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rbiladrlphU, Wtdnttdar. June ID, 1D
A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thins nn which the people expect
the new admlnlstrntlon to concen
trate Ita attention!
The Delaxeare river bridge.
A drydoek big enough to aecommo'
date the largest ships.
Development of the rapid trorwft j
teni. A convention noil.
A bultdtng for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. THE BUS VETO
SOME of the objections expressed by
Mayor Moore jesterday when he
vetoed the ordinance designed to permit
the establishment of a motorbus line on
Kroad street are valid. Some are not.
But on the whole the veto was justtpeiTj
because the terms proposed by the bus
company were unfair and unreasonable.
T'hiIam tliA Ama nf thn .strrllnn fi rn A
f!ff..n.r.,r far.' ml.hr hnrr hlH.n
charged for n single ride and the city
would have been required to take over
the Hues and the equipment if the ven
ture did notirove financially success
ful for itfTbackers. No such guarantees
are usunlly asked by financiers seeking
the benefits of a valuable franchise. And
few bus Hues ak or receive fifteen -ccut
fares.
It is in his references to conditions
of traffic on Broad street that the Mayor
reveals a lack of enthusiasm for motor
Unes in general. It will be regrcttnble
If he tone of his veto message discour
ages others who may desire to provide
a greatly needed service in this city. If
there isn't room on Brond street for a
modern motorbus line room ought to be
provided, even if some of the heavy
commercial traffic has to be diverted.
If the Mayor is in a mood to bar all
snch projects because of sympathy for
the V. 11. T. he will find few neonle to
$fb&l Understand or excuse his state of mind.
THE DODGER'S FRIENDS
NO SHADOW of prejudice appears in
the federal grand jury's indictmeut
of Romig nnd others in the bund thnt
neipeil 1. rover liergdoll iloilge pun
lshment ns lie dodged military service,
nor is there even n hint of injustice in
the withering arraignment of Olbbonev
and Ansell which is embodied in the
jury's report.
Bergdoll and his friends were aliens
In the truest sense of the word. They
were furtive and ejnical aad. in their
wnv. dnuseroiis. Lnwiera nlm pn-.m.
erated with them to obtain for one rich'1"- wIli'h- whatever the present situn-
Blacker a sort of immunity that was
dented to poorer and better men did
morc than is ordinarily expected of an l"l,,,on ot '"" commission.
attorney pledged to aid and protect 11 And it ma he thnt he pointed out the
client. They, not (irover, seem to have course wliiili the Public Service Coni
been in search of the pot of gold mission will take. The city ripreent-
If you follow a man into the mud , ntives on the I' R, T. board made a
you nre pretty Mire to he smirched I "imi,nr "iKKHtion a few days ago. It
Bcrgdoll's friends and aides ought to be iR ""' rPm,,,1 "f wlicli many persons
made to suffer some of the punishment
that he himself escaped. And the Berg.
doll attorneys got only what was
coming to them.
THE INTERCHURCH FAILURE
A BUTT the excellence nnd nobility of
the .urns of the Inteichun-h World
Movement tin re never was nnv division
of opinion Hut there was a division of
opinion relutne to the methods adopted
to mooum- nn 1 1 expand the forces of
organoid I'lin-nanitj in places where
'the church needed stimulus or help
Sensitive in- 11 even in the denniuiua
tlons that 11. hi mted theinseho wth
tho Rockefeller plan wondered nr times
whether the gn-ater ideals ,,f Christi
anity wen- pii.p, rlv reflected 111 11 move,
ment notable for the intense piactii-ul-ness
of its g, neral method And arming
many churchmen there was a feelmg
that the greatest need of ministers and
denominations is uot money, but n
spiritual qualm of the sort that
achieves all the great victories, ami
overcomes all th- obstacles of this life
Now that the iiiterc-hiirc-h movement
has been fin tne time at least abandoned
the help thnt uas sought for churche.
scnoois, hospitals, missions and other
Christian activities will have to be found
by other men us
A new responsibllitj
one who realizes the
lies upon every
need of a strengthened nnd revitalized
Chun h.
As tune passes n great inn 11 j people
who frankly opposed the interchurch
movement mitj come to see that it had
tho ndwintages of 11 definite objective,
surety of aim aud a lealisth- weu of
fundamental requirements. . sulisti
tilte for the plnu will hnw to be found
But who will find it?
WHAT CUMMINGS FORGOT
TTR ITMMIN'.S has been pretty
generally praised for his keynote
speech at San Francisco. It was a good
speech In Its way. And it was notable
for the number of things that Its author
left unsaid
The, administration desires to prevent
Wars. That is an admirable aim, and
it provided a text to which Mr. Cum
tnings clung ns a shipwrecked man
v Plight cling to a plank in deep waters.
vjThe ndinlnlstrution that desires to pre
Nit wars did not prevent Mr. Palmer
V oulrasi-ou-ly abusing the powers
tt Ms office. It did Mt prevent the
araaing Mr. Burleson from establish
fag himself as,a censor of. all books and
newspapers offered to tho American
people and lislnR bin nuthority ns post
master general to deny the traditional
rights of a free pres.
The Democrats In power nt Washing
ton gnvc moral and material aid to
those, whose new warn on Russia have
been denounced as Imperialistic by men
like Ocncrnl Smuts, Lord Hobcrt Cecil
and even Lloyd Oeorite. No one in hc
White House or In the cabinet ever
f raiwd n word of objection asnlnst the
I lifnntn.l..,. ...Lint, l.n.... ..nt.,,wl iAA.nin.
"'' s ..nun nuts- ,..i,s... ii..o...v.
less social, economic nnd political con
fusion ns well ni dentil nnd ttesttlence
n nrc0 rmrf nf eitstcrn Kurone.
1 '" " ",rKc I'"" 01 rnsicni i.iirupi.
There are some thitifc in the doctrine
.1 .1., , . fr.inm n,m, which Mr
nl new irceiiom niiour. wincn .Mr.
Ciimmirijrc was wisely silent.
I
I
A SPOTLIGHT AT LAST
FOR P. R. T. AFFAIRS
More Than the Question of Fares
May Now Be Illuminated by the
Public Service Commission
TT BEGINS to look ns If there were
J- to be nn authoritative nnd official
Inquiry Into the status of the rapid
transit situation.
The hearing by the Public Service
Commission on the rlcht of the 1 R. T.
to abolish the free transfers without
consultation with the city authorities,
to begin next Tuesday, will deal with
one phnse of the subject.
The--order by the commission in the
case of the Cllvedin Improvement Asso
ciation, which has complained against
tho rentnls paid to the subsidiary com
panies by the l H. T.. will result in
the disclosure of the powers of the com
mission over the leases nnd the rentnls
paid under those leases.
The clarification of this issue is of
the first importance. The car riders
are being taxed to support four or five
operating companies, only one of which
does nny operating. The P. R. T.,
with $30,000,000 pnld-in capital, leases
the Union Traction Company and its
rights nnd the I'nion Trnetlon Company
leases or owns two or three other op
erating companies, nnd behind thec op
erating companies are a score or more
of franchises owned by various com
panies. There is a huge pyramid of
corporations, with the P. R. T. at the
apex. It has burdened itself with a
contract which obligates it to pay as
rental generous dividends on an enor
mous capitalization of watered stock.
In one ense the rental amounts to 72
! per cent annually on the nmoun
paid
In. It takes about S10.000.000 of the
income of the P. R. T. to pay the
rentals and taxes on the underlying
companies.
No one pretends that this
'" nn
equitable sum. It is defended solely on
the ground thnt the contract provides
thnt it must be paid. The best that
Owen Roberts, the nttornev for the
underlying companies, could say in de
fense of the situation nt the hearing in
Hnrrisburg on Monday was that "If
tho p- R- T- w,lls imnrovi,1,,nt '""""Bh
10 tuier iuu mose uonirucis. Hint is
their fault and not ours."
Mr. Roberts even denied the jurisdic
tion o'f the Public Service Commission
over the underlying companies, on the
ground that their only function was to
divide the rentals paid by the P. R. T.
e contribute nothing to the public
service.' said he, "and therefore nre
not public service companies amenable
to the rules of the commission."
In mnking the Cliveden order the
commission has accepted the challenge
of Mr. Roberts. It does not admit that
there is any franchise-holding public
service corporation in the common
wealth that Is not subject to its juris
diction, nnd it has set out to discover
I wnat warrant in law ther, is for the
contrary contention. Hut when Mr.
Roberts admitted that if. after n valua.
tion of ,,,e Pf'T-rtles. the commission
I nhoiild allow n return on the P. It. T.
Investment too low to pay the rentals.
i thp mvners of ,l"' imd.Tl.ving npanies
wnuU1 havo to tllke lMr I'mperty back
1 n"1' operate Ir. he pointed out a way
tion may In
the underlying companies
w,ol,.'1 r""1''
diretly under the juris-
"re ''"". n-wnuniiy 11 is mie, mil
nevertheless they are looking to it us
the nnlj wnj out of the complications
that haw been produced by rnncii-m-e-les
exploitation of fiaii -hi-ei nnd by
pj rnuiiding of cnmimuic-, and of capital
with no thought of the burden placed
'i poll the public.
The hearing next Tue-ilny is to he on
the vulidit of the contiiui nf 1007
"ml"r wl,il ' if is .Provided that there
mi be no changes in fare without pre
vious consultation with the i-uv. The
lawwrs for the P. H T. contend that
the ntj inniiot 1 linn.e the fare with
out consultation with it. but that the
P. R. T., l) nien-l.v tiling its schedule
with the Public Service 1 'oinmission.
can change the rates, provided the? com
mission consents In other wnrds the
cotitruct nf IP"" is binding mi tho i-it
but not binding on the P R T.
The ejnical frankness of this ronton
tion is ilvuled only hv the i-nld-blood
edness of (.hen Roberts's proposition
that the underlying companies, whiih
"contribute nothing to the public sen
ice," are outside of the jurisdiction fir
the Public Service CiimuiisHioii.
Hut these statements clarify the sp
nation. 1 he iliscioe to tin- pe
and to their servants in public nih.
the state of mind of the men In conn
of the corporations allowed to use 1 ..
public streets. This is a grent gain
it lets us know just where we .stand
And it points clearly to the s,(
of the problem. A one sided in
;"i -u
li'lH. t
m he
- not
.eases to h" a contract. it
wlded in tTie i mirts. Hut it d
jet appear that the Public- Hem.-- I'om
mission is read to admit (list it,.- oh
ligatlons of the lontraet of the .,tv iit,
the P. R T nre all on one -id.
A public service corporation which
hns ceased to perform a-n function.
n( denies the jurisdiction of the Public
Service Commission over it lajs the
, foundation for the voiding of its cl
liar-
ter. In other states charier. ,, frnn.
chises have been declared forfeited when
the company ceased to function through
a transfer or Its rights to another com
pany. Whether the underlying com
panies which Mr. Roberts ays arc not
functioning enn be reached in this way
is for the lawjers and the courts to
decide.
But whatever the outcome may be,
the present situation is becoming In-
tqleraWe. Tfe hftT 'an operating com
pany burdened by charge heatlef than
it ought to bear and asking permission
to tax the passengers on the atrcct cars
In order to help it to bear them.
The obligation On the Public Service
Commission to go to the bottom of the
question nnd find a way out is so
pressing that we do not see how it can
well be shirked.
A HOLIDAY STRIKE?
THRRK is nothingsafe nnd there is
nothing sane about the manner In
which dissntlsfied railway men in this
territory propose to celebrate the
Fourth of July. Mr. .Teffcry, leader of
the Pennsy shopmen nnd spokesman for
the ctrike movement thnt now Involves
brotherhood men and "outlaws" alike,
mVv be talking, like n campaign orator,
for dramatic effect alone. In the state
ment which promises n railway tie-up
over a Inrge part of the Pennsylvania
svstem about noon on July . But
even In print that suggestion has an
ugly look.
If the rail men's ndviscrs wished to
Injure thir own cause 'they could not
find a better method than that of n
holiday strike, timed obviously to
harass nnd bedevil the public at a
moment when the public has a right to
an interval of relief from its own largo
assortment of troubles. The shopmen
and their associates are In n red-hot
row with some of tho executives of the
Pennsylvania system. The community
at large has been permitted to learn
but little about the causes of the trou
ble. Yet the strikers' leaders make it
clear that they are not averse to in
volving hundreds of thousands of people
In hardship nnd difficulty if by thnt
method they can press their fight a little
further against their bosses.
"What Mr. Jeffery did yesterday when
he said that the rail lines would be
tied tin nt an hour when most people
nrc nwny fromihome nnd planning to
return was to provide some justlncnuon
for the charges most frequently made
against tho more belligerent units in
organized labor. lie made it appear
again that under the policies of. some
unions at least there is to bo no con
sideration of noncombatants who hap
pen to be caught between warring mi
norities. Tho rights and wrongs of the present
strike are now aside. What the strikers
ought to know is that they can get no
where without public sympathy. Why.
therefore, "should they seek a novel and
j ingenious method to demonstrate n total
disregard for the public interest? The
' threat issued yesterday was not aimed
at the railroads. It was aimed at the
people everywhere who nre planning to
be nway for the week-end holiday.
"Since the railroad companies will not
meet all our demands," said Mr. Jef
fery in effect, addressing himself to the
public, "we will puuish you by making
you stny at home or leaving you high
and dry in a far place!"
That isn't sensible and it isn't fair.
, If 11 strike Is necessary, in the view of
.i, mil men it should be nostnoned
jt 011i;ht not' to be o nrrnnged ns to
infllct punishment on multitudes who
do not know what it is about and who
have no power to defend themselves.
No group, In labor unions or out of
them, can afford to risk the use of such
a method without Inviting instant nnd
general indictment for an altogether
ruthless self-interest. ,
To observers on the outside, it np
pe.irs that there is something to be said
in condemnation of the policies of the
rail management nnd the unions alike
in tliis instance. Neither group is quite
frank. Knch is taking long risks In the
effort to obtain n final ndvantnge.
There is no question at issue between
the men and the companies that cannot
be peacefully nnd justly settled by the
railway labor board, which is making
a sincere effort to tiUpose of a large
accumulation of work in tne shortest
possible time. A Fourth of July strike
would therefore hurt the unions even
more than it would hurt the public or
the railway companies.
MONTICELLO A SHRINE
NKW vigor 111 the long-discussed proj
ect nf converting Monticello, lordly
estate f Thomas Jefferson, into n na
tional memorial is injected by the pro
posal of it present owner, Jefferson M.
Levy, to shnre the expense of the pur
chase pri.e with an association designed
to be the permanent caretaker of the
domain.
Such rii-.gnition of one of the loveli
est nnd m-i-t significant of American
shriues i deserved and belated. The
chnrm of Monticello, dominant upon the
heights nhove Chnrlottesville, Va., dif
fers from that of idyllic Mount Vernon
almost ns much ns the first President
of the republic differed from, the author
of the lie. Inratinn. That the home of
Jefferson the democrat, surpnsses so
much in graudeur nncl in evidences of
imposing authority the residence of
Washington, the nristocrnt, is one of
those f.i.. inating purndoxes with which
Amerhnn history is leplete.
But there is no question that Monti
cello should lie made a public memorial.
Jefferson, the many-sided genius, ar
chil" r iniisician. scientist, lawgiver,
philosopher, there addresses the visitor
on I mdreds of inanimate objects nnd
i-reiiti-.ns bearing the stamp of his vivid
personality.
Tl e movement to ncquire the place is
ri- Ii 1 deserving of popular support and
sh'ul.I not be hindered either bv hag
k 1 g i.wr n fair price or the fixing of
11 out of proportion to reasonable
mi oes. Theie are no parallels in
r.i'ipe, rich though it be in historic
it ensures, to Monticello nnd Mount
V rnnn, just nK their illustrious ten
ants cannot be matched in the elder
vnrld.
Professor Hypins, of
What War Is Not the I'niverslty of
M i unesota .denounces
1I10 "suppression of free speech" dur
ing the war. declaring that the mili
tary intelligence bureau hud forced him,
an emploje. to open the mnil of Hreck
enridge Long, third assistant scorctnrj
of state, becnuse he happened to be in
-orrespondeni e with u conscientious ob
jector. It is all very terrible, of course,
nrofessor. but war doesn't happen to
be n Sunday school picnic
The planks women
I Perfertly Safe demand shall go in
I the Democratic
platform will probably be there incor-
pornted An adequate clilhl-Iabnr law
' inilepeiineni ciiuensnip mr women
proper protection for maternity and
more attention to education are planks
flint will lecelve lie indorsement nf
. ......,.i.. .1.1 .i ., 1 .
I '"y "Kin ."ZL.
The necessity in Philadelphia for
more house room for ity offices prompts
the hope in the hearts of architects and
civic reformers thnt us the cijy grows it
will grow in grnce.
It is the opinion of Edwards, Cox
et al. that Bryan's Democracy it di
luted with seltzer nnd grape juice.
nt)nlii ii i)-'- "'
PENNSYLVANIA CURIOS
Dispersal of the Ponnypacker Col
lection The State's Refusal to
Purchase a Mistake Death
of Former Auditor
General Snyder
By GEORGE NOX McOAIN
TUB dispersal of Samuel W. Penny
packer's famous collection of Tenn
sylvnniana is n reflection upon tho
patriotism of the lawmakers of His
native state.
'The late Governor's collection of
early domestic appliances, household
and farming utensils lllustratlvo of the
pioneer settlers, Bud particularly the
Pennsylvania Dutch, was the finest In
this country.
Its assembling was the work of a
lifetime nnd a work ot love.
I happen to be personally familiar
with the collection. It embraced the
widest range nnd the most valuable
specimens of any similar collection with
which I am familiar,
I refer now particularly to the un
usual number of domestic utensils that
had seen actual service In the homes of
early Pennsylvania Inhabitants. Sonic
of these cannot be replaced.
There nro two other collections that
I know of. Neither of them embraces
the wide range of objects gathered, par
ticularly during tho latter years of bis
life, by Governor Pennypacker
Due of these collections, housed in a
hotel, contains a greater number of
specimens of a particular sort, such as
oven fronts, kitchen utensils of copper
and old-style cutlery.
The other. In a different county, falls
short In value as compared with the
Pennypacker collection becnuso of Its
modernity. The bulk of this one is
made up of household curios which date
back not much further than the middle
of the last century.
s The value of the Pennypacker collec
tion was the wide range of objects nnd
their unquestioned age.
EVER since the death of Governor
Pennypacker those familiar with
the value of his museum, for such It
was, have endeavored to interest state
officials and members of the Legislature
in the project ot having the stato pur
chase it intact and assemble it at some
point for preservation.
It was thought for n time that this
could be done.. Former neighbors nnd
friends of the Governor interested them
selves in the matter.
It was proposed that the state pur
chase the mansion nt Pennypncker's
Mills, which had once been Washing
ton's headquarters, and thus provide n
home for the collection.
But petty political rivalry, the ig
norance of alleged statesmen ns to Its
real value and the demand for state
funds for purposes that would forward
the ambitions df certain legislators in
terfered. There is a distinctive value, outside
their intrinsic and immediate worth, in
the preservation of such relics ns these.
They will serve as object lessons to
coming generations.
Those who hnve no pride of an
cestry, whose forebears bad no part in
molding the state which has become
their home, may well be indiffer
ent. But their grandchildren nnd tbose
who come after them would undoubtedly
realize the instructive and historic value
of such things.
AS I hnve remarked above, there were
ninny specimens gathered by Gov
ernor Tennypncker during his lifetime
that cannot be duplicated.
The dispersal of family heirlooms In
the old Pennsylvania Dutch families is
proceeding at a rapid rate in BuckB,
Montgomery, Berks nnd Lehigh coun
ties particularly.
Collectors have awakened to this fact.
Philadelphia and New York dealers
nowadays do not miss a sale of nny
Importance in these counties, in which
nnclent and rare household utensils,
china, books and furniture, are offered
under the hammer.
Ofttlmes things go nt ridiculous
prices. 1 have known of old-fashioned
trundle-beds Felling for a nickel, settees
for fifty cents and a collection of hand
made iron kitchen furniture, consisting
of ladle, skimmer, spoon, nnd fork,
changing hands for fifteen cents.
FOR years nfter he removed from the
city to Pennypncker's Mills, which
lie, remodeled. Governor Pennypacker
was a familiar figure nt snles in the
upper part of Montgomery county.
lie was an enthusinstic collector of
everything pertaining to the Colonial
life of Pennsylvania.
Out of the mass of material thus as
sembled In the course of years he se
lected and retained the best.
The appearance of the Governor at a
sale in other years was thp signal for
curious neighbors to discover the par
ticular object of his interest nnd then
bid it up.
He ultimately discounted this by
looking over the objects offered, se
lecting such as he desired and then
quietly nrranging with n friend or
acquaintance to bid them in for him.
Only 'a few weeks before his denth I
recall meeting him. with his family
physician. Dr. H. C. .Allen, just out
side of Pottstown. They. were return
ing from a visit of inspection of some
curios, one in particular n rare old
watch of which the Governor had heard
ancl desired to see, with the view of
purchasing.
IT IS n strange coincidence that thc
deuth of William P. Snyder should
occur within a few days of the sale of
the Pennypacker effects.
Doctor Snyder vas auditor general
during Governor Pennypncker's admin
istration He wss one of the victims of
the Capitol graft expose, vhlcb, oc
curred during the Pennypacker regime.
In Mew of nil the facts there has
persisted during the intervening "years
a belief among those who followed that
celebrated case, or were familinr with
its Inner details, that Doctor Snyder
was more sinned against than sinning.
Not thnt he was not involved in the
slimy meshes of the ense, but that he
was weak rather than deliberately
criminal.
Doc" Snyder was one of the most
I getiiul. complacent nnd obliging men
1 that ever held office in Hnrrisburg,
He was everybody's friend. Therein
was the secret of his downfall.
It seemed impossible for him to
' .in no.
I Some yenrs since there was a story
'that filtered through the devious chriri-
'nels'of inside political gossip thnt some
j ilny "Doc" Snyder was going to tell
the complete story of the Capitol graft
vandal; that he would give names and
dates and circumstances. It was not
I intended as a case of revenge, but a
j means of justification for himself,
' After 11 time, in the same tortuous
ay, it was whispered that the expose
would not be made during his lifetime,
but thnt n statement would be made
public nfter his denth which would
throw light into certain ciarK corners.
But William P. Snyder is dead, nnd
to all appearances, so far us documen
tary evidence Is concerned, he carried
his secret with him.
However, there will nlways, in the
minds of the men of that time familiar
with the generalities of the case, endure
the impression that Auditor General
Snyder suffered when others equally
guilty either died or escaped the pun
lchment they deserved, due to his suffer
ing in silence.
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still full of flghti
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Tho Palmer bphm Is being per
mitted to ricflate.Itself.
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The Isstio In 8an Francisco appears
to be Sponge vs. Blotter.
There Is as yet no stnllo on tho
face of tho Tammany tiger.
,
The P. R. T. weather report con
tinues to be fare aud warmer.
The administration steam-roller
seems to bo in good working order.
Bryan surprises tho world with the
amount of pep concealed In grape juice.
When every man. understands
democracy, democracy will bo an as
sured fnctf
Joint telegrams, from the Weather
Bureau and the Democratic convention :
Thundering times ahead.
Advices from San Francisco seem
to Indlcnte thnt when the mule ccts
through with braying it will kick.
That Son-In-law-of-Pa's rontlnu.es
to hold the boards In San Francisco,
but may be withdrawn before the end
of the" week.
It Is o bo hoped that tho men nnd
tho nlatfnrm tltrniwl nut nt Knn Prn.
clsco will be good enough to make tho
iign. interesting.
Time may make tho ankle watch
Basse, remarked the Young Lady Next
oor But One. lint the stocking still
sports its clock.
The country has still much to be
thankful for. Nobody in San Francisco
hns Vet Slltrire.sted the tinmen nf Tlntcor
Danlel3 or Burleson.
Even more disgustingly coraplacenjt
than tho political prophet is the I-trild-you-so
artist who will mako his debut
at tho end of tho week.
There is beginning to bo realiza
tion in British lnhnr nlrxlno flint !?..-
sian bolshcvism Is destined to bring
uuuut 11s own (lowniau,
1 1
It will now be the aim of tho plat
form makers to follow the example of
the keynote orator nnd omit ns. many
dangerous things r.s possible.
Incidentally Sfln Frnnnla.r U nlnln.
delegates some "lessons in city planning.
The convention hall is n beautiful
building in n beautiful setting.
World nenee seem vnf nfn.. ff l.,,t
out of the ruck will come enlighten-
iiivui; wnirn is simpiy a dignitiecj way
of declaring that we'll muddle our way
through.
Tho railroad strike may nt least
succeed in demonstrating to workers
nnd employers alike that the time hns
arrived to put an end to strikes for
all time.
Not even the Cox bnr'l could pro-,
vide material to stave off defeat. P. S.
The Cox bar'l was supposed to con
tain something with more thnn one
half of 1 per cent kick.
Germany should console 'herself
with the thought that the smaller her
army the more men she will have for
productive work and the more quickly
she will be nblc to pay the indemnity
demanded of her.
Some of these days the Public,
which invariably enncts the role of the
Innocent Bystander and stops the brick
when capital and labor clash, will take
a hand in the game, nnd those who
start the trouble will get the bumps.
The New Orleans States hopes for
the election in November sif n Congress
which "will amend the Volstead law
In n manner to extrnct much of its
viclousness.", Prune extract, as It were,
leaving it with one-half of 1 per cent
kick.
American fires represent n per
capita loss of Js.1.1.1 ns against $1.10 in
Russia, sixty-one cents in Grent Brit
ain, fifty-five in France, thirty-seven
in Austria and twenty-five In Germany,
America, It would seem, also leads the
world in carelessness.
The postponementof the railroad
strike until July .1. When people nre
away on week-end vacations nnd want
to get 'home ngain. seems to be based
on the, determination to see to it thnt
the innocent bystander doesn't fail to
connect with the brick aimed at him.
The nctiAn of George II. Cnughlin
In insisting upon dealing directlv with
the kidnappers of his little son without
reference to the efforts of the police to
capture the nbductors is, of course
reprehensible from nn official point of
view. But it is also the most natural
thing in the world.
The champion prophet of the world
and the most pertinacious optimist is
the political prognostlcator. He did
us little stint in Chicago, he is doig
t In San lranclsco. and the moment
he gets through will, the job in hand
hf ,Yillwi"u u ,hP nrobnle occupants
of the White House next .March Ann
the fact that he is wholly wrong half
he time doesn't bother him in "he
least.
What Do You K
notvf
QUIZ
1. What Is a Krlmalkln?
W!llre th" ,,h,"W'ne '"ands so
3- Wi!oT.: 'r .fiyorr!" Jessun nnd
1 "... a. n .-., unmeii?
4. W,no was the ' Klnderhook Wizard"?
5. What Kreat mineral ii. ..
. Pu.,n?hed?ln It. orlg?na,n"tnn
6. What la the orthodox way of nrn
nounclng llianez? y l pro
?' WpTance?Cl ,he ,rU,le nf 'TutIanl take
8. What Is I'antngruellsm?
9. What Is -Babe- Utah's first name?
10' WIhtaly?ere lh9 Immortal Four of
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. LucloMeo Arlostn (.474-1633). If.ni.
rloWi"0'"" Wr'S "rlando FU.
- Tl,,nn r."j9nl"tion of Australia began
n 'lS ,Hrvfn eara "far James
Cook had taken possession of Bot"
S?ny..b,nlhenara"thaklng0f
,3. The Colonial Kederntlon of United
Snillli Afrl,.n .,- .". "filled
.Mav SO. 19111. U'lJ exlBt'"
4-QM;'l:.,?.ri8O07.I:nEland Wa" b0r"
R. Ttnnlnnntn ifna the. ..... . .
w, --- ....... ..-. ,,.., iininn HI IJOtl
Qulxcwe n horso nnd, therefore, anv
wornoul Jade.
6. Lares and penates were the house.
hold gods of tho Romans
7. Joseph Haydn composed tho Aus
trian hymn.
8. "Big Hen," the famous bell In West.
minster Tower. London, got Its
nam from Sir Benjamin Hall, first
commissioner of works when It
wan buns; In 1868.
9 Chauvinism Is bellicose patriotism.
10. Quod vide, abbreviated q. v., means
"which see."
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M'AJDOO AiyD HOOVER WON'T
DO FOR STORY-BOOK HEROES
Neither Has That Rapid-Fire
Characterizes the Fictional Success Type
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Covirloht. 1930, bv
San Francisco, June SO This Is a
little piece to put in one of the maga
zines conducted with the success mo
tive. It is so different that it ought to
bo published. I suppose everybody will
admit that Herbert Hoover and Wil
liam' (J. McAdoo nrc successful men.
One wns the lending cnndldnte for the
Democratic nomination for President
while he wns a Republican. The other
is very likely to be the Democratic can
didate for President.
Both hnve nehicved prominence nhd
n fortune in the business world, one ns
nn international mining man and the
other ns n railroad promoter nnd now
as n lawyer In Now York. Both did
distinguished service in the war, Mr.
McAdoo in financing this country's par
ticipation nnd In administering the
American railways nnd Mr" Hoover in
managing the relief of Belgium nrfd
later al food administrator in this coun
try. It would pay to watch the records of
both in uubllc service and- private
ncliicvmeut. Any book of successful
Americans would hnve pages devoted to
this paragraph.
You nil know .the type of successful
man in the magazine with the success
motive the hero of fictiun that stirs
you .to go nnd do" likewise, make money,
gain power nnd mnrry the girl who be
lieves in you enough to wait while you
nre achieving it. You nil know him. ns
sure of foot mentally ns a mountain
goat on n precipice.
Never Troubled by Doubt
He makes decisions as easily as he
draws his breath. He is instant anil
certain; he knows what he wants nnd
he goes after it.
He gets it, too. .
One of the maxims of this fictional
theory of life is that n man may have
anything ho desires if lie only goes after
it hnrd enough. And this boy in the
success fiction nlways does go nfter it
haril enough. That is the quality that
marks him ns n grent man
Now let us go back over ciistjngulshed
nnd siiceessiur -"" . im.11: n
Mr Hoover. He had been n Repub-
fe, ?oVk "mi.m..,ThM" fT.'he
tmciLiilniU'V til I'
(Mini ixiL leu vwii'iiin 11
wns n Republican or not. 111s friends
Riild he must seV the p informs nnd the
cnndldntes nf both parties lust and thci
i, r-niild know which one he could be
nrties lust nnd then
long to this yenr.
This went cm for weeks,
rri.on without seeing i-nndidiites or
platforms he decided hi; os a Repub
tan. but t took a life-long Repub; .
lienn mnnv weeks to make up his mind
whether he wns a Republican or not. !
People who knew his work as. food I
administrator during the war nifd in I
Franco after the armistice nlways Mild 1
Mr Hoover had one grent defect is- j
nbiiity to mnke up his mind. It wns '
.. lirst-clnss mind, but it wns slow. It ,
refused to maU decisions quickly,
A Slow-Moving Mentality
in,i u-hrn vou see the mind of n
Republican taking weeks to decide that
it was the mind of a Republican, you
begin t-'wonder whether or not tlere
is not truth in the charge that decisions
come hard with Herbert Hoover. He
is one great successful nnd highly ml-
mlrable American who cannot sn.
1 nr.,1 "no" with tlio Ilinrvelonu
promptness of the hero of n success
fiction
Now, take Mr. McAdoo.
The ex-secretary of the treasury
creates tho impression of boldness and
relentlessness. Ho is an eagle of u
marr in the swiftness with which lie
swoops upon what he wnnts, You can't
think of McAdoo without thinking of
force. Wc observo Mr. McAdoo con
fronted with tho necessity of deciding
whether or not he would be n candidate
for President. Mr. McAdoo has been
making and unmaking tlptt decision
over nnd over again for 11 year. Not
even his most Intimate friends could
tell whether he in?ant to run or not.
10 ne sure, ne was nancucapped by
uncertainty about the Intentions of his
wf-ws ij'iiaiv..
V
tpV
.
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Power of Decision Which
public Ledger Co,
distinguished father-in-law. The ethics
of family life nnd happy homes re
quires thnt there shnll not be two can
didates for President In the same
1 family.
uut even niter paralysis nan mauc
it pretty ccrtaiu that Mr. Wilson
would not ngain run for President. Mr.
McAdoo's Indecision continued. A lit
tle while ago he was here in California.
Homer S. Cummlligs telephoned him as
n candidate hare in San Francisco. Mr.
McAdoo iinlncd his representative, thus
implying thnt he w011ld.be n candidate.
To Be or Not to Be A Candidate
Ho then went back East and
promptly announced he wns not n
candidate. And now he is a candidate
ngniu in snitc of thnt announcement
Some one who tnlked with Mr. McAdoo
on this subject in New York reports
that he changed his mind three times
in tlie course of nn hour s discussion
F.videntlv Mia McAdoo. like Mr
Hoover, is not one of those sure persons
who can sny "yes" or "no" instantly
and stick to either when it is once said.
Both Mr. McAdoo nnd Mr. Hoover
have much better minds than n lot of
people who can make tin theirs more
quickly and surely. Perhaps they have
a good ileal- more mind to map up.
For example, both of them have bet
ter minds thnn the lady delegate here
who was asked whom she preferred for
ice President, hhe had just been at
tending the opening session of the con
vention where Bruce Kremer, vice
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, had mnde an address intro
ductory to the keynote speech of. Mr.
f umming The woman delegate, being
thus asked, replied:
"I think the young man who just
mnde a speech from the platform in the
convention would make a fine candidate
for Vice President."
Mr. Kremer is tho handsomest man
in the national committee.
If cither McAdoo or Hoover wns
sitting (n this convention neither could
tell right off .whom lie wished to have
ns Vice President. They can't decide
things like thnt quickly. If they were
heroes, of ficticai, the mnn who wrote
them up would consume vast quantities
of postage stumps to nnd from the
unices of editors.
1 nt either or both of them may some
, ., hCCOmo president.
. .
SAVES WOMAN'S RESOLUTION
Cummlngs Forces Through Motion to
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San Francisco, June .'10. Mrs. Alice
Foster McCullocli, of l-ort Wayne,
Ind..t the first woman Jo be heard
In the convention, yesterday offered
n resolution to double the slue of
the. Democratic national' committee and
mn4te n place for on woman from each
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state. The resolution previously had
been approved by tho national commit
tee. A Pennsylvania delegate moved
that the resojution go back to the rela
tions committee and eot sevornl seconds.
The. ayes got it by the chair's decision.
Chairman Cumujlngs wnutcd to make
un uuuuuuceiiiEiii, boo ciiuiriiiun noo-v
inson recognized him ns "the delegate"
from Connecticut." He got the rcsoju
tion for women on the national com-
Tmitteo placed back before the conven-'
tion for further consideration.
Mr. Cummlligs explained it was only.
tne tormai resolution creating the com
mittce for another four years and tak
ing In women members. "If the Dcino
crntic party is In earnest,'' said he. "In'
taking in the women of our country In
its deliberations, we ought to support
tuts resolution anu aaopt 11.
The convention adopted the resolu
tion by a heavy majority of ayes and
only a few .noes.
Mrs. Gavin McNnb, -of San Frnn-'
clsco, took the platform at that point.
She was w'dnrlng her "hat, and a deles
Eate called from the floor "hatH off."
MrS. fcNiib!vmiled and, removing htr.t
turban wiiuc tne ntiuicticc applauded,
began reading a message to Mrs. Wood
row Wilson t'from the women of the
Innd."
The message was one nf women's an
preclatlon to Mrs. Wilson for care and
devotion to the President during his ill
ness. The convention voted to send the
women's inessage. With that the con-,
vention adjourned.
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In "A FOOi; AND HIH MONC."
Aided Mack H.nn.t.'s '-QUACK DOCTOR"
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