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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Tlilnra on which the people expect
(he new nUmlnUtrntlon to conceii.
(rate Its attention t
The Delaware river bridge.
A drydock big enough to accommo
date the largest ships.
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem, A convention hall.
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the icatcr supply.
nomes to accommodate the popula
tion. FRAUD!
Mi
ANT and various things might be
said about lende.x in the political
faction which slipped a little nearer to
total eclipse In the recent elcrtlmi. Hut
no one will ever charge them with the
possession of a scue of humor.
TIsc shout of fraud rai-ed by the rep
resentatives of Vare ambitions in the
wards where Mr. Rnnsle and Mr. I)e
lany ran cloe could come only from men
too Hazed to think calmly of what they
were saying.
A charge of fraud from pikemen
lor nn organization that kept itself in
power by methods that readied per
fection in the Fifth Ward !
Fraud?
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till
THE JAZZ IN POLITICS
rTuIOUGHTFrL folk wlio begin en
- day with a tear for the irratlimalltj
. . . ...
of political thinking in the I'nited '
States as it is revealed in existing lines ,
of party division suggest, with ome
reason, that there could be no room
among either Republicans or Democrats !
for men lik Hrynn nnd La Follett". '
Johnson nnd Ueed, Norris and Hnki-.
Smith. They believe that tin-re should ,
.hca party for jazzers exclusively nn
organisation especially created for the I
loud, the til- consolatc. the irreconcilable, j
the dangerous and the undesirable of
tie two dominant political groups.
Such a party could not exist. It
would be like n country In which every I
man wonted to bo king nnd was willing i
to fight for his belief. You cannot or
ganize a group of men who iiNist on '
flying off eery morning in different
directions. Ulie ltr.uus and the La
Follcttes, the Iiorahs nnd the .lolm
uons wouldn't go it alone. Why? lie
cause they are a particularly cheerless
and uninspiring crowd.
They are radicals and demagogues
who haven't the courage to move out
Into the open from the shelter of a con
servative party name.
THE COST
I A NDRE TARDIEL"S simple state-
ment that France lost more than
half of her joung nun in the coutlici .
with (icrmany is of the sort that nlavs
havoc with the conclusions of neoule
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' who viewed the war as a distant thing
am), because it was a ihcorj nnd not a
condition in their own live,, hnu- been
romplnining about "a hard p-u.c" and
the continuing nntngouisin of France for
the Germans.
A man who loses his sons, a woman
whose children were ink. u for the sacri
fice, a nation thnt saw so much nf its
youth wiped nut in the r-d tides of tin
unprovoked invasion cannot think in
the terms familiar to random philoso
plrerswlu formulate political doctrine
in the tranquillity of peaceful studies
lmJf a world nwnv from danger. We
might ns well admit this now.
Captain Tnrdnu' siimmnr.v of French
losses ought to be mid b the men in
Washington who aren't willing to co
operate in a sincere effort to avert such
losses in the future. The Lodges.
Knojccs, Itornhs. Johnsons and all "tin
rest of them should think oe usionnll)
of the l.inil.dfio dead of Flame nnd of
the 800,000 maimed, s well as the
American losses
suggest what th
These tntuls scree i!
tolls weie in other Ku-
ropean countries
1)1.1 the leaders of the willful
"'lave any sons in France?
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A JOBLESS OLD GUARD
WHAT does the Old Cunid guard''
The rountrv hits a burning curiosity
to know, and. if presint trends at the
?olls mean an.v thing, it will nut be at
peace until it is told.
Various piople luive various theories
about the mvsterioiH interior of the
sanctuary where Mr. Penrose. Mr.
Knox. Mr. Lodge and the others officiate
ns geutlrmeii vesluls.
It Is the conviction nf suffragists, fr
example, that the Guard is maintained
and established solely to keep th,. U,(P
from women Miss Paul charged in
Washington that the guardsmen "fixed"
Delaware in order that women of many
states would be unable to participate
in the presidential election and deliber
ately permitted these same women to
liope when hope was not justified.
That charge cannot be proved. It H
not new. It Is one of a variety of in
llqtment which Imaginative people hurl
at political leaders whom they mvc
korard to dislike.
Cynic swear that tlm Old Guard
serves only to protect the vested inter
ests. Many believe that it gimrdH the
t acted labVt of (he turlff. As a mut
tc fl Uti, thy Old Guard does none
bVet
T
of thco things. Vested Interests so
weak tlint they would lia'c' to depend
on what rcmnlus of Old Guanllm for
their safety would bo in a poor way
indeed.
The Old Guard ekes all its titno to
protecting its own place in the sun and
tho doubtful prestige of its members in
polities and public life.
And that is about all that it is able
to do.
THE MAN WHO DIGGED
A PIT FELL INTO IT
Republican Leaders Seeking to Put
the President In a Hole Are In
Danger of the Same Fate
TP THE treaty plank of the Hcpubll--
can national convention Is modeled
on the plank adopted by the ludlnua
Republican it will be for the reason
thnt the convention Is willing to commit
Itself to a lot of silly flapdoodle for the
sake of conciliating the Horn lis and the
Johnsons of the party.
Yet word comes from Woshlngton
that nn attempt will be made to incor
porate the Indiana plank In the tut
ttotiol platform. That plank was
drafted under the direction of Senator
Watson, who Is slated for the chair
manship of the platform committee.
Hefore putting it in shape he consulted
with Senator Lodge uml with the
friends of Senator Johnson. Tho In
diana Republicans were told that it
contained the statements which were
likely to appear In the Chicago plat
form. It is a mistake for the Republican
party to permit Johnson and Horah to
dictate its policy. These senators rep
resent n small section of the party.
Horah has wwr bolted nnd Johnson
link announced thnt he will not bolt
ngaln. The necessity for conciliating
them at the expense of antagonizing a
much larger clement of the party is not
apparent.
It should be evident to the man of
least intelligence among the Republi
can lenders, whoever he may be, that
the Indiana plank is a most stupid nnd
contradictory conglomeration of words
revolting to every man who wishes to
retain his intellectual Integrity.
That plank begins with the declara
tion that "the treaty of peace with
iSermauy ought to have been made im
mediately ufter the armistice, as
though thnt were not cxncllv what was , taristlc and Imperialistic doctrines be-dou--.
The armistice was signed' on ' I'"11''' of tnp conviction that modern war
November 11. und as sewn ns it was I'" nnt "n,.v intolerably cruel but. in the
possible for the large number of nntions ' pm'- ''"Profitable, international strife
at war to name their delegates ,1 1 will end forever.
agree on a place of meeting and get the; .-ew interest is lent to this broader
delegates there the conference nsscm- ! vvT, of. ''nance by the suddenness with
hleil Ami the npimtlntimw ,irnei...,i...l " '"eh the banks and banking systems of
M-ltii rnni.li 1-i-i.ntep siieeil timn nnv ,.,,n
at nil familiar with the conduct of such '
assemblages in the past had believed
nnsKlhln
Then the President is charced with
forcing the powers to ndopt the cove-
nant of the League of Nations as an
integral pan of the treaty and "thus i
sacrificed peace to his own plan for the '
League of Nations. king in this wnvl
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iiiroiign cnercmii in iiiiiui.r me consri-
mtii.mil imuers.if the Semite In rcrmi! !
to treaties." i
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i ne i-resiueiu ciiuiii not nuvc orceu -
i ., ,i. i u i, i
Hi.. IVesi.l,mr..,i,ll.ln..f liv.."f..r,.,r- I
had o beciuiic a,,,;,;,, to them Vha
it was necessiir, to create some agency
b, which the provisio f the treaty
could b, curried out. If the league had
not been created it would have been
essary to organize some other in.
triimentallty under a different name to
do the work phiuued for the league.
As to 'nullifjing the constitutional
powers of the Senate in regard to '
trinities.' tlinse tifiu'cri wnrti inu)Anf.,nil I
just as fully as by every other Presi-
dent who has negotiated n treaty. The
very rejection of the treaty by the Sen
ote is ample proof that its constitu
tional powers are unimpaired, whatever
mu be the opinion about its intellectual
powers.
The Indiana platform further declares
.... x- i . . .
of the League of Nations as submitted
by the President. and charges t m
Pi .siient with respons.biiity for the
us uuamiuc ..,.,..,...! ,o wie cove inn
rejection of the reservations which were
indorsed by a majority of the senators.
Every one knows that the respoiibi
bilitj for the defeat of the treaty h
shared equally by the President and the
Senate, although the President is guiltv
nf the same kind of dlsingenuousiies,,'
,i.'., i.ii,..,.. nitfnr, i,n,i,. ,..i,.. i.
UK i MIIIUI1II riuiliill. Ulllllll 1.1 ItllTll 11
charges the Senate with the sole re
sponsibility. Neither side will get any
where bj singing n kat.ulid chorus
iibout "You did and I didn't" und "I
didn't and ou did."
Hut ufter declaring its opposition to
the League of Nations covenant, the
Indlunn plunk proceeds to declare its
support of "an association of nations
to promote the peace of the world." as
though this were not exactly what the
League of Nations is. Then it says that
the Republican party has alwnjs been
in favor of the judicial settlement of
international disputes and urges the
establishment of a world couit to ml
miiii'ter international justice, forget
ting or ignoring the fact thnt the league
covenant provides for the establishment
of just such a court.
It earnestly support an interna
tional agreement for the reduction of
armaments which does not give to nny
foreign nation the right to interfere In
any way with our iirm.v or navy. The
league covenant provides fi,r just such
a way of leducing armaments through
n recommendation agieed upon by the
lengue and ncted upon in the discretion
' of the powers Involved.
The sdatforni object to the establish -i
ment nf nny tribunal which shall have
j joiisdietion over the domestic affairs of
I the American penplp or which can in
I terf.-re in nny way with the Monroe
Doctrine. Hut no such tribunal is con
templated in the league covenant and
the Monroe Doctrine is expressly ex
empted from the jurisdiction of the
league.
And finallv, the Indinnn plank de
clares tnat tlie uepuoiican party be-
lieves that should the peace of Europe i
be ngain threatened ns it wns in 1014,1
the I'nited Stntcs should regard such
n siiuniion wuu grave concern ns n
menace to its own pence and freedom."
nnd that under such clroumstances the
I'nited States should c
powers "wiiii a view to devise means
for tlie removal of the menace."
L In other words, this plnnk declares
that It does not believe in the kind of a
League of Natlous provided for by the
covenant in the treaty, but that it does
believe in "an association of nations"
which shall do the very things which
tho league itself was plannrd to do.
The question will nt once obtrudo
itself: Why not go ahead nnd ratify
the peace treaty with the league cove
nant in it which has already been rati
fied by the ri'st of the bclliairt-nts and Is
ready for carrying out th exact plans
which tho platform drnfttra profess to
favor? TTlio only answer that can bo
found Is that the league must be op-
posed because President Wilson favors it.
This sort of subterfuge may commend
itself to n lot of politicians seeding to 1
put the other party In a hole, but it (
cannot fool the thlnklne nconlc of the
United States.
The men Indorsing It would do well '
to remember that the man who dlggod
a pit for his enemy fell Into It himself.
It Is evident thnt the Republican
leaders do not dare oppose the general1
nlnu ittidiTneiiih tlio Lniiriin of Nations
covenant because they know thut It hns
the support of the conscience of the
nation. They desire to hold the sup
port of the broad-minded Republicans)
and keep In line the Republicans with
parochial Intellects in the hope thnt
they can keep the party ranks solid.
Hut It Is n policy of stupidity nnd
blindne.sx, without faith In the clearness
of vision of the nyerngo man and actu
ated by the narrowest partisan preju
dice. What is needed just now In the Re
publican councils Is courage and Intel
lectual honesty ! the courage to Indorse
with such modttlcntlous ns seem ex
pedient the League of Nutions plnu
originating with n Democratic Presi
dent, and the Intellectual honesty which
will refrain from every attempt to be
fuddle und mislead by denouncing one
minute what It Indorses In another form
the next.
The Republican leadership is on trial.
It can wreck the hopes of millions of
Toters who have confidence In the ability
of their party to rise to Its great op
portunity. Or It can lead these voters in the
crusadt for better tilings not only in
the Pnltcd States but In the whole
world.
THE PRICE TOBOGGAN
TX RECENT years able economists
- everywhere have been fascinated by
a study of the potential power of the
banker in the field of general ethics und
even in the realm of public morals.
Thus, In some important estimates, final
blame for the recent war is carried be
yond the German militarist cliques and
their lenders and laid flatly on the big
financial groups which provided the
moral and material support without
which German plans of aggression could
never have been carried out. S!m-
ihirly it is often rontended thnt when
canitin
g groups refuse to sunnort mill
the country made thchf influence felt
" hrn. il became apparent that nn end
ul ',' '" ,',r" ,vas '"'sirnoie lor the
IK00'1 of the country and even in the In- I
?,,r''st of. legitimate business. Gentle
b,lt -fady pressure from the banks.
,'(,rtc,l1 nKa'"st those who have ued
,lu',lr. """owing power to continue
rMlcs or unfair speculation with
f""f' .""'' otl,,r ''"thils. has operated
(lennitClV to Htnrr n innvpinnnr nf nriin.
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downward toward normal levels.
Ceorire . Nnrris
, "rrge w . .orns. governor or tlie
'.""''' ccrvc JKIIlli in tins district,
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fives considerable credit to the buying
I f" T '"; " ", .IHptl to oiply. a a -u . nrK . nn
v,pw ''"''""'. "' '"''- n. -. ..,so- ' ' '" " ''',
- ?,K,,H; ,f b""k,ne ,"n'-. im '" , ', " '", ?1 '. mrt.il Into the
OM '", ""!"" ' MBnllu-anrV of ( " ", Yo,.,. llciu t. ,f ,.
' 1 ,0 "W M.t by !- I ederal Reserve, ',,.,. , C0I1(,.i(P ,10 wns nUo
Henrd to financial institutions every- ,,., to execute. He walked out into
wnere in me country asiung tiiem care
fully to restrict loans sought for specu
lative purposes.
Will a slump in food prices occur as
n matter of course? Mr. Norris is
! Probably justified in
the assumption
that the costs of food essentials will re
main high until production und ship
ping lire quickened in Europe nud the
United Stntcs and until great grain
pre.is in Russia and elsewhere are free
I of the partil.izing effects of war ami
j blockade. This prospect does not in any
wn, pH.0 mou,lnout ,n otll(.r ,,, ,f
way lessen tin- importance ot a down
, .,, tnst ,.mitinll0 , pnv ,nvn..
me pi-opie uiusi cuoiiiiuc in n
for fom, ,M a , mpre
llt ., ,. roli,vr(1 of thl.
. MOlbunt prIcCll foP ot
importunt
lei-cssity to
puy e.oioitant prtc
other indis-
peusnble commodities.
AS TO PITCH
THE nddress of retiring Moderator
John Willis Hner. ndvocating the
active participation of the church in
politics, indicates the awakening of the
churches to the necessity of taking n
more active part in the things of gov
ernment. It is rood advice, nnd if
followed will be a short cut" to the
political regeneration of the country.
Gang polities exist thinly because the
best citizens of a city or state choose
to let it exist. Tin- churches should be
the most formidable enemy of the po
litical gangster, but the political inter
est of the church heretofore has been
sporadic and has been confined to single
issues rather than with the general
evils which lie at the root of our un
satisfactory political situation.
The policy of the church in the past
has been too mm h that one cannot
touch pitch without being deiled. This
mny be true, but it hould also be re
membered that pitch cannot be removed
without touching it.
The fact that latest figures show that
France lot more than hulf of her young
men in the war justifies Frenchmen in
taking every possible precaution to
prevent Germany fiom precipitating
further trouble.
If the energy displayed in prosecut
ing retailers were directed toward
verifying or disproving charges that
sugar Is being hoarded to Inflate prices,
perhaps the householder would begin to
experience some relief.
Moderator Haer urges Prc-Jbyterians
to take part in polities. 'There is extreme
likelihood thut they have already taken
part in Philadelphia. Somebody did.
o..n,. in mm ,.,.. loimr n,i i
d,try SU.OOO.OOO.OOU. and the ultimate
eost of 'lessoned production has yet to
be totaled.
The favorite livuin of those tnbiilal-
onsu I,. h ,u Mng returns is -aid to have be Moore
onsiitwlth other '"V Moore, still there's Moore to fol
to devise, means, '
low
Satisfaction in the defeat of the
Rnnnlvvell crowd is modified by the
realization of what beat It.
Mr. Moore cannot be accused of
speaking softly, but he nssuredly carries
a big stick.
No one thought of explaining to the
magistrate thnt the Hevdny merry
makers were getting nut the straw- vote.
Considering tho length of the ballot,,
Tuesday's voters uiu pretty well.
WHERE GRIT WON OUT
incidents In the' Careers of Sue
cessfut Men That, Seem to
Point a Moral
mill-JItR Is n story 'about tho early life
X of Herbert Hoover which is vouched
for by the man who wns his Rssorlatc
In the great work of war relief In
Europe, nnd which deserves the widest
possible publicity fpr the lesson it should
tSh to. the. ambitious young man pi
todnv. It Illustrates what mlcht be
called, for want of n better word, the
aptness of the man, that aptness which
stood him In good stead at so many crit
ical stages of his career, nnd which was
particularly in evidence when he went
to the rescue of the 70,000 Americans
who were stranded in Europe at the
outbreak of the war, . )
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HOOVER wns very young nt the lime
much less than twenty-one. He
had made his preliminary studies in en
gineering, und wns anxious to get some
of the practical experience which Is In
valuble to the professional man. He
learned of nn opportunity to obtain n
post with n firm of Important mining
engineer. He knew there would be keen
competition for thnt particular position,
and so he prepared hlmclf with unuttr
mil care. He had references nnd wns
ready to give an nccount of himself in
nny way that might be demanded. He
called, add answered nil questions sat
isfactorily. Hut just ns he was about to
be employed the member of the Arm who
hnd quizzed him suddenly exclaimed :
"Oh, there's one thing I almost for
got. The mnn who tnkes this place must
have sonic knowledge of typewriting.
Not stenography. butjnst the ability to
do a letter quickly on the maclilue. Can
.ou fill the bill In thnt respect V"
Hoover had never used a typewriter
In his life. Hut he wanted thnt job more
thnn he wanted anything In his career
more than he wants the presidency. His
brnlu worked rapidly. It was then Fri
day nfternoou. In less tlfnn the time
it tnkes to tell it he had made his de
cision. "When would .you expect me to re
port for duty?" Hie asked.
"At 10 o'clock on Monday morning."
"Very well," he answered. "I'll be
ready then and can promise to do your
tpevrltlng, nlso."
The moment he left the establishment
he hurried away and obtained the use
of u typewriting machine, and settled
down to learn the keyboard. He worked
as he had never worked before, nnd
when he reported for duty on Monday
morning he wns capable of using the
typewriter in n manner thnt answered
all of the purposes of the firm.
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NE of the blggc'st moving picture
nrnrtneers In this city tells a story of
how he managed to get his foot on the
ilrst mi it nt the ladder of success thnt
is quite as Instructive nnd stimulating
in its way as ine in.ov.r wm-.
He was in New lork at the time and
ho hennl nf n nositinii in Philadelphia
which was just what he wanted. It took
practically the last penny he had to
get here and when he reached the office
of the film firm he found it was crowded
with other applicants. There were thirty
of them and thev were nil ahead of
him. He felt terribly discouraged. None
of them, he thought, had come so far to
land that job ns himself, nnd none
. .. ml ..... . nil n.il.Mn
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the rnH of the outer ofhec. gnzing mix-
needed It more, now win- " .min...
,i,n hull tonic off his hat and coat and
stuffed them into an alcove, stuck a
pencil behind his ear. took several old
letters out of his pocket, and marched
into the room vtfth the nir of an old
emplovc. The boy at the gate forgot to
slop him. he oneiied the door of the pri
vate room and found himself standing
by the desk of the "boss," who was
reading his mail. . , . ,
"Well." said the head of the con
cern, looking up with a frown, "what
do you want?" . , ,,
"I want the job ou advertised, wns
the quick reply, "and 1 want it so bad
thnt 1 came all the way from New York
to ;;et It. In order to get in to you I
had to take off my hnt and coat and
well here I am. 1 bent the others to it,
mid 1 think I'm the man jolt wunt.s'
He got the job.
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THOMAS A. EDISON is n living ex
ample of what a man mav accom
plish if lie will sunpiy use ins uriiins.
He begnn when he was only a mere Irt.l
and he has been at it ever since. "Tom"
Edison the abbreviated first name in
dicates the affection in which the wizard
is held tells a stor.v about his early
struggles that is woitli repeating.
He begnn, ns most persons know, as
a newsbov . He was what is best known
ns a candv butcher on the trains of the
Grand Trunk line running out of De
troit. Now nil) jnungstcr may become n
newsboy, but not every one may make
tlint business the sKpplng tnne to fame
and fortune. Edison wns not satisfied
to be an ordinnr newsboy. He ills
covered that the Detiolt l'ree Press was
In the hnbit of making a bullctiin board
notice of tin- more Importunt news con
tained in that newspaper. He became
acquainted with the ulitor and was
given the privilege of seeing these bul
letins befoie the) were posted. And on
the strength of the news he regulated
his orders for the paper.
One duy theie was a tremendous piece
0( news just what it was cunuot be re
called at the moment, but it wus a dis
aster involving hundreds of dead and
wounded, and Edison placed an order
for 1.1011 copies of the paper. He asked
for credit, too and was promptly re
fused bv the circulation manager. Why
should he g'v such n large amount of
credit to "this Kid.' tlie noy mimed
to his friend, the editor, nnd the result
,. ns ii n order to cive hlffl till the pane
npers
be wanted. He made the early trains
nnd his sheets sold iikc not canes, inc
farther away from tlie city he got the
greater became the demand, and with
business instinct he rnlsed the price,
tirst to ten, then to fifteen cents, and
then to a quarter," men fighting to get
the newspaper, even nt such prices.
q q q
The most incnurngiag tiling about
these stories is that the.v are real, that
the.v luippcued to men with hutiiau na
tures like ourselves, und that the road
to fortune is still open to those who are
filing to WOitlC and THINK,
That the price-cutting lias extended
to Liberty llonds Is enabling some "wise
biids" to feather their nests with good
securities. The wise man is holding on
to his bonds.
t Kix ribbons are to be awarded at
the Uevon Horse Show nnd Comity
Tnir Feminine interest will bo divided
between the track nud the ribbon
counter.
Foch has no illusions about tier
mnny'H Intentions. A strong League of
Nations would have made, those Inten
tions innocuous.
3uffraglsts have so far been able
to sell 'their Ideas like hot cakes, but
they're, still shy Louisiana ni'losses.
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JUSTICE AND THE POOR:
ARE THE SCALESHELD EVEN?
Addresses of Boston and Philadelphia Lawyers Before Consti
tutional Commission in the Matter of Court Procedure
There has lent issued i) f7ic com
missian on constitutional amendment
a pamphlet containing the argument
of Reginald llcbcr Smith, of floston;
on the administration of-justice to
the poor, and the argument of James
Collins Jones, of Philadelphia, hi
ror of ihr amendments to Article 1
xuhmittcd bfi him and Oircn J. Hob
crts. of Philadelphia,
Volloxeing arc excerpts from Mr.
Smith's oral statement in support of
the uric jrcfioi! proposed by Messrs.
Jones and Roberts:
mHR trouble with the administiutiou
of justice in this country nt the
present time Is not duo to the judges.
I think the general statement Is war
ranted that the work of the American
judges constitutes perhaps the most
faithful and upright class of service that
we have in the country. Although I
believe that our present method of ad
ministration of justice has caused a
deninl of justice in mnny cases to the
poorer' persons, yet that system causing
a denial of justice, 1 would like to havo.
it thoroughly understood, has not been
brought about ns the result of evil
planning or the machinations of nuy
body or group. In other words, no
dominating class in this country has set
out to wreck the machinery of justice
which would make justice impossible to
the poorer classes. No class has con
trol over that. The trouble is not with
thnt body of the luw which law. vers call
the substnntive law as distinguished
from the law of procedure, which we
call the adjective law, or the machinery
of justice. The substantive law is the
law which creates and defines the rights
nnd the liabilities of persons in justice
with each other and in Justice with tlie
state.
A Case in Point
Now, what H the situation in, the
administration of justice in this coun
try '! I would like to have jnu look at
that through the eyes of an Italian
client who came to me some three jears
ago. This Is a story I like to tell, and
I can vouch for it because it came
within my personal experience. This
is on Massachusetts, The Italian came
to me nnd said that three weeks before
he onmo to see me. while leaving his
factory one day he had been met bv nn
agent of n phonograph company who
induced him to tnHe n phonograph on
nppruvui. wiu n' "., , huh iini-
Ian, "All you need to do to get this
nhonocranh on npprovnl is to siuu vnnr
name and address to this blank piece of
paper, so that we will know where to
send the phonograph." The paper was
folded in this manner (demonstrating).
The Italian wanted to return the
phonograph and the agent said to him.
"You cannot return it, it was sold to-
jou on a contract, lie said "Comedown
to the office nnd we will talk It over."
The Italluu went to the office and the
agent then unfolded the sheet of paper,
and on the upper part of the paper had
been printed a legnl nsslgument nf his
wages, so the whole thing constituted
n legol assignment of his wages, ad
mittedly, by the man in his own haud
writiug. As to the l.a's Delays
Now, the substantive law of Massa
chusetts affords him plenty of remedies,
just as the substance of law of your
state affords plenty of remedies, but if
1 took his case into the lower courts of
Massachusetts uppenls could be hud so
that the case would have to be tiled
twice, aud when you vvunt relief to come
you cannot stnnd delay. Or, I could
have taken the man Into our Musuu
clilisctts equity courts, where we would
have had u speedy trial, aud we would
linve an honest judge take that assign
ment of vyuges and tear it up. Itefuro
I could get that man Into a Massachu
setts equity court he wolihl have to puy
$11 entrance, fee, 5 sheriff's fee, for
YEAH, HE SEEMS TO HAVE
serving process, nnd so on, let us sny,
?lo attorney's fee to draw and present
the bill of complaint. Now, in thnt
simple little story. we have the difficul
ties with the administration of justice
in this country ns it nffects the poor
people and .immigrants. There are
three difficulties: First, delays; sec
ond, court fees; third, the expense of
hiring lawyers.
An Actual Case
T ran best illustrate the small claims
court by telling jou u story of nn
actual case that I have heard tried in
Cleveland sitting on the bench of the
small claims court. Call it the case of
Mr. A. against Mr. It. Mr. A., a
tailor, pressed a suit for Mr. It. and
rendered n bill for $4, which had not
been paid. He took the bill to the clerk
in Cleveland small claim court and lie
first called up Mr'. II.. but he could not
get payment by telephone, so A.'s bill
went on the county court docket aud A.
swore to it. A copy of the bill was
mailed and delivered to tlie sheriff, who
put it down the mull chute so that the
cost of service was only two cents, on
account of it being delivered byM'ncle
Ham, and he wns told to he in court on
tlie third following day. It was on the
third following day that I was in court
when this little matter came up und A.
and It. stepped to the bench. They
both came up to the bench much ns 1
am standing before you gentlemen now.
and the judge talked to A. nnd satisfied
himself that the work had been done
ami the bill not paid. Then he turned
to H. mid asked, "Why have jou not
paid the bill?" II. said: "1 will tell
ou, judge. When that suit was de
livered the man insulted my wife, and
I will not pay a man who insults my
wife." Tlie judge turned to A. anil
said, "How about that?" "Well,"
i-aid A, "1 did not deliver tlint suit, but
my hoy did, and I will admit at times
lie is inclined to be n little fresh." Tlie
judge said, "Very well; you go into my
anterooui-nnd telephone to Mrs. U. anil
sny you are sorry," And A, did so
and came back. .Judgment wns Vendeied
in favor of A. for .?4, nnd It. paid the
bill by handing to A. four dollar bills.
They shook hands nnd said, 'Thank
jou. judge," nud walked out of the
courtroom arm in nrm. I claim that
that court is an advance over any court
we have in Massachusetts and posslbjj
over any court ou hnve in I'eiiiisylva
niu for tlie handling of that sort of cum-.
Statement of yv. Jones
.lames Collins Joues, of Philadelphia,
said in part : y.
My thought is that you do not want
to piovidc for any more courts thnn you
have to. I should very much like lo'see
a provision tor a Mitpreme Court and
such other courts ns the Legislature
may create. Now, I recognize that is
n situation that you cannot quite ac
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complish. 1 believe that the demand
for the organization of common plena
courts would be so strong throughout
the state that you would probably have
to give some recognition to the common
pleas court, so that I would compro
mise, if I were solely responsible for
this tiling, by providing for a Supreme
Court, for common plcns aud for or
phans courts, nud beyond thut I would
not go.
I would not put the superior court In.
It is still an open question as to whether
the division of our appellate court us
we nt present divide thut court is u de
sirable thing. It may be desirable to
create one appellate court in two divi
sions, it may be desirable to maintain
tlie existing situation, but let us find
that out, and if it Is desirable to change
the existing situation und have one
appellate court of two divisions let us
do it. You liuvc created n supreme
court, 'and I do not believe jou cun do
much better than jou have douc. You
give it jurisdiction.
What Do You Knoiv?
quiz
1. How; did chovvaer get its name?
i. What were the first fivo states ad
mitted to the Union after tho orig
inal thirteen?
3, What Is tho sequel to "Paradise
Lost"?
i. Who was tho last Stuart queen of
England?
5 What prominent British statesman
has been nicknamed "Tho Great
Auk"?
C. What Is pinchbeck?
7. In what century did Alexander the
Great live?
8. What American stutca produce the
most silver?
9. How many U-hoala
loso In tho war?
10. What is an Iguana,
did Germany
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. John Qulncy Adams and Andrew
Jnckson wero tho two Presidents
nominated exclusively by stifle
legislatures.
J. une sheep will produce enough wool
fur a suit ot clothes, about tte
nud ajialf pounds.
::. Lieutenant Commander Head, of ("he
XC'-L was the llrst aviator to fly
across tho Atlantic ocean, In May.
1U19.
I. In Itnllan currency one hundred
CPiiteslml make it lira. Tha par
nlue of it lira is 19.3 cents.
fi Admiral Montljo was In command
of the Spanish fleet-defeated by
Pevvpy In Manila bay, oh May 1.
1898.
0. Itosu Luxemburg was pne of the
leaders of the German radicals or
KpartacanB. She nnd KnrI Lleb
Unecht were Killed In Berlin In
January, 1919.
7. Kez is the capital of Morocco.
8. About sixty drops muke u teaspoon-
ful.
9. Herbert Hoover was born In West
Branch, Iowa. .
10. A davit is a crane nt a ship's side
for hoisting the nnchor cleur of
the side. It Is aso one of a pair
of eranesfor suspending or lower
lug n ship's boat.
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