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EVENING LEPGERPHIL'ADELPHIA, EDttESDAY, .TANTIARY 12, 191C
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PHILADELPHIA, y. ED.NESIUY. ANUAIIY 12, 1W.
TO not for nothing that wc life pursue;
It pays our hopea with something still that's
new. Drydcn.
"Knox for Senator." What frroat states
man over escaped them?
If Philadelphia cnn mnko tho hoso for the
nation It cnn also mako tho shoes.
After looking at all thoso One automobiles
at tho show, did you dectdo to trado In your
old car for a bigger ono?
Tho Chinese rebels take money out of the
custom houses by force. Tho American
Democrats want to take It out by reducing
the rates of duty.
Governor Fielder's suggestion that the New
Jersey Legislature remain In session only a
short tlmo Indicates that ho appreciates Us
power for evil.
Dr. Ernesto Qucsada, of Argentina, knows
how to put tho kick Into tho American
language. Ills mossago to tho people of
tho country through tho Uvn.Ni.va Leimieii
had tho power of tho left hind leg of a
Government mule.
Flro Marshal Elliott's estimate that 70 per
cent, of tho flres In this city nro duo to care
lessness ought to set pcoplo thinking. And
his remark that nlno flro Inspectors nro not
enough to caver tho city ought to set tho
proper authorities to acting.
It Is never necessary for a man whoso
family is standing to throw a brick through
& -window. There aro thousands of pcoplo
ready to help him If they can only discover
Ills need and there are thousands of societies
organized for tho purposo of helping just
such cases.
If we nro to prepare for defenso as Sir.
Roosevelt himself properly urges. It would
be Irrational to plnco the power thus
crented In the hnndu of one who would
itch to use it. William Barnes.
There la this to bo said about Mr. Roose
velt, when ho docs Itch ho Itches harder
than any other American we know.
What's the uso of getting excited because
10 Americans were humiliated, Insulted,
tripped and murdered? There wero no
women and children among them, and per
haps wo ought to bo glad that Mexicans
havo refrained from coming right into the
United States nnd killing a few eminent
citizens.
Whatever tho political Intentions or conse
quences of tho shift ordered yesterday -by
tho Director of Public Safety, there Is certain
to be some virtue in the result. All police cap
tains havo had their districts changed, and
since the shift Is universal, no criticism of
Individuals can bo Implied. Tho advantages
of a fluid and changing police body are obvi
ous in a community whero neither the
guardians nor the beneficiaries aro more
than human. It Is so easy to be friendly,
to be Indulgent, to wink and let things pass.
The misfortuno Is that every enforcement
of the letter of the law appears as a pleco
of persecution when the least favor has been
shown in another case. With the prospect
J of a shift thero is little incentive to the
I cultivation of mercenary friendships on the
part of the police. There Is even less Incen-
tlvo for offering benefits on the part of
e citizens.
.
It is pointed out that Mayor Smith had
been assured that he would not be called on
I to speak at the recent meeting of the United
Business Men's Association held to urge on
' Councils the abolition of exchange tickets;
wherefore, it Is suggested it was unfair of the
EvrxiNo LEDOEli to use his remarks on that
occasion as the basts for an editorial dis
cussion of the Mayor's views. The Evening
Lejxjeb does not feel that any Injustice
was done Mayor Smith or that he was mis-
J represented; but it assents to the. proposl
tion that remarks hurriedly made by a
publlo officer who had reason to believe he
would not be called on to speak are generally
privileged and should not form the basis
for criticism. The Evkninq Ledoeb's views
were the result of a general analysis of
the situation and did not depend primarily
on the remarks made by the Mayor on the
, occasion In question.
There is a ccylng need that we cast aside
II purely partisan, considerations and dli
regard all but the vital Issues affecting the
Btuuuiai inc. toionei ttooeevelt to the Pro
gressive National Committee.
In these significant words the Colonel pre
face his declaration In favor of "the
seout thorough-going- preparedness to protect
our rights against all possible attacks by
any aggressor." There is no doubt that the
Republicans will take a similar position
whB they meet Jn convention in Chicago
jut June, A platform la apparently being
prepared on which both wings of the Re
SubHpan party can stand. The, past is the
past and should be forgotten, save only for
th lessons that it teaches. There Is no
ateubt that the Progressives who have been
aaliitultilng the party organization are look-In-
for a bridge- on -which tbey n cross
irr lata their old party. Three-fourth of
th ItatlCBa! Committeemen are said to
feyo?, BmaJatumatlon- Nine-tenths of the
FregrMivw kVw alMaiy gone back to
tiwir uW jOtrjttojtt, ar.4 tiey are wllUr
10 tiUy ibent Mijps. ttwy we ariv m
by the folly of tt&ndpat leaders. It there
cnn be co-opcrntlon on ft program of pre
paredness thA n. disposition td bo conciliatory,
the Chlcn&o convention should resemble nn
old-fashioned love feast.
THE APPEAL TO POHK
THE year 1898 is marked In red in tho cal
endars of thoio who keep themselves fa
miliar with International affairs nnd try to
Judgo tho future, not merely by the past, but
by tho logic of events. For Americans there
Is no necessity of lingering over tho incident
nt Fashoda, tho formation of tho Austro
Russlan agreement and the affaire Dreyfus.
They need concentrate only on two things
In thnt year: Tho preliminary shock which
finally overthrow tho Isolation of England
nnd tho ending of tho Qpanlsh-Amcrlcnn
Wnr, which brings tho United States today
precisely Into tho position of England In
1893. So Important Is this relation that It
will bo worth while to give In somo dotnll nn
account of conditions In England nlnco that
tlmo nnd to leave conclusions to thoe who
nre not afraid to make them.
In 1898, fortifying herself by secret treaties
with Germany, England was being slowly
moved Into tho whirlpool of European af
fairs from which she had kept herself for
many yenrs. Sho feared Russia and Franco,
HcY presont allies, nnd for ten yenrs watched
tho naval aggrandizement of Germany with
out suspicion. Sho was commercially pros
perous, almost Intact, nnd between prosperity
and pacifism, which riddled tho country, was
settling Into tho position of a dead nntlon.
On tho 12th of December, 1898, Prlnco von
Hiielow, after n long speech on tho assur
ances of pence, snld, "Germany's future In
based upon her right and her right upon her
sharpened sword." Tho London Spcctntor
caught up tho Inconsistency, hut the London
Foreign Ofllco assured Itself with scraps of
paper.
Six years later nn anonymous writer In tho
Westminster Review could wrlto these sooth
ing sentences: "Our oldest rivals nro our
best customers. France, Germany, Rusiln,
tnko from us great portions of our ex
ports." That wns tho rullmr nttltudo of
even professed Imperialists, although the
word of warning Wns not lacking. A notably
well-informed writer In the Contemporary
Review called Germany "Tho archenemy of
England," nnd Indicated tho precise obstnclc
which England presented to Germany's
drenm of domination. Thnt warning was un
heeded. So wns the cry of Lord Roberts
Conscription, ndvocatsd In 1901, fared 111.
Tho Royal Commission which recommended
it wns coolly put Into Its placo and Instead a
half-hearted schemo of military reform was
Instituted. Tho rcscrvo force was Inade
quately treated and tho nrmy left woefully
wnntlng in nlmost every particular. Although
by 1912 every aim of Germany and tho very
methods sho would uso to strike In the next
war uero exposed, not only by tho Jlrn
hardls, but by Fngllsh publicists and strate
gists, Sir Edward Grey was moved to re
mark that If Germany should bo mcroly pow
erful, not aggressive, "within two or thrco
yenrs every chance of war would havo dis
appeared." Rut was thero any reason to be
llovo that Germany would not bo aggressive
after successive attentats mado against tho
Dual Entento?
The wilful blindness of England's diplomacy
would be less comprchenslblo If America
could not see nt this moment Its precise
counterpart. How many publicists hnvo not
tried to persuade tho United States that tho
armaments of other nations are not Intended
for this country? How many of these pub
licists know that Mr. Winston Churchill said
thnt "Tho British navy Is to us a necessity,
nnd, from somo points of view, the German
navy Is to them more In tho nnture of n
luxury"? By 1912 tho German nrmy had
reached an unprecedented state of fulness
and of preparedness. France had replied
with increased term of service. England had
dono nothing. By 1912 tho German railways
wero debouching on every buffer State. Eng
land talked of reducing armaments. In thnt
year Germany foresaw everything; official
England saw not so much ns the military
critic of the London Times, who wrote (In
1911) "the preservation of Franco from nn
attack (by Germany beforo the weight of
Russia begins to tell) 1b absolutely vital for
our subsequent safety." And, finally, tho
curious historian of the next century may
nolo with sardonic pleasure a certain sim
ilarity between tho phrasing of the following
words of Lord Haldano and that of a notable
remark made by a former Secretary of State
of tho United States: "A whole nation
springing to arms on war being declared and
nobly preparing to submit Itself to six
months' training in order to meet the Invad
ing army." The name historian will note
tho success of the experiment In 1915.
It Is not necessary to push the parallel.
Physically, mentally, morally, Internation
ally, we are precisely In the position of Eng
land eighteen years ago. As England re
fused, the United States refuses to consider
herself a part of tho world, and refuses to
prepare for the participation which, wllly
nllly, will be forced upon her. An inadequate
navy and an army which dwindled from
80,000 externals (General Miles' statement at
the end of the Spanish War accounts for that
number) to 37,000 are coupled with an In
ability, an Inertia which prevent the lessons
of the war from being learned by the people;
and. In the face of this, the most spectacu
lar and most monstrous attempt to placate
the country by appealing to mythical good
will and to pork.
THE 3IIAYOR IS NOT PLEDGED
THE emphatic denial by Mayor Smith of
his reported Indorsement of the compre
hensive Taylor transit plan as a whole is
no surprise, A close study of the text of
the Mayor's statement on Monday Indicated
that he was Intent on the two projects under
way and on no others.
The Mayor's position up to this time has
been perfectly plain, and thero Is no reason
why It should be misunderstood. During the
campaign he specifically refused to come
out definitely for the Taylor plan. He con
tented himself with a general declaration
In favor of better transit facilities. At no
time since has he been more specific. It Is
clear, indeed, that Mr. Smith has only begun
to study the transit situation since his elec
tion. Ho is In process of studying it now,
and It is not to be anticipated that he will
cast the die before his mind is made up.
The retention in office of Qulmby and
Atkinson Indicates that, so far as engineering
problems are concerned, it h) the purpose of
the Administration to permit no Impairment
of the efficiency of the Department of City
Transit So far so good. But the two essen
tials are: First, that the construction plan
aa a whole be carried out; secondly, that
the fair and square operating agreement
to which the V, It. T, tentatively agreed bo
made effective On thtwe two thing tb
Jtttura ot raU traaalt dpai.
Tom Daly's Column
TUB ATIILETE IN THB WINDOW
I tee Mm tn htn ictndow, xcorklno
Fink, almost nude to his equator;
At springs and weights forever jerking
The "exerciser" demonstrator.
Morn, noon or dusk it doesn't matter
Jlp'll flex for you a suppte sinew,
To catch vaur casual eve and flatter
The imitative impulse in iok. t
It seems so easyl Though lou never
Could roll a hoop or even play "Jacks,"
You half believe, icllji slight endeavor,
You might in time become an AJax.
At least to keep from gelling bigger
Around the waist, you ought to try one;
You're sure that it tcitt help your "flgocr"
And so you sneak inside and buy onel
And then, aht then, I know the amicerl
Within a u-cck the thing ullt bore you;
Your exerciser gets the can, sir,
As mine did many years before you. i
Monotonous, you'll say, and prating;
Of courscl exactly! that leas my kick.
And so in thh youth's demonstrating
My interest Is purely pnychic.
I stand, utth heart surcharged tolth pity,
And muse upon thii humble neighbor;
And question if in all the city
Another hath such humdrum labor.
Yet while I watch the beggar drilling,
I marvel that he prows so solemn
Hut look! no wonder I Here he's filling
At Irait n quarter of my column.
SfenPerl.
Letters of Love
Sk
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rrom Illll'a Manual of Porlnl and Ilualneaa Forma.
CnpyrlKlit, Thou, n. Hill, Chicago. ISM).
A Ofntlcmnn '.Mnkr n I'rnnk Arknoulrriamrnt,
dualling Ullli Hrntlmmt nml Humilng (lirr
Midi I'oclrj-.
White Mountains. N. It., Oct. 1, 18.
MY DI3AII MAIIYi
On by on thfl liroun irnvrn nro tnlllng. re
minding me thnt the Rnlden tiumincr thnt n hnn
tn dollehtfully loitered thrnuith nppronehen Itn
cIofc. Hov tldrklv our p.itliurty linn heen Mrrun
with roe: how frncrnnt hno been the million
hloB.nnin; how nweetly the lilrdu luivo nunc; how
henutlful hrio he, n Hip eiinny dan, how Jooun
hne lieen the utarry nlKhts'
I)enr M I do not need to tell you this ilellcht
ful summer hna lieen to mo ono Brent Kl)slnn
scene. I hmo gtizcd on and dreamed of thy
beaut)'. I hae been fed by thy sparkling reparti o
nnd merriment: I hno drunk nt tho fountain nf
thy Intellectuality; but the feast Is ended, and
cradunlly the curtain Is fnlllnjr. Dear hciullful
summer, so beautiful to mo becauso nf thy locd
prcxenre. And standing now on tho threshold of n
scene nil changed, I take n last fond, long linger
ing look on the beautiful plcturo Hint will return
to mo no more: nnd )ot, who knnus but In thnt
great eternity wo mny llo ngaln these IMen hours.
"Like n foundling In slumber, the summer day lny
On the crimsoning threshold of cen.
And I thought that tho glow through tho azure
arched nn)
AVns u gllmpso of the coming nf henen.
Thero together wo snt by the beautiful stream.
Wo had nothing to do but to loo and to dream.
In the days thnt havo gone on before.
These are not the siino di)H, though the) bear tho
same name.
With tlio onew I shall welcomo no more "
Dearest, )ou must forghe my nrdent expressions
In this letter With a temperament gushing to Iho
brim nnd overflowing with sentiment and rhapsody.
1 have passed thu fleeting rammer In thy charming
presence In one continual dream of poesy. I rannot
now turn back to tho solemn duties before mo
without telling you what trembled on my tongue
n thousand times ns we gathered flowers together
onil wove our chnplets In the sunny rta)s gone by.
Dear, darling Mary, I loe you. I ndoro )ou
Tomorrow I bid adieu to these s)lvan groves,
the quiet meadowx and tho gurgling brooks, to go
tmvn uf nic prune mines OI liutineNS. - - -t I navo
not the slightest Idon what )our reply will be, You
have been to me one continual puzzle.
Dear M may I coma again and see you, and
address jou henceforth as a lover?
Your sincere friend,
CLAnn.N'CIJ HAItniNOTON.
Ordinarily Professor Hill presents two
forms of reply a favorable nnd nn unfa
vorableto such a letter as tho above, but
hero he can find It In his heart to suggest In
reply to Clarence only this:
I'AVOitAiir.K nrcri.Y
DI3AR CI.AnnNCR:
I shall not attempt In this to answer your missive
with the same poetic fervor that colors your letter
from beginning to end. While It Is given to you to
tread the emerald pavements of an Imaginative
Uden, In my plainer nature I can only walk the
common earth
I fully agree with you In your opinion nf tho
beautiful summer Just passed. Though In seusons
heretofore many people have been hero from tho
Miles. I have never known a summer so delightful.
Yes, Clarence, tbeao three months havo been Joyous,
because shall I (onfesi It? beiauae you have
been here 1 need not write more You have
agreed to stay another day. I shall be nt homo this
afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be happy tn see you.
Yours very truly, MAUY BI.NG LUTON.
Ballads of Portland
S. FLETCHER
Efje lb ftortlmib Xnunbrp
22 Union Street
Alt klnda of laundry work done tn flrit'Class style,
and at short notice.
No longer, friend, be In a quandary,
But seek seek what? The Old Portland
Laundry!
And all our linen soon will hIiow
A change to color white as Bnowl .
That nan no shafts of malice hurt
Who has at least one good clean shirt,
And cleanliness the next allied
To aodllnesd should be our pride.
Who would be pure should e'er keep clean
The filthy things of earth are mean.
And Union street, at 2,
Has purity enough for jou.
At notice short, In first-class atyle,
They turn out work to make you smile; I
And Fletcher knows It la no "bosh"
Whene'er he brags how they can wash.
What don't they wash? Your shirts and
drawers,
Your underclothes' I've got to pause,
For some things, though they wash them well,
Hear such queer names I dare not tell;
Hut this a one thing their works declare,
Whate'er they wah they never tear;
The clothes jou send to them cqme back
With spotless forma nnd nothing lack.
W1IEWI WHO INCITED THIS!
(From the Minutes.)
At a special meeting last evening of the Arls.
totellan litterateurs of Camden, the following cm.
tlgatlon of the mole-eyed canaille who level their
vituperative batterlse of vltrlolio spleen at affluent
Camden was adopted;
"Whereas, Camden's Cyclopean leap Into the
effulgent and calorln beamai has aroused enven
omed and pusillanimous tongues to belch Camden
ward their plutonlc and sibilant cataracts of gan
greecent spleen; and,
"Whereas, Invidious Mephlitopheltsns have long
satirized the most Important centre ot Industry and
letters on the American Continent; and.
"Whertu, Nutritious Camden soups, fragrant
Camden soaps, subllmsst dmden (wests and lu.
cldus Camden nectars add zest and Joyful anlma.
tlon to life In every clime beneath the ceruletcent
vault on high; and,
"Whereas. legions of Camden Caruiots are even
now wafting their entrancing exhalations of empy
real and Camden-made symphonies throughout the
broadpreadlng confine of this putrescent spheral
therefore, be It
Resolved. Dr the Aristotelian Litterateurs of
Camden, that Camdsn has no compeer between
MslvlUe Sound and Wilkes Land; that la an epoch
aa yet unborn, when the traveler from Mars and
tourist from tuturn wing merrily over the debris
of Washington! when Philadelphia's fallen towerx
are overrun with gila monsters of smuurDle.i hu.
and terrino mould mariners from all the Btvea
Sea shall bring thslr golden flew to Camden's busy
wharves, and perchance cavort la the aerial ex
press and the subterrsstrlal limited that shatters
urn aoa aoniaiiaiss space oova ana oeiow the
throbbing corridor of the proudest and most Illus
trious Titan the science of, cosmography records
Eternal and Imperial Camden."
The lUdtatloa
"Oh, woodman spare that tree (she, gpoke).
Touch not a single bough"
I tb ik sji gold It wag an oak.
S'M.'tA-3L-YJLr-JL'9
iBSM<m
3 ."c--5r- -
WHAT OP THAT?
"Tired I" Well, what of that?
Dldat fAncy life was epent on beds of ease,
Fluttering the rose leaves" scattered by the
breeze?
Come, rouse thee, while 'tis culled- today;
Coward! Arise, go forth upon the way I
"Lonely!" And what of that?
Some must bo lonely) 'tis not given to all
To feel n heart responsive rise and fall.
To blend another life Into Its own;
Work may be dono In loneliness; work onl
"Dark!" Well, what of that?
Didst fondly dream the sun would never set?
Dost fear to loae thy way? Take courage yet;
Learn thou to wnlk by faith and not by sight!
Thy step will guided bo nnd guided right,
.Living Church.
TO BECOME A
PHILADELPHIAN
Career nnd Personality of Emory A.
Walling, Pennsylvania's Newest
Supreme Court Justice Wns
Born on n Fnrin
FHOM a farm to tho Supremo Court of
Pennsylvania, This Is not altogether a,
now story, but It happens to bo the story of
Umory A. Walling, Pennsylvania's nowest
Supremo Court Justice, who was sworn
in a few days ago In
this city, whero tho
b court Is now In ses
sion, ns tho nppolntco
ot Governor Brum
baugh. Incidentally
the appointment did
not cost J list I co Wal
ling or much as a two
cent stamp; ho did not
ask for tho position,
nlthough his friends
did, and he did not
oven know that his
nnmo wns being seri
ously considered until
n fow days beforo tho
npp ointment was
made. juoticb Walli.vo.
Justlro Walling Is not a real stranger to
Philadelphia by any means. Ho has many
friends In this city, especially nmong law
yers and Judges, nnd a couplo of years ago
ho presided In ono of tho courts of Quarter
Sessions' here, uhcro ho mado a most favor
able Impression. Ho remarked at thnt tlmo
that a few weeks' resldenco In Philadelphia
had given him a most favornblo Impression
of tho city nnd Its people, and that next to
Erie, which has been his homo for years, ho
thought ho would prefer living hero to any
other place. And now ho finds that ho will
bo compelled to llvo hero a great deal of tho
time which suits him all right.
Justice Walling Is a product of an Hrlo
County farm, having been born In Greenfield
township, thnt county, In 1855. In thoso days
farming wns not as simple a proposition as
It Is now, nnd young Walling found plenty of
hard work to do with llttlo time for study.
When ho wns eight yenrs of ago his father
died, and his thlrteen-yenr-old brother and
his mother undertook to manage tho farm.
Thoro wero thrco sisters, too, who helped,
and between them they managed to got along
Chopping Winter's Firewood
If you look at Justice Wulllng now you will
sco that ha Is tall and broad, rtulto the
largest man physically on tho Supremo Court
bench. Ho Is Bqunro-shouldered, straight
and powerful looking. Ho got the start of
his physical stalwartncss In the woods of
Ilo County, where ns a youth ho cut down
trees, barked them, sawed them nnd did
everything else that a lumberman la sup
posed to do. As a youth ho ran tho gamut
of farm occupations, nnd getting tho tree
Into tho house In tho form of Urowood was
his principal occupation more than ono
winter.
Ho helped, too, with other farm Jobs and
ho studied. To got nn education wns his one
ambition, nnd moro than once he did nB Lin
coln did, rend by tho light of a blazing log
flro. Although tho opportunity for schooling
was limited ho managed to obtain a good
common school education, and then his
mother managed to send him away for a
ypar.
Tho year up, young Walling came bad?
home and got a Job as a school teacher.
Moro than onco ho has smilingly referred
to this as his first political Job, Ho worked,
studied, taught district school and then de
cided to go to the State Normal School at
Edlnboro, From Kdlnboro ho went to the
Lako Shore Seminary in North East, which
wasmear his homo, and he paid his expenses
at tho Institution by working during tho
hours ho was not In class.
Aftor graduation he taught school another
year and then he began the study of law,
He passed tho bar examinations with flying
colors and was admitted to practice In Erlo
County In 1878. For a time ho had nn office
In North East and It was hero ho married
Grace Marshall, a school teacher and daugh
ter of a North East township farmerT
Law and politics seem to mix naturally
with young Walling, and threo years after
being admitted to the bar he was elected
District Attorney of Erie County on tho Re
publican ticket. He moved to Erie and In
1884, at the expiration of his term as District
Attorney, ho was elected to the State Senato
Ho entered the Senate the same year that
United States Senator Holes Penrose entered
tho House from tho 8th Ward of Philadel
phia, and he and Penrose became warm
friends. Another friend made at that time
was John P. Elkln, who was also serving his
apprenticeship in the Legislature.
A friendship was formed then between
Walling, Penrose and Elkln which has never
been broken. Politically all have progressed,
Penrose went to the United States Senate,
Walling- is now a Supreme Court Justice,
and It is a coincidence that he succeeds
to that place made vacant by the death of
his friend Elkln, who was one of Mr, Wait
ing's strongest supporters for Supreme Court
honors.
, Nineteen Years on Bench
In 1893 Justice Walling became the Repub
lican candidate for Judge of Erie County
and he was elected. This was the year that
McKlnley defeated Bryan. Walling ed the
ticket In Erie County. Jn 1998 Mr. Walling
waa nominated and elected without opposi
tion and he would have been re-elected with
out opposition again had he not left the
Erie County bench for the Supreme Court.
Justice "Walling waff a candldato for the
Supreme Court two years ago and received
a flattering vote. He was also strongly
urged for appointment to the Federal Court
In Western Pennsylvania several years ago
and back in 1901 he was a strong candidate
for appointment to the Supreme Court.
The record mads in 19 years on the bench
Is said to have been one of the reasons
which lnlluenced Governor 13rumbau) la
spjyolaUBK Judjs WalUK.
i
RE-ELECTION OP
WnoinWfnn Did Not Want to
Term Was Enough, But Served Two and Named His Suc
cessorThe Cases oi
THE man who said he never shoutd marry
did not expect to meet tho charming
woman whom ho took to wife.
Men fit their theories to shifting circum
stances. And they should. Tho man who
never changes his mind may bo consistent,
but he has stopped growing.
Grover Cleveland nnnounced that he would
not be n candidate to succeed himself In tho
Presidency and argued In favor of n single
term with ineligibility for re-election. But
Cleveland was nominated to succeed himself,
and when defeated tho second time consented
to run a third tlmo nnd wns elected. His
sens of duty overenmo his theoretical objec
tions to tho century-old practice of permit
ting a man to run for tho Presidency ns many
times ns his party called him.
Jefferson the First Antt-Tltlrd-tcrmer
Tho single term advocates In tho early
days of tho country chnnged their minds
when thoy saw how well tho constitutional
provisions wero working. But they con
cluded that two terms wero enough. Wash
ington established tho precedent, not ,bo
causo ho was opposed to thrco terms, but
becauso ho thought ho had served tho coun
try long enough. Ho ncceptcd the second
term with reluctance It was Jefforson who
stated explicitly tho anti-third term doc
trine. Ho wns originally a slnglo term ndvo
cate, and thought that tho President should
servo seven years and then retire. Ho Inter
concluded thnt eight years was better, pro
vided tho pcoplo had an opportunity at tho
end of four years to dccldo whether mo
President lmd mado good nnd should bo
trusted with power for nnothcr term. Ho
wns confident that tho Constitution would
bo amended to make tho President Ineligible
for a third term.
President Jackson was tho first President
to recommend an amendment to tho Consti
tution limiting the President to a slnglo term.
Ho advocated It In ench of his eight annual
messages. Ho bellovod In tho theory of It,
but failed miserably wlion called upon to
put his theories Into practice. Ho not only
succeeded himself, but nt tho expiration of
his second term nnmed his successor, thereby
exercising his Influcnco in a way which ho
had said was likely to Imperil tho liberties
of tho people. Tho country survived what
tho theorists might call his usurpation of
power. '
The Fight Over Grant
Tho third-term lasuo became ucuto when
thotittomrlt to nomlnnto Grant to succ'ccd
Hayes was made. In tho seventies n number
of resolutions wero Introduced In Congress
to amend tho Constitution so ns to mnko it
imposslblo for Grant to bo a candidate, but
they never commanded enough support to
sccuro their passage. It Is useless to specu
late nbout what might havo happened If
tlio politicians behind tho Grant movement
LIMITS OF POETIC LICENSE
Alfred Austin's Ignorance of tho fact that the
word "Byre" means "cowhouse" led him Into
nn amusing blunder. Ono of tho verses ot his
poems, "To Arms!" runs:
From English hnmlcts, Irish hills,
Welsh hearths and Scottish byres.
They throng to show that they are still
Sons worthy of their sires.
"Mr. Austin mny ho Informed," wrote a Scot
tish critic, "that sons of sires that pass from
byres are found oftcner In English cattle-shows
than In foreign battlefields. The poetic license
Is great, but It docs not cover slander." London
Chronicle.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
It is plain that tbet people have come to their
senses. Tho frenzy against big business has
cooled down. Tho makers of national prosperity
are no longer to be hunted nnd driven. Tho
natural processes of finance nnd business aro
not to bo penalized. New York Evening Sun.
After the wnr, this country will need the stlff
cst kind of tariff protection to save It from sub
mergence In the common ruin of nations. We
have the precedent of history to warn and gultlo
us, for wo ndopU'd our (lrst protective tariff as
a sequel to the Napoleonic wars a century ago,
and the aftermath ot the present conflict will
bo worse than what came In 1515. Detroit Free
Press.
"Too late!" Shall It bo that within a few
jears some American statesman, agonizing tn
tho effort to savo his country from destruction,
will have to speak such words as these? That
Is tho question for every American to take home
with him, to think over, to pray over, and to act
upon, putting forth his utmost power that never
shall across n:s country s tomtisione uo written
the fatal words "Too Late." Chicago Herald.
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THE PRESIDENTS
Serve Twice, and Jackson Said i
urancana uieveiand
had commanded the support of the r.,
can party. Grant had been an ea.'
for tho unscrupulous politicians whiu v.
In the Whlto House, Just as he w- ..
tho personal profit of Unscrupulous buT,3'
mon when ho went into tho brokerage k2y
ncss In Now York after his retlremiw, ul?
politicians wore anxious to have &
plnccnt man in tho Whlto House aintir,
tho country was nwnre of It. Thoy advocS
Grant, not becauso thoy liked him, but S
causo they thought they could climb W
power over his back and use him for t)3
purposes. It was not opposition to tJZ
term so much as opposition to J
politics that defeated Grant for renomWl
tlon. -i
Cleveland's oxperience with largo affair, hi
been slight when ho announced ho would n
oo a canaiaaio to succeed himself. But Mf1
Bryan's had been much less when ho fW i,r-
gan to advocate a constitutional amendaW
making n President Ineligible to ra.eleotla7
Tho adoption of tho elnglo-tcrm Plank h.iv:
Baltlmoro convention was dictated by thp3
lltlcal ambitions of Mr. tirynn and aprjroYT
by tho votes of tho delegates, who did notori
wnat tno piatrorm said, so long as the Cei."t
stltutlon remained unchanged. S
Wilson's Broader View I
Presldont Wllsonla letter to A, Mltehtll
Palmer, which has only recently been w
llshcd In full, Indicates that ho takes a nueal
broader view of thn sublnct thnn He- n. J
or Mr. Clovclnnd or Andrew Jackson. Ifif
might havo taken a still broader vlow. sd
knows that In a democracy there shoulfl biil
viiu icwvat i'uosiuio ruavricuona upon the lib.
crty or tno poopio to cnooso what servant!
plcaso them. Ho Is familiar enough with his
tory to know that there can be tho gmtsif
tyranny under tho forms Intended to eacW
tho widest liberty, nnd that there cart ill
Hsutu uuuny uiiuur lurjun ox tyranny. It ftll
depends on tho capability of a people tn
self-government.
If tho tlmo over comes when the people in
willing to consent to tho perpotuatton of.ab.-
soluto power In tho Whlto House, the form
of tho Constitution will bo of no avail to pre-1
vent It. Talk as you will about the degen
eracy of tho ancient nations under tyranny?
you cannot cscapo tho fact that the people
degenerated In advance of tho government!.!
Tho comparatively slight Interest which tfcsj
pcoplo as n mass take In tho second-term unit
uuru-icrui uiuuuiHiuim muicuics mat mey
still bcllovo themselves ablo to take cars'ot
their own affairs. Thoy know thnt the power
rests In their own hands and that they can
set up whom thoy will and abaso whoever
betrays them. They aro llkoly to settle the
second-term Issuo at tho present time with
out tho Intervention of any constitutions!
amendment and scttlo It to tho satisfaction of 3
so airy a tncorisi as over xur. uryan.
" a. w. d;
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ALICE EIS & I BESSIE
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Harry dm pi & Co.; Agnes Scott t Henry
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DE WOLF HOPPER
In "DON QUIXOTE"
Keystone Comedy "Fatty and Mabel Adrift"
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