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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Things on wlilfh the people ipeet
th new ndmlnUtriMlnn coneen-
trate Its attention:
The Delaware river bridge.
A. drydork U enough to accommo
date the largest ship.
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. X convention hall.
X building for the Free Library.
Xn Art Museum.
Enlargement oj the water supply.
Home-j to accommodate the popula
tion. THE LICENSE MUDDLE
r' IS not likelv thnt Judge Hregy's of logic nlone. Man has made many
ruling that no malt liquors may be I Invent ions and endured torment inde
Old without a license will be enforced ""' in, h" n,t-BW rffort to fin.
!riiji. .....ii u. ,.li.m l,n heen nnsed substitutes for simple truth, honor nnd
ft upon by a higher court.
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ouurc intnj '.' awnv:
Clfically provides that all persons who Kn,p,r,s hnv ,)lftrnl ,, fnrn ,
desire to sell malt liquors shall get a , thiU odf, q(IrBt From th nok nf thn(sq
.regular snloon llccn-e. And lie nn- thpy mnj. ba2,p nm, fn aRn,H Mr
noUnces that there is no reference ,n Pnttpn ,, np of n Krpflt mnnv prnp)p
the law to tho alcoholic content of the whf) ,mvp v,pwp) thp ,i(,ni( of ,hp tim(1(1
v malt liquor. wjt, c0,ncthing like despair, rmlntiht-
Xet before the sale of beer with more ,jv n(, )ms heen rending the political
than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol j speeches of recent weeks nnd the for
tyas forbidden there were .everal malt j mulns by 'Willlnin Jennings Hryan for
beverage on the market which con- the world's salvation. Hut bricklayers
talned little if any alcohol, and they w,0 demand nnd rereive SI." n dny
were sold freely in grocery stores, nnd nm a,hmcn who will not work for less
matt extracts with considerable nlcohol thn S10 were for him the lnt. un
in them were sold in drug stores which benrable straws,
had no saloon licenses. I Against them he rebelled with the
Now if the court is going to insist ' angry assertion that civilization is
that no malt beverage may be sold standing on its head.
without a saloon licence, the question
at once arises. Why did it not so insist Kifteen-dollnr-a-dny bricklayers nre.
before the sale of intoxicating beverages in their wny, quaint. They nre a
was prohibited? If it was legal for n cheerless sort of phenomenon. Hut on
grocery store or n drug store to sell n j the whole they nre net half so danger -nonintoxicating
malt beverage without i ous or undesirable ns some of the ex -a
saloon license last year, why is it not 1 a'ted folk who sit in high plnres nnd
legal this year? draw about 51.ri a mluute for fumbling
The only reason thus far advanced I di'asfouslv with the mechanisms of
t for 'insisting on a license from nil who
el! such beverages is that the saloon -keepers
who have taken out licenses
must be protected from competition by
the unlicensed. Tint it is doubtless true
i-thafthc saloonkeepers who have taken
out licenses have done It for the purpose
of Jcecplng their places open in the hope
that there will be such a modificntion
of the Volstead nctas will permit them
to sell malt drinks' whirh the grocers
are'not allowed to sell.
Judge Bregy's view of the law may
be correct, but to the layman it seems
'as if he were stretching the statute u
long way in order to bring under it a
bevcrago flavored with mnlt which was
formerly allowed to be sold ns freely as
bottled soda water or sarsaparilla.
THE MEANEST CROOK
THE meanest crook of them all bas
unquestionably come to light in the
wan who took S12,(100 in "ransom"
money from the distracted father of
little Blnkely Coughlin, with the prom
ise" to restore the missing bnby. To
raipe the money Mr. Poughlln, it is
aid, virtually exhnusted his own re
sources nnd then borrowed ?2000 to
make up the sum.
Kidnappers in the pnst hnve usuallv
had sufficient "honor" to return the '"" jt ''n1" also tne knowledge and nssur
chlldren safely when the sum demanded ' aarp ot "r,,nt (le,,'ls n"d great purposes
was paid nnd nil other conditions were that stand like towers of light above
fulfilled Mr Coughlin fulfilled to the " ,nf'an scuffle It hns, and nlwnyn will
letter nil .ne conditions sot forth by the hay"' n'"n "hose very presence is a
kidnnpper. only t find his money ns 'hnllenge against nil wrong. These nre
well as his child stolen. I thp constant nnd perpetual things which
TCJHnnnnino. ia .he ..,,, -,i . I actuallv direct the course of civilization.
cowardly crime on the calendar, but
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thls cdminnl, whether he actually is the j
Hfclnnpper or is some other who connived "" "' u '", ; . '" ''"""
to turn the pnef nnd aorie.r nf ,,, i speares nnd Hrethovens. "VI hot Is more.
parents to his own base .irofit, ha
s gone
even n step bejond
It is doubtful whether the pennl code
contains n punishment spvere enough
for such a criminal.
A DISAPPEARING BUGABOO
TJflOK years the .Tnpnnophobes have
-N bee
been telling us thnt if we went to,
war with Japan. Oront Britain, under learned from the wnr and whnt np
the terms nf the Anglo Japanese nlli- parently they hnve not Ienrned is thnt
ance, would be compelled to g to the intinite truth was packed into a few
assistance of Japan. Observers who words by the ninn who first said thnr
had not lost their poKe never accepted wm can't get by with it. You can't
this view, nnd now Viscount Knto, who Kef bv with it, when, whether as n
negotiated the treaty with Grent Brit- , minister of stnte or n bricklaver. io
Bin, Is reported ns saying in Tokio that , try to grnb what is not properlv vour,
an article wns inserted in the treaty I The most certain law of nl'l ),,. M
for the specific purpose of releasing I the law of compensation. It works out
Great Britain from any obi eatmn tn ' ... .. ,..!.. . ... ' .
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22". rll1. ''npan in nuy ,vnr uuo" the,
United States
This is interesting In two wavs- It
shows on what a false foundation the
fears of the Japanophobcs were based,
and it nlso makes it certain thnt Jnpnii
Will never seek a quarrel with this
country. The Japanese bugaboo is dis
appearing quite rapidly.
BRISTOL'S BICENTENARY
IT IS peculiarly tilting that the cen
sus figures of the town of Bristol,
showing a gain of ll per cent, should
have been made public from Washington
on the eve of the liOOth anniversary of
the founding of that municipality. The
new figures show that Bristol has now
a population of 10,27,1.
Bristol, mhich opens Its bicentennial
today, deserves the congratulations of
all the other municipalities of the corn
i
t
monwcalth, both for what It in today
nnd for what It has achieved lu the 1100
years of Its incorporated life.
Tho town Is rich not only in com-
mcrcial achievement, but also In Its long
record of atiiniy Americanism, from
J.t.t. .. .... . M
- tho moni(.nt 0( ts blrtlt down to the
present Bristol has maintained the best
traditions of the country and has stood
loyally by in all the national crics of
two centuries.
I be cotiEratnlntctl nn dor nnsl record unci
Rl,p mny 'ok forward to n uture as
' bright In promise as the paxt lins been
' In achievement.
I "
' RAINBOW CHASING NOW
THE UNIVERSAL CRAZE
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Because urvhnriv la Dnlnn It. Mr.
Because Everv
"""" cvcry
Patten Hs
r-axxen n,
as Wearied or a
Very Likable World
TTWEU since men developed n con-
i J-J science they have known the mood
n -h the world seems merely a Sood
plnce to get out of.
' TVindltx of an ancient time found life
bearable only when they withdrew from
' "', human proceiilon to meditate under
I wayside tree. The cne of J. A. Pat
ten, nn Illinois millionaire, who sud
denly cut loose from affairs and went
into seclusion because he was tired of
the world, tired of its censeless strife
, nm discontent." Is no new thins in
, history. Ty Cobb, when he misses one
"' enl inning, unquestionably
."" "" "" "'"' ' " "oi'i-..
sphere. Hut Mr. Cobb and Mr. Patten
nnd all the others who let exasperation
' overwhelm them cannot but be repnrded
as amateurs nt tho business of life.
I If. in the ordinary course of oxist-
i ence. a man turns to slam a door be
tween himself and the nctive world,
what words nre adequate to tell of the
feellnit that mut have come to those
j who had to lie for four years In
tienrhes where tempests of lire blew
' night nnd day'
What of the men who burn them
selves out In elTorts to befriend nations
and rare that in the end Jeer and re
ject them?
And what of the poor of Europe who
have to begin life all over ngnln In the
desolation that onee was green peace?
These nre difficult times, rertainiy.
for minds that can trnvel by the light
j peace of heart things thnt nre his nt
I the beginning nnd until he throws them
government
In Europe especially there are states
men who have been setting a bad ex
ample for everybodv ns the lenders in
a rainbow chase that bas grown to the
dimensions of an international nnd
univeisnl craze.
If they hnve not learned the lessons
of tho wnr, how enn bricklnyers he ex
pected to know- these nme lessons?
There nre times when it seems thnt
the war had nn opposite result to the
one intended. Once upon n time klugs
were few nnd relatively powerless.
Now everjbodj. big and little, seems
determined to go into the king business
in oue wny or another.
A raisin king is rising to glory in
Pittsburgh to join the dried-npple kings
nnd the sugnr kings, the shoe kings nnd
the wheat kings. If bricklayers and
nshmen are in the imperial mood, if
they feel that they nre qualified to con
quer nnd grab, it can he said for them
thnt they nre following nn example
offered conspicuously iu some of the
high plnees of the earth.
Despite nil this, the world of which
Mr. Pntten bus wearied hn much to
recommend it bn a plnce of residence.
If it has party platforms nnd the
speeches of Mr. Hryan and politicians
'" the places where statesmen ought to
If the world hns produced Bryons.
Prah,s- r"ons and f'lemenceaus it
ii win I'duiiuui' iii proline,- ineni. it
lins Rummer rains and it has mornings
that, If they were not so plentiful,
would b appreciated as things worth
in themselves a great deal of work and
ns recompense for many hard perplexi
ties. It would be the most cheerful of
places if it were not for some of the
people who try to run it.
What these neonle should hate
mm m"ci uun-.nn fin niucij an it HOrKS
out for men. It is impossible to en
the natural and ordained visitations of
retributive justice. If some nations are
now in difficulties, it is because thej are
making an accounting for wrongs done
by or for them in the past.
Diplomatists have always been af
flicted with the delusion that it is pos
sible to get by with it. It is possible to
get by with it only for a while. At
some turn of the road a state or an
individual is appallcu ot finding the
piled consequences of crimes or dis
honesty waiting to be accounted for
completely and in full. The cost to a
state may be war nnd defeat. For nn
individual it may he a mind In agony
or a bullet tired in the morning, ni( ,t
was fired at the New York clubman
whose name is now conspicuous in the
papers,
Life has become for the time being a
evening -wtiSm LEDHiibEil-HM:, v&J;Mra 'ajDito!-'
general disordered chase for ,the rain
how's end which i not td be found.
It Is by experience that mankind learns
nil things worth while, nnd experience
is n politely conventional term for pnin
And disillusionment. After n little suf
fering by nil the people who escaped
suffering in the war we shall descend
from the nir nnd get our feet again upon
the solid earth.
People will no longer demand what
is not theirs. They will get rid of the
belief thnt they enn obtain whnt does
not exist. Honest work will again be
come fnhlonablc. .
Fifteen- dollar- a -day bricklayers are
nn crazier tlmn some gentlemen of power
who am trying to grab lands nnd terri
tories that belong by right to others.
Hetween the two extremes arc nil sorts
of people going nt existence ns if it were
a joy ride in n clockless tnxlcab. Hut
every mile is being checked up and will
have to be paid for in solid work,
sooner or later. If the people of the
enrth nre to continue to be clothed and
fed nnd sheltered nnd kept warm.
There will be nn end of the economic
jazz, of political futilities nnd internn
tionnl hedevilment. Rut it will not be
brought about by angry or dispirited
gentlemen who retire to seclusion with
the announcement thnt they nre done
with the world. It will be brought
about by the men who stick around.
There nre countless such men. They
will continue to nsk whnt war nnd
diplomacy nre for. They will demand
to know whnt colleges nre nlming at nnd
whnt government nnd business nnd
rlnnnce nnd labor are nlming nt. 'lliey
will continue to make n row until there
is n settled order on the earth nud until
decent nlms nnd purposes, just to all
people, are formulated nnd clenrly de
fined as objects of modern civilization.
These men who stick nround will
view the world ns n very liknblc plnce.
nnd they will see to it that better uses
nre mnde of the extraordinary nrrny of
talents nnd good instincts thnt mnn
klnd hns brought to it. They will not
let it be burned nnd befouled by wnr
or devastated, in nny part of itn life,
by ignornnt and selfish men nccidentnlly
in power.
The job Is n big one. It may tnke
n loug time to necomplish it. Hut when
one fighting crowd falls or vanishes nn-
other will tnke its place.
Thnt is the wny of the rnce
LABOR AND STATE SOCIALISM
TUOSK believers in stnte i-ocinlism
who are planning to ask the Demo
cratic national convention to demand
the government ownership of railroads
will not fail to call the attention of the
delegates to the action of the conven
tion of the American Federation of
Labor. '
By n vote of 2f.0r.f to S.110. that
convention has Indorsed the proposition
thnt the government should both town
nnd operate the railroads Those voting
in the affirmative were the railroad
workers, the members of machinists
unions, textile workers, garment work
ers and metal workers.
The impelling motive wns et forth by
the president of the machinists' union
when he said that "under the three
oar- of government control more wns
accomplished for orgnni7ed Inbnr thnn
in all the years under private owner
ship." He might hnve said that Mr. McAdoo
gae n more generous incrense in wages
to the railroad woikers than they had
been able to secure from the owners of
the roads, and that they preferred n
svstem of control nnd operation which
would ennble them to use a politicnl j
lever lor prying more niouc uui ui im
railroad treasuries.
It is known thnt the railroad work
ers and the telegraph workeis were
plensed'with their tieatment under
government control nnd thnt they favor
government ownership of the telegraph
lines nnd the railroad".
The politicnl wisdom of pleasing this
large body of voters will be set before
the Democratic convention in moM nl
lnring terms. Many Democratic lend
ers fnvor government ownership. Mr.
McAdoo himself urged thnt the period
during which the rnilronds should be
under government control should he ex
tended in order that the expediency ol
making it permanent might be tested.
Mr. Bryan hns long favored govern
ment ownership. After his return from
his trip around the world he made a
speech in Madison .Square (inrden in
New York in which ho demanded it.
The late Senator David H. Hill, of New
York, during the miners' strike of 1002,
urged government ownership nf coal
mines. Pemm ratic statesmen hnve for
years heen hospitable to the idea.
If the Democrats wish to go before
the countrv on this issue the Repub
licans will welcome the opportunity to
defend the rights of private property
nnd the benefits ni cruiug from the con
duct of grenf enterprises on business
principles. Hut for the sake of the
freedom of our institutions it is hoped
that the tnnservntives in the Demo
cratic conention will succeed in pre
venting the adoption of nny platform
conininiug a deinnnd for government
ownership nf rnilronds. It will be bet
to allow the Socialists nnd Amos Pin
chot's pnrty to fnvor stnte socialism of
every ort.
ORATORY IS NOT DEAD
TO THOSE who say thnt congres
sional oratory is not whnt it once
was we commend tho tribute of Repre
sentative King, of Illinois, to Frank
Mnndell. the Republican floor lender.
Here is the peroration as it appears in
tlie Congressional Record:
The vletorv Is his Extravagance
nnd wnstn has fled before him. He
has leintreneheil constitutional privi
leges of the, people. The dragon of
tratmy hns before this modern 8t
OeorRo withdrawn its talona from the
horizon nf our destiny. Tho full
.ff'ct of his work in this cntaclybinln
period cunnot be. truly comprehended
bv his contemporaries, but the future
student of our times will write In a
high place on tho pioscenlum of his
tory the name of this citizen, states
man and patriot Frank Mondell. of
Wvoming '
The spectacle of Mondell forcing the
dragon to wlthdrnw its talons from the
horizon of our destiny must have been
awe-inspiring. But one has to go bnck
to the period when orators exclaimed
that they could tee the footprints of
Clod's hand all nbout them to find n
pnrallel to this outburst of the Illinois
rhetorician.
I.lfo bas its com
pensations. Candi
dates do not always
win; platforms are
lint Worms
Won't Enthuse
not always strong, drinks sometimes
lack kick ; Supreme Court decisions do
not 'always nntlsf) ; the nineteenth hole
is sometimes dry , but, thank heaven,
straight bait is still procurable and the
Pennsylvania commissioner of fisheries
says fishing is going to be good this
season.
SIDELIGHT VIEWS
Odd Phases' of the Republican
Convention The- Wornen From
Kansas and Some Other
Women Uses of the
Coliseum
By GEORGE NOX McOAIN
THERE were sidelights on the Chi
cago convention that in n wny were
quite as interesting as anything con
nected with the big show Itself.
Against a side wall about half wny
down the wide vestibule of the Coliseum
Annex was n railed inclosure containing
n lint -top desk with pad nnd telephone,
nnd hnlf n dozen or so choirs. A po
liceman wnB never nbsent from the desk
nnd rhnlr. Occnslonnlly n lleutennnt
with velvet collar nnd gold star ap
proached and whispered some word of
Instruction or inquiry.
Three nnd sometimes four women,
fashionably but unobtrusively dressed,
occupied chairs Inside.
They were female detectives.
"What's the idea?" inquired n
Washington newspaper man of n po
licemnn who furnished the informntlon.
"They'll be handy in case of any
trouble In which women might be In
volved." replied the officer. "This
crowd is n mighty fine plnce for fema e
dips' to work. If one of thetrt is
cnught these lady members of the force
would make the cxnmlnntion to dis
cover if she had nny stolen 'leather' on
her. 'Tlsn't a man's job. Sec?"
ONE of the noticeable figures In the
annex was a mnn pretty well up In
venrs who slouched nbout in shirt
ileeves with unbuttoned vest nnd swing
ing n cane.
For the most pnrt he snt iu n chair
tiltecf ngnlnst n wnll surveying the
crowds with n contemptuous nnd blase
.t l.n nH.niflnnilt nf.
eve. lie was on m w i"""1 .-. - -taches
of the building.
"What's this building used for be
sides nntional conventions?" he was
asked. , ,. , .
"Most everything. sec. this plnce
used tn he whnt wns known ns Ander
sonvllle PrUnn. They took down the
old prison nfler the Civil Wnr and
hrmiffhr It mi here. The compnny built
the stone walls nround It nnd it wns n
show place for a long time.
"There wns no roof to it then. Alter
n while the how played out and then n
compnnv bought It. put a roof on it
nnd mnde it just what you see.
"There's snmethin' going, on most
everv week nere. p'ticulnrly in winter.
The'nnrnum circus shows here when it
comes to town," he concluded.
"Is the Barnum circus much different
from the one they've got here now?"
inquired his interlocutor, attempting to
be funny. .. ,
"Yep. somewhat, was the unsmil
ing replv. "They got real nniinals
there."
AT THE Inst session of the conten
tion on Saturday afternoon a couple
of hatless women in the gnllery imme
diately behind the newspaper section
twirled a enrncraik at every mention of
Johnson's nnme.
A corncraik is a wooden ratchet on
a handle, which, when whirled nround,
produces nn tinmusicnl rncket.
It beenme particularly annoying, but
repented cries of "Cut it out." "Cnn
the mcket" nnd the more emphatic
"Shut up'." fniled to produce any effect
in mitigating the nuisnnce.
"You can't do anything with them,
remarked an eastern correspondent
after n while; "they're from Kansas."
... 1. 1 ...1 flmiii.Aj n
pKoptical neighbor.
HOW HO .TUII nuwit i .uiiu.n u
I saw one of them eating hnlf a pie
ns she held it in both hnnds n while ago.
That showed they were from Kansas.
Everjbody eats pie that way out there."
THE women who were in evidence as
delegntes nnd spenkers mnde n pnr
ticulnrly tine impression. With one
exception. .
As for the female orntors. they caught
the crowd. Not because they were
women, but because of the manner in
which they sustained their pnrt.
They were dignified, self-possessed,
spoke slowly nnd distinctly, indulged in
nn extravagant gestures or i-cx nrtifices
of direct nppeal.
AH of them had taken a lenf out of
the experience of the most successful
public speakers. They confined them
selves to the mntter in hand and spoke
briefly. . ,.
The one exception was when the
women delegates and alternates went
parading around the aisles, bare-headed
nnd sandwiched in among the men doing
the lock step and yelling shrilly for their
candidate.
It was anything but a dignified or
edifying picture.
THERE was one woman who, next
to Theodore Roosevelt's sister, Mrs.
Robinson, attracted instant nnd re
spectful nttention The nnununcement
of her name wns lost in n bnbel of sound
ns she stepped forward on the plntform.
She seconded the nomination of Her
bert Hoover
At n distance she seemed little more
thnn n gtrl ns she stood pntlently wait
ing for the hubbub nnd hurrah to sub
side After n few moments she rnlscd
both hands above her head, nnd nt thnt
instant one might hnve fancied she was
some Druidie piiestess waiting to make
her obeisance to the sun god.
Her hair wns worn straight back
from her forehead and gnthered in an
old-fashioned bag net.
She wore a straight robe of some
Foft. creamy material, bordered around
the bottom with a two-inch band of
blue nnd gathered loosely at the wnist
with a belt of the snme material.
Suspended nt the back nnd reaching
below her wnint was a Hussar cape of
the some material and border. She
spoke less thnn five minutes in n rich
voice of moderate pitch nnd in impecca
ble English.
She wn the unique figure nmnng
those of her eex who fnced the vast
audience.
IT WAS one convention nt which there
were no complaints about inability
to hear the speakers, not even in the
extreme portions of the grent Coliseum.
A new sound-transmitting device had
been plnced in the hall as an experi
ment and it proved a phenomenal suc
cess. Directly over the chairman's head.
suspended by ropes from the arched
ceiling, was a device like four huge
triangles joined together at the top and
descending to a point. Above this and
resting on its upper edges were four
squnreshaped transmitters resembling
megaphones.
In front of the chairman nt n dis
tance of ten feet, and suspended slightly
nbnve his bead, was a smnll box in size
nnd shape rebcrabllng a telephone trans-
t"ltler ... .... ,
Wires reached from this Into the huge
hollow apparatus aboic, nnd by some
devlre unseen the voice, grently mag
nified, was flung out to the four points
of the compass.
If some inventor will oply discover a
wav in which to enlarge to those in re
mote seats n view of the platform, fu
ture national conventions will he n de
light to the most distant spectator of
its passing scenes.
SHORTCUTS
Third parties blow off steam, but
turn no wheels.
Herbert Hoover Is In n position to
consider the saddest words of tongue
or pen.
It would appear that the French
Ilcl conference is mapping out n Salt
river itinerary.
One joyous thing nbout the coming
presidential election is that It will bring
us another postmaster general.
Would It be overstating the case
to say that Doctor Butler is perhaps
not so good n loser ns he might be?
Members of the Straphangers'
f.enguc nre growing cocky. First thing
you know they'll be demanding scats.
A competent corps of "I-knew-hlm-whens"
will now conspire to give
Senator Hnrdlng the requisite publicity.
The decision of Judge Brcgy nt
lenst demonstrates the fact that the
Volstead act didn't wipe out the sa
loons. A thing we have n right to expect
from the next Congress will be adequate
steps toward n rcnl presidential prefer
ence primary.
The law ought to have some extra
pennlties for the skunk who would
swindle the. sorrowing parents of a
kidnnpped child.
"The Butterfly nnd the Boob" sug
gests comedy rather than crook melo
drama, but for the Penn Bank princi
pals it is tragedy.
In view of the fact that the pence
treaty hns not yet been rntlfied. will it
be a war President thnt wo nre going
to elect In November?
One thing Harding campaigners
will have to fight ngnlnst is the prone
ness in some quarters to damn the can
didate with faint praise.
One can readily understand why
the P. R. T. objects to the motorbus.
Sooner or Inter the motorbus mny do
away with all trolleys.
One great job Senator Harding has
before him is to prove to the disaffected
nnd the disappointed thnt everything is
for tho best In this best of all possible
worlds.
Bergdoll is now reported in the
Adirondack. It must be admitted thnt
the neighborhood hns more inducements
for n summer vncntion than Leaven
worth. Kan.
Apart from the fnct that it is a
face-saver for norali, Johnson and the
other hitter-renders. Mr. Tnf. l.n
demonstrated that the Republican plat-
i or in is nil rignt.
There nre times. t,o to speak, when
one gets the notion, ns it were, thnt
Colonel George B not to put too fine
a point on It, hns the idea that the
ship of state is of Harveyizcd steel.
A Sun nnd New York ITemM nn.
respondent speaks of the ticket ns a
good team for n good race Hnrdy nnd
fool. Vo hnsten to give ndded circu
lation to so apt a chnrncterizntlon.
The denial by the French foreign
office of the rumor thnt Ambassador
Jusserand is to be withdrawn from
Washington confirms the opinion that
the French nre n wise as well ns a
brave people.
He who steals my jewels steals
trash, says Caruso, "but he who robs
mr- of the contents of my wine cellar
takes that from me which, under ex
isting conditions, is exceedingly difficult
if not impossible to replnce."
A dispatch from Reading tells nf n
bundle containing ."5.7R70 being kicked
around on the state highway for severnl
hours before the owner, n Philndel
phinn, returned to look for it The
men who kicked it nre now probnbly
kicking themselves. '
... iT m. W ,rk ,Am"icnn condemns
."T U1V,ylc,nn P'ntform because It con
tains 030(1 words, and prnises the pint
form of the Committee of Fortv-eicht
becnuse it contains onlv Uo. If this
be merit, here i n plntform thnt hiii-1
passes either: "Be good and you'll be
happy.
An Old Harp
mHE hnrp is built of cassia and cord
" And In its strings lie flnelnnf
ngs He ancient
melodies.
Forgotten tunes of wisff,, emptiness.
Thin, quavering sonatas, that nfford
keyTr h plpinK minor
T 'dVas' n"Pr ""'" nnd stra"Ker
TllP dust UPn th" "P'' U I''n', nnd
Lies mistily upon the sorrel strings-
The soul of it hns rotted will T ,c ?""'
Anu,ove t? SP Vf VPrrtisrI' nrn"t;
clings. ''nr " ,'0M' rIpnr m
rlfl,Vnrsr nt; y0"''1 HUrry bt0 I
You nsk me' why Its melodies must pass'
Hark to the blatant jazzing of the brass'
KENNETH SLESSOR.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What mnn Is known as 'Th oi,..
Mnn of Poland"- lne Slrns
2. Whnt year of the, Indenenrlen- -.
the fnlted .States I, this' nco of
3' WPllSrims- ,h M-fl0"r land Us
4. What is the average pie vn Hon .
.Inland of .heKeaCrnnlb0nveOfsnea1
R. Who was r.catherstocMnir'
6' Wr,nUed,,S,,a,,,;a-0n,re,,t C"naI '" "
7'indu1ra,elr-meanlnR')f ' word
R. Who were tho Lilliputians'"
9' Vr' "An 'S ,hc Per'tlon of
10. What political campaign was Wnn,
ns the Hard Cider Campa"? n
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Jncli London was in hia forty-nrst
year when he died. November 2s!
2 The first attorney general of the
1'nlted States wns Edmond nl
dolph, of Virginia, who entei
Washington's cabinet In lTxn
3. The Hudson river was first v
ulored In 1609 rst ex
I The diameter of the eartli nt .h.
poles Is 7899 miles tne
5. Hans Christian Andersen nunc
187M was a Danish poet ,j
writer of fnlry atorles. ' l nnd
" -.,-. rf'.l'i-rr ne Don-
ulatlon
of
r,o 'luR
nniiKiKm, Pa., as
7. "Argot" Is jargon or slana
tlcularh of thieves "'
par-
8. The author of "Pollynnna."
Kleanor Ilodgman Porter (ib
1920), n direct descendant or n
rnor Willie ,n nrAr.iK "' UOV-
Maj flower ' ot ",e
Shale is nn Indurated cla comii
dated chleth bv the prV,?Eft
MfrMnc sediments ami ni.T. i
with
10.
Bach's Alans In H minor In ccie. i
brated ana work for chorus and
miniy neuueii structure
orchestra.
I
I A .
"DON'T YOU
-a .1
HARDING AND
AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR
Mr. Taft Sees in the Senator at Answer to Wilsonian
Autocracy, With Doth Candidates Standing for
Americanism vs. Radicalism
The folloirinp illuminating com
ment on the Republican nominees
by William JJnward Tnft i taken
from a coprightcd tutorial in this
morning's Public Ledger.
rpHE nomination of Senntor Hnrdlng
at Cblcngo wns n happy outcome of
a doubtful nnd difficult situation. Men
who knew Oenernl Wood nnd fJovcrnor
Lowden knew that the chnrge flint they
countenanced in nny way the improper
use of money in their campaigns was
wholly unwarranted. Yet the inevita
ble tendency of the presidentinl pri
mary system was to bring nbout n de
mand for large amounts of money to
organize their canvasses nnd give them
duo publicity. They were made respon
sible for the acts of their representa
tives, however unauthorized.
Tho body of the delegates as a whole
resented tho use of the Senate probe
committee ns a mere political instru
ment for the benefit of one candidate.
Mr. Harding was nominntrd by the
delegntes of tho convention ns the best
mnn to be tnken in the interests of
tho pnrty, in view of nil the circum
stances. Tho convention wns not n
boss-ridden convention. There were
those who attempted to mnke it so,
but fniled. '
Senator Harding is n modest mnn.
Ho did not seek the presidential nnm
ination. He was content to be senntor.
He indicated a desire not to enter the
race, but his Ohio friends nnd others
who deprecated General Wood's securin
the lirizo by default urged him to enter
tho lists.
Most hesitatingly he did so', nnd whnt
he wrote in his fetter announcing his
candidacy and his reluctance in doing
so wns only the literal truth. When
however, it wns sought to have him con
sent to n men fnvorite-son support
from Ohio, with Wood ns its second
choice, hn resented the proposal and
bid Ins opponents do their worst in on
position. j1-
Mr. Wilson, his methods nnd his re
sults nre "In the Inst nnahsis." as Mr
Cannon would say. responsible for Mr'
Harding's nomination.
Mr. Wilson'n nuLncrntic rule of his
party and the country, his exclusiveness
his refusal to consult or to be informed'
his intciihe personal and partv partisan
ship in the presence of i( nntinmil
exigency that should have compelled
him to open his arms and to fake to his
nid Republicans, his ungrateful and un
just depreciation of the patriotism of
Republicans who. forgetting party, held
up his bands In every wav nnihin
during the wnr all these things turned
me m-puiiiiciiii iieiegntcs by contrast
townrd a regular Republican who kuows
enough to know thnt he (c not know
everything, who respects the opinions
nf others nfid does not mnke up his
mind in absence of needed consultation
who in so constituted Unit arbitrary
methods mo impossible i, j,lu (1I,jj
who believes that the machinery nf gov
ernment cannot fulfill its puipose uu
less thf various co-opernting agencies
properly defer to one another bv rea
sonable (onsiderntion of differences und
by concession.
Senntor Harding is n man of much
experience in public afliiirs. As n jour
nalist he bus had the ii'spnn.sihllity of
forming nnd cxpicsslug opinion on all
current issues. He is a clear thinker
nn able writer nnd bpcakir mid n ciue
fill student of public questions. He ,ns
made himself. No fortuitous circum
stnnces linye nlded him in his progress
The writer can testify tn the tenacity
of his loyalty when it cost. He does not
seek controversy. He lulieves in the
softer method of accomplishment, nr
McKinley did; but one of the common
errors is to suppose thnt n mini who is
geninl and nnxious to accommodate lucks
iu will power and grit when occusior
requires.
The political cry of the Democratic
puppet hi the hands of n dominant
group of senators has uo foundation
IU-M mm " i.i-i iiiiiiiiiik u up
He will be President. .He
iwimicvtr
. '
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WISH' YOU WAS DONE, LIKE ME?"
COOLIDGE
knows the rights, duties, powers nnd
responsibility of the office. His taking
personality, the evident absence of him
self in hiR thoughts nnd conclusions nnd
his considerate attitude townrd nil will
cnnhle him to frnme nnd enrry through
needed measures by softening asperities
and creating, a desire in would-be op
ponents to comply with his wish. He is
u man of the highest character. He
hns no vulnerable past. He will seek
the strongest men for his councilors,
with no fear that they will also cast n
shadow.
And now what of the campaign?
Wiiere docR Mr. Harding stand on the
issues likely to be prominent nnd con
trolling? On January 1. WM.
tho writer in discussing Mr. Hnrdlng
in these columns ns n candidate snid
this of his nttittide toward the league:
"Senator Harding has been n mem
ber of the foreign relations committee
of the Sennto nnd hns generally voted
with the maiority of thnt committee,
though he did oppose them nt one time
in their action cnloulated to postpone
indefinitely ennsiderntion of the treaty.
Ho is not n bitter-ender and voted for
the league with the fourteen reserva
tions. One mny feci reabonnbly as
sured that, with the other Republican
candidates, except those from the Pa
cific slope, be would be glad to bate
the treaty nnd league rntlfied with com
promise reservations, nnd will flnnlly
vote to thit end."
This is true today. The discussion
ns to the league iu the campaign in
the end is likely to settle down to a
question nf the reservations. Mr.
Wilson's pnrty, it seems probable, will
adopt n plank in favor of the league
without any reservations which will
impair its usefulness. There will be, nt
first, violent nttneks upon nnv league
nt nil by some Republican spenkers. but
in the end the issue will be this: AVns
Mr. Wilson right in killing the league
with the Lodge reservntions? That
is t tin concrete issue which will emerge.
The bitter-enders nre not going to be
nhle to give the fight n different turn
The greatest protagonist of "bitter
endism" is Senator Johnson. Tn snv
thnt he is plensed with the results of
the Chicago convention is not to adhere
to historic truth. He heat Wood nnd
Lowden nnd he nvolded express repu
dlntlnn in terms of his course against
the iencue. but thnt is nil. He cot
neither u enndidnte nor n plntform to
his liking.
He is not likely to mnke himself n
very conspicuous figure in the cam
paign in support of the Republican
ticket, becnuse the great issue will prob
ably not be the League of Nations, but
one in which Ills sympathies are not so
wamly enlisted that ngainst radicalism.
A candidate looms nt San Francisco
who increased the -wages of railroad
men all over the country. lie took the
side of the mine laborer in the grent
conl strike. He will nnturally hnve
behind him the immense orgnnfzatlon of
administration officeholders who will
gather in that convention.
The Democratic pnrty will seek to
mnke cnpltnl of the Inbor unrest nnd to
bring to its support nil radical groups.
The Hearst papers scent the coming of
this, and they will support tho indicated
candidate. The issue nf the league will
bo minimized nnd the fight will Inevit
nbly become one between progressive
conservatism nnd radicalism.
On such nn Issue Mr. Hnrding and
Mr. Cooliilge hnvp already indicated
their stand. It will be for Americanism
n against Socialism. It will be for
tho rule of the majority as ngnlnst
Soviet nnd orgnnized Inbor direction of
whnt concerns the public nnd In which
it lias (i right to bo iienrd. It will be
for thp'Jubt interests of nil the people
on ngnlnst the selfish and Inconsiderate
demands of n small but powerful or
gnnized minority.
Those who now doubt ns to their sup.
port of Harding will be glad that they
linvo a chance to support such n can
didate. The fight must come. It is well
that it should come now.
Americanism iiiliunM SovicIImii and
unpatriotic "ed" radicalism will be the
thief issue of this cnnipniKii, and on it
llninitif nrwl l nnlMim lm .-.. ...
pect ot winning. "' pros'
'-fj
suit
Market St. ab. 10th. 11 A. M. to 11 P. It
John Barrj-tnore
In First Showing of Paramount'i
"Dr. Jckyll and Mr. Hyde"
PA! AfX? xsi Markt Btrwt
I rl-VjLli 10 A. M., 12, a, 3149
I 5:45, 7:45, l):30 P. It
NAZ1MOVA ln '"rHB HEART
nu-i.miw v A up A CIJILD..
NEXT WKEK ANITA BTEWArtT
In -THE F1UHTINO BUEPHKHDEflS"
ARCADIA crinM
"MISS HOBBS--tu;;30
NEXT WEEK ROBERT VARWICkT"'
In "THE CITY OF MASKS"
VICTORIA ""M " 8tt
r-w .. 11:15 P.M.
Dangerous to Men wiijn
Next WeU GEORGES CARPENTIER Is
"THE WONDER MAN"
C A PITfM 7I Market 8trt
In "ttnchartwl ChannI"
RFnFMT M"rk' st. ni. itik
JAIlAjIlilN 1 DOROTHY DAI.TON
"THE DARK MIRROR
GLOBE
MARKET AT JUNIPER
Continuous VaudtrWt
JI A. M. to 11 P. M
"OH TEDDY I" CABARET D LUXS
' AND OTHERS
CROSS KEYS BOth Market att,
,, . - L 3:80. 7 Bnd 9 P. U.
"Little Johnny Wise," with Ed. Rsjt
BROADWAY j!j " S
OVERSEAB REVUE" :' oiliern, nl'
WM. FARNUM In "The Adventurtr"
r A DDTf'iV"' four shows dailt
Llir.lslS. 1 :.10. 3:00 25e, Me
7 & 0 25c, COe, 7ta
Mae Murray & Hobart Bosworth
IN INITIAL PRESENTATION OF
A MORMON MAID '
Added World's Gretttat Motor Ru
WILLOW GROVE PARK
I-aat Dnya of
CONWAY AND HIS BAND
Vocal and Instrumental Soloists Each Conctrt
HnturJny, June in
GRAND ARMY DAY
I'tatler Dinners at the Casino Dailv
METROPOLITAN
I AST 2 DAY? Mi". 2-Jr "
DORIS KEANE
ROMANCE
Tim WO PHOTOPLAY OF THE SEASON
Attraction DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
In "THE MOLLYCODDLE'
Academy of Music. Bat. Kvr.. June 28
FirttJT VISIT OF FAMOUS
Italian Lyric Federation
ALFREDO SALMAOai. Director
Jn brilliant iiroductlon of
OTHELLO
With the celebrated Italian tr
NICOLA ZEROLA
Magnificent chorus and nuperh "rchtj
Tlcketn from 1 to 1.1.60. Box ej
I teppo'a, 1110 Cheatnutjjt rt
CHESTNUT ST.,?oot
Coolest Theatre In Town
3 Shows Daily MAT,NSJ
Prices. Mats., 25c, 35c, 50c. T.yf . S"& Ne:1
By HAROLD BELL WRIGHT
XIMINQ "THE FORTUNBJW.MJSl
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