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rniLADELPIIIA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 4. 111.
Ingratitude Is the poison which makes benevo'
lence sicken and die.
General Huertn. is still alivo and Villa Is
Still kicking.
Too bad that tho Austrlans had to cut short
tho President's honeymoon.
Tho medical men aro all wrong:. Tho Kal
eer has only been dlgcstlnfr Austria's Ancona
note.
Shamokln, Wllmlncton, Trenton nnd At
lantic City arc In a fair way to learn how
bad they are,
Sloro snow wns duo last night; but It looks
today as it tho weather man had let his
promises go to protest.
Charles P. Taft's Cincinnati newspaper
Beems to tako William II. Taft pretty seri
ously as a political leader.
All the Mayor could And to lay on the big
Best Issue before the city Is Included In sev
enteen words on rapid transit.
Whenever Mr. Bryan speaks one Is re
minded of tho historic remark that tho lato
William H. Vanderbllt made about ono of
his sons-in-law.
New Tear's Throngs I.eava Heaps of Gold
at Atlantic City. Headline.
If they had taken heaps of gold away with
them It would havo been real news.
Will Colonel Roosevelt be more friendly to
tho Michigan Republicans than to those of
Nebraska and let his name stay on their
presidential prcferenco primary ballot?
Few of Judge Walllng's decisions were re
versed when ho sat in tho lower courts. No
ono wants to reverse tho Governor's decision
that raised him to tho Supremo Court.
Mr. Ford confesses that his trip to Aurope
has broadened him. Ho is still able to rldo
with Doctor Aked and Jcnkin Lloyd Jones
on tho back scat of ono of his cars without
crowding.
Major General Hugh 1. Scott suggests a
censorship for tho United States press In
war time. Doubtless ho Is inspired by tho
signal success of tho corresponding British
Institution.
Franco has ordered tho release of Ger
mans taken from American steamships. A
lesson In the decent and orderly conduct of
international relations which allies and ene
mies may well copy.
Tho New York Tribune wants to know
whether Germany can manufacture milk.
Mebbe not. but It's ten to one she'll manufac
ture something twice as good for tho human
system, even if it has tho bitter aftortasto
of Kultur.
Tho city has been paying Interest for four
jears on Jl.500,000 borrowed to build a con
vention hall, and It has not yet got tho hall.
Mayor Smith's advice to Councils to stop
this waste by building tho hall nt once Is
conceived In tho right spirit.
If England Is not above discussing the uses
of compulsory military service, she may no
tion how Italy has solved her labor problem
by putting workmen under military law.
Sho may also recall that Arlstldo Briand did
tho same thing In time of peaco once to
avert a strike.
Perhaps the Mayor had in mind tho loan
ordinance which the expiring Councils did
not pass when ho suggested to the new Coun
cils that it give tho fullest opportunity for
Investigation and discussion of all the meas
ures before it so that the peoplo might know
the reasons for its action.
The Mayor adopts the recommendations
of those who planned the Parkway when he
aaya that it should be the site of all the new
largo municipal buildings. This is sound as
a general proposition, but the proper site for
a building la where It will serve the greatest
number of people who havo to visit it rather
than where It will look the prettiest. Yet
we are all agreed that the Parkway should
be completed with all expedition, and that
enough monumental buildings should be
erected along it to give to it the distinction
which its breadth and dignity demand.
The death of Justice Lamar removes the Bee-
.end of the five Justices of the Supreme Court
appointed .by President Taft. The , first to
tie was II. II. Lurton. He was succeeded by
James C, Mclteynolda, vhom President Wil
en promoted from the Cabinet. Mr, Taft's
irsmalnlng appointees aro Charles E. Hughes,
fftUla VanDevanter and Mahlon Pitney,
Fate played one of its curious tricks when
It laid upon Mr, Taft, who had always de
sired to sit on the Supreme Court bench
but had to become President instead, the
duty of appointing five of the nine Justices
during his four years in the White House.
Roosevelt named three Justices, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, William R. Day and William HV
Meody, Justice Moody wan compelled to re
tfM because of ill health and Taft filled the
' parnr" by the appointment of Lurton, who
Ud last year McKinley appointed Justice
li?Kenna. and Chief Justice White was
tkca from the Senate by President CJeve
ItyiiU and put on the bench In 1S0I. Taft
ad Wm Chief Juatlcj? in 1910. Justice
"ft.:. t hff, Jiwfer, served- twentyon
EVENING
years, n. period exceeded by sixteen of hla
predecessors. John Jiarahall, Joseph Story,
Stephen J. Field and John M. Harlan each
served thirty-four years. Thirty-nine of tho'
total of sixty-nine Justices who have sat In
tho court served 10 years or more.
WHAT PROFITETII IT A CITY?
YKSTEnDAT tho city lost ft public servant
whoso efficiency In ofllco will be talked
of and remembered long after ho Is dead and
the enduring monument to whoso ability
will bo living, throbbing arteries of this
metropolis when tho llttlo fellows who ob
structed with what power they had the
achievement of his groat purposo aro Im
mersed In tho dust nnd burled In oblivion.
It Is perfectly obvious, of course, that the
retention of A. Mcrrltt Taylor In ofllco would
havo lent to tho Smith Administration nn
Immcdlato prcstlgo and a public confldenco
which would have combined to win for It
success from Its Inauguration. But this could
not be, for It Is an open secret that powerful
financial Interest, to which tho accomplish
ments of tho Taylor reglmo havo been moro
than mildly unpleasant, In lending their
actlvo support to tho Organization candi
dates did so with something moro than n
liopo that payment would bo rendered, In
tho event of political success, by the ejection
from ofilco of tho ono man who by common
consent wns recognized as tho most nblo and
logical occupant of It. It was no surprise,
therefore, when Mr. Smith announced that
Director Taylor would havo to go; but It Is
i humiliation to this community that It ever
cast Its votes so that such a sacrlflco should
bo possible, nnd It Is n shameful commentary
on tho Intclligcnco of tho electorate.
It Is known, of course, that Director Tnylor
loiiRcd to bo relieved of his nrduoutf dutlet,
duties which for him had always meant largo
financial sacrifices, and which ho had under
taken only from a senso of clvlo responsi
bility and prldo. But the discouraging thing
l.t that If ho had been willing to remain In
ofllco his willingness would havo been vetoed
by politics.
H wns unfortunato for tho city that Mr.
Taylor was without political ambition and
did his work with no goal except tho work
beforo him. At ono of tho groat mass-meetings,
held to protest ngnlnst tho manner In
which tho Organization was attempting to
hamstring tho transit plan, nn enthusiastic
auditor cried out that Taylor should bo tho
next Major, Dramatically tho Director
walked to tho edgo of tho stage, "I am not
. candidate for that olllccl" ho shouted, "I
do not want It and I would not tako It!"
Ho meant what he said. Otherwise, It may
not bo doubted, public pressuro would havo
forced him forward last summer. His
would havo been a non-polltlcnl campaign,
a fight for a business administration, and ho
would havo put Into It tho extraordinary
energy, skill nnd enthusiasm which picked
tho transit plan up, when tho odds against
It wero hopeless, and wrought out of tho
elements of defeat a signal triumph.
Mr. Taylor could have been elected Mayor,
and under him there would havo been four
years of progress such ns Philadelphia had
nover known. But the man's modesty nnd
lovo of retirement, as well as his Implied
pledge, forbade and tho city has him neither
as Mayor nor as Director.
Treading a maze of trick ordinances and
other snap devices used by opposition lead
ers to sidetrack tho transit plan and delay
it Indefinitely, Mr. Taylor was ablo finally to
catch tho obstructionists napping, and be
foro they knew It tho city was dedicated at
least to tho beginning of construction work.
Thero was somo criticism because ho ac
cepted tho J6.000.000 loan proposal, with its
Inclusion of an extension of tho Frankford
elevated to Rhawn street and Its exclusion
of tho delivery loop. Tho Judgment of Mr.
Taylor has, however, already been vindi
cated, for It Is tacitly accepted now that his
entire plan must bo carried out, certainly so
far as tho construction part of it is con
cerned. Again, tho Director had every confidence
in the intelligence of tho electorate, and
doubtless felt that tho November election
would afford an opportunity to tho peoplo
to enforco their will In transit matters.
They took no occasion to do so, unfor-
tunately, although a great number of tho
candidates for Councils were compelled to
put themselves definitely on record, and tho
Mayor himself, while avoiding pledging him
self to any details, was broadly favorable
In his declarations. Thero is scarcely any
critic now who thinks that acceptance of
tho $6,000,000 loan plan by tho Director was
an error.
To this citizen, In whose debt the city Is
already bound beyond measure, the Evenino
Ledger rejoices to volco the gratitude of
tens of thousands of citizens, users of com
mon carriers, in whose interests his her
culean labors have been performed. What
proftteth It a city for a man to servo so
splendidly If his reward is to bo ejected from
tho ofllco he so honored? What inspiration
will thero bo for men of ability following
him to dedicate their services to the city?
Yet the work he did can never be undone.
He set a standard in his department from
which there can be no great divergence
without a popular uprising. He showed the
way so clearly that the straight path must
be followed. In private life ho will stand
as the watchdog of transit, n power still
to be reckoned with and, as it were, a
living guarantee that nothing can be "put
over" in the dark.
What profiteth It a city to lose such a
servant? But the vicissitudes of politics
will continue to exhibit such shameless
events until common Bense has revolution
ized our system of metropolitan govern
ment and efficiency instead of hand-haking
becomes the test of fitness for public office.
A BLOW AT NATIONAL DEFENSE
IF ANY national defense program Is to be
adopted now or in the future the level
headed statesmen in Washington would bet
ter call off the boards of strategy of the
army and navy. The report has Just
come out from the national capital that these
boards have recommended the construction
of a navy as big as that of any two powers
wblgh might attack us and the creation of
an army large enough for defending the
United States and with enough men to spare
to go to the relief of any South or Central
American country If attacked by a European
foe.
It can be argued that such an enormous
military and naval establishment is neces
sary if we are to be prepared to resist at
tack and are to be ready to defend the
Monroe doctrine under any and all conceiv
able circumstances. But the proper place
for such arguments is In the classroom of a
war college, where theoretical problems are
considered.
The. surest way to kill reasonable prepar
edness is to advocate unreasonable prepara
tion lor defense.
LEDGER PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY, JANUARY I, 1916,
Tom Daly's Column
TOM&1ABBO BALVJN1.
Tommatto BaMnl ee deadt Bo J sea.
Mv father ees know heem for lone.
Ol ves, verra fame1 olda fallow Is he,
31 V father he's fait for heem strono.
llees town an' mv father's, you see, ees da
same,
Bo father ees alia time speakln' hees name.
An' dat'sa xo'aVs mak' soocha pranda beea
fame
For Tommasso Balvlnl
"Tommasso Balvtnl," mv father he sav,
"lie marcha ivceth me een da tcar'
Balvlnl was actorf Ol yes, een a sav,
Hut decs was a long time bavforc
"We march an' tee flghla together, von see,
For halp Oarlbaldt mak' ltalu free,
An' dat'sa brccng playnta 'nough honor for me
An' Tommasso Salvlnl."
Tommasso Balvlnl was elghtysla tcor;
M) fattier ees know heem for long,
An' mos' cvra day of hces life you could hear
How father ees brag for heem strong,
llccs town an' my father's, you see, ees da
same,
So father ees alia time speakln' hces name,
An' dat'sa w'at's ynak' soocha granda beeg
fame
For Tommasso Batvlnt.
WD NEVI
nnd wo
ER saw tho jrreat Salvlnl not.
can't bring oursolf to feel that
wo missed much on that account. Wo look
with a suspicious eyo upon folks who nro
given to raving over tho art of tho foreign
nctor whoso langungo Is Greek to them,
however eloquent may bo tho gestures und
tho facial play.
On tho other hand, wo tcel sure Salvlnl
speaking his own longuo would hao de
lighted us moro than did tho English of a
certain Italian tenor, whoso nnmo wo havo
fot gotten, but whoso crlmo still blows Its hot
breath upon our memory at times. AVo had
gone, with our hclpmato and some of our
progeny, to renew the Joys of our youth nt a
tevlvnl of tho tuneful opera of "Robin Hood."
Just our Itickl The leading tenor was 111, and
his swarthy understudy In tho title role took
nil tho Joy out of life. Fancy Robin Hood,
tho most English of heroes, saying: "Coma,
now, my gopda Lectin Joan, an' you, too,
Weella Scarlet, wo wcclla to da Greona
wood go,"
But, ngaln, on tho other hand which
makes three o' them tho lato Sir Henry
IrUng's broken English used to bother us
some, too.
How frivolous, but how moro than up to
dato tho denr old Puni.ic LnDonn was in
1871. On pago 24 of tho Public LnrjaEn
Almanac for that year wo read:
"Call a lady 'a chicken' and ten to one sho
Is angry at you. Tell her sho Is 'no chicken'
und twenty to one she is still angrier."
Correspondence gcfjooI
of ?0umor
During the holidays it haa beon our
prlvllego to examlno tho entrance papers of
sovernl applicants for admission to our
school, nnd it Is gratifying to us to find in
them strong confirmation of our belief that
this community Is In great need of such nn
Institution ns ours.
A. P. It. writes:
"My trade or profession Is garment manu
facturing. Is the following the sort of humor
I shoulil uso to he gay nnd make merry those
with whom I havo business dealings?
Ikey (who has trailed Popper to stage door)
'For ten dollars I didn't sco you yet!' "
This much of his Joko got through before J
our niuo pencil got stnrtcd. Wo will let it
stand since, peradventure, It may servo to
point our moral.
It Is our Judgment, A. P. R that humor
of this sort, If humor It may bo called, Is
unwise. Unless your Initials should happen
to stand for Aloyslus Patrick Raffcrty or
something to that effect, do not attempt to
uso it among thoso to whom you sell gar
ments. Thoso earnest peoplo brook much
that is facetious from men of Celtic blood
which would not bo tolerated from tho so
called Anglo-Saxon. Try ngaln.
This from another student is moro prom
ising, and since Shan describes himself as
"a mero high school student, troubled with
cncocfftcs scrlbcndi," wo admit him to tho
freshman class:
Another Quarter In the Meter
Dear C. S. of II. The enrolment request
An original Jest is a difficult test;
It Is easy for "whe" to start off a "wheeie,"
But 'tis hard as the devil to finish with
"cze."
Shan.
The nppolntment of a dean for tho school
Is held sub judlce, pending Inquiry Into tho
qualifications of sundry possibilities. Whom
would you suggest?
Ballads of Portland
s. s. men & SON.
UNDERTAKERS
138 Exchange, Street
Close now the eyes with loving care,
For death has placed the signet there,
Tho funeral robe, the coffin's gloom.
The hearse the Journey to the tomb.
All ended! on the quiet breast
Earth's wearied handa at last find rest;
The tired feet no more must roam,
A soul has reached Its long-sought home.
But love In holy deeds delight
And gives the last sad funeral rites.
And guards through all the molderlng clay,
That soon with earth must pass away.
And caskets, coffins of all kinds
On Exchange street, the seeker finds.
The cheapest and the very best
Are found there for earth's final rest;
And Rich & Son, with loving care
The funeral robes can well prepare,
And In their line we know it well
There's none that can this firm excel.
With prices low, they e'er delight
To strive but in the cause of right;
And love and peace forever wait
At Exchange street, 13S.
Another Odd Ons la Germantown
Slr I notice you have had your attention
called to the men of Germantown, who go to
Hug the Barber, Why, you'd be surprised how
many different Indoor sports we 'have here.
Thero are lots of us who go round and round
and round again to Wals the Barber,
Owny.
Perhaps He Retained Ilia Sea Legs
Sir Mr. Ford 3 back and well, they say
but have we all the facts about the various
attacks of sickness which the Individual mem
bers at the party suffered?
The following was cut from the Ledger and
must be reliable,
Governor Banna, of North Dakota, threw up
ble handa and exclaimed:
"I haven't discovered yet whr I m oa board."
What do you make of this?
P. Bono Publico.
A Fine Imitation of It
Dr. William II. E. Wehner was examin
ing a young man who was an applicant for
Insurance. "Have you ever had palpitation
of the heart?" he asked. "Well," replied
the youus man, blushing vividly, "I'm en
gaged, to be ssrU4."
PIERS FOR A
YOU'VE SOUND
BUSY "MONK" OF
NATIONAL POLITICS
Burton, of Ohio, a Scholar and a
Worker Incidents of His Re
markable Career Charac
teristics of tho Man
"TT7IIAT shall wo do with our ox-Prost-VV
dents?" Is n themo which from tlmo
to tlmo has furnished it good deal of enter
taining discussion. Fortunately, our cx
Presldents havo been nblo to tako caro of
themselves. Another
q u os t Ion, "What
shall wo do with
our ex-Senators?"
wo havo s o 1 d o in
heard, possibly be
causo Sonntors,
though moro nu
merous than Presi
dents, aro not so
stimulating to tho
Imagination, Whon
Thcodoro E. Burton
left Washington last
March ho sot out on
a tour of South
America and somo
other parts of tho
world, his object
THEODORE E. BURTON
being tho study of social and cconomlo con
ditions horrlblo phrase, but Interesting sub
ject! Even then ho had been mentioned as
a Presidential possibility, and latterly ho has
been talked about In tho samo connection.
If tho accentshould bo put on tho "possible,"
he's a man still to bo counted In tho field
of national politics. Tho ex-Senator has
also been suggested as Just tho man for a
college presidency. But Burton's Job doesn't
depend on other peoplo'n suggestions, nomi
nations or elections. It's work. Work haa
been his occupation from early boyhood
work and study, If you prefer, but what's
tho difference?
A few facts about his public llfo aro
familiar to all readers of tho newspapers.
Ho was McKlnlcy's chief assistant In tho
framing of a well-known tariff bill, and In
1012 ho made tho principal speech nominat
ing Taft for President. It is safo to set him
down ns a good Republican. Burton's vlows
on preparedness havo undergone a consid
erable chango In tho last year or so. Though
ho was long known ns ono of the strongest
opponents of largo expeudtturo for naval
armament, ho has lately Joined tho forces
that aro calling for such action ns will put
America, on a safety first basis in readiness
for conflict with any foreign power desirous
of Imposing overmuch on Undo Sam's good
nature. This chango of attitude, of course,
far from indicating any inconsistency of
thought on Burton's part, is a good example
of his intellectual honesty.
Bread and Milk for Lunch
The personal sldo of tho famous Ohloan Is
not so well known ns hla public activity
except that It litis led to tho moro or less
incorrect nppcllatlon, "tho human Icicle."
Tall, stalwart, grave, ho is tho personifica
tion of dignity, Ho Is always intensely
serious. His personal appearanco repels fa
miliarity. It seems to say, "Don't como too
close," His manner of llfo suggests a certain
cold asceticism. In his apartments In Wash
ington he mado his sitting room into a
workroom tho centre tablo was a flat-top
desk, littered with documents and books.
Hero ho received his visitors, whether they
came on business or on errands of friendship.
Ills noonday lunch for years has consisted
of a bowl of bread and milk, Somebody has
said that Burton would have made a corking
monk. He did attend a theological semi
nary with the idea of becoming a minister,
but ho analyzed himself and decided that,
though he would bo a fair preacher, he would
nover bo successful at pastoral work, Ho
haa friends, of course, though not many inti
mate ones. Ho Is not quite the icicle that
hla reserved demeanor leads casual acquain
tances to suppose. Not lacking In democratic
cordiality, he is easy to reach and excep
tionally pleasant to meet, If you approach
him with something to say.
Wo have to go back to his parents, or
think we do, for some of his most notable
characteristics. Burton's mother was a col
lege graduate in a time when higher edu
cated women were something of a rarity,
She was a student and a scholar, a great
stickler for deflnlteness and accuracy. His
father was a -Congregational minister, with
a remarkably serious turn of mind even for
a Puritanically educated minister of three
quarters of a century ago. The son acquired
eome of that seriousness He also imitated
his father by preaching to the family circle
or a circle of chairs, thus making a begin
ning as a public speaker. Theodore E. Bur
ton Is not an oratorical orator, but he has a
clear, strong voice, a wonderfully resonant
voice, and he speaks slowly, concisely,
earnestly. He's a speaker of great endur
ance, too, for Burton is the champion of
filibustering speech makers. On one me
morable occasion he held the. floor for twenty
hours, with no intermission worth men
tioning. Burton te one of the scholars b noil
A" Sbbbbbbbb
BRIDGE OF ADVANCEMENT, MR. MAYOR, BLANiCENBURG BUnjjf
Scholarship in politics took a slump after
tho early days of tho country's history, but
seems to bo recovering Its lost position.
Maybo 'tis and mnybo 'tisn't, but never mind.
Burton's "Financial Crises," though pub
lished a dozen years ago or more, still ranks
as a standard work, Ills "Corporations and
tho Stato" Is said to bo another good evi
dence of his mastery of n subject, and his
"Llfo of John Sherman" reveals tho grace
fulness with which tho nuthor can hnndlo
his facts. As chairman of tho Commlttco on
Rivera nnd Harbors in tho Houso of Rep
resentatives Burton becamo known as "tho
most useful member" of that body. His
knowlcdgo of waterways and of waterway
pork he's a friend of tho former and a
sworn enemy of tho latter took on tho char
acter of what wo may call very practical,
political scholarship. Burton can mako
speeches In Greek or Latin or Old Testament
Hebrew if ho wishes.
But thl3 kind of scholarship can sometimes
ho disastrous to a politician, bo ho states
manlike ns they mako 'cm. Burton waa
running for Mayor of Cleveland onco on a
tlmo. Ho had been persuaded by Republican
citizens to becomo a candidato after ho had
refused them several times. "Jacta est alca,"
ho began his first speech In tho campaign.
Anybody knows what that means. It means
"Tho dlo Is cast." Burton wna defeated.
Tho reason, or ono of tho contributing rea
sons, was too much Latin thrco words of
it. But if classical scholarship, which Bur
ton possesses, nnd a hail-fellow-well-met
manner, which Burton docs not possess, havo
won him no political victories, tho confldenco
of tho peoplo in his Republicanism nnd hla
statesmanlike Intentions havo brought him
votes enough to keep him In Washington ns
long as ho wanted to stay there. Except
that or, to put It another way, tho only man
who over defeated Burton In a political con
test was Tom L. Johnson, onco for Mayor
and onco for Congressman.
No Time Clock for Burton
Tho scholarly Burton, with tho resonant
voice, was born In Ashtabula County, Ohio,
nnd by tho tlmo ho wns ton ho was busily
studying Blackstono's Commentaries. Whon
ho was twclvo tho villagers had him reading
tho war bullotlna to tho assembled crowds
on tho c mmon. At tho ago of thlnctt. ho
went ti Iowa to llvo with his undo on a
farm. I was part of his work to watch tho
sheep, and ho could do that well enough whllo
mastering, In tho quiet solitudes, tho declen
sions nnd conjugations of tho Latin language.
Very likely ho addressed tho sheep on polemic
themes. Then ho went to college. First It
was Grinnell College, where ho took to hlm
solf nearly all tho nvallabo prizes; then it
wa3 Oherlln College, where ho won tho key
of Till Beta Kappa. Nover did Theodoro
go In for sports or games. A llttlo walk
ing now nnd then Is nil tho cxerclso ho
gets. So fond of work la ho thnt after ho
had been up till 2 o'clock ono night at somo
committee meeting or other in Washington
and had returned to his bachelor apartments
with his secretary, ho exclaimed, when his
oyes fell on a batch of unopened mall, "Lot's
go through tho mall now as long as wo'ro
here."
Burton studied law with Lyman Trumbull
in Chicago. Bryan later studied in tho samo
ofllco. On admittanco to tho bar young Bur
ton, who specialized in handling large estates,
began to make money hand over fist. He
didn't go through any starvation period as
a struggling young lawyer. Ho invested his
earnings wisely, and now, ns wo say, he's
very well off Indeed.
Maybo we'll hear moro of Burton In na
tional politics, maybo not. At any rate.
Burton will ho busy at work or study, or at
both, but what's tho difference?
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The trumperies of royalty are surely going by
the board. If this war does not finish them,
something else will, and that before long. Bos
ton Post
And we do not our best, and then more, to
keep our boys from evil ways how shall we
answer at the Judgment bar of God for bring
ing them into the world? Chicago Herald.
Lloyd-George In Asqulth's place might profit
by hla predecessor's experience, but no mlraclej
of victory will be worked through mere manipu
lation of Cabinets and Premiers. New York
Evening Post.
In times of stress, government is seen to oe
not a science but an art, and one calling for gifts
which are, perhaps, as likely to be found among
politicians as In any group. Nor in America can
we forget that Lincoln was a "lawyer-politician."
Success or failure Is not so much a ques
tion of types as of men. Springfield Republican.
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