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pr month
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dr. BILL, 1000 WAI M T M,-T(INr. MIN 3(100
C7 AiUlrrai all tommuuu'otions to
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Member of the Associated Press
run tsm-i ri:n pur.ss m
q.tluirclii intitlcil Id llf nir for
'rfiinMirnfittii nf nil nctrx ili.;it7ir
tfrilltril to if mil olhinrii) rridited
in this ndnrr. nnd a ho Ihc lm nl iieirt
pioJiliril therein.
AH rights of tepiililn niton ot .niroiii
dispatches herein uri iln u'mrrril.
Phllldrlphii, Moiidar. Mir 3. 1020
A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
TJilngs on tlilrli Hip iifniilr -vpri'l
III nw Hilmlnlitrntliiii Jo concen
trate Its attention!
The Delaware river briilpr
A Arydock btp enough to oi'Omiiio
dote the largest ships.
Ucvelopmcnt of the rapid iiar-ii' .
tcm.
A convention hall
A buildinrj for the t re l.il a, i
An Art Museum
Enlargement of Hie irate supplu
Homes to accommodate Hie popula
tion. CLEAN-UP WEEK CLAIMS
TXriULtt it is olnious that eery I
week ought to be cleun up week, it
MU Mar
gWllrf'9.
yftlfflll,
m". i Th Kckmi.no I'i iimc Kkikikh In sened to
f ,- VubMirlbura 111 Philadelphia and MirroundlnK
ill. 'lyiwna at thn rato of twelvn (iy) centa per
j" week, pavabli) to the arrlpr.
( f, UK mall to nolntu nutidd of Philadelphia. I
vt I In thn tTttlffl Hint.. I'nnntlu. nr lnlfril t
.s equally obuous that broad general
orders seldom have the force of par-
icularired injunctions Doctor Fur- '
msh displays his psychological knowl
, dgc in fixing May ." l May 10 as a
pecial season for sprucing up the town,
or .clearing out rubbish, for nefresh
nent by paint, for plumbing rnpairs. ,
Consideration of this last subject is
npcratlvo. The water shortave during
tie winter was partly due to defective
Ipes nnd spigots, prime agencies of
nste. The spring supply is usually
dequatc, but it is no secure indey of
'jmmer conditions. Prompt attention
1 plumbing repairs at the present time
111 aid materially in forestalling n
fater famine in the coming hot spells.
hen the consumption is always pro-
igiously Increased. '
I'hiladelphians should take pride in ,
.ndering clean-up week worthy of its
ltne.. In cases where this sentiment i '
(Sufficient it is well to remind bnck
idcrs of the sheer necessity of putting
ie civic house in order.
CORRUPT AND CONTENTED?
IHEKR'i.s nothing to indicate that a
recount of tiie primary vote in ew
. "rsey will give a larger totul to Seuu
r Johnson. The result of a re
rnniinatiou of the ballots in all parts
' Ihe state might even bo a somewhat
rger majority for Wood. Hut Senator
1 or any one else who. by probes and
ipenls to the courts and general air-
jt tissieness in the interest of fair clec
B'( ons, can manage to focus general at-
ntion on the operation of the ma
ilncs in Camden county and Atlantic
1 Ity will do n very deliuite service to
ie state and to all the people who
ye in it.
Other communities have ,nr tight.
iss-ruled political organisations to
arass them, but now and then they
.bel and decent opinion manages to
" isert Itself as a cheek on the shameless
roiltccr.s in polities. iut who ever
, ejird of nn independent movement id
,'amden county, where "navy'" linird
i tho genius of the organization '.' At '
hat can bo said for a political ring like
int in Atlantic City, which at the re
nt primary elected as delegate to the
'atlonal convention a negro who hap-
Vned to be awaiting trial under a
targo of receiving stolen goods - Jersey
itually basa political onsciem e vvhieii
nds expression in the vote of the farms
id the northern mantles. Hut that
iro is often defeated by the machines
hlchxvork with clocklike precision at
vvoru irom tne r.iurds or the liucha-
tchs.
QUERIES
Ui-STIOX.VAIUi:s when will b
X distributed during the week to all
?iploycs pf the i m nnd a general stir
"y bx efficiency experts ure intended to
'classify the busy workers, eliminate!
UPi motion and smooth out wage in
itialises. The service expe. ted of each
Beinl is to be , leurly defined "
Do tho efficiency persons know that
ie most important jobs are not at the
all nnd that they ure uitually missing
ie big gnnie? I'ntil lately Mr Van
as boss of the city nnd fie did not even
yq in it.' Can he be "cleurly de
oed"? "Fncle Dave ' Lane has al
ays been an active ami powerful force
i municipal affairs. Can even a gifted
ficiency expert defiue Fncle Dave's
Scinl relation to the (ommunityV How ,
lall he b called'.' Advisory coun
dor, patriarch, feudal lord or what'
.nil how much per duy should lie be
aid for his matchless services''
COLONIAL "NATIONALITY"
MHO UGH the attitude of (ireat
J Britain toward the diplomatic
Ightu of Canada bnv-- not yet been fully
?fined, it is evident thut the Dominion
i seriously desirous of acquiring a new
tatus. .Plans for the full diplomatic
finrnHenrimnii of I nniiilii in wnuilni,
ntitUon
on ure now said to be in l-ri-siiliiit '
Wilson's hands. Our feeling in tlie -
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Uttvirr will uiimi uii. ueip in ueierinme
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ow iar uie uioveiueni in wituvvu is to
ya carried.
Tho novelty of a '-oloiii" wuh i ,
its i
vvn envoy Is still somewhat startling. -Che
reconstructed world will, however,
Kobably soon have to accommodate
(Self to this nnd to similar departures
rom trudltlou
.Voreottcn Iceland formally applied
Jit) other day for admission into the
rvp L League of Nations, omlnallj this re-
tnotn island, people'ii by descendaitts ofj
ilit YikiujE and "peaking their ancient'
7
toiiRtio but llttlo Chang),, is under ttye
J Ditilsh crown.
More thnn n year ngo the Inhabitants
Were smut oil n mnxlimiin of autonomy.
1'or nil practical purposes tucy urcTiow
I entirely scIf-KuvcrniiiK. If the Lnnn-
dlnn nmbltions nre realized, nu Icc
Innillc iiilnlstr may 11N0 some day be
seeking ndmission to Vv'uslilngUm'H dip-
louintic corps.
Kvlf-itotorinlnntlun W an luliulrnblc
1 Mill linn riot? ilnrtrlniv Triiilltliltl nnil
'""In formerly accepted notions of
colonial authority wither, however,
' under Is rnn il .imorK.
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THE PEOPLE. NOW NOMINATE
THEIR OWN PRESIDENTS
But a Hundred Years Ago They
Neither Nominated Nor Voted
for Them
ATTK Alti; o elose to what is going on
' that we do not ronlize the historical
siguilli'iinre of the pre-couvcntion can- i GRAFT DE LUXF
vass for the presidential nominations. L.....
If Jefferson or .liihn Adams or James lrPAA1 AYhu,s ,vll ""ffcr most by
Madison could be summoned frjjin, the , Krnft "nvis always tolerated a re-
liinih nr frmii wlnitovor- ulnlin lu imivJ "lied CXnilllllc of the nncletlt nrt In tlin
be occtipjing "on tlie other side," and
could be induced to submit to an Itjter-
Mew with a well-informed political re
porter mi the modern methods of select
ing candidates for the presidency, the
result would be intensely interesting.
Much has been said about the rulu
of the people being set up in this coun
try with the adoption of the constitu
tion. I tut. there was little democracy
as we know democracy in the early ills-
j torj of the nation. The country was
I ruled Iff nu oligarchy of revolutionary
' heroes for a long period of years.
j livery schoolboy knows that the f min
ers of Hie constitution did not think the
1 peypie knew enough about government
to be trusted to select tin President,
, and that they created u body of, electors
who should do the selecting for the
people. 1'very woimin. whether she be
a suffragist or not, knows that the
electors do not elect. They simply rat
ify what the people have done
According to their lights, the fathers '
nl the republic wore right. The nation
oicri'd a lurge area. There were no
railroads and no electric telegraph lines.
The people of Massachusetts knew little !
about the people of South Carolina, nnd
Virginia and New York were separated j
by a long and tedious journey. The
elect, is ner" provided in order that they
might u.l tor the people
I Jilt as they
were to otc in their respective states
there was m, certainty thnt they would I
agree on am one. It therefore became , Mouiu pay in money, if only in the in-
lii ssarv for some self-constituted nil- ' tores( of good bookkeeping. It would
thorlty to siigsest candidates for the t,,r" ,'" possible to keep the record
presidential electors to vote for. The Uraight Complimeutiiry service on
suggestion was llrst made by caucuses j telephoin lines, rnilwiiys and trolleys
of the members of Congress representing ! should he abolished altogether, since no
the different parties. . company can afford to give its service
Thu. although the constitutional con- ' "'" nothing. Thut experiment is never
ventloii rejected the proposition that pv,'n attempted (Jraft by individuals
Congress 'should elect the President, we or, ' a nuinicipal government is iu
hnd Congress actually performing that , evitably covered 'In the overhead charges
function by indirection. And the people
took little interest in the matter. They
did not even take the trouble to vote in
very large numbers
So late as 1.SLM. when the electors in
eighteen states with a total population
of 7.MJO.00O were chosen by pVmilnr
vote, the
total vote polled
in
f llOvn
those '
states was only .'W.'i.OOO. Penu-iylvania
In P.Uti. with u population of only
1.000.0(10 more than those eighteen
states, cust a total vote for the prcsi
deiitlal candidates of l..'t(Mi,iiim. And
yet pessimists are saying thut'the peo
ple are- indifferent and that unless they
bestir themselves the republic is doomed.
The congressional caucus us a nomi
nating device wore itself out and in
! 1S1M its candidate. William 11. Cruvv-
1 ford
secretury of the treasury, the!.,
favorite of President Madison, was third '
III the race when the votes were counted.
Other candidates had neen nominated by I
resolution of the state Legislatures or '
by local i (inventions, but there was no1
unanimous agreement m the parties on i
any one. Ihe system broke down and
Then President Jackson, who wanted
Martin Van I'.uren to succeed him.
called a liutional (invention in l.s.",." to
make the nomination Vnn lluren hud
been previously nominated for the vice
presidency in a convention controlled i
o .lucKson a convention culled because
Jackson could not control the action of
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the state Legislatures.
Indeed, so little respect was shown
for th popular will in those days that
it was commonly believed that Jackson
had arranged u program curly in hia
tirst teim to cover the next twenty -four
years It included eight yeurs in the
presidency for himself, to be followed
by eight years for Van I'.uren and eight1"1"1 "-'.,iaU'1 powers. t which it is
years more tor 1 homus II. licntou. (tut ,
events over which he had lio control
upset this interesting plan. And the
convention system introduced to pul '
Martin Van lluren over in the first .
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The i onielitions vjln, i will meet tl, t
month uie very different from the origi
uul gatiiertiigs. Delegates wei.- origi
nallv appointed by the political lend, is
mure fn-ipiently thaii they were elei ted ;
and .sometimes they were self appoint' d.
The mudern convention is made up of
delegates apportioned among tin- states
ucording to their population and
elected either in n-presentntivi state
lonventiuns or by the voters t.n mselvcs
at prinuiries.
The result of this svstt-u, ,, t it t the
nominees are more fully leprcscntulive
of the people than ut any other time in
the history of the (ouutry The number
of votes polled at the primaries is not
large, b-it it is fully a lurge a propor
tion of the eleetoBiite lis vote for presi
dential candidates in lie early history
of the country.
. I
m '
Ihe conventions in Chicago uud
Mm I rauciscoswill h- informed ns to
the popular strength of tlie leading can
didates for the nomination. Whatever
may be the weakm s-s of the primary i
system it serves ns a popular referen- '
dum. And the number of voters who I
go to the trouble to express their pref- i
erences indicates that there is wide
spread interest in tin selection of can- i
didates. i
The modern inventions of the railrond,
tlie telegraph, tlie telephone and tl
"'
pertectlng printing press, which bus
made possible the publication of dnllv
-"i'"i-i- jiu mrm- ircuiaiioiis. na-e
Rl,r,'n'' m,t ,,ul knowledge of political
issues Iimon-' nil tin, rnuinln t.i.f ..!., I
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L?t.,11'tuilf,., ft f llltt rVfl.JAHnlltn n-..l .. L,,f
""-- -- i"-imui) nun aoiu-
''h a,ll) acnievements ot ull the candi-
dates
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A political device which would
have been unworkable in IfiOO
smoothly and efficiently in 1020.
moves I
Jeflerson or Adamsor Ma,I.,o would
be no more astounded by the modern
mechunicul inventions than by the de-
velopmeiit of political consciousness
n'UOIlff the miISS Of the people. The fact
tliat the people vote would doubtless be
regarded, byheso nien ns a vindication
of their theories td a greater extent
than they lind believed possible
Ami It Is Birtili n vindication, 'j'en
nyon's Hue phrase about government
"broad bused on' the people's will" is
mote fully applicable to tlio fnited
states than to any other country. Who
ever in nominated Jn either of the great
conventions will bo more completely the
choice of tlu iini-M- itiim in..- f tlin
Presidents elected between the invention
of the congressional caucus system of
making nominations mid the develop
ment of the convent nn avstrm. Thn
fact that no man Is likely to have n
majority ot the delegates Instructed by
the primaries will not Invalidate thU
statement, for the delegates tire in fact
instructed to make the best nomination
possible out of thy candidates before It.
Whoever is chosen, he will be the man
who cmnincfiils himself to the largest
nuinbcr of delegates nnd he- will not be
n man foisted upon the party bv
oligarchy of leaders.
an
, vios ",U(1 .v eities nnd towns upon
l ,1,, s-ervice of utilities corporations,
which, ny an odd process of reasoning,
are supposed to. pay for their franchises
with donations of light, power nnd
water. Free gas. free electric current,
free water are not actually free. The
householders in tills city actually pin
indirectly for the 'J."(,000 street light's
maintained ."without charge" by the
I. I!. I., and for the arc lights which
the electric: service corporation pro
vides us a sort of gift to the munici
pality in return for the right to operate.
In principle such practice Is bad.
Levies of this sort originated with the
habU of mind thanmltted frle".. !
r":..'':!"U"-V,s f,',,r l,"litu,j"s "'V1 thelri.
irieims and all sorts of .special privi-
','Kt" w"ieli corporations once were will
mg to grant to persons of influence
who regarded them as lit subjects for
exploitation. In the end the public paid
tne tare of the nass-carrierv. It imld
largely, if indirectly for -nil the favors
granted to its influential representa
tives in political office. Kimilnrlv. it
pays for gas and electric service that is
supposed to be free.
the rbllc Service Commission has
acted properly in deciding Hint cin and
boroiiKli Bovertimi.iiis 1 1 Vii
insist nni. ,Z "'I, M,jl,t. to
insist upon this sort of "free" service,
which, to sy the least of it. is leml-
nisceiit of the dark age of iiolitical rea-
soiling. If utilities corporations are to
I" flir 'I'eir franchise privileges they
"' Public seniee corporntlous. ami it is
paid in the i ml by the consumer. This
city should pay for its uns nnd elec
tricity and lake its tolls decently in
license charges unless the utilities com
panies wish to make' compensating re
ductions in the rates charged to their
Pntrons.
THE
DolKS
"KNOX DOCTRINE"
PI2XUO.SK subscribed to the
'Knox Ilo trine" some months aco
when bis senatorial colleague from
Pennsylvania shed oratoiicul tears over
the severity of the treaty of Versailles.
Mr. Knox's peace resolution, which has
been favorably reported by the foreign
relations committee and will be consid-
red Ii, the upper house on Wednesday. ;
almost coincident with the birth of ; ;;.,;;' 7;rm7m, "" " "'"" """""' I The Palmer way is to wait until all
Knox boomlet for the presidency. , One eveniii", just after adjonrirhient. I llll proeesses of manufacture and dis
The situation is interesting in its bear- ,yoxf KTC him' sneak in. and Instnntlv I tribution have been completed, nnd then
mg on the beautiful trait of loyalty. ,
Mr. Pentose has declareiKthut Mr. Knox .
had the relit idea, and Mi. l'enio.se inl'" ,1!,,t every legislator that came along
eftect clings to that view.
Admiration of a coadjutor nii go no
further, .mn. Mr. Knox's conception
'of the treaty with (lerniany seems to
1 have undergone a considerable chnnge.
Time wii- when he called
it harsh. I
I unreasonable, cruel, lime is when he
I ilciiunds In Ins elaborate peace resolu
, .
tion that ' the 1 nited States, though it
"as "Ol
r.ititied the treaty of Versailles.
it docs i,i.i waive any of the rights
I privileges, indemnities, reparations nnd
I ndvnntiigis to which it and its nationals
have be, oine entitled under the terms
of the aimistice signed November 11,
liH.s. or any extensions or modifications
I thereof, or which under the trentv of
Versailles have been stipulated for its
benefit us one of the pniicipal allied
entitled
Slioug statesmen an- alleged to be
iiiMfuiid of reversing ihennelves. Mr.
Kimx evidently lacks nothing of their
loiirage. He lias no hesitancy in urg
ing the nation to accept every gainful
piovision of a treaty which he has con
demned us ruthless ami iniquitous.
Moreover, it is not to be overlooked thut
many of the most important rulings of
the treuty are ineytrnably involved in
the functioning of the wicked League
of Nations. Is it to be i oustrued that
Mr. Knox is not a lousUtent foe of
that international society?
Tlie query is one of many arising in
connection with tins fascinatiug decla
ration of pcai ' bv resolution. The
validity of the alien property law,
hitherto unquestioned, is constructively
indorsed. The n.unj claims of the
American Government and its nation
als aguinst licrmany are' to -be settled
in some future treaty. Under whut
particular new prev,iiie Germany is to
be made a pariv to sin-h u pact is not
made clear, unless .he is to fall in line
because of her subscription to the treaty
of Versailles which we have rejected.
The resolution also proclaims peace
will, Austria Itv u lint mennu our
(hums against tins shrunken nation nre
to be supportid is soinethipj; Unspeci
fied The treaty of St. Oermaln is ig
nored. It is Vcisailles on which Mr.
Knox pins his hopes on n peace protec
tive of our rights.
'it willTepay Americans to rend every
word of the Senate peace resolution.
Tiny vvdll be illuminated concerning
the Knox Doctrine nnd also the un
flinching intensity of .Senator Penrose's
I admiration for his favorite candidate.
It takes a truly "strong man to pro
claim a peace on a rejected treaty.
Attorney general thinks his ex-
i pos-ire thwarted plnns for strikes and
assassinations. i-reut llttlo back-
peilll er JlU'f Mi" iiireiiin iikuiosi lOOU
'.dii -s ki-..t down prices''
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""TrsiimoiiyJiiV-lhe Xorth Penn Hank
rSrtWrthtftiS
world's present spending orgy much the
J hame (omlltlon exists,
i
I v if lv-no will surest Penms
j fftP the presidency the Joke will be com
I pbtc. ' '
THE OLD LOCtHlEL
Reminiscences of a Famous Hotel
That Has Closed Its Doors For
ever Famous Old Harris-burg-Headquarters
! "' KOOK NOX McCAIN
.M"11' l'ocllol Hotel In Harrisburg
winch, next to. the" Mononenheln
House itr Pittsburgh nnd the old llellc
vue and Continental In Philadelphia,
was the most noted hotel in Abe state,
ClOSCU its doom llnnriv i Anrll IT
It hail sadly Regenerated in the past;
twenty years, Its passing will stir j
tun memories nmong the grny-liaired
sun Ivors of a past generation of poli
ticians. It was in its heyday in the twenty
years from laSO to 11)00. Ueorgu W.
Hunter, n genial, quiet nnd somewhat
reserved mail, vlth arnv hnlr nnil hitiivv
gra.V niU.Slnchc. 1M Itu mn,r until l.n I
ii. .i i.. .1.. hi. .".:' """.v. ::'.
V, 1 ".. e ,alc eighties, ins mantle
I then fell upon bis sou, Forest Hunter,
i ii courteoiiH and popular young man,
who managed It for years and who, re
I tired, still Ives in llarrlsburg.
! Aone of their successors ever had the
popularity of the Hunters, father and
son, in the management of the Lochlcl.
ITTKNIIY K. BOYEK, former Speaker
jJ--Lof the House, state treasurer, and
Iseyirul times a government offieinl in
l mis ciiy. claims the distinction of hav
ing introduced Itoies Penrose to Mat
thew .Stanley Quay in the old Lochiel.
It was the political pivot of Pennsyl
vania Itepilblicanism during the years ,
I have mentioned.
The center of political griivity then
changed to the Commonwealth Hotel, at
the northeast corner of Market street
and the ".square." "Jim" lluss, nn
Italian immigrant, who began life by 1
sliming shoes In Hnrrisburg and rose
" W UM !
"" uss established the Senate,
Hotel, on Hie onnosite comer
the square, with its famous restaurant. '
The restaurant building has, within tln
past eight week's, been torn away nnd '
a big office building is to be erected on '
1... . tin
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lUU phi.-.
At one time four of the Ituss family
oiMicd or mannged hotels in Hnrrisburg
the Hotel Ituss, owned by "Pat"
IJuss; the (iraud Hotel, bv Lewis Ituss:
I the Commonwealth, by James Ituss, nnd
i the Hotel Columbus, on Third sttcct,
I .-V t . " UUs . , ' ,
f i . e ,,os1t-,lr,C3 have disap-
M'"r,',, "' d"lB'd bauds, and the sole
I survivor In the hotel business today is
Monis 12. Ituss, of the Columbus. I
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(ll l'"' SI'""er nnd less noted hotels i
vy "' 'he "ist dec;
fidti fit tlin Inti ontt.
! '"f-1 ,il" ''(hinal Hotel, whoso pro-
prietor was Fred W. Kbel, immediately , ,
to the tear and north of the Htato i
House, and the Hnrris House, on ISorth
I bird stn-et. were perhaps the best
known. '
itoin oi iiuyni were conspicuous as
thirst emporiums. A member could
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, .K:l":V..lr " "?'"?': " i "" "p
;. '.!..''. :."L...-l".V ".",";.. ',"l.i.V?-
piai e nnd be back
in us seat again m
i the space of eight minutes. That is,
provided he did not encounter u coterie
of fellow -sufferers in the bar who in-
I sisieil upon his tarrying in the oasis.
I Tlie Harris House was noted for lis
1 coiu shocks in the way ol shclllish,
cold meats, saluds and "sieh."
Hn.
sides there was n side entrance
from
jail alley that was easy
f access for
Iegi.slators with a tender conscience and
dread of publicity in their libations.
For those of the senators and mem
bers wiio, boarded downtown It was a
halfway house between the hill and the
dining table at the midday adjourn
ment. '
JOHN H. F
joke in the
Ovv . once perpetrated a
e Harris
House that wus
talked
if for years afterward. A
member
from n central county was a
"tight wad" and a solo drinker. His
custom was to drop hurriedly into the
' .""'V. '' ,.I.I"r"7..1 SL
passed the word to a couple of mem- '
ber- walking down the street with him .
ami are mm into tue iinrris iinusc wiru
I tin- uiiiiouiiciiiieiit that '.IOC li is
buying drinks."
Meanwhile Fovv rushed in and In his
jovial way insisted that the tightwad
"set 'em up." He delayed his victim
with an anecdote for a few nioineiil.s
until tne crown negan pouring in ami
then turning to the grinning legislators
loudly announced: "Come on. fellows;
Joe's buying the drinks."
The victim's bill was u thriller be
fore he could make a breakaway, lie
was never known to take a drink in u
public bur in Hnrrisburg ufterwurd.
GKOHG12 M. IIAP.IIY is a
burg institution. That is u
Han is
s lur us
one Individual can be.
Every legislator who amounted to
uny thing in
the last twenty-five yeais
Knew inni. ills cigar store nt the cor
ner of Third and Walnut streets, just
ns you emerge from the Cupitol grounds,
is a legislative landmark. He lias sup
plied the Executive Mansion for uearlv
a ipiurter of a century with cigars.
.Wore political stories have been told
in his place than anywhere in Harris
rburg outside the Capitol itself,
lie is u lornicr ncwspniicr nnd sum
mcr report correspondent. He was nn
Associated 1'rcns mnn, too. Inrficl W
Durham mudc lii.-i place his hcuibiunr
tors ilurini; some of the hottest liuttln
on the hill.
ff -
I,
NOTICK that the
ever recurrent
on the board
-;C
awiii in rhllndelphla. mill Jr. llnrri
Its a plt.v they emit hi-en that
old skeleton from rattlim: every once in
.. e u4i.i:n.. ...... i
n while. lery time I hear it bones
shake I recall an episode thut occurred
during the seion in which it been tne u
law
"It was when the urnnrt consolida
tion of Philadelphia trolleys took plueo
and the present Itupiil TrnnKit came into
helnir. I never saw anybody work
harder than some of the 1'lillndelphia
leaders did for that measure.
"The last nii:ht when, the bi'l was
to ionic up op third rending und final
passage the half dozen men who were
onj,'ineerinc it locked themselves up in
a room in the Lucille! Hotel. Thej sent
word they wanted Rome of the best
ciKiirs I had and told me to bring them
myylf
"It wiii- such u star-clinniber afTair
that tliev biivc mc u password, for no
one (ould Ret iu without it.
"When I But there I found J'.. Dur
ham. John Elkin. Clnyt. HrL nnd two
or three more whose iiiimos 1 do not
recall. I had to take u second supply
nf cisarn up to them. I never saw n
group ot men smoke ns mnny clftars In
so short a time in my life.
"Hut, juiIkIiib by results, they smoked
to some purpose." -
When the city pnyH the L. (I 1.
for servico now free there will, of
course, be some little delay before the
consumer gets the benefit in reduced
rates. And there is aJLwnys danuer in
delay.
The
"White
Wenry."
'hour of clean-up week is
Wings, They Never Grow
'Both sides rested in the Moyer
" Out of breath, probably.
trial
Clean-up day in California tomor
row.
May Das paused !u a gust of ora-
tory,
"OH, FOR A
MHraefiaaWfSM rif.p &?' I
Aci
HOW DOES IT
STRIKE YOU?
I Trrt.
j y .,
HF.RNAI.I) M. IIAItrCII. writ
ing to the Senate committee which
is investigating the price of shoes, makes
siuie suggestions: .a
" have no doubt thaFthc cost of
manufacturing, handling and sale of
shoes could be very substantially re
duced if the manufacturers, whole
' salers and retailers would pursue sub
I stnntially the course which was being
pursued in 1IHS nnd standardize and
limit shape, styles and colors, rather
thnn unnecessarily multiplying them to
, appeal , to the fuds: nnd fancies of a
i consuming public prodigal in their cx-
pendltures.
"This might be accomplished by cre
ating a government agency, under whose
supervision and regulation not only this
Industry but nil industry could eo- eis nut noes not attempt to control eco
operate to standardize production, dim- i noniic processes which take thousands
inate waste, stimulate efficiency nnd re- of dollar.- out of our pockets,
duce costs." I
q q ,, I 3 q
,,.., . .,'.... ' T'1' ' in''' there was one industry
mill, way lo control costs .is the way , 1 .... . . . . . ,
! J -vtr iinm.fl, ,! Mr Hoover con
trnll'n,! 'em-tu dnrine the war at their
source; not at the other end of the
,,..- .. , .1 II... 1 n.iiIn,1
into the hands of the consumer.
arrest some retailer or middleman tor
charging too much.
Mr. Iluruch's way is lo start at the
beginning, standardize production, fix
prices at once upon the standardized
article. '
i q
WHEN Ihe armistice was
was plain to every one
signed it
plain to every one inni ine
regulation ot industry uuu toou control
should be continued during the period
of reconstruction or that u period of
(I'onomic chaos would follow.
The regulation of industry wits un
popular with business.
As soon as the war was over certain
lines of business wanted to get free to
make fud styles and other nonessen
tials. They did not want to be tied down to
making essentials.
11ml tltnt.. Iwieti si, tied fltiU'n the cost
nf y.vin iI1Mt,.ud of udvauciug this year
would have declined.
The regulation of industry and food
control wlrcn the war ended was in the
hands of business men.
The sympathies of the controllers was
with business in its desire to be free to
follow its own sweet will in making
once more the nonessentials, to satisfy
lie Krcnt npiictitc for luxuries which!1'" "f the "Three Itlucl; Crown" is
ml been crcntcd by vvur prollts, hich J'lititlcil "The Itcd Ilirds," but the plot
vvnirps (lurlnc the war und the months of
enforced Bclt-dcniiii or cuuhiimrrs.
A wonderful mnrkct existed
every one wus anxious to get at il
q q
and
ONTiNUKI) regulation niter
tin
, J sicniiiB of the unnistlce would have
i been unnontilar.
- - :." . . . . .
The aUmlnlHtrntion tvoutii have hud
liiiMiiifMi on lth buck.
A coin-uncoils
udmiiitrutioii
would
have refuted the desire of Industry to
have nil control off at once.
Itut the udnilnlstriitiou wus not cour- I
ageous.
It faced the neiessity of entering n
national campaign in u jenr. I
It knew how it would be attacked for
routiniiluK wartiine control even in a
modified and relaxed fofm after fighting
had ceased.
So it ended industrial control. j
It stopped doing what Mr. liaruch
says it ought now resume doing, j
It stopped eliminating waste and on- I
forcing standardization and preventing
the production of nonessentials bj and
with thp co-operation of industry.
And therebj it gave lirense to costs I
to mount and sturted a holiday for I
profiteers. i
The iidmiiilstrntion Is mistake or
weakness with regurd to sugar wus
typical "f its mistakes und weakness
everywhere.
Had it retained sugar lontrol. sugar
could huve been sold to the public at
ten cents n pound.
Not willing to make fish of the sugar
industry when it made flesh of the other
industries, It took its restraining hand ,
off sugar and the price of sugar went
skyward.
Tho failure to continue the reirulntion
of sugar cost the public SI, 000, (1(10, (100.
The fuilure to continue the generul
regulutlou of industry during recon
struction cost tho public many more
bllllourt of dollnrj.
q j q
THi; administration blundered: blun
dered irreparably.
Mr. llaruch's letter to Senator Mc
fs'ary ndvslng n return to wartime con
trol proves that It blundered,
rjfbe blunder will not le corrected bq.
NATIONAL CLEAN
I " lESlMlmli Wih il '-
llarucfi Plan to Ilring Iioicn Prices
Mentis the Sack, White Palmer
Picks Up Fatting Grains
cause the administration will neither
have the courage to acknowledge it
mistake nor the courage to do an net
which will bring business upon its buck.
Tlie fault is everybody's.
It rests upon the public, with its
expensive appetites, its vulgar taste for
luxury and display which have directed
the producing energies of the country
awny from essentials.
It rests upon Industry, which is cha
otic, exhausting mvv material supplies
and bidding madly against itself for
small available resources.
Audit rests upon the government,
which is cowardly in emergencies, which
fulls us in dealing with realities, which
is efficient in sei.ing the pickpocket
who takes a few cents out off our nock.
stico that it was proiiosed to abolish
government regulation, came to Wnsh-
I ington and protested thnt chaos would
follow.
. That was the steel industry.
j If that is true, set it down to the
credit of the steel industry.
1 In general, a ipiepr notion ot free
(loin Interfered with the continuation of
i the War industries hoard and food con-
( trol (luring reconstruction.
i Ve resent government interference.
We want our luxuries when we want
them.
We nre free nnd we nre paying hand
somely for our freedom, while we wnteli
Attorney General-Palmer picking up
one by one the grains thnt run out of the
sack instead of sewing up the hole in
the suck.
Members of Council are to be given
an opportunity to see Market street
without the illumination of electric
signs. It is possible that they have so
souii forgotten the lightless nights ot
war days?
'I'Iip incrcuse of it ilollur n tun for
ion I u the li-Mult of the luiuiTN' vvukc
iiicrcii-c is mere n pluul; iu the coal
Will lie.
Wood nnd .Tolinson will
lumw which of them bus the
liKlit to hiuK "Muryluiul, Jlv
luiiil '
(horlly
Kieuter
Mmy-
I'lilmcrV
revised
i.f
the
i " """''' "' Hame.
Te.uustiTS and laboreiH in local
iiinber jnnls struck on Snturda.v Un
ilslicr vvaites, and aie liiiocldni: wood
1 while
ihcy vvuit.
I
i liuiiioviiiL'on Thiii-iiiiin nf ni,i
mine l..t i,,,,.,,,. iiii....i .Vni t
eurrjinK Indiana with u loud hosuuna
" "'v "i ;i.i 11 1 ut'
hie interesting thing about the
primaries is that the conventions nuiy
pay absolutely no attention to them.
1 'aimer may not prove u success as
a dark horse, but he's right at tlie front
when it comes to mures' nests.
1 1 is not seriously believed that the
.New Jersey recount will cut any serious
tiguiu iu the convention.
Members of the fust set vveie much
lu evidence on the cinder puth iii Kruuk
liu field on Haturdit.
It is probably not true that when
are lost his Bible ho consoled himself
witji a prujcibook.
WALTON ROOF
yo DISTINCTIVE DIVEnHIONh His
.t u.ii,r soivtiiu viiou Evi:uiii;itK
Clinrles Gibbs 1u,'"' I'honoeraph
and Muulml Mlrnle
Vanda Hoff i'itoinitmio
DanchiK
Sawyer, Ruddack & Peacock
. D.inccs and flonea
Margaret Irving "'
Nina Payne ""'""
Different Danre
Ai'ADKMV-ScniH Hppo'ii, UlQ Chestnut
Philadelphia Orchestra
LEOPOLD KTOKOWHICI. C'ondnetor '
KUIDAY AF-rKHNOON. Mni 7. t a'oo I
HATUIIDAY BVKNJNtft My 8. at 8,13
FINAL CONCERTS.
Beethoven's, Ninlli Symphony
UP WEEK!"
' . .. ,
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What Bo You Know?
QUIZ
How long lias Greece been an inde
pendent kingdom?
Who Is the present leader of tho
Democratic minority In tho Senate?
What is the smallest pnrtlclo ot mat
ter according to :i theory recently
advanced-'
When did the I'arls Commune break
out7 '
What is a llnnge?
AVIuit aro the plurals of the word
locus?
How Ions Hd tho actual lighting in
the .Spanish-American War con
tinue? '
Of xvluit country Is Teheran tho
capital?
What river flows through the Grand
Canyon?
Which state had tho most signers of
tho Declination of Independence?
Answers to Saturday's Qulr
i James C. Jlclteynolds was tho llrst
attorney general of the United
States In President Wilson's cabi
net. The colors ot the flag of Greece aro
bluo and white.
Jean Frolssart wus a celebrated
French chronicler. IIo related tho
leading events lu the history of
France, England. Scotland nnd
.Spain, covering tho period between
11107 nnd 1400. Frolssart, wnB born
in Valenciennes In 1337. Ho died
In U10.
The sibylline books were a, collec
tion ot oracles belonging to the an
cient Itoir.an state, and were often
consulted by magistrates for guid
ance. A "Pauline conversion" la ono which
Is sudden und complete.'
Phoenix lu tho capital of Arizona.
right Vice Presidents subsequently
bccime Presidents of tho United
Mates.
They were John Adams, Thomas Jef
ferson, Martin Van lluren, John
Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew
Johnson, Chester A. Arthur und
Theodore Roosevelt.
The famous diamond, the Koh-1-noor,
has been the property of the llrlt
Ish irovvn since 1819.
S.
I !.
10.
lo.
l'lUI.AIH.I.PHIA'K I.EADINO THEATHES
Direction LEE Jl J. J. SHUIIEHT
Chestnut St OPEHA ! EVOS. nt 8:15
nestnut Ot. ,IO,.8E LMt. w.i. . sat.
.TONIGHT AT 8:15
dl IVIIU MOHOsfo Piesonts
CHARLOTTE
GREENWOOD
In
lhUI Hi lulu ll
"Linger Longer Letty"
WITH A 'IVIMCVI. MOIIOKCO OAHT AND
IIIU (JIIOMS OP llltOADVVAV IIEAUTIES
SAM . CMnDrD'f''T:;e8. nt 8:13. i
IlroHill.H OnUDdrxI J1.00MAT. WED '
I-oeuxt IST MAT HAT. I
. 'i.l JIl'SICAL 8H0W I
Avr (i
WEEK
LAST 8
TIMES
THE Clloiu n js x -vONDEK
A f)E T'pV? I Evenings at 8:20
r cT -t H L Matinees at 2:25
LAST 6 NIGHTS
' bJ Mnt Thura Final Mat aat
ii.vzr.1.
DAWN
JOHN
AHTUUIt
OTIILItS
I YR1P ,:vos at SMS. M.00MAT. WED
U. I 11V u:a MAT HAT
A ML'MK'AL MAHTEItl'IECE THE
AGIC
"Enterlalnlns l no name for II
ut all It'll a riot' A kuovkout."
N AMERICAN,
EL0DY -
CHARLES PURCELI.
JILIA DEAN, TOM MeNAUailTON,
II1SRTEE IIUAl .MONT A EMMA HAIO
Hie -Ojieretta you will soo ncaln and ai-alnl
lm mualc will liaunt you I
ORPHEUM JIut- Tomorrow, i'Oo, iloc,
MAE DESMOND p .. 2o. SBe 60. ft 7Bo
& fijvvEHH 1 air and Warmer
IAV IA ti invnru .(...nK...
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! 13citai. IVlny Ebrey Hotz soano
I WITHEIIHPOON HALL
'flll'HBDAY i:V(l MAY II. Silr,
Tleliett, lleppo'a, 11 In Cliealnut fit
Peopl
Kenq. Ave. ft Cumhrlnn,1
eSCIRLSDE LOOKS
T- -
wnn ivauon ft toliau
AV'alnut Ah. Hill Mat. Today
ni'inri r . ruvuin o
V.bino BEHMAN SHOW
.s.v.n pmui.lin
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"TH& WOMAN an'u puppet"
ADDED NDW IIAttOLD LLOYD COin-nv
"AN EABTEUNEn WB8TEKNQI"
Kna"nllSi Starti"8 Monday Next
thu noTunn tou-vu dehn awaiting
CECIL B. Dc MILLE'S
PAIlAMOUNT-XllTCltAtT WCTUllF.
WHY CHANGE '
YOUR WIFE?
'NOTAlltAl CAST IIHADED IIT
TIIOMAB MEiaHAN' & OLOIUA HWANanv
Dazzling In Tjplemlor ot 1'ro.luctlon
P A L A C p
WALLACE REID
IN PARAMOUNT-AIlTCnAI-T PfCTt nr
"TE DANCIN FOOL"
NEXT WEEK "THE niVEHS' END"
ARCADIA
, CHESTNUT JIEUW ICTir l
10 A. M.. ia, b. 3:4fi, r.MR. 7s4r, nj.in p m
WALLACE REID
NEXT WEEK "I1Y IHHHT OP WAT
V I C T o R f A
" .Mnrlttt Rlret Almve Ninth
0 A. M. to ll:m l M.
PAULINE FREDERICK '' ,
Added Comedjj-'-Oreat NIcKej, i:hh$"'"
starting Monday Next
(301.DWVN PUESENTS A NEW
REX BEACH Production
"The Silver Hor'de"
- HETTKlt THAN -rilE St'OH.Ens
C A P I T O" T
i he Confession t'cmturins
" Honry ft, Wnlihai
RE G.E "NT
M tTlt'T" itm -. A
Constance Binney ,n "thb
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MAHIvET RTHEET
AT JUNIPEH'
11 A. ST. lo 11 p
rriMTtviiAiT.
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Ami THE CKESC'KNT riVK JAZZ HANll
BROADWAY 1,roua Snjder Ave
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"Night in a Police Station"
Clara Kimball Young 'or,,l11n
vv oman
PROSS KFYS Market St. bcl. fiftt
. NAT NAZARRO & CO.
l'llll.ADELl'HIA'S KOItEMOST THEATnEl'
FORREST Tonight h.
TWO WEEKS ONLY
WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW!
Popular Mats. Wed. 6c Sat.
BROAD Tonight sVk.
JIATINEEH WED. & SAT. AT 2:16
A. L. ERLANGER Is Presenting
CHAUNCEY
Olcott
IN
"MACUSHLA"
Olcott Sirfgs A New Songs
POP. WED. MATH 11EST SEATS 11.60
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Do Spirits Return? THUyTM-:vb3
NlKhts 26e to $1.50. Mats. 25c to 1 "
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OpenlnB bat. Afternoon. Slay
Matliieco. il.ao L'Jo
Eiciilngs, 7 and 11 SSa and 5l)c
Al.l, HOXEH REHiyiVED
Snito Now on Hulo at 1108
Chestnut Street and
Metropolitan Opera Home
Poplar COO I'llO.Ni:H--r'iirk don
EITH'3
ELIZABETH BRICE
ll) "Tho Ovorseae Hovue '
with WILL MORRISSEY
Ilronnon i. llaldwln. Lady Tseu M'
Tracey ft McHrlde; Mnslnrs . Kriift. Othfii
NATIONAL VAUDEVILLE DAY, MAY 5
Entire lUclpt to UenefU & Innuranco l'utid
(or Artists,
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Best Program on Earth, $ I , $2 "
Tlcketa Now on Salo at Ellt'n Home. Arch
Juniper. Alto Days of Performance at
Melror"lltan llo Ofllee
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T1 A Teacher for Ench Pupil iaj
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