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tt,U tfer at well d more righteous to err on
the tide of mercy.
"UNWILLING TO SCHOOL?"
ILL1AM SHAKESrEAKE, who was
certainly no authority on tho matter,
has gono on record with the statement that
the schoolboy, endowed with a shining morn-
ilflff' -41- 4A .nwm ....wllllt. In anhnll. fin for
aflturles a alandcr ha persisted.
Arrant nonsenae, Mr Shakeapcare, For
three weeks "school" haa been played on
tfont porches and back lawna. For ten daa
mothers haVe been besought to buy pencil
toxes and pads. For flvo daya conversation
has been limited to "toachcr" and "physi
ology" and "fourth Grade." And It hasn't
ken girls alone.
When school opens today the morning faco
WlH shine more brightly becauso another
jrear has begun. The achoolboy may be
omewhat In the dark concerning our great
ftem of public education, but ho knows
where he gets his fun.
AN INDISCRETION, NOT A CRIME
THE Dumba affair, following on and com
plicating the relations between this coun
try and Germany, has not yet developed Into
realise for a break with Austria-Hungary.
Itlsr at this moment a startling and very
unhappy diplomatic Indiscretion. It will
make cordial Intercourse with tho Ambassa
dor's country perceptibly more dimcult. Tho
Ambassador will have plenty of tlmo to ex
plain and' will probably need It.
Tip to a certain point Ambassador Dumba
acted -within his rights. He was authorized
by international law to warn subjects of his
Government that their aid to the Allies
t-Cnl 0 construed as treachery to their
;e land. Ho could with propriety urge
IvSuf, and could threaten if urglngs wero
oefTectlve. Had ho chosen to do so, he
might have, asked tho Department of State
to corroborate his demands.
Th? letter which Doctor Dumba wrote con
tains, however, certain phrases which lndl
cte that he haa passed boyond tho proper
Activities of an Ambassador. "We can dls
onttnlze and hold up for months, If not en
tirely prevent, the manufacture of munitions
In Bethlehem and tho Middle West," runs
bl document. How? Tho withdrawal of
11 subjects of Austria and Germany might
"disorganize and hold up," but could not.
Kinder any conceivable circumstances, "en
tirely provent" tho manufacture of munl-
r tlons. The Ambassador must have had other
methods in mind. Until he discloses those
xpjetbods, or puts a fair and honest construc
tion on the words he has written, the coun
try ill suspend judgment It will be none
the less suspicious, and Ambassador Dumba
r woukt do well to hasten his roply before
' fwsfMcton turns to active resentment against
H afw KM country. ,
x WljjPN ASAN ELIMINATOR
PRESIDENT WILSON Is likely to enjoy
'momentary, If not a permanent, fame
4he Great Eliminator. He began his
reer In Washington "by deciding to ollm
, Mt Huerta, and he succeeded after some
months, fo the delight of all who are de
lighted with hb Mexican policy. Then, with
out any preliminary warnings to the notion,
ka eliminated Bryan, and sent him sliding on
grad plank straight Into tho centre of
the congenial Chautauqua circles. Now there
are nif abroad tha he has succeeded in
limlrmtlug Von TlrplU from the German
Admiralty, thereby showing that bis powers
ar not bounded by a single continent. It
ha long been admitted that he has elim
inated all rivals for the presidential nom
ination .next year. But unless he showa
great discretion thla winter he will be in
grave danger of eliminating both himself
and his party, for the nation Is not Ilka tho
oock in tfce story of the man who wanted
tha eliminated from hit order. Its
aiimtaator I In good wprklng condition.
XOiSON IS RIGHT
!HK ln4lrect reply of Thomas A. Edison
. to aa lavlutlon from Messrs. Henry Ford
jonst wanaxMKer is iikj r clean, clear
of air after tha atMHag stillness of the
MMaCL TtM invltatkm was to a confer-
L.tryvti;jlt Is to te expected, Mr. Ford
MM pmw te seeM a milHan for
, thy aasaa atrang. paMdox, against
Mas, tfrn tfce laU before us,"
.m. Mtoeis "that we atwuUl have, to
wf-io-mmm war mnsmwiry an
nation avar aad at' wttl have,"
UOs aiataaaaai; suraly ftt, aad wa.
It is, howavar, m aswaaa C wis-
.arr ttMM of foUy. tmm pi aw Meas-
ar ttris country to tmuwiia aatanr athar
II that U necaaaary ia anawaat ta
Ath our auemiis, Vfka wa k that
IUMW lll iiyt b jr liatjaf t atUaat
aaienn r iniielC kn nsa am
naturally iiiertrusu mechaiiirai avMHML
IiMih i '' (ar)-4aptris and naval aprts
t Wli.l t I i. vi aaikmata tM ainal vahta
itn,. rt, ..u.-pitH ice tvatf with-
a I. ifi.er 4gfi
has yet beea kkown slnr eidncy will be
a futile thing. Mr. Edison Is wilting to "take
a chanco that wo can put men behind this
machinery." The better way would be to
provide the men nd the machine and toke
no chances,
He Is , little wrong, but he la very much
right In his basic belief In preparedness. He
has, In a fine wny, given his fellow-men a
lesson In patriotism.
"THIS ONE THING I DO"
r' WOULD ba necessary to search long and
far to find a better motto for the men
who are behind the greater Philadelphia
movement than tho words which stand at
tho head -of this article. No big business
was ever developed the managers of which
wabbled In their determination to mako It
succeed. No nation every grew great with
out the determination of ltn leading spirits
that It should not remain littlo.
The men who have been studying tho rea
sons for the ability of tho Germans to hold
thelr'own so long against tho united opposi
tion of thrco great Powers and two littlo
ones have found It In tho consistent and
persistent pursuit of a slnglo Ideal for a
quarter ot a century. Tho dominating power
In tho German Empire has directed all its
energies to fostering Germnn patriotism and
to perfecting tho means by which Germany
could not only defend herself, but could as
sert herself In tho crlols which was clearly
foreseen. "Thla one thing I do" has been at
tho back of all the thinking of tho con
structive German statesmen for a genera
tion. As a result we sco today this Power
waging war upon Its neighbors and success
fully confining the conflict to foreign soil,
where Us enemies and not It must suf
fer' from the devastations. Say what wo
may of the German cause, German efficiency
commands tho admiration of all men, savo
thoso given over to unmitigated hatred of
Germany and everything Gorman.
What Philadelphia noeds to lift hor from
tho third to tho second city In tho Union
is unity of purpose and concert of action in
support of a great and comprehensive plan
of commercial expansion. Individual busi
ness men havo done for tholr own enter
prises what all should unlto In doing for
,the city as a whole. Tho decision to mark
manufactured goods as "mado In Philadel
phia" Is good so far as It goes. But tho
work should not be stopped there. Along
with this label others should bo used en
joining business mon to "ship from Phila
delphia" and to "ship to Philadelphia," to
"buy In Philadelphia" and "sell In Philadel
phia." And while tho business men as such aro
engaged In this work they and tho rest of
the citizens can justify a growing pride In
their community by redoubling their efforts
to Improve tha political, moral and intellect
ual standards of tho city. When our public
school system Is a model for the nation,
when our public library attracts scholars
here from neighboring States, and when
municipal reformers come here to learn how
to cure the festering evils In other cities,
tho work pressing to be done will bo In a
fair way of accomplishment.
This Is a great city, but It must be mado
greater. Thero is no doubt that the alert
business men who are returning to their
homes at the close of the vacation season
as marked by Labor Day have been think
ing of these things and are prepared to
carry on a campaign this winter the like
of which has not enlivened the city for a
generation.
THE ILLUMINATING PARALLEL
IF ANY one Is In doubt as to tho duty of
the United States Government to protect
Us citizens wherever they may bo engaged
In any legitimate enterprise of trade or
pleasure he would bettor consider what sort
of conditions would prevail In Philadelphia
If the police force refused to rescuo an in
nocent citizen from the hands of a gang of
thugs for fear the officers might soil their
uniforms or got their knucklos bruised. The
nation must insist on respect for trestles as
the police insist on respect for publlo order.
And Labor played harder than It ever
works.
There ore better waya of disciplining a
young woman than killing her.
Indignant citizen wants to rhyme "Dumba"
with "Governor of Pennsylvania."
The echoes from Root's invisible govern
ment speech continue to reverberate.
Moat of us would think we wero punished
enough If we had to eat half a basket of
peaches.
The Russians have abandoned Dago, saya
a headline. Sounds like the breaking up of
the Allies.
No one envies Mr. Wilson these days; but
thank heaven! a number of critics have
grown silent, too. t
Tho Friends of Peace are sometimes mado
strangely happy by an episode of war if ths
Kaiser comes off ahead.
Those baljot boxes, now being distributed
for the primary elections, are admirably
adapted for canning the unpopular candi
dates. Great Britain, with her 2,000,000 army In
Frahea, is still holding 34 miles of front
Rut 1.0M.9M men ought to be able to hold
14 iall square I
Demons, according to the Vosslsche
Xakung, are unas-lmaus la desiring friendly
ratatlaas with America. Americans unanl
! raaipreaaie tha feeling.
Aiahoaao ha f-oM of sausages or his
pwrvam a-wmyhsg wouM not announce
that ha Is la AMwrioa to buy 40 toas af caa
is, "aaa? f wfttch will caatala sausages
ha aata W tha W"."
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Whaa, tha, M patian want awa. a Cma.
sm jaapiar alia i ba t hi.
tkm mm tha ahei tailia 1 tha watarT
It I hoped tiat the Mitt? will mmh, tha
(Hum avaeaa at tha rnVtuiiii policy
aaa awia ciaartr atoa,
"COUNTING OUT"
WITH VARIATIONS
The "Ene, Mono" Rhymes Go Many
Ways, But They All Lead ,
Back to the Games of
Everybody's Childhood
By W. A. LAREDE
"pOUNTING out rhymes" these chants of
J childhood have been called the wonder
ful, mysterious and far diffused poetry of
youth. To childish use they are never con
fined, but they wero when the race was
young, they root deeply back In tho past.
Most familiar ot counting out rhymes nro
thoso motivated In "cony, meeny." In somo
localities tho leit-motif Is pronounced as If
spelt "cena mecna." A recent correspond
ent transliterates tho burden In a third way,
"one, mono." The norm Is:
Kcny, meeny, mlny, mo,
Catch nlitger by the toe,
If he hollers, let him ro,
Eecny, meeny, mlny, mo
Tho correspondent's Version is
Ene, mens, mlny, mo,
Catch a nlCKcr by tho toe,
If he asks to lot him go,
Mako him holler "mlny, mo.'
Rejection of tho refrain plainly Indicates
less antiquity for this form.
Hoosicr Catalcxis
Variant readings show that the "oeny,
meeny" school of poetry Is still a living or
ganism, and offers a field for the research of
the curious. Hut tho old forms aro moro In
teresting, lens conscious.
Another correspondent quotes the follow
ing, with a variation In the refrain:
Kile, mene, mono, ml,
lluska, lane, bona, ntrl,
Ilulda, Rulda, liOO!
Out goes ou'
Elscwhcro this Is used to "count out":
En, mccnv, mony, ml,
Tusker, liner, boner, stry,
lluldy, guldy, goo,
though "boo" Is sometimes the ultima, tho
one receiving tho syllable bolng "out."
In Indiana, wo aro told by a Hoosier
author between novols, that this Is tho fa
vored form of tho "cony, meeny" legend:
Eony, meeny, mlny, mo, crackaffeeny, flny fo,
Opltoojcr. popltoojcr, rick, blck, ban, do,
Nolo tho swell nnd Burgo of tho lino. Tho
practiced metrician will find In It catalcxis,
syncopo and all tho fearsome figures found
In the prosody section at the stub end of
tho grammar book.
Down In Louisiana tho "kids" havo much
tho same form, except that tho rhythtnlo
movement Is more sonorous, with tho sub
stitution of "omlnoucha, poopltoucha," sin
gularly reminiscent of the metro celebrating
tho exploits of tho Finn giant, Kalova, a
metre transferred by Longfollow to his nar
ration of Hiawatha's career. Sailing around
tho Gulf from tho bayous nnd Creoles and
okra, brought to memory by "omlnoucha,
poopltoucha," we get to tho Cotton Belt,
whero tho variant Is "appaloochce, popatoo
cheo," terms also with memories,, memories
of unpronounceable and almost unremem
bered rivers and creeks of tho "Joggerfy" of
the Southern States.
Another rhymo from those far off, happy
days, begins with tho familiar "ceny, meeny,"
and continues:
Happy, hoppy, hippy, ho,
Ham, scram, mulllca man,
Bo, Bo, Bo,
the last "bo" meaning "It" In hldc-and-scek
and "out" In counting for the so-called "ring
games." It dorlves from the West Virginia
mountains, at least tho boy who brought it
to Delaware came thenco. His brother had
tho alternative "medicine man," but he was
older and a rendor of wild nnd woolly yellow
backs, which Edward S. Ellis used to write
under a nom do plumo. This "Injun" in
reading Is too mature for the Juvenility that
"counts out."
Mark Twain said there were three root
Jokes at least they say Mark Twain Bald It
and James Hunekcr has mado a valid dem
onstration of tho eoven plots of drama or
was It thlrty-seven7 So far as Is known to
tho present writer there ore two motifs In
"eeny, meeny" poetry, the one that gives
name to the school and the "ickery Ann"
themo.
The norm seems to be:
One-ery, two-ery, Ickery Ann,
Phtlllson, pholllson, Nicholas, John;
Quevy, quavy, English navy,
Stlokory, sank, sock.
Vestiges of a love lyric, with the senti
ment worn to attrition, aro visible here.
Sometimes tho feminine name Is "Nan."
Maybe tho sense of tragedy brooded over tho
original; noto the monntkers of two rivals.
But this Is all surmise.
Compare as tho savants say this with a
Celtic touch:
Wlnnery, wannery, accory, ham,
Phlllosy, pholllsy. Nicholas, Jam,
Queby, quorby, Irish Mary,
StlnUum, stankum, buck.
Common source Is certain, but the devia
tion Is marked. Tho lines move swiftly the
last smacks of tho witty Dean of St. Pat
rick's. Probably tho spelling of "phllllson"
or "phllllsy" is too literary, too, but there
Is nothing of the affected about tho quatrain.
It is ingenuous, by and largo.
But what sounding words they are, how
rotund, how ample, what a mouthfull
On "The Birth of a Nation" '
Tho same cannot bo said for thla, which Is
blamed on Michigan, though It hath a sound
of "carpet baggers" and the Southland dur
ing Reconstruction:
nolllka, bubllka, dovil-a.pot,
Bolllka, bubllka, helllka lot:
Boll black blood of big black man.
Bolllka, buhllka, Ku Klux Klan.
This Is a pretty study In alliteration, but
It la the neologism pt maturity. It haa a
aophlstlcatlon which doea not belong to tho
authentic specimen of tho school. It does
not aound as If Lewis Carroll had written It
And that is aa near a crllerlon as moderns
can get to Judge the historicity or prehls
torlclty of the mystic moglo survivals of th
childhood of the race, now the verbal play
things of real romping childhood.
SHADE
Oreen templM, closed against the beat
Of noontime's blinding glare and heat.
Open to any pilgrim's feet
The white road blisters In the sun:
Now, half the weary Journey done.
Enter and rest, O weary onel
And feel the dew of dawn still wet
Beneath thy feet, and to forget
i The burning highway's ach and frat
This la Qod'a haapltaUtr,
Math causa to thuklttM MlMP
Thaaiuata OWrUaa.
THE KITCHEN STERNLY INDICTED
Andy McGilligan Presents An Argument for Woman Suffrage as
He Discourses on the Cooking Combine and the Value of
Trusts An Anachronism Awaiting Its Edison
By B. K.
I AST evening I called on my friend, Mr.
J McGilligan. Ills wtfo has boen away for
tho summer. So has mine,
Tho mlnuto I got In tho door Andy and I
exchanged a look of profound sympathy and
comprehension.
He took mo out to bis kitchen, where I be
held an Impressive pile of stewpans, skillets
and dlBhcB, tho whole neatly crowned by a
coffee-pot.
"There," said Andy, with a fitting gesture,
"Is tho wholo argument for equal suffrage or
anything else they want. Let's have a
smoke."
'Andy and his cigar lighted up simulta
neously. I don't know of anybody who Is
more completely the American citizen than
Andy. Ho Is an cpttomo of the United
States. His observations on that account
havo always scemod to mo irrefutable law.
They certainly seemed to mo so lost evening.
His mind was full of skillets, even as mine.
"Often," said Andy, "I have told my wife
that woman's place Is In the home. Often
sho has told me that household cares are an
unmitigated boro and drudgery. I believe I
have always agreed with hor pn that point.
I could afford to, for business Is pretty much
the same thing. Tho great moments, tho
moments when you rako in a profit roally
worth while, don't come every day. Tho
rest of tho thing Is Just plain, tame routine.
I've said as much to my wife. I was per
fectly willing to agree with her when sho
oamo right back and said that her routine
was a leetle mite worse than mine. But I
never gave her that whole-souled, complete
accord, that unconditional surrender, that I
havo since I've had to ellck up that pile of
skillets and dishes twice this summer.
Eating 15th Century Meals
"You and I, Blank," said Andy, "are living
In the twentieth century. Our wives are still
living and still working In the fifteenth.
"YOu know yourself how you'd roar If you
had to lick your own stamps at the office,
or sweep out, or shoo away the book agents.
We have offlco boys to do that. But our
wives are their own office boys to this day.
By George, it's no wonder they are in re
volt and want the earth. They deserve it.
"They've been sent to college. They've
had their minds and their desires licked up
to meet the complicated interests ot these
times. We train them for Bythlng else
on earth except the one worst thing on earth
there Is left to do. They're the most in
tellectual offlco boys in captivity. Captivity,
precisely that
"In tho outside world we have Introduced
every possible Invention of the mind of man
to lighten work, to speed up production, to
save human strength. Imagine what would
happen if I tried to take my shoe factory
bock to the old hand methods! Where
would I he In ono week! Well, I'm the man
that keeps that shoo factory going. I my
self am kept going by my kitchen. And at
the very basis of all this progress of ours
there's no progress whatever. I'm manu
facturing shoes In the twentieth, but I'm
eating my meals In the fifteenth,
"I tell you, the kitchen la a survival of
the Dark Agea. We have deliberately per
mitted It to he what it la. I tell you, the
kitchen is .calling for its Edison, its West
inghouss, its Henry Ford, for any man who
can make it a contemporary of the times."
"But what would you have him dor said
I, appalled before this stern indictment,
"Do!" said Andy "Do for the kitchen at
least as much as we have done for dentistry!
A hundred years ago, when the world and
the kitchen were younger, we used to read
by candles. And made our own candles, at
that When you and I came into this room,
what did I, doT I turned an electric switch
and Edlton gave us tight."
Dinners by Wire
"But you dow't expect Edison to give you
your dinner and wash your dishes by the
turn of a switch r said X, aghast
"Why nstt" el Andy. "If ona Edison
could knook out tha candle, why can't some
ether Zdiaan knack out the stewpot and tha
dish pan!
"I see," aM L "7u want your dinner
sent to yeu ovar a wire, tiut doesn't nature
stand In tha way? You may hear over a
wire and ae ovar a wire. But how eat oyer
a wirtf Tha thing atrnak ma aa afeud,
4 I tatiotataa as sauen.
"Daa't ba atUy, aUak aak Ke. "Tha
tils If sajaaaM a rat partaeUy aarioua
OUR POSITION
, ' r-aKJSr'.
LITTLE
about it. If we have a central lighting plant,
why not a ccntrul cooking plant? It's being
started already. A London department store
run by an Amclcan, by tho way has bo
gun to advcrtlso neatly cooked dinners,
served at your door, plplpg hot, by Bpeedy
autotruck delivery. The menus are attract
ive and tho prices aro low. Can't you sco
tho cost of living reduced by somo glgantlo
cooking combine, able to buy Its oysters by
tho million, Its steaks by tho ton and buy
ing on Bhort tlmo and lurgo discounts? All
tho economics of big business aro posslblo
In tho cooking Industry. And your dishes
called for by tho samo autovan next morn
ing. Why not?"
"It's a glittering prospect," I admitted.
"But," I grudged, "what about the poetry
of tho homo and all that sort of thing?"
"Won't tho poetry of tho homo get Us
chanco only when you've knocked out tho
proso of tho home?" ho came back at me.
"Poetry!" he sneered. "Just look over tho
situation. When I come home tired nnd tho
steak Is tough, I intimate as much to my
wife. Couldn't I really curso It out much
moro effectively If I wero railing against
somo Rockefeller of tho roast? Ond reason
why tho American people tolerate the trusts
Is In order to havo something to flail, some
thing to 'Indict' Would tho evening be spoilt
and my wlfo mado unhappy If I brought tho
responsibility of that tough steak right
straight to tho door of tho cooking com,
blno?
Shakespeare and the Coffee Pot
"Besides, tho chances of a tough steak
would be fewer. The comblno would bo ablo
to buy its steaks by the carload, 'hang them
tilt they were 'green' and cook them when
thoy were tender. They might havo bar
gain sales In steaks. They might own their
own radish farms. I see In my mind's eye
a wholo State planted In radishes by tho
cooking combine. They might buy up the
sardtno output. They'd employ cooks bet
ter than you and I could nfford to hire. We'd
have Rltz-Carlton fare right in our own
homes, oven on Monday evening. They'd
corner the watermelon crop a year In ad
vance We'd hear of futures in beets and
carrots. They'd havo schools for waiters.
You might havo sent to you, along with
your meal, a waiter ablo to spring a few
vaudeville bits or talk a little Plato.
"And meanwhile," said Andy, In italics,
"the burden of planning the meals, of keep
ing your cook sweet-natured, of seeing the
dishes well washed, would be gone from the
house and gone from tho world. Poetry?
Poetry would come in at the door, along
with tho dinner from central. I would up
root the kitchen entlrelyl" Andy declaimed.
"I'd send It back to the Pharaohs, whero it
belongs. I tell you, I marvel at thev patience
of women. Thoy havo stood still in the
kitchen nnd watched us pass on. Why do
we havo the servant problem? Because of
the kitchen. Why do we have so much
divorce? The kitchen's largely to blame.
Our poor women llvo with ono . hand on
Shakespeare and tho other on tho cortoe pot.
Their aspirations soar to tho clouds, while
their feet aro in the kitchen sink. They
cry for emancipation. Emancipation from
what? From the lard can and tho dlshrag.
Where was the equal suffrage movement
born? In tho pantry. Giving them tho bal
lot Is a mere trifle. Tho Important thing la
not what wo give them, but what we take
away. Pluck out that foul spot, the kitchen,
from the fair lap of civilization, Every rung
on the ladder of Women's success is slippery
with kitchen grease, "
Andy was still talking on like that when
I left at U o'clock. But I will say that I
agree with htm.
WHEN THE HALTER DRAWS
.ThM.e, Jh0 r. iir.ecly r Indirectly hurt by
thi "M"" f; fearlesa and efficient pubUe
official always believe or affect to believe that
they are the vtctlma of official persecution.
Nor doea the tyndenoy to criticism, stop with
them. "The publlo official who goea about dla,
charging his duty without fear or favor must
be prepared to ba liberally criticised from mi.
meroua other quartera. There are those to whom
the apecUcle of vlgoroua action in publlo omca
la alwaya for some reason unpleasant ThaV
find In it a savor of tyranny or parsecutlon r
high-handed injustice or dlacrimlnCutweS
the various "claaserf- of .oclety or something
equally unpleasant uhu
Huch oltUena see very clearly ths dWcultla
of the prlaanar In the dock and Tth eara
humiliation of hla family. What tW talMi
aaa, as a ruU. tha dimoultlat t vS iSitJ
M a aaU will ha MUnul mUp? SSSSL
1
to go unchecked. They feel keenly the pains
and penalties to which the individual in the
hands of tho law may be aubjected. But tha
pains ot the great mass 'of cltjzens who may ba
left exposed to lawloss outrages is not so prom
inently before their vision.
However, these are assuredly In the minority.
Over and against these Is the great body of
sober, scnslblo and humane citizens who look
nt things a littlo more In the large: who are
Just as humano ns anybody, but a little more
wide In their view of the situation. And these
citizens, as has boen shown time and again,
will always rally to the public official who does
hlB duty as ho sees It. Chicago Herald.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Senator Boles Penrose's denunciation of the
short ballot wai just the Indorsement It needed.
Springfield Republican.
We see that It is much easier to begin a var
than to end It, and that Is a truth which the
American people might ponder with profit In
dianapolis News.
Public opinion in this country will not fall
to justify vigorous measures by our Govern
ment for the restoration ot peace and order In
northern Mexico Hartford Post.
Maybe when Freedom shrieked In Poland at
Koaclueko'a fall sho foresaw that Poland might
become an "Independent buffer State" between
Germany ond Russia. Kansas City Star.
After this cruel was Is over there will be Inter
national and industrial arbitration established.
Both of these great reforms are born of the
same parents the love of truth, the love of
Justice and the love of humanity. Ohio State
Journal.
Other States should copy New York. There
should be legislative records as there Is a Con
gressional nccord, carrying full details of all
that Is attempted and accomplished In tho mat
ter of law making, and giving every citizen a
chance to Inform himself. If so disposed, ot
what Is going on In tho different fields of legis
lative endeavor. Washington Star.
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