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PHILADELPHIA. SATDI1DAY, MAIIC11 20. 1013.
The statistician says that the percentage of
folly uttered by the silent man Is likely
to be as large as the percentage
of sense uttered by his
voluble neighbor.
Beginning of Transit Work
THE ceremonies today attending the be
ginning of work In tho relocation of
sewers preparatory to tho construction of
tho subway loop are Important. Not oven
o rich a city as Philadelphia Is able to
throw away half a million dollar.
Tho statement that tho relocation of sow
era would bo necessary In any case scarcely
fits In with tho act of Councils In having
tho work dono by tho Department of Tran
sit. Moreover, ,tho loan was authorized by
tho people under tho promlso that It was a
preparatory step In the achievement of tho
Taylor plans as a whole.
Tho city, therefore, Is dedicated to tho
loop plan, as It ought to be, and tho loop
will be built.
In view of tho action of tho electorate
when It voted the loan and of Councils when
It appropriated the funds for relocation of
Bowers, tho Administration is quite right In
considering tho work today as tho real be
ginning of rapid transit In Philadelphia, and
It should bo celebrated accordingly.
Speak Out Like a Man, Mr. Trainer
COUNCILMAN TRAINER quits too quick.
That thero Is an "Influence Inside and
outside of Councils which juggled legisla
tion" has long been suspected by citizens
who take an interest In what Is going on,
and have watched living, throbbing pro
posals enter Council chambers only to Issue
forth paralyzed beyond hope of recovery
Mr. Trainer appears to know behind what
dark curtain tho knife waits and whose
hands grasp it. He Is explicit in his charge.
Moreover, ho asserts that unauthorized
changes in ordinances have been a prac
tice. Hear him:
If this were tho first instance when such
contemptible work had been done, I would
feel that I was a little harsh In my state
ments, but now I have grown wearied of tho
practice. I have In the past frequently
threatened publicity, and If this occurs
again I will give nil tho facts at my dis
posal and I will not spare the names of the
men concerned in the work.
Why wait for more malpractice? Take
the muzzle off and give tho threatened pub
licity now. Thero is no room for a clam in
this situation. Tho public wants to know
who tho men are that triflo with the laws.
Surely Mr. Trainer's spine has not worked
its way into his mouth and choked him.
Unfortunate Demand for Money
THE importunities of tho committee In
charge of the fund for "Billy" Sunday aro
most unfortunate. Tho evangelist came
here, as is commonly understood, content to
receive what those who were benefited by
him were willing to give. They havo given
between $40,000 and 150,000 to him and his
wife for their services for 11 weeks. Now
thero seems to be a deslro that Philadelphia
hould give to Mr, Sunday more than ho
received in Pittsburgh, and strenuous efforts
aro making to drum up contributions.
Tho committee has been badly advised or
It would not have subjected tho man to the
charge of mercenariness to which their ac
tivity, unchecked by him, has exposed him.
No one will begrudge him a single dollar
given out of gratitude, or to reward him
for what ho has done for others, but when
there Is an effort to "beat the record" In
the amount raised, all spontaneity disap
pears, and Mr. Sunday will leave the town
under a cloud of half-spoken disapproval
that every friend of tho churches will re
gret. Barbarism of Reprisals
THE announcement from the War Office
In Berlin that for every Prussian village
burned by tho Russians three Polish vil
lages will be burned by the Germans, is not
tho first manifestation of the spirit of re
prisal. The Germans began the war by
making reprisal upon the Belgian villages
where "they were attacked, and they havo
pursued a policy of devastation wherever
they have been resisted.
The Allies are not clear of a similar
charge. The Cossacks have not been waging
civilized warfare, but havo been ravaging
and, pillaging on the Eastern field of war,
and the British threat to hang the officers
and crews of captured submarines as pirates
la nothing but the spirit of reprisal becom
ing yocal.
War la bad enough at its best without
being made bestial by the spirit of revenge.
,;oiiIeas the policy of reprisal ceases the
horrors of the war during the coming sum
mer will stagger humanity and put the
present century in the same class with those
periods of the Dark Ages when all instincts
Of humanity were lost.
There la Political Sense In It
IQCAL option Is not only defensible on
J the ground of morals; It is politically
prudent In this State at this time for the
Jtepubllcan party to support it. Whether in
tentionally or not. Governor Brumbaugh
has shown himself a better Judge of the
sentiment of the voters of his party than
Senator Penrose or than any of the other
Organization leaders. Representative Mil
ls's letters to Senator Penrose and to Mr.
HeKiobol calling their attention to the
GWtn of the prohibition vote in his Con
rrsMiaoal dlstrjaY contain facts that no
ehriawrt political leader can afford to ignore.
The popJ of tha Commonwealth are eager
Ca ehaji$ tha present system of regulating
tta emit Htar Tbwe U br d.qubt what
EVENING LEDGEB PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MABOH 20, 1015
ever of thla It is apparent to even the
most casual observer. Every consideration
of political expediency demands that, the
Republican organization fall In lino with
the sentiment, Local option offers tho best
solution of the problem. Tho Democratic
leaders aro for It. Tho Governor demands
it nnd tho peoplo want it. All that is neces
sary to put tho bill through tho General
Assembly is for some one "to pass tho word
around." Nobody Is In a mood to quibble
over tho motives which may lead tho poli
ticians to support tho measure, so long ns
they vote for It.
A Promise That Is Just Hot Air
THE promlso held out during tho consid
eration of tho Federal Trado Commission
bill that the proposed commission was in
tended to let business men know what they
could do nnd what thoy could not do and to
help them to keep within tho law, Is not to
bo fulfilled. It Is explained that tho com
mission "feels that it will be unable to lay
down rules for tho conduct of business In
advance." The commissioners are witling
to confer with business men at any time, but
they do not Intend to relieve their uncer
tainty ns to tho meaning of tho nntl-trust
laws.
So thla much-prolscd body becomes about
as useful to the would-be law-abiding citi
zen ns so much hot nlr. Wo aro no better
off than wo were before It wns created. With
the most honest purposes Imnglnablo a cor
poration may plan nn extension of Us busi
ness on tho advice of tho best lawyers that
It can employ, only to find that tho Federal
Trado Commissioners will Invade Its offices
nnd recommend to tho Attorney General
that It be prosecuted for violation of tho
ctlmlnnl statutes. And the Attorney General
may then make his own Investigation, nnd
no ono enn tell whether he will agree with
tho commission or not. Not only Is busi
ness no better off than it was before, but It
Is confronted by a now clement of uncer
tainty. It is dlmoult In tho light of the latest dec
laration of the purposo of tho commissioners
to understand what they mean when thoy
announce that they plan to pursuo a policy
of constructive helpfulness. Big business
docs not want to violate tho law. It Is anx
ious to find out what the law is so that It
can obey It. How can tho commission be
helpful unless It helps business to find out
what tho law means? Is It planning to do on
n largo scale what Secretary Redfleld has
been doing on a. small scale, namely, tell ex
perienced manufacturers and financiers that
they do not understand tho elementary prin
ciples of trade and glvo them kindergarten
lessons In finance and manufacture? Tho
most charitable explanation of tho whole
disheartening mess Is that tho Administra
tion does not know "whero it Is nt," to use
the classic phrase, and Is Just floundering
about in an attempt to keep its head nbovo
water.
Primitive Romance in Philadelphia
COURTING by capturo is not confined to
the Australian savages. It Is practiced
right hero in this city, as a young Italian
girl can testify. Sho was seized by three
men. Including her lover, and carried to
Chester after sho had refused to marry him.
But sho is so pleased by his determination
to mnke her his bride that sho has relented,
and If ho will only como for her sho will re
consider her first refusal. He is her hero,
the man who had the nerve to defy conven
tions and take her by force. Sho escaped
from her captors, of course, without suffer
ing great harm. That is part of tho wooing.
Ho must prove his determination by claim
ing her again.
If it were possible to search the hearts of
oven the most conventional women, it Is
certain that ono would find lurking in somo
dark corner a desire to be courted in this
masterful manner. The heroine of "Tho
Glory of Clementina" Is made to speak tho
desire of her sex when sho says that every
woman wants to be wanted. And sho wants
to be wanted so eagerly and so passionately
that no barrier can prevent tho lover from
making his way to her and carrying her off
by actual or metaphorical force. She wants
some one to lay siege to her heart, and then
in desperation take It by storm. This is the
primitive instinct, which no veneer of civi
lization can prevent from breaking through,
and no amount of Industrial or political free
dom for women can destroy. Sooner or
later, oven the most emancipated woman
will discover, as Locke's heroine discov
ered, that tho glory of a woman is that sho
is a woman.
Fifty-five Years of Bryan
MR. BRYAN, who was 55 years old yes
terday, can look over his llfo with prldo
and satisfaction. His fellow citizens can
contemplate his career with wonder. In 1896
he was a twenty-four-dollar-a-wcek-re-porter,
covering tho St. Louis convention for
his paper. By the magic of his eloquence
and by his ability to make the yearnings
of his party vocal ho won the nomination
for the Presidency against all his opponents.
There Is not on record In American history
any more remarkablo achievement than this,
unless It be the success of tho samo man in
retaining for 18 years the hold on his party
which he won by his crown of thorns and
cross of gold speech. Ho could not be Presi
dent, but he has become Secretory of State
In the Cabinet of a President whom ho
assisted In making. Mr. Bryan may not be
a good Secretary of State, but no ono will
deny that ho knows how to play the game
of politics, whether ho is a statesman or not.
Italy Is likely to find that ono "war meas
ure" is a peck of trouble.
No wonder the price of Turkey goes up,
with all the great Powers bidding for it.
It will be observed that from market quo
tations strictly fresh gold is worth Its weight
In wheat.
We are shipping immense quantities of
pork to Europe, thus proving again that the
"pen" is mightier than the sword.
It takes almost as much courage to wear a
straw hat In Chestnut street in March as to
face a machine gun in the trenches.
The State College students did ail In their
power to prove to the Senate Committee on
Appropriations that they needed the money,
The State Department wishes the British
to understand tlat a blockade that la not a
blockade will not be treated as the thing
which t Is not.
Is the announcement that Meiba never
dreamed about going into vaudeville prelim
Inary to the report that she has signed a
contract for a tour of the continuous per
formance houses? The ways of the press
agent are so devious that it U always safe to
b Xttspioious.
THE DEFENDER OF
NEUTRAL RIGHTS
The Great Service of the United
States to Civilization Our Pres
ent Diplomacy in Line With
the Best American Traditions.
By L. S. ROWE, Ph. D., LL. D.
Professor of International Law, University of Penn
sylvania; President American Academy of
Political and Social Science.
TIIH series of official notes sent by the
Government of tho United States to the
belligerent Powers during tho last two
wcekB furnishes tho most striking instance
of tho great servlco which our country Is
called upon to perform In this crisis In tho
world's nffalrs. Tho strongly worded protest
ngnlnst tho war zone decree and ngalnst tho
British order in council, tho Identical notes
sent to tho belligerent Powers, suggesting a
modus Vivendi, and the further Inquiries di
rected to tho British Government as to tho
precise meaning of the terms of tho order
In council havo clarified tho situation to a
degrco which would have seemed Impossible
two weeks ngo. In short, It I3 and will bo to
the credit of tho United States that through
the clear nnd unequivocal expression of neu
tral opinion order has been brought out of
anarchy; tho ruthless destruction of thoso
principles of law which havo been tho re
sults of n century of struggle has been
avoided, and wo hnve mado It clear that
while this Government does not ask for any
special favors from any of the belligerents.
It does stand ns a defender of that spirit of
tho legality upon which our Western civil
ization rests.
Tho Results of Our Policy
It should not causo us tho slightest con
cern that the position taken by tho United
States Government should mnkc us unpopu
lar with nil tho contending parties. This Is
tho penalty which always attaches to by
standers who rofuso to throw tholr Influenco
with ono or tho other party in a llfc-nnd-death
struggle. Thero Is a tendency, how
ever, not only in Germany, but particularly
in Great Britain, to Interpret tho attitude
of tho United Stntcs as dictated by purely
sordid motives tho attempt to preservo tho
interests of American commerco by main
taining, ns far as possible, our trade rela
tions with nil tho countries that nre parties
to tho present conflict.
This represents a purely superficial view
of the situation. As a matter of fact, In
preserving tho rights of neutrals wo nre at
tho samo tlmo performing a great service to
humanity. Had wo supinely acquiesced In
tho German war zona decree and In the
dangerous nnd uncertain policy formulated
in tho British order In council, wo would,
on tho ono hand, hnve nsqulcsccd in per
mitting the open sea to bo made tho sceno
of the wanton destruction of human life,
and, on the other, would havo condemned a
great non-combatant population of Innocent
women and children to untold hardship, if not
actual starvation. The net result of our
policy has been twofold. First, although
Germany has not changed the wording of
her war zone decree, she has fundamen
tally modified its actual enforcement, so
that the dangers which threatened neutral
commerce have been greatly diminished.
Secondly, In response to the demand of a
poworful neutral, Great Britain has been
compelled to como Into the open and clearly
state that it is her Intention, In conjunction
with her AllleB, to establish a blockade.
The "Radius of Action"
It is true that if tho Allies aro able to
make bucIi a blockado effective wo havo no
choice but to acquiesce not only in tho in
Jury to our commerce but to the hardship
which such a blockade will Inflict on tho
non-combatnnt German population. But It
still remnlns our duty to see to It that the
blockade Is made effectlvo nnd Is not merely
a paper Instrument. The Government of tho
United States has acquiesced In tho neces
sity of some modification of the rules with
reference to blockade, owing to the impor
tant rart played by submarines in the pres
ent war, but our deflnito demand that a
"radius of action" bo defined has had the
Immediate effect of confining the operation
of this blockade to European waters, and
thus free our American waters from its
effects. To tho uninitiated this may not
seem a great gain, but there Is no doubt that
tho historian of this war will record It as
one of tho real triumphs of American diplo
macy. On ono Important point there Is consider
able doubt as to tho position assumed by
the Allies. If, as stated In tho communica
tion of Great Britain, tho status established
Is that of "blockade," the principles of In
ternational law will not permit tho Allies
to prevent access to tho neutral ports of Eu
rope, such as thoso of Holland, Denmark,
Sweden or Norway. The alertness snown
by our Government In the matter of defend
ing neutral rights, and the high plane upon
which tho discussion Iibb been held, makes
it quite certain that this Important phase
of the situation will receive tho Immediate
attention of the State Department.
Preventing Barbaric Practices
In short, the position tnken by the Gov
ernment of tho United States with reference
to neutral rights has brought our diplomacy
Into lino with tho best traditions of Ameri
can foreign policy. We aro today doing for
humanity the same servlco that we per
formed at the beginning of the 18th century,
when the ruthless Napoleonic struggle
threatened to destroy every principle of
order and Justice. In international relations.
Now, as then, In protecting neutral rights
we are at the same time softening tho rigors
of war, and above all we are preventing a
recurrence to the barbaric practices of the
16th and I7th centuries.
The next step in the development of clear
and definite principles of neutrality is to ex
tend their radius of action, so that we will
be speaking not only for ourselves, but will
Join with our sister republics of the Ameri
can continent In expressing the united senti
ment of the 21 republics of the Western
Hemisphere.
The Pan-American Principle
Such action on our part will serve a two
fold purpose, It wU be an assurance to the
countries of Central and South America that
In this matter of neutral rights we' have
raised our policy to the dignity of a Pan
American principle. Nothing we can do at
(he present moment will so strengthen the
ties that bind us to these countries as this
Indication of solidarity of Interest and com
munity of policy. This plan should have
been inaugurated at the outbreak of the
war. When we gave notice to Great Britain
that we would regard "hovering" near our
coast line by belligerent cruisers as a dis
tinctly unfriendly act we should have made
of this a Pan-American principle, thus ellro
Initloar belligerent; .operationa, froja Ameri-
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can waters and earning for ourselves the
grntltude of our sister republics.
Tha opportunity which presents Itself to
tho United States can only find a parallel
In tho conditions which prevailed at tho be
ginning of tho 19th century during tha
Napoleonic struggle. Wo then performed n
world service ns the defender of neutral
rights. It Is now given to us to do this on a
far larger scalo, thus performing a service
which the world has a right to expect of us
tho preservation of tho spirit of legality,
tho maintenance of the highest standards of
International order and tho upholding of tho
principles of fair dealing and Justice.
MUNCHAUSEN ON THE WAR
He Describes the Pleasures of Life in the
Trenches in Poland.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Tho hardships of warfare In the trenches have
been so grossly exaggerated that it la time, I
think, to put forth the real facts of thl3 feature
of the war. Rocking chair correspondents, who
spend their tlmo far from tho scene of action,
draw so largely upon their Imaginations that
cry little, if. In fact, any truth percolates
through to the ultimate reader. I had read with
Interest, though with skepticism, their reports
of tho Intense suffering of the troops compelled
to fight In the trenches, so while I was with the
German nrmy in Poland I determined to Inves
tigate the matter fully. Needless to say, I
found tho soldiers enjoying comforts in their
subterranean shelters that rivaled those of the
most luxurious homes.
I had tho pleasure of visiting the German
position In Poland as the personal friend and
guest of General von Hlndenburg. The first
thing that struck my notice was that the
trenches were about half-filled with water, in
which the soldiers were standing up to their
waists. So accustomed had they become to it,
however, that they found It uncomfortable to
stand on dry ground, and when, unhappily, ns
sometimes happened, tho water drained away,
they made special provisions for refilling the
ditches, drawing their supply from nearby
streams.
The water served a double purpose, that of
keeping them warm and of affording a hiding
place when the Itusslans advanced In too great
numbers. Tho soldiers would In such a case
merely duck completely under the water, until
the attacking forco hnd ngaln retired. The Ger
mans also found the streams that constantly
flowed through tho trenches of Inestimable
value In the transport of rations and ammuni
tion from one point to another, and by tho skill
ful use of specially constructed rowboats they
were enabled to rush reinforcements to threat
end spots.
One dlfllculty they had coped with unsuccess
fully was the freezing of the water In extremely
cold weather. The disadvantage of this was that
It rendered the entire army Immobile In tho
event of attacks, and General von Hlndenburg
was often at a loss when ho found troops needed
at a particular point held fast by the Ice In their
positions, on fixed post, as It were. I suggested
that If the soldiers were ordered all to Jump up
ward at the same time, they would bring the
ice with them, and would, moreover, present a
united front to the foe. This scheme was tried
on the next cold night with unparalleled suc
cess. The German lines, linked together by ice
walls, advanced literally by leaps and bounds,
and so startled the Itussians that they fled pre
cipitately. Two companies in returning had a laughable
experience, for Inadvertently each attempted to
enter the trench of the other. The irregular
Ice, of course, did not fit In cither case, and the
soldiers' efforts to force their way Into the
wrong shelters was so ludicrous that I was
fairly convulsed with laughter. After tho diffi
culty had been pointed out, the two commandfc
exchanged places, and without further trouble
got Into their proper shelters.
ONE ON DEACON STORRS
From tha New York Bun.
At the conclusion of a meeting of the Board
of Civil Authority of Windsor, Vt., Roswell
Conant, 77. one of tho Selectmen and a veteran
of the Civil War, told this story:
"Harvey Tlnkham lied Jest died. He was a
turrlble smoker always pufiln' a cigarette an'
folks said excessive use o' tobacca caused his
death. Wall, we was talkln' o' the deceased
and kinder morallzln', when Deacon Truman
Storrs, who, y' know, Is kinder torpid an' some
times drowsy, he up an' says: 'Wall, I'm 71
years old, an' I'vo never used tobacca, neither
to chew nor smoke, an I'm In purty reasonably
good shape still.' Wall. Dr. Hart Smith, the
dentst y' know he speaks up kinder eharpllke
now and then, he up an' says: 'Why, deacon,
who fcan say but what, mebbe. ef you'd took
tobacca reg'lar you might be alive today?' "
AND THEY GO UP IN SMOKE, TOO,
From the PitUburgh Qazttte-TImea,
One nice thing about Mexico's present Presi
dent is that his name Bounds so much like a
cigar almost anybody can remember It Just as
easy. f
LIONS AND SHEEP
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army of sheep than a 'beep at the head of an
army. Jljns. Do 2Po.
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THE JITNEY WHENCE AND WHITHER?
It Has Given Rise to Literary
a New Outburst of Poetry, a
Variety of Opinions on
By RAYMOND
THE origin of tho word "Jitney" stumped
tho lexicographer of the Literary Digest.
Ho hesitated as follows:
"Jitney" Is said to bo slang for "a nickel."
It Is used to deslgnnto a type of motor
vehicle that carries passengers for 6 cents.
The origin of the term is uncertain; it may
have been derived from a personal name.
Prof. Brandcr Matthews, perhaps, or somo
other learned specialist in words, will help
him solve the problem before tho next issue
of tho dictionary.
In the meantime, sing to the tune of "The
Campbells": Tho jltnoys are coming,
hurrah, hurrah I Tho Jit The Jitneys are
coming, coming, como. Even as tho lights
spring forth ono by one on a vast landscape
at dusk, so one by ono tho cities and towns
of West and East flash into fame with news
of the Jitney's arrival Philadelphia, last but
not least. Nor, to be truthful, last. Over
night the Jitney map accumulates more
bright spots.
An idea has broken loose, and Instead of
following tho traditional direction it is tak
ing its way eastward. Into tho tplc of clv
illzntlon It has projectod tho Jitney. A Httlo
while ago few of us here on the Atlantic
edge of the continent had ever heard of a
Jitney, except perhaps as we had known it
as Western argot for n nickel, flvo cents.
All of a sudden tho papers "were glutted
with the word. We thought at first glance
that It signified somo esoteric philosophy of
tho Himalayan foothills, or perhaps somo
equally esoteric Joke. Then wo woko up to
the fact that the Jitney was something clse
something that might get into politics,
something that might Jolt tho civic com
placency of great cities, something with a
destiny. Anything is Important if it stands
a chnnco of being ruled on by the United
States Supreme Court.
Mental By-products
Pioneers, O Pioneers, O Eastward Pioneers!
Tho discovery they aro bringing with them
has led to an outburst of poetry all over this
broad land. For example, this couplet by a
Baltlmorcan:
Don't cry, little Ford, don't cry.
You'll bo a Jitney by and by.
To go with tho new word, or tho new use
of tho old word, the proper name "Whitney"
seems to be tho favorite and almost the
only successful rhyme:
A man by the name of Whitney
Hodo downtown In a Jitney.
lie left at nine and thought himself late,
But he reached his store at half-past eight.
Sometimes tho attempted rhymes aro atro
cious, but If Browning could correlate
"whero gloss is" with "proboscis" and "who
Is sho" with "vlchy," why carp at the hard
worked versifiers who flounder with "Jitney"
and "hit knee"?
One of the early venturers dodged the
rhyming Issue, and displayed a few -weelts ago
a not-to-be-wondered-at mixture of igno
rance and knowledge of his subject. He
confessed, more or less:
I've read about the Jitney car
In all the Western papers;
I've seen it mentioned near and far
.A-cuttlng traction capers.
But what It Is nnd whence It came
And whither It Is going,
And whero It got Its curious name,
I have no meapB of knowing.
It's a car, sure enough, but curious name?
Oh, no, not nt all, not when you consider
such outlandish vehicular names aB Jin
rlklsha, Bloven, whisky, booby, sulky,
growler and hobby-horse.
Russ, Arab or Gambler?
The origin of "Jitney"? Somebody else
besides the lexicographer of the Literary
Digest has made a guess. He suggests, nay,
asserts, that It is a corruption of a Russian
word for a coin having approximately tho
value of five cents. But here's another
effort: "The term Is said to have originated
with the gamblers of the Southwest, and Is
a contraction of two Mexican words mean
ing lowest value, as until recently the nickel
or live-cent piece, designated as a 'Jitney,'
was the smallest change In circulation In
that section." And still another; "The
word comes from the slang of the street
Arab, who has a name for every coin. A
'meg
Is a cent, a 'Jlt'ipr 'Jitney' is a nickel,
nmo' Is a dime, and a 'cute' is a quar-
a 'dlmmo'
ter.
The word, with the progress of civiliza
tion. If you will have it "so, lias now become
firmly fixed In the American language.
State Senator Price, of Kansas, has risen to
call Mr. William Allen White a "Jitney
statesman." Mr. White embraces the label
-with eagerness, and by that act seems to
give St certain respectability and dignity to
ALL RIGHTS
I
and Lexicographical Controversies
Few Bits of Philosophy and a
Busses and Statesmen.
'.
G. PULLER
Vi n nWTtattTn ! WvtrathKljtuH I. lit .
.vi ......v..... ,uo. Liiitoo, it Wui QOUDt" 4
less serve as a new bit of permissible polltt-
nl nnrfilflnen. Tf mnv mron .... '
"" ""' .! W..-4. b.vnu UUIA
-picnyuno auuesman, wnicn is stilted and
nrchaio for somo reason or other: but "ca-
nut politician" will give tho Invader a hwd i
fight for years to come.
waning .wames ,
ur. vmie, uuwever, is not consistent, ct ,
else ho Is taking a vacation from tho edl-
torlal sanctum. His paper, the Empor!
Gazette, saycth thus:
Looking over tho Kansas Legislature u
she stands proudly In the winter fog Ilka
the other end of the clothes line, wo should
ray that it Is very much Jitney.
Cheap.
Disorganized.
Irresponsible.
Unreliable
Stupid.
And with a few other minor faults. It
will get nowhere because it lacks leaders.
It will spend a lot of money for nothing
in particular and will fade out like a grease
spot on tho Commonwealth.
A Legislature elected ns the result of a
passionate desire to eay, do or think noth
ing to offend any one, will say, do or think
nothing worth a tinker's dam, which Is a
small resin obstruction used by tinners to
prevent tho flow of molten solder. So we
repeat, that a party held together BOlely bjr
a deslro to lick tho Democrats which Is a
laudable object, but hardly a life work
will not amount to a tinker's dam In the
end.
It is a Jitney service without terminal or
tlmo card. Tho grafters will have their way,
but the people will get mighty little out of
it-
Tho Kansas City Star, loyal to its con-,
stltucncy, responds that Kansas City, know
ing tho Jitneys well and having, therefor. X-
a kindly feeling for them, resents then
aspersions. We quote;
What the cherished Gazette says about
the Kansas Legislature may bo deserved to
somo extent but It Is n great injustice to
the Jitneys. Kor reasons to wit, namly,
I. e., viz., In part as follows:
1. A Jitney nlways knows where it Is
Ing. The Kansas Legislature hasn't til
slightest Idea where it is going, nor does It
appear to caro a tinker's obstruction.
2. A Jitney makes speed, whereas tM
Legislature Is dallying along Into Its sln
week without accomplishing a thing eicept
the repudiation of its campaign pledges.
3. A Jitney arrives. Tho Kansas Legisla
ture Is getting nowhere, and Is running
nrotmd In circles.
According to Llfo the Jitnoy stands tat;
Amnnnlnntlnn. It Is a svmbol of human
possibilities In terms of humnn freedom ,j
Being a Jitney means reading what JP.
please, regardless of time or circumsw.-
., i ,. .,..!, .fnM.n Bvnnrta. regulating
committees, pros nnd antls, health curt
and don't worry clubs. "It's a new .
says Life. All this Is nil right If tho l"1"
bus Is a free lance. But it isn't. It 8lH
out that way, and then is curbed.
Tf von c-n tn Ran Francisco lor in" -
you will find scores of Jitneys ready to tsi 1
you out to tne exposition gruuuuo. - -
land, Just across the bay, has been cral""
the first Jitney of all, though pnoenn -
.U !... IF!.. Stol.lnnrt .(n,V IS tllSt &Q I
enterprising young man drove a dilapidate
...ts.n.nhll.. i.n nna nt Ihd main thOrOUgU' ,
fares one day about a year ago, d,spT,''
a banner with the strange device. T ,
you anywhere for a Jitney and stop at n
corner you like." And now the Jitney """
are too numerous to mention. .
Already some cities have more Jiw i J
than street cars. The Idea has been com
It Is now spreading far and wide how ww
Am r.9 Ttlm n mnn nilARtfon. A St. WUtf
... ..... "-".'""'- for "!
paper welcomes tne ne;u"' lt ,
esthetic reason. "Jitney transportation,
says, "that would make the art rauseu
accessible would Justify
itself.' et'.
lsn'
1..-. . .A .. man., fl TTian
averse to taking an automobile ride for i
small sum of a nickel, five cents, it is "
considering that Jntra-urban transpor tan
has undergone a long evolutionary nevei r
went why assume that It will n0t
further developed? Especially when
hear the profound reason why ColurabUatau
welcomes the Jitney. Says the Ohio w
Journal; "Slnco socletary Interaction u
gauge of civilization, the new service
be greeted rather than spurned" IM,0.
you spurn anything so mixed up
cteiary interaction" ..
' ,.. ... iki- i h remark
the Boston Post: "When the people of i J
rnnnlrv nrnnt n thlnr. thev get It- " ,..;i
"."",- Zl '" .t'.v . n, lltney Vi
Hjauia to oc Been wtmuivi " --- -
prove Itself good enough to be wanted
nriMnpnMrHR IJVWS
If laws were immutable, they would W
eessiyely harmful. Cavour.