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PHILADELPHIA. rRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, 111.
A'pno tut the man who hat the courage to
admit that he doei not know l ever
able to cxcrclte the power that
comes from knowledge.
CENSOUSIHP MUST GO I
UNTIL this week the Stato censorship of
movlrtR pictures has been An absurdity,'
nothing moro. Its ofTlciousncss and Its petty
tyranny have been tolerated because there
were two adequate checks upon It In tho
courts and the police. Those checks, by the
decision of tho Allegheny County Courts, are
bow abolished.
From tills time on the censorship Is a
menace to free city government. It la an
institution established by the State to exer
cise rights which naturally belong to tho
cities. From Its decision thero la to bo no
appeal,
The Bpeclal case in Philadelphia Is of In
lntercst only In so far as It points tho moral
of this extraordinary situation. If riots and
bloodshed should follow tho showing of a
film, tho city officiate would be powerless to
stop the production of that film, because tho
State Censors have passed It more than a
year ago.
If the Allegheny Court Is right In Its inter
pretation of tho law, a new tyranny has been
established in this State. It is a tyranny
which will not bo tolerated. The police
power belongs to tha cities, not to a State
commission. The censorship must go!
INSISTS HE WAS ASLEEP
THE Governor pleads Ignorance. He
.knew nothing of tho conspiracy of bunco
and deception which ended In foisting on
this community one Smith as a candidate
for Mayor. Yet It was 'the Governor's ap
pointment of Smith and the Governor's. sub
sequent and vehement denial that any plot
vas under way which lulled the public into
a raise sense of security. The Governor had
Smith, hog-tied and turned him loose.
All this may have been a series of acci
dents. Perhaps the Governor did not know
what was going on In the minds of the poli
ticians, but the politicians knew what was
going on in the mind of the Governor, for
they openly boasted that they had him where
they wanted him.
Governor Brumbaugh insists that he was
sound asleep. It will bo a good thing for
the 'State If he keeps awako hereafter.
AN INSTITUTION DE LUXE
THERB is something radically wrong.
Thousands of contented citizens have
been going peaceably about their work and
paying their taxes under the impression that
the proceeds would be used for paving
streets, paying the police and fir a depart
ments and financing the other activities of
the municipal government. Not sol The
chief purpose of taxation is to provide funds
for the Municipal Court, which can be
choked by no stream of molten gold. The
more It gets the more Jt wants, and the more
It wants the more It gets. Justice may not
e blind, but it certainly Is expensive. A
constitutional amendment should be adopted
at once authorizing Philadelphia to borrow
unlimited amounts for the maintenance of
this novel institution.
IRREPRESSIBLE HUMORISTS
NOT If the war Involved five continents
could It overcome the invincible sense
of humor latent In humanity. Note how,
In a day's news, It crops out
A London dally reports that it was tho
treachery of the Germans that defeated Itus
sJa. By low-down disloyalty and deceit the
Oermans destroyed the great Russian muni
tion works at Okhta. Considering the friendly
relations which have existed between Ger
many and Itussla for the last thirteen
months, this was downright mean of the
Germans,
Item two The Crowjj Prince has been
tnfde King of Belgium. The humor of this
Hero becomes clear when read In connection
with the report that tho Crown Prince ha
or 1b cracked under the strain of his at
tacks on Verdun.
Third and funniest Item pf all Is Count
yon Iteyentlow'B remark about London as
a, fqrttfled place. "Carrying bombs to Lon
don," says (his arph-humorlst, "will soon
Was trite a phrase as 'Carrying coals to
Newcastle,'" Perhaps the Count meant that
tfce usefulness of the two procedure was
ul.- Perhaps not. But it's a. funny1 idea
aa4 a weary world thank him for It!
IiW live the war!
JU1RISOK ACt NOT A QUIBBLK
physician who has challenged th
nnrnlltntlnnilll r nf tha lr..,in- .,
wr Jw will get 9$c(pu fjttje sympathy
; 4u icitvn- jiiuiuHera. nor will he
b the better received by decent citizens for
the answer tie has made to the charge of
WitfcMrt any intention of prejudging a
oiu. U way be said that th legality of the
HArriMNi act hardly enters Intq question
win a feeler l charged with ,.rec4vlnjt
witbli) ir months JI.OCO more grains of
pr,crJbl narcotics, than he mit. In re.
piy i.j this rtutrge the sjMHisy man's Ww.
) "ttai'ks th validity- cr tfc act
l. raw lie lefftliy JunUf but w the lay
Blind it seems like addfng thoknavery of
law to the knavery of medicine. A doctor
who ennnot clear himself of the charge of
handling enormous quantities of morphine
and heroin without legal Quibbles is In no
position to Invoko tho Constitution of tho
United States.
JUST SMITH
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THE politicians know more about Smith
than the people know about him. Ho
used to supervise the delivery of tho com
munity's letters, and the servlco was Just
about as good as it Is now. Thero havo
been worse postmasters than Smith was.
He seems to have been a satisfactory officer
for tho bonding company with which ho
was connected. The business that came
through his hands was good and lucrative.
$o, 'Smith hos never been a conspicuous
man to bo pointed out on tho streets as an
eminent citizen. Thero arc people In Penn
sylvania who nover heard of him, and there
aro somn even In Philadelphia on whom Ills
population has mado no Impression.
But as Postmaster did Smith do anything
to better tho service or to secure for this
city a postoulcc building comparnblo with
thoso which lesser cities boast? No, Smith
held his Job. That Is tho most that can
be said of him.
Did nnybody hear of Smith when tho
great transit campaign was on and tho
masses wcro calling for leaders to come for
ward and light their battle? No, Smith
was not vlstblo then. It was of no Interest
to him how tho people got down to work
or how much It cost them.
Was It Smith who went to Harrlsburg
and led in tho good light to freo this
city by giving it a borrowing capacity
commensurate with its standing and pres
tige? Not Smith.
When the Chamber of Commerce was
being organized, was It Smith who led In the
campaign? No, Smith was not heard of
then.
Was It Smith who wrapped about him tho
mantle of Republicanism and fought stead
fastly to put Brumbaugh In Harrlsburg?
No, It was a quiet Smith who lived In those
dnys.
Where Is there any great cntcrprlso with
which Smith was associated? By what great
deeds has ho commended himself, to the peo
ple of thl community? Wherein has he
bettered tho conditions of llfo for them, on
what social battlefields ha3 ho fought, for
what achievements Is his name a synonym,
what clarion call has over come from his
lips? Surely he has done something, surely
he has some conspicuous merit which com
pelled his selection as a candidate. What
It is nobody seems to know. His sen-ice as
a Public 8ervice Commissioner was not long
enough, or active enough, to havo given
him a reputation. Ho had nothing to do
with securing for Pennsylvania higher com
mutation ratos than New Jersey enjoys.
't What, then, has Smith got? Why, tho
support of the "leaders." But surely in this
great Amorlcan Republic Smith is his own
man, a free citizen, who wants to bo elected,
not to give men Jobs, but to give Philadel
phia a good administration? Maybo so, but
nothing he has said or done would indl
cato it.
THE KAISER'S TEARS
"-1ARRIED away by the monstrosity of
J these proved facts, which leave no hope
for decadent France, tho Emperor (of Ger
many) wept moro than onco at the shame
of such a demoralization." So runs an ac
count published in Germany.
The people of Germany will bo glad to
know that their Emperor has wept for deca
dent France. A false impression has been
spread that tho Kaiser hated France. Not
sol He loves France and he weeps for it.
The people of France, on tho other hand,
will nlso be glad. They will appreciate the
Kaiser's tears and will return his pleasant
sentiment. Only they may wonder a little
at the term "decadent." They may be a
littlo puzzled to know whether the army
which broke tho back of Germany's first
campaign In France was decadent, too.
DEFINITION OF ALIMONY
A MILLIONAIRE, more notorious than
notable, is pestering the Government for
a definition of alimony. Should he or the
recipient of the nllmony pay the income tax
on it?
It Is a fine point, and undoubtedly the best
legal talent of the Department of Justice
will be put to work upon It. Anticipating
their definition, tho mystified gontleman can
take solace from the ordinary conception of
alimony.
It is a cur so.
Archibald Is merely whimpering.
A suffragist cookbook has been issued. The
proof of the voting Is to be in the eating.
Just as Petrograd begins to report prog
ress on the south wing, Stockholm begins
to report riots in Petrograd.
John Christian Bullitt, n stone statue,
wasn't half as much an obstructionist
against transit as somo stone-headed gen.
tlemen now alive.
A good many reservists are quite content
to find themselves In the United States. The
rest mustn't expect Uncle Sam to support
.their families while they fight.
From the French Official Report: .J'There
were cpmbata with grenades at the Sap
heads last night.': .Monstrous! Wonder
what the Wlllle-boys are doing.
Austria- has decided"; to accept the recall p
Dumb in a friendly spirit. That, dear Aus.
tria, was preeWoly the spirit in which the
recall was asked-for your sake, not; ours.
A Tfale senior, whea asked how far back
he couM trc ty actiy replied: "After
a light fH of' I can, tmce mine, about
a mjle," A wt U fcor.i.ihe.clty candi
date for Mayor,
" ' ' I,..
8plrltuallts have Iscovered that the
ghos of HtpoUoptc soldiers caused this
Cwr, Th ?a4irs couMa't hV gone to
the rtkt pUc tt Owy wtnUd $ rt ail-.
oUmc aiter their own experience,
PHILADELPHIA
IS AN OPEN BOOK
To Colonel Cattell, n Wizard as n
Collector and Distributer of
Facts Advertising This
City Is His Hobby
By WILLIAM A. McGARRY
FOR 17 years Philadelphia has had a press
agent working assiduously to provo that
tho Quaker City Isn't tho slow old place
some pcoplo think. Most of tho time ho
hns worked at his ownj-xpense, and ho has
never watched tho
clock. Ho Is Col. Eil
ward James Cattell.
tho City Statistician
Tho city pays Colo
nel Cattell a nalaty
for his statistical
work of tho city. Ho
is not paid for his
publicity and "boost
Ing" work, which is
probably ten times na
valuable, but then
that happens to bo tho
noDoy ne nns uccn mi.NKi. uut.i.
riding nearly all his Miotoby Hataelcr. l'hlla.
life, so ho has never counted tho cost.
Tho Colonel got his tltlo from tho Army
Navy Union, In which ho Is a staff officer
and honorary member. Ho Is probably one
of tho most widely known after-dinner
speakers In Philadelphia, and easily tho man
most often heard outside tho city. In tho
last six months, for Instance, ho has spoken
In 3S different cities and towns, delivering
14R addresses, nnd always his subject has
been Philadelphia, Its resources nnd advan
tages for nil types of good citizens. As to
his official Job, tho Colonel Is not satisfied
merely to collect statistics nnd let It go nt
that. Ho works out nil his statistics Into
easily understandable numbers. He can toll
Instantly, for Instance, exactly how many
times tho yarn mado In Philadelphia would
stretch around tho world, and ho never uses
such an Illustration moro than two or threo
times. Nearly every day ho figures out now
ones from records furnished by manufactur
ers no that ho will always 'havo fresh ma
terial for his out-of-town talks.
Colonel Cattell has served Philadelphia
undor flvo Mayors. His first Job was at tho
Commercial Museum, In which offico ho
wroto tho "Foreign Commercial Guldo of
South America," a commercial history that Is
still used by travelers. Men like Roger W.
Babson, tho statistician, havo complimented
tho Colonol on the thoroughness of this book
within the last year or so, although It was
published about ten or twelve years ago.
Not "Extra Dry," But Sparkling
Ho Is of nn old Philadelphia family, ono
that has taken a largo part In tho shaping
of the city's paths. Although tho bachelor
Colonol Is proud of his ancestors, ho dislikes
to tnlk of them becauso ho says ho thor
oughly believes In tho old story that tho
man who talks of his ancestors Is like the
potato tho best of him Is under ground. His
undo was Alexander G. Cattell. United States
Senator from New Jersey, who brought ubout
tho establishment of tho Philadelphia Navy
Yard at League Island. Sonator Cattell also
was founder of the Corn Exchange National
Bank of this city, and the man who raised
tho Corn Exchange Regiment in tho Civil
War. Incidentally, Colonel Cattell is named
after Edward James, noted business man of
that period, who seconded Senator Cattell's
motion that a regiment bo raised.
It must not bo supposed that because he
Is a statistician Colonel Cattell's speeches
ore dry. If they were he hardly would be In
demand In other cities, by Chambers of Com
merce and Boards of Trade, to the extent
that he Is. The fact Is that ho has an ap
parently Inexhaustible fund of stories, and he
mixes them up so well with his Innumer
able facts of Philadelphia's greatness that
tho latter do not become tiresome.
One story the Colonel frequently tells can
not bo understood without a description of
Its teller. Ho Is below tho medium height
and rather stout. His hair what is left Is
qulto white; he has largo round bluo eyes
and round red cheeks and short, dignified
white "mutton-chop" whiskers, also a long
white mustache. Tho Colonel dropped into a
hotel rather lato one night on his way home
to get a cup of coffee. There was u
masked ball going on, and while he sat there
a man and a woman, masked, camo In. Both
gazed at tho Colonel for sdmo time In deep
admiration.
"Where did you get that make-up?" said
tho stranger at last, "It's a beauty,"
"Isn't It?" agreed Colonel Cattell, "but tho
trouble Is I have to wear It homo."
A Remarkable Memory
Not tho least of tho Colonel's accomplish
ments Is his wonderful memory. He can re
peat word for word almost any conversation
he has had for years back. At one time he
demonstrated this In the London Times office
six months after tho conversation had oc
curred, even repeating a note that had been
dictated to a stenographer. His memory
applies even to his most lengthy speeches.
After he has dictated an address to his ste
nographcr he never has to refer to It aguln
prior to the time1 for delivering it.
The Colonel is one of tho most widely trav
eled men In the city. Ho has visited nearly
every country on the globe. If It hadn't been
for a misfortune in his youth It is probable
he never would have gone far from Phlli.
delphla, and today he might be In the bank
ing business but for this same misfortune.
Ho was a student at Princeton when his
eyes began to .weaken, and steadily grew so
bad that It was almost impossible for him
to see. Finally, when he wbb almost ready
to abandon hope, he went abroad for treat
ment. An operation restored his eight and
he has worn the same spectacles for the last
25 years.
The Colonel has some pet aversions. Ono
of them Is the man who does not vote. In
his capacity as, city statistician he has fig.,
ured out that more men did not register prior
to the last election In Philadelphia than the
.entire population of Camden, N. J., the city
just across the Delaware River. The total
of those who failed to register was 108,000.
He thinks such men ought (o be prosecuted
for treason.
AND WHOSOEVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY
h-
AS MARK TWAIN SAID
With a permanent hereditary presidency of
the republic, monarchy In China would exist
only in fact, as Mark Twain said of savagery
In the Sandwich Itlande after the missionaries
had visited it-Springfield Republican,
I III IJ IV
U. OF P IS Oil THE JOB
The Smithsonian IxUtuttoa at Washington
ha .announced eeyary of one of the
Jai-gaet an meet cenuilete skeleton of 1
mastodon ever uncovered Its age ! tlmata4
at V,m years. U Is ar up to the UtdisinitJ
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THE MAN WHO LOOKS LIKE LINCOLN
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, the "Favorite Son" of Illinois, Has
Become a National Figure Within Two Years.
Story of His Career . '
By GEORGE W. DOUGLAS
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SBNATOIl tJIIISnMAN.
Senator Bhcrman was wounded
stone hurled through tho train
window Wednesday night, it was not the
first tlmo that ho had been tho mark for
missiles. He has been in tho thick of tho
political fight for
years and has given
as well as re
ceived blows. Few
persons outside of
Illinois, howover, had
ever heard of him
until ho was elected
to tho Senate in 1913
to succeed William
Lorlmer, ousted be
cause of fraud In his
tltlo. The Republi
cans in the Legisla
ture had 77 votes on
a Joint ballot, tho
Democrats 97 and the
Progressives 27. Thero was a deadlock,
which was broken by a deal between tho
Republicans and Democrats, according to
tho terms of which Sherman was chosen
to fill tho unexpired term of Lorlmer and
James Hamilton Lewis was elected to suc
ceed Shelby M. Cullom for tho full term.
Then the nation began to wonder who and
what Sherman wasi
His election for a full term by popular
vote last November Increased tho curiosity
about him, and now that he is brought for
ward as tho candidate of Illinois for the
Presidency, it is Important that the curi
osity should be satisfied.
In the first place, it should be stated that
ho Is supposed to look Hko Lincoln, not the
bearded Lincoln that Cullom is said to
resemble, but tho Lincoln of the presidential
campaign of 1860, when tho Illlnolsan had a
smooth face and a tousled head of hair.
Sherman's face Is lined with' deep furrows,
his mouth has a sourly saturnine expres
sion and his hair, parted far down on one
side, billows over his broad forehead as
neglected as that of tho small boy whose
mother Is away on her vacation.
Mistaken for a Tramp
When ho first entered the Illinois Legis
lature as a member In 1897 his trousers did
not meet his shoctops, his shirt sleeves were
Innocent of cuffs and ho had put on a col.
lar out of respect to the proprieties of tho
occasion. When ho waa running for Lieu
tenant Governor a few years later he went
to Chicago to call on the chairman of the
Stato Committee, but tho doorkeeper of the
party headquarters In the Grand Paclflo
Hotel refused to Jet him in becauso he looked
like a tramp and would neither tell his name
nor state his business, On another occasion
during the campaign ho was waiting for a
train at a small railroad Junction and mak
ing a lunch ot apples from a bag that he
held on his lap. Ha wore his usual high
water trousers and the sleeves of his dusty
coat were too short for his arms.
Colonel Nat Flood, of Meadvllle, Pa., who
had been sent Into Illinois by the National
Committee to speak for the State and na.
tionat tickets, was waiting at the same June
tlon. He had strolled behind a freight car
on a siding to smoke a cigarette Jn privacy
lest he should offend the sensibilities of the
rural community. He caught sight of the
man on the platform and, when b cigarette
was finished he made sonie remark aboitf
him to a bystander, only to discover thai
this was the candidate on the State ticket
about whom he had been saying fine things
on the stump. He looked tho .man over and
decided that if that was he best Illinois
could, do he was through and too)- the next
train tor home.
m First Public 0ce
But, as Pope mlgpt have sd, clothes do
not make a man nor want of them the fel
low. The peole of Illinois hd discovered
that tlere was something worth whll ja
this wn, in spite of hjs IndUterence to p.
pearances, T"rom hi earliest manhood be
had made himself felt in tho community In
which he lived. He was born In Miami
Countyt Q., in 1858, and -was taken o Illinois
by bis parents when he was still a, btjatf
He got, bis sducation in the district .schools
trf Jjr County, in LWj, AeUtay. in Cotes
County, and at McKendree College, a Meth
odist institution at Lebanon, 111., about 25
miles southeast of St. Louis. The collego
now has 350 students nnd a faculty of 17
Instructors. On graduating he went to
Macomb, the county seat of MacDonqugh
County, with a load of apples to sell In order
to raise money to study law. Macomb Is a
place of 6000 population, and tho lawyers
thero know how to play the gamo of politics.
Sherman in tho course of time was mado
City Attorney and later was elected County
Judge. Ho refused re-election becauso he
wanted to practice law without any distrac
tions. In 1879 he decided that he wanted to go
to the Legislature, and was elected to mem
bership In tho House of Representatives. In
tho Innocence of his heart he voted for the
Chicago street railroad grab bill that Terkes
bought through tho Legislature in order to
get a BO-year franchise, and he has had to
explain why ho did It ever since. But ho
made such a reputation for himself in his
first term that ho was elected Speaker of
tho Houso nt the next session and used all
his power to bring about tho repeal of tho
Yerkes franchise grab law that he had once
supported, and he fought all other crooked
legislation during tho session. Ho served
four terms and was Speaker during, tho
second and third of them. In the fourth
session ho fought the gang from the floor.
Content With Second Place
His friends now thought ho was strong
enough to be a candidate for tho Governor
ship, and In 1903-4 he opposed the renomlna
tlon of Governor Yates with threo or four
other mqn, each of whom sought, the first
place on the ticket. Dencen got the nomina
tion, however, and Sherman took second
'place. Ab Lieutenant Governor he estab
lished new precedents, for instead of sim
ply presiding over the Senate ho made stump
speeches from the platform denouncing the
bills that ho opposed; and it Is said that this
unparliamentary and unconstitutional ac
tivity was sufficient in more than one case to
defeat objectionable measures.
While ho was still serving as Lieutenant
Governor, President Roosevelt, at ttie sugges
tion of Benator Cullom, appointed him to the
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission; but ho
declined the place because he did not think
it right to resign the offlco to which the
people had elected him. When his term
expired he was appointed head of the State
Board of Charities, and administered Its af
fairs until he was elected to the Senate.
The influential politicians who are now
pushing him forward as the "favorite son"
of the State for the presidential nomination
next year are convinced that he is of presi
dential alio. This Us yet to be demonstrated
to the country at large. He has not Im
pressed himself upon the Senate as a greater
man than any one of a ecore or more sitting
there. What the future holds no one can
tell, but at tho present time his candidacy
is interesting merely as evidence that the
Illinois leaders are preparing to consolidate
their strength behind a single candidate for
the purpose of using it Jn the convention
where It will do the most good.
stand In a community ns tho representatives of
literature, art and thought. They cnn mak
themselves frit In anrlptv nnri An mnV. nn...j
driving out tho red necktie and the bridge table, si
nnd substitute for thorn serious and Inspiring- 'M
reading and make tntelllcence ami rnltiir iv. W
real forces In a community, which Is not now
the case. It is hoped our women's clubs will
read the article referred to. Cleveland Plaid
Dealer.
WORD FROM CHESTER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Having taken your good newsy paper for
one year, wo llko It much for Its clean page
and real Republican politics, and so glad you
stand for woman's sufrrago. We, men of Chei- ,
ter (many of us), aro doing all we can to help '
them. J. B. HAZELL.
Chester, September 15.
WAR AND WEEDS
There is nothing more unpretentious than
most weeds. Yetup in Saskatchewan weeds
have, made the farmers ,0W,oeO poorer this
year. Somebody will at once discover that
weeds Invariably follow war, Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
NEW PROFESSION FOR WOMEN
Earl Barnes has a very sensible article In tne
& .Atwnll. on.c"A- New P'ofeMlon tor
Women." He notes the fact that the character
of the reading of the people has degenerated In
the past few years, and whether It Is a caul,
or A-consequence. he notes alio the dlsaniwiuC
ance o .the old-time book store from theTonH
muntty, This he regards as disastrous, for it
does In way hold up; the reading- taste of
the seot. The readlag of books has much dS--clm.
Hr.Vw. our AeaaJor to Kntand
ays "Aswrtea. men spend more for nkUM
5J ou JSL0 eBa roor r butt, than
either ot thero send fpr bosks." If mattersS
on as thay have in the past I y-A there n
soon be no reading of books, and wMn thM tlJii
sffi! taW,,ot" 'h Peo"li will U
Tiw ftl "" r, Bwai, proposes is a
restoration of the ol book auA urnSE .2
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
A banker has as much right to sell credit to .
a belligerent aa a manufacturer has to sell
shrapnel or a farmer to sell mules or cotton.
Houston Post. i
The true Republican platform, riot the Pen
rose stuff, favors a nonpartisan commission ar
ranging In schedule of duties upon the Idea at
Incidental protection. Ohjo Stato Journal.
-
A demonstration of the e'aso with which the
voters cnn rldo over tho organization In the di
rect primary, when they feel like doing It, was
given In Mr. Ritchie's race for the Attorney
Generalship. Baltimore Nows.
I
With scarcely a dissenting volpo Austrian and
Hungarian workmen throughout the United
States have vehemently expressed their dlsap-.
proval of the Dumba propaganda. They are
Americans, and In their Americanism there 1
no room for the dual allegiance which the Au.
trian diplomat has presupposed, Cleveland
Plain Dealer. .
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