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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thlnm on which tha people expeet
the new MilniiiiWtmtloit to tomeii-
trate Ita attention:
The Delaxearr rate undue.
A drydoek bin niowjh to accommo
date the largest ship
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem A convention hall
A buiUUnu for the Free Libraiy.
An Art Museum
Enlargement of the natcr luptitit
Homes to atiommodate the population
UnriVCD nD inUMQDWO minded individuals, who frciiieiitl'- in
MUUVtK UK JUf-INSUlM . m(ii. n) uf tN nn.M lm ..(.h
THE Senate couitnittee which is in- in ,.nM,l.nU,.(i ,m.p0sp. ':iie Ko back
vestiRatiiiK campaicn funds and ex- , t, beRiiinins nml call ntteniion to
penditures is dominated by Senator tln f:i-t llint tin- f.mmlor of ilif- hn:uh
Hiram Johnson jWnsfl poot carpenter and that Misd!ci-
' Mr. .lohnson. by the use of this new pies ueie lisliermen. and the) recall
weapon, has alrendy sei meil to elimi- 'that it was said that (loci hud choen
note one or two men who loomed large ' the foolish of this world to confound the
as presidential posubilities a week ugo. i wisp. In short, they have been grieved
The people of the country will bit- . '" t',is l'w manifestation of Chris.
trly resent even tho appearance of an . 'ni " " departure from Ihe cus
ttempt to buy the-presidency. They ' toni; "f O'0 enr'.v apostolic church.
want a man at Washington who will I Then, there lia been objection to Hie
deal like a .statesman and not like a enormous sums spent by the commit -politician
with the confusion that c- tees in chorge of the drive for mntiey.
sts in domestic affairs. The .alnries paid have been much larger
The powerful group headed bv Sena- ,linn '''"' received b the clerg.Mnen
tor Penrose can stop Johnson's raids in ' ' chargi. of the churches Indeed, some
the party and make it impossible for clergymen not oiih in tlie Presbyterian
him to achieve anything by a bolt !lt , t'l.mrh but in own other Protestant
rhicnern In c hanc nc tier m nils and
accepting Mr. Hoover.
Prudence dictates that coure They
will get little out of Hoover. They will
get less out of Johnson.
, AN UNCHANGED ACADEMY
'TpHE peculiar facilities offeied in the
J- Academy of Music had much to do
with the encouragement and develop
ment of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
" Mr. Stokow ski's organization is in a
sense an outgrowth of a splendid old
building which is nncqualcd for or
chestral and operatic performances.
Had the Academy beeu given over to
outside syndicates and remodeled with
an exclusive view to profit, the use
fulness of the Philadelphia Oichestrit
would have been diminished and opera
perforatum cs would in nil probability
have become fewer and fewer in this
city. The rnuso of music would hnve
suffered immcuMiriibly .
The city therefore owe. a great deal
to Hoctor Maker and Mr. liok and
others whose enterprise. Iinkul with an
appreciation of u charm t ritn Phila
delphia itistitut anil the tilings it
typifies, insures the i ontiiiuain e ol the
Acndemv for it timlitionnl uses
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old building will remain n it has been
for generation a enter of the vol t of
culture that is of univer-al henent and
available to eei one
SPEAKING OF HEROISM
PKEsmnvr wn.sov has u,e Blf,
of won- "A new heron- nn.i h t v. "
said he in a .Memorial I'.iv proclama
tion written to tbe (ounirv s veterans,
"has come to the manhood nn repre
sent "
Has it-' ()i is Mr Vilon. isolated
in n sn-k room nnul! i.i understand
what is happening in lie- mtrj ':
,... , , ,
(here ,. little thai i hmoic appurent '
In Congres iici. din
And what shall he uid for nil ihe
people who have h'en voting o tourist
eiltly for Mr .lolmon nml foi other
rnudidate whose onlv Imm to support
is based upon tlun det rmmation to
Veep the I ii,ir, sun,.. .,,,. p,inns ,,
man's pat t m the oi id -
POTENT CARBUNCLES
CAHIU NCI P.S, wnh win. h om, iul,
at Citv Hull nf sorelv nlllt. t.i
n short time ago suppoerlly fioin te
intiiii; iiisiiuimr tutir, in, ntpl al,oit
union rncv put up stretiiiou .oip.,i, ',.,,,,.1,0,1 ,,, nnother If the movement
to Doctor Kit rbush have resulted in the has to be nbamlonid. the effort to
director of public health i,umg a most I achieve the denied tesult will be con
jnteresting enes of ,on t to bjr- .tinned after a ii.idjustment of the old
hers as well u a warning to the public agencies
noi io piinonte miner ion whine1
4i, ,,'.. .i. , '. wneie.
-" ' .-in in . uniioitlll
If the but Iters of the civ .,,,, ,H
"don't. ' a well lis certain eipinllv in
teresttng pei mtsive feu t tires of the
warning, the hurber shop will he ,mh
safe as hospitals from n aniturv iuud
point Even as grout oaks from little
neorns grow so Doctor I-'urbmh has
made two small but do th,. victim:)
probably itnpiessive cirhtim-lo nw,,r
ortb into a tine set of sntnturv rules
Would that the otliciiil -urhuiicle s,B
tern vvci-e available for the cuie of ,-i
other and perhaps greatPr ,-ttv evils.
THE BAN ON PENNSYLVANIA
THAT period of pohticul "jaz"
which nlwavx precedes lH1. presiden
tial couveutioua of both parties is fill)
upon us. Its latest manifestation is
the resuscitation of the rather puny
"boom" of Mr. Palmer for tne Memo
rrdtlc nomination for President.
fjinco the I'liited Htatrs has been a
republic Pennsylvania has had just one
resident elected as n citizen 0f tho
state, and thu ohnuccs nre, with tho
rUtlcal balance in tin state wheri It
is and llkrlMto remain for , long time,
IJiat there Hul cot bg another (or many
years. TIip renxoti lies In the political
romiilrxlnti of the Htntr nml not In the
nmillt.v of the men which It produces.
It In nil n n'lf.Mtion of lirnetlcnl iio'.ltlcs.
A lippubllrnn cntulldflte from Penn
sylvania has little chnnce f ,r the nomi
nation, no matter what h' (iitnlllieu
tliim. beriiiiKO the state is overwhelm -Inrjly
Itepubllcnn. For the same reason,
no Democrat win Ret the nomination
because the utate Is always conceded as
lost to tlio Dcmoorntlc nartv. and what
nomination on stich a state when there
npn ,.,.,... ,,.l,,,rc, tl,n 'fnrnrltn son'
nrP. ,' ,? , "lTont1P S4"
stuff will ko IiIr anil moan real votes?
)t , ,0,om indoorl. that the nme ren-
- "" "!( against n nomination in both
parties, but Pennsylvania is one of tlioic
instances.
A CHURCH FOR THIS WORLD
OR THE WORLD TO COME?
Christian Workers Not Able to
Agree on the Best Way to Ac
complish What All Seek
TITANY reasons arc behind the objec-
!'
VIX tion i)f lenrift in the I'fesbyterian
Clinrch to continue ntiiliation with the
. lnti'icliurcli World Movement. Some
of them wore ict forth yesterday nfter
noon in the morse of the discussion by
.. . . .. ..... - , I.,..
iei..Wi.-N i. ne i.toitbi .yjvu.u.y
f the . lunch In the Academy of Music,
and others cre hinted at.
'rh(, utni-cliitt i-li World Movement.
j, ,oll, i. (.xplaiued. was organized
()v ,.,.1,I.,,Mnntntiv,,s f thirty Protestant
denominations to raise .$;'..".(, 000.000 for
I expnndiiiK their work. For the time
beitiK emphasis Inn been placed ou the
' dollar. This has been relented not only
l prominent Presb.tcrinn. but by ills-
' tiiiKiiisheil leaders in other denomina
tion. Tlirse men linve remiuileil us that the
hurili is n reliKious and not n secular
orpi'iiation. They hnv insisted that
its success cannot be measured by the
wealth of its members, nor by the
l amount of money which they contribute
towaid its support. They have re
sented what might be called th- hippo-
dromitiR of the church by business men
who have been the lenders in the Inter
church World Movement. They hnvp
insisted that the most effective Cliris-
I tinn uui'U is iloiip nuiellv b siiirituul-
. '"'iiiiiniiiaiwii ' '"'" "i
' trtti' niui.li iiu I I Tti't tin fr)t x limi lut
IIa III III I I H ' I . I I I ,1 II II I'll 1 II 1 II II'
first began his crusade against what he
j called the Money Power. When they
I nre not jealous of it they distrust the
I possessors of it. and are unable to admit
that a i i-h man enn be sincerely inter
ested in the propng.ition f Chritinnitr.
I They sometiuies argue thai a man can-
not nccu nulate great riches anil he a
good Christian at the ame time, and in
proof of it they cite tlie classic com
parison between the camel passing
thiougli the eye of a needle and the
rich man entering tlie kingdom of
heaven.
The hackers and organ l.ers (lf (1P
Interr liurch Woihl Movement agree
with all those who insist that the church
is a religious organization and that it
power nuit be spiritual. For the mo
ment, however, tlioi have been talking
money because without money the
chinch annul do min-b They will not
I admit that they nie Irving to ecuhiri.e
i the church. In defene of their course
! they snv that thev are trying to put the
secular affairs of the i-hnn-h on a bui
ue basis, in older that its spiritual
agencies can he fiei- to do their perfect
work. Tho nnstors must hnve n livlm-
wage, hut thev have not been getting it.
Young men who wished to mnrrv and
, haie a family have pnt entered the min -istrv
because thev have seen no prospect
. for a decent living. Other voting, men
who hnve preached for a while have left
the ministry in order to earn enough to
support their fnmilie. If the church
! i to survive, its minister mu-t he con
unuiiily reiruiied and it iolleg( ;md
theological seminaries niut he amplv
i endowed for the edumiion of tip young
men
So fin a appeal, the inten-hurcli
movement I the result of the dosiic of
di voted hrifian to relieve the
. I.,..-..!..,, .if .imn of fli. hi Ci i ii ..., 1. 1 ..
- iihi- ii- - - iiiniii oil -ior
, ,o. Some of it luv le.id.i an- more
jchIoiiv of the doctrine ot their own
i-hurrhes lift n imp the liberal minded
i-lergimen "t their own denomimitinni,
I'ut thev an- nil ii deeplv intere.tpd in
the nppliuition of ('linsniin truths to
the salvation of the wmld , i0 ,ni)t
devoted clergyman
Thr re nre two point of difference be
, tween them. tine i a difference ou
method ioth the ipporlets ami the
opponents of tl" movi-iiii ut desire to
,-n eomplish tlie sunn- results. The op
' ponents think if urn le- tenehed in one
vnv The suppotteis think it i-,u he
. .. . it .
Another differenre. perliHp a
Another iiuierenre. perliap a mote
vital one. arise out of thn ipiestlnn
whethei Christianity is muferneil with
life in this world or with life in the
world io come. Thete is a growing feel
ing in the c liurch thai ( 'In istinnity ought
to be applied to the problems of the
immediate pn enf in order that in
justice nuiv be removed and men in
this life may live together ns brothers
It has been asserted time after time
that if the linlden Utile were applied in
the tore. in the shop and in tlie foe
tory many of the dithciilt social and
industrial problems would solve them
selves automatically.
On the other hand, there are equally
sincere persons who insist tliut the
business of the church is to save the
souls of men. to prepare them for tlp
life thnt is to come. They are more or
jess indifferent to what is sometimes
called the sodologhal mission of the
church because all their thinking is
concentrated on its mission of iulva
tlon. There is n still hmaller group
which insists that the attention of the
church should be concentrated on prep,
nration for the second coming of Christ,
which Its members believe to bo Imml.
nent, When Ho comes Hewill set up
.lb,c rule ol rJsuteougnesi dud do -with
EVENING PUBLIC
success what we nre finding it difficult
if not. impossible to. do on our own
account.
The withdrawal of the Presbyterians
from the movement would probably be
followed by n radical modification of its
plans if not by Its abandonment alto
gether. The plans provide for the work
to last five years, Arrnngrmonts nre
under way to make n religious survey
of the whole country, so that Ita needs
may be understood nnd so thnt the work
of the church ns n whole may bo di
rected Intelligently nnd without duplica
tion of effort. Of the sum sought in the
first place, ?17C.000.000 has been sub
scribed, or n little more than one-hntf
of the sum nsked for. Much of this'
has come from the Presbyterians, but
more from the other great denomina
tions engaged in the movement.
Whether the work of the campaign
committees continues or whether it Is
wound up ns soon ns possible, the work
of tlie church Itself will continue under
the direction of men and women who
believe in its mission.
LANCELOT IN PARIS
FltOM a moving railway train in a
dark hour ol the night the president
of France fell In bis pajamas and was
for n dreadful interval ipiltc lost to
the republic.
Voiin I Paris wa not greatly moved !
It had more thrilling tilings to think
about. It had tlie gorgeous spring of
the boulevards. It had a king n young
and hnudsnme and headlong king who
had traveled far at great speed to kiss
the hand of a bride from whom affairs
of state had cruellv separated him. Paris
hud romance which, ns all wise people
know, is only truth beautifully arrayed.
Monsieur le President was able to look
after himself? He was able to tele
phone to Madame at the F.lyseo? The
doctors gave a good icpnrt? Very well;
voila again !
From the newspaper bulletins t lint
told of the nccideiit on M. neschnnel's
train the French people turned ngnin to
those which described the arrival nnd
the movements of the runaway king of
fJreecr. who defied his court to find the
Indy of his heart, who happened to he
of the plain people. Any man an fall
from a train in his pajamas! Hut a
chivalrous monarch and n lovely Indy
try sting through a Paris springthat
Is n great fact to .. people whom years
and souow without end cannot make
old in spirit
Very carefully the people of Paris
'efrain ftotn mentioning nloud the king
of Circece. They whisper, as if some
betrnying wind might carry the rumor
hai k to the nngrv court from which he
fled In the infos all the messieurs and
me. dames pretend not fo know his
voothfiil mnjestv. though, tho grand
nffair is something about which the
high and the humble, the dignitaries
mil the porters and the apple-cheeked
women in the kiosks are thoioughly in
formed. The prc of Paris, ordinarily
sophisticated, n bit blasi and not above
easy cynicism, has adopted In this in
stance the careful manners of a good
uncle deeply concerned with the dlrec
tion of nn affair of the young. It is
exquisitely grave, carefully respectful,
shrewdlv reticent. It resorts to polite
hint and. calling the king by one of his
mail and obeiu-e title, pretend elab
orntelv to be unaware of his presence
in Frnnro.
To understand the peifection of in
herited manners thnt is responsible for
i in spring pneiiomenon in rnris one
must look again at Monsieur le Prcsi.
dent, who fell ftoni n tniving train in
his pajamas and was for a dreadful in
terval quite lost to tin- republic. Had
M !cchniu-l been the president of anv
other republic there would have been an
instant tumult. Photographers would
have made a thousand pictures of the
spot where he fell. There would hnve
been hurried councils of ministers and
secretaries, n-lief trains, gyrating stock
quotations. n crisis of government Had
a similar accident befallen n Onnnu
emperor in the old days a tragic
monument would be put ut t,0 pi,,"ro
where the presi-m e felt the fiist ron
tn't of the 1'iittli. The guaid would
have hi en turned out with trumpets
and there would have been sun-eeding
d.ivs of mourning, of niiMeiv nnd of
phv sir-Inns" bulletins posted hourly nt
the pain' e gates.
In the case of Monsieiti le President
none of these things happened M.
nosi-banel picked himself woefully up
and trudged until he met some railroad
workers. The manner or his address
should become historic. "Kxctise me,"
said he. with nn obvious regret at hav
ing to interrupt the serene routine of
two track walkers. "I hnve fallen from
a train. And I am going to surprise
you. It happens that I nm the presi
dent of the republic." The trackwalk
ers took this news philosophically. So
did Paris, which lifted an agile evebrow
and chuckled. Presidents come and go.'
And thev snv longer than sp,-ingl
longer than the sp,,-tnce f a grand
nffair of the heart with all its majestic
mennlngs, Voila ! It was nothing!
Only in France m perhaps in IrP
land, where great scholars are still
proud to believe that faines dnnce at
the roadside nnd befriend the virtuous
and put hlnrk wishes ,i their enemies
- nre the people so quid, to recognize
un eternal n-ritv when thev so - it
These are peoples who still can teach
too matter of fact nations and prove
thnt there are n million w-nvs in which
to be happv without being tlr-h.
DIPLOMATIC
rjnnnr.ns i.ru-ssi:s. the (ireek
VJ tnin'ster to the Cniterl States, has
proved his fitness for diplomacy by bis
comments on the beautiful women of
this ciu. Afte, watching the shopping
ptocesslon nlong Chestnut street lie
remarked
This AmiTii,in women have tho
most marked nnd decided type of
hmutv of nil women of tho world.
There ore of course, rnanv beautiful
women i, dren-e but thero Is some
thing about toe be.iutv of Antorlcan
women that Is most appealing.
When one iliut rends these lines one
gets the impression that Mr. Itousse.i
had been calling American women su
perlativelv beautiful. Hut n second nnd
areful perusal of vilmt ho said forces
one to the conclusion thnt he has not
snid anything save thnt women are
beautiful And we all agree to thHt
Mr. Itousses ought to go u long way
ns a diplomatist commissioned to say
smooth things.
King Alexander, of Greece, is said
to have contracted a morganatic mar
riage. If he is democratic rnough to
stick to it he may mako u hit with hjs
people.
Here and there nro evidences that
some congressmen do not believe t),m
tho soldiers' bonus Is n voto-gcttcr.
It liercdoll didn't fltul va pot of
gold, evidence beforo tho ICenyon com
mitted shows that sqmebod did.
LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, . MAY 26, 1920
ERROR COST $125,000
State Lost Heavily Because of
Stenographer's Mistake.
Hy OE0K0N NOX McCAIN
HENIIY l- WAT.TON, speaker of
tho House; George V. Lawrence,
member from Washington county, nnd
Ernest O. Van Human, stenogrnpber of
tlie I.egislntlvo Jtecord, are names in
extricably Interwoven In my mind with
n very unusual occurrence.
It Is the story of n stenographer's
error that cost the state $125,000.
EKNEST O. VAN BAMAN was re
porter for tbe Legislative ltecord
In the session of 1805. He was n bright
young man from York county, excep
tionally efficient, but unfortunately
working under n handicap.
The famous Legislative ltecord was
then only semiofficial. It had no real
official standing, ns it wns n contract
arrangement.
Vnn Unman wns It's only shorthand
reporter In the House. He wns com
pelled to be chain lightning on his job.
He not only had to record sneeches b.v
the members, but hntl to catch the titles
of nil bills and resolutions as rend by
tbe clerks.
On a certnin Monday night "Old
Man" Lnwrence, ns he wns affection
ately called, arose In his nlnre about 1 1
o'clock and delivered a long eulogy on
John Cessna, who bad died a short time '
before.
As Mr. Vnn Itntuan told me years '
afterward, he was "pretty well frayed
out" b.v thnt time of night, nud what ,
with the noise and jabbering around his
desk it was impossible for him to hear
everything .Representative Lawrence
snid.
The result was thnt when the care- ;
fully prepared nddress of George V.
Lawrence appealed iu the Legislative
Keooril it was, as Vnn Unman dectlbvd
it, "an awful concoction."
'
WHEN" the Record appealed about
two weeks ufterword the indignant
Mr. Lnwreme rosp to n quejtion of
personal privilege on the floor of the
House.
He declared that the reporter for the '
Record had forever blasted his political
reputation. He had been quoted as say
ing things thnt he had never dreamed ,
of saying in bis most reckless moment"
The result was a wholesale and retail
onslaught by the House on the luckless
Record nml its ambitious but over- ,
worked young ipporlor. It was one of )
those periodical outbursts against the ,
Record without which no session in I
those years would have been complete. ,
The unfortunate repository of legis- '
lotive wit and wisdom was kicked,
cuffed, mauled, slatnned, lambasted and
deliberately and methodically ripped up
tbe back and down the middle. i
-And Ernest (. Van Hainan had to sit
at his desk and reiord the impassioned
outbursts against himself thnt were to
live in print through coming years.
It was pretty tough, but he still sur
vives to smile over lie episode.
THE wind-up of Hint memorable ,
scene came when Speaker Walton,
in his cleverly persuasive way. stated
that on nicnunt of tlie noise nud confu
sion he didn't see how- the reporter for
the Legislative Record could hear sufli
1 ciently to gel nny thing right.
A (oniinittee was appointed nt once
1 to c.vamiuc into the ncoustie qualities of
Ihe hall of the House. It was. in tlie
I old Cnpitol. It wns decided to recom
1 mend nn appropriation of $1U.,000 to
i reshnpe the ceiling nnd side walls.
1 This was done during tlie interim of
, the sessions ,if 1MI5 nud 1MI7, nud of
, com so (l.e state footed the bill.
I In February. ISO", the Capitol burned
I to the ground and the elaborate im-
provements, which cost approximately
inn eighth of a million dollars, vveut up
in smoke.
It was Mr. Vnn Hainan's mistake in
reporting George V. Lawrence' speeih
thnt cost ronnsyivanln SrJ.i.OOO.
ERNESTO. VAN RAMAN, now one
of the 'best reporters in the state,
was one of the stenographers for the
Senate at the Inst session.
Over on the House Nidi there were
fifteen people employed to report, ar
range, edit and prepare for publication
tlie proceedings for the House Journal.
Van Human and one typit. Miss Adn !
Horton. compiiscd the entire stnff i
twenty -five years ago that got out the '
1.1! .1 - t
pUPIICilllUll.
And yet in those duv every member
expected the Legislative Record to be
correct, in spite of the fact t lint tran
scribing nnd journal clerks refused to
permit tlie stenogiapher to have access
to books or bills.
WHEN friends nnd relatives of sena
tors nnd members receive copies of
tlie official publications of House and
Sennte they look upon a heautifully
padded cushion thnt covets a griuuing
skeleton.
The speeches they ten., and the re
marks made are not. in seven cases out
of ten, printed n they were delivered.
The grinning skeleton u the nwk
woirl. unginmmiitical language of the
legislators. The stenographers nnd ed
itors, if they know their business, soften
their crudities of speech b.v incasing it
In a flow of words thnt veneer nnd
polish.
And some of these egotistical legisla
tors really think thrv delivered the per
fectly giaiiunnticnl speeches that appear
under tlicir names.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1
Who wan the first "dark horse.'
elected to the presidency
2 What and where Is the Hog of
Allen?
3 What is meant bv the Scotch nhrase
"hut and ben"'
4. What Is a shard?
5. What national holidays are observed
In tho United States'
6. Julia Grant, granddaughter of
former President Ornnt, married a
rtusslan aristocrat What Is bor
present name'
7 How many residents of th United
States are foreign-born?
S Whnt essayist wan known as tho
Addison of America'
0 What faction of a Hrltlsh political
party was known as the Adullanv
Ites'
in Whnt great character of history was
known ns tho Almighty Nose'
Answers to Yesterday's Qulr
1 The present Hrltlsb ambassador to
the United States Is Sir Auckland
Ocddcs
:' Tho largest niece of gold ever mined
weighed -'280 ounces and was
found In X869 at Hallarat, Victoria.
Australia.
!. There arc about 175 parts in tho
nverago watch,
t The chief Industry of Abyssinia Is
tho breeding of cattle
5 Asphalt was first used as road
material In Paris fifty years ago.
B The principal source of tho world's
aupply of amber la tho coast of tho
Haltlo eea. particularly near
ICorrigsnorg.
7 Tho latest English dictionaries con
tain nearly 000,000 words
g No President or cx-Prcsldcnt has
over died outside of tho United
Htales.
0. "Abstemiously" is the longest word
In tlio English languago In which
the vowels occur, each once. In
alphabetical order
10 Carravraa was recognized as tho
head of win do facto government
)n Mexico in October. tOtE,
- ' "" '""" ' ' ii i .i
rrbe Emma 0. may be a little sister
toJClie I'Jjtas Dutchmun.
'HIRAM JOHNSON LEGEND
STUDIED AND DISSECTED
i
Reputed "Hercules Who Cleaned the Augean Stables of Cali
fornia Politics" Simply Shrewd and Someivhal
Unscrupulous Politician, JVritcr Declares
What mnnnei of man is the real
Hiram Johnson? Jerome l.nndfield
undertakes io answer the question in
an article in The Jtcricir:
It isn't a flatterini; picture he
dimes.
t 'on serra tires interpret Johnson's
success at the primaries as the icsult
of appcaU to the ladicah and the
rlcuients of tni'cst. Othcri consider
it a verdict of popular opinion against
lrifoon mid the League of alions,
and point to his pacifist. .Sinn i'rin
and prti-Oerman fallowing.
t.andfirld allows weight In hoth
these claims, hut gives it n his opin
ion that Johnson lives his larjcst
support to the picratcncc of what mag
he termed the "Johnson Legend."
He continues:
"ITfiDELY spread over tlie country is
"' the"" belief that Hiram Johnson is
the Hercules thnt denned the Augcnn
stables of Callfornian poliths and in
troduced in that commonwealth nu-
vanced welfnre legislation nud a model i dominated the Republican county com
i i. .::.... i.,., it in thi -mittee of Snn Krnucisco. The number
system of administration. It is this , f rmnioves increased bv leans
belief that has drawn to the seuutor
the seuutor
thousands of good iiipii and women who
have become impatient i.t tlie slowness
of progress nml sKepiicni oi mosi men
prominent in public life. These, people
arc convinced that they uin hud in
Johnson n leader thnt will brusn away
the cobwebs nt a stioke and usher in a
new and happier day.
I
X CALIFORNIA Hiram W, John
son's political career has been brief
but spectacular, and those most opposed
to him nnd his methods will not deny
him tho. credit -of large achievements.
I'rioit to his first appearance on the polit
leal stage in HMO. when he was elected
governor, he hnd been a lather Incon
spicuous lawyer. His legal equipment
was considered mediocre, and his abili
ties lay rather iu tlie line of n certain
dramatic eloquence und the power of
vitriolic attack in addressing a jury than
in clenr icasoning or oonstinctiiv aigu
ment. JOHNSON mnilc his campaign for
governor on the issue of the Southern
Faeilic in politics, and it is upon this
that much of his fume outside his native
state rests. As n matter of fact, the
Southern Pacific was nhoady out of
no
lilirs. hnd been out ("if politic for two
yenrs. when he stnitcd his (timpnign.
- . . . ...
TIip fnots are open to evciv one. Ilnd
the Southern I'nolfle not given up its po
litical orgiini.nlioiis throughout (In
state, Johnson would hnve had no
show nt nil. Hut the legend of South
ern Pacific political control was still
strong, and Johnson played upon it in
vitriolic nttacks. He indulged in
spectacular shadow-boxing" over
tho grave of the self-buried giant. It
Is n mnttpr of recoid thnt. not long
before, he hnd sought ctnplovmrnt with
the Southern Pacific and had been
turned down.
REFERENCE must be made to one
other issue in this eler t.on that hns
been misrepresented in the East, the
issue of vvorann suffrage. It bos been
publicly asserted that Johnson wus an
advocate of suffrage and wns largely
lesponsible for giving the vote to thn
women of California. Nothing could
be further from the cai-e 'Hie consti
tutional amendment for suffrage was be
fore the eleitnrs at the same election in
which he was running for governor, but
in nil tho speeches he made up nnd down
the state never once did he say one word
in favor of it. On tlie contrary, he kppt
discrpptly silent, except iu privnle ron
vprsntinn, whprp he could voice bis con
tempt in snfety. Though repentedly
urged to make ii public declarutinu ou
the subject, ho declined to do so.
The cumpuign resulted in his election,
together with n Legislatuie entirely sub
servient to him. With this iu hnnrt, he
started to build up u pohticul machine
unique iu tho annuls of Amrrican poli
tics. Its unique character lies In thn
fact thnt, while it exercised a control
even more complete than thut of Tam
many, und utilized the corrupt forces of
vice nnd graft as exemplified in the
ward-heelers of the underworld nnd the
waterfront, it was built up "In the nnmo
of tlie Lord," and counts among it
Bupportcm many of tlie most prominent
and "forward-looking" men of Cali
fornia, now wns It rnjsglbjo to achicvo
such uu anomalous result?; By patron-
age, pure and simple, albt sometimes
TOO JVIANY COOKS?
disguised beneath the cover of "wel
fare" commissions.
IT WOULD hp unfair to deny Gov
ernor .lohnson he credit for much
legislation of enlightened character.
California was far behind in such mat
ters, und if perchance Johnson's sub
servient Legislature deserved the epi
thet of "frenk," which has generally
been applied to it. due appreciation must
be recorded for the institution of many
needed reforms. The drawback was
thnt thew reform and welfare measures
good ns well as hail were carried out
by the institution of numerous highly
paid commissions, which cost the people
of the state exorbltnnt sums nud each of
which became n source of patronage to
the governor for his machine. This
patronage was nliused in a shocking
manner.
A large number of legislators were
given lucrative positions. Saloonkeep
ers, professional gamblers, id omne
genus, who controlled large blocks of
votes, were token crti-e of onrl eren
, nmj bounds, nnd the expense of running
I the state
iQio4"'""'5
government jumped from
in 1010 to $15,031 ,9 M in
THE political degradation of Cnlifor
nia under the Johnson machine pre
sents a dark picture. The obedient Leg
islature placed the additional burden of
tnxation. necessary to meet the vastly
incrcaseir,cxienditiiro.s, upon tlie public
service corporations and fooled the peo
ple into believing that this came out of
their fnt profits and not out of the
pockets of the consumers. The owners
of these corporutions wpre rcndeied
thoroughly docile under the throat of
confiscatory taxes without redress, nnd
even today, in the primary just held,
ninny of them came tamely to heel.,
realizing their impotence to kick against
tlie pricks.
Hie story of Johnson espousing the
Progressive part, and his disfranchising
of the Republican party in California
personal mncljluo to seise und change a
party organization. Johnson, through
his complete control of the Republican I
slate committee, secured the nomination
as presidential electors of men pledged
to vote for the Progressive cniulidntes,
' and prevented the names of real Rcpuh
.
iifnii cieeiors lrom nppi-iiring on the
ballot. To pcrpetiintp his contiol,
despite the collnpse of the Progressive
party, he secured the passage of on
infamous primary law that permits any
man to vote in the primary of u party
icgnrdlesN of his own party affiliation.
His attacks on the Republican party
were violent and offensive, yet when it
served his purpose lip directed his fol
lowers to vote in the Republican prl
mnries, and thereby ohtnincd again tlie
control of the Rppuhlicnu party organ
Untion for the purpose of securing tlie
nomination for 1 'lilted States senator.
Another step also was necessary. The
constitution of Cnlifornln forbode a
governor to become a candidate for seu
utor. He had this provision repealed.
The Iniquitous primary lnw ninde pos
sible nt the same time political deals
and trades with the Democrats.
SUCH was the situation at the time
of the Hughes-Wilson cumpuign aud
the Johnson-Hughes episode in Califor
nia, which resulted in the election of
Wihou. In California, Hughes was de
feated by less than -1000 votes : Johnson
was elected senator by more thun !J00,-
EITH'S
JULIUS TANNEN
speaking 'run ruDi.ia mind
Frances Pritchard &c Co,
A NEW DANCH I'ltODIJCTION
Orc Huff & Co.! Dorothy Ilrenneri Dunn
& Raymond; Donovan & l; Othtri.
WILLOW GROVEPARK
FR ANKO $ftP ORCHESTRA
EDGAR SCHOPIELD, Baritono
TODAY
MUHtfUi. pnooitAMfl on run
wortLivB oiikatkht coMPoaiarta
NllhU. 20Q to tTob. Uats., 2Co to T6q
riRPWFUM Ml,i Tomorrow, asc, oou
M "W"" ,? j1 "3W iStlV nrn,t
' Mae Desmond Pr, .liie Brat
tonus a chapter by itself, but to to It l,llri,inK ,,tlti,. i7 ,,.,, f 7. f i, "T"
would transcend tlie limits of this nrti- ' 0 '..n,, ' Ch l-nioJ Llf t5i0JPnrty ?y
do. Here is no question of the right r iS"nl iSS nevertheless the
propriety of changing political all-- ! L'," ,br , J,!Z , ol,tnln1 '.' him
giancc. It is the di.estion of utlllxliic a I ?'"''?. tlir.CP. otcs cvcry "vc votes
4 .,:
000. Tliis nstoundlng result wns lnnicly
explained in many ways. To this day it
is generally believed in the East that It
was due to the stupidity nnd Uourbon
ism of Republican renctlonnrics, whom
tho people rebuked for slights to their
champion, Johnson,
These explanations obviously do not
explain. Johnson claimed to be loyal
to Hughes, but had this been true, the
slightest nod to his machine would have
made the victory of Hughes certain.
California was overwhelmingly Repub
lican," nnd thero was no need for
Hughes to include it in his itinerary,
certninly not beforo the primaries,
where the senatorial nomination was to
be deeided. W. H. Crocker, Repub
lican national committeeman, made an
earnest pirn that Hughes's visit to Call
fornia should ho delayed until nfter the
primaries, lest tho national candidate
should be injected Into the local strug
gle. ' Hut Hughes ennio, and the studied
hrenk was carefnllv tttnrerl U's .. u
Jit done.' To runny the answer seemed
simple. If Hughes were elected, four
years later he would undoubtedly be re
elected, or. if not. n Democrat would
succeed lllln. .Inl.ncnn'u nnni..l.t.
for the presidency lay in the defent of
Hughes nnd election of Wilson, who
wouid scarcely attempt to run n third
lllllf.
ytITII almost tho whole press of the
y state nt his beck and cull (no less
tlmn thirty-seven editors hnd been np
pointed by him to commissions), a vio
lent tirade of misrepresentation nnd in
sinuation WnU loilnnhn.I nt l.l. . .
Herbert Hoover. Every dny the papers
carried bints to the Democrats that
they could vote in the Republican pri
maries Hoover's supporters, nmntcurs
I iiuiiui-H nnu starting late, carried on
a ck-un enmpnign. eschewing these po
litical methods. Thou l.o.l ,7,. n.u.i
e I --.. ,.Ut, tutu n.ij jllUl,s'U
funds to spend, which wcro devoted to
xcuiiiiig out letters aud circulars and to
paying mr some advertisements in the
...mi son papers, tne only way they could
rcncii the electorate, 'rim tt,. ,..,.
pnlgn expenditures In California were
probably less than one-fifth those of tho
Johnson committee, yet they nt once
i....,u,M-,i in,. , iamiuar cry of a
snturnnlin of political extrnvmrnneo -
smoke-scre.cn to conceal the prodigality
.... v.., uu nmu. Li-spilc mo most POW.
erf til political machine ever known in
America, dcbpltc the opposition, the un
tiur opposition of virtually all the num..
papers. dc.SnitL their ilieYlinrlenen o.l
I I , .. - i , , -".-,.-- ....... iii.u
e, ri, ..;". ;. ",; :."" ."
oiih io minis, iicspun tne adherence to
I cans vvl o t ere hi VwT i"PUU'
SV'o'f nZtV E "J.thf "Ji:
'''",, " J " ' ? i 'V,I"'Ii'
IE ? ,an'' the protcbt wlilcli thes,;
10.000
votes cxiuesseil should no, i,
l V1"".,'..111:"." l,cnnS the eyes of
East to the
Johnson legend.
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