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"HIS HONOR ROOTED IN
DISHONOR STOOD"
THE Germans added to their crimes ono
terrible mistake they began to mur
der American citizens. Mayor Smith and
the association of community dobauchoro
who surround him managed to commit
virtually every outrage known to govern
ment and were able to get by with It very
nicely. The city was too busy being
patriotic to pay much attention to a cote
rlo of misfits who happened to control
local affairs. But .whon this Mayor Smith
and his followers began to bring thugs
to town and these thugs began to murder
'cltlsens, his Kalscrism ran against the
same kind of barrier that German Katser
Ism encountered when It undertook to bluff
the United States and apply the principles
y of frljhtfulncss with Americans as the
victims.
We doubt vocy much If It will bo pos
sible to convict the JIayor on tho charge
of conspiring to commit murder. Con
spiracy Is very dlfllcult to prove. But
tho great public has a- way of arriving at
the truth without employing tho cumber
some processes of the courts. It can tell
a criminal when It sees one, and It does
I' not require rules of evidence to reach
conclusions. Mo.st people have known In
a general way that the Mayor permitted
the police to be used as a partisan Instru
ment from the very beginning of his ad
ministration. They knew, In fact, that he
-ihad pledged himself before election to put
'a notorious factlonary In command of the
erjtlro, pollco force. He set about the pros
titution of government openly and with
out concealment. To be sure, he uttered
,some pious words now and then, for cant
has always been popular with politicians,
but the public understood as well as he did
that ttje words did not mean anything. He
wore a high hat and managed to gather
about him some atmosphere of decency,
but men who think knew him for what
ho was.
"Let him resign," cries one newspaper,
and others demand that he throw Director
Wilson out of office. How is he going to
throw Wilson out of office unless the Vares
let him? As well ask Brumbaugh to Are
his Attorney General. Of course, If It
becomes absolutely necessary to save his
cwn skin, the Mayor will go to any ex
treme. But this thing of ono partner In
an adventure firing another partner for
' participating in the partnership does not
Seem entirely fair. Mr. Wilson ought not
to be catapulted Into tho highway unless
the-Mayor goes with him, and the streets
are not properly cleaned, anyhow.
By all means let tho citizens gather
together and mako plana for tho re
demption of tho city, But It Is Mr.
Itotan who must be tho champion of de
cency In this crisis The Vares do not
control him. He is not obligated to them.
He and he alone Is free to tako the bull
-I "It
$" by the horns. Ho has the authority to
ltact, the Intelligence to know how to act,
and. if we aro not mistaken, plenty of evi
dence on which to act. Let him put the
culprits trt Jail. But why stop at murder
charges? Isn't tho Mayor growing rich
from participation in city contracts, and
is Jt not against tho Jaw for him to proflt
therefrom?
Jt 1? provided, we understand, that mis
management of the city's affairs Is a Just
vand proper causo fpr the Impeachment of
Mayor. We Imagine that there Is vir
tually universal agreement that the Mayor
U guilty of mismanagement. To throw
ibJm out of ome, where ho belongs, all the
leople have to do is to elect honest Coun
eUewen irNoyember. That Is what they
WHJ do. ve suspect.
w smugly his Honor slta, In the mean-
with jo rewurd. jfferedfor the con-
ptyeikm of the mun.'cjers and nothing
lThatever being done to. atone for the
riy of WedneadJcJ The man ought
to t a German etut'il or Governor of
gf eum, jam. me Ku:r requires, -wo b
p)a, that Jits subordinates publish no
0iraaUon unleari jthey mean them.
BAPTISMS OF FIRB
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1 fWttisWMrf sMir.
of tho lined lifts been attacked by airplanes
and American officers havo helped td tako
a trench. These are tho first engage
ments In which any part of our expedi
tionary forco has participated, but not
our baptism of fire. That was received In
August, 1914, when Americana in Franco
enlisted in tho Foreign Legion, and be
tween then and April, 1917, about 60,000
of our citizens wore to bo found In Allied
ranks. Just as mapy Americans could
havo gone to Germany with -passports to
serve in the Kaiser's army. But. as Am
bassador Gerard told Zlmmermann on a
notablo occasion, not ono man took ad
vantage of this privilege. From tho first
we picked the right horse.
SIX CITIZENS
T1IK thanks of the pcoplo of Philadel
phia are duo to the six citizens who In
disregard of their own pressing business
gnvo their legal services free of chargo to
analyzo tho Smlth-Mltten proposed transit
leaso and reveal Its truo meaning to this
public. When citizens of such character
nnd such attainments step Into the breach
at a crisis In tho city's affairs nnd reveal
the peril to Which It Is being exposed,
there Is no need to despair of eventual
good government. The community Is In
deed Indebted to Charles I. McKcclian,
Parker 8. Williams, Thomas llaelum
White, William A. Glasgow, Jr., llcnrv
C. Thompson, Jr., and Oicen J, Roberts.
BERNSTOKFF EXPOSED
IT HAS been asserted that tho Secret
Service .of tho United States Is the
finest In tho world. It has never re
ceived tho advertisement given to Ger
man agents, nor has It ever been en
gagod In tho kind of work Gbn.ian agents
do, but It seems to havo been very much
allvo to tho International situation In the
days whon German Intrigue was engaged
In an effort to control tho two Americas.
Tho Government, In any event, managed
to know what Ambassador Bernstorff was
communicating to his Government.
Wo havo in the situation nil tho ele
ments of the dime novel. Beautiful
women luring their victims into Wash
ington hotels, gambling clubi dovlsed to
let Congressmen win money, etc., etc., are
reported as the paraphernalia of tho Ger
man Ambassador's cffoi ts. Ambassadorial
ethics did not count. The Germans were
willing to do anything if they did not
get caught. Possibly it would be worth
while finding out what, If anything, the
German Government- contributed to the
presidential campaign.
It must not be supposed that any Con
gressman wero actually contaminated or
knowingly accepted German bribes. Still,
tho activities of a few wero of such a
character as to warrant Investigation.
Since the lives of thousands of our young,
men aro about to bo Imperiled at the
front, wo trust that tho Inquiry will be
thorough and not a whitewashing af
fair. Wo arc reaching tho point where
citizens have no uso for traitorous poli
ticians, cither in tho nation or In the
cities, and hemp may jet bo used as a
remedial agent.
WAS MR. LEWIS TRICKED?
MR. LEWIS, whoso high personal
character and professional attain
ments gavo standing to the Smlth-Mltten
proposed transit lease, averred and with
emphasis reiterated that tho Instrument
was not Intended to guarantee dividends
to the P. R. T. and that, In fact, the one
thing absolute and certain was that In
tho lease there was no such guarantee.
But rIx of the most distinguished law
yers In the State havo found that It Is
there, and triple-riveted at that. Was
Mr. Lewis tricked? The Inevitable con
clusion Is that ho was, as anybody Is
likely to be who gets very close to Thomas
B. Smith.
OUTSHELLED
iLL tho explanations that the all
x explaining All-Highest war lord can
summon cannot explain away the fact
that In strategy, In morale and In num
bers tho British In Belgium are superior
to the Germans. This has been patent
for somo time. But the outstanding fact
of Halg's brilliant stroko cast of Ypres
Is that the British ammunition is limitless
In quantity as compared with tho Teuton
supplies. Had the Germans been ablo to
answer Halg shell for shell In 'tho pre
paratory artillery work of tho last few
weeks, tho British would never have
been able to pulverlzo defenses over ten
square miles of territory. In view of this
fact. It Is not hard to bellevo that Halg
speaks the truth when he says the Ger
man losses were very heavy and tho
British losses light. Tho side with the
more shells suffers the smaller loss.
If It Is not policemen blackjacking
citizens with their clubs, It's politicians
taking coin out of citizens' pockets with
theirs.
Regulating coal shipments to
Canada Is all right, but what tho average
citizen wants Is such regulation at home
that ho can afford to keep tho house
Ileal cd:
v Having beaten tho keys for some
years with conspicuous success, Ernest
Schelllng, the pianist, now a captain in
the ofHcera reservo corps, patriotically
turns bis attention to beating tho Ger
man Tho Kaiser was too quick in deny
ing he had offered $75 to any German
who captured an American soMlcr. He
evidently hadn't heard of those twenty
Kansans who put, up $1000 reward for
any man who captures the Kaiser.
Count von Bernstorff's notion that
a $50,000 sluBh fund would be enough to
keep Congress from declaring war puts
the Germans In the category of "pikers"
when compared with the Pennsylvania
liquor Interests and their $1,000,000 slush
fund.
French Cabinet come and go, but
one policy ts held by them all In common
ths demand for tha return of Alsace
Lorraine. Never was a nation so united
in support of one unchanging moral pur
pose. There have always been since f.87
more people in uermany in favor of re-
-tfce Melon provinces' than' there
ta, Fraaoe ulmm M
TITLED-AMERICAN
DEBATE EXPECTED
Honors Tendered to, Whitlock
and Gerard May Produce
Legislation
Special Correspondence o Die I.'rnilno Ledoer
WASIIINUTO.V. Sept. 22.
IT 13 not altogether likely that Congress
will tako nny action during this war
session upon bills relating to the bcntownl
by foreign nations of titles or glfti to
American citizens, but theio is reason to
believe that tho question will como up In
somo form during the next session, The
Constitution forbids tho grant of a title
! nobility by tho United States, but leaves
I', to tho "consent of Congress" to permit
or refuse tho acceptance by ntiy person
holding nn ofllco of profit or trust "of any
present, emolument, ofllco or title, of any
kind whatever, from any king, prince or
foreign State."
It Is this "consent of Congress" which
loaves tho door open for nn American olllce
holtlcr to seek tho prlvllcgo of accepting
honors from foreign Powers If ho desires to
do so; and It Is probably duo to the Eu
ropean knowlcdgo of this condition that
honors havo recently been tendered to men
llko Brand Whitlock, tho American Minister
to Belgium, and James W. Oerird, former
Ambassador to Germany, upon whom the
King of Kngland recently bestowed "the
Ginnd Cross of tho Most Honorable Order
of tho Bath."
It is contended that Mr. Ornrd, being
no longer In tho serlco of the Govern
ment, Is not obliged to seek "the consent
of Congrcs" for tho ncceptaticc of hi
inxlgnla of knighthood. And It li ex
plained, nlso, that without further action
on tho part of the King lie would not be
permitted to use the prefix "Sir."
The Gerard Incident Is accepted in Wash
ington with a certain degree of allowance,
but there nro somo members of Congress
who do not like tho Idea of having Ameri
cans accept foreign honors which may en
courago a divided allegiance. It Is certain
that legislation looking to the recognition of
foreign titles will bo opposed, but no one
can tell what will be Insisted upon under
war pressure. Strango thlng3 havo oc
curred in the last fix months and somo
of them havo upset the established prece
dents. In wartime, heroes nro mndo uhd
traditions aro shatteied overnight.
Tho sUKgestion of titled Ainei leans, there
fore, Is not so surprising as it may seem.
Certain educated American's feel that we
are entirely ton democratic, and that the
e'vrcptlonal talents of some of our citizens
frequently go unrecognized. Tho lato llr.
S. Weir Mltthell distinguished In medical
and literary clicles, was ono of thoso
Americans who believed that unusual serv
ices such as go unrequited wheie men
devote their lives to science or to litera
ture should bo recognized in somo olllclal
way. Doctor Mitchell Is said to have
brought this matter to the attention of no
les a distinguished American than the late
President McKlnley, who did not go very
far with It.
English System Faulty
It is the thought of Americans entertain
ing such views that men llko lldlson. for In
stance, would not bo pennitteil In England
or any of the old countries to live and die
Just "plain Mr. IZdlson," but that ho would
speedily bo so decorated at court that the
State would take formal notice of his ex
istence nnd give his descendants tho satis
faction of knowing that his great work had
not gone unrewarded The argument weak
ens somewhat in tho case of literary men
from obhvlnn by "tho Colonel" or "the Sen- '
jiku i,ooseeii ana i.ouge. wno are saved
ator" which now attaches to their mines.
nut even so It is contended by thoso who
Insist upon greater honors for American
scholars and statesmen that tho tltlo of
"Judge" or "Colonel" or "Senator" falls far
short of tho dignity attached to "my lord"
or "Sir Thomas," as tho case may be. No
fault seems to bo found with the occasional
decoration of an American, as In the case
of the late Colonel M. Richards Muckle,
who was given tho Military Order of the
Red Eaglo by tho elder Emperor Wllhelm
for helping to restoro tho Strasburg
library after the Tranco-Prusslan Wnr. or
tho bestowal by tho King of Italy of the
tltlo "Chevalier" upon C. C. A. Baldl. of
Philadelphia, for services- to tho Italian
people In America, or with such honors as
tho Pope conferred ujran James J. Ryan or
Martin Maloney for services to the Church
None of 'theso gentlemen held olllclal sta
tion, and tho honors they received were gen
erally accepted as merited acknowledg
ments of their personal benevolences.
War Offers May Be Fought
But the titles nnd gifts gi owing out of the
war, and Involving possible entangling al
liances, which may tend to shatter Ameri
can traditions, will have rough sledding In
Congress. Somo speeches have alreadv
been made In opposition to congressional ac- I
lion along tneso lines, anil while several
bills have been introduced in the House
looking to a grant of bervico medals to
American soldiers and sailors and tho ac
ceptance of medals granted to American
soldiers and sailors In foreign countries, an
other bill has also been Introduced In tho
Senate making tho acceptance ofjforelgn
titles and honors by American citizens an
offense punishable by lino and forfeiture of
citizenship.
Tho whole 'subject has been stirred up
recently by tho airing of tho Dritish system
of conferring honors and titles upon prom
inent men. some of whom, according to re
cent charges In tho British Parliament,
mako heavy contributions to campaign
funds as a sort of Inducement. They have
included merchants, brewers, and others not
always distinguished for gallantry or learn
ing, -y
Tho question of titles has also been dis
cussed In connection with the Red Cross
proposal to mako "major generals" of ex
President Taft and tho new president of
the Red Cross, Henry P. Davison, the New
York banker.
It is not certain that tho genial ox
Presldent desires to be a "major general"
or that Mr. Davison is seeking that
honor. In the case of tho Red Cross the
title would be largely an honorary one,
but It would open the door to those who
beek recognition Just as politics sometimes
opens the door to the American business
man, who, having made his fortune, Is'
anxious to round out his career as the
"Honorable Mr. Somebody," no matter
what his Inclination or adaptability for pub
lic service.
'ITitled Americans" No New Problem
Although the matter of titles In America
seems odd to the present generation It Is
not new In America. Washington and Ihe
early Congresses had to contend with It
Tho number of titled gentlemen .who sought
commissions In the Revolutionary army
was actually confusing to the commander-In-cTilef.
The spirit was abroad when
Lord Howe occupied Philadelphia In 1777,
and the Tories were swearing In, socially
at least, during Washington's temporary
absence at Valley Forge. A lingering crazo
for titled distinction continued until round
about the 1812 war period. Then It was
'supposed to be squelched forever by a
constitutional amendment which took away
from Congress the right "to consent" to for
eign grants of titles or honors, .
After Congress submitted an amendment
to the State Legls'atures for ratification,
it was believed an effectual s(oii had be.en
put to the grant of titles, but it developed
in later years that one of the State Leg
islatures had failed to ratify, and that the
amendment did not pass. So Congress
stilt has the power "to consent" to the
Tom Daly's Column
T1W VILLAGE POET
Whenever on the cchclno air I hear the
lfcs an' drums
An' stinging down the narrow street a
flic of soldiers comes,
I know the sound should stir mv soul an'
lid me rise an' write
A song of war to urge them on an' make
them, keen to flgh"l.
Of course it is tho fashion now for every
Tillage hard
To play tho raltylng bugle notes, an' play
them good an' hard,
But chcuj watch the marching lads an'
try to slnp, I find
I'd rather cheer the mothers that those
youngsters leave hchind.
I used to he a lusty lout, icith fists as
hip as liums,
An' not the sort of animal to classify
ioilh lambs;
I u.icd to greet with joyful jumps the
prospect of a toit,
Hut that was many years ago, and I am
tamer noio.
They wouldn't let me go to war, no matt
tcr how I'd beg;
I might as well be deaf an' blind an' wear
a wooden leg; .
Bo why should battle song of mine go
whistling down tho windf
I'll sin; to cheer the mothers that those
youngsters leave behind.
I'll take my little penny pipe an' blow a
cheery blast,
An' sing of other soldier lads who flour-
ished in the past
An' went their wanton way to war on'
broke their mothers' hearts
But came cavorting back again when
they had played their parts.
King David first occurs to -me, but theie
were many more;
Why, maybe, young Methuselah once ran
away to wart
Oh, many long-llvrd ancients we could
surely brivg to mind,
To cheer the viodcrn mothers that these
youngsters leave behind.
Methuselah survived liii youth nine 7in-
dred years, they say,
An' possibly tctu sich of it before he
passed away.
But still he had his work to do, like any
other man.
An' had to slick around on earth Ills
whole allotted span.
A'oio many another lad has had a quicker
job to do,
An' when he went his homeward way,
ha sure his woik was through.
So tvliy should battle song of mino go
whistling down tha wind?
I'd rather chrcr the mothers that these
youngsters leave behind.
YESTERDAY, for tho first time in sev
eral years, wo sat at tablo with cx-Con-grcssman
J. Thompson Baker, of New
Jersey. Next to listening to his eloquence
wo can imagine no moro wholesome Joj
than tho contemplation of his healthy I
gusto over tho assimilating of a box blind I
pan. Wo will give a shiny now dollar to I
any one, not u Philadclphlan, who can,
without assistances from a Philadclphlan,
explain the anatomy of a "box blind pan."
THE MAYOR was determined to fix tho
responsibility for the outrage. His po
llco had been told to leave no stone
I unturned,
They wero reporting to him
undor the-mlnuto headway. The man
now approaching was his most trusted
detective.
"Quick!" cried tho Mayor. "You have
a clue?" '
"No," he said. "I thought at first that
I had, but It wasn't ono at all."
"What was It?"
"A revolver I picked up at the scene
of tho crime. But whilo I was examining
it a tough-looking fellow In tho crowd
said it was his and took It away from
mo."
IT WAS a flno figure of a man in khaki
and tho reading matter under the cut
in tho Dayton' Nows looked trim and sort
of military, too.
When the silver voice of some
heroic American bugle calls, the
heart of the true American falls In
llne not for vengeance, not for
profit, but for tho cause of lib
erty world liberty.
If you are an officer In the Amer
ican army you will want a uni
form of tho sort that N
And that was as far as wo read. Wo
couldn't tell you now what that tailor's"
name was, and oven If wo had been an
officer and In need of a uniform wo feel
pretty suro wo wouldn't have gone to
him.
Isn't It thrilling to bo told to "do your
share toward tho winning of tho war by
purchasing one. of our famous" some
thing or others?
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN
I'm tho real Ilet
See?
Chief help to Kaiser B.,
Thafs mal
Every blooming victory
On land or sea
'8 due to me.
Paste 'that
In your h'atl
I'm tha whole thing tho boss;
And every time- we have a fight
I See that our loss '
Is quite slight.
And still,
Goodness knows,
I kill
Morfi foes
Than I could count.
Furthermore I never sleep.
For it's' my mission
Always to keep
The army In "superb condition."
I'm a tnlnker,
Also something of a tinker.
Your Sheridan wouldn't be
Knee-high to ma
Turning defeat to victory.
Can't be beat!
Give me any old defeat,
Raveled, frayed, rusted.
Ripped and busted.
And I'll turn it and rebuild it
Like an old dress; t
Then I guess
You'll find It
As neat
And complete
A victory
As you'd care to see.
I know every art ,
orattftck or, defense or '
What's $j$lA.j I Winds, r rtrpUzt
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THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
Anti-Suffrage Argument The
Reign of Terror in Philadel
phia Politics
ANTI-SUFFRAGE ARGUMENT
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir In your editorial on tho "Result in
Maine,' In the Evenino LnDQEn for Sep
tember 14, you say, "Why Bhould the fact
that some women are opposed to their own
emancipation carry any weight? There
were slaves who opposed manumission."
From what are we to be emancipated?
Political freedom bought with blood, purified
by the fires of war. Is tho proud Inheritance
of every citizen of tho United States Irre
spective cf sex or ago ; the right to liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, a free church,
equality before the law, protection to life
and property, adue share In the molding
of public opinion through freo speech and a
free press.
If you mean that the opposition of women
to the present cxtenslc-n of the electorate
should carry no weight, this, Is certainly a
novel argument. The passage of a law Is
under consideration affecting one large class
In the community; the Evenino LEponn,
which supports tho law, announces that
tho opinion of those who oppose Us passage
"should carry no weight." There Is a re
freshing naivete In the pronouncement
The opposition to woman BUffrago comes
from three general sources: First, from
the Indifference and apathy of the great
body of American women. The saner suf
fragists recognize this ana rranKly say,
when the generality of women want the suf
frage, and want It Insistently enough to give
assurance that they will exercise 'It, It will
be given without arduous striving.
The opposition comes, In the second place,
from the women who belloVo that they have
always had especial duties, privileges and
rewards. Supreme among these is that of
motherhood. They feel that .the entrance of
women Into the dust and heat, the dissen
sions . and contentions and turmoil of the
political arena cannot but modify their
acceptance of their present duties as pre
eminent claims, and may affect their ability
to fulfill them with single-hearted devotion.
For everything In life we must pay a price.
The compensations of politics would not.
In their Judgment, counterbalance their
losses. They aro not willing to pay the
price.
The opposition comes, In the third place,
from women who regartf tho proposal to
extend the electorate as purely a measure
of political expediency. Stripped to tho
stark fact, the question that presents Itself
to thorn Is: Is It expedient to extend the
present form of the electorate a part of
tho apparatus of government which by a
general consensus of opinion has come to be
regarded as Inadequate and In need of re
form to a large new class ot citizens, in
discriminated by any qualifications other
than that of sex? Is It. expedient to make
the electorate so numerous that It would
almost double the present electorate, and
through' the fortunes of war might socm
outnumber It? Every patrlotlo woman can
have but one answer to this question. No,
It Is not expedient to do this.
Will you tell me why the opinion of the
millions of women representing the opposi
tion should not be given equal dignity and
weight with those of the White House pick
ets ; the members of the National Women's
party, whose bond of union Is "suffrage
first, no matter what my country has at
stake" j the members of the People's Coun
cil of America for Democracy and Terms
of Peace, the Socialists, the anarchists;
all of whom are suffragists?
I, P. MacKAT.
Philadelphia, September 17.
CITY IN A STATE OF ANARCHY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Can ""X PhUadelphlan fall to be Im
pressed, on reading this evening's paper,
with the terrible conditions existing In
Philadelphia? We read of "a riot In" the
Fifth Ward, One man killed, several others
terrlbl beaten, a warrant sworn out for
the arrstt of the Myor ot trns grt elty,
AnawwK .". ."Vi-. -sTr-'.1
HE DIDN'T KNOW 'TWAS LOADED
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Lane, or any of the other "gang" leaders.
They do not ask whether tho person to be
voted for Is a good, honest, capablo citizen.
The result: Men beaten senseless, plain ;
women Insulted and made tho target for
abuse. This, all this, is tho result in a
contractor-ruled city. His Honor tho Mayor
says "It Is deplorable!"
Certainly It's deplorable, but whose fault
Is It? His and his nlone. Ever since he
has held the high ofllco things have got
worse and worso until now they stink with
rottenness. The night Smith was elected
Mayor some of the worst sights ever seen
in the streets of the city were enacted.
Women wero attacked, the American flag
outside of Porter's headquarters was torn
down by negroes and trampled on, fights
were numerous. This was but a taste of
what the Smith Administration would do.
The good work done by the Blankenburg
Administration was undone. And now the
city Is In a damnable condition.
The gang system of politics must go, and,
God willing, I will help end It. The people
of this great city must wako up. They
must arise, smlto the giant of evil govern
ment, as David slew Goliath, and In Its
place set up a city government responsible
to tho people only.
Can you tell me any good reason why
Carey or Deutsch should be the boss of the
Fifth Ward? Why should there, bo a
boss? The boss sits In his house and
orders his gunmen to do his work whilo ho
gathers in the gain, Jhe graft, the political
offices, and his belly becomes protruding
with the evil gains of his work. He orders
hla henchmen to voto for Jones or Smith or
Doe. Why?
Oh, well, he Is a Vare man.
Tho people, too Indifferent to protest, do
as he says. The result: A city ruled by In
capable, greedy unscrupulous men, bent
on their own welfare only. "The public be
damned!" And wo in Philadelphia submit
to It.
Have you any Idea when We shall awake?
Can you foretell when Philadelphia will get
a good cleaning up, when the snakes In
the grass will be trodden under foot and the
llco that Infest our public ofllces bo crushed
between the hands of a maddened people?
Wo havo stood the Insults, the petty fac
tional fights, the graft in public offices, the
do-nothing policy of this system long
enough. Phtladelphlans will soon arise and
smite the damnable contractor system of
city government. They will place in Its
stead a system of government responsible
to the people only.
I am writing this to the Evenino
LSDOEn because this paper has always
stood out and fought against gang politics.
In your editorial of September 18, "Plain
Facta Plainly Stated," you pronounce a
terrlb'.y bitter condemnation of this dam
nable system. Through the policy of con
stant editorials on the subject and by giving
a vast amount of your space to news simi
lar to that of tho Fifth Ward fight much
good will ba accomplished.
Your paper Is capable and willing to
smite the system. Please do It as often and
as hard as you can, and ycfu may rest as-,
mired that you will have the support of all
good, loyal Phtladelphlans.
I am not a voter as yet, but within a
year I reach the legal age. Then my every
efTort will be turned toward the breaking
of the contractor or "gang" system of city
auci mucin aim replacing u W1W1 a really
good one. This may be rendered unneces
sary because the people of Philadelphia
maydo It before I can help. Pray aod they
do!
v. m. u.
Philadelphia, September 19.
DISLIKES SPRINKLED STREETS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Slr Isn't it about time that the much
abused motorist got a chance? For years
the public has been hearing him described as
a vandal, a pirate, a crusher ot worthy
apple-women? He' has been berated for
driving his car too fast, and he has been
attacked for driving so slowly that laggard
pedestrians are elatn by his rear wheels.
My point is this: Why expect wonders
of the poor motorist when no Jegal wonders
are enacted in his behalf? Owners of auto,
mobiles might be expected to drive on
Broad street after midnight without being
suspected of some crime. Yet our Depart
ment of Publlo Works carefully sprinkles
the -streets about eleven or twelve- every
night This makes skidding not an evil tn
be avoided -valth clrcijmspecton, but a hsblt
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What does "mako tlie welkin line" mssaf
?. What Is tho lVcnrli unrd for horril ? '
3." Who was Ht. IVancIs of Assist?
4. What is the location ot tho latest Hrltiik i
drive? 'I
5. Will Mudents of Government schools of wfaA
Kntlon und marine ensineerln who ob-i
tuln licenses ft seaxolng engineers or sJ
iiuvigjiiion ontrcrs ue urailfti into tot I
'National Ann? '
C. Wlint are the principal rellflons tenets of-'
it 3fi-nnnnltA? &
7. Wlint ilnen. the expression "pnttinr tlk''i
Into it Bill" signify? -jM
8. IVImt Is ft Laodicean?
0. When was the Monroe doctrine enuneUtet,
lor tne nrst timer
10. What is meant by Walhs!Ia"f
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The story of Judith of Dethalls and Halo- X
irrnr-i, inn Assyrian namor wnsw ntss
she cut off. forming one of the bosks st
the Apocryplin, has been the theme st
play, poem and motion-picture.
W. A. Kkenzrrn Is the Swedish Mlsliter to
the United States.
The flerman Crown Prince's unofficial dibs
Is Frederick William.
Elephant Itutte nam Is the Urrcsl rnssmrr
structure In Sierra County, New Merits,
svhlch forms part of a treat lttiratu
system.
Chelsea, Ixndon, has been noted ss a rstW'
denre center for artists and literary nts.
Carlyl. Whistler. Itossettl and otttrf
li,, 1 1, i-
The United States GoTenunetit dsts sot ,,jf
maintain leper colonics. InstttutHM J
mm character, nowever. Rare Deen cstss-
fished under the control or the respeetlfe
htate, territorial or Insular anuorrass U
California, Tunisians, Massachusetts. Ha
waii, the 1'hiUpplne Islands ftn Pert
7. Andrea Oreapia
idrea Oreapia was the most uiuitrun
painter of the fourteenth century, vnts
the exception of Giotto.
the most llhutrloM
8. Charlotte and Emily Pronto were slsten
who nclilered ..almost equal repute u
Ensilsh literature.
0. A "Sam tlrowne belt" Is part of the
dress uniform of a commissioned onusr,
wiin trunspectornl strap ana saner nss.
It la never worn In warfare.
10.
A sllssade. In musical phraseolsry, dms
sounmnr every note on 5 narp or pti
In quick succession by an upward or del
ward xvreep of tho player's flntfrs mi
the string or ke;
itrlnra or Keys. Ths term is mat
mniintAlnraHnr nhrmssolorr. In last
from
case
it rimiii In allifA down a steCD lIoPSi
esneeinlir nf Icm op snow, nsuslly OB tbff
reel, with the support or an Ice ax.
POETS AND POETRY OF PARK
I knew by the amok that so gracefully curlS
Across the green elms that a cottage was nMr.
And I said: 'If there's Peacs to bo found u'
tha world. . ... H
A heart that Is humble might hops, for
here.
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N THESE easily flowing lines did om
of tho most facile of the Irish poet, m
sing; the rustlo charms of a part of l1 M
.. n- im.. , .... nv.M Moors. 'S
jnirum rarK, aiio aiuscr woo v "-i
and at least In this stanza the superBdii
flaneur of Indon society struck a truth
ful note. For Moore lived (or so the tals M
goes) in a little ivy-draped house, cloistered M
In forest trees, down by the riverside, lm
of Belmont. It is said that while' vlsium
in Philadelphia the Celtlo versifier chosefor
his dwelling this obscure habitation. i"
was in 1804. v , .. .w
Another reference of Moore's to the rw
Is contained In the following quatrain.
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Moore's name, however. Is not tht "
eminent ono historically linked with
city's "happy hunting eround'--a WW
ground not of departed splr ts. but of i'!
Joyousness and the high spirits of "S..
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John Penn. He was a cousin of Jon"" M
of Lans-downe. Admirers of tne ?",
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of quaint birds of many colors owe
of gratitude to Poet Pent , tor It " J
Who, on nis arrival m """'J' u no
land on which' the Zoological a" X-V
situated, in 17i5 he bu , , "So 'tu .
fantastic little structure, "Just big en
for a bachelor, and coay enough for u
Herein he loured hlmlf tPt9
talents to the muse. A ,?f w?,nto tbf
curostances tuts turned "Soil unto w
offlce of the Zoological , ccrn
fuslpn of anlma sounds. " rem" rfY-n,.nifiini-
with slv mock gtaVHyi r
It of all poetical associations.
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