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Nettmbrr ). 1417 THE VARE-SMITH RED HERRING rnilE Vare-Smlth Frog Hollow comblna- tlon, maB(,ueradlng as Republican, Is tot "pulling the old stuff" in support of Us "fiay-flfty" ticket with all the zest of a discovered novelty. Contractor govern ment sets up tho fetish of party loyalty nd urges danger to the protective tariff and other tenets of Republicanism If the ja Town Meeting candidates are returned to .' the "How" offices and Councils' chambers, for aro not some of these candidates Democrats and are not others the even more detested reformers? This spread-eagle type of spellbinding lit unfortunately still has some effect In a tnlchtv Tienlllillrnn rltv uir ni Phllmlnl. phla, but at times citizens break away from it. This was the case In tho reform Victory of 1905 and In, the verdict In favor of Mr. Blankenburg later. Kach election creates more forward-looking, clvlcally minded voters. IIke Ithuricl's spear that "knows no brother," contractor -and -thug politics knows no party. The reciprocity between Quay and Croker has not yet been obliterated from memory any more than lias the "blocks-of-ftvo" Ruffrnge scandal In which imported "floaters" carried In diana. Of later record is the mutual un derstanding by which William Lorlmcr secured temporarily his seat In the United States Senate, thanks to purchased Demo cratic votes. And nono of these had the slightest interest in or value for tho fate of tho nation. They wore local and per sonal; in no senso national. Let voters remember, those voters to Whom appeal Is made in these closing days of the campaign against "Bloody Fifth" politics on the grounds of G. O. P. loyalty, tho contractor-boss Is a party man from mercenary motives only. Ho is ai unaffected by principles ns he is by scruples. He cares only for accepted bids at profitable rates for water works, street paving, garbage collecting nnd other municipal work not at all for na tional issues. "Jobs," not good govern- ((. ment, Is his watchword. r- His henchmen, the "heelers," caro only for their graft and protection as it niters down to the "little fellers." The men at the front who dominate the Illicit and immoral alliance between par tisan politics and private gain care not a whit for large and vital concerns of national welfare or for the betterment of the city in which the;' live and where from they take their lll-zotten profits. v Their purposes and their party alignment flB are selfish and always ulterior In motive. nil In this city they are pseudo-Republicans. In Kew York they call themselves Demo crats. Contractor-bosses are not statesmen any more than they are patriots. They are merely money-changers fat the temple ot democracy. They should be whipped out through the blaring scorn of honest men who love- their city, cherish their families and respect themselves. Philadelphia has tho chance next Tuesday to drive them out Into tho utter darkness where con tracts are nil and blackjacks are not an argument. Surely tho murder of Acting Detective Eppley and the subsequent revelations in court of the rottenness of the Gang have sufficiently stlsred the public conscious pom and conscience to this point It Is n"ly by such a quickening, by a flaming out o! popular resentment at misgovern Kient, a devoted adhesion to Ideals of what is best for Philadelphia, that the klty can turn the rascals out and keep hm out'. But they cannot be turned 'jstit If a sufficient number of respectable ."clUiens do as they have misguldedly done In previous elections misuse the fran chise by casUng straight party votes. ijarken!ne to Vare-Smith interested pleas o party loyalty. The re4-herrlng argument Is not strong nough this time to perfume sweetly the ytench of malodorous contractor-andthug 0lltlC3. iWKrroiij muck quits ua 'tea m ctMne poctor various grounds, as his taking leave of 11 nH tha manner of the leavetaklnR, but tho fact of the farewell. In view of his pertinacious, Pruselanly refusal to pay merely outward and conventional respect to the land In which he was a guest by omission of Its national anthem from his concert, he had outlived his usefulness, Tho "Star Spangled Uanncr" may not be great muslu and may not belong on symphony programs In ordinary times, but theso are not ordinary times, and tho "Star Spangled Uanncr." despite lack of Mozartlnn or Wagnerian musical merit. Is no ordinary air, for it voices the national spirit of a pcoplo In a great war for democracy and freedom. As a symbol of pntilotlm and Americanism It belongs on nny program whereon the pcoplo demand it, and belongs all the more when disrespect to It Is made an issue of a technical nnd apparently actual enemy alien. Maybe Doctor Muck can find more congenial musical employment leading the Philharmonic In Berlin; If so, he will play "Die Wacht am Hheln," or that other marvel of classical form and beauty, "Deutschland ueber Allcs," without lowering of his artistic standards or shock to his tem peramental sensibilities. THE NAKED FACTS IMI'E omt ofTlce are the least of tho demands made by Mayor Smith's accusers. The Grand Jury, In recommending his lm peachment. Is only seconding tho motion that was made by all respectable citizens when the use of the police In Fifth Ward politics, or the neglect to use the police to stop an orgy of Fifth Ward political crime what Is tho difference? became an established fact. The Mayor Is under ball, charged with crimes punishable by Imprisonment. The honor of the city demands that the fullest inquiry bo made to establish his status beforo tho law. For this reason the Mayor himself should welcome the drastic Investigation which the action of the Grand Jury calls for. Philadelphia, n woll as Its Mayor, is on trial before the nation, nnd If the city falls to establish tho precise facts In this case and to set them out In their nnk'dness for tho ver dict of history there will bo such a blot upon our citizenry as will take many years of repentance to erase. THE GERMAN DISASTER TT-BOAT destructlvcness nns been re J duced far below the estimate made several months ago by the most opti mistic Allied observers. This is the dominating fact of the present situation. Without considering this 'fact, the devel opments of tin last few days in Italy and Russia would lead public opinion to a chaos of unwarranted apprehensions. The announcement Just made In the House of Commons by Sir Ktic Geddes shows that the British and American navies have clous excellent work In pa trolling the danger zone, and the vital point is that shipments to lhigland are greater now than they were when the U-boats were at their maximum efficiency. It is true that In the strict military aspect tho tieddes report dues not directly negative the Italian losses. But this world war is not being fought with a sole eye to any "strict military aspect." Tho development of the gigantic drama must be viewed with- a proper sense of proportion nnd of tho relatlvo values of the factors. The failure of the U-boat campaign to measure up to expectations is a disaster to Germany, a fatal disaster, not to be retrieved by tho Invasion of Italy. Tho United States lias always been -a potential foe Infinitely more capable umii iiiuy ui destroying tne German military machine, and Germany would never have invited us to make war if she had rjpt In desperation counted on the submarines to bring her n speedy victory. Her U-boats will not bring her victory and the capture of several corps of Ital ian troops will not compensate for her failure. EX-MAYOR WEAVER ON GANG WILES "pOIlMEIt MAYOR JOHN WEAVER f gives pointed testimony to tho subtle ties and trickeries of tho Republican Or ganization at bay In his Interesting letter, printed in another column, reviewing his conduct of the offices of District Attorney and Mayor. There are so many curious things about the Organization that nny commentator on Its processes and policies is likely to bo baffled as to motives and results, and any one even remotely con nected with It is likely to be misunder stood in some of his acts. In the news article published In this paper which has called forth tho former Mayor's pertinent expose of machine methods no reflection on tho honesty of his intentions and efforts was Intended, and we gladly recognlzo tho ideals and achievements which link his name with the City party triumph in the Revolt of 1905, the success of which is heartening to those who hope 'to ndd to tho record the Town Meeting triumph In the Revolt of 1917 at Tuesday's polls. The Kaiser again assumes the Chancellorship, camouflaged under tho name of Von Hertling. Merrltt Taj-Jor says a band of pirates is sacking the city. Let's not have an Ash Wednesday next week. Denunciation alono Is weak. It must be followe'd by mobilization nnd ex- termination of Organization germs If we are to have political health. There Is romance In the navy and Americans love it. The traditions of the establishment must be lived up to. and the Baits; Is as good a place as any other. Four million women have thus far signed food-saving pledges In forty States That ought to. mean the saving of 4,000, 000 bushels of wheat a year for our Allies and put another dent In the helmet. If it came to a real showdown, we rather Imagine that we could Jay a couple of tens on the table tor 'every dollar the Kaiser could produce, and we'd scarcely have to touch our capital to 4o JV If wealth Is a measure of effl- vTTTT.VhW repts; It U m 1 asraaauM3rat i -' - ,lSJSJSSJSjP EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY! NOVEMBER 3, FINEST BLOOD IN AMERICA It Flowed in the Veins of Jack son and Lincoln Plan to Edu cate the "Children of Nature" By VERNER JONES TUB argument as to which section of tho country or which particular spot pro duces the "most typical" American will never bo determined to the satisfaction of the general public for the reason that every community feels that it is entitled to the distinction. The rhlladelphlan Is convinced that that type of good old U. S. A. citizen seen walk ing down Chestnut street any fine afternoon is the real simon-pure American article, tho best that tho best country and best city can produce. The New Yorker is even more certain of his contention for Broadway, and the Bostonlan will admit of no argu ment upon tho superiority of the Beacon street type. Even doubt upon this point to tho Bostonlan mind Is a reflection upon the Inquirer's Intelligence. Tho citizen of Chicago, of St. Louis, of San Francisco and of New Orleans feels suro of his claims for his homo town, and even each small-fry burg Is so American as to believe Its par ticular product life best In the American shop. The purest American type, however, Is not to be found in the cities. He Is not even known In tho small towns. He does not, In fact, know the distinction to which he Is entitled, for he is the least worldly wise of his American fellow beings. Ho Is a child of nature, shut oft from his fellow man by coves and rugged streams, dense forests and mountain peaks that rise so high that they "tickle the feet of tho angels," ns a southern poet has stated it. Ho Is forced further aloof by a shy and suspicious nature and abovo all, by a wall of Ignorance that has denied him en lightened converse and communion with his fellow man and has kept him and his section In a Mate of seeming hopeless backwardness. Ho has not been forgotten of God, for IiIh natural surroundings are inspiring and promotive) of the kind of dreams that awake endeavor and Innplre ambition. He has, however, been forgotten by his fellow countrymen, who, In their rush for advancement and aggrandizement, have overlooked even tho existence of their physically and mentally shut-In neighbor. Of Pure Anglo-Saxon Stock The real bona lido American of ancient stock Is to be found in the Blue Hills of tho Appalachian range In the western sec tions of Virginia, North and South Caro lina, the eastern sections of Kentucky and Tcnnesseo and the northern .sections ot Ala bama nnd Georgia. Ho is the pure Anglo. Saxon, direct descendant of Scotch-Irish and English Revolutionary stock, and ho possesses today tho same primitive traits of character as his Revolutionary ancestors. Their names arc simple nnd homely, mostly monosyllable ; they live from hand to mouth on the scant product of their hillside open patches, nnd they know naught of tho en lightening Influences of education, travel or communion of nny kind with the outsldo world. Their horizon Is tho samo physi cally as mentally ;they know of nothing save what tho human eye can comprehend. They are the people that Charles Egbert Craddock and John Fox have written about, and they Inhabit that charmed section that tho late Senator Bob Taylor has described In wonderful word pictures, of which his lecture. "Tho Fiddle and the Bow," Is an example. Since tho discovery of the real American his case has appealed to many, and tho appeal Is .growing annually. There Is now a geheral central organization with head quarters In Washington with a national message In behalf of the necessity of en llchtenlng this backward people nnd the de Mlopment of their now wasted country Into a second Switzerland. One of the most effective local branches of that organiza tion Is to be found In Philadelphia. Beginning but four years ago In a hum ble way., the home organization now num bers mure than 200 members nnd nnnually contributes a substantial sum to tho edu cation of tho pcoplo of tho section along Industrial and practlcil lines. An attrac tive bazaar Is in progress today at tha Belle-vue-Stratford for the benefit of the move ment. Tho present leaders of this earnest band of unselfish nnd patriotic workers are Mrs. Louis Lewis, president,' 4324 pino 5lo' : Mrs' Wllln' T- Hcadley, secretary, 328 Yest Johnson street, Germantown, and Mrs. Luther M. Chase, treasurer, 6700 Cres helm road, Germantown. Expenditures General Tho PUrDOSOS Of tho nrirnnlnllnn .,. which tho local branch Is affiliated are not n the Interest of a pet Institution or an ndlvldual enterprise. It operates for tho benefit of the general work now being done In the isolated section of the southern States where the movement for a general cam paign cf education and redemption of both tho people nnd .tho country Is In progress. Their expenditures are mado whero prac tlcal necessities In tho way of school equip ment are tho most urgently demanded Those Interested in the splendid work re port slow progress, but they also rcpcTt much In the way of encouragement. They Mud the people eager to learr, and they have demonstrated that the valleys and even tho mountain tops are adapted to cul tivation. The fact is also pointed to with hopeful pride that even without homo ad vantages the section in question has con trlbuted to American history many Illus trious men. Among men pointed to as rpnr,entir,n- products of the section aro Andrew Jack- buii. jiuranam Lincoln. Admiral Karragut, Sam Houston and Fighting Bob Evans. To develop oven another such one would prove an Imperishable honor. Tho general situation Is further improved by tho fact that the handling of the problem la without tho dread complication that con fronts any other southern educational or development enterprise, in that the racial question docs not enter. The negro does not live in the mountain sections for two rea sons. One is that lie is not adapted to tho primitive and rough conditions of mountain existence and the other Is that he is not allowed to live there by the natives. With a natural and deep-seated antagonism to ward the 'plantation and slave-holding and aristocratic element, the Appalachian moun. talneer was, during tho Civil War, solidly federal In sympathy, and Is today as solid ly Republican in national politics as lie was solidly Union during the conflict. In any event, he entertains no attachment, (sentimental or otherwise, for his brother In black, and will not reside In the same community with him or allow him to oc cupy his place In the sun. Such an opportunity as the movement offers to the American public in the light of conditions outlined would appear to cover the entire field of. Inducement to participate In a cause really worth while, for its at tractiveness would seem equally appealing from a patriotic, sentimental or a sporting standpoint, PATRIOTIC MINISTERS The action of the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church In requesting all ministerial, candidates to waive exemption from military service offered them by law as "future ministers of the gospel" li characteristic As the board adds, the stand "represents the spirit of loyalty on the Dart of the Presbyterian Church." That Church has the proud pre-eminence of having been the first formally to congratulate Oeorira Washington as Commander-in-Chief of Ins army of the united colonies in the Revolu Hnn and nledra its alleirianr. ,-. .h. -...'" ".'VTfS.to,..!.1--? to" suftni - "'"" t -;f war jr nw i Vr',,vW HiiMMM Iff tt i 'Wfw .rIEvwl.,nniniBB mm I aa. JattmsBamisaBasaBl. Sasasam sBasalSaBattalBsaaVaaaw-i&6. ". -V IkMraa.ar ftSBBMSaaBSal aaaaaaBBBBUBBffaaZ. laKsaBaBaBaBM I Ml 111 I HI Tom Daly's Column T1W VILLAGE POET Whenever it's a Saturday upon Election eve. An' lots of folks are twlng thtnps that no one can bcltcve, I've atmplu got to hustle out before my work is through, An' stroll around on Chestnut street to sec what news Is new, I've got to train my eagle eve on every thing that's queer, An' for the things I cannot see I'll use my eagle ear; I'll poke my nose In everything that prom- ises to shoro The slightest Information as to hoxo the fight vHU go. I'll snpop around an' swoop around upon my shoes o' gutn, An' any news that gets away uHll sure le gotn' 'some; IJut even now, I'll let my socks, lefore my work's begun, That Virtue Is triumphant by the score of 5 to 1. I'vo always said that prophecies con cerning politics Arc seldom satisfactory, but mostly good for nix. nut that's because the prophet often fol lows a mirage, Or takes for actuality what's merely camouflage. .Vow ic7ien start to hunt the news an' here's my hunting day I'll wager there'll be mighty little truth that gets away But even tiow, I'll bet my socks, before my work's begun, That Virtue Li triumphant by the score of S to 1. Some prophets are no good at all because they have been bought, Or they're content to let thewlsh be father to the thought; But when I start to gather in the plain unvarnished news, I always give tho other side a chance to air its views. ncrcr let my prejudices interfere, you sec; There's nothing of the bullhead or tne bigot, sirs. In me But even now, I'll bet my socks, before my work's begun, That Virtue is triumphant by the score of 5 to 1. For Instance, now, thli morning while upon my way to icork, I came upon a citizen, an ugly-looking Turk, Who wore upon his countenance the gangster's marks of sin; "Good morning, sir," I said to him, "an' who Is going to wlnt" lie put his hand upon his hip. "Who's gonna wlnf" said he; "I ain't allowed to name 'is name, but It besgin wit"V'" So there you arc; I'll bet my socks, be before my work's begun, T7intf Virtue Is triumphant by the score of 5 to 1. Yet now that It's a Saturday upon Elec tion's eve An' I am rustling round to see fust what we can believe, I fear it may be Wednesday, sirs, before mi work is through, A-strolllng 'round on Chestnut street to sec what news Is new. Indeed, the wicked always seem to die harder In Pennsylvania than In most other States. Maybe our glorious cllmato has something to do with it. IF YOUR eyesight's fair and your mem ory will berve you the next time you pass through City Hall courtyard, take a look at the south wall, just as you pocs under the archway leading Into Broad street, nnd you'll seo something strange. It's a block of marble or maybe it's granite painted white. Just above the easternmost corner of tho arch, about on a level with tho second floor, the stono looks out upon the court yard. Tho paint is a bit worn, as well It may be, for It probably hasn't been re newed since It was first applied thirty years ago. It was about 1S87 that some sharp-eyed follow, with an Imagination, noticed In that block of marble a curious accidental arrangement of the black veins In tho whlto stone which presented the likeness of a circus lady swinging upon a trapeze. He pointed It out. to others and they In turn passed it along to their neighbors. Folks came on pilgrimages to sto It, tho newspapers mentioned it, and tho crowds grew and grew. In timo they really got to be a nuisance, and one day tho Administration applied the whitewash brush to that Interesting Bpot In the City Hall and blotted the lady away. But she's there yet, under her paint. The Literary Editor dusted off a chair for the lady. "I have called," she said, "to thank you for tho notice you gave my 'His tory of Woman Suffrage but you had one curious typographical error," "Yes?" "Yes, you speak of me as 'a new h-l-s- t-e-r-l-c-a-1 writer. That's so, Hys. terlcal should bo spelled with a 'y,' shouldn't It?" Frank P. Adams's "Weights and Meas ures" Is out.ej Most of the measures are as light and as merry as this one, so you'll want more. The-book Is to fJe had for the weight of an Ironman: THVi NO-LONGER-MERRY ANCIENT MONARCH Old King Cole was a m'' ry old soul, And a merry old soul was he, Till he called for his pipe, and caMed'fo- his bowl. And called for his fiddlers three. Ills pipe, that cost, in the days of old But a dollar seventy-four, Now ccst him twenty dollars In gold On account of the well-known war, Ills bowl and though, In the olden time. When tqwls were cheap and good At a cent apteco now cost ft dime. On account of the dearth of wood. A-d Ms fiddlors three wh'i played so grand For a dollar and a half a day, Were known as The Ukulele Band In a midnight cabaret. Tea, OM Xlnr Cola was a merry old soul. ' Ana a m. o. s. was he, t v. . mut v.. AaUtA fan kU kU. a-a -' - 'Atil mm psflssk. vf-".sri" OUGHT 5L, :' &f y MR. WEAVER TELLS OF GANG'S WILES Former Mayor Reviews dents of the Revolt of 1905 Inci- To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Wednesday evening you published an article In which my namo was used, and while for tho last ten and a half years I have been perfectly satisfied to practice law and, so far as city politics wero con cerned, to be a "looker-on In Israel," I do not believe you would purposely put me in a wrong light beforo the public. You speak ot the Salter case, which was tried by me personally within tho first five months of my entrance into the District Attorney's office, and you dismiss It with an Innuendo that not even a hostile news paper used at the time. I want to say now, and finally, that tho Salter case was tho only caso that I tried personally during the whole of my period ot office In which there was a verdict of "Not Guilty." I tried a great many cases personally while Dis trict Attorney in fact, I was constantly trying but It was not until after tho trial of the Salter case that I became to some extent aware ot how tho politicians han dled Jury panels In political prosecutions; nnd that I took advantage of this knowl edge is seen when you look up the convic tion of the Twenty-eighth Ward School Di rectors, tho last case I tried while District Attorney, and the verdict of "Gutlty" was rendered the last day I was In the office. I have said before, and I now say again, that I tried my utmost (and so did my as sistants) to get a verdict of "Guilty" In the Salter case, and I believe the evidence I adduced warranted It, but tho Jury thought otherwise. ( Reduced Tax Rate You then speak of the disappointment of the people during my first two years In tho Mayor's offlcp and that It was only In 1S0S that the break came and that this was tho result of my friends' urging. Surely tho peoplo know that I reduced the tax rate In 1903 from $1.85 to $1.00 (and, by the way, there was never any necessity for Increas ing It, and I said so at tho time), which incurred tho bitter hostility of all tho Or ganization leaders; my breaking the mo nopoly of the street-paving contractors and reducing the cost of street paving, both asphalt and brick, S-I per yard, which In curred the hostility of John M. Mack and the other leaders; my stopping of supple mental and extensions of contracts made the hostility ot tho Organization leaders complete. Tlicy succeeded In divorcing every ono of their followers in Councils and all of tho petty officeholders whose alle giance they held from the Mayor. This continued for two years, and the Mayor then decided -himself, wlthcut nny urging from his friends (and he had to do It In the depth of his own conscience and his own heart), that he would have a fight with the Organization, and if he was de feated he would resign from office; but he would try to give the people an opportunity to be self-gwerned. ' Thl3 decision was taken in tho fall of 1904, and some of the Organization leaders knew ot It. for they had a bill prepared In a law office In Philadelphia and presented to the then Governor that tore out the en tire city government and established a dictatorship as was done in Pittsburgh some years before. Governor Pennypacker would not approve It, and It was changed, and changed, and changed until ho finally ap proved a bill that took away from the Mayor the power to appoint and dismiss di rectors, but he insisted on tho Introduction of a provision that this should not take ef feet lo Interfere with the rights of the then existing officials, which saved me my op portunity. Tho4Gas-Lease Fight I awaited my opportunity until the ... elon of tjie Legislature In 1905 had ad journed, and then the Organization intro. duced tho gas lease, which was the one thing above nil others that I should have desired, because It put the people back of me, when otherwise it would have been a fight between the Organization and h Mayor, with th,e possibility of the tUpiS applaudlni; the winner, whoever that hap. pen4 to a. JttOwpeopie wlli feri, .Z3B3a&8m3&&8SZw -s '" i frJimTtaW 1017 TO BE THE FINISHING' increaso tho tax rate to $2.25 and they would then take the water works and would kick tho Executive of the city into tho gut terall this against hl3 feeble efforts 1 Tho result of tho gas-leaso fight the peo ple havo not forgotten. Tho result of the election In 1905, when tho City party elected their candidates with 50,000 majority against tho Republican Organization, the peoplo havo not forgotten. But after that victory a suggestion was mado by certain leaders of tho reform party that wo should break up tho City party and capture tho Republican Organization, which was turned down by tho Mayor, who refused to have anything to do with the destruction of a party that had stood by him so loyally In bis fight. Notwithstanding tho refusal on his part, tho program was carried out by the other side, which succeeded in splitting tho City party, but not In capturing the Re publican Organization, although that was done In part. Did Not Use Police So It was that they succeeded In uniting with tho Republican Organization for the defeat of the candldato for District At torney nnd the nomination of their own candidate; nnd this was brought about in ono of the rottenest political conventions ever held In this nr In nny other city a convention that was opened with prayer and ended with purchasing delegates to vote on tho floor of tho convention ; and tho whltewarh ng committee that was ap pointed to Investigate even recommended the prosecution of some of the men who were caught red-handed In this effort. Charges were made of my using tho police. I want to ray now most solemnly that I had taken tho police out of politics or, as I said at the time, I had removed politics from tho police. I could, havo nominated Mr Shoyer for District Attorney by the use of the police, but I absolutely declined to let the police bo used In any way, shape or form; and I said to a ward leader on the morning of tho convention, who had asked mo to rcmovo a pollco lieutenant from a district and put somo ono else there, nnd If I did so ho would throw the delegates of two wards to Mr. Shoyer I said to him that If Mr. Shoycr's nomination depended on tho moving of n sltjgle police ofllcer ho would not be nominated. Mr. Shoyer was not tho Mayor's candi date for District Attorney. He was his own candidate. Ho had tho very laudable ambition to fill that high office. He had' re signed his position as Director of Supplies In order to make a canvass. He Informed mo that ho had the promise of two-thirds of tho delegates In that convention to vote for him. I had made him my special assistant district attorney nnd my director of supplies btcauso of his honorable dealing in the matter of the widow and daughters of his own preceptor, nnd a contract that was a most unrighteous ono that he lived up to to tho letter. My Shoyer was defeated Mr. Glbboney was nominated In a convention tint I have already stigmatized, and will do ea again, nnd could tell who wero respon sible for the conditions there. Faithful to Reform Subsequently I came out with a personal Indorsement of Edwin S. Stuart for Gov ernor and Samuel P, Rotan for District Attorney. For this, which I believed to be In the Interests of good government, I was stigmatized as a traitor, and upon that I was charged with having deserted the cause of reform, and you said in your arti cle that I ended my career as a reformer If refusing to stand by and see the city and citizens robbed' without a protest is desert Ihg tho cause of reform, then I have deserted It ; If always, at all times and consistently from the time I first entered public ofllcd to the present time, my own aim and de sire has been that the people shall shake or shackles of political contractors, on whatever side they happen to be. and run the government themselves, then I am still and always have been a reformer. I have taken no Interest in politics since I came out of the Mayor's office on the first Monday of April, 19Q7, except to re, ister and cast my vote, and sometimes to have discussed with vny fellow citizens tha situation. I have seen many things done In the name of the Republican Organization and In the name of reform, and I i things going pn today In both names which I should like to think was for the JnterSr of the .people of Philadelphia, but with my experience I cannot accept this, i thinO I see and understand the reasons for an ui present political strife, arid J think T could lorocuoi win uujcvis in view; put tt u -,1k my purpose to go data that I ojily ? sw.aB.t me to have hi:- m, the turt y fif A- A A itSeidt- rt?-''Sitir$i',e4, A TOUCH t What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who Is Count von UertllntT 2, Name a ltoman crneral who contested tW' xuprenincy of the empire with Jnllu vaettar. 3. What Is a facsimile? 4. Who mn Sir Arthur Sulllinn? f. Where Is Sussex? 0. Where Is the Tngllnmento and what U Its present importance? 7. Who Is Orlando? S. Who Is Ur, Knrl Muck? 0. What Is meant In ICntlantl by the polltlftl issue runeil "IVelMi lUsestabllsIunent"! 10. What two chemical elements are In commM IUDIO HUH' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. The Great Armnfln nf 1KHS! n. thonsanl ships sent by I'hlllp II of Spain aralill Knjrliinil. wrecked liv Queen KlUnheth'i commanders. Lord Howard and Drake, nnu uati weuuicr. .. Jui-Iilux Iilan: a Southern secret tII1ik society nf reconstruction days, IntenM tu keen lawless necriMM In nruer at a tlml when the soternmentn imposed by C tress permitted grate Injustice t Ml whites. 3, A number multiplied hy four Is quadrupled. 4. Conestmrn vtitconst the large ramos-coYered pralrl schooners" In which the ploneen . went West over the Conrstosa road. 5. Debacle, from the French! disaster. t C. The typewriter was Invented about the jeat't 1S78. i "!. KIiie Dutld was the most celebrated pitha-, 1st. ! 8. l'orace: food for animals, especially tnoH used in military operations, i 0. Sidney: capital of New South Wales aal j me oiuest city in Australia, j 10. Sluice, or iloodcate: a slldlne sate or other i nn4li'nnka annnalnff li IstVsil tit a1 lUllllllllllltl UI lllUliaiMei s,iasj ivvi a a J body of wuter by controlllnc the flow lnts I or out or it. CANTON'S WALL TO GO Canton, It appears. Is about to exchanrt her walls for an electric tramcar system) quite a startling announcement In connec-j tlnn with hl nnrlpnr Par Kastern cltV. Hlfl wnll Iq rIv tnllna In Ipneth nnd contains, lt Is comnuted. 421.000 square yards ofi lirlnV 4Kn.nnn nnitnrA vnrda of Stone Sna 1,000.000 cubic yards of earth. What I more, the removal of the wall means uitj removal also of some 5000 houses. Canton,, which is thus taking such a step toward rnTifnemlnff tr. tin.tn.ilnta WAgtem lde&8 Of utility and comfort, was, tt will be remem-J bered, the first Chinese port to open m doors to European trade. Christian Sclencs j -Monitor. YOUR HERO 1 Some soldier boy In some strange tent, "With the candle shadows creeping 'round. On a crusty cot of crumpled straw, And the dry sand dust drifting down, Whero a spider pet from its lazy lair TlrtftAa hlQ henit nf trnldcn hair Which, borne on memories' golden wlnffVl ureams ot nome ana nomeiy nuns" Is the soldier boy you sent away To the tune of tear drops the other day. And the prayers of your heart's yearnlnfr Some soldier boy on some far field. Where booming cannon blast the way, Filled with pride and fired with zeal, Fights and falls for victory, A packet tn the gaping wound, Ills ashen face on the crimson ground, A bit of bullet In the breast, And God alone to know the rest Is the soldier boy you sent away To the step of sighs he kissed away! And yet you smile with new-born Joy To know It was your soldier boy That served his country fighting. Some Kaldler hov In n. nrlson cell With gangrene wounds and ghastly v"vi ouuering me tortures or seven miu, AVasted, wan, worn and thin, Who clasps a locket that holds your smile And eyes that show a mother's trial, 'v wibij ui nuir .ana larmsnea rius. 1 1 Whose worth Is more than the wealth of kings Is the soldier boy you're proud to say Shouldered his gun and marched away To the beat of your heart's breaking. Some soldier boy In a shell-hole grave, Wlth no one near but the nelghborln dead, Sleeps the bloodstained sacrifice You made to uncrown punnet heads. Yet, though you cannot bfbok the loss. The years ot emptiness and dross That needs must be because he gave His life that freedom's cause mMfhtllr arou 'Wang ypiw Ot a so We Wsa Uliasasnif w - - '" 1 m.VHLIF . l' " HJ tmmP9MmMmmti TaW. :vtttm ""'-- u 'TiSALllys ArAticmm s sspGasalsaajl 'Si V. uafi&tfj U4&J m tsnmr assmsr twri OT mnaummi i II Win
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