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rhllidtlphli, Silnrdar. Mj SO. 1916.
We here highly resolve
(Ast government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish
from the earth. Lincoln,
HIghor taxes and lowbrow politics
generally go togother, anyhow.
When Camden talks tho world lis
. It It is not a phonograph nccdlo.
k'B 'a pen.
Tho woman at tho Chevy Chase pre
paredness camp do not have to bo taught
to lteep their powder dry.
They aro not going to catch tho
Colonel napping. Ho knows that It Is
preparedness that gets a nomination.
British married men Will appre
ciate the American Legion. England ex
perts every American to do an English
man's duty.
A rather disgruntled correspondent
writes in to ask what good Mr. Bryan ever
did tho country. We bite. What good
did ho ever do tho country?
If that Oliver check had been for
two instead of one . thousand dollars
doubtless tho whole Brumbaugh ticket
would have been elected. The American
public does not lovo a plkor.
Tho difference seems to be that
Hughes says nothing and every one
knows where ho stands, and Roosevelt
has Bald everything and no ono knows
where ho is going. '
When a man Is discovered miles
from nowhere with an automobile that
won't run it's probably a pacifist. - But
tho next tlmo ho doubtless Svlli believo
in enough preparedness to assure an ade
quate gasoline supply.
Stephen Glrard did not 'consciously
lay tho ground for his fame. He died
without being known to the public as a
benefactor his gift was hidden. That Is
the jeason that on tho anniversary of
his birth today he is still considered a
benefactor.
We have nothing but respect and
admiration for all educational institutions,
but wo cannot help feeling that a con
tribution, to Temple University will prob
ably mean more good to be accomplished
In proportion to tho gift than could
reasonably be expected anywhere else.
Even the Jelly-fish army bill agreed
to" in conference is only a Joker. Tho plan
Is to say there will be an army of 211,000,
but to provide tho money to keep up an
establishment of less than half that slzo.
Why not Just spend all the money for
publla buildings on the prairies and be
done with it!
Advices from Washington are to
tV effect that 'Justice Hughes stands sub
stantially on the platform outlined by him
in January, 1003, ns set forth in the
Evenino Ledoeii yesterday. He Is for
adequate preparedness and he is for the
maintenance of our prestige abroad. Sir.
Hughes may not be the ideal candidate
for President, but if anybody imagines
that he is a mollycoddle he has another
thought coming.
Our soldiers in Mexico may not
know anything about conferences, but
they know what they like. The gradual
process of killing off bandits, systematic
ally and successfully applied, ought to
make Carrnnza see sense in the and. The
smuggling of arms, unfortunately, con
tinues. Although Mexico is always spoken
of a bristling with arms imported dur
ing the last few years. It is an incoh
latency, but not ono to reassure the expedition.
ThQ sickening .oil of motor nccl
4enta continues to grow. Now it ia 48
deaths' since January 1. and nothing has
teen done. The clubs of motorists in
this city are powerful enough to send
ut warnings', Joth to their membership
-TBlttt to the public They should cut with
t double sword at the two roots of evil:
Vfcklessnesa and carelessness. Possibly
the members of the clubs are no less Inno
fit, than othere, but tbey cannot brjng
; a public, calamity and refuse to pay
S penalty.
brought to- bear, with Iho complex1 field
equipment required fof them, Aro un
wieldy and difficult to trnnstei? to other
points on tho front. Verdun, it may be,
is simply an good a placo as nny other
at which to keep on fighting. A German
retreat froln Verdun would mean a
French ndvanco on Metz.
Tom Daly's Column
U 6 three months today since the
l$.rI Cerpian onslaught upon the ring
jirtreiw of Verdun began. The recent
tw but definite gains of the German at
Mtttirf; to complete the noose about the
' VrwKb: position are not the only reason
fie'lJievtllS declaration of Allied ob
:vrs. that the invader's persistence
wm ber madness, but a bit hasty. For
Ac jnonths the Germans had a partial
gfti liixm Warsaw before they were able.
t t?vct the city But in that case they
JMb simxitt for a greater stake. The
the Crown Prince at
av 3. isnpfe ftfotajuitloiu
mak gnat n$ ) ,$um
STAND UP AND FIGHT
for what you are the centarle hnre
fought and anflerrd, (leneratlont call
on you to "make good."
ALICE MEYNEL1. has written a "Let-
ler of a Girl to Her Own Old Ago" '
and lots of us would like, if we could, to
talk back across tho years nt our youth
and tho silly thoughtlessness wo we,ro.
Moreover, wd have something to say to
th6 full-grown self of yesterday or last
year; but that self, to our repeated sum
mons, docs not return. Ho has Irrevoca
bly departed out of eafshot.
wo cannot backtrack upon a stnglo
ticking second: we can only go forward to
"fill the unforgiving mlnuto" of tho
future. That self; of ours wo ate con
stantly leaving behind us has heard a
great deal of advice from its seniors and
heeded very little of it. Wo say that
wo "talk to ourselves," but It is not tho
man we are now that wo need to reach;
it is ho who looks at us from tho tlmo
now past when Wo had' "the whlto rays
of morn upon our shields of expectation."
How exultantly sure wo wore In that
delirious springtide of our youth that wo
had all time and spaco for our plcsauncc,
and that "tho first fine, careless rapture"
would bo lasting! Wo went forth to lay
blows thick about us, among tho paynlms
of tho earth: to topple tho weedy castles
of error: to win tho smiling, beautiful
favor of queens of tho tournament. But
morning broadened Into noon and tho sun
grew hot and fierce and tho spirit quailed
within us. We were tempted to a
drowslng-placo In tho green shade. Tho
dreams became those of a sound and
snoring sleep, not those of a thrilled and
challenging ambition.
And yet that solf you wcro has handed
on to tho solf you aro something moro
than a dejection and a hopo frustrated.
Every now and then, when you aro
ttmpted to Ho down in tho dust and glvo
up tho ghost, there comes some queer
ancestral thrumming In tho blood to tell
you that you cannot quit. The genera
tions behind and beforo are pleading for
you. Thoso who aro to come expect you
to acquit yourself in nobleness, oven ns
your forebears speak to you In a tre
mendous voice out of the ages. For what
you aro the centuries havo fo tight and
suffered. All the world, from tho very
start of it, has tested and rejected, has
agonized and truvallcd, toward your com
ing, and your standpoint, and your ofllce.
Tou think you aro a pauper, and lo!
you nro a crown prince, tho custodian of
jewels, the heir of palaces and thrones.
Let not your sleep be troubled becauso
yesteryear cannot return: "tho best Is yet
to be." Make friends with that old self
whom you Idealize. You havo forgotten
what a horry scrub he was in many ways.
He was not altogether tho flno fellow you
now think him. Tako with gratitude tho
good he has bequeathed you, and build
on that with a Arm and quiet mind. Ho
never was meant to hold you bacV from
being a better man than he. For it was
always Intended that men should
Rise on stepping-stones
Of their" dead selves to higher things.
ROOSEVELT AND LABOR
DETROIT was a better place than any
other the Colonel's astute political
sense could have chosen for harnessing
together tho leading Roosevelt Idea of
1912 and the leading Roosevelt Idea of
101C. The gallant steed of Industrial
Justice has had a comfortable box stall
and llttlo exercise of lato, and there must
be Bomo trying moments for a driver who
would get him to run well In double har
ness with preparedness. ,
Praise for Henry Ford's methods of
dealing with his employes 13 not an apt
noto to make labor prick up Its political
ears, for It Is generally understood that
the unique salaries at Detroit are a phe
nomenon of a unique business situation.
It is .lot likely that Mr. Roosevelt will
carry tho idea beyond an adroit compli
ment to Mr. Ford in his home city. In
fact, with the time growing short, It Is
Increasingly evident that he has burned
his industrial Justice bridges, behind him
In rushing to capture that 'other bridge
Which leads straight to the Republican
sldn of the River of Doubt. But with that
action he wipes out what he professed
to bo the signal line of cleavage between
Progressives and Republicans in 1912,
It U tor labor, then, to consider the
Republican platform on Its merits as a
sound business program for labor and
capital without making perplexing com
parison with an Idealistic Progressive
platform, now that idealism is playing
second fiddle. Labor can be for Repub
lics rin without being for Roosevelt. He
must take hla chance with the other can
didates on (its general record as a states
man.
THE LIGHT ON A HILL
IF you choose to look at It in that way,
the Great Commission to go Jnto all
the world and preach the Gospel was an
injunction to advertise tho good tidings.
There ia nothing incongruous, therefore,
jn a conference of church advertising at
the convention of advertising clubs in
this city next month. It will be .the first
conference of the kind ever held under
such uspices. The churches are still in
doubt as to the proper way to secure
publicity for their work, but they shoujd
not be in any doubt as to the necessity
or propriety -of it, or did not tho Great
Preacher eay on a famous, occasion,
"Men do not light a carulla and put It
undar a bushel, but on a candlestick, and.
H tvtb Uht?
OVJt VttibAGE P6DT
Whenever tt'a a Saturdav oh, iono be
fore ihe dew 1
la drunken by I he golden sun that clitntj
the cloudless blue,
Almost leforo the nested birds hove
started In to stir,
I rise an hour earlier an' take a walk
with HEli.
I iconder If 1011 realise Vie jouan' oy
to spart!
The itaihthne morning carries in lis lilac-
laden air;
I tcondcr if you know what lirfo breezes
arc about
To take the trca an' shake their lovely
tcafv banners out,
To fill the winds ivlth 'muslo an' to blow
a vagrant tress
Across" your check, that burns at such
unwonted Wantonness.
Of course you cannot know all this. You
would, though, If you were
To rise an hour earlier an' take a walk
with llVlt.
jcontfcr If you know What joys, when
morning's gates, unlock,
The winds of May blow round the world
'liclxt rfatcn an' six o'clock.
I wonder that, with droning nose above
your blanket's hem
You lie there in the growing light, ob
livious to them.
Hoio can you be a slug-a-bed an' soak
yourself in sleep
When there are In the dewy dells sweet
trysllngs 'you might keep?
Ohl If you'd know the sweetest joy of all
that ever wcie
You'd rise an hour earlier an' take a tealfc
with unit.
That's why ichcn it's a Saturday oh,
long before the dew
Is drunken by the golden sun that climbs
the cloudless blue,
Almost before the nested birds havo
started in to stir,
I rise an hour earlier an' take a walk
with unit.
A GLANCE BACKWARD
6oS5
HB5i
HPftlflL
Klfe
WHr'
FINi: day, signer' How you like I should
sliava you? CIoso' Kh? "Wcethout?"
How-you-mean Wcothnut w'at? Oh,
wcethout comorsazlone? Slunor, I tnl cet
to you from my heart: nof I no can
spealta to you I bust. You see, ecu decsa
countra, da barber dat no can speaka da
Jlcrlean langwadgo ecs no more better dan
a safety razor. iSom' barber dey don'tn usa
da langwadgo right. All w'at dcy can say
ees, "Docs da razor hurt?" Dat'ra a mcci
tak'. Da good barber ho don't nevva aska
dat; he Jus' watcha da face, an' ee'f dere
ees pain on da face he's changing da razor.
Wan time I chango da razor twelve tlmo
een two meenutc, baycause alia tlmo was
so mooch pain on da customer face. Blmoby
I say, "Sly, dat's twelve tlmo I clmngo da
razor." He say, "Razor's fine; change da
breath."
Slit I understand It takes somo ncoplo
thrco generations to becomo gentlemen;
It takes others only one to become "Me
lees" (mlckless, or Mlckless; cf. Jllcrob, same
parent Btem) At nny rate, hero's n guy
that dropped tho Mc in tho shortest time on
record, i. e., between a headline of a news
paper paragraph and lino four. If ho does
all his work as quickly as that no wonder
ho wears medals. A. A.
JOHN J. McCAnTV. KXGIXECR, GETS
ELLIOTT CRUSSOX TROPHY
The Elliott Cresson medal was presented
to the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company and the Franklin medal to John
J. Carty, chief engineer of tho company.
Evening paper.
A DIcat
Perhaps I am a trifle thick,
But, anyway, It vtakes me sick
To see the shoivy,
UncndUto rotten rows
Of verses gay young bcaus
Inscribe to Chloc.
Perhaps I am a trifle quccrk
But really I should like to hear
That would be rare Ah!
To hear of verscscrlt
By some immortal wit
To pretty Sarah t
P. Villain.
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1111B!(15 IRRqMBSTCINB WHICH IS ALSO A MILESTONE frvs.
M: -Sat" ' IltESSKTBOW I
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THE READERS' OPEN FORUM
The Preparedness Argument in Nature Ought to Persuade
Pacifists A Misapprehension of the News Value
of Advertisements Other Matters
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Cosmic Ideas of a YounR Lady
rruiE sun is the largest planet. It
JL 860,000 miles altitude. Tho sun pro
duces heat and energy. It Is tho farther
est planet from tho earth.
The solar system Is distinguish by the
Bun.
Tho eight planets are mars, Jupetor,
venlce, nebular, mercuray, earth.
The difference between the two theo
ries of evelotlon aro hot
cold.
W. L.
Kute Kid Stuff
When Mary came home with flashing eyes
because the teachor had given her only 73,
whereas she had been given 85 tho preced
ing month, trip mother of Mary made a call
at the school. Yes, Mary had misbehaved
that month, especially one day. She had
chased a boy around the classroom and
had beaten him with her fists while tha
whole classroom stood upon the Beats and
laughed. Tho poor mother of Mary was
Bhocked.
"Why, Mary! Why did you do that?"
"Ha pulled my hair, and I told him to
stop, and ho pulled It again, and I told him
to. look out. and then he pulled It again, and
I Just got up nnd gave him the dIUI "
"Ohl Ohl"
"Well. I don't care, he had no right to,
andvhe deserved It" And poor Mary
II in sobs on tier mother's breast.
"But," coos Teacher, "you'll work to get
80 this month, won't you, MaryT"
"No, ma'am!"
"Maryt you won't?"
"No, ma'am ',"
"Why, what do you mean, Mary?"
"I'm going tq get 90 "
Of course, as some of her ancestors were
queens, Mary gotJS. SHQN REA.
TO KENT
wii.i. Airnit to
SUIT KKYB AT
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This sign at Germajitpwn avenue and
Somerset street puzzles me. Will he niter
the building or merely change the lock?
Mack.
in 1 mi il . -
That's "What
If you do not swat the fly.
Swat It plenty hard and good,
You may And it by and by
MaMng doormats of your food
Rody MoPhee In Springfield Union.
SllH, Judd Ltiwls sayn, (he guy
Who y;aa guilty of that ponc
Uas a groush against the ftp,
for it $kate wqh hf dims, j
1
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir "Prevention Is better than cure."
It Is an old saying and has never been
disputed. People apply this saying un
consciously and with very 'little thought.
It is applied by people to the ery Insignifi
cant and to tho most prominent things
with llttlo comment. But when the safety
of the nation is at stake, for somo reason
or other there is a reluctancy to be pre
pared so as to precnt disaster, so as to
make it unnecessary to heal up the nation's
wnnnrlH nftpr a disaster.
This surely li not a natural thing, be
cause it Is contrary to all tho laws of na
ture Our whole life Is an example to us
of how contrary It Is that 'wo should live
an unprepared life It Is natural and Is
born In us; why. even a child will show
ui signs of preparedness. When It 13 cold
wo dress warmer: when It is hot we dress
lighter; our public schools cicn compel us
to bo vaccinated so ns to be able to pre
vent disease. Our blood contnlns white
corpuscles, which constitute tho first prepa
ration ngalnst" sickness; In our teeth when
tho enamel Is fractured nnd tho dentine
abused a secondary dentine forms as a
prevention against pain, and I might go
on naming numerous instances.
Our defenses, namely, our army and
hnavy, can ue compareu wuu mo uuin-
mentloneil instances. a whbh u uibcujo
germ enters our body we do not imme
diately depend on a physician to give us
medicine to counteract this, but the white
corpuscles nt onco attack and try to
destroy the lnvaslvo power of tho bacteria,
and If powerful enough overcomo.lt, but
If not It Is necessary to aid or call a doctor.
So It Is with an invasion by war; if we
nro prepared our army and navy rush
to meet tho offender, nnd if they are power,
ful enough we aro saed from calling on
the untrained people.
If tho bnctcrla or Invading force Is
strong enough to overcome the resisting
force wo becom Blck. and if the right
assistance Is -not given might result n
death while on tho other hand. If the right
preparation 13 not given, nnd we are not
strong enough to protect ourselves from
tho attacking force. It means- disaster.
It seems America is still under tho Bpoll
of tho awful world-wide war and Is waiting
for tho spell to BUbEldo so as to be able
to act consciously, or that she has been
held by tho glitter of the gold and cannot
resist the temptation of its drawing powers.
In our mad rush for gold wo must not
forcet that wo- must protect It or It will be
like a builder who In his haste to com
nloto his work neglocted to strengthen the
foundation to suit tho building, and when
It was all but complete It fell. Or as a
miner who In his rush for gold forgot to
strengthen the roof with props under which
he worked, and when boasting of his luck
This is the time when patriotism and duty
to our fellow men command that the men
that have been well blessed with the talent
to arouse the manhood of America should
rise and declare themselves.
Preparedness does not mean war, because
it was a fact that wo demonstrated our
preparedness to Japan In tho Roosevelt
Administration that stopped what might
hao been a war.
It Is very plain to see how Mexico, the
Central Powers, the Allies nnd even re
cently Japan hae belittled us. Tho Presi
dent has sent very strong notes protesting
against certain acts of thesx nations, but
because wo han demonstrated that we art
unablo to enforce our demands they pay
little attention to them
S. V. STICKLER,
Philadelphia, May IB.
NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENTS
To the Editor of Uvcniiig Ledger:
Sir Thoro Is a feature of your paper,
which you nnd other editors of other news
papers pursue, which seems to me capable of
improvement. It is the custom of mixing
news and advertising. Now I am not inter
ested in advertisements at nil, and I pre
sume there are thousands of other readers
like myself, and yet we are compelled to
turn over and scan from IS to 20 pages of
printed matter to obtain from 9 to 10 pages
of news. A great part of tho advertising
matter Is more or less aggressive In char
actor, obtrUBlve.
Why not keep each entirely separate?
Then thoso who wish to observe "ads" and
those who do not, would both bo satisfied.
What would be said of a magazine If
every other pngu was nn advertisement?
Another thing I will mention. In reading
tho Eveki.n'o Ledger I -frequently find ac
counts of Important events rind entertain
ments which will happen, "today." As It Is
4 o'clock or after when I receive tho paper
the events which will happen "today" aro
all over. Why not Inform us. say in Thurs
day's Evenino Ledoeh of the events, so
cial, etc., that are to take place Friday,
Then wo could attend If Interested.
J. H. BURRELL.
Philadelphia, May 19,
If the news and, advertisements were kept
entirely separate many readers who are as
deeply interested in tho advertisements as
In the other news would be Inconvenienced,
As n matter of fact advertisements are
really the most Important kind of business
news, becauso they give to a widely Inter
ested public the information which they aro
seeking. As to the announcement about
what Is going on today, an effort Is made
to correct them for each of the succeeding
editions bo that there may be no notice of
that which has already occurred. Editor
of Evenino ledqeo.'!
What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will bo an
steered in this column. Ten questions, the
anstvers to which every well-informed
person should know, are asked dally.
WHAT HUGHES STANDS FOR
'To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir They say that we do not know where
Justice Hughes Btands on any public ques
tions in which the nation Is Interested. But
why do wo demand specifications? Do we
not know .that he. Is a stanch and patriotic
American, loyal to America against tho
world? What more can you ask?
D. W. O,
Philadelphia, May 16.
ABOUT TOWN
Ono of tho Joys of this business of tear
, JL..,., utntelv residences Is the peep one
,eets at tho inside life of them which one
lrSmXl of the McTadden maVslon on Bit.
tenhousa Square has been one continuous
revelation, especially of wall papers. "So
that was tho kind of wall paper they had on
ho thfrd story back landing Wll. well.
And ob. I see, that room must have opened
rlSht Into tho pantry.'' The wall paper Is
never the kind you or I would have chosen.
whooter has heard W Freeland Ken.
irlck tell a Btory In an after-dinner speech
has enjoyed the. genial tax collector's ap.
delation of the point of It almoht as
S,uch as he has enWed tho story Itself.
And when the story is on lUmself. Mr.
Kndrlclt laughs with the rest as heartily
ii 1 though the Joke were oj another fellow,
ifa lllustnited this trait at ono of the meet
Ines of the committee engaged In raising
$1 000 000 for Temple University He was
InWlnnlpeg a few years ago, he nald. and.
tt committee from Mooso Jaw, a small city
60 or 70 miles farther west, called on
him and asked him to help the town dd(.
cate a new bridge built to carry the main
btreet across the railroad track Jle started
from Winnipeg 1" tln,0 but tns train was
four hours late and tho crowd that had
gathered for tho dedication had dispersed
The committee ro t in ft room on tun second
floor of tha nly hotel na finally decided
that it would not be courteous to aHuw the
orator to go bask without hyUyf en oppor
tunity to talk. Small hoys were sent
through the town with megaphones to call
the people out. One of them stopped in
front of the hotel and put the megaphone
to his mouth and bawled;
"Everybody come out to hear the clnk
from the East take the bull off, the new
bridge I"
v Aid as Mr. Kendrlck came to the Dolnt
you could hear his laugh above the shouts
of this company, ' ""
Positively uncanny the peculiar Informa.
U?5.thS mov,e pJ"eas a6nts ro endowed
with. The one who sat at ray elbow and
purred his erudition Into my er t thTihow
knew, for Instance, where Mary PickrnrJ
was at that particular hour and what Sh.
was doing, and he even knew at whif Un!
In the universe tho corporeal Charlie ChnV.
Un was situate. One always foels I S.'
actor is yery much allyo everywhere rath,!;
than tangibly sitting down to ham ad eS
anywhere in particular. "
"They're a great' couple," 1 gaM -,.
ring to the athletio man and vivacious it
who on the screen before us had Just ?m
braced and were now to be seen walking
arm In arm In the gloaming. walk'n
.....'Th''', bolh dead" aW ,h Pwss went.
"Yes, he was a great actor and 1 shi was n
great llttlo actor, too." WM a
K0,,Jh ?'m ,h fllm,0.V0M walked on
the, dimming scene, living aga ," ' "J
dreamland thlr old romance,
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THE UNSOLVED PUZZLE
Why are alt England' Mrfoua Bdjnuu,tn.
QUIZ
1. irhat'wns tho origin of the motto "Don't
Tread On Me?'
3. What Is tha difference between a stnr
nnd a planet?
3. Cun It be sahl, with truth, that the sun
never set on United States posses
sion? 4. What Is the original meaning of the
word "sophomore"?
5. What building stood at Juniper nnd
Ghentnut streets, where the Wldener
Dnlldlng now Ktnnds?
0. Iltplaln the sjmbollsm nt the ball
. which Is snrmOUMted by the cross on
some Cnthedrals.
7. Give nn explanation of "shooting stars."
8. Did an exiled king ever live In Philadel
phia?
0. For what purpose does an artist use n
maulstick? 1
10. Areiho northern and southern hound
arles af Pennsylvania continuous
straight lines?
6.
7.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The color magentn takes Its name from
the battle of Magenta, 1880, when it
happened to be fashionable.
Alaska and the northeastern corner of
Asia are only 40 miles apart, being
divided by Ilerln Strait.
The first trip of Columbus across the
Atlantla took 71 days.
The Prohibition party was organised in
Chicago in 1860.
"rlumber" originally applied exclu
sively to workers In lead, from the
Latin "plumbum," meaning lead.
-I?. O. II." stands for "fre on board." 1
A sloop Is a one-masteu vessel with fore-
and-aft rig.
8. The chief earthquake zone comprises
the Mediterranean lands, the Azores,
West Indies, Central America, Sand
wich Islands, Japan, China, Persia
and Asia Minor.
0. The "American Legion" is the Infor
mal name for the unit of citizens of
the United States In the British
Army.,
10. Yon Iluelow Is the former German
Chancellor.
The Greenback Convention
' .Editor of "WAof Do yon Knoio" Will
you kindly tell me whom tho Greenback
convention of 1876 nominated for President?
Where was It held, and when? -
J, O.
The -convention met at Indianapolis on
May 18 and) nominated Peter Cooper, of
New York, t i .
Right to Make Money
Bdffor of ."lVftaf Do You Know" I, Is
any rich man In the United States allowed
to make money as he wants to? 3. Ia nny
printing manufacturing company allowed to
print $5 and 10 bills, Just as they are print
ings newspapers and magazines? 3, I have
recently read In the Evbhwo Ledoeh that
the Untted States wants to Increase her
army and navy, but does not know where
she will get the money from, and the sariie
day I took a visit to the United States Mint,
at 15th and Spring Garden streets, where I
saw where the United States silver money
is made so the idea struck me. Why don't
the United States make enough money to
Increase 'and. pay for the army and navy?
4, la there a law among nations that a
nation or country can make only so and so
much money a year? 6. Can the United
States make as much money as she wants
to? G, C.
1 and 2- It Is contrary to law Jn the
United States for any private persons to
coin gold or silver or to print any form of
paper to be used as money. J. The United
States, has to buy the Bllver which It coins
at the Mint. And It also has to buy the
gold which it coins, Jt can Issue paper
money, so called, but paper money Is a
promissory note, payable In coin on demand,
and Is a debt rather than an asset. Gold
and Bllver certificates, which circulate as
money, are merely warehouse certificates,
declaring that so much coin has been de
posited in the Treasury, Jf you will read
the printing on any paper money that you
luvte you will discover Us exact character.
4 There is no law of nations regulating the
amount of money which each patjon may
issue. 9 The amount of "paper money" la.
sued by the United States Is regulated by
law, subject to change, at tho will of Con
gress, Ttmro J no limit on tho amount, o
tye blunders wade ia JielandT chiJ? erJ !" ? ,A0 uovtpmoo wui com u
Journal. Mfianur eweag 04 UJWtt to ,u charging u small sum fw
THE PRESIDENT!
Daniel Webster Twico ui J
Withih m- n,,V1' "M'W
M Have lT
t McKinley
ing to accept alnco thn M.t "?" Mnl
tho candidate for the PresM.' 271 J
second in tho ciccUon - ' " S
President. mia lo
Most ot them havo agreed wtit, . -I
Roosevelt when he said in MooM H
not want tho office.
"I don't want tn. .if .... ..
gavel In my hand ., u? S
tenlng to Senator Blank uuT "H
treason, when I wnnhi .., .T. ng m
down on thq floor and w 1 .8"U
damned head off." kn0cWn .
Webster could havo had tha nnmi ..11
occasion ho would have becottw "553
dent, Thurlow Weed, who was il.
powerful political .Kt-gl
tlmo, offored tho nomination n -m'. ?1
in 1839. He went to Washing ".T"
the Massachusetts Senator, and !n3
course 01 tnoir conversation WebslMi
marked:' r TnS
"I think I) Bhall bo tho Whig
date."
"It looks to mo like Harrls6n." w.J
retorted. "a
"You are misinformed," said the iwl
tor. "Tho party will choose a man wSi
larger civic experience, who irbtf3
uu.ijitju iu kuu piuce.
I .iiiui may 00," said Weed. "But tsi
,l " jo. wno will poll the mmP
Tyler Won What Wcbstrr Lost
Wood explained that Harrison -wo .
military hero nnd popular with the bobu:J
and said that with Webster on the tkWBSl
in scconu piaco inero would, be no donitSaB
01 tno lesuii.
Webster dccllnod to consider tho 1m
Presidency. Tho convention met, utl'M
Henry Clay, Harrison and Wlndeld Bcott
received votes on the first ballot, Clj
leading. -J. no irienas ot Harrison .
ccedod m nominating their man. He vnj
elected, served ono month and died. JohV
Tyler succeeded him. It has been sail'
that nn agreement had been made a year
beforo tho convention between Tyler aif
Henry Clay, that Tyler was to havetij?'
Vice Presidency In 1840, but Weed. wWi
was ablo to defeat Clay for the nomlasfij
tion for the I'rcsiucncy, could hae mk
vented tho execution of any agreement!'
that CIny might havo made.
-td",
Tlirt fthnnpn nnmn nrrnin In ISiO mL'Jt ,
.au w..t.w v...w o... ... h,0j nuca 1,
Thurlow Weed, with a presidential
dldato In mind, went to Marsh field tool
tho "Vice Presidency to Webster. TOa
memories of tho interview in within
ton before tho Harrison campaign, TTeV,
ster said: ,,
"Well, how do things look now! J
suppose the question still is, Vho trUli.3
unit ihn rnnat vntpqV " set"'
"yes," said Weed, "and that tnMjIi
nullum. J.U.J.U., vi.i ..... un ujiyw
President." vb
"Why, Taylor Is an Illiterate JronUSc,
colonel who hasn't voted in V) Ifp-Mi
exclaimed Webster In disgust.
Weed insisted that ho would be lU
candidate and would bo elected end fwXi
Webster the chance to run on the UcSet'
as in second place. w
And ngain Webster declined. He,W
tj the convention ns a candidate and ptj
22 votes on the first ballot. Taylor
nominated and elected. He llved)s(
than a year and a half ana Millard FlU'
more became President.
How Roosevelt Won
-c-itv.,, Tinnf ivlin TTtnv he described.-!
tho Webster of tho present, might ha 'J
been President, if he had been willing to
nrront tho rlco Presidency. The renow
nation -of McKinley In 1900 was mtoittrftf 5
by every one. It was necessary w -a.
n rnndldato to run with him. H
Hanna offered to make Mr. Boot tfctf
candidate. There Is little doubt that
he had had Mr. Root's consent ho cow.
have forced the nomination on, mo wj
ventlon. Boot refused to consider ,;
-fM- -noiina m. miss. Senator Alum:
and Senator Fairbanks also refujed g
b.TAt.n ik Tnir Rnretary ot mwv "";
JUlll Oip"- 4 UJS
nnd Senator Dolliver were willing oni -g
conventlon assembled with the bW"Mi
of the nomination of one or jn --j
of them. But coionei i.w..--- g.
on the scene and as the way vna tmM
" -" - "
. .-4nri iin nf the uOYvmw' ":
of Now Yerk and into the W"1!
... .. unnivs McKinley Wl
assassinated about six months wr-j
second inauguration. Tne r- - -torv.
"Magna pars ful." as the Colon
1.4. ..am., .irnll RHV.
Senator Fairbanks, who had wm-
dowri the Vice prcswency - - ,m
had seen what WA
take, his chances in 1904. bu if b.
.. . Ti.vpit's early deatn m
coununG " """ - '.B hw-1
Tossed wrong. He is still irtUlW, WQ
.1- ........ hi -hnnces once mom. i
ever, w " ifr.d wl
Itooseveit 10 poior -rUs4!
Vice Presidency in 1900 wa;a
that McKinley n. - - J
dignity by maning -- - "" bmJJI
one of his confident .ial ad iser, m.
whether the M"" d ?
a President who dies , in office
confidential adviser """".,. u-fl:
Breat mrCvlcr Prudent will i
sume that the Vice 1. lden
be called upon to Ko gf
rlnn TTIU.I1I wf"-- ,1a
believes that
do mm. -.--- Hmes.
It has been oone , , -,
AHHMf " T If Itfftfl
A In I XKU 11
pamed Vice P'Vd would t
wn foreseen that Garner
off .J soon. Bvenasavice
"""hTtS -amedTfor 1 iJ
soon as. he was ,1
New York ward PoUtUfn.
rtoved from " -g - Hay
port of hi? ?!?. aW W '
the last tnr -"--, mVson h
than ful tna. ;- "
Joyed good beah. r(lemin.j
W SSL will Virfcub
but t "e:'"" -j,, -s, they c" fly
select as UW . o.xrM
for bofrt Ptocea w J-
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