of Boles Penrose to the
United States Senate aro taking tho same
position as Senator Robert L. Owen, of Okla
homa, one of President Wilson's most loyal
supporters, who Is fighting Roger C. Sulli
van, Democratic nominee for the Senate In
Illinois, on tho ground that Sullivan "typi
fies bipartisan commercialized politics In
Illinois, ns much ns Penrose In Pennsyl
vania or Murphy In New York." Senators
Norrls and Clapp, Progressive Republicans,
arc ngalust Penrose, Republican, for tho same
reason that Owen, Democrat, Is opposing
Sullivan, Democrat.
Senator Owen, In a letter to Raymond Ro
bins, Progressive nominee for Senator In Illi
nois, sets forth tho reasons why he, ns a
Democrat, will support Robins, a Progressive,
ntul actively oppose tho candidacy of Sul
livan.
Writing as president of the National Popu
lar Go eminent Leaguo (a nonpartisan or
ganization), Senator Owen severely arraigns
Sullivan as a conspicuous opponent of tho
Initiative nnd referendum and other popular
government principles; a bipartisan boss,
who secured his nomination through the In
fluence nf corrupt political methods and the
expenditure In his behalf of enormous sums
of money, and who has no right to ask votes
oven nn the ground of party regularity.
The letter also arraigns Senator Sherman,
tho Republican candidate, as an enemy of
popular government, backed by the special
Interests. The Oklahoma Senator calls on an
progressive Democrats, ns well ns Republi
cans, to support Robins, whom he commends
as nn able champion of popular government
nnd a man whose character nnd capacity
should commend him to tho citizens of Illi
nois. The Senator's letter follows:
United States Senate.
October E, 1914.
Hon. Raymond Robins,
Chicago, 111,
My dear Mr. Robins:
Tho National Popular Government League
of tho United States, through Its Executive
Council, has advised the friends of popular
government to support you for the United
States Senate In Illinois ngalnBt Sullivan
and against Sherman. I heartily approve
this action.
You have greatly distinguished yourself
In your constant efforts to serve the people.
You have shown gieat sympathy with the
working poor and your active Interest in
establishing honest government. You were
the most notable advocate of tho initiative
and referendum and corrupt practices act
In Illinois. I fought by your side and I know.
I am not supporting you because of a party
badge, but because I know the doctrines you
stand for and that you will support the prin
ciples of good government and that, above
all, you are strongly opposed to com
mercialized politics and bipartisan corrup
tion, which has humiliated the great State
of Illinois in the past.
I oppose Mr. Sherman on tho Republican
ticket because ho opposed the initiative and
referendum In the Illinois Legislature In 1911,
and because his affiliations do not Justify the
hope that ho could bo relied upon, as you
can be, to fight for the public welfare and
oppose tho selfish Interests that hao Indi
rectly contributed money to his campaigns.
I am opposed to Mr. Sullivan because I
believe:
That ho typifies bipartisan commercialized
politics in Illinois ns much as Penrose in
Pennsylvania or Murphy In New York;
That ho has been an enemy of the corrupt
practices act, and of tho Initiative and ref
erendum, twico voted for, three to one, by
the people of Illinois;
That he is responsible for tho present Jokers
in the Illinois primary law, which kept thou
sands of Democrats from the primaries,
which prevent tho secrecy of the ballot and
enable machino methods to bo successful In
such a primary;
That he and his friends are responsible for
the feather-duster campaign made against
Sullivan by Stringer on a pitiful geographical
difference, and obstinately persisted in,
thereby preventing a successful combination
of progressive Domocrats against Sullivan,
That his success at the primaries (in which
ho was nevertheless defeated In every county
In tho Stato except Cook") was due to men
associated with corporation interests behind
him In Chlrago; with the gas companies, pub
lic utility companies, liquor interests and the
unwarranted use of money throughout the
State;
That white the Democrats registered over
curiosity snop
Concord, Mass . was known formerly as the
Delphi of Now England, becauso of the wise
sayings of Ralph Waldo Emerson during his
lifetime of residence there.
In other days four fingers and the thumb
were known as a "Gorman comb." The peri
wig had found muoh favor in Germany; and,
while the French had a comb to keep stray
locks In place, the Germans utilized their
fingers.
"His Superfluous Excellency" was applied
to the Vice President of the United States in
1T91 by the Democrats, in mockery of the
title desired by some of the Federalists,
"His Highness, the President of the United
States and Protector of Their Liberties."
Anne, Countess of Sunderland, second
daughter of the great Marlborough, was ao
diminutive that she was known as Little
Whig, a cognomen In which she Is said to
have gloried.
Those who have partaken of chowder, and
their name Is legion, havo little thought of
how the name originated. Jt Is Canadian
French and comes from "chaudlere," the
word for the kettle In which was cooked
bouillabaisse, a species of soup, akin to
chowder, which had its, culinary birth in
Normandy
Lud's Town Is London, so called after Lud,
a mythical king of Britain. Shakespeare re
fers to London under this name In Cyrabe
llne, when he says:
"And on the gates of Lud's town set your
heads."
Aristotle formulated the "Aristotelian uni
ties" as applied to dramatic writing. Ha
held that evory tragedy should have only one
catastropho, have only one scene and be cir
cumscribed In action to one day.
TOGETHER
Sunet glow far down the hill.
And you and I together;
Skies of rose and daffodil;
We wander through the purple heather.
Sunset glow far dowu the hill,
And you and I together.
Jessie Davles Wllldy, In the National
Magazine.
410,000 votes for Dunn n 1912, Sullivan re
ceived less than a third of tho normal Demo
cratic vote In Illinois, and less than a ma
jority of the votes cast;
That tho affiliation of Sullivan's supporters
with the Lorimer supporters, and tho support
of Sullivan by the Republican papers In Illi
nois, caused Sullivan to receive thousands of
Republican votes, Influenced by tho bipar
tisan machine;
That Sullivan's election would do great
harm to tho Democrncy of Illinois and of tho
United States, and Injure tho party In tho
future, as It has done In tho past, In Illinois;
That Mr. Sullivan has no adequato concep
tion of tho problems of state-craft, but that
his conception Is confined to tho reward of
ofllces to be enjoyed by himself or his
henchmen;
That ho fought the Democratic presi
dential nominee In 180C; that ho and hla
friend, John P. Hopkins, organized the Gold
Democrats against Bryan In 189(3, who again
fought Bryan in 1900;
I believe, with W. J. Bryan, that Roger
Sullivan was chiefly responsible for tho
"Train Robber Convention" that fought for
Parker In 1904, and I have been informed,
and believe, Sullivan's friends traded tho
national ticket off for local support In 1908;
I believe that Sullivan and Lorlmcr worked
together In accomplishing results through
their strikers and supporters In tho Illinois
Legislature;
That Sullivan's supporters were Jointly re
sponsible for the defeat of the Initiative and
referendum, for falling to pass a corrupt
practices act and for selling the Senatorshlp
to Lorimer;
I am opposed to Mr. Sullivan becauso I
do not bollevo In his recent professions
favoring tho Initiative and referendum, tho
corrupt practices act and the Wilson policies.
And I feel Justified In this opinion, becauso
since Mr, Wilson's Administration came in
Mr. Sullivan has strenuously endeavored to
promoto men who assisted Lorimer. For
Instance, Mr. Sullivan tried to havo Douglas
Patterson (charged by Jacob Groves with
attempted bribery in Lorlmer's Interest tho
night before ho was elected) made First As
sistant United States District Attorney for
the Chicago District. If Sullivan had suc
ceeded, Lorlmer's prosecution would now be
in Patterson's hands. Mr. Sullivan affronted
Senators who disapproved of Mr. Patterson.
The most prominent Democrats In the
United States have declined to make speeches
in Illinois during this campaign becauso Sul
livan Is a nominee.
I am opposed to Mr. Sullivan, not onlv be
causo I believe his nomination was obtained
by fraud by less than a majority of the
votes cast and less than a third of the nor
mal Democratic vote but because I think
Mr. Sullivan has never In an afllrmatlvo way
properly shown his appreciation of good gov
ernment. I believe he has never fought tho
evil elements In Illinois. I believe they se
cretly count him their friend. I have over
heard of his denouncing these selfish or cor
rupt Interests. I bellee he is secretly affili
ated with them, and I hope that thoso who
believe ns I do will opposo him and support
you because you have always openly fought
tho selfish and corrupt interests in Illinois.
I hope the same voters will support the Wil
son Administration nnd the Democratic nomi
nees for Congress, because the Wilson Ad
ministration has made such magnificent rec
ord in rendering service to the mass of our
people.
I believe the statement attributed to Car
ter Harrison thnt Sullivan, in 11 elections
in Cook County, had been In open opposition
to the candidates of the Democratic party
II times. Prior to 1901, when Mr. Sullivan's
"Train Robber Convention" took charge of
the Democratic party machinery, the Demo
crats received nn averago of over 45 per
cent, of tho total vote of Illinois, and In 1904
It dropped to 30 per cent. or 60 per cent,
lower than It had been, and It was only 344
per cent. In 1912.
I believe in party organization, party
solidarity but I bollevo Mr. Sullivan Is not
entitled to Invoke party regularity, because
I believe he has often violated the rule him
self, and that at heart ho has no adequato
conception of tho altruistic Ideals of the
Bryan-Wilson Democracy. I hope tho peo
ple will trust their power to you and elect
you.
Tho real Issue Is tho rule of the people
'democracy) vs. the rule of tho machine
(commercialized autocracy), i believe you
deserve to be trusted on this Issue and that
Sullivan nnd Sherman do not,
(Signed) ROBERT L. OWEN.
nUM OF HUMAN CITIES
"Safety First" needs two bases to make it
successful, so far as the pedestrian is con.
?hnn?; ls S00'1 trame regulations aul
the other Is good streets. Both fall with n
the province of the city. wunin
As far west as Salt Lake City the com.
palgn for greater safety has spread. Thero
the commission government is devislnc fur.
ther regulations of traffic, with the end In
view of leaving as little as possible to chance
The effort Is a good one, but. as the Salt
Lako Herald suggests, even tho best of laws
require human agency and human acqules.
cence for their enforcement.
'Uor..,aw. can never ba niade a successful
substitute for law enforcement." says the
Herald. "Commendation ls duo the city
commission for its efforts to Introduce safety
Into the use of Salt Lake streets by auto
mobllista and pedestrians alike it is tho
proper activity of a paternal government, and
yet every citizen knows the present traffic
ordlnanco would get excellent results were it
enforced and obeyed. Conversely, the most
efficacious list of traffic rules ever devised by
an expert can accomplish nothing unless
they are better enforced than Is tho present
ordinance."
Milwaukee has attacked with surprising
success the other problem which lies close
to the success of "Safety First," better pave
ments. Though the centuries of paving ex
perience have brought forth no standards as
to the strongest, cheapest and most generally
useful material, Milwaukee's commissioner
of public works. Mr. Simmons, has managed
to make great eirtdea toward better Pavlnir
at less cost.
"During 1914," eays the Milwaukee Journal
"Mr. Simmons is repairing and rebuilding
about BOO blocks of macadam streets, on
which the expense for resurfacing has been
out from 70 cents a square yard to 12 cents
by the employment of well-originated expert
crews. Asphalt repairs also have been cut
from 1 BO to B0 cents. Obviously tho saving
ls enormous.
"In street construction politics has been
eliminated and expert Information rules The
short-sighted idea of assessed property
ownftrt, who. Intent merely on cutting ex
penses, preferred cheap, worthless pavement,
has very generally irlven away. Expert opin-
Ion should select paving. The restoration of
tho guarantee In paving contracts Insures
pavements with lasting Qualities.
"Commissioner Simmons hftft tXwiuktlnc
mental work for Milwaukee in what Jllta tins
its streets, in accomplishing so -much in . tne
way of construction and repairs In less tnan
threo years that It Is exciting altcn10" 'D
many other cities whose engineer! i are much
farther away from solving paving questions.
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions Thnt Reflect Public Opin
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.
t 4Um rAtir a the EventtiO Ledoctl
sir In vour Issue or loanys
EVBNINO
LBOaen I see on page 1. column 3, a state
ment that Senator M. S. Clapp, ' Mlnneeota,
Is a Republican and will support Mr. Palmor
for United States Senator from Pennsylvania.
Mr. Clapp Is a Progressive party man, one or
the wheelhorses of the party. I haern"'n,va
Senator ClnPp's services to " pdreKK
party meetings a number of ume.and have
acted as committeeman In conducting Senator
Clapp from Philadelphia sta""a Xhrl as
Progressive party meetings He Is about as
likely to favor the election of Calmer for Sena
tor ns he Is to try to Jump over the moon.
Either attempt would bo cmmlly "'?.""
sylvanla will not elect a Democratic Senator,
and you know It. ri,,nn u
You nro mistaken In saying Senator Clapp Is
a Republican and that he will "PPort A.
Mitchell Palmer for Senator. Senator Clapp . I"
a rock-bound Progressive. Give us a square
deal. Support Pinchot. ,
HERBERT A. DRAKE.
Camden, N. J., October 6.
HELPED OUT BY THE "MONEY DEVIL"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger!
Sir-Tennessee ought to be mlBhty glad I that
It has a representative In tho Cabinet of Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson. When It cornea to Bor
rowing money. It is well to know where to appl
for funds. That Is whore a Secretary of tne
Treasury comes In handy. The State of Tennes
see owes $1,100,000, which Is due on October l,
and had ninilo no pieparatlons to meet It. Its
financiers expected to reborrow tho money on
short notice, but found this process had been
rendered difficult by tnoratorla and other finan
cial curiosities in Europe, which had their effect
cen In thU land of the free and home of the
brave. Tho Tennessee Banking Commission went
to New York nnd endeavored to float the loan,
but tho floating was poor. Tho members were
about to return to their homes when they be
thought themselves that Brother McAdoo called
Tennessee his homo Stato. They laid the case
boforo him. He saw tho point. With Tonnes
see needing money, something had to be done.
Now, the Secretary of tho Tieasury possesses
some Influence, strange to say, In financial mat
ters. Ho exerted It, and after the excttlon he
was able to announce that a certain banking in
xtltutlon In New York city had agreed to make
the desired loan to tho State of Tennessee on
terms entirely satisfactory to the State. Then
Colonel Snccd. Secretary o State, and his fellow-members
of the Banking Commission, went
home In a happy frame of mind, and glad that
Brother McAdoo had done the trick for them.
Hereafter, tho citliens of Tennessee should feel
more kindly toward the "money devil," which
has Us lurking places in the big cltlea of "de
Norf." J- S. II.
Philadelphia, September 2?. '
IMPROVED POLITICAL SYSTEM
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
SlrTlio dual officeholders need not worry.
They get their money with tegularity. In
other cities the usual custom was to put a
price on each piece of legislation offered. The
rewards were large, especially when there was
plenty of competition. Tho straight salary basis
Is certainly a great Improvement over the sys
tem that prevailed In, say, St, Louis.
Philadelphia, October 7. E. S. H.
THE PROBABLE WINNER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In your excellent supplement on the
world's series it is stated that tho team which
wins the toss usually loses tho championship.
Thero Is nn old adage, you know, to the effect
that a good beginning makes a bad ending.
Trenton, N. J., October 7. L. P. LUCHIN.
A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Senator Clapp was elected as a Repub
lican, but ho Is Progressive Just the same. Per
haps progressive with a small "p" would be
better, for ho Is always looking ahead Instead
of backward. INDEPENDENT.
Germantown, October 7.
NATIONAL rOINT OF VIEW
The teturn of a Democtatlc majority (to the
House), however greatly reduced, would slg
nallzo the most striking personal triumph of
any President Mnco Andrew Jackson over
whelmed tho opposition in 1S32. Now, as then,
the Issue is not a party, but a personality.
North American Review.
The opportunity of the hour. In a word. Is
not so much for Immediate sales of United
States manufactured products as ono for co
operation and mutual help, together with care
ful investigation of commercial conditions and
preparations to meet future competition suc
cessfully. Haitford Post.
In urging the cotton planters of the South
to change their sjstem of operations, tho
Macon, Ga., Telegraph reminds them that "as
far back ns the days of Moses diversity of
crops and rest for tho land was recognized as
the proper method of farming," Tho farming
system In tho South Is wrong and ought to bo
changed to the end that there shall be no more
cotton cris.es. It must be changed if there Is
to bo peimanent and uninterrupted agricultural
prosperity. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Ono might ask what Is the use of Including
women in the capital Penalty if she Is never
to suffer it? If she is so different from man
In the crlmo nnlmus, why not make her pun
ishment different? In other words, where the
responsibility is so different, why should the
punishment be tho same? Ohio Stato Journal.
If John Barleycorn keeps any annals tho
year 19M will go down In the record as the year
of tho "Big Wind" for booze. In Kentucky
most of the counties which votod on the proM.
bltlon Issue went dry. In a short time at the
present rate of progress the old home of "Old
Bourbon" will be, In name at least, as dry as
Sahara.
Surely the big wind Is sweeping over the
domain of John Barleycorn. Sacramento Union.
THE IDEALIST
Ono of tho most popular characters in the
field of fiction has attained his universal
popularity through presentation of principles
that every-day people find useful in their
own lives.
This character 13 a detective. Naturally,
to excel In such a calling as this, one must
be possessed of a mind that has been well
schooled In the practice of deep thinking.
He must anticipate the actions of others; he
must get the known facts of a situation
firmly fixed In his mind before attempting
to solve the problem presented.
This detective used a very human manner
of getting matters in his mind in systematic
and orderly shape. His method could he
profitably employed in any walk of life where
the work demands thorough knowledge of
glen situations. Tho plan is simple: The
detect Ho simply recited what he knew of hla
problem to a confidential friend.
Doubtless jou know, through experience,
tho benefits of such a process. Your fancied
troubles become less real when you describe
them to another. And nothing clears up a
vague situation so much as to tell It to an
other person.
There is a world of truth In tho old saw
"You know nothing about a thing until yoii
try to teach it."
The communion of minds is a process
whereby each mind ls developed. Listening
to other viewpoints does not necessarily re.
suit in changing our own. In discovering the
weakness in theBe other viewpoints, we on
the contrary often strengthen our own.
Poor Old Peace
From th Columbia 8tt.
We trust that the Nobel Peace Pri 1.
properly ashamed of itself. 6 "
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Cause for Complaint
"Why nre you going to leave, Mr. Border?
I contracted to make you comfortable while
you were with me"."
"You broke your contract then, for oak Inn
me for the money I owe you has made me
very uncomfortable."
Tako Your Pick
I can pronounce it when I choose,
It's easy quite, Just call It Meuse!
I know a friend who always says
I should articulate It, Meus.t
Mysolf, I think his wheels are loose,
I wouldn't mind him saying MeuseJ
Or else acknowledge ho was fussy
Becauso ho said the name was Meuse.
But oh I how many folks confuse
A simple, easy word llko Mouse
Until their vocal cords get mossy
And that's the word they utter, Meuse;
Myself, I'm anxious all to please,
And sometimes oven call it Meuse!
Tho blamed word gets ua all, I guess,
So why rot simply call it Meuse?
Handicapped
Villa will havo to hotter all his military
predecessors In Mexico to catch up with th
front pago record of tho Europeans.
Garnering Glory
"Wo must pass a resolution calling on th
clty fathers for hotter transit facilities," said
tho chairman of tho Squeedunk Improvement
Society.
"But we got 'em already," objected a mem.
ber.
"All right; then wo'll antedate the resolu
tion and claim all the credit."
The Bore
"He's ono of thoso cheerful ldlote who
always says ho finds nothing blue about Mon.
day."
"Yes, ho helped give the day Its reputa
tion." Cured
Ho used to laud the virtues of the good, old
fashioned way
Of raising children sternly, with a stick;
Ho held tho parents guilty If a child got out
to play
And ho prophesied disaster, sure and quick.
And whene'er a playful Infant yelled In pure
excess of glee
And saw that half a dozen plates were
dropped.
He'd assert that It was temper and assever
ate If ho
Were the father of the child he'd have It
stopped.
He could talk without cessation, like a
phonographic streak;
Ho could rattle off Instructions by the mile,
Telling how to handle children so to keep 'em
nice and meek
And prevent them from collecting any guile.
But unto him was born a son one well-re-mombered
day,
A child of wondrous power as to lung,
And when tho happy father, ere a month had
passed away
Would meet his friends they'd murmur to
him, "stung."
For the baby grew In power, smashing every
thing In sight
And they simply couldn't keep for him a
nurse;
He was chased from every schoolhouso as a
terrorizing blight
And a whipping only made the youngster
worse.
So he roamed the streets In freedom till his
erstwhile knowing dad
Bowed his head beneath the awful hand of
fate,
And admitted that his system was unques
tionably bad
And his son tho worst young ruffian In the
State.
Important
"Who can furnish a clear definition of a
politician?" inquired the professor.
"I can," said the son of a Congressman.
"To which parly do you refer?"
They Have Been Scarce
Isn't It about time for the crop of parodies
on "For All Wo Have and Are" to make Its
appearanco? Or Is Kipling really losing his
popularity?
Still Splitting
Abo Lincoln was a rail splitter.
In a desperate effort at emulation without
the accompanying hard work present day
politicians split hairs and Infinitives the lat
ter unwittingly.
Truly Marvelous
"Here's a remarkable tale of a man wh
has reached one hundred years'."
"Nothing new in that."
"But ho has no formula for longevity."
Which?
(With tho customary apologies.)
Which Is the better portion, rheumatls from
tho cold,
Or a cluster of aches and bruises from stok
ing tho furnace hold?
Colds in the head and wheezing from wearing
the summer clothes.
Or tho pungent whiff of camphor assailing
the helpless nose?
Cricks In the back and muscles from shovel
ing off the snow.
Or cuts and lacerations when the grip of the
heel lets go?
Chills from the fresh air bracing, blown from
the raging storm,
Or the pangs of suffocation from keeping the
household warm?
Tis a Pity Tis True
This war Is more to be censored than pitied,
according to the melodramatlsts.
Conservation Note
Olfford and Amos Pinchot have Just inher
ited Jl.142.000.
Explanatory, Also True
Wife What's this terrorism I read about
In the papers?
Husband It's when you refuse to allow me
to go to the lodge Saturday nights if I don't
buy you a now hat Friday.
Snakes! What a Fight There Was
"Me anclstors wus lxlled from Olrland ten
clnturles ago."
"Will, ye can't blame SInt Patrick for what
ho done in thlm days "
THE BABBLING FOOL
Neutrality has the moral color of slate. In
terms of chemistry, It Is neither acid nor
alkaline; of electricity, neither positive nor
negative; of theology, neither hot nor cold,
and in tho speech of the street, neither "fish,"
flesh nor fowl."
All this talk about being neutral ls un
ethical. Every moral problem Is a bar of
Judgment.
Truth is never neutral.
Things are right or wrong, good or bad,
true or falBe. Neutrality violates self-respect.
For the sake of safety, "safety first"
is tacked up along railways, on the gates of
factories and wherever there ls danger.
Applied to our fingers and toes and heads,
the motto is wise, but carried Into politics,
reform and religion It ls morally of a dull
gray color. It Is the slogan of the insincere.
When a man nails "safety first" over hU
door he is for sale.
Nina times out of ten safety and selfish,
ness are synonymous. A man is never eo
capable of lying as when he Is self-con.
scious.
Greatness ia forgetting oneself.
The air is thick with obnoxious neutrality
about tho war and other things.
"Sincerity." wrote Confucius, "Is the be
ginning and end of all things."
rtn?n?Sf.i;aVse.3mre trouble than can
honesty P V fly ,n the ntment of
A little expediency spoils many a big soul.
E.fetSv isUl8dt?Mh,nk t0 mucl of hfmVelf.
Safety ls straight against the law of sacri-
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