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,' rOBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
CmUi It. K. CUITI8, Pioeni
Chaxtta n. T.udlngton. Vice rrealdantl John
Ci Martin. awratarr and Trcaauren Philip P.
rolllni, John n. vvtlllama, John J. Bpurrton,
T, II. VTtiaJty, Dlrtctora.
SDITOP.IAL BOAP.DI
Cues It. K. Ccith, Chairman.
P. m mtAUlY ..Editor
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BECOM CU' JI11L UklTTK
I'hilidtlphia, Tur It;, September 15. 111?
'I HE TIME HAS COME TO
j'IGHT
pUH inassni--" ns i.i Thursday a. tho
Academ if Music called in protest
fc&alnsl go em ncnt b murder and te
vi i-slon U tie methods of the caveman
!i the conduct tf society's business lit
J'lilladelrhla, should be of such propoi
tlons as to itt Use terror to the he.t.'t of
the omlabi responsible for the unspeak
able situs Mm which has been tevealed.
Citizens ncid not fear to attend the meet
Ins Thej will not be clubbed by the
police ard they will not be shot at by
t huffs. The chaiac'.er of the men who
Rt- to :e prerent tt a v.arinnt of them.
i.Vj man, therefo' e, need ffel that lie Is
jeopardizing limb and life b bis attend
ance. v
Tlirre a-e men who this day must feel
In their hearts that thelt, too. Is some
vt the lesponfclbldtv for conditions. They
have bee l passixe under outtase. an J
mrny have, at one tftn oi another, even
vi ted for and lent succor to the criminal
onspiiatort.. u js men 0f tjild character,
"who have at last beiun to feel compelling
Indlgnutiou In Iheh besoms, Who must
reJeem themselve3 now by active par
ticipation in everj inovp tounnl good
Kovernment. It Is not too late to ex
culpate themselves They can now dedi
cate themselves, pumaneutlv and with
deep pin pose, to onl.cs waifaie against
contractor Kovemment. and povernment
for profit, and Rovein-nent by muidei,
and government hv fiaud. and Rovein
ment b Intlmldatlnu. The can pledge
tlipmsehes to themjelxea to make this i
city a better, safer place for their chil-
dien to live In. nnd thev cin put Into I
effect the piinciples which, flist enuncl-1
aied heie, Iirvp cltenheip ovei turned ;
dj nasties and covernments and revolu-!
tlcitilzed the conditions of livelihood for I
muie than half of the millions of human '
beings who lnhab't ibis eath. Suttl.v
all good citizens have at last been
thocked Into a leailzatlon of their te
aponslbilltles and their duties
The meeting of citizens should not con
fine Itself bo!el to denunciation. Whether
social ostiacism of the .Major should be
decreed we do not know. We under
aland that there aie alteady some men
who have decided to have nothing to do
lth him unless and until he Is excul
pated. Others do not desire to so that
fRt, Athenians, who loved their city,
did not hesitate to osttaclze men who
deserved such tieatment. We can Imagine
nothing that would be more effective In
piomoting good government than for
citizens generally to refuse all recog
nition to officials who betiay their trust,
dealing with them only In a business way
tv hen necessary and having nothing to
do with them otherwise. Aloio damning
than the verdicts of a doien courts would
be the deliberate decision of a large body
o! reputable citizens to linore his Honor,
It would be a harsh punishment and we
do not lecommend It, but it has been
much talked of In tho last few daj s, and
vtirialnly the close associates of the
Mayor themselves are not looked on with
favor. A social remedy of the sort should
b' the laBt lecourse of decency.
Passing fiom the personal guilt of the
Waor, which there Is a disposition In
eome iiuarters to minimize, the mass
nieeting can ptopeily concern itself with
a program of fundamental Issues. They
aie:
1 Thu police must be taken out of
politics.
'. Dliector Wilson must go and there
be appointed In his place a nonfactlonary
tvho can be depended on to fulfill his
J..tJut!ev
t 3 Political assessments must cease
t ot ever.
4. ' Contractor government most be
driven out.
6. XU.caU must cease to ply their
trade, under the banners of Itepubll
.canlsm. Factionalism must be 'supplanted
by a, atral&ht fight between decency and
indecency, and no respectable person,
whatever his national politics, should
ivtttitenance, aid of In any way aeait
tot peH reasons the so-called Organ!,
UM',S,
k
mr vuutei
10
mm
me
mltted abuses, whether he nouiumed
them or not, should ho asked to resign.
T. Philadelphia for Philadelphia!!1), and
not (or graftets.
8. Hit them every tlmo they show their
heads.
D No tianslt lease with the Smith
labs' on It.
We can so to the poll on that pio
Btam. suggested In part by other news
papeis and overwhelmingly Indorsed by
public sentiment thioughotit the town,
and win the most oerwhelmlnit victoiy
ever won by the fmces of good govern
ment In this communis .
Let eveiy man show IiIh colois Thins
day night. Those who tunnot Kel In chn
make themselves heaid and will be seen
on the outside. Theie ought to be audi
n ciowd that it dozen Academlet) of Music
could not hold them
A MILLION KOK A HKSIONATION
A.MUItl'HANT inline wanted to iiilsc
u fund of n billion dolbiis whet cm 1th
to buy Belgium back from the Cleimaiis
Now a local contemporary suggests that
citizens raise JIOO.UOO wllh which to pin
chase the Major's i rMtrnutlon
It is evident that our rontempniiiry
undei estimates what the ottlco Is worth
It has been estimated, Mr Instance, that
the profit from fees on tianslt contract
bonds alone mav lunch cotibideiablv
above the sum upcciried. The gang will
ingly spends far mine limn $100,000 to
elect u Mavoi The Job. theicfuie. must
bi worth coiisldeinbl.v in escess of that
sum.
I
of $100,000 i
We suspect that an offer
would not tippcnl to his Honor at nil. It
Is, Indeed, nn Insult .to hi business Judg
ment. If we aio going to buy back con
tiol of our own city government, Instead
of fighting for It. we shall have to comu
across with ical money. Multiply the
offer 1 ten and pe-haps the ball will be
nibbled at
KNOCKING OUT A "JOKKIt"
WI
U1LK Mr Lewis Onus that "there Is
nolhiut; in tln proposed leaao which
obligates, dliectlv or Indlrerll. the clt
to purchase Hip property of the tianslt
lompuny at any time." lalei on he Kiys.
On tunsldeintlon I think that this
(compulsory ue of ceituln funds for the
purcliRse of the P II. T. propel t I would
bo the tesult of the contiact as sub
mitted in so fai n.s concerns payments
to the Sinking I'und Commission undei
Aitlcle XXII. paiagiaph 1. items 9 and
11. It theie ever are any payments
undei those Items, which, as stated. Is a
viitual imposslbllltj."
In the ihcumstnnces, tt Is grallfing
to know that Mr. Lewis Intends to sub
mit it specific clause in writing which
Mill lectlfj thi3 fault.
NKAKLY "OVHK THK 'l()"'
THKP.K ere man) whe thought the
American troops would be In the
tienches by July I. Thiee months have
gone by nnd It Is onlv now that n con
tingent of our expcdltlouaiy force Is
stationed well within the innge of enemy
suns, ready apparently to tnke Its turn j
In the front lino any da Theie Is bitd
to be only one dlllleultv, and that a most
encouingins one: Tho Amei leans uro
too Impatient to get into action.
It is wise to give our troops the ad
vantage of a long piellminaiy training.
Judging fiom expert opinions expressed
by foreign writers. The British arm
was not created In n da. For weary
months Fiance had to stand the brunt
ot the lighting while Itiitain was tialn
ins her legions Theie Is added reason
for patieive In the tialntng of thb Amer
ican aimv. The blows it will strike nre
to lead to the knockout, and no chances
should be taken In pieparing foi the
delivery of Its messuge to autoctacy.
CONSEKVE THK SUPPLY OF
DENTISTS
OK THU man) pleas for special consid
eration in the draft the dentists' Is
one of the best established Their ptopa
ganda makes It plain that what they
want to do Is not to evade duty under
the flag, but to make that duty more
potent and moie sustained. Their argu
ment that students should be permitted
to continue then studies until they
giaduate takes on added force when one
leflects on the positive havoc that Im
propel ly treated teeth have caused In
modern English, Fienoh and Canadian
warfaie.
Appaiently thete Is no legal barrier to
letting the joung men finish their stud
ies, since the dentists would seem to be
Included In the medical departments, for
which enlisted teserve corps are piovided
in the Government regulation Put the
dental students have not now nccees to
those corps. There Is not only the Held
service to be consldeied. Those not of
dinft age who Btay at home, those who
are unfit by reason ot phjslque or sex.
will need attention as well as the fighters.
In recent ears we have learned much
about the t elation of mouth Infections to
geneial health. People have been edu
cated to see that a sound mind in u sound
body means not only legs and arms and
heart action, but firm bicuspids as well
Even under the most auspicious condi
tions, the United States dental schools
could not turn out enough men In the
next five years Ni'urally, If the army
takes what It needs, those at home must
suffer.
Germany Is quite as prepared today as
she was ten months ago to lay down her
arms. Berlin Tageblait.
Perhaps even more so. The United
States wa,s not In the war then.
It Is significant that the man who
bewails the draft a rare bird la the
one who Is personally untouched by It.
Prospective members of the National
Army are Us best boosters.
Not all the efficiency In the world
Is centralized In Berlin, For Instance.
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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER -25,
BOCHE BUNGLING
IN SOUTH AMERICA
How Kaiser's Agents Vainly
Pitted Brazil Against Argen
tina in War Game
Hy ANNIDAL DOMFIM
A SHOUT time before the (Jcrninn-Swcd-ih
plot was discovered another plot
had lieeu exposed In Argentina It was In
tended to stir up trouble between Argentina
on thn one side and the Pnlled States and
llinzll on the other. 1 am a citizen ot the
latter country.
Tho plot inlghl have sucVecded had II not
brought the mental stamp of tlermany bo
furc the ejes ot the world
II mav help the render In mi umlerstajid
.Ing of the situation to know what has been
happening In South Ameilca as regards
Ihf friendly relations between the two
largest countries there Urazll and Argen
tina. Itrazil has Hlwnjs been the most powerful
inuntry In South America, owing to her
enormous size and her almort endles re
aonri.es. but about twenty-five years ngo
the Argentine trade started developing with
uonilciful rapldll.v Ilerause of this tho
Argentines thought themselves entitled to
he thn lendeis In South America This won
deiful growth nf Ariiitine trade was due
lo the great tmmpnrtatton foclltlles of the
lountry. which lies mostly upon an
enormous plain, where tallwav constiuctloti
Is hii easy undei taking. plain In which
tho grass for raising ratlle and the wheat
grow almost wild Argentina vet soon hc
oame a gieat exporter of frozen meat anil
one of th.' I.ugest gtanailcs of the world
At the limp the Argentines were so easily
developing thelt tiade tho Utazlll.tn engi
neers weio busy drawing plans and laying
Hacks tu hind b ialln their scnpoits
wllh Iheli inoductlnii centers Thev had
during the project In i limb nn enormous
wn I of mountains ranging from 2"0O to
SOOQ feet In altitude
This dlllleultv piii-mmleied In iitllwa.v
. i,ui.,iiint, ..nnseil iIih lli.izlli.io trade to
drag along eiv dolv. while tho Argentine
trade was making tapid piogrcss. For
wiino vears me .xrgtniinca unmii"" ......
selves with the Idea of soon being the most
powerful lounlrj In the southern part or
tho continent Some ten years ago. when
the rabwa ostein was nearlv completed
and alrendv inrr.vlng goods icgul.trly from
the rlrh pi iteati to the seaports, the Brazilian
trade rivaled Us steailv growth. The Ai
gentine.s were liltlctlj disappointed
imrlng Ihe veais or opuleneo they had
organized a falily good army, while Brazil
had neglected hers almost eiillrel.
- A Campaign Apainst Brazil
pnllttelnn then high in power In Ar
gentina. Zehnllos, Instituted a, campaign
against Hmzll and for a little whllo the
question seemed t he a serious one. in
less than n month all Hie Brazilian students
nnd voung buslnexs men volunteered for
i the iinii.v. and we had n huge rorre In llti
I making ' This, however, was unneeess.m.
hee.nii'e the seii'lhle polltlelans In both
'countries leallzcd the danger t,f such u
situation 'Ihe matter was soon settled
Tho leatlei of tho campaign against Brazil
was disgraced and ostiaclzed for a long
lime
or this whole affair Heie remains onlv
a slight mutual distrust, w lib h is lessening
ever car
About a month ago Ihe Herman element
In Argentina, feeling that thai country
would soon be joining tl.e Allies, tried lo
tesurreet the ancient troubles, or at least
to use the slight Ill-feeling which still re
mained, as a wedge for pro-Herman activity
They also tried to use against tho L'nlted
Slates an old aigunient which for a long
llmo troubled the nilnil3 o many bouth
I Americans, it was tho Idea that the Ameri
cans meant the .Monroe Doctrine to bo:
"America for tho (.North) Americans, ana
that tho States wanted to conquer the whole
continent
"Nuestra Guerra" Published
hook was published In Buenos Aires
with tho title ".Nuestra liueira l.e Coali
tion I'ontia la Aigenllnn, ' b Pedro de
Cordoba. Th it 1, Our War The Coali
tion Against Aigentlne." It was meant to
Impress upon the Argentine people that
the L'nlted Stales wan planning lo attack
Argentina and that it was urging Brazil to
help
The coier of the hook shows at the top
the Stais ami Stilpes drawn acros3 the
wbolo page little oelow we see an enor
mous American eagle holding In his claws
the Brazilian flag and flying down In a
menacing attitude At the bottom there is
n part of the South American map, show
ing the Itlvei Plate with Ihe Argentine
Hag beside It The whole Is ei-y Teutonl
callv Hjinbolistk, as it gives the author's
Idea of Biazll being dragged along by the
l'nlted State? and failing upon Argentine.
Exposed by a Newspaper
in tontradlitlon of this theory we have
the facts that the I lilted States has never
huun an desire of making war on Ai
gentlna and Brazil lias for a long time
.shown that she Is not afiaid of a war. lhat
she Is Killing leadv foi it, but- that sho
does not want it b anv means. The Ar
gentine people nio already awaro of these
facts and every one could see that Ihe
author of that book was either a German
writing under an assumed name or an
Argentine bribed by the Germans.
Tho argument was mi far from the real
facts, was so trulv nnd typically German
tn Its htlndness as icgards the other peo
nies feelings, that the Scuth American
reader simply laughed at it.
"A .Nolle." a ltlo de Janelio paper, from
which 1 learned of the book, tays:
" '.Nuestra Huerra' is the title of the fa
mous little book published 111 Argentina
whkh has unhappily been taken In serious
consideration by one paper In this town.
It seems riallv unbelievable that the Ger
mans, inimitable and unsurpassed as they
are In the art of Intrigue, should have spent
any money for publishing such an idlotlo
booklet, which so clear.y shows their hand
Thc have not even thought of concealing
the name of the publisher We retd on the
cover that It has been printed at l,i Haceta
de i:spina. the most passionate, broadly
German paper in Buenos Aires
" 'Nuestra Guerra' Is not, as li seemed
In the telegraphic news, a book that was
written especially against Brazil. Its chief
Intent was to set Ai gentlna against the
l'nlted States As the author thinks that
in the case of war between the two countries
Brazil would side with the States, he also
goes against Brazil But from the first lines
of '.N'uestra Guerra' we realize at once that
the aim of the nuthor Is to stir up trouble
In the Amerlcin continent and prevent
Argentina from lining up with the nations
that broke diplomatic re.atlons with Ger
many "it is not worth while giving any further
notli to Ihe HBrniauophlle. His Intent Is
so evident that the Brazilians and Argen
tines should pay no attention to It. Prob
ably it is nothing more than a 'business'
made by some- starving 'writer' with the
rich Germans In Buenos Aires.
"We have seen very similar things at
home "
Germans Try to Use Chili
As we can see from tills article, the book
let was tiken seriously in Brazil for only
a very short while. Only a short time be
fore a copy of It was carefully analyzed by
tho Journalists,
.Nevertheless It Is a good example ot the
work the Germans were doing in South
America.
Argentina and Chill were the two coun
tries In which the Germans had the great
est number ot sympathizers; Chill be
cause the whole modern organization of
the country In commerce. Industry and edu
cation was made under tie supervision of
Germans and the people are 'naturally
thankful to I ham Argentina, because the
German Influence was strong only among
the military officers who had been trained
In Germany and were dazzled with the
Prussian display of might The Govern
ment was greatly Influenced by the mili
tary party, which H very powerful (ei
Arrniina and by tho Chilian friendship.-
For thl reason It has always been trying:
'tO-'avty.U preawnj: min utrromj. uua.u
Septalon -had hot yt been converted Vie
yiiftr' ft? $ b fWWR,4
Tom Daly's Column
The young man In the light lunch cafe
(monosyllable, please) wiped the counter
with ono hand and his eye with the other,
and handed us this double portion of sen
timent: rni: VAsatsa or rtSiWRA'Sci: tim
1'r'en'n drop a tear fur Temp'rance Tim
Kur he has flew de coop;
Oey wuz'n enny flies on him
But frequent in his soup.
tf 1 teuz on'y dead cock swe toherr. at
he's burled at
I'd make a moulmeiil fur 'Jim uHi' scnti-
vxents like dal.
Hut (Jeel dr odds It fru ter one, since 'I
dcccait las' fall.
till poor off bones Is knockln' roun' idf'
out no grave at all,
I'ur people ain't a-cartn' much fur com-
won .eonAt tc'nf. croaks.
JAkc v'at dey'd do fur (len'ial (Irani an'l
udder noted blokci
in' yet he had 'is schemes an' plans w'at
meant as much ter Tim
As all fliant's war campaigns an' fights
an' vlc'trtes meant ter htm.
Tote Tim! dcy called htm "Temp'rance,"
jlst because 'r uscicr say
liev wouldn't be no slch a t'lng if 'e
ould haic '( way.
lie didn't have nn steady home, 'cept
w'en de Judgc'd hout:
"lie same old t'lng, free mon't's bclmo.
Ilcform when pause gits out."
Wen Tim ti ho "at home" he uscter
icoik hit reg'lar beat.
A-tellln' haid-luck stories ter de sof
mugs on de street. .
lie high-toned way he'd make n touch,
tcij. say, it looked like Tim
Wttz hon'tln' yousc be tcttln' yousc cough
up yer dimes ter Mm.
I'olst lime I met de guy he comet inside
our cafe an' to J
Aciosi ilr catln' counter deie, where 1
wuz woikln' at.
"A dish o' soup," cz 'e. .to giand, yer'd
think V oiuirii de place.
Hut, taj. V did n't lose ynuch time n-feed-
In' of 'It face.
Den suddenly "ll'inf't dhf" he yclkd,
an' den I seen 'im sloop.
An' wit' 'is t'umb an' finger pull a hoisc-
fly frum 'it soup.
"Sec hoc," he ciled, an' fi owned at me,
"am I ier undcistan'
lili hcrc't de kind a' stuff yousc fllt'e ter
cv'ry gentleman?"
"I oulercd food." tr he. "nn' dls ain't
foul, nur meat, uur )lsh.
Xtir It if good led heiiin', to Jill fetch
nnuihier dish."
In" dough he'd cat tiim nil his soup
nloic de fly was kclched
II r didn't kick at dal an' so anuddcr
dhh irat tetched
.Vol', strange ier tnj. twivct mole V
come afore de ucck wuz done
An' faun' mote files, an' got two opt
fur jltf de pi ice o' one.
lien mddlntly Tim dlsappeaied, an' t'ice
long moil 't had passed
Hctuecn de time w'en V got back, an'
lo'cn t seen 'im last.
"Hello," sez 'e, "yousc necd'n fcai I met
wit' any harm,
I've jlst bin out a-vlsltin' de ole folki on
da fai m."
I dtd'n' make no funny clack, but yousc
kin bet a hat , ,, i
ten' itch a jay but ttfat l,knou.cd
where he'd bin at. ....
Pc ushal dish o' soup," sez 'rupiicinkln'
uv 'Is eye, , ,,(
An
uiy! 'c wuz'n half way fiouuh afoic
V foun' a fly.
malinger 'c happened by xifen Tim
tic
begun ter kick:
"Daft mlrjhty stiange," sez 'e ter me, "1
half suspect a trick";
An' den 'c turned ter Tim an' sez, "It
stitkei me Undei queer
Out pause should find a fly so late nt (fit
ft In dc year.
HV ain't had none since summer, so 1
think I pipe yer game."
I'oia Tim got white an' cited, an' sez: "t
must confess wit' shame,
I played jottf fer a sucker, an' regard
In' (t ?icrc fly
I foun' it in me pocket, wheie I've kep'
it since July."
Right off 'c started weepln' as If 'is heail
wuz broke:
De manager jist pitied 'im an' took It ay
a joke.
But Tim, 'e took it diff'rent. Toiue see,
'is pride wnz hurt.
Ter find how little all 'is schemes an'
ciafty plans iixiz wort';
An
a'ter dat 'c had ter pay fur every-
t'lng V el,
fore, anudder Week wuz out 'c drunk
hliself to deaf.
An'
Fren's drop a tear fur "Temp'rante Tim,'
Fur he has flew de coop;
Dey wuz'n enny files on him
But fiequent In his soup.
"The Madonna of the Curb," a lovely
bit of verse In the L. H. .7. by Christopher
Morley, touchlngly tells of the little
mother In the tenements, but an adver
tiser In an eve. contemp. fractures all
existing child labor iccords with this:
NUnsi: Infant nurao for year-old bab.
etc
Call.
And let us, in passing, add an nl for
the same C. Morley's "Parnassus on
Wheels," a book just Issued, which has
the spirit ot Frank n. Stockton rollick
ing through It. We'll have more to say
of It later. In the meantime we're get
ting ready for a Stockton revival, to be
"staged" (sport slang for "held") In this
colyum. Who knew him well enough to
describe the color of his hair? Write us
about It.
On the other hapd. here comes Henry
James, with "The Middle Years," from
which we extract Uils perfectly If you've
got tho time Intelligible sentence:
A volume, and h most substantial, bad
felt Its pages -very gravely pressed to
gether before the winter's end that I
have spoken of, but a restriction may
still bear, and blessedly enough, as I
gather from memory, on my sense of the
whole year then terminated a year seen
by me now In the light of asitatlons, ex
plorations. Initiations (I scarce know how
endearingly enough to name them1) which
I ahouZd call fairly Infar.tlne l ie.- m
difference to proportions and alms, had
they not still more left with me effeetn
and posaesilons that even yet lend them
selves to estimation
An evident miss prjnt is this frpm, o. o,
d. p, ot last evening;. TTho Gerrnwia wie
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IS CONDEMNED
Citizen Declares Mayor Should
Be Ousted Compared With
Blankenburg
77i(i Jrjinilinmf ( Irtr to all rtadm uft
iciah lo nnrrtj their opinion" on subjects o
current interest. It (a on niim Jorum and the
f.i.enino l.ettaer oaaiimrs no rrapomlolllty tor
the t feud of (It rorrranotideiiU. .filers must
be stoned bu the name and address of the
xrriter, not nccesiarllv for vulllcation, but as a
guarantee of good faith.
"OUST SMITH; ELECT PORTER"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir What Is the matter with Philadel
phia? For more than fifty years it has
been my home and I am debating seriously
whether 1 shall ever return there again.
I feel disgraced. Will the people never
wake up? They had a chance to elect a
decent .Mayor In Porter, but 'Instead they
choso a pot-house politician, and they now
have a like Administration I have no
sympathy for the people; they are getting
what they deserve.
"O Philadelphia' What crimes are com
mitted In thy name!' And Is there none to
redeem her from her terrible apathy?
Smith ought to be impeached and Porter
put In his place. Philadelphia never had
a better or cleaner police Administration
than under this young man.
Give him a chance and he will Imitate
Blankenburg, and he will restore our city
to the place she deserves.
Porter has the respect of the police and
the citizens generally. Give him a chance
to clean this rotten gang out.
A L. WOUTHINGTON.
Atlantic City. September 23.
"GOVERNMENT BY MURDER"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger!
Sir Your editorial in tonight's edition en
titled "Government by Murder" Is In my
opinion a smashing blow right from the
shoulder to tho Iron Jaw of one Thomas B
Smith a blow that would send the ordinary
man Into oblivion and the land of sleep for
ever but not the said "Tom" Smith. He's
too tough for all that. In order to be In
"irood standing" he is playing the game
just as the gang he represents requires him
to do.
While going from Cleveland to Detroit
ono day a few weeks ago I met former
Governor McGovern, of Wisconsin, and very
naturally after a while we ta'ked of things
political In Pennsylvania. He Is more or
less familiar with the way things are car
ried on In this State, and like good citizens
everywhere he wonderB why the good citi
zens here don t try to help themaelves. He
asked me If I knew of a big man who
would step out and lead off, but I had to
answer him negatively, for I have no one In
mind who would sacrifice himself and family
as did Rudolph Blankenburg only to re
celve the grudging credit that the "Dutch
Cleanser" fell heir to because of his en
deavors on behalf ot the citizenship of the
Commonwealth.
i if you can name a man who will assume
the leadership and its responsibilities,
maybe you might be doing this good old
Quaker town a real service. H. A. H.
Philadelphia, September 20.
WILL 'MEN HIGHER UP' GO FREE?
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir After reading your articles about
the recent bloodshed in the Fifth Ward, I
must say that, tf your paper Is for the law
abiding citizens of this city, why not urge
the people through your paper to have the
city appoint a special District Attorney to
prosecute this case? Such men as Mr.
Hoyne, bt Chicago, or Governor Whitman
would know how to prosecute. Or shall It
be the same old story of the poor un
fortunate topi paying the penalty and the
men higher up golnr free?
If there l any dlfferonce between th
Becker case In New York and this case I
wish 1 could See It. Justice will never be
done hra.an it jwm done when JHr. "Whit-
,man wai
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"WE ARE NOT RULED BY MUR
DERERS, BUT ONLY BY
THEIR FRIENDS"
When the special commission created to
examine Into the charges that Charles
Stewatt Parncll was guilty of Instigating,
murder In li eland made its report In 1800,
Itudyard Kipling wrote n scathing poem
on the verdict. Parnell was "cleared," but
such n state of facts was established that
Kipling declared:
"We are not ruled by murderers, but
only by their friends "
He found complicity with crime fixed
upon the Irish leaders similar to tliot which
is now charged against the rulers of this
city, and vented his indignation upon them
in scathing language. Parts of the poem
pertinent to the local situation follow:
Help for a patriot distressed, a spotless
spirit hurt.
Help for an honorable clan sore trampled
in the dirt!
From Queenstown Bay to Donegal, oh Haten
to my song.
The honorable gentlemen have suffered
grievous wrong!
Their noble names were mentioned oh the
burning black digrace !
By a brutal Saxon paper in an Irish shoot
ing case;
They sat upon It for a year, then steeled
their heart to brave It,
And "coruscating Innocence," the learned
judges gave It.
Bear wltneas, Heaven, of that grim crime
beneath the surgeon's knife,
The honorable gentlemen deplored the loss
of lite!
Bear witness of those chanting chairs that
lurk and shirk and snigger.
No man laid hand upon the knife or finger
to the trigger!
Cleared In the face of all mankind beneath
the winking skies,
Like phoenixes from Phoenix Park (and
what lay there) they rise I
Go shout it to the emerald seas give word
to Erin now.
Her honorable gentlemen are cleared and
this Is how:
They only paid the Moonlighter his cattle-
hocking price,
They only helped the murderer with
counsel's best advice.
But sure it keeps their honor white the
learned Court believes.
They never gave a piece of plate to
murderers and thieves,
They never told the ramping crowd to
cord a woman's hide.
They never marked a man for death what
fault ot theirs he died?
They only said "Intimidate," and talked
and went away,
By God, the boys that did the work were
braver men tllan theyl
"Cleared." honorable gentlemen I Be thank-
ful It's no more:
Tho widow's curse Is on your house, the
dead are at your door.
On you the shame of open shame, on you
from North to South
The hand of every honest man fiat-heeted
across your mouth.
...
"The charge Is old" As old as Cain as
fresh as yesterday;
Old as the Ten Commandments have e
talked those laws away?
If words are words or death Is death or
powder sends the ball, j
You spoke the words that sped the1 shot
the curse be on you alt.
My soul I I'd sooner be In jail for murder
plain and stralghtt
pure crime I'd done with my own hand for
money, lust or hate.
Than take a seat lu Parliament by fellow
felons cheered
Wldle one pf those "not provens" proved
pie cleared as you are cleared.
If black Is black pr while Is white, In black
antk white It's down.
ToU're onlyaltora to the Queen and rebels
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QUIZ
1. What is the "Mooncy faf." In wlilfh rmV,
dent V INtin in about tu lair nctlon? ;
1 On what condition nmr Ctrmanr prank
to re-eMtiblli.il PrlKlum?
3. U ho Is Mujor (Jrnrrnl ( lime W, KtnnrW
4 VMi.it KnclMi eMi)lt, ilrnmalM and strlln
of ilrtrcllie stories l centrally atrfW '
iih the mntt powerful lar-fipontot n
orthodox thrlatlnnlt)?
5. Vlhut rlti Is the rtnr or Hie lalrit Oraii I
tntrlsiie Ncanilal?
6. Hhnt nre "flaming bnlltta." ntw hclat ih!
In warfare on tho llrltlt.li front In rrwrf
n ml IlrlEliim? I
7. lllio wrote "Manna nnna,'ranl ni M '
It mean?
R. VVio founded the Society of Jmu!
9. vriieti ihh the (Irdtr or the Knlihti if IK
,irlor founded?
10 What wan the Areopaeua?
Answers to Yesterday's Quii
I The rtmriuter or "Perky .Sham" .appMii
in milium Vliikepeaie Tliackeraj'a aaiil
'Vanity 1'ulr "
5. About 40.000 ilr.irted men will bt nt ll
tralnlne nt I'umii Mende. Admiral. Mi.
3 The herond lasue of Liberty loan banii
be nut on the market .Monday, 0tH.
4. The three ineiinlnca of "palm" aia (II
large family or tree, chiefly, trtplnll
(3) that part or tho hana" beiwtea til
wrlat nnd tho flntera. and (I) ti tan"
fraudulently or pass a thlnr off a a
peri-on.
5. Mr. Ilrow nine's tonnet-araunca. ""
Tram Ihe Portuguese." wai a '":
cnue the author did not wllh ll nam
pnblle to know that thf term! ft IJJ
donate endearment contained tMHU"'
addressed to her husband.
. VMIlInm Ernest Henley a a mM WW
poet nnd eaasTlat and an InllmlU torn
of Robert Louis rllerenion.
7. Trana Schubert composed tha 'Caliilrt"
Symphony." which Is w Wely papalar.
5 The trial of General Kornllaff. eft"
alan army, will be held at Iba fra
0. A panegyric la a laudatory eiprtaalaa sH
n person or thing. .
10. Tho atory of tho ITodlga! , J"1"
In St. Luke, in the ew Teatament.
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rtn.a ni .ut hut certainly between tht
nr.Mtit .rlaln nf the WOrld Wr
ana
period that Immediately preceded the Ba
tie of Germantown there Is some reaea
blance. For one thing, undoubted "f
greatest military t-ktlt of the preset
palgn Is being shown today In rroj
And tl.e American Revolution came '
strategic head tn the Battle of aew
town. The nation had reached tM cn
or mo BirugKie. .j.iiki' 1
The Americans had been defe"'d " J
Battle of Brandywlne a montn "'"'"gU
blankets and tents had been lo" .,
clothing add scanty food were tM r j
with penury ana aiscoi " t:,,, but J
the army, hundreds marched I In """ , 1
feett and patriotism "
lOUKlUK Uf. Uriel 1
' The activities of the Tories JfiU J
these woes. Less than a f rta : M
fore their treachery n ""h,i keel'
massacre at Paoll wasninw .--
!'.efool?.d..."y ."..We' ' nelnalMf 'U
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nivcr. v"rrr:nuw-i
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uririimentatlve snllts In t oiigre'i. .. -J
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ance in too i(" , ",- -"ur& man, '"
by no means a feeble-splrlled "j,
heaven, grant us ono great poui.
Ing mind Would .extricate the m ,.
from that ruin wliicn bcci.ip .- u ,,,
But Waslilngton wh - .- ,
general aespair. '"""'"VT. ,Mprais,
mander-ln-cTilers bravery. h .
on till success reemed not P'"
"VTcurlous to "Pi- that drn.nS
then was largely Inhabited I .fc&jj
Germans, opposing "a!l,Z. a,M L .
em Teuions aoroau. ....... -. 5lkndi .
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testimony m "" "ov""V" h0us.
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