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FjBMfnQMOnilOV tlie usual tranlc ImlUillon
Rr'iT the members of a jjicat political
Iv m ilny siectlne candlilates In n in unary
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UO CXlllUtlCd IU CUIZL'119. 1110 SUllOS
made, tlio Important nominees liae
lilready been chosen unit thouianiN oC
j ) Voters, obeylnu orders, will march to tho
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'!& vumti iJiaucs uim ku iiiiuun liiu iuuiiimi
W'jT'V Performing the most sacred ptibllc duty
EU - yrlnK on citizens of tho Republic.
ft-.,!,1' Pl Ant! some disposition to rebel at
feting: on tho public of Shccliau, now
tn5
"Wtpr otAVIUs. whose attempt to i-e-
Qir fees and put them Into his own
yfXt has aroused the indignation even
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jcn not orainarny puritanic in incir
Plcal Dersnpctlvp. Thn forclni? tf thl
's name on the ticket, we are told, Is
and disgusting, a stench In
tho people and an insult
helr Intelligence. So It Is, but was
j"c any reason for any citizen to expect
Ijiope that Thomas It. Smith, Mayor
Philadelphia, whose transactions In tho
idlng business constitute u public scan-
f, would see anything wioug in the
o.'ort of Jlr. Sheehan to get a llttlo extra?
ijo Jfayor'smslness, wo are told, is not
nous within the meaning of tho law,
,I It Is Mr. Shcchun'a contention that
hat he wishes to do ho will do only It
3 letter of the law permits. "Wherein
irally Is there any difference In the
o men, and If the one Is lit to be the.
.jyor of this great city, why Is not the
whop entitled to hold a minor olllce'.'
- !t 'is not Mr. Shcelian's activity aluno
:-iat should cause good citizens to hold
'nelr noses. It Is their own Inactivity
illicit should cause them to put cotton In
5Ir nostrils, even as so many of them
yo multlcd their eats and eyes and now
8slvcly acquiesce in a condition of
aire that la revolting to all men who
ye faith In democratic government or
ii devoted to the principles of liberty
this nation Is
"'tr-CaUnK ani
f r ttnosirus or
Ic'e
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ito Itlaenft xvlio work liaril nnd honestly
a, train their dally brcrtd. Jt belongs to
parasite who have stlckcd at tho publlo
llso until their bellies nto swollen, but
with no diminution of their greed. Tho
glory of the city Is not wrapped up In
such Individuals, nor need they bo pro
tcctcd to keep safe I'htladelphla's good
name. It Is a monstrous doctrlno that
leprosy must bo concealed, lit the Holy
Land the leper oiled, "Unclean! Unclean."
Tho law compelled him yo to do. AVcto
tlicto such u law here, wo Itnnglne, thcro
would bo such u crying and yelling In tho
environs of City Hull that steam shells
could not drown the sound. Let u havo
it reputation for cleanliness because wo
are clean, not becauso we conceal the
disease which has eaten and is eating Into
the very vitals of our municipal govern,
ment.
AW have faith in the ultimate power
of public opinion. The successes of
democracy arc a succession of mlt tides.
Ono may happen this Novembci. Tho
findings of tomorrow's mock primary
may bo smashed and utleily wrecked In
the general election. W hear rumblings
which may forebode an eaithquake. AVhen
the people fully tindeistnnd what Smith
and his coterie propose to do to them they
will bo patient and supine no longer. Kor
this newspaper, at any late, tliero can
be no turning baik, since Its vision Is of a.
truly inctiupolitan Philadelphia, and It
leallzcs that such a Philadelphia can never
bo until the parasites that suck Its life
blood ato driven out and the Imperial
levcmies of the municipality ate efll
t'lcntly administered, with love of city In
stead of loc of pap dominating political
li-udcis and truth liouoted In high places.
The war Is teaching tho whole world
the essential prlmiples of democracy, and
Philadelphia cannot tlitivc In that new
wot lit unless It, too, embraces thoso pilli
clples In practice and strips tho garments
of authotlty fi6m the leprous elements
that wear them.
MewestMng'
german music?
Problem of Producing "Enemy
Opern" Is Again Seriously
Discussed
THAT aned be, nationality In music, Is
buzzing ngalu In tho public bonnet,
Tlino and again have writers striven to
prove, .sometimes with partisan Mm, some
times toolly, that tliero could bo no question
about tlio pioprlcty of producing "enemy
alien musical works" In war periods. And
Just as certainly some ono else has refused
to let the question rest, "What do wo care
whether nit opera was romposcd by a. Cicr
man If It's a good opera 7" asks A. To which
11 rejoins that every tl.ish thing llto black
Hermans ever vvioto ought to be put out of
tho way. ,o It goes.
l.'ven in Fiance, tlio land of artistlo
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Tom Daly's Column
BRfiAkr THE CHAINS1
Harkl Hark! the flogs do lark,
The beggart are back in fotni;
And here ono stands, itl(i empty hands,
On id column-top, looking down.
It was tlio antepenultimate day of our
vacation, and It was raining. It was
moro than raining, It wns a northeaster.
That meant thero'd bo nothing doing In
Ocean City for tnclvo hours at least; not
that there's ever much moto than that
doing In Ocean City for twenty-four
hours nt most, but you know whut we
mean. AVo were stormbound nnd wo
might Just as well seize tlio opportunity
to do it llttlo work, outdoor plcasuto be
ing denied us.
So wo came up licit In the attlo nnd
began to prepare to get icady to write
n plero about "Ocean City From tho In-
Miiltv. there were outeiles against tlio per- sdo i.0(,uinff Out," or "Pirates on 15ar-
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'fid, froedom on which
At , ' , .
fifc'i The voting tomorrow will be a farce,
Rrttwppflns nntblnir. Orranizatlon le.idei's liavn
mJyX7 mwtrtAtl ttirt iii'lm'H'i rt i nLtriivntM ilH oiiil
S?57".",F" ' ' "
S3clothcd It In the stinking gariuyita of
r-tIiCf loathsome and controlled conven
i&T'tlon. The anathv of cood ItcnubllcatiH
' tUey havo capitalized and they maisiiul
heir gangs of subservient tools and
them to the polls to tegister what?
approval of a puicel of candidates
,itand as the nominees of the patty
' ) which Abraham Lincoln breathed
i breath of life and gave a soul!
ch depths has the
AN K.'OCH-MAKING PUBLICATION
IT LS impossible to cxaggerato the Im
portance of tho publication In tho
Public Ledger of Mr. Gerald's boo!;.
AW know of nothing1 In the whole his
tory of journalism approaching it In the
magnitude of Its effects. It stnttlcd
America and It startled Kuropc. Theie
was no civilized pan of tho caith to
which the revelations of the former Am
bassador did not i each. It wiecKed whole
propagandas of lies and It levelled to the
people of tho caitli as was never i created
to them before tlio danger of bceict
diplomacy, tho menace of irresponsible
government by autocrats and tho in
vluciblo Justlco of tho cause to which this
nation has dedicated Its entho lesourccs.
Men weie shown the Ciermau Govern
ment as It is. its hideous Intilgue and
icvoltlng dlsiegaid of the riglits of man
nnd mankind. Jlfatoty will not foiget
M!r. Geiaid and his country will not for
get him.
It Is a matter of piopei- pildc to PlillU
delphlans that a Philadelphia newspaper
was the vehicle for this momentous pub
lication, a publication adding new luster
to tho nlreadv splendid leputatlon and
prestige of the Public Ledger.
hf rch t
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paity
To
oigaulsm
iMcn and in such hands Is the keeping
ijilie. "Iffh and noble principles adhered
him!
arc told by cynical' men that tlieie
hope this year for ..uccetsful oppo-
to the Organization. AVo are In-
,ncd that apathy Is gcnei.il, that mam
ythe young men of Ideals havo gouo to
army camps, that everything Is cut
dried and that the Mayor can put
ps whatever he wants. AVJmt matter
'.police are demoralized, the sticets
an, the garbage uncollected, the
.-bound to Increase, tho fares on
.m - ...
ya to ue raiseu, tnc gas teuuetion to
ken by the politicians uud tcfused
people or that certain men grow
An o.Hlce? AVo must not daro to
tke or cxpoo them, for nro they not
IjlVififf lie'rs of, Lincoln and tho proud
itientH of Republicanism? Are men
jr'to bo deluded by such talk? Thcso
era" do ifot tepresent Itcpubllcanlsm.
I renrescnt nothlncr litit rnntinnni
(ry and political corruption. No
jLjno'ral principle is associated with
I -jitiwmo of any one'of them. The list
bo seorcneu in vatn to Jlnd the name
ftfen ono man who stands on both feet
fcWW-ror'ttie publlo good or aneaklnir
wiujrpoeeH with hlncerity. Thero Is
("neAvifa thinks of politics as any-
femr.vMK'ept a game--a. poker game In
tfr5i 0pa b,uffer f01 male H
ipiarga ana gain nome popular
1 , J &0 .
Muo tup oreain.
nAympatlfy witl moiiycod-
nc faith jn puny Individ-
mU iljta in agieat city with
'1 ?!' P" sciulc2
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BUSINESS "SHOCK TBOOI'S"
IT AVAS a happy thought of Mr. l'alie.v,
addicsslng tho business men's war
council at Atlantic City, to tefer to his
audience as "the shock troops of oigan
Ized business In this countrj ." Tho
shock troops of tlio trenches arc tin own
forwaid to daro and bewilder the foe as'
a preliniiiiaiy to a. slower and steadier
movement foiwaid. Hut such tioops go
to their work with tho knowledge that
thc must accept considetable sacrifice.
"IJuslness must now glvo to tlio woild
an example of unselfish, urn emitting, per
sistent service which will bring to all of
us new satisfaction and inspiration. Iteal
success In business is now to be reckoned
only in terms of what wo contribute
without thought of ourselves to the pies
crvatlon of the splendid ideals for
which America stands and for which it
will now tight to tlio last drop ot Its
blood." This wns the keynote ot tho first
meeting. Sofrottirv It.ikoi- brings the
messago of tlio Administration today to
this icmaikable assemblage.
Thcso organisers of speed and ef
ficiency havo set for themselves one sim
ple test of Sinn ess which should bn eveiy
bodv's test. Tli.it test is the winning or
tho losing of the wai.
foiniuiue of Uoriiun musical works In the
eai ly days of tlio war. AVagner, tlio AVagner
who wioto some of the most inspired of his
llesh-e.altlng muslo for Paris, Wagner
wlioso works were staples ot the weekly
inster in tho great pillared building which
nearly blushes shoulders with tlio Cafo do
la Palx AVagner was altickcd. Beethoven,
whose Teutonic breadth ot line has blinded
many to his Belgian ethnology, was at
tacked. Lngland Joined In the litany of na
tions against nil German nrt. Tint litany
was Justlilalile on emotional, It not rcrchral,
grounds.
Tlio fulled States' singular catholicity
In such mat tern Is n thing of record. In
this routitiy wo havo shown almost as
much toleranco ot Gorman music, oven slnco
April, llitT, as wo havo of tho local P.und
schaus or of their editors' dnlngs. Is It
possible, however, now that wo nie In tho
thick of It, that most German music will
bo put on tho Amcilcan slldo'.' Am we
going to sidestep as ninth Geunan music )
as possible, while tutalnlng our regjid and
love for the ttulv great men and their
writings
The, Whys oC Importation
Tlio qiu-stlon Is bred largely by tin- sea
son announcement, jestcrday, of tlio Met
topolltan company, which provides Phila
delphia with most ot Its upeiatlc material
every jear. Mr. Gatll-C'af.izza's prospectus
of tho forthcoming operatlo year certainly
points to nn abatement of German Importa
tions, ret haps this is partially duo to tlio
Metropolitan's inability to get what It wants
abroad. Perhaps It Is partially due to
tho "Met's" unwillingness to risk its dollars
and Us diplomacy on so perilous a venture.
Also, pleas lemember that Mr. Gattl is
a member of that taco which has been
making It hot for Austria.
Ills piospeetus Is an amusing and en
lightening evideiuo of tho trend of the
times. SW novelties are in omlsed. Tivo.ue
by Amei leans, ono by an Italian, ono by a
Frenchman, ono by u Kusslan. Germany is
not mentioned, her solo claim to an operatic
grip on the t'nlted States being tho an
nouncement ot a work by a Hungarian. But
besides Messrs. Ciduian and Gllbctt, Slguor
Mascagnl, Monsieur Itabaud and tho Slav.
Ilhiusky-Koisakovv, Hen- Liszt makes a very
poor showing Indeed, though personally h
Is always welcome for his scailct talents
In revivals, naturally, the Central Urn
plies stand about as they did ill statu quo
ante. AVagner sees to that. Ills "ilng"
will be sung, and those other vvoiks ranging
from "Tannli.icusei" to "Tristan." Tlicto
Is also mention of "the usual number" of
other German woiUs to be given, meaning,
ono supposes. "Tho Magic Fluto" and "Ifaen
sol and Gretcl." The Kntente. however,
has a larger quota, with Its Montcmozzl,
Donizetti, A'eidl, Gounod and Meyetbccr.
Just whom may (or may not) this poten
tial nationalist spirit In opera lead us? Will
It, as .Mr De Kovcn and other intelligent
musicians hope, lead us to a fruitful culti
vation of native cieatlvn ability? AVill we.
be able to phako ourselves free (It we decide
wo want to) from German opera? The
query Is uotwithnut Its persistence. For
after the war thero Is bound to be a tic
memlous. unquenchable detestation ot
things Germanic, even If they are only
vaguely so and uninformed by any spltlt
or frlghtfulness. i ndoubtedly no ono will
want to glvo up AVagner, for he wrote not
for a llttlo group of stubborn Junkers, but
for the wot Id, nnd whciover five senses and
that slNth sense, called tlio soul, exist, his
music will bo ielhlied. Like tho Latin poet,
life was his oyster. Out ot it lie drew tli
groat poail of melody that has made him
international.
ncgiit lUy," or something clso that would
servo to icopeii tho column without too
suddenly and too vividly Illuminating tho
plnco from which tho light was with
drawn two weeks ago.
A. voice Jioiii below stairs: "If it will
help you any to net throuih what you'tc
doing, so you can help us pick thli crab
meat, yon Might mention that Clav llrlck,
of Xlnth and Asbury avenue, has a lot
to do tilth houici and other real citato
atound here."
Did you ever look into tho teeth of a
northeaster (comma) from tho cockloft
ot a two-story shack on tho Jersey' coast
(comma) In mid-Scplcmbcr (question
mark). AVcll, you haven't missed much,
lu the height of tho season, nt Atlantic
City, say, fiom tho loot parlor (or what
ever they call it) of tho Traymoro the
oxpetienco might not bo so harrowing,
but this is Ocean City.
AVhen wo ilrst slatted upon this adven
tuio, this "Vacationing After tho Other
A'acatloncrs Have A'ncated," wo on
deavoicd to induco a servant to accom
pany us, nnd this attic was to havo been
her boudoir.
"AVhat'.s our destlnj?" she demanded,
and wo told her "Ocean City." AW pro
nounced tho niimo ullutlngly, with stuis
and exclamation points after It and with
an accompanying illumination of our own
pleasant countenance. Sho smiled a
scornful smile, such a smllo ns wo our-
Kclf had alwujs used when Ocean City
was praised in our ptcsence. Our snickers
had como homo to roost.
AAo hunted up another g'irl who had
novcr Iteatd ot this growing reort, hut
sho attacked us fiom another angle.
"How many in family?" sho asked.
".Vine," said we, and hung our head.
"Xein," she echoed, with a pronounced
German accent, and turned away.
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TW jDEMOCRACjp- ;
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"Sink Luxburg without leaving
any tiacc" Is A'orw'aerJ.s's ndvico to the
Bciliu Government. That Socialist news
paper is heading for disaster, or cNo tho
autocracy Is.
It would be sin prising it tho stoiy
of a U-boat off Nantucket proved, untrue.
AVhy tho Hoilln 'Government cliould miss
this opportunity to destroy all trace ot
How About Britain?
The Metropolitan's seeming avoidance ot
things Brltbh may appear moro significant
than It r'ally Is. The Lngllsh music-making
aptllwlo Iris always been a bit lethargic In
so far as opu.i goes But with tho ro
ceimuthic ot mir cnteutp some ontei prising
impresario might do his level best b.v our
cousins in blood. There is, for rMimnlc.
Sir Charles Villlois Stanford's work Also
Gianvillo Uantoil.'s
Willi concert iiiusie the matter Is some
what diffeit'iit. Bcellioveii. Brahms, Mozait.
Bach, Ha tin are essentials. And besides
there Is something so detached about tho
swiiphotiy auditorium that one cannot re
sent the Intrusion of nnv tace. So Mr.
Stokowsk! need not fear that his men will
be strafed for playing Teutonic music.
Tho matter of nationality in singers
seems to be one that has disturbed tlio
authorities, musical and otherwise, hut
little. AVo havo Germans singing in opera
und Germans playing in otchestias. Wo
havo Gorman conductors who havo given
cioar proot or tneir allogianco to this conn
!( '.Mil rillliil-H t hn lintiA 1 ... . .
Hvninatliv for ll. G..r.,,r.., .l l .1.1. .." """..' ? "."" '" '" ,,cl'- " caiciui,
" ....,. ,o ... mis i it not qiui liiuieisianuaiiie, silence.
country would be a myster.v.
The German press is whistling In
the daik to keep up its courage. "Civil
AVar In llussla." say tlio headlines. Tliat
bloodless civil war has been going on for
six months. But all Geimany has got
out of it Is n timid clutch on Itlga.
Xew York feared that Philadelphia
could not possibly find a market for tho
bonds offered yesterday. Tliero was, how.
over, a splendid response. So strong is
tho foundation of municipal credit that
no political mismanagement can shake it.
It can burvivo conditions which would
wreck an ordinary city.
Sweden lias been deceitful, but she
Is not mad. She has seen, as Germany
haH never seen, that the chler disad
vantage of violating tho lirvv of nations
Is tho burden of hatred that such viola
tion Invites as a heritage for future
years, and she is trying to make amends.
Tho unhnpplest men in tho world after
the war will bo tho CJerman trade agents.
Imajrino trying to sell "Alade-in-Ger.
1nwny" articles to. th families of Zepps-
un.'vwiimi,t
tfeSSSSS
Tliero seems to dc no reason wiiv lm
presailos should worry on this score, so
Jong as then- artists' slates are clean. But
Xew Vork critics, who officially aru sup
posed tu have no voice save In matters of
ait. havo pointed out plainly that some
bounds must bo placed on activities of
seditious men nnd women who use their
arts as a cloak for denunciation of America.
And obviously singers who uso tho green
room for German propaganda will provo
no great favorites with American opera
goers in the year of crisis, 1918. B. D,
Voire fiom below Atalii: "Jl's mmr
than a northeaster; It's thr equinox, I
tell yon."
"They ain't no ahc7i nuininf."
"V7ic equinox .Mill lives. It comes fmvi
eiiuui,' horse, and '(lor,' nlrjht; it's a
nightmare,"
Tin: kquinox
1 used tu be a truly scientific institution.
But latterly my dignity has sulTcicd
diminution,
And each reclining season,
For some mysterious reason,
Tho doctors push me neater to my ili.nl
dissolution.
Fiom my lair
In tho nlr
Though I Issue forth to scate,
1 am nothing but a buggy, buggy, bug-bug-bear!
Time was when peoplo held mo in tho
highest estimation,
But I'm busted ami disgusted and I've
tumbled from my station.
I'm nothing but a chaser.
A scasldo joy etaser,
A bell, a knell to spell f.iicvvtll to sum
mer time va-aCon
From my lair
Tn tho nit-
Now I Issuo forth to scate,
And I'm nothing but .-. buggy, buggy,
bug-btig-bcar:
PUBLIC FEEDING IN GERMANY
Public fettling, as Is shown by statistics
recently published. Is already well estab
lished In Germany. Out of tho C63 towns
In the German F.mplra with a population
of over 10,000 each, 472, in February, 1017,
representing a total population of over 24 -000,000.
reported 2207 establishments for
public feeding, as compared with 3G7 towns,
with a total of UG7 kitchens. In October!
191G, Most of tho kitchens arrnngo only
for a midday meal, and the majority have
now decided on a one-course dinner ajone.
The proportion of the dinner portions ap
plied to the total population of the towns
where public kitchens are established wnnM
appear on the average to be rather more
than 7 per cent. In certain towns pis middle
classes ara already beginning to' rats ob
jections to publlo feedlnc, on the) ground
that tho who partjeipau tt more thn
their fair share of a?atIM feed, London
jiconejmsc
Vofcc from below stain; "Thcic's a
red flag vHth a black square In the cen
ter fining fiom tho Coast (fuaiil titation,
and one of the men said it was the
northeast ,foim si'nal.' Is that why
Xoi thcast High School chose those
colony
You have probabl.v fieltcd ami fuitcd
through just such a nottheustcr as this
and you've looked out perhaps upon tho
countetpart ot tho picture wo sco from
our attlo window this minute. You may
oven havo suffered tho added cross of
tho practice hour of tho semlprofesslonal
soptano across ho way, tremololng
through Tostl's "Good-by to Summer,"
as wo mo suffering It now.
But savo your sympathetic IcarsJ
AVeil bet you never had tho salty breath
of tho stoim sweetened for you with tho
ntoma of fresh gingerbread like Mother
makes. Um-Yum! it's tickling our nos
trils now.
Voice from below stain, the 'Queen's
this ttmc: "If your work's nearly done,
so is ours. Jfs stopped raining and If
you and tho.chltdren Kill icalk around to
the store for some sauce for the crabs
we'll have things pretty nearly ready
when you como back."
Before we go, let us tell you the un
varnished truth about Ocean City. In
the height of its season it may be as
dull as some people say it 1b, but in Sep.
tcmber It is altogether lovely. It's a
bungalow town and the babies are
bigger and better there and tho dogs are
more playful nnd friendly than we've
ever noticed them elsewhere. The sea
is as blue and whlto und greon and the
air as aromatic as tired eyes and nostrils
could wish to feed 'upon. And when this
torm blows oyer thero are going: to be
golden days on this quiet beach. Septem
ber is the month of months at th
.
TRANSIT ISSUES
ARE DISCUSSED
A Little-Known Gibraltar and a
Modern Columbus Overcoming
Incredible Difficulties
TRANSIT EMPLOYE IS CONFUSED
?'o the V.dilor of the .'unfit' .a'""'.-
Sir Your ithtoiial appearing In the issue
of Srptfinboi- in, entitled "liie Cardinal
Feature," is niot confusing to those familiar
with rapid tianslt development. It quotes
paiagraplis fiom tho loport of tho Depail
iiient of City 'tianslt issued Match 20, 1010,
and It ileliliei.itely attempts to convey to
the renders tlio linpiesslons that the Director
of City iiansit avoided. In tlio nfoitsaid
upon, tho impoit.iul question of fates. In
view of tho lulliliss nnd unfair reception
which this repoit ii-celved at the hands of
tho editor of the Kvi.N'iNts Luixiun, I am
not siirpilsod that, lu the hasto to discard
It as valueless the linpoitaiit features deal
ing with the qui "lion of faics. exchanges
itnil fiee tmnsfei.s weic ovei lool.ed. AVhat
is astonishing Is the fail that, .it this lato
day, the Lvn.viso r.i:im.u should glvo any
attention whatever to this loport of eighteen
months ago. While this lepott was dis
carded because of passion, prejudice and
unfairness, and I might add becauso it did
not suit the exploitation fancies ot certain
Individuals, it was accepted all over tills
country as ono of tho gleatest contributions
on tlio subject of municipal transpoitntlon
ever put forth.
Tim UvKN'lN'fl l.i.iinuit. In lofoitiiiK to the
"cardinal -feature," falls to mention the
fact that tho pioposed opeiatlng lease of
last December, which was advocated l the
o-dtrector and which the peopln wen
uiged to accept without delay, repudiated
eveiy piomlso which, under tho to-called
Taylor plan, had been niado to tho peo
plo In tho matter of flvo-oont fares and
ft eo liniibfcrs. True, when the people voted
In f.ivor of tho tianslt loan they weie
piomlscd ami weio given to understand by
tho oA-dhcclor that tho lallvvny systems
could lie combined and operated for a five
cent fate. They ,ero not then told bv
him that deliolts would losult and would
havo to lie made up either by an Incieaso
lu faie or by an incrcaso lu tlio ta'C tatc.
Hut what would havo happened had the
now i ejected lease of last Dei-ember been
accepted'.' Tlio city would havo burien
doied to tho lapld transit company In ro
tuni for fit" ti. uisfors an amount that
would loach ,appiohuatoly $l.",00,000
during the life of tliu lease, f.u ed an in
creaso in tlio tn into and lu addition the
r.ipld transit company at any time It
needed tho cash for Its dividend could
havo Increased tho fares without Mmltt Mr.
Taylor in his statement, page 12, u Jlny
1S last, stated th.it tho situation, lor the
city's protection, could lie met with a penny
tiansfer or otheivvlsp. AVhat was Intended
In "otherwise" was never explained or
uncial stood, but it Is tin uiideiil.ibln fact
that. In addition to tlio grant ot f lS.ufin.nno.
tlio r.ipld tt.'iti.slt company toiild have
laised the faros without limit. I did not
seo any editorial in the IJvcsino Ijinanu
warning tho cltlrens against tlio obnoxious
and objectionable fcatutes ot tho lease pro
posed last December, nlthough the
IIiemso I.umimi advised Its leaders .rev
el al times that a careful analysis of tho
document was being made. Tho leaders
weio promised an explanation of tho terms
ot this lease, but It has never appeared.
After careful examination and public bear
ings, this lease was found to be the worst,
fiom tho standpoint ot tho city, that has
been submitted
iim lease oidlnaneo now- befoio Councils'
loiiiiultteo pieserves for tho city tlio 4.",.
(ini),nou which was to be surrendered under
tho proposition of last Uccouibor. H as
sutofl tlio payment of city's rental for Its
system before tho lapld transit company's
stockholders obtain a penny; It gives no
guarantee of a dividend whatsoever and
leaves tlio determination of fare to tho
Public b'civico Commission, wheio It be
longs. Not ono of theso features appeared
In the draft of last December, nnd, futthcr
more, the latest proposition wipes out the
exchange ticket almost entirely without a
penny of compensation to the rapid transit
company or without loss to the taxpayers.
noineuines i inn lempicu to ueuove that the
i;vgnino I.r.uaKn Is llko tho Scotchman
who said, "I am open to conviction, but I
would like to see the man who can con
vlnco me," Or suggest the lines ot Pope
"A man conlnced against his will Is of
the same opinion still," JOHN J, nGAN"
Philadelphia, September 11.
Mr. Kgan Is an employe ot the Depart
ment of City Transit. Ills statement that
the editorial In question 'deliberately at
tempts to convey to tlio readers tho Impres.
slou that the Director of City Transit
avoided, In tlio uforesnld reuort, tho Im
portant question of fires," is brst answered
by tho following quotation from the cdl.
torlal: "Director Twlnlne himself, slnco
taking office, has been a consistent advocate
of higher fares. Elsewhere In the aforesaid,
report he took the view that tUa full cost
or ute eervioe snouia d psia by the rldHV
"iho latest proposition wipes out the ex
change ticket almost entirely." I'uder tho
Tulor lease, of c out so, the city could not
siuicndcr nti thing in the way of income to
tho company without getting iiliie-tentlis of
it luuk, lu tin. distribution of piofits i:dl
tor, of the l.'v i:imi l.uooim 1
TIIK SYKKS CARTOONS
lu llir J'dltor lliu the l.'ienlny Ledger.
.Slr--I was lnleiesleil In jour announce
ment that you would cany thn Macauley
cartoons; but Is ho to take tlio place of
sji.es: iNTi:m:sTi:D.
Philadelphia. September IT.
fAn injuiy to ids hand unfot innately mo
vents Jlr. Sjkes from drawing. It Is hoped
that ho will bo able to icsunin bis woik bv
tho end of the week. IMItor of tho Kvu.smn-o
fa:uoi:n.l
NEW A'ISION OF ITALIAN IJATTLK
FRONT
To the lldltur of the Keating t.rdgrr:
Sir AVhen we read of tho two pillars
placed by lleicules at tlio western end of
tho Mediterranean ns niaiklng the furthest
limit of human conquest of the earth, out
mind conjures up the vision of the Stialt
of liihraltar and the two lofty mountains
domlneeilng it on each side. And jet tlieie
nro two pillars, much moie formidable and
of which only lecently tho world has be
gun to hear, placed by some northern
Hercules, unknown to mythologj', as the
furthest limit ot tlio southern conquest of
the noi liij two pillars which wero never
taken by nn atm.v, ns Gibraltar was sue-ressfullj-
stunned by the Moors; two pillars
between and under which no invader ever
passed from west to east, unless tho enemy's
foices Had previously been totally defeated
in other Holds or had, thiough tlio cor
ruptive inlluenco of gold, abandoned those
linpregnablo positions dominating peaks ami
slopes, vaiiejs and plains, livers and for
ests, roads and bridges.
iiies'o two Ciihr.tllnis of tl.e e.ts-t nro fmjiid
in tho Julian Alps, tho victorious battlefield
of tho Italians against tlio Austiiau one,
nortli of (.loii.la. commands tho way to
J.albach and A'ieunai tho other, south of
that eitj blocks tho passage to Trieste
and I'ola. The first is called Tolmluo; the
latter bcais tho soft iiamo of Hcrinada.
llctvveeu these two Olbinltais Is the Carso
plateau, a barren, rooky, desolate succes
sion of ll.i t-t tipped heights, n God-forsaken
legion, without trees, without grass, with
out water, without shelter, but with mini-beilcs-i
caves created by nature, as though
provided for, a population or cavo ehvcllors,
and of width tlio Austrian have taken
(ho gieatest advantage they could, by tinn
ing them Into fotmldahlo ti ouches, unex
posed to and virtually hidden fimu iho army
of ponctiatlnii and well supplied with food,
water, arms and ammunitions of all soils,
for a stubborn Maud against tlio piogiess
of tho Italians.
In the whole history eif tlio wothl Ihoie
i.i no leiiiid that those titanic pillars have
ever falle-el to stem tlio tlilo of tlio ln
vacleis fiom the south or from the west
AVneii moving to the conquest of lllyrl.i.
Iho llomniiH went around them without at
tempting tol seize them, and daied pass
under those 'ivituial foitrcsses only when
they hail gained them by tieaty or treaeii-
erj- antl garrlsoueil tliem with their own
tioops. liven Venice, In tho halcyon days
of her world power, when sho dared resist
both the Ilyxatitlun and tlio German 11m
perors, when threatened by Invasion fiom
tlio northeast, a threat at all times Impend
ing upon her, never dreamed of rectifying
her boundary In that dhectlon by tho con
quest of nrms, knowing how futile her
efforts would have been, nnd profened to
lulllct InJurJeH to tho political power of her
antagonists by extending her terra flrmii
dominions toward tlio south and tho west.
True It Is, In 17S7 Napoleon t'onqneied
Tolniiuo nnd opened his way to I.allineli
and Aienna, but ho was then opposed by
a small armj hardly n match for his own
troops, a congeries of heterogeneous multi
tudes fiom all tho lauds occupied bjv tho
Ha'-sburgs, badly organized, equipped
worse, nslnlnlcally commanded and whoso
main strength had been diverted to tho
French boundary on tho Ilhino. Tlio ex
ploit of Murat, In the early spring of 1S09,
Is hardly worth mentioning, ns, In taking
his 30,400 trbopa most of'them crack legl
ments of cavalry from tho fields of North
Italy to his victorious and Imperial brother-in-law
under the walls of Aienna, ho passed
through a country virtuallj if not actually
under French domination, with Tolmluo dis
mantled and ungarrlsoned.
Tho daring feat of Columbus In the west
not only meant tho discovery nnd the con
quest ot a New AVorld. but also tlio upsetting
of tho Ideas of the Old AVoild. the broaden,
big of tho human nllnd's horizon und new
conception In all fields of Human endeavor
political, social, economical; Cadorna's ex
ploits hi tho east will not only glvo bael
to Old Mother Italy her long lost chllUren
and the stolen Jewels of her noblo ciown
but will be Instrumental In crushing the
old Ideas ot caste divisions, despotism and
militarism and open to tho oppressed popu.
latlon of central Kurppe the way to n.o
uhllmA IAtt1 t1 "iIaMapmhw "
What Do You Know? )
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lii mraa ttirte
Alluit win Iho urllstle t n-pil ot tho KnilUk
rrc-ltivpMaclitu? '
QUIZ
I. litllUeo li i Iipfii iih.l
tilings. Viliut lire tho 7
'!. Hint Is the ailment kitonn n "oldlet'i
heart ?
.1. Mho mis snlnt liii.., and limv lim liN iim
liernine euiuirclril with a nmous dli-
order?
I.
imiiuerH knunii as l'rc-1
. Ile'serllie the new "rorkvrPH torpesto," lrto.
tiiincil us limine been illretted at1 as
Amrrlrnii llnrr hy u U-lio.it.
li. Niiii'i! four nrlndiMil Instrumental choirs at
a inuilrrii t malum) orchestra. ,.
7. DIMImciiMi lii'liveen lioineoimllu nnil o-U-
oimtli.
S. What N a "liinliini ciau"? S
!i. Mini wns Hie Creek ilellj uf lnc?
10. Mint lire the (ho rhlef pines In ulilcliltlil
Kriiiiu neei oi i.resi nriinin lias stpi
l.erman nuhnnirlnes hotlied up?
L
m. I ot ""O bi-vio" "ouiu uo pma oy uit nar." I sublime weal' or aaaiocraoy... i
""' There aro .other sUteraenU by, Mr.- Ean I X)R-. ALBWTdWM
- jralsh ,Wm; H w' Xotoed, ,m, that FbUiMsi,aMf4sMpjMr uOS
Kx.tttfnMLtv. j-" - ..ai. ' uwmMAii.ifs -i. Jrw'-&mMBMBnmm
. 'HorU (.nilonnolT,M In MoiiS'iflrc'-ky. imJ
"I'rliict iRor." Iv llorodin. arr (wo Bj-'
uu. o.jsfriiH fmintleil on Irtttorical lisp
ppnlni;-!. I
. iho lVrnth noun, '.iltrl," infn a duaftfiV '
In (inniprtloii ultli inirfnrr,
. lh Atlienlun . r lectin In Jiinf.
1. A iiiftriilnc rainbow Ih rncnrdfil om a !' i (
ruin; un ienlnjr rainbow an n tslti
fulr ueattipr. j
.". 'Un Ku-lhi-ll(in n foniuh'd In 1hr Hm-
flurlnir iho rp. outrurtlon prrlnd folv
Inc i hi C'UH Wr. 11m onjeot ya brln
rnrljlnt; ticKroon In mithorllr to rrvwl
their mui otfr tho hi tea. I
0. Mnjor Central Susium titlonss to the! !
pertfil liii.iiiesfn nrin. j
7. A thurtlilfi N a tenter, iiord In rliurrh Wt9
moiiv. I
8. I'lr'iMlik rniwrn." bv IllrkriiHi linn !kM
HesrritMil h m.i lierct w It hunt a iiftVj.
hefniiNf the lmrnrter nt I'lrkulrk (";''
uiilriiHttinteH tlio mirrtitUo mluo offtM
work. f
V. 'Mi.- m-.mi wnnilcr of the "Mlddlw Akm ;Wf
I In ( (iHettm f I!me the rtiiromf
Alexunilrlit. the cre.it nll of C
M one he wre. the lemiini; tower of
the noneluin touer of Niinkln. nnd
moniio of M xnihla In 'oit.tiintlrmiH.
10. (erlmnlt Ilnunlnmnn I-. p'uniliirly rate! at
(erinanN nniht liuportunt Ih tnc poet
WHEN THE LIBERTY BE LI. RANG
PKRTIAP.S not mi many I'lilUdcIphtam
lcallzo that tlio sIkiiIiik of tho DrcW-
linn of lndopcndeiie'o was not tlio first srt'
event which tlio Liberty liell, cnshrlneel In
tho Ktato House, pioL'l.ilniid l''or a scort
of joars beforo thn trcuioniloitt niciaB oj
American patrloticm was soumlcd. It
Imiiit in tho tower there
Shoitly nftrr the Ktato House's comple
tion, tho need for a new bell was felt W
tho Assembly eif I'eniisylvanl.i, Ihiijc! IJor
Il was pic.sident of the Ai-M'iiibly, sno'B
filled the post of rhiilriuan or the rommlttej
aiipolntcd October 1G, 1751, to consumn)t
tho puicIniM'.
Tho inomhers llnally unltt-d on tlio Pf
pei.'-al to cot a Hell east in i.cmcioii wy.'- -f-Miould
vvelKh about two thousand IK"1"" S
and oo.st nppinsiiiiaU'ly 5'i". inoi!,
was biouBht over em tho Jlatllda, Awpn.
I7.;:,. by Captain lliiddeii It If ail jOd
fait that ho also supcrvlMd tlio transport
ir thn bflls lor e nnsi c iitiifii. , c
i'voiv fin.. Iiiiom-m how the America"
fathers felt when told that their precious $a
iiietal po.s-sefslon had been cr.icKeel. w
It was not fiuslble to tend It back tcj l'
maker, two clever Philadelphia cr:lt,,m"J
undertook to lepalr the damage. l-nVa
W'ooley later was paid tlm comparatrvw
modest sum of flvo poundB. thh teen flu'?'
and ten pence for tho Job of ilaelnff If 1
tile tower. . ,
Our Kre-it boll's flr.st official act or im
portance was tho coi'venitiR of tlio Abra'
bly which pent Kranklin to l.nsiarw. ji
,.,,. i., ii, n L.,i,-l,r 1T.-.T A nathetlo na Ji
sllKlitly comic Illustration of the way pei jm
place their trust in princes Is afroiucel
the fact that tleoifi'o III Rot a saluto our-
hens from tlio boll. When no was rr. J
K'liiK of IliiKland, tho Assembly thoupW n
niiKht bo relied on to correct oiu
and i?avo him a celebratory tribute, ',
Some yeais later tho Hell licgan !- ;,
tilotlu career, Prolei-tn and itoclamauon ,t;
r-.... i.i t...A ., .. ... ihn ef-nlnr reulti1 lH
liuiil una iiitiw uu .j ... c - - lj.nt '
of tho famous spokesman of tho "mertt,, ,ij
people. It called tlio Assembly toBSW 3
to consider tlio stump tact's repeal, iii "
.w.,,nn,l uritlnal nfrulncrt. tllO. SUItarSd-
Many weio IlH duties lu these times erf W ;
uncertalntv and ovcr-crovvins denianerV w vi
liberty, felt but hardly yot expressed "
vvlioio by the peoplo or. tins narrieu .a... .
Tho linaucs ot old houses a'ro as beauUi"1 a
as old tunes, ,ni
Old faded niUBla that brlngs.a rememuerw ,
nam. . ' -
Muslo that awakens music, I -yj
I.iUe pain added to pain. ,fj
How many old houses are scattereel a
In tho whlto Bhost-neiii or, tuo urm... r ,
I lemember an old houso In F'anc'"7vra
norwt'" ,
i
Ah, countless old houses in
miner. , ...a
They t-tand hi lows, lu broken ranks,
l iivj huh i.uiuiiy in mw omih'
AVl.fro they used to Htand
Thero in a hollow filled with water,
And the wido sKy overhead.
Bo you think tlmt old houses bT
That V. A . -aw L- V 'J
VllAI-A iliA Ivlulll &rlAKaaVaflf - V , ' ?.
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