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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
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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-
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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
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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. .
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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,
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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 ?
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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
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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,
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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
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