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tirlptlont parable In advance.
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five old at well at new addreta
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rillLADtlTIIIA, WEDfiESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1915.
Corrupffon ta nonparcfian. It has no par
tisan prejudices. It, came into lte aoilrf
when the snnfcc crdiolcrf through the
garden fence and commenced a
conversation with the first
woman on the subject
of fruit.
Co-ordinate Man's Powers mid Opportunities
IF TUB failure of modern civilization could
bo Bummed up In one phrase, It would
be; lack of co-ordination. Man has movedv
far on the road townrd a life of balanced
powers and opportunities, of materials and
demands. Vet he stands only on tho threshold
of problems In social organization which nro
vital to his prosperity and happiness.
Turn to any field of effort and there you
will find some failure to equalize supply and
demand. Wo face that question In the labor
market. How Is man's labor, manifestly the
thins upon wh'lch wealth and comfort rest, to
be fully utilized? How Is he to bo prevented
from squandering it In a season of full-time
work for every one only to seo It Idle at
times when work Is slack, though the appe
tite still stays? Similarly, what Is to be done
with such a problem as the oversupply of
foodstuffs now so acute In Philadelphia? Is
man to win no profit from nature's bounty?
Is ho to lack food while vegetables rot In the
fields because It will not pay to market them?
Surely civilization Is not civilization till It
has met and solved such problems.
Thoy call for much thought and perhaps
great daring, new conceptions of the public
life, new functions, Yet while wo await a
communal thought which will see tho sig
nificance of such questions, there seem sug
gestions hero in'thls very matter of the truck
crop which Philadelphia institutions might
mull over. Why don't the charltablo organ
izations ake things In hand? During the
wiuttr they wanted $50,000 for poor relief to
put food In the mouths of families on tho
verge of starvation. Why can't they put a.
sum like that at work in the summer, build
ing for the winter? All this storo of produce
that now goes to waato could be bought for
a song, canned comparatively cheaply and
stored away to meet another winter of con
ditions like those of last year. Without such
prevision as tho charities might thereby give
us. progress must continue to be slow.
"Why Should the Devil Have All tho Good
Tunes?"
WHEN Rowland Hill, the hymn-writer,
asked this far-ous question, ho had no
Philadelphia politics in mind. And Phila
delphia politics has not In tho past hod any
too much to do with the hymn-book.
Tho present situation makes one suspect
that the dovll has oil the good tunes. In tho
discussion of the next mayoralty campaign,
the men mentioned aro almost invariably
Organization candidates. It Is a question
whether this Varo man or that "Harmony"
candidate will be selected. Too many have
forgotten that an honest man, too. is de
sirable. Why? Is August too hot for men to be
virtuous? Or wartime too turbulent for vir
tue to bo active? Or haven't tho uncorrupted
voters of Philadelphia learned the first les
son from the Organization the lesson which
Is in Its very name?
The power of dishonesty Is nine-tenths in
Its organization. Dut to organize Is not
necessarily to be corrupt.
What a God Would Do
IF A GOD set out to build a healthy city, he
would begin with the babies. If he were
a. modern god, he would probably devote a
Igood deal of attention to the hospitals whcro
tho little frames qf future citizens are nursed
tack Into health. And if he were quite the
god he ought to be, he would see that In the
summer, of all times, there were all the
nurses, all the beds and all the facilities that
the eitys hospitals need to accommodate
every sick baby brought to them. He would
certainly rage In godlike anger at stories of
Infants turned back to die In the heat and
dirt of city slum life because Institutions
such as the Babies' Hospital oarj't flnd such
sums as m W establish 10 more nurslnr
Oeda.
j Putting America's House jn Order
THE reprentntiYes of the "A, B. c."
Power and of threo other South and
Ctntral American Republic are to be called
Into conference with Secretary Lansing on
the situation in Mexico. Such Joint spewh on
Pau-Arotrican affairs is not only fortunate;
phouui be changfd into action. It might
then go far toward wtWJWo pernwneat
fmee for the two America.
A it etawl, the Monro Deetrlt u both
a boon and a burden it Uwur protects,
arf Justice to the Wester Htratwhjm, bf
the price of constant danger t tfeg United
Stutss. America, "has become the guard Uu
? the rest of the two continents," asd, there
fore an object of Jealous to certain Buro
Pfan Interest. PnUuriuit&tely e labor un
4r lb further ejid o,fltle difficulty of
ftsn being Baistrutl J the very peoples
Wf Out to protect. We Mod Intolerable
wi41tloM ta IffSlGO, y we he I tat to
Incur the expense and 4ragrw of interwen
mm or the crlee f MiM&tereet wb;c
m 'M roH j
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tarn.
EVENING LEDttEK-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY,
wns a hotbed of revolution and chronic
disturbance. It has become a territory of
stable republican Governments, erected ot)
democracy and ballasted by large Industrie!
development and the Investment of foreign
capital. Whcro dlctotor-rlddcn Mexico bo
enmo only a better field for rebellion by roa
Bon of tho robberies committed by foreign
concessionaires, tho big countries of South
America have become healthfully prosper
ous through constructive Investments froro
abroad. Moreover, the placing of these In
vestments equally in neighboring countries
has given what were once rival States com
mon Interests In keeping tho peace. South
America Is growing Up. Sho may now bo
taken Into partnership.
Consulting the "A. B. C." Is n good first
step It may do much to clear up the Mexi
can situation. But somo permanent policy of
confcrcnco land common action would do
more. If a Pan-American leoguo can thus
be effected, In whose chargo the enforce
ment of iho Monroe Doctrine can be placed,
then America will have gono a long way
toward establishing a. genulno police weapon
for tho permanent Peace of half tho world.
Whllo nuropc quarrels America can put her
house In order.
Don't Do a Croaker!
PHILADELPHIA has no room fo'r croakers.
Thin city is going ahead, whether the dry
rot of political corruption likes It or not. Un
fortunately, We have tho croakers always
with tin; but If they must bo endured, let
them bo properly tagged. They are tho men:
Who tell us that we don't need rapid
transit.
Who would dispose of the Convention Hall
and Its priceless commercial value In ex
change for a few ward votes.
Who Insist that wo already have too many
playgrounds.
Who oppose the appropriation of money for
sanitary schoolhouse3.
Who cry hard times to frighten Investors.
Who would strangle the progressive spirit
of tho city.
' Benjamin Franklin in his day had to deal
with the croakers, ono of whom by his dismal
walllngs nlmost persuaded tho youthful print
er not to embark in tho career that mado
him one of our two greatest Americans.
What Franklin says of this typo of citizen
In his Autobiography is worth printing for
its application to tho same type today:
There are cronkera In every country,
always boding lie ruin. Such a one lived in
Philadelphia, a person of note, nn elderly
man, with n wlto look and a very grave
manner of cpcakltiR. This gentleman, a
stranger to me, stopped one day at my door
nnd asked me if I wns the young man who
had lately opened n now printing house.
Lelng answered in the affirmative, ho said ha
vtaw sorry for me. because It wan an ex
pensive, undertaking and tho expense would
be loBt? for Philadelphia wns a sinking
place, tho peoplo already half bankrupts, or
near being so. And ho gave me
such a detail of misfortunes now existing,
or that were soon to exist, that he left mo
half melanchol. Hud I known him before
I engaged In this business, probably I should
necr have done It. This man continued to
live In thin decaying place, and to declaim
in the same ntrnln, refusing for many years
to buy a house there, because all was going
to destruction: and at last 1 had the pleasure
of seeing him give live times as much for
one as he might have bought it for when
first ho began his croaking.
The Franklin sort of sanity and leadership
must underlio the advance of Philadelphia
today.
A Disgraceful Trick
THE menace cf equal suffrage becomes
gloomier every day. Heavier and heavier
hangs over tho head of the antl. Presently
the votcs-for-women campaign will press so
closely around mcro men that thero won't
oven bo room for a graceful bowing to the
inevitable.
Tho latest outrago perpetrated by tho suf
fragists is an entirely unexpected ono. Con
trary to all precedent, the propagandists who
insist upon taking the Declaration of Inde
pendence seriously havo been logical. This
the ontls could forgive. But they will never
forglvo the suffragists for learning politics.
It is a low-down trick, and tho nntis will bo
Justified If they won't play any more.
By some stroke of luck, tho suffrage
amendment will lead off on tho list of pro
posed amendments to bo voted on at tho
next election. And tho suffraglstB are qulto
willing to admit that this accidental advan
tage will give them 50,000 votes. M. Quay
couldn't havo arranged It better.
Of course the suffragists don't want to
win their victory by trick or chance. But
they want to win.
Putting More Parks on the Map
IT IS very doubtful If thero is a single city
in tho United States that Is not under
parked A few, like Philadelphia, ( New York
and St, Louis, enjoy a large area of parkage,
but flnd It located in a single great plot
Falrmount. Central or Forest Park, All tho
rest lack even moro any handy areas of grass
and trees where children and men and
women can get a little of that summer airing
which is the.flrst need of life )n a city. It Is
the most obvious of platitudes that any step
to Increase the park area and particularly
to create new parks In new districts Is a step
to be quickly taken,
Philadelphia can acquire 600 acres of park
age, an area fully a sixth of Falrmount Park,
If Councils will assist the Department of
Public Works (n plans for Improving and
beautifying the land surrounding the city's
filtration plants. Many of them are ideally
located, both as to Bites and as to neighbor
hood; they afford rare opportunities for
creating- beauty spots close to residential
or Industrial districts. The expense will be
comparatively Bmall; the gain too great to
estimate.
Out of the frying pan Into the rain barrel.
T. R. is temperate about bolters. In faet,
he is full of sympathy.
UuMta Htmouneae tii evaluation of War.
saw bettor it taken pja Instead 9? dy
iBg U atttMWBrd.
Tfce" fmJy jtaytuhemea that the transit
plan exl fear are trwte who praetlee tint
vrtljf 88 election day.
If Germany Is willing to swap Belgium for
the Congo. It may be due to the latter's wide
reputation as a field tar atrocities.
Unfomnatoty, the Federal Ke4re Board's
plans for crop moving aoa't xt.d to the
truck garden rouad fhi4iljte awl Cam.
Tb -toruce with tbf mtntoiers turn
rfetla, 8wU and CI1H4 Wi tht
Cvmua. kt Krt wp be gtv a ekms
mm hU ft V
HAITI RULED BY
MILITARY BANDITTI
The 2,000,000 People of the Black
Republic Aro Worse Misgoverned
Than the Peons of Mexico A
Farce of a Constitution.
By CHARLES F. KINCSLEY
AMERICAN marines havo landed In Port-nu-Prlnce.
The United States has In
tervened in Haiti. Shall our Government
stay on tho Job unfit it has finished Its task
or withdraw when a semblance of peace has
been restored and leave tho Black Republic
to its accUBtoined orgies of bloodshed and
revolution?
Wo aro witnessing the first .attempt .of
tho black race to conduct a civilised govern
ment. So far the effort has seemed to give
llttlo promise of success, but tho Haitians
have been bullied, ridiculed, exploited and
maligned for so long n tlmo that perhaps wo
are not fair in our Judgment. Mnybo what
they nerd is a chance. However, there Isn't
much In tho way of self-government to bo ex
pected of people most of whom have ad
vanced only a llttlo way In civilization be
yond their ancestors from the Jungles of
Africa. In San Domingo nlnety-flvo per cent,
of tho population is illitorntc, but they're
oven better oft in that respect than their
neighbors, tho Haitians. Nobodyknows tho
population of. Haiti, for the Government Is
always too Inefficient to take an nccurato
census and doesn't care to, anyway, except
for military purposes, but it Is estimated that
tho Black Republic has about two and n half
million inhabitants, or 240 to tho square mile.
Eighty per cent, nro full-blooded negroes and
most of the rest are mulnttocs.
Lucky to Get Out Alivo
These people, with no help from foreign
nations and none wanted, have been trying
self-government. They havo established the
forms of a republic. They have a constitu
tion. This constitution declares that tho
presidential term Is seven years. Only ono
man has over served a full term nnd he was
murdered In his second administration. In
tho last two years thero havo been five
changes of governmental power. A life In
surance company that would Insure a Presi
dent of Unit! would havo to invent a new
form of policy. The lot of most rulers In
Haiti Is to be shot, or dynamited, or poisoned,
or driven to exile or suicide. Only thiee out
of dozens have loft office "personally intact."
Citizenship means nothing In Haiti and tho
condition of the majority of tho people Is
far worse than that of tho Mexican peon.
That Is what their constitution has availed
them. Just to prove that there is a constitu
tion In Haiti let us quote tho summary of
its provisions contained in an appendix to
Stephen Bonsnll's recent book, "Tho Ameri
can Mediterranean."
"Tho constitution of the Republic! of Haiti
was proclaimed on tho ninth day of October,
1SS0,
and by its provisions tho unitary, re
publlcun form of government was adopted,
the administration of which is vested in tho
legislative, executive and Judicial branches.
"Tho Legislature Is composed of two cham
bers, a Chamber of Representatives and a
Senate, tho two together composing n Na
tional Assembly. The Chamber of Repre
sentatives consists of BO members, elected by
the people for a term of three years, and tho
Senate of 39 members, chosen by tho Repre
sentatives from lists furnished by a board of
electors and by tho President of tho Repub
lic, for a term of six years. Tho Senate Is
renewed by thirds every two years.
"The President of the Republic Is elected
by the National Assembly for a term of seven
years and cannot be re-elected .except after
an Intervul of at least one term. In case of
death, resignation or disability, tho executive
power rests in tho Secretaries of State, act
ing as a body, who exercise the said authority
until now elections can be held.
"Tho Cabinet consists of six Ministers, or
Secretaries of State.
"The Supreme Court is the highest tribunal
of Justice. There are also five courts of ap
peals, one for each department, a number of
VIEWS OF READERS ON TIMELY TOPICS
Suggestion of a Way to Settle the Mayoralty Question The Glut in
Fruit and Produce Market Disputed Authorship of a
Familiar Quotation.
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Having had a more diversified experience
than Colonel David H. Lane, my esteemed
friend and political collaborator of BO years, In
political conferences of a publlo character,
through the columns of the Evening Ledoer I
take tho liberty of suggesting how he may bring
his Mayoralty conference to a successful ter
mination with credit to himself and satisfac
tion to the people:
It Is for Colonel Lane to call an early confer
enco of the fl-e political leaders, and as its
chairman say to his confreres: "I Hive you one
hour to agree upon, a candidate that will com
mand general unanimity. Falling In that. I shall
adjourn this conference of five for a conference
of all the Republican voters of Philadelphia, and
as jour chairman I shall at once proceed to
take out nomination papers for Senators Pen
rose nnd McNichoJ and Congressman Varo for
the Mayoralty tho only method whereby the
strength of each can be determlned-and that
one of tho three receiving the highest primary
vote shall be declared by me, as chairman of
this conference, and as chairman of the Repub
lican Campaign Committee, the unanimous, or
party choice, of the Republicans for Mayor of
the city of Philadelphia, and he must be accord
ingly supported.
"And from this ruling- of your chairman there
can be no appeal It must be agreed to by entire
and eincere unanimity."
JOHN IV. FRAZIER.
Philadelphia, August 2.
WHO SAID IT?
To the Editor of the Eventiig Ltdgar:
Sliv-Your Germantown uorrespondent, John
Rogers, Is right. Horace Greeley was not the
author of the saying, "The only way to resume
Is to resume." It was made by John Sherman,
the Original "Free Silver" man. Horaao
QreelejJa twq most famous sayings were, "On
to Richmond." and "ao West, young man, go
Wet." If General McClslUin had heeded the
first savlncr he uould ha.va ended fh frnuhln
right there and then. The eeeond saying sank 1
jimp in tnoueanas na tncmeanas or young
men's m'nds, and I was fortunate in hearing
Horace Greeley redd oroe letter from the
stage of the Cooper Institute from seme of
those who had taken hU far-eighted edviee,
WBRSON W. JBNNINOS.
Philadelphia, Augutt- 3-
THB FORCES OP CIYIWZATIQN
to th Bditor of the Evening Ledger:
SlrIa the Hvekjno Leooeb. of today there
appeared an editorial on the progreee of the war
in which the Balkan nations were meal toned as
a poMible deciding tftetor let the jirufg U- If
the peoples would only Join the "fot of
clvilUation ' ihea all would be weU. But who,
Buy I auk. ere the ' fore of clvtliMtioo?" Cj
tutAa e meant run er m ware or coi
to the lat ball v&aturyT Did Ut Teuteo
s-our ias earm ir savage reff to p
ime nirfi ) !$$s J&m&m&m pliH
X3m '
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district and municipal courts and other
tribunals of special Jurisdiction.
"Tho country Is divided Into five depart
monts, wlilcH nro again divided Info nr
rondlssements, these Into communes and the
latter into sections or districts. The Gov
ernor nnd other executive ofllcors of tho de
partment nro appointed by tho President of
the Republic. ' v
But what's the Constitution, you may osk,
In Haiti?
Mr. Bonsall answers as follows!
"Elections to tho Chamber tire held or hot
held, not ns prescribed by law and at the
proper Intervals, but slVnply when and how
It may suit the personal convenience ot and
private profit of tho supremo military chief
of the day. If ho can secure moro money In
bribes from tho deputies already nsscmblcd
nnd in session than Is offered by those de
sirous of legislative honors nnd opportunities
for corruption, then the old Chamber re
mains ofi Indefinitely. If tho now men offer
to tho military chief a sufficiently sub
stantial Inducement, the legislature In being
Is dismissed, although It may have enjoyed
only a mouth of life, and new elections of
fered. "Tho manner of holding elections Is slm- )
pllclty itself. Tho candidates, In person or i
through their agents, call upon tho military t
President, upon whom thoy make known j
their aspirations nnd their claims. Ho referB
them ono and nil to his business man, who
generally Is tho Secretary of tho Treasury
Here money talks exclusively, but not by any i
meanB tho filthy paper cutrency of tho coun- ,
try, whoso want of any real value Is well .
appreciated at tho treasury, but tho ringing
gold of tho hat,cd foreigners.
"Tho Secretary of the Treaoury makes out
a list of the bids which he has received and
submits them to the President. Tho latter
looks It over nnd then sends his orders to
Iho district generals, his appointees. In
Jercmle, Mr. So-nnd-So must bo elected, and
at Capo Francis, Mr. Thls-or-Thnt, nnd in
n few dayc he learns that tho governmental
candidates have been returned by over
whelming majorities and In the midst of
great popular enthusiasm.
"As n matter of fact, as often as not out
of pure laziness tho local general does not
hold any election nt nil, but simply declares
tho Government candidates successful. When
tho prescribed forms arc observed, however,
tho soldiers deposit In a bunch tho required
number of ballots In the box and then tho
polls nro closed. I am certain no election has
been held in Haiti in tho last thirty years
where theso forms have not been observed."
Government by Generals
Not only In tho case of elections, but In all
other respects the constitution is meaning
less as an instrument of free government.
Over each of the five arrondlssemcnts pre
sides a general. This general is tho chief
Justice, tho supremo chlof of" his district, and
a law unto himself bo long as ho remains on
good terms with his chief, tho military Presi
dent. Tho peasantry under him constantly
feel tho Iron heel of tyranny. When a fresh
revolution breaks out tho general summons
his ragamuflln soldiers. Many observers of
tho courso of events In luckless Haiti, both
native and foreign born, havo declared that
more blood Is shed In rushing the peasants
to their stnndnrds than In tho actual con
flicts which ensue. Recruits aro brought
Into the recruiting stations In dozens so
tightly bound with ropes and thongs that,
when liberated In tho barrack yards, thoy
can neither walk nor lift an arm to receive
the battered muskets thrust upon them.
Great loss of human life takes place In
bringing the unfortunate nnd unwilling re
cruits in and through tho punishment of
those who hold back or seem lukewarm.
Prlvato feuds aro paid off with murder when
recruiting parties aro abroad In tho land, as
tho peasants can be shot down on any pre
text. This Is the government of Haiti a military
autocracy, supported by military banditti in
tho hundreds of offices In the gift of tho
triumphant chieftain. A now revolution, and
the numerous generals put out of office aro
pensioned to keep them from making trouble.
And then another revolution. But never a
revolution of tho people for freedom. Thoy
know neither tho sign nor the substance of
freedom. They live In terror of their own
Government.
the
have done? Are the Turcos the champions of
civilization? Ireland has been crucified by this
brand of civilization. It would be more correct
to say that there Is no "civilization."
, , PADRAIC LAGAN.
Philadelphia, August 3.
THE GLUT IN THE MARKET
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In an editorial you say there is a glut In
the fruit and produce market In Philadelphia,
the city being chock-a-block with produce, the
truckers not bong able to sell all their product,
etc.; yet as you say, there hasn't anybody
noticed any cheaper prices at retail that any
body knows of. Between the producer, who
cannot sell all he has produced and never gets
what he should for what he does sell at any
time, and the consumer,, there evidently is
"sonu thing rotten In Denmark."
It looks On the face of It as If the retailer
and n dozen or more middlemen wholesalers
In belwcen are the ones who are doing the fleec
ing. Isn't It a fact that the dealers are known
to dump tons and tons of produce in the rlvera
or some other place during gluts to keep prices
up Instead of even giving it away to thousands
of the poor? I have heard that boatloads of
stuff are dumped In the waters around the city
of New York for that reason.
Whether there is "something rotten in Den
mark" or not, the time to put a "imelllng com.
mission" on the Job la when the glut is on, as
It at least looks as though there Is very ripe
fruit for Investigation. H, ji. B.
Philadelphia, August 2.
PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In a lecent Issue of the Evening LEDaen
a correspondent, under the signature of "Qeorgo
Watson," expresses, among other thinge, his
views on the duty of the United States to pro.
tect its citUens in a foreign country (the for
eign country being. In the eommunioatiqn, rep.
resented by the British steamship Iusltanla).
Evidently he does not agree with the Govern
ment In thinking It should. I wonder what Mr.
Watsan would do if he got into trouble abroad?
It rtoea sot require many guesses as to the
action he would take. Would he not seek ref
uge at the American Consulate, ami sn,,u 1,.
not complain bitterly if he were not properly
protected? '
However, the worde of Robert J. Insersoll
espreso my vlewg far better than I could over
write them, and do not take up anything like
as much space
'The flag that does not pro tee t Its citizens
abroad as at home Is a dirty filthy rag. not
wrth aJu '"il ""' od eeBtorti,t "w vy
Would Mr. Wateea tike any eae to fee In a
"WW stent W flag?
If tka UsdM gtatee m us auamp, to obtain
ebowUl be affcuoM t be eafwt AMartcaja,
railaaeiuhl. Afu s, mww.
AUGUST 3, IQlg:
mrn"0F THE MAYORALTY CAMPAltt?
Norris S. Barratt, Associate Judge of Common Pleas Court NoJ
His Boom for Mayor Is Now
Incident of the Liquor Licenses.
- . - - -
By HERBERT S. WEBER
This is the nthth article fit the scries on "Men ; a certain prestige for life. It is even
0 the Mayoralty uampaign. me mm w
erfes li not to determine who is best filled for
the highest office In the gift cf the cllv, but to
enable readers to btconw better acquainted tolth
Ihe achievement and personality of each wan
who has been prominently mentioned as a may
oralty possibility.
IN THE days of Israel Durham nominating
conventions hold by tho Organization in
this city were usually ceremonies of sercno
tranquillity, In which orators of great fame
could nrlso and mnko speeches with the as
surance of receiving
effusive plaudits be
foro and after their
crforts. the conven
tion of September 12,
1902, wan no excep
tion. Tho delegates
were treated to a
Bpecch by George Mc
Curdy, Who rose to
nominate Norris S.
Barratt to succeed
Mr Pennypackcr ns a
Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas. Mr.
McCurdy was at his
best, ns theso excerpts
from his eulogy will
Indicate.
"For 18 yearo ho
XOItltIS 8. IIAIM.VTT
practiced In your midst
For 10 years ho has
been an Assistant City Solicitor, and he has
filled that position with promptness, energy
nnd methodlcalness. He will sit on tho bench
and ho will not lose his temper and show
that ho cannot control himself."
Ho Kept His Temper
This prophecy uns fulfilled in the course of
events. For when, later, Judge Barratt faced
tho most violent storm of public denuncia
tion that had been the lot of a Judge here
In many years, ho did not loso his temper,
and he did control himself; to tho extent, In
fact, of refusing absolutely to lower his Judi
cial dignity by nnsworlng his accusers. The
Judgment of Mr. McCurdy was particularly
interesting bocauso it coincided so accurately
with tho prediction of Mr. Durham mado
about a fortnight before the primaries, of
which the convention's actions and oratory
were tho fruit nnd flower.
Mr. Durham had been closeted with
Messrs. Ashbrldge and Penroso hours at a
tlmo for severnl days. It was said that Dur
ham had "offered the Judgeship to City So
licitor Klnsey, but that KUisoy had refused
It, saying ho'd rather remain City Solicitor,"
but it is hardly likely that Mr. Durham
would havo "offered" an office that was tho
people's gift to bestow and not his. He had
another conferenco nnd then, It wns said, a
second man had been offered tho Judgeship
nnd had refused it after considering tho mat
ter for three hours. "It's n man whose name
has not been mentioned publicly," Durham
remarked. Philadelphia may never know tho
name of this man whom it so nearly had the
chance to elect to a ten years' term as
Judgo.
Thero wns yet another conference, and at
the end of It Durham opened the door and
solemnly said: "It Is Barratt." Amazing
prophet! When shall wo havo a greater!
Barratt's name was tho only ono presented
to tho convention, curiously enough. Ash
brldge said Durham had nothing to do with
it; later Barratt was his choice from tho
first, tho Mayor maintained.
That year, 1902, was Judgo Barratt's big
year. His good fortune began with his ap
pointment as John Weaver's First Assistant
District Attorney. Then ho was elected pres
ident of the Young Republicans, defeating
Horaco D. Gaw by a small majority after a
hot fight. Gaw had been president for sev
eral years, but his tlmo had come. He and
other lenders of tho club had been suspected
of actually desiring things that were not
pleasing to tho Big Men at Clty Hall; they
had been herotlcally inclined to support Roth
ermcl for re-election as District Attorney.
It wns natural that tho young man (ho was
39 then) who'had Just been made Weaver's
assistant should stand up as tho champion
of Weaver's powerful friends, and oppose
Gaw and all tho Gavlan heresies. Tho Young
Republicans elected Barratt, but only by a
small margin.
Then, later In the same year, he had his
first boom for Mayor. A boom gives a man
TURTLE BACKS ON HIGH SEAS
Lake Freight Steamships Driven to Seek
Trade on Salt Water.
A new type of merchantman is soon to carry
tho American flag In tho Atlantic trade. It is
the Great Lakes freighter, long and narrow,
with the engine placed so far astern that when
the vessel is sailing light the bow sticks up
high In the air.
The Interior of these craft Is wholly given
up to freight space, owing to the fact that they
were built chiefly to carry Iron ore and coal.
So long, low and clear Is the stretch of deck
space amidships that In rough weather It Is
impossible to pass forward or oft.
These freak ships will doubtless attract much
Interest abroad. Though Intended only for the
lakes, they are said to be adopted equally well
to ocean traffic. Tho Atlantic is seldom
rougher than the Great Lakes are at times.
Storms, too, aro not so sudden and freakish
at sea, and when there Is a hurricane the ship
can run from it as it cannot do in the con
fined lake region.
This reinforcement of our foreign and coast
wise fleet Is due to the decision of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, to the effect that
It l illegal for the railroads to operate freight
lines on the lakes. Sixty-three of the largest
steamers, many of them capable of carrying
...wv-tux viui-, iiiuoi m got na 01, A aozen
or moro have already been eold to Atlantic
transportation companies. They will be cut In
t'v.,04,n?.bIaJth,em ! P"83 through the locks
of the Welland Canal on their Journey to the
Atlantic via the St. Lawrence River
The result U not expected to lower freight
rates on tho Great Lakes through increased
competition. It may even brinz hioho- -...
enabling the independent boat owners to make
a better living than they have for some years.
The supply ot boats has exceeded the demand.
Si?..th.6 ratM hlUhed by railroads that
dldn-t hove to show a profit took the profit
away from their competitor. v '"
The traffic affected Is tremjndeus-oM.j'ourth
of the tonnage of our entire merehant $"
and nearly one-third as rsueh ton mileage
if. rrU by 8l1 the ""roids of the United
Btatea -Taeoma Tribune. w nea
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Hunrw mayVet cause the bulk of the Maxl
can peoBle to sicken of their sham leadertand
accept Mix-Indlanapolls News. n
Another deplorable feature of the BastUnd
dlaajetej- la ltd Influence to idiM oSlLt
wcunHwUsU to take panic at natHwTaadS
tfewiMlm fcwed-at. Paul -.jHtjSSEr
If vttrevu aad thoroughgoing action 1. ,.t
Bus! -A pragretkias owmt4 && wu
jjr
Revived Alter 18 Years The
ItMni-trtfiti f anmnHmMi tnnh Itnt.i..-.
""1J"- m.. " -..-.. "."Ul8 JX
elected, xnero ta ni least ono lormcr M
extaht whom many find it hard to IdcrOI
at uanqueis. juui 10 iitivo nan a Doom-wjj
Is permanent glory, for thero Is alwayjpl
chanco that tho man might havo had thsj
nee, out reiusea 10 book it. xo nave BJ
boomedt that is to bo put forever on thf
of tho boomnble, and somo men are boomf
year after year just out or habit. R
been a long tlmo between booms
Judge Barratt, but to show that a boom's
never fade Into nothlngnosn hero Is hls.agJI
revived after thirteen years ot eclipse.
He wns talked of as a man likely to jm
ceed Ashorltlge ns Mayor, n man who coi
hold together the two powerful machine
mon is. The suggestion had evldonlly cw
from tho Durham contingent, hut it
soon dropped. Judgo Barratt said ho
not a candidate, but that If It should aco
that there was a demand for his canililSS
It would bo his duty as a citizen to cofflfw
It, nnd ho snld very much tho sameS
about his boom this year. M
In the next six years his name playejO
part In Important civic affairs. It wasijjjn
until 1008 that tho flerco light of publlcffi!
beat upon his bench. The occasion Was Tig
annual session of tfio License Court, preside
over by Judges Burratt and Maglll. tJA
court granted 15 new saloon llconses despfflj
vehement remonstrances. Six of theso hljj
been marked "Refused" and decrees werT
accordingly entered. For somo reason S?
Judges changed their decisions over nlgSl
and marked tho six applications "Grantejj
erasing tho word "Refused." Coupled wim
this unusual proceeding was" the fact tii?
tho Judges had not enforced a rulo whffl
had been In force In tho Llcenso Court ffl
two yearo, that with all applications ffl
liquor licenses tho attorney In each ci?
should file an affidavit setting forth his Idea
tlty, tho amount paid as a retainer and iff
fco to bo paid if tho license wns grantei
Even certain Organization leaders were d!
turbed at tho granting of so many ne"
licenses In tho faco of tho strong local optffl
sentiment which had spread throughout tl
city. Remonstrants declared they wtrT
not given a fair hearing. Ono saloon haTj
been given a llcenso though tho appllciS'
had given a wrong location for tho propose! '
business nnd the peoplo of tho locality aT
footed did not havo lecnl notice of thn onJ:
plication. 'j
A Famous License Controversy
Judge Sulzberger, who had passed the ruli
4
I the ruli
tmes an?
It wonU
n lawja
that llcenso lawyers give their names
anticipated fees, said ho had hoped
bo a precedent. His idea was that a
should receive about $100 as a fee for gottln?
a client a saloon license. Ono lawyer a
Judgo Barratt's court was said to have S
celved a feo of $12,200 for this service. J
Tho actions of tho Judges wero condemcri
1 .V. I... T. --. .- - w
uuiii uy A-resoyicnan anu oy aioinoaist nay
meetings and demanded rehcarings onw
number of doses. But when the petitions!?
rehearing came up before tho Court the rs
monstrants had little chanco against M
men who had been granted tho right to "(3
tabllsh now saloons in residential soctkJIS
especially In view of tho fact that Gcdff
Graham appeared for tho liquor men as!
made a passionate defense of the Judges!
open court. Four years later, when Judji
Barratt wns seeking re-election, the CM
"license scandal" was brought up again aj
tho Judge's opponent attacked him on tff
giound that his procedure had been unJaF
tilled. M
Judge Barratt's father wa3 James Barr
a. grain merchant years ago' on Delawtfj
avenue near Pino street. Tho firm had beei
established by his grandfather, James Bi
ratt. about SO years ago. Tho family iiai
como from Delaware, where In 1800 Andt'
Barratt, great-grandfather of the Judge. ve
a Judge of tho Supreme Court. The Judgffl
father was a Common Conncllmnn In IW?
city during tho Civil War, was a member vi
., uiuuii j-iluhuo anu vice president 01 int
Corn Exchange,
Judgo Barratt lo much Interested In M
toricnl matters and Is a llfo member of th
Pennsylvania Historical Soeletv
Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of th?
Union League and of several political clubfl
tO haVe the AllhltnT1PA nrtA nnfr tt,A afe,4ft
...... ,VH ..... ..Wb ll.w lilv.Q ,,.-.
nr nnvn. In 1.A tcmi.... -n -- 7
Brooklyn Eagle.
The exhibition to the Empire State's BelihiJ
zars of the handwriting on the wall was tffi
more- Impressive because EHhu Root was tH
exhibitor. No one has evor accused Mr HoSO
of being a "radical." Public discussions of hS
character and conduct have proceeded on JiuT
tho contrary hypothesla.-Chlcago Herald j
In tlmeS Of CrIfilH AmpHrnna hn,.. ii.iinllv M
quitted themselves with credit In the varlorf
fields of government, that of diplomacy m
eluded. In the nrosnnl m.. i.,?
j. " -- --.. VlttVI(jbilk j lllblita
..w...wjr is seen at us best. Chicago Newfcj
The various lntereatn nr nn ininj i,o,l :
making strenuous efforts to have our Ciover
...., 5 "z i """ D0Kade nnd embargo
stltuted by the Alll nnn nn i, ...im '
compllshed in a short tlmo the country hof
flflrl Han-enili, s"ii , . r j
-..-. ..,... iiicinnaii inquirer,
A WORD TO PANCHO VILLA
Pancho. why stonn In ,in.h ,,... nnn-n.,.t
Have some regard for our boasted neutrality
vj, u.u, veneer, ana De done with this c6
terlnet
Pride will not etop us from going a.battertj
Are you tO war lnHlr.tlv 1....I.I.,.. ...
JS II, Oh. Villa, thflt vnu ror.i.1.1 l.A A.l.tln. tift
wm'" yUr atrteSl- foresight tradltlocM
... , tuureri ua io roemen addltlonair.
w,,m "?"' ln your words of slnrefflU
..-M. ,u, Bni on u years, of a verity?
xou may be spanked If you don't start p(af
0 ua,
Halt this outpouring of childish profanity.
Ty to develop eome Bign of urbanity.
r you snould etir us with suns to go thund
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Nln 'nt? Me-e- ours Is the blundering.
-.,. ,uu yo wesn warned, don't be bo rep
Do be a good boy and try to be sensible
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