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Geo. W Oehs Pecret.iry, John C Martin. Tresurers
Charje II. Ludlnglon Philip S Collins. John It. Wit
I'd me Directors.
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Ctnos II K Ctir.ns, Chairman.
f H. WHALRV Executive EMUer
JOH.V C MARTIN Ornernl Nuslncs MnnfiRer
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Alcoholic or Apologetic Republicans
BOIES PEXlMsE has a foUnty""- t'pi
coerced or cajoled. Years of such astute
manipulation as I10 hits displayed, added to
the Quay legacy, could not full entirely.
The. tlnys of utterly Ml ml partisanship nre
past. Republicans nre Republicans for ascer
tainable renson otne for direct g.tln nnd
some for Indirect. And In the pnst Repub
licanism tins produced fungible results, nnd
results that might have continued indefinitely
but for crude or debased leadership.
Thero are two classes of Republicans who
are backing Penrose today. The first may bo
called Alcoholic. They mnko or sell liquor;
thoy own the property drawing high rentals
In -which liquor Is sold; thoy are members of
tho fraternity of night that nourishes tinder
the protection of the saloon; they are the
beneficiaries of tho traffic that has Intro
duced countless vicious elements Into our
social, Industrial and political life. This
Alcoholic following of Penrose ts'unblush
lngly enthusiastic for him.
But they alono cannot elect him. Unless
Penrose has the support of the respectable
body of intelligent voters he Is hopelessly
beaten. Whenever a respectable and intelli
gent voter hints that he may have to voto for
Penrose he does it with n droop of the eye
lids, a lowering of the chin or a shrug of the
shoulders. "It will pro afro Inst the grnln." he
says, "and T hate to do It. but " Then the
threadbare plea of the tariff, the local Indus
tries, the wages of the workers. Thus honor,
pelf-respect, virtue are thrown to tho winds
and the Apologetic Ponroseite goes away less
a man and less a citizen. And he has not only
put the brand of shame upon his own brow,
but the manacles of an infamous tyranny
upon the Republican party in the Ptato and
ration.
The Villain Still Pursued Her
NOW that the second act of the great world
series drama is over, a good many Phila
delphia fans are heginnlng to wonder If they
haven't happened Into a trasredv by mistake.
One act of tribulation, yes One act of sor
rows for Miss World Pennant nnd the courtly
Cornelius; one act of triumph for the Red
skin. But it's about time for som "heroism
rewarded," or at least a little romlc relief.
The nearest thint: to humor Parutday was the
"merry ha-ha" of pugnacious Mr Stalllncs.
The Braves have departed to their Back
Bay huntinp: Rrounds. Refreshed bv a short
sojourn in the Boston Public TIhrary and a
nip of Emerson, thev are readv to do battle
apraln. Meantime Philadelphia can try to re
cover its mental equilibrium A little culture
is all rlcht. Rut two days of it Is too much
of a. strain for anv cltv south of rape rod.
Employment the Preventive of Charity
MAYOR BLANKKNBl'RO makes the sen
sible suRKestion that If Councils, In
stead of employing the usual tactics of delay
and obstruction, shall expedite the enabling
ordinances to make effective the municipal
loan to be ratified at the coming election,
work will then be found for the city's unem
ployed, a procedure which will malfe un
necessary the dansorous plan of dispensing
charily from the city treasury, as advocated
by the Orsanlzatlon floor leader in Common
Council.
If the Organization majority In Councils la
sincere in its purpose to provide a loan for
tho immediate and pressing needs of tho
city it will accept tho Mayor's suggestions
In the spirit in which they are offered. In
stead of In the antagonistic spirit already
voiced by Chairman Connolly.
The voters of Philadelphia, will kep a
close watch on the Organization CotincJl
mon to see that the people's purpose in bor
rowing millions for public worka Is not
thwarted by another resort to potty, slSKry
politics.
A prompt ratification of tho loaji and ux
equally prompt passage of tho nefyniiary ap
propriations will do mora to relievo tho In
dustrial situation and tlnrt work for tho
"workers than anything that coutrt li devised
In the wuy of lll-d.dvil and improvldant
charity.
Tho Mayor sayri truly, that "thuim out of
employment at tho present Um want work
.nd not charity."
A Statu Holloing Its Crops
TyTOHTH DAKOTA la goiog into lliterstatf
XN trade via the grain elevator. Boms years
ago a. constitutional amcidniant authorized
th conntructlon of torehuii6s for Dakota
grain In other Statx.. Th State Board of
Control is beginning an Investigation of con
ditions In Duluth, fiuiwjnor and tha Twin
Citlea with tho Intention of platilng fcWaJors
there to handle grain from North Dakota.
wise move in the lnturuatu of ttu most pop-
ulous elasa, the farmers It ia endeavoring
to give the leet of care at the lowest of rates
to what Is the basic product of American in
dustry, If the Federal Qovemment goes to
oonslderable trouble to facilitate the moving
of the eropa, a. State' may surely play its part
la the necessary housing,
Elasticity of Human rVatura
DURING the Civil War, when IIls States
were in the thrxwe of tha agony that new
gTipa Burope, the playhouse of the country
were filled to overflowing. BuFfeited with
porrtiw, people touglu relief r thu vision of
brighter Jifc prts,c.ued ok the stage
The effort of tho rews of the Vtr, and tha
corme-raent flmntlal dfpresMun here, was
exactly the opposite during th firet veaka
of the European cataclysm. In Philadelphia,
as In Boston, ChlcaRO and New York, thea
tres, with but few exceptions, were poorly
attended. However, with the inauguration of
tho new season the predicted reaction has
come.
To date 33 new attractions have been pro
duced, nnd of these but ten have failed. The
significance of this Is manifest. The resilience
of tho human mind Is at once a marvelous
nnd fortunate thltiR. It Is a well recognized
psycholoRlo fact that In hours of direst dls
nster the mind often finds relief In whimsical
Jest. After nur most crucial hours, the spirit
rebounds with nn nirtuzliiB facility.
Tor Iirunihniigli ami Pennsylvania
DtSTlXCftSUEh alumni of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania have created an or
ganization for the support of Doctor l'riim
bftiiRh. The tie that binds these men is found
In two terse nnd Irrefutable sentences tn the
letter signed by the committee:
"Ills every qualification for the office Is
pre-eminent."
"He Is the candidate of nil the people."
Dr. tsaac Sharpies, president of ltacrford
CoIIprc. has pronounced for Doctor Brum-
unuith with the statrtncitt: "I must declare
nnd vote for Doctor Brumbaugh because at
n time like this wo should have a Republican
Governor."
All of these and multitudes more nre en
thusiastically supporting Doctor BrtimbailRh
as the possible savior of Republican Pennsyl
vania. And nut one of these to lift a voice
for Penrose! Their silence is damning.
Mexico Straining Our Patience
IT IS doubtful whether nny nation ever dis
played more patience than has the United
States toward Mexico. President Wilson, by
sheer strength of pcrsonnl optimism nnd
chnrlty. held the temper of Americans In
check for many months while Mexico was
being rmlshcd and riven by her warring
factions.
Probably Mexican anarchy can go on In
definitely so far as Mexico herself Is con
cerned, because tho peoplo have acquired tho
habit of lnsurpcncy. They seem to have a
natural liking for it and are happy In pro
portion as they make themselves miserable.
But the Mexican leaders should bo warned
that the patience of America Is not Inex
haustible Having given thnt country more
than a fair chance to compose herself and
to live within the bounds of decency and or
der, not even President Wilson with his san
guine personality can keep this country from
mtervcntlon If Mexico is to be In a perpetual
stato of guerrilla warfare. Wo have some
rights as neighbors nnd we have some In
ferential duties and obligations growing out
of the Monroe Doctrine.
Whv American Financiers Atc Timid
LA PRENPA, an Argentine newspaper, saya
1 that ArRentina has needed American
banks. American ships and American facili
ties for trade intercourse for tho pRst 25
years, but they have not been forthcoming
because American financiers are timid.
Of course they are. How could they bo
otherwise? Tho United States Government
has been notoriously lax In protecting Amer
ican Interests abroad; has been Inquisitorial
and threatening toward capital at home, and
it has had a financial policy that crippled tho
adventurous spirit of thosnwho might have
opened new channels of trade.
When our Government throws off Its de
tective habit toward capital and frankly
recognizes that wealth has rights no less
inalienable than poverty, then, perhaps, we
shall see a new spirit of enterprise In our
financiers. Fo long as capitalists are treated
as presumptive criminals they will naturally
restrain their activities.
"Crude, Jagged Sentences"
El'RIPlDES was a soldier. Like all his
fellow "literary men" of Athens, he served
his years; war took him to Cyprus, Egypt,
Phoenicia, Hallels, Aeglna, Megara. What a
difference between such times nnd theso days
when the man of letters "lives either by
writing or by Investments eked out by
writing!"
Yot It was the Greek who wrote from the
idealistic point of view, touching the poetic
with the poetic. As Gilbert Murray, the
Greek scholar, says, it is our modern writer,
"wrapped round In good books and safe
living," who "cries out for something harsh
and real for blood and swearwords and
crude, Jagged sentences."
What of the European war? Will tt bring
back the Attic qualities to our writers? Thore
seems little hope of It Many will never see
battle. And our world, after all, demands a
different temper.
War Is Energy Misdirected
MILITARISM has powor enough In It to
save tho world, by realizing ovary re
form and attaining every rational Ideal. Tho
power that ruins a city could eavo It. Tho
courage that Hwoepn Europe with a gleaming
lino of deadly Bteel could lift up every head
toward tho everlasting light. Militarism la
power perverted. Its moral equivalent could
cover the earth with beauty.
War is energy misapplied. Tho KOtdtbrir' &U
tribute of prowesa, courage, fanatical pa
triotlwa, and wllllngnoes to euffar and dto
era not to bo ditstrcryed. but converted.
There Is otiough rsal grit on tho battlefield
of Europe. t 1U all ttvj world us the sun
and moon lift tho tides. The transportation
of these qualities into new motives and meth
ods of corwtructlvu living Is tho ntact task of
ChrUtlan civilisation.
In HW Columbua discovered America,
There uere Braves also in those days'.
ThU day Connla expect &nxy inaa to do
bis duty,
"Ueu how attractive I am now, Father
Panii, I ant disguised in Lincoln's oloak."
"A. vote for Penrose Is a voto tor prosper
ity," and when tha dlve-ownar says It he
knows what he is talking about.
It is significant that anti-Wilson sentiment
In tha Damocratto party has gone 'way out to
Michigan to crystallise.
It's a Uttta hard to understand joai how the
European war has mada servants plentiful)
hut that's no reason for not being- thankful,
FoptunaUly for the peace demonstration at
Convention Hail tonight, tho third game i9
being played In Boston,
In spite at tho doctors, Joe Banks indorses
Kdlson's prediction that man may become a
"sleepless animal."
What Is so rare as a clay In Ootober" would
have been quite as true a poetio expression
for almost perfect weather, such as Philadel
phia enjoys today Unfortunately, Boston
max be Indulging is a nor'-eaatar,
THE HANDS OF ESAU
Promotion in the Organization Can be Procured Through Subserviency Alone.
. Names of the Directors and Business Agents Appointed to Take Cnre of the
Different Wards. The Rise of the Varcs and Their Methods. '
"T7ic voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands arc tho hands of Esau."
1
FOREWORD
"For where ever) man under cettahi tUtcs nnd pretense drateclh and pluckcth to
Jilmsrlf as much m he can, and too. few divide among themselves all the riches that
fherr it. Ihvrn in ihe rirtfrtim is left taek nnd nnrrrlu. The noor be toicltl. simple, and
h their dally labour more profitable to the commontccalth than to themselves" Blr
Thomas More.
llettcr government in Philadelphia is being slowly strangled. The cold fingers of The
Organltalton," Philadelphia's Tammany, twisting dexterously through a pliable majority In
Councils arc pressing hard on Its windpipe. Unless pried off by the people thcmsolves, stran
nutation of better government must ensue.
In the modest palaces behind the myriad two-story red brick fronts of working Philadel
phia dwell the real beneficiaries of better government. They pay the taxes. It is for them to
say how the public funds shall bo expended. Their support alone means better government.
The worst that can be said of people who toil is that they ate sometimes too tired to study a
public subject SOMKTIJfES, XOT ALWAYS.
NO. IV THE
WITHOUT Illusions what would becomo of
nny of us? They give faith to the poor,
and strength to the weak; raft all over spaco
from the drudgery of the present to some
thing caster. Now, tho placeholders havo
RUbllme faith In Jim McN'lchol nnd the Vnres;
they never think "Tho Organization" cold,
cruel and hard, as It really is. They have
been bought and paid for. Promotion can bo
secured through subserviency alone: henco
the Illusion's of nobility In this or that leader
one hears expressed loudly, yes, loudly, In tho
bar of it Chestnut street headquarters, or
around tho corner In ISth street, at an equally
well-known plaw.
Moral and physical capacities and facul
ties have no value In a candidate for a place.
Tho important qualification Is Has he some
brother, uncle, cousin or other relative who
Is a member of the Legislature, a Councilman
or n wnrd committeeman? Onco In the Job,
constantly before his eyes on tho screen of
advancement nro thrown such overnight pro
motions as the catapulting of John J. Har
rigan from a $2000 clerkship Into a $3000 Mag
istracy, when his ward chief, James A. Carey,
was ffibved up into an $8000 Mercantile Ap
pralscrship. So tho placeholder trails along,
voicing his own secret hopes for rising be
hind blatant certificates of character to the
higher-ups In "The Organization."
It Is the same with hundreds of citizens In
the wards who are unsuspectingly linked Into
locksteps with the army of placeholders by
small favors from ward leaders or commit
teemen, the directors or active business
agentB of "Tho Organization." An electric
light Is located on tho block where a single
property owner wants It. A relative up for
some Infraction of tho law Is discharged with
a Boft reprimand by a Magistrate. So goes
the process of binding dependable servitors
under obligations. Whole communities como
to believe that government Itself Is a dis
tribution of Individual favors, a grab-bag for
all. A man expects something, and ho
finally gets It a sort of free lunch with his
noonday beer.
Which of us wtll say that the large Inter
ests of our wonderful growing city should
forever be sacrificed for tho small personal
Interests of a fow individuals? Influence will
probably be bought nnd sold until tho crack
of doom. But, apart from tho morality of tho
practice, aro the peoplo getting value re
ceived? Hardly! Just put on one side of the
ledger all the benefits done Individuals by the
business agents of "Tho Organization," and
upon tho other the city's losses from the
operations of tho oontractor overlordr the
clean-up of the middlemen Is staggering, and
their huge gains come out of everybody's
pocket.
Only men who make a business of It would
take the time, let alone the patience, to build
along In this way, peddling small favors
right and left, year after year. Each favor
done is appraised at a high value, and pigeon
holed among the assets of "The Organiza
tion." Tammany Is the master-builder along
these lines, working among the alien poor
with free Ice tn summer, and free coal In
winter.
The business agents of "The Organization"
are leas prodigal but more subtle, for tho two
etory houe people of Philadelphia would
spurn charity. They do not need it. When
one reflects, one must perceive that getting
around the local voter Is about as delicate a
matter aa a surgical operation, requiring
some tact, and much experience.
There nre times, too, when the expediency
of an election requires a surer road to office
than through the legitimate voter. Then
"The Organization" quickly throws off tho
cloak of a kind grandmother, and appears
before tho Little Red Riding Hood pubtlo as
a savage, hungry wolf, with a glistening row
of white teeth. Of this, at another time.
Of tho 48 wards of tho city 27 aro owned
outright by Jim McKlchol, 12 are driven by
the Vares and nine aro of mixed ownership.
Perhaps It will be Just as well to set the
wards all down with their business agent,
central committeeman or ward leader and
whom he represents. Here goes:
1. MaglstratH Oeorga K. Hogg; salary, $3000
and fees: for the Varan.
2. President Harry O. Ransley, of Helect Coun
cil; Mercantile Appratsor; J8000 In fees; asso
ciate of the Vares.
3. Ex-ltercarrtile Appraiser Harry 3. Tralneri
wholesale and retail lwor dealer; lines up with
the Vares,
1. City Cnmmleetoner Robert J. Slooro; salary,
OTtt; ax-eomposltor and former small office
holder: called "Neutral Bob."
R Mercantile Appraiser Jams A. Careys fSWO
In fees: ex-policeman and former Magistrate;
for McKlchol.
I. ChUf Account Clerk Charles II. Love In
Resistor of Will office; salary, 11500; for Mo
Nlchol. 7. Select Councilman Chartsu Heger; ox-plas-Urar
and ex-forsman in Wire Department; Pen
rose man.
8, Edward Coolri or-ealoonkeeperj represent
ing Mercantile Appraiser Edward A. Devlin,
commonly oalled "Buck" Devlin; also a Pen
rose adherent,
9 James M. Neely saloonkeeper! for Mo
Nlchol 10 Hta,te Senator James P. McNIchoI; former
Balsrt CouncIImanl genius of tha Organisation,
oontractor overlord ds luxe and a member of
the Hxeoutlve Committee,
IL Common Councilman John P. Connolly)
chairman of the Vlnanca Committee, lawyer
and roonthpleoe of the Organisation In Common
Councils; usually foqnd with MoNichol
It, Resistor ef Wills James B, Hheohan; sal
ary, iw.WOi ox-small officeholder, grip carrier
and oourt jester to McNleholt a, merry fellow,
well liked,
11 ClarU of Quarter Heealena John V, Flah
erty, salary, IMOO and fees) also Select Council
maul for McMtchol,
li. Candidate for Congressman-st-barge John
H, K, tfcntti woll-ta-do lawyer of extensive past
praMiee In the courts of Quarter Sessions, now
lined up With the Varcs
15 Tipstan John V, Collins; salary, JfteOj for
MrNlchol
1C. Ex-Member of the Legislature John Ed
ward Puhl, representing Beleet Councilman
Ellas Abrams; for MoWlchoL
17. Ferdinand O. Zwelg; email officeholder;
representing Magistrate David 6. Scott; leans
toward tha Vares
IS James D Dome)-, a contractor with teams
after city business, leadership disputed by Drier,
Hetzell and others.
19. David Martm; ex-State Senator, Insur
ance Commissioner and Register of Wills;
"Our Dave,' ex-overlqrd oe luxe; power behind
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DIRECTORS
firm of Filbert & Porter, called tho "Hog Com
bine", bowled out of executive control of the
Organisation by the late JfT.iol W. Durham;
-ninrk put on his forehead by the late Senator
Utiny from the floor of the United Stntcs Senate.
M. David H. Lane; venerable nnd educated
politician fjf tho old school; member of tho
Board of Education; closo associate of early
gas and street car magnates.
2t. Joseph Slimmer; small officeholder; for
MrNliiol.
22 Jncob H. Seeds; business-man typo of
leader; large manufacturer, with retail storee;
solid personage; for McMlchol.
2.1. rtcal Estate Assessor David Hart; salary,
$3000 : form'r Magistrate; for MrNlchol.
21. Real Estate Assessor B. D. McCaughn;
snlnry, $.'1000; former small officeholder; associ
ated with ex-SherlfT Joseph Gllflllnn; for Mc
N'lrhol.
26. Magistrate William V. Campbell: salary,
fJ'noo and fees; ex-small officeholder; for Mc
Xlchnl. 2fi. Congressman Wllllnni S. Vare. former fio
lect Councilman nnd Recorder of Deeds; sup
ported Boles Penrose for Mnyor ngulnst Dave
Martin's candidate years ago; contractor over
lord de luxe nnd a member of the ExecuUvo
Committee.
27. Select Councilman Edward W. Patton; now
candidate for Btate Senate; very Bhrowd: oper
ates a large bonding business; in Councils for
a quarter of a century.
28. M. Reldmeyer; a ticket punch for er-Post-master
Thomas B. Smith, who, like Patton, la
In the bonding huslnoss.
29. Mnglstrnto Thomas G. Morris; salary, $3000
and fees; formerly a foreman In the Fire De
partment; for McKlchol.
30. John J. Cnrr; figurehead for City Treas
urer William McCoach, who wns Collector of
Intoninl Revenue, also Select Councilman and
a plumbing contractor.
3t. Magistrate John Mecleary: salary, $3000
with fees; former small officeholder; for Dave
Martin.
32 Walter N Stevenson: contractor, who sup
ports MrNlchol.
33. John J. McKinley; contractor; shifts from
McKlchol to tho Vares.
31 Kx-Select Councilman Frank Caven; con
tractor, who supports McKlchol.
35. Clarence Crossani, wealthy contractor; al
ways for McKlchol.
3fi. r. J. Ryan, saloonkeeper: backed by both
McKlchol and the Vares to heat cx-Recciver of
Taxes Hugh Black, who refused to obey the
Executive Committee.
37. Real Eetato Assessor Oscar E. Koll; sal
ary, $3fl00: former small officeholder; for Mo
Kichol. 3S. Ex-Selct Councilman James E. Walsh:
representing Sheriff A. Lincoln Acker; McKlch
ollte. 39. State Senator Edwin- H. Vare, brother of
"Our Bill"; contractor overlord de luxe and a
member of the ExecuUve Committee.
40 Common Councilman' George Connell,
brother of Real Estate Assessor Charles E. Con
nell; real leader Is Harry D. Beaston, perennial
officeholder.
41. Common Councilman Peter E. Costello; a
candidate for Congress; poor man 10 years ago-,
now wealthy contractor; for McKlchol.
42 Andrew Frosch; butcher; McKlchol man
who defeated William G. Carroll, a Vare mnn.
43 Real Estate Assessor John Lukens; salary.
$anoo: former small officeholder; for MeNlchol.
44. Select Councilman Dr. William D. Bacon;
Real Estato Assessor; salary, $3XW; unseated
by lower court, but will serve out term beforo
final decision by higher court; for McKlchol.
45. Coroner William R. Knight; salary, $5000;
helped break up the Union party and was re
warded; for McKlchol.
41. Harry A. Mackey; lawyer; lines up with
the Vares.
4". Peter E. Smith, contractor, who now sup
ports the Vares,
4S Member of the Legislature William H.
Wllncn: lawyer; forthe Vares.
Each ward also has a local executlvo com
mittee, on which can bo found innumerable
placeholders. Wo would like to share their
names with you, but they are so many. In
stead, let all curious citizens on hearing
eomo well-upholatered personage exploding
a Btrcet-oorner laudation of "The Organiza
tion," mildly Interrupt him with the remark:
"Kindly tell us what Job you hold 7" That
is enough. There is a chance he may only
be a favor-getter, but Just as like as not
he is a placeholder. Try! Thero aro so
many.
Now Imagine that the wators of tho Dela
ware and flchuylkHl are owept with 48 Viking
Hhips, ono for a word. The warriors have
round, painted shields, each emblazoned,
"The Organization." Tho shields hang along
tha gunwalets of tho vessels. Ah tho rowers
beat time with the oars, the warriors stand
nreot In the ships, eager to land. From tho
front of each vessel, projecting high In the
air, Is a marvelous carved, golden prow.
Look I Tho prow is a head, tho curved head
of nutted States Konator Boles Penrose.
Tha Invented picture Is meant to convey tho
exact status of Mr, Penrose In "Tho Or
ganization" ho Is Just that, tho golden
prow, tho ornamental gurgoylo of each craft.
In Bhort, Mr, Penrose is the high hat and
frock coat dignity of "Tho Organization";
first ho meets with Jtm McKlchol and the
Vares, and next ho confers with tho Judges,
then out of a maglo box pops un appoint
ment. All business organizations operating
government have a Penrose; a sortof chorry
In tho cocktail, Preciselyi
Tha vares were originally hucksters. It lsi
a good, clean business, huckstorlnifl hand
ling tho fresh products of tho earth. X
Vara brother ono never hears of Is still a
farmer oyer in New Jersey, Altogether thore
were four Vara brothers, but George, the
first to enter business polities, died gome
years ago. Observing tha Vara boys going
through the streets on a door-step acquaint,
once with tho people, a fumous FJrst Ward
leader of "The Organization" named Atnoa
Martin Block saw possibilities for practical
use of the young men, Tin mode division
leaders out of them, A division is tha indi
visible polltloal element of a municipality,
tha smallest unit,
There was another factor In tho initial suc
cess if tha Vares, They were prize "shoot
ers." As active, energetio members of the
Thomas Clements New Year Association,
they carried the big cupe-tlnueled glory of
Bouth Philadelphia even tn Frankford and
Kensington,
How tha Vares parlayed these small be
ginnings into top-rung locations on the po
litical ladder William S., a Congressman,
and Edwin H., a Btate Senator, and both
contractor overlords Is rather Inspiring, for
they aspire still higher.
But there Is caution In their advance. They
lean most heavily upon the udvlce of an
exceedingly aw. lawyer, He tella them
what to do. On the other hand tholr rival In
tho executive control of "The Organization,"
Senator MeNlchol, lets nobody Instruct him
what to do. He tells others, lawyers Included,
what he wants done This difference of
tempernment In the rulers of Philadelphia Is
highly Interesting because of Its ultlmato
offect upon tho whole city. Any circumstance
that reacts upon Philadelphia Is Vital, a
public matter, nnd well worth printing. Is
It not so?
VIEWS Oj7 READERS ' .
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect" Public Opim
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.
To ibe Editor of the Evening ttigtr!
Sir If It Is true, aa Is alleged on good au
thority, that a certain mnn Is "behind tho gun"
In shooting Into tho Christian churches of the
State derogntory statements to the candidacy
of Dr. Martin Brumbaugh for Governor of
Pennsylvania, which worse than folly Is being
swallowed and furthered by some of the
churches without even so much as giving It the
slightest Investigation, then It does seen that It
Is high time that thore should be an awakening
throughout the entire State as'to the true situa
tion. Doctor Urumbnugh Is too good a man, with
too clean a record from the time he began as a
boy to work on the farm, later In the saw mill
nnd his father's store, right down to the present
minute, to be maligned In that way, especially
so when It l.s being done through Christian
churches which ought to stand with him now,
shoulder to shoulder, as ho has stood with them
from his boyhood, Now Is tho time when they
can show that thoy have backbone and nre not
eislly led to do a grave Injustice to one of tho
best and noblest men In the State, either on
nccount of their Ignorance, thoughtlessness or
1 folly.
Furthermore. It will not do to simply sit Idly
by nnd let this attempted Injuetlco bo perpe
trated, because thnt would be to provo unwor
thy of tho HHino of Christian or a good nnd
worthy citizen. It Is tho solemn duty of tho
ministers nnd laymen alike to get busy and
stand up for a man who has shown himself
fully worthy of It, and who Is being shamefully
abused and misrepresented for Bctfiah ends by
those who aro trying to use tho Christian
church and ministers as catspaws.
No greater stain could come on the churches
of Pennsylvania than for Doctor Brumbaugh to
suffer a eertous loss In votes by reason of this
misrepresentation, whlch Is an Innuendo, be
cause no one has dared to openly accuse him
of anything unworthy of the highest Christian
citizenship. t
When ono reviews tho clean record of Doctor
Brumbaugh ho cannot help but see that every
citizen In Pennsylvania who honors worth and
mnnhood should promptly rise up and Join in
doing Justice to him at this time, when so grave
an Injustice Is threatened by men who evi
dently stand ready to assassinate character In
order to accomplish their selfish ends, and who
trust to Christians and their leaders In the pul
pit to aid them In their nefarious and damna
ble aims. In no better way can the churches of
the Stato show that thoy are In sympathy with
the mn!f3 and worthy of their support and
co-operation than by seeing to It that plain Jus
tice ts done to Doctor Brumbaugh, even though
It may be necessary to preach It from the pul
pit. EDWARD NEWTON HAAGv
Philadelphia, October 10.
BRUMBAUGH'S STAND ON LOCAL OPTION
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger;
Sir In your edition of this evening you give
prominence to an nrtlclo headed "A. F. Huston.
Foe of Liquor," on Brumbaugh, Committee. His
Action Taken ts Proof of Local Option Men's
Confidence In Doctor," nnd in said article you
state "Mr. Huston has directed the anti-saloon
campaign In Chester County the last two
years," etc., and "thnt Mr. Huston stands In the
very front of the forces In this State which aro
fighting for local option."
Now, this article Is unfair and very mislead
ing, and doubtless Is Intended to catch antl
llquor votes for Doctor Brumbaugh. Tho fact
Is, tho mnn who has been at the head of tho
temperance fight In Chester County Is Charles
L. Huston and not A. F. Huston. It was Mr.
A. F. HUBton who came out In a strong signed
letter, published In the Coatesvlllc Times, beforo
the primary election Indorsing the nomination
of Boles Penrose for United States Sonator, and
any man who supports Mr Penrose would bo
expected to support Doctor Brumbaugh also, as'
their pictures may be seen hanging side by side
In very many saloon windows all over the State.
I think this statement should be made clear
and honestly, without the opportunity or intent
of deceiving voters who want to cast their bal
lots where they will count solid against the
saloon, nnd to say that the addition of a strong
public advocate of Penrose to the committee
"Is a clarion call to the local option forces" to
support for Governor a man who says as little
as possible about local option, and what ho does
say la spoken as gently aa though there was
eomo understanding with him whose cause he
waa chosen to help, and who wo know la against
local option. Ia deceptive and will not be ac
cepted by thinking men who have placed prin
ciple above party.
The EvE-'fiN-o Ledodh certainly cannot af
ford to let such a misleading statement stand
uncorrected before the public, and for that rea
son, and that votera may havo the truth. I ask
apace for this. HARVEV M. COOK.
Avondale, Pa., October 9.
The Evtojino Ledohr regrets that Us corre
spondent confused A. F with Charles L. Hus
ton. Doctor Brumbaugh's position on local
option has been emphatically stated by him
self. Editor of tho Evenino Lbdoeo.
CURIOSITY SHOP
The "Kent street ejectment," common in
England In days gone by, consisted in taking
off the front door. It was originated by land
lordB In the Kent street, Southwark, London,
district, where many tenants were In arrears
for rent.
Winter street, Boston, was formerly known
as Ladles street, because women's shops were
situated on that thoroughfare.
"Macaroni verae" waa poetry In which for
eign words were ludicrously sprinkled and
Jumbled, Teofilo Folengo, a Mantuan monk
of noble family, published in 1620 a book,
entitled "Liber Macaronltorum," a poetical
rhapsody, made up of words of dtfferont lan
guages and treating of "pleasant matters" In
a comical style.
Ancient Home possessed a namo of much
greater antiquity than "Rome." It had a
mysterious meaning, which it waa death to
pronounoe. It it believed to have been Valen
tia, subsequently turned into tho Greek
"Roma." ,
THE BABBLING FOOL
Among tha falsehoods In tho proverbial
ptUoeopny of tho day is this; "Labor con
quers everything," To add dignity to this
venerrfblo lie it Is often given a Latin dress.
Labor does not oonquer everything, A hog
will never learn to climb a tree, and a turtle
will never be able to fly, and somo men will
not be elected to the United States Senate,
no matter how hard they labor.
Hard work Is not a substitute for bralnB,
and bralnB con never take the placo of hard
work. Tho fellow who said genius la hard
work was not thinking of empty heads.
Labor finds what there is, but thero are no
gems In turnips, .
Education Is drawing out what is thre. It
la not a miracle. t Grapovlnes do not bear
plums. Buoh is the law of naturo. A man
cannot change his nature any mora than a
leopard can change his spots. The logic of
the silk purso and tho cow's ear will oxpialu
tha failure of ministers, lawyers, doctors and
business men.
I do not mean to disparage hard work
Every man could bo better und greuter than
he Is. No man does his best, but tho best ha
can do does not change his talent. It only
develops what he has. The stone does not
make the metal in tho blade; It grinds It to
an edge. A school is a grindstone. Work is
wasted when misdirected, Hard work does
not make a Paderewski, tt only saves him
from being somebody Inferior to Paderewski
GenluB must be saved and conserved by work
as meat is saved by salt. The parable of the
talents Illustrates the variety of minds in the
world. No, labor does not conquer every
thing, and It still jg true that a man cannot
JUt hjnelf Hy hlg bootgtrang.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Same Thing
"There was only one little fault," said tha
would-bo Inventor of perpetual motion,
"Machine stopped, eh?"
"No, I couldn't start It."
Song of the French Poodle
Little Zeppelin, t;,i so high,
Like a sausage In tho sky,
I would eat you If I durst.-
You look so much like Wienerwurst.
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Revised Athnoniti6n jf
A man who signs himself "Cotton Planter!
hns written a letter to a St. Louis paper
saying that he nnd his follows are gettltle
no benefit from tho "Buy-a-Bnle-of-CottqhS
movement at $10, because they are now sell
lne Vre r Prod,lct at nnywhere between $8 nnd
$9. He says the middlon.an gots tho differ
ence. Oh, well, wo'll change tho slogan to
Buy a bale of cotton nnd help the poor
middleman." Anything to oblige.
Miss Barkis Was Wlllin'
"A girl In Iowa has Just accented a pro
posal of marrlogo couched In the form of a
poem," remarked tho Star B.oarder, looking
up from his paper.
"Shows she wasn't a verse to matrimony,"
chortled tho Cross-Eyed Boarder.
Recent Events of the War
Tho Kaiser, with pneumonia, Is in Poland
and In France,
Tho princes, slain a dozen times, are on tho
Damo line;
Von Kluk surrendered calmly and is making
England prance,
And La Patrio Isn't making any wine.
Tho Germans captured Antwerp as tho Bel
glans flung thorn bnck,
Tho Russians beat the Teutons as tho laU
ter won the fight;
Tile Austrlans are out of It nnd on tho for
wurd track,
And nil of them aver they're In tho right.
Old Itnly Is neutrnl but her anger groweth
hot,
And Turkey wnnt to wnllop every nation
on the earth;
Tho soldiers get enough to eat except when
they do not,
Eaoh nntlon wonders what tho other's
worth.
It Is Appreciated
Britannia Is receiving a llttlo French, Rus
sian and Japanoso assistance in the wave
nillng lino.
Elncidating a Mystery
Judging from the unanimous Franco-German
sllonce on this point, we aro perchance
correct In surmising that the treasure con
tained in the historic Julius Thurm In Berlin
has been utilized to buy tho Invisible French
navy.
Deserves Action
Our neutrnl contemporary, the New Tork
Staats-Zeltung, remarks: "England expects
every liar to do his duty." This is another
item for reference to Dr. W. Wilson's Neu
trality Dopnrtmont;
Sailing Term
Tho lubber failed to see tho boom
As It was swinging past.
And as1 ho did not give It room
Ho sailed beforo tho mast.
Too Long Hours
Tho eight-hour system would bo welcomed
by those millions of troops who havo been
doing a 24-hour stunt on tho firing lino for
a month.
Manners
"What's manners. Paw?"
"Manners', son, consists of looking at a
girl ns If she was pretty and not as If her
back hair was coming down."
The Little Brother
At a funeral, a dlnnor-dance, or wedding
You'll find thnt I am equnlly an fait;
A well-bred air of ton nbout me shedding.
My manners nre distinctly rcchorcho:
The product ofvthe very smartest tailor
And freshened every morning by my tub
I'm a Jolly sort of Joker
While my skill at bridge and poker
Makes it possible to dawdle at my club.
As "amongst those present" mentioned In
the papers
I'm really quite looked up to by tho mob,
For where our best society cuts capers
I nm (In vulgnr parlance) "on the Job."
I'm simply lndlspensablo nt dinner.
For when I'm thero things go without a
hitch:
In short, my only mission.
Is to fill tho proud position.
Of a useful Llttlo Brother of the rich!
Restricted Use
Tho only arm of military service to which
tho term "flying squadron" s now strictly
nppllcnblo Is tho aviation corps.
Good Marksmanship
Somebody should tell Rudyard Kipling that
the bear which walks llko a man now shoots
Ilka a Boldler.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Tho chief credit of the Administration is tha
It did not succumb to the ancient dogma ottr?
party. Ohio Stato Journal.
President Wilson's advocacy of the purchase
of Montlee'lo by the Government "aa a Virginia
home for the Presidents' should be carried
out Elmlra (N. T.) Star-Gazette.
The Clayton anti-trust bill, Juat enacted, has
developed two sorta of criticism. Eastern busi
ness men view It with unmixed disfavor as an
Infraction of Individual rights. Western radi
cals, like Senators Reed, of Missouri; Clapp, of
Minnesota, and Brlstow, of Kansas, denounce it
as a "surrender" to Wall street Boston Herald.
The Colorado mine war stands exactly at
the point where it did weeks ago, when Presi
dent Wilson, on viewing the breakdown of
State authority, sent Federal troops Into the.
strlko zone It ia Colorado's shame that such a
condition should continue, and that peace
should depend on the National Government
Surely there are enough Rood citizens to assert
the Btato's sovereignty Indianapolis News.
It begins to look aa If tha Marconi Wireless
Company will be a long time getting that In
junction to restrain the Government from keep
Ing the wireless station at Siasconset closed.
Springfield (Mass.) Union.
THE IDEALIST
Where does music como In your scheme of
things? Do you regard it merely as some
thing nice for the children to take up and
learn?
Or do you use It bb a sort of a balancer In
your own day's work?
A man often bewails his Inability to get
away from tha worries of hts business for a
short while for the purposes of mind rejuve
nation. Often he thinks there la "only one
way to do this, and that Is to go out and
grind at his hobby. This sort of man fur
nishes a very excellent example of an unbal
anced life. Muslo either participation In or
appreciation of It is ono of those things that
helps to strike the balance.
A too widely advertised fallacy Is the Idea
that muBlo, or a lovo for It, must bo bom In
ono. This, unhappily, keeps many men from
Indulging in what would often prove to be a
real remedy for mind-ills.
Mustu stirs tho Imagination. And when
tho Imagination is stirred it simply means
that the mind has roamed away from the
beaten path It must necessarily follow during
the day. It soothes. Inspires, stimulates.
The well-balanced man finds music to be
most efficient tonic
Prayer for Murphy
Krom the SprlnglWld Union.
"I'm going to stay here as long as I live,"
bald Charleg V Murphy hn questioned re
garding a rumor of his retirement from the
chieftancy of Tammany Hall. Spoken like a real
king. His next step should be to set apart a
day for prayers for hla continued health and
long. lfe by the Democrats or New York State.
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