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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thlnxt on which the people expect
tha new mlmlnUtrMlon to concen
ffafo lit uttentloni
The Delaware river brirfpe.
A drydock big enouph to accommo-
! date tho largest ships.
Bextlopment of the rapUl fransi: sys-
. tern. ,,
A convention hall. ,,.,.
X. bulldnt for the Fret Library.
AH Art Museum ..,.,i
Kntaroemeiit o the 'faerlVl''t"la.
Komes to occomtiiodafe the iiojimio-
( (ton.
A NEW JITNEY WAR
f A GAIN, at a hurried meeting of New
A Jersey mayors in Newark today.
the question of motor vehicles as puMlc
utilities Is brought forward for a round
of'iltter debnte.
Nominally the issue which the tow us
and cities In New Jersey have to con -rider
lies between the owners nf busses
and jitneys, and the Public Service Kail
way'Company, n corporation which op
erates all the trolley lines In the state.
The trolley people have found the com
petition of the motorcar increasingly
Irritating and costly. They sought in
the Legislature to nave jrucj- uv
laved, and, falling there, went to court ,
ob Saturday witn a sweepm u,.!... .. ,0 tone action on the nign cost ot living A0(I he inadvisable, and since then
the abolition of " J'tneJ' service in i n uarrow political pronouncement of rtov,,rllor Sproul has borne the respon-
areas served by their street cars, me i thc ,,,, 1(I ns his COnRre.ssiouul elec- i sblllties of state leadership in matters
.mayors of the state promptly orgauurcu tiou npn(.al of lftis. Woodrow Wilson. ,.cHt,.,i to tlc national convention.
under the leadernhip of Mayor (.men. , u,,, ..eononiist nnd pollticci philosopher. n. i;0vcrnor has seventv-six uu
if,Ncwark. for a finish tight in oppoi- wo, ,ver have been guilty nf such a jntructeil delegates at his back, and if
tlon to this plea. j demagogic output. Rut it is jut the j llp is uj,e llP ,. come mlt f thp
It Is not easy properly to assess all i kind of thing that is expected from the Chicago convention almost ns big a man
tie rights and wrongs in the cnse. since W oodrow W iNon who insists that when I as tne nominee ; if. indeed, he does not
Jaa larger way the quarrel is uot be- I he was elected to the presidency of the ,.crKP with the nomination. This is
ween a corporation nnd individuals. I nited States he was also elected to , becouse unbalance of power as heavy
It is'between electricity and runs on one
hand aud gasoline and the modern motor
on the other. Sooner or later the courts
and state commissions will have to re
define' the status of these competing
agencies In the field of public service.
Busses nnd jitneys are quicR, cm.
veaient and often necessary ns auxil
iaries of trolley lines. Yet they nctually
tend to reduce or destroy thc value of
properties established at enormous cost
W maintain a necessary and general
-'Svhere do the rights of the public ns
j OppOBCU lo lllr i6lln wl ,.. . -..... wh.M
and endf xnai lb llie qureiiuu mm
the Jersey courts will have to decide
In the new jitney suits.
FOUR MEN
nTEI.DMAN. Pram. Murphy nud
JC.'WIrtschnfter, former members of
the Philadelphia police force, who have
just left the West Chester jail after
dervlng a year for complicity in the
Fifth ward affair, return to find little
but thc wreckage of the political sjstcm
of which they were a part nnd, in one
eense, victims
The case in which they figured was
u climax of rotten politics. It was the
beginning of the end for a number of
Jpeople. The four policemen were guilty.
"Bur. thev were no more Kililty than
9thers who engineered the machine in
'Which they werw mauled, nnd who
never saw the inside of n jail.
V In fcimple justice they should he
"?n a chance They were men who
Ijlpened to be caught nt n gnme which
,ners played with greater shrewduess
--;-and greater safety.
r f int. rKtNio uun
iK k ) fPHE city authorities have done their
r..11 n.f I, nponnrinir tlin rtlnnd fni
- n AUll Jia, b lu j..vu..uri .... ,'.H. ..,,
t 4 safe ana sane rounn 01 .iuiy leieorn-
itlon this year and they will be carried
nt to the letter. The idea of tnking
Aht attention of the children auaj from
i'the dangerous fireworks, wlmh have wj
''long been a menace not onl ! them
DUt to older persons as wen. i, menus
of celebrations in every purt of the 1 it
11 day and duriug the etening, is a
pound one, and it will prnbahlj work
ut well.
Tradition dies hnrd. and it has been
ri'long and haul fight ucmnst the fire
snrorks which for jenr were the chief
feature of the Fourth of .lulv, in spite
thc fact that each yeni an enormous
toll of death and suffering was taken
rom all appearances, this year ought
mark the greatest advance of any
jungle year in this; direction The error
f last year in allowing the dealers to
B-slu a large supply of the forbidden
ommodities and then refusing peimis-
Aon to sell tlieni has been avoided, nnd
11 the dealers were informed nearly
three months ago that they might uot
uLil fireworks this year. The efforts of
'the authorities will be seriously handi-
ippfU WlinoiH lue co-oprriuiun 01 tlie
urcnts.
AS TO WASTE
V OKD saying relates thnt n French
. fnmllv enn livo ou what nn Ameri-
()n family wastes, and the domestic
.VL'mnriiion annears to be fully carried
Jl' rent as regards the methods of the two
JrV ..nittsntn In disposing of their stock
K WJ.fyltLk Sxat materials.
tw fSt'.V i 'fcii X ranee, U "as J"8t D"n announced,
'IPi'M! BOw completed 1110 saic 01 lis biock
V flTijV.sitP'y automobiles. Twenty-flvo
'MUHNlsnu ot one popumr niaao 01 car
)WrWi ;oB French Government
i'f'TJAlMfi when new, were sold at
prices ranging from $1000
the sale, nnd on ton of t
tax or 10 per cent was added. The
total Slim realized ns nbottt SIOO.OOO.-
000, which does not Include the sale of .
spare parts and other accessories.
Compare these figurci with those re-
celvcd by our government for what was
left over at the close of the war, and
the parallel will be found to extend
further tlinn the respective French and
American kitchens.
However, this Is not nil the fault of
the government. Decades of extrava
jjnnre have bred In our people n feeling
nRalnst anything "second-hand,"
whereas the thrifty Freuehinnu wnnts
only a thing which will serve his pur
pose, and then he wants it as cheap nn
he can get It. Until we uh n nation
learn this lesson of thrift we shall con
tinue to pay the highest price for
things v.hlch often have no more real
value than articles at half the price.
IFKVI I CTATccmam
JtNYLL tolAlbblVIAN,
HYDE POLITICIAN,
The Dual Wilson, With the Bad Side
Predominant In His Partisan
Pronouncements
Sl'CH fame as the President has
achieved has come to him because
of his conduct when he has forgotten
for the moment that there is such a
thing as political partisanship and has
acted as the spokesman for the Ameri
can people.
In the early das of our participation
in the war his splendid utterances
thrilled the heart of the whole nation,
lie put in words the emotions nnd as
pirations of the inarticulate masses re
gardless of party. He spoke for Amer
ica, nnd Amerirn responded to the ap
peal to its higher idcnN.
It is when Mr Wilson assumes the
role of a partisan leader t'mt he dis
appoints the nation, which has had n
right to assume that the man whom the
adherents of all parties accepted as
their leader in n great war should be'
able to refrain from the petty tactics
of the leader of a political campaign.
No more stupendous political blunder
was ever made in the henrt of a great
crisis in America than the President
made on the eve of the congressional
election in 1018. when he called upon
the country to elect a Democratic Con
gress because he could not trust the
Republicans. This was n palpable at
tempt to moke the war a Democratic
enterprise when it wns a wnr of the
whole American people. The American
people resented it nnd Mr. Wilson has
suffered from this resentment ever since,
and the hard feelings created have com
plicated the work of goxernment in
Washington.
And it all came about because the
nnrrow partisan instincts of the Presi
dent's mind dominated li Is action at the
time.
His reply of Saturday to the request
)f the officlnls of the railroad brother-
100(1) tlint )1C kco,, Congress in session
the presidency of tlie Democratic party
aud must pla partisan politics without
fcCmi I,
The President reminds the railroad
men of h s nddress on the high cost of
living delivered to Congress on August
0 of last year, and remarks that "in
nine months this Congress hns taken
! no- important remedial action with re-
speci 10 me promem 01 me cost ot
living on the lines indicated in that
address or on nny other lines," nnd he
concludes that in the light of the
record of the present Congress I have
no reason to hop, that its continu -
ance would result .11 -onstructive mens-
tires for the relief of the economic
conditions.
h,en the address uas delivered Inst
August this newspaper took occasion to
nnalyxe it in some detail nnd to point
out the iuadctptaci of the remedies sug-
gested. We Naid then thnt the country
was demanding that the President do
something nnd thnt he had thought It
necessnry to go thiough the motions,
No one will den that Congress was as
anxious tx the President to do some-
hinK. It would haw been politically
expedient for the purty in control of
the legislative briimh of the government
to take i-oine citinn that would reduce
rue cost 01 imng ir 11 could (llbcovcr movemeut tending to give the nomina
how nn union thut it might take would tion to the (Jovernor of Pennsylvania,
have the de-iied efTect Hut the think- , l a few days Mi Sproul hus passed
ing men in Congress knew thnt the high 0t of the clas- of favorite sons into
cost of living wns due to economic the first rank of possibilities. When n
causes, and the knew that it is as im- politician as astute us William J. Bryan
possible to repeal ecouomic laws as to actually predicts Sproul's nomination
repeal the law of gravitation. They ,1 becomes Wear that great changes ure
haw wiseh refrained from trying tu ' afoot not only in Pennsylvania politics
do the impossible. Ilut .lr. Wilson, but in the politu s of the country. In
who knows very well how little Con- I N,.w York and Ohio the Sproul boom
gress can do and who is aware that the1 u being viewed with increasine interest
I remedies which he proposed in August
would have wrtualty no effect on prices, ,.iear jf jt ,s shown at Chicago that
is seeking political udvnntnge for his j the Covernor is annuity making n fight
partj on tlie eve of a presidential cam- for greater political enlightenment nnd
paigu by asserting thnt the dominating thut he hns nctuully declared open wnr
motive of Congress has been "political , on Old Ctiuril leaders, he may be the
expediency rnther than a lofty purpose , uinn thnt the party needs. He can base
to -erve the public welfare." his cluims on the efficiency and decency
It might be nrgued with equal force of his record in Harrisburg. Asa man
that Mr. Wilson', own attorney gen- with n liberal slant of mind nnd one
eral. who from motives of political ex- I who hns little sympathy with the der
pedicney has been promising for months, vishes of the party, he' would bn qunl
that he would reduce prices, has failed ' jtjed to find his 'way nlong the sane
to nicomplish anjthing He hns se- 1 middle course which, after all, is the
cured convictions of a few merchants road i real progress.'
on the charge of profiteering, it is true, ',
nut prices uuve nor. come uown ns a
result. And nobody believes thnt tlie
practices of the convicted meichunts
are general or even that the excessive
profits they vere making on certain nr
tides were made on all the goods
heir stores. And the attorney general
has the Lever uct. extended by the
piesent ( ongrcss, to back up his prose-
cutj0us.
If Mr Wilson had faced the facts in
Augubt wlicu he addressed Congress,
and had admitted that the conditions
were due primarily to wartime inflation
the world over, and incidentally to di
minished production of necessities be
cuuse of the diversion of producers to
tliH runkb of the armies, and had urged
Congress to increaso the pay of the
postal employes and the employes in all
other governmental departments in
order to enable these people to live, he
would have commanded tho .respect of
the nation. He could have justified this
course by reminding Cougress thai
manufacturers and merchants) were not
suffering from the high cost of goods,
but were adding the extra cost to tho
prices which they were charging. He
could have shown how much of the
skilled labor was getting increased
wages througn tne muuence or their
unions. He-could nnvo pointed out the
. . . ( ' , I I T 1 I ' " I . (- , ' - -
hi: ! iIS !SL?l.Aiir.rS I prMDHQr lkmM.v, I "NOW. WTTX. TF THEY ONLY PERMITTED POLYGAMY"
government but In all other occuna
(Inns nml hi. nmitil t.nvn ,1fmnnto1 Mint
the eovcrument set the examnlo to other
employers by na.vine a living waco. to
be routlnucd at the proposed rate until
ecouomle conditions warranted a new
adjustment of the rates of pay. This
would have becu the stntcsmaullko. thing
o do, because it was economically
sound.
And at the same time he could have
called upon the Federal Reserve Hoard
to begin a contraction of credit by
slowly calling in loans on government
bonds nnd on rommerlcal paper, a
credit that has been expanded by
$10,000,000,000. nud hns had a more
direct effect on the cheapening of the
dollar than any other single cause.
Hut he did none of these things.
Instead, he contented himself with going
before Congress and walking around in
n circle and going oacK 10 me imc
,,-. ., .., ,.,,... he t, denounc
Ing Congress because it did not attempt
the impossible
He is not content, however, with
condemning Congress for Its failure to
reduce prices. He has denounced tho
new railroad law along with other con
structive legislation as "so unsatisfac
tory that I could accept it, If at all,
only because I despaired of anything
better." Now. the railroad law is ad
nltted to be one of the most advanced
pieces of railroad legislation passed in n
generation. No one calls It perfect,
but It Is workable. In its field It Is just
as Important as the federal reserve
banking law passed by a Democratic
Congress with the assistance of the
Republicans. Apparently if the bank
ing low had been pased by a Repub
lican Congress Mr Wilson would be
a) ing that lie accepted it because lie
despaired of an) thing better. Yet the
bauklng law lias had to be amended in
many particulars since lie signed it and
characterized it as a vindication of the
wisdom of the country in trusting Its
affairs to the Democratic party.
We are likely to have the political
side of Mr. Wilson exploited for tho
next few months, to the regret of those
who admire the man when he acts as a
statesman. "
THE NEW FREEDOM
IN THE big show nt Chicago the mys
tery clement is supplied one might
sny magnificently by the Pennsylvania
delegation aud its leaders. Henator
Knox, turning in what, at n distance,
appears something like a huff to jon
Senator Penrose nmong the nbsentees,
is on additional incitement to specu
lation. As we said in this column a week
ago, Mr. Penrose wns reluctantly com
pelled to relinquish the reius for tho
i time being. His presence in Chicago
' was not expected by his fi lends. Dc
1 nlals of the exclusive report published
I in this newspaper were made as a
mnttcr of course. Rut the senator and
; !, physicians made up their minds two
' W0(,iN nK0 tnnt the trip to Chicogo
ns fMnt .,,?... ,.p1.1o,,tp,l hv Prims I -
1 M' t I v iiruiuui v
VIlujnnK Illay ,.0Uut tremendously in a
convention composed of scattered, con-
tlietlng and unorganized forces,
with the absence of Mr. Penrose and
.Mr. kox. the old-school methods long
,,1,1,01,1 ln this stnte'H nnlilienl nffnirs
, ..,,. ,.. set aili,iP. temnornrilv nt lenst.
, Chicago. The Covernor n'nd his as-
..nu0 ,. h..in .. f ii .
, freeUom. What will they do with it?
The abdication of Mr Knox from the
,,u.p of flllustitutP ca(Jcr wtnH Uot to
, ,mvp bep nlt0Kt1Pr voluntary. No
; on ou ht t0 b). .urprisPlI if'it provps
tIint tIlW0 has boon a rcvf)lt of sorts ,
. partv nnil tnM younger men are
, actaUy determined to seize power for
' a adventure in sP)f determination. If
t)lPV Hne up with the proKressive nnd
forward-minded elements of the partv
( u fight on Maud puts nnd rudicul's
uliie thej max tlo much to brine about
the sort of hnrmon whith the Old
Guard on one hum! nnd Mr. Johnson
aud Mr. Iloruh on the other have made
difficult. The run gne the state a
new btint nnd u new influence in the
field of uutiouul polities
Nothing in the convention prelimi
nuries has been more arresting than the
sudden development and spread of the
, unil fuvor. The teusoux for this are
Rumors rife in Chi
cago suggest the
queries : Will Moses
llh. Moses!
he drnwn from Wood? Granting that
there ih something in the Johnson crowd
in suggestive of bull-rushes. Is the curient
I
I of ewnts going to tloat him in that dl-
rectlonV Is he keeping his weather eye
, "I"'" f,'r Pharaoh's daughter. Oppor-
I tunity? Does he perchance believe that
1 he is the Moses destined to lend his
' .w.tuln nut nf thp wilderness .' l.oter nn
the undent query will suggest Itself,
Where was Moses when the light went
out?'!
,,,..,.. 1 .. . ... .:
Hi Johnson inuv not
A Kear That May be a clever engineer.
lie Groundless but he can throw n
monKey wrench into
i the works as successfully as Hny Won
bly who ever loved sabotage for itself
uinn Hut. after all. there isn't such
a terrlbliu lot of delicate machinery
about u steam roller
When congressmen cause the Pres
ident to voice despair, there is that in
bin voice which suggests u malicious
pleasure in showing 'em up.
If it should be true that Penrose
has veered'to Bproul there will be many
who WtH Deiieve inui ue 19 limning n
', L Hl.ll.il.llllV. "
virtue uts.i."
'
Though the Antithesis of Each
Other In Physical and Mental
Characteristics, They Had
Points In Common
Iy (iKOROK NOX McCAIN
NEXT to Mntthew Stanley Quay,
Roles Penrose, up till the present
nntlonnl convention, hns been the most
imposing and picturesque Pennsylvania
figure that ever attended a gathering to
nominntc n Republican chief magistrate
to preside over the galaxy of states.
And tach was the antithesis of the
other.
Quay wns small, shriveled, sinuous
nnd secretive.
Penrose was massive, towering. Im
pressive, dominant, outspoken nnd the
cynosure nf all eyes ns he propelled his
huge personality down the convention
aisle.
No matter when or under what cir
cumstances either one nppearcd on thc
convention lloor, he wns sure to be
greeted with a salvo of applause and
cheers and n craning of necks.
S'evcr In a single instance do I recall
thc slightest visible response of cither
to these demonstrations. Once or twice
Penrose smiled and nodded In a half
abashed way toward thc members of his
own delegation when they grew particu
larly effusive nnd tumultuous on his
arrival.
Quay was as unresponsive to such
outbursts ns n graven image or a sun
baked brick.
THE one great ambition 'of Matthew
Stanley Quay was to be considered
in connection with the presidency.
His nmbitlon wns gratified, only par
tially, howewr. nt the Chicago conven
tion of loDII.
lie had worked for mouths to create
a sentiment in favor of his nomination
for President, lie particularly aimed
ut controlling the Pennsylvania delega
tion in Ills behalf.
He succeeded to the extent of having
the Governor of thc state, Daniel H.
Hastings, plnce his name before thc
convention, but ns for controlling the
delegation when it enmc to a vote his
hopes went glimmering.
It wns at this nntlonnl convention
that thc final break between Quay and
David Martin occurred.
MARTIN hud worked nlong in fairly
harmonious fashion with Quay.
"The Old Man." as Quay was known
among stnte len'ders, had named Martin
as nntionnl committeeman from Penn
sylvania in 1801'.
When Quay cnught tho presidential
itch lie found to his surprise thnt Mar
tin was not disposed to nllny the irri
tation, 1 recall ot the time that Martin
in n confidential tnlk told me thnt Quny
had not tlie ghost of n show for the
nomination, and thnt he (Martin) could
not sacrifice his self-respect by boarding
n leaky craft that was bound to founder
in the first gale.
Quay resented Martin's attitude, and
as he was all-powerful with the na
tional committee, he had himelf chosen
us national committeeman from Penn
sylvania in 18!)0 in plnce of the Phila
delphia leader.
CHRIS. L. MAC. EH was Quay's only
rival in the western part of the
state, and Martin linked up with Mngce
as aguinst the gentleman from Ilenvcr.
It was with the utmost reluctance, ns
1 personally know, thnt Governor Hust
ings consented to place Quu's nume
before the convention.
Quay had made n number of demands
upon Hastings which the latter felt he
could not grant. When, however, Quay,
through (ieneral Irank Rceder, askeil
Hastings to nominate him, Hastings
could not well decline.
It wns immediately following the
convention nf 1890 that the outbreak
occurred between Hastings and Quny
which recorded the high-water mark of
partisan bitterness in n half century of
political warfare in this state.
JUST prior to thc convention, nnd
after the delegation had assembled
in Chicngo, Martin notified Quay that
he could not lount upon the united sup
port of thc Pennsylvania delegation.
"I told Quay," said Martin nt the
time, "that he would lose n good share
of the delegates, I thought about twen
ty -seven In all. He wouldn't believe
me nnd started to poll the delegation.
He found thnt I wns right "
The fact is that there were nineteen
votes in the delegation against Quay,
aud Martin's was one of them. Quay
got sixty-one and n half votes for
President.
MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY was
not only a pre-eminently shrewd
politician, but he was almost abnor
mally crafty when ernft became a
needed asset at nn. pellicular moment.
He was a deviser of stratagems.
Israel W. Durham used to say thnt
when Quny went tishing in Florida it
wasn't for the ake of the fish he
cnught; he went there because it af
forded him pcaie and quiet and oppor
tunity to colw sthenics for the defeat
of his opponents.
Once detected in 11 bit nf cunning or
piece of scheming. Quay never nttempted
an excuse or otTen-d tin apology.
THE political warfare hetweeu Quay
and (lovernni Hastings had its
origin ns a matter of temperament.
Quay was dictatorial and Hastings
was independent.
Hastings would have been Governor
four years before he reached that office
if it had not been for Quay. Hastings
knew tliis, and after his great popular
majority In iwi he felt still less under
obligation to the senator.
I shall never forget 11 remark the
Governor made shortlj after it became
upparent there was to he an outbreak
of hostilities
He wns aware that Quay mistrusted
him. Months before the fracas' started
Quay let it be known that he antici
pated ttouble with the Governor.
"It doesn't matter much what Sen
ator Quay thinks about me." said Gov
ernor Hastings "I haven't yet got .to
the point of running to the telephone
ns soon ns I get up in thc morning,
calling him up to wish him good morn
ing and tell him that I am still
stiiiight."
They say Robe Ruth "busts" his
slioebtrlng every time he goes to hot.
Lucky for Hellroarlng Hiram he hasn't
that kind of luck.
What grieves the thoughtful is the
belief that tho militants have not sim
ply one Idea at a time, but merely one
idea.
There Is no evidence thnt thc na
tional committee is devoting uny time
to the study of the "Lors!" of Moses. "
Thc most hopeful thing about the
Chicago convention Is thnt nobody
knows just what is going to happen.
Objector Rlanton, of Teins, prob
ably discovered the only wav ho can
make his prcsenco felt in tho House,
a. ii ' "' "I ' I II
.Ynlinaon says he Is tickled to death
with thc situation. That may also
I provd literally ttvVllh M boom.
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POLITICAL PILGRIMS FIND
ffi
WET" OASIS IN CHICAGO
Real Stuff Not A car-Beer Served at 25 Cents a Glass Bar
Has All Trimmings of Pre-Amendment Days
By CLINTON W. OILRERT
htaff Correspondent of the i:enlnit Public
I.Mlrer
Copurtoht. JIM, 1)1 1'ubltc Ltdacr Co.
Clilcaao. .Iiine 7. The word "beer"
went around tlie corridors of the Con
gress Hotel, Chicago, in a whisper.
Those nearby the whisperers would prick
up their cars and saj "Reg jour par
don, but did you say you knew where
there was beer?"
In a little while there was a pro
cesiou to thc place. Here is thc nd
dress. given in spite of thc danger that
crowds from Philadelphia will take the
train uml compete with tho thirsty (leic
e(ltCH corner of Federal street and est
Harrison street, Clilcngo. A veritable
snioon Is there. You enter through tlie
old-fashioned swinging half-door. There
is the bar. as in 11)1(1, with the bras
footrail. Rartenders. white-aproned,
look as if there had been no eighteenth
amendment.
Old-fashioned schooners of heavy
glass are served just as of old. The
liquid is of the right color. It has the
white collar, not too tall. The bar
keen can afford to lie generous with beer
nt twenty-live cents n glass, for that is
the price. Aud tlie beer has authority.
It is not nenr-beer. it is the kind that
some states will luue if the Supreme
Court decides that having concurrent
authority means nothing. The saloon
is jammed with people pajing twenty
live cents a glass. A pleasant rumor
goes around thnt the prohibition en
forcers arc going to be blind to thc
sale of beer during the convention.
Dry With ReseniKtlons
Outside of this one spot the condi
tion H dry with mild reservations. In
three days one drunken man hus been
seen. Now and thciKit man slightly
gov pushes through tlie throng. You
Will see a mumii inn, 01 itiur or nve
form, disappear up the elevator and
return In ten minutes, having had two
drinks from tlie private stock in the
room of one of tlie gioiip There arc
a good innn bottles in tlie hotel rooms,
carefully locked up in wilNes or trunks.
T.uggage was neer so inrefullv locked
as this time and tlie ethics of accept
ing an invitation to visit one of these
bottles requires that ou t-linll not take
more than one or two drink". Tlie
-....flf la .nn tirAnillllu mill lin,jl ,t nnl
for any one 'o drink more than thnt.
One' bottle that must last all thiough
the convention and perhaps a uniple of
drinks of beer on Kedeiai stieet bcfoiej
the supply there inns out or lielore the
officers close the place do not make a
wet convention, nnd it is not wet. You
notice the effect upon the ciowds They
ure smaller than in tlie past. A night
or two before the lonveution ollieinlly
heirlns it was possible to "make one's
way easily aliout the coiridois of (lie
Congress Iloti'l. tin- gient gathering
point of the crowds Tlie other hotel j
showed little more congestion than
usqal, nnd the crowds were quiet At
this writing onlj once hns n band been
heard lu the convention district.
Rottles Limit Convention
Refore the convention had even as
sembled, before n ballot had been taken
nnd In spite of the great uncertainly
as to who would be chosen for 1'icsl
dent and tlie prospect of inanv ballot ,
every one was talking of getting away
by Saturday Thnt bottle in tlie alise,
even under the rule that requiied the
taking of not inoie than one or two
drinks at once, would not lust beyond
Snturdav. The bottles marked the nut
ural limits of tlie convention. It would
he intolerable here after the lust lmn
was gone. It would be him! to keep
the crowds nfter thnt moment with hotel
prices high and Honor tTltUcult to ohtuin
at-tancy convention prices,
Whisky is difficult to obtain, though
not impossible. It is not served lieiel
in cuns ID." coffie. ns it is in some nthnv
places. Probably Chicngnnns who nte
knowu nnd know the way nbout can
obtain it by the drink, but not the dele
gate. Whisky by the 'bottle is, 0f
course, to he hud but nt rising prices.
Refore the convention the ruling price
here was $8 a quart. In anticipation
of the convention it rose to $' pro),
ably It is twice that now nnd even at
those quotations it is hard for the
strauger to tlml it.
Wlilshy as a "Solvent"
Two views of the effects of nrohlbi
tlon on the convention prevail. The drys
point to the ednventlon1. good order and
nntetne.HS.' Thev nnv ll.Tvlllann, i
I be more wemly tut more businesslike;
ri' ....
that in spite of thc difficulties before tho
delegates, thc job to be done here will
be done quickly nnd In n businesslike
fasbinn. The wets say a little liquor
would make ever, body more mellow and
icndy to compromise. Agreements could
be reached easier around n table where
there was plenty to drink. Whisky In
the past has been n sort of univcrsnl
Knlvnnf nf nni-lv fnnpfinllnnu AV b n t -
ever conflicts existed were settled nver.ciintnnnn
n bottle, and there certainly nren t bot-
ties enough here to settle nil the issues
aud doubts that trouble this convention.
The nbsence of booze hnsu't reduced
the foolishness of the convention. All
of thc old claptrap and nonsense is be
ing continued. Candidates have to
maintain expensive headquarters. The
cost 01 me I'.imiueiniin room which
Wood hns is variously estimated nt
$."000 to $2.".O0O for tlie period of the
convention. The large ligurc is doubt
less an exaggeration, due to the general
respect for Colonel Procter's pocket
book. There are the tiHiial flags and
buntings.
There is the balUhoo business nbout
Johnson's headquarters which is always
found at conventions. When nomina
tions begin no doubt nil the old trumped
up cnthusinsm will be displayed. Can
didates' names will be cheered hv hnlf
hourR and hours, the cheering being or
unitized and meaning nothing. The
TT1 Tl Plll ITlir II I III I I I I I III- I llllt l-llllllll I II II
tion nre as definite as the ritual ot a ,
luirrli. Perliuns they will be mote bore
some when the contents of one bottle
have to be husbanded over a whole
week. , ,
Probably Jhe general view agrees with
that of a certain senator who said, "Of
course, I was against drunkenness. 1
was ngalnst tlie bttloon. Kverjhody wns.
Hut I dou't think we ought to have pio
hibited the blessed stuff altogether."
f" What Do You Know?
QUIZ
in the liiiheas corpu
1 When wns the luibeas corpus act
paaseu in -.....
a. po'slmast'er general first
a member of the cabinet-
a the term "volcanic rocks"
2. When did
' become :
3. What does
Include.
4 Where was the first steamship to
cross the Atlantic built'
6 What were the seven wonders of the
Middle A&es?
0 When did Bavarln becorqc a con-
Htltutlonnl monarchy'
7. What Is the Applan Way?
8. Which Is the longest lived of all
animals' , ....
9 What is the number of the Hawaiian
Islands? , ,
10. lit what ,ear were the tlrst Olympic
games held?
a "
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
John Qulncy Adams was the sixth
President of tho t'nlU-d States
Shakespeare died April 2H, 1610
Tho report of artillery uurlcs
farther than the sound of thunder
because the roar of cannon com
municates a vibration to the soil
Intrusive roclts are Igneous locks
that have solidified under the
surface,
1 (1. n a-inal Offta In ortlltVlll ACitnva.
i imnui'ww". """:""" c'". '"
sain, nas me greatest raintall of
nnv nlnce In the world. Its ereat.
est on record was 4n 1801, with
905 inches.
The first ship to cross the Atlantic
propelled by steam was the
Savannah, which loft Suvannah,
(Ja for Liverpool, May '.'2 1819,
nnd accomplished the oyuge in
twAiTtvnlne dnva nnd itleten i.nn.u
7 The seven wonders of the ancient
world were the pyramids of Egypt,
rmirun ui ijiis iiuukiuk unruens
of Babylon. Temple of Diana, at
KphesUBJ Statue of .tunltel, In
Ihdlaa: Mausoleum of Artemisia
und the Colossus of Hhodes,
8 During" church services the church
Hag; tiles above Old fllorj, both in
the army and navy
9 The leading battles of the Franco-
Prussian war of 1870-71 were
Strasbourg, uravelotte, Metz, Se. i
dan, St Remy, C'oulmlers, st I
Ouentln and before Purls I
10. Philadelphia and New York both
r,Bil"f,,n?K: mS iIv,,1,0Pl"K base-
ball from the old J.ngllili game of
"rounders," but Us birth as a
national game may bo said to havS
iniicn limes in oos, wnen all the
clubs In the neighborhood of New
York formed the National Asso-
elation pf ascbav Players,
carrying the bnnurrs of the stntes will
go on the smiic us ever. It does not
tnke booze to keep that going. All
this doesn't change a vote. Rut it is a
part of the ceremonial of choosing can-!7,,,
ii,i... The conventions of n conven-
GREAT PERFORMANCE
OF "RIGOLETTO"
Brilliant Cast Sings Verdi Opera,
Closing Series of Puccini Com
pany in Philadelphia
THE CAST
Duke of Mantua
. Mnrlo Chnmlee
. Vicente Hnllenter
Eveln Scotney
N'Htnlo Cervi
. .. . Vlronte Renlno
Mary MellKi
Paul I.entlnl
Giordano Pnltrlnert
Plc'.ro do Illael
. .Fernanda Dorla
. I.nvlnla ruBllntl
Emma Ilornlela
Iimoletto
Ollda
Count of Monterone
Count of Ceprano .
Countcs"
Mfcrutji
Roma
T Pa.rfl I
Hparnfudle
a p.-ir
f
i.onauctor uario reroni.
A peiformnnce of "Rigoletto," which
wns not only the best balanced but also
the best sung and acted that Philadel
phia lias seen in years, often rising to
positive brilliancy, closed the series of
,i1P. ,, inn , , n ,.
"'"? 0I crn? b-v ,ho Pl,rcinl l",rn O
nt '"" Academy of Music on Snturday
evening. The cnthusinsm of principals
nnd chorus which hns been noted in tlie
previous performances wns shown to an
even greater degree on Saturday eve
ning, and the opera went with a spirit
and a snap seldom seen when great stars
nppear.
Mario Chamlee, Vicente Rnllestcr
nnd Evelyn Scotney bore off the honors.
Mr. Chnmlee has a superb tenor voice
end is not nfrnid to use it "icbusto"
wl,h tl,e niost freedom. It is even
full of color nnd powerful nud, with the
, proper care, he should become one of the
rent tono , f , . y
, V ' ,' ''
I ""Hester more tlinn confirmed the ns-
...
sertlon that Rigoletto is his star part.
ior inere is no tioubt thnt lie is the most
satisfactory singer and actor in that
iiiiucuu roie who Has appeared in Philn
delphla for years. He is udapted to the
part tempcrnmentnlly. vocallv and
physically, and. liko Mr. Chamlee, gave i
a magnificent performance. I
Evelyn Scolney ns Glldu wns a tre
mendous surprise. To those who had
seen her only In the minor roles allotted
her in previous appearances here both
her voice und her method of handling it
were astounding. Oildn is an exceed
ingly difficult role nud she was evi
dently n little nervous at the beginning
of the opera, which had no perceptible
cuivi. uh ncr mngiug. out made ner act
i,,B u triflfi ""'nvin;lng. After her
I ""ormous success i "Caro Nome." the
iinl "hit of the evening, this dlsap-
liearcd
The lesser parts of Sparafuclle. Mad
dalenn, Monterone nnd others were well
taken, both histrionically and vocally.
The opportunities of these roles we're
not so great ns the hading ones, but the
dingers who filled them contributed their
full share toward mnking tlie opera a
really noteworthy perforinnnce. The
chorus nnd the ballet again covered
themselves with glory.
There were too many fine spois in
the opera to make it practicable to men
tion them nil. "Caro Nome" in the
second act. the ever-popular "I.a Donne
K' Mobile" nnd the quartet lu the tout
act were of course the favorites, but
there were many other numbers which
deberve equal piaise for the manner in
which they were given,
AMERICAN HITS PRINCE
' n...-- e. . 1.1.1. i-i n, .
hseii .,. wunc r-iayea on
Wealthy Widow In Paris
Paris,, Juue 7. Prince Vladimir
Cnutaeuzene was given n genuine
American uppercut on one eje by the
list of ii wealthy United States citizen
becnuse tlie prince is alleged to have
played a suicide joke on a wealthy
Parisian widow, his fiancee. .
Tlie prince, it seems, declined on lu
vltntiou to n dinner ui en heie by Mine
Alines Gourand, the widow, and Inter
sent n companion to her with word that
lie had killed himself. An American
learned of the honx und punched the
prince.
Spa Parley to Be Delayed
Minion, .nine H. (Ily A. P 1 -Pon.
"i-mntloii of tho Paris report that the
Hnn cmfreni.i. um,i,i i... . ,,p.
,,!.u V..i! ..?. ,i.) i ' r1 , P"l noned
"!' ' 'l !?,wf,8 lvt'"l J1'1;0 t(,,lu.v- In nil
i""""i"i '"" oe ii uiscilSRlon
alU0D8 representatives of tho allleil
governmenta at n conference in London
before tho Spa fathering. Xj0DU'
fJU
U. S. TO tlEt $500,600,000 ' 1
Will Share In- Qermany'a 20,000,.
000,000 Marks Reparation Bonds
Paris, June 7. (By A. P.)--Tli
share of thc United States in the first
20,000,000,000 marks gold of rcpnra
tion bonds which Germany ia required
to Issue under the Versailles treaty will
be nbout ?GOO,000,000, It wns nUted
here today.
This sum, it was explained, will be
for tho first twenty months occupa
tions of thc Rhlneland by American
troops.
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