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REDEEMING CONGRESS HALL
THE $45,000 nvailoble for the rctoration
of thi; old Clt) Hull mid Supreme Court
building nt Fifth nnd Chestnut streets should
easily hi; sufficient for the purpose The
historic structure is b no nu'iuis n ruin
It is n victim of nogleu, n dusty nud ill-t-erti'il
slirim-. but "lie wIiom- ri'di-mption i
. first of nil dopiiidiuit upon tin- nppllriition
of the prinoipli s of iroml tiisti and u knuul
3kij of elglitevnth centurj iIi'hiku.
I'ortunotpl.v, the I'lilliuli-lpliia C'liupti i of
the American lustitute of ArchitoUs 1ms
hem inlriiatcil with eoticrul sujie.Tlsion of
the work, ami thy excellent result' nohiwi-d
by this orjtani7atlon iu C'onsri'ss Unll i a
oonvlnriiic itullrntion thut iho rcfarbi"hiiiic
will bo fittiiisly done.
It is promised thut the plitu ill W on
public view within two wecLs. A still more
grateful sicbt will be the restored hall, a
building whoso associations are, of course,
secondary to those of the Stato Houm but
rank with thoi of rongress Hull in patriotic
appeal The group of pnerublo edilleos on
Independence Snimre is precious, in a M-ne
utinintchnble bj the slirines of anv other
American citj ami it is an ilenientul dut
of the enmmuiiit to maintain the three
trurttires in a a us to emphnsire to the
full degree then iiispirat.orial vnlue
GERMANTOWN'S "TOWN HALL"
A Sllin from thrt htiiuuliis to sectional
pride, it uppears that the thief advan
tage to be derived from the proposed brnm.li
municipal building or Town I In II in ieruiuu
ton will be gained by the I nited States
Ciovernment 'I'he present biiiucli potollico
nt Chelteu inenuo and Main street Is over
crowded, .mil the feileial authorities imtu
tally view with satisfaction tho idfa ot more
spacious quarters in u hand-onie new struu
ture. Hut, as I'ouncilman Hall oiuniou-Iy
pointed out before tho Council i-omniittro
on city propertj, which hns reported the
enabling measure faorably, any Uitpnci
can bring a suit obstructing the poetotficc
plan, since the loan specldeallv states that
the building is to be devotid to municipal
purposes.
The facta of the ease seem to bo that ;er
mantown as nu independent cummuniu on. e
had a town hall It is tlatterlng to senti
mental traditions to maintain the old special
communal feelings Politicians', especially
of tho I'hiliiilelphlu brand, are umiuII fui'i
nntcd by new building jirojoct.s and nothing
charms them so mm h as u cit hall wuture,
major or subhidlni v
Compared with the preposterous strm ture
with its prepusti rou historv at I'.road and
Market stre. ts the ..tm.intow n undeitnk
lng is iiiMgnlhcnnt I' will, howerer. c oki
the tidv sum of .4."ii) ihmi nuthori7ed in the
"o ember loan.
PINOCHLE MYSTERY
THAT report from Harrisburg about the
robberj of three politicians needs expla
nation. According to the h'orj. a group of
men were plrmng pinoehle In Senator Crow s
rooms in a hotel the senator was not pres
ent and the game lasted until t! o clock in
the morning The mbberj is said to him
taken place between ! and .s. The "losses."
according to the news dispatch. inolved
State Tieai-iiici Kephart to the amount of
X.'iOO; Si nutor .Imee, of I.uyerii" coiint.
2r0, nnd Sheriff itooir of the same munty,
In the tatii'' .iiuouut
Now, what the people noiild like to know
li just how mm li 'lie gums ncrt- liitornin
rion on that pmnr U kicking Ir might be
aid tiiat the gams oipialed the lose, hut
the full li"t of those who were in S. nator
Crow's room has no been ghen et, if
there were g.uns some uni must haw been
plnmg pirmchle for mono
Can it be that the politic ,aiis do ilo in
flurrisburg''
ORANGES BY SEA
THK hrr shipment lore ot r.intornia
fruit h tin v..,i To,1,' ins Iim n made
within twent do 1 ruiisportaticti b mil
requires, as a n.l . toiirteiii to seventeen
lnj. Tin diff r n, i in time is therefore
sllg.it It is estimated thai tlo i nt of ship
ment b. i ui go bout is !ii pi r tent 1 ss tlmn
that of mi rlond b Iim r
The i onditioii test will demur si rate the
real Milue of ilo eipenment Should ir be
found that the onuu'cH uml lemons bi ought
here via the I'nuiima tnnul have withstood
the passage through the trojiirs u new devel
opment in fond tinnsportation is m vlghi.
Itefrigeruting methods have lung sime i"o
liltionl.ed lb" meat trade, m sicj, lointries
8 our own and Argentina and Uruguii) inn
emphntnall lestifj. The expinment with
nitniK fruits seems vvoithv of hopeful
pietations
NEWBERRY CASE AGAIN
A RECOUNT of the vote in the MiiUigan
election of 1H1! bv the .Senate commlt-
teu on ileitions gives the senatorship to
Truemai. H Nenherrj by a plurahtj of 1,1" I
over Henry Ford The original returns gave
Newho-ry a plurality of T."07.
The recount vettles the fuct thut New
berry was elected hj Uie ballots east He
has been convicted, however, of a violution
of tho election laws whii h limit the iimoi nt
thnt t.iay be spi nt bv n candidate He has
appealed and the case is still in the courts
They may be trusted to urrhe at an equi
table decision.
That large sums of inone were spent is
aot disputed Because of this Air New
berry's reputution Is smirched and the stain
will remain whatever the flnul vmlut o.' the
court inav be.
FACING THE FACTS
EVEUY ONE la hoping thut the urn. will
soon come when the burden of maintain
lng military armaments muj bo lightened
Unless they arc lightened the nations will
become bankrupt.
Hut that there is no immediate prospect
f nC-tlon In this direction was pointed out
by General Pershing yesterdav. He told the
House uavnl ufTalis committee that France
cannot safely reduce her army at this time
bocnuse "she Is otnmlliiB guard in Europe,"
and that Great Ilrltnlu is in a similar posi
tion at sen
Yet the general believes that if an agree
ment could bn reached by the United States,
Oroat Britain. France, Italy anil Japan
Hometblng could bo done to relieve the situa
tion. Until an agreement N reached each
nation must, in duty to Itself, prepare for
the defense of Its territory
The general wisely warned nguinst per
mlttlng talk of disarmament to drift Into
pacifist agitation, pacifism being opposition
to the use of military force under uny eir
cumstauces. Such hntd sense as this is necessary to
counteract the effect of n soutlmentnl agita
tion which Ignores tho fact".
DAYS OF THE WOLF AND
THE CRISIS IN CHINA
Money Spent for Relief Abroad Serve
More Enda Than Those of
Charity
GIVE ear to Mr. Debs or some of the wild
western congressmen or the turtle-fed
editors who love to be known as intellectual
radicals or some of the enemies whose friends
we were iu the most perilous hours of their
Uvea and you will bo in danger of hollering
that the peoplo of the United States nve des
perately smug and hopelessly complacent.
Let us sec. Tho people who brag do make
n great noise, a great show of their pearls
and their mannrs. They can attruct atten
tion like a bruss band Hut they are a tiny
minority.
A habit of almost passionate self-criticism
Is the saving virtue and the dominating trnlt
of the overage American. Ninety out of every
hundred Intelligent citizens ore forever dis
satisfied, forever wondcting how they may
better their Institutions nnd Improve the
order of the life about them.
It Is because self-abnegation has become
alm.nt a national characteristic in this coun
try that jou hear so little nowaduvs of the
unprecedented things we did in the wnv as a
nation that fought with nil its strength and
all its resources for a principle aud turned
with loathing from anv thought of spoils or
material reward
For this same reason iu hear a gnat deal
about what it called national selfishness from
people who are anguished by our leal or
imagined failures in the later politiuil crises
in Furope and vcr.v little of the tiomendous
responsibilities we hmo volunlaiilj assumed
in the eflort to save the lives of millions of
women and children whom the Great States
men of the World hadn't time to think about
mid probably wouldn't have thought about
even if iLev had had time.
Some vi rj earnest people Mi lli'.van and
Mr Foul art- among thorn are convinced
that the couutr is drifting toward n revived
paganism They can see nothing significant,
nothing revealing in the country 's instinctive
and endless compassion or In its steadfast
obediince to the aneii nt admonition uttered
in behalf of those who are nthlrst or hunger
ing or luavy laden.
Are dances mid plats fuller of meaning
than the great incidents of the war'.'
If vou are to ussunie that we have falkil
in Euiupi, what is to be said of Hoover and
bis rein t commission and tho Friends nnd
the magnificent si rvice of the committee for
relief in the Near Fast?
And what of the colossal task that has
lust been assumed by the new organization
formed to ptotnle quick relief in areas of
China desolated bv nu uneampled famine?
These are uburfiRe plunomenn. They
show how this countrt feels in its heart.
They cannot be esplaiued in Htatistical
terms Hut they are reality itsilf. Drives'
for work of this kind seem to have pussid.
Whv?
"People in Amuriui do not have to bo
driven," said one who has reason to know
what America is liki at bottom. "Tell them
that children ore hungry and sick nnd thnt
women are cold and in want and thej mnnot
rest. They will i ome to .vou with tlnir dol
lars and their pennies- and the poorer they
are the quicker thej will come.1"
China and the Chinese aio fat nway on
the othir side ot the world I'ut it was in
the United Slates iu tunes called hard that
the movement for their n lief hnd its origiu.
About lo.OOn 000 Clnnts nfe caught in a
withering famine. They were not adven
tunrs in the game of empire. Thej didn't
invite disaster
For two jiars now the rain ha not fallen
on the land thev tilled Thousands of chil
dren have died and still are djing of starva
tion m the arms of mothers already dead.
Men kept stubbornlv putting seed in dry
furrows that turmd to dust under the blis
t.ring winds, and now they are perishing in
hordes because jou cannot live long with no
other food but the bark of trees and the
roots of dry grass
It is all well enough to say that some
thing is radically wrong with a woild onh l
that permits disasters like thos, of easti rn
i'urope, Armenia and China to continue for
a da. Hut the time for disci's. ion is not
now. There is nothing to do but dig. and
dig Ami i ica v ill.
'1 Iwro is inexplicable ironv in the spec t.1i le
ot a catastrophe almoht as great in its scope
a. Uie war itself descending out of the skies
upon the most patient nnd industrious of
peoples The America t liar "failid" in
Kuropc: the people vt bo me "drifting to
paganism"; the liard-boilid folk who re
fuse to get hi bind the bntiiicr of .Mr Debs
and theiefore me railed stonily cmug, will
come neroos. of r reuse, tor China
' Tell tlum that children are hungij aud
sick and thev lannot rest."
Wlmi we ate doing in iiistames like ibis
mil what we shall lontimie to do so long
is the ni" d exists ami tins U the niot
s'gnitlinnr thins of nil -Is to begin laving
foundations for n new sort of international
ism which m tin end may be fai more duia
ble than unv thnt was fought lur nnd lost
at Purls
The Chinese, educated ami ineilueated.
have lMt tor jenrs that in the I nited Stntes
tint' hud their only steadfast and unselfish
trii ml It is out of days such ns the noith
'rn provinces ure experiencing now that
legends glow and. similar!, it Is out of
the tenor and the un tnory of these limes
thur Austrian and Hermans nnd Armenians
of the future villi make some of the vividest
pages of then histories
To the Chinese we are alreach the
Fiiendl' I.nnd. What shall we be to the
now generations of Austiians -those who as
rhildien piously piny for our welfare now
and who wrote thiir names in a list of more
t'uin 100. noil nttmliid to a letter of gratitude
sent to this ountrv not long ago? No more
moving document vves ever sent from one
iciiintr to nnotliet The raw mutiiial of
epics is so plintlftil in the regions where tho
American relief niteneit,s are at work tint
no one is oiisrloui of it In the wr, e ot
the German einpffc theie is nlreadv nppat nt
the beginning ot a whole blight litirattin of
ligcnd fouiidiclon the woilc of un erieruv who
proved to be the most i ompassinnnte of
fi lends to the innocent and misfortiinute
And common leg, ml livis longer and cuts
deeper into national consciousness than any
thing written ilcllbfniti.lt b the si holm s
A pre miIi nt of n fighting ropublii tiling
ciotncii nun leu uj tun eiinritt ot stiangcr
whole ainiici of iblldien being rescued fioni
denth b.v lnv starvation or from tin m Ms
and mountains to which thev strii.vcd ,n ,,.,
pcrntion to uffci and die as tin animals do,
and men and ttoiumi who have fought hm,
ger. pestilenre anil death Itself without ad
equate medicines or supplies these aie
eteivdat details of the awful spectacle that
is Armenia today. If Armenia survives
It will he because of the voluntnrv work of
tho people of tho United States. Almost
every man, woman and child still alive la
that stricken country lives because of the
work nnd tho self -denial and the courage of
Amerlcnns. Yot millions of people hate
heard us called selfish for one who has ever
hoard-of the American committee for relief
in the Near East.
We huve been doing more than charity.
We have boon sotting In motion forces that
tend more certainly than the routine forces
of diplomacy and politics to International
reconciliation, and we nro proving that belief
in the fundamental brotherhood of man Is
not jet burned out of human consciousness
that It survived even through all tho flames
of war
Albu Johnson is treasurer in this legion
for the China Famine Fund. Send your
checks, your dollars or your pennies to him
nt the Morris llttlldlng. And send them
quick. Help for the Chinese can come from
nowhere else but America. Millions are
facing starvation at this moment, and uuless
relief can be afforded quickly there will bo
In the northern provinces one of the greatest
calamities thai the world has ever known.
Five or six cents will provide enough food
to keep a man, woman or child alive for a
day. Two dollars will sato a life for a
month. Twelve dollars will tide a man or
a woman or a child over for six months,
nud then the emergency probably will have
passed with the coming of a harvest. It
isn't n question of hard times that Is being
attacked by those engaged in the organized
relief work abroad, which costs relatively
little, It Is u question of life or certain
death for great multitudes.
WHY ARE MEN HONEST?
WHEN Mr. Williams, the commissioner
of internal revenue, was before the
Houso committee on appropriations askltig
for more money to enforce the Volstead law
he explained thnt It was difficult to got men
for a government solary who could resist
temptation when money was offered to them
to wink at violations.
The commissioner did not denv that the
law is violated. Indeed, he cited figures to
show that during the eleven months from
January to November Inclusive last year
nearly three times, ns much "uoubevprage
spirits" had been withdrawn from bond as
in tho twelve mouths preceding the time
when the prohibitory amendment went into
effect This liquor has been sold, and it is
the general belief that most of it has been
sold for beverage purposes.
"To believe," said Mr. William, "that
jou could select for this work (the work of
enforcement i n personnel paid $liJ00, $1000,
!17(M or $1500 a year that would entirely
withstand offers of bribes would be too
much."
If Mr. Williams had said that out of everv
thousand men under him there would be a
few wlio would accept bribes no fault could
be found with him, for lie would have been
applying tho statistics of human weakness
to a specific case Out of ctery thousand
clergy men there will bo n certain number,
substantially the same from year to year,
who will disgrace their cloth. Out of every
thousand batik clerks there will be a certain
proportion who will falsify their nccouuts.
A fixed proportion of salespeople in the great
stores rob their employers every year. And
in very Legislature there is n definite num
ber of men who will betray 'their constitu
ents for mono. A similar rule applies in nil
tho relations of life. Out of every liunelred
husbands a few will be unfaithful to their
wives.
nut to sa.t that men will take bribe be
cause their alar.t is not big enough for them
to live on is to put honor upon nn ignoble
basis nnd to Ignore what every honest mnn
knows to be tho truth. Men nro not honest
merely because they are not tempted to bo
ilishonest. There are millions of men to
whom nn offer of a bribe is no temptation,
no matter' whether their pay is large or
small. They cannot conceive themselves
noepting money illegitimately If no other
etidence were needed to ptotc this, the small
percentage of unfaithful men found in busi
ness oflici s would prove it. Dishonesty is
the exception. The size of the salory does
not affect the situation one wnv or nnother.
Low-paid bank emplojes, it is tine, take
for their own use funds of tho bank, lint
liigh-pnid bank rmploes nlso misappropriate
funds. And bank presidents have become
embezzlers They, surely, were not tempted
to take what diel not belong to them because
tie Ir salaries were too small for them to
live on.
Men are honest and women are virtuous
not because they have all the monev that
the) neeil. but because of deeper reasons
No amount of money could tempt them to
fall They would piefer to live in povettv
nnd be nble to look at themselves in the
mirror without contempt, rather than to
einov luxuries bought at the price of their
si lf-rospeef
Hut we siipp,,.s0 thut no man witn a small
salar.v will M.r go wrong without some one
exclaiming. "What could you expect when
he did imt ga n living wage:" as though
that hud everything to do with it
WAR BILL IN THE MAKING
"INTIMATIONS that the delnilod terms of
the i.erman reputations plan mnv differ
consideiably from those broadly outlined bv
the rctent PariR conference were to have
been expected. The mere fact that another
iierdng is soon to be called in London in
t ululates the assumption of linolitv in the
ns ent dee islon.
Girman delegates will be invited to the
sessions which me to open on Febiuarj '.'S
Tin will be primed, of course, with pro
tisu nnd resolved to neglect no advantages
see i able b.v energetic muiiein ering
On the other hand, the allied statesmen
have passed tho stage in which thev eon
pte.htably favor impossibilities. H has been
el 'iieinstrntcd thnt neither France noi Gnat
Hiitain could nfloid to split on the indt mni
t es question. Hence the agreement in prm
I pie willed nns neen reai IieU. The next step
i- lealistic trcntment of the payment
piiiblcm.
The habit of believing thai the peace has
niinle the European victors cxee suivelv greedt
is easily engendered among critics who have
n fused to hnve anything to do with the l(isc
It Is seldom, however, that creditors, with
u trend toward self Interest, prefer the
i iiiinclntion of impossible demands to an
iriangement promising practical perfurni
orire. The usual preillhction is worth lemeinbi-r-in
here, especlnllv with legmd to th,. 12
pei cent Geimun export tax, whlili has been
so seveiel denounced. A ilimigi m this
ruling is conceivable even bv the operation
of puiely selfish motites
TO BE TALKED TO DEATH
rpllE rordnev tariff bill's ehunct-s f ls.
X. sngn this session seem to hnve ,., ,,.
iliisitely snuffed out bj the Inch of sMhcjent
votes in the Smnte to rstuhilnh a cloture
The djing Congnss mnv be ixpettnl to pas.s
appropriation bills, but this p( ii, .nuance
will probnbl mntk the bulk of its achieve
ment The situation is fully in in nod with
the traditions of nu expiring ailmlnitiatlon
The new Congiess, which Mr. HunIinB will
1 all, will be oteiwhelmlnglv Itcpiiblunii hut
this prestige and powei will be n companled
by the sobering nsset of p.ntj responsibility
Tariff revision, destinid for an enrlv up-
1 pearance ns a legislative topic. i,m t1(.n nl,
discussed thorough! and with a view- of
I enduring leform.
I ICmergeiic.v meiiHiiies are almost invariably
makeshift, vulnerable to ntlacl; b.v oxpeits
The Fordne bill was typically hiilf-baked!
Its now- foreshadowed extinction win cause
little mouining save by those pi 1 sous ujm
might Hinve been 1 nuked as speciol beneft-claries
ARE SOON FORGOTTEN
Men and Events Soon Cease to In
terest A Famous Libel Suit.
Political Leaders Die Be
fore Their Time
Ily GKOKOE NOX McCAIN
TT WAS, I think, Ulp Van Winkle, spcak
JL ing through the lips of Joseph Jefferson
nearly two generations ago, who coined the
sentence "Veil to are dead how soon nro vc
forgotten."
The application of the sentiment came in
counoctlon with n forgotten note book on
the death of Major General Wlnfield Scott
Hancock.
Within a few days, the 0th of Feb
ruary, It will have been thlrty-fitc jears
bIlco he died nt his headquarters em Gov
ernor's Island, New York harbor.
Had he lived five days longer, his death
would hate occurred on tho sixty-second
anniversary of his birth.
Another odd feature was that his last
public appearance wns when he rode at the
head of the military escort nt General
Grant's funeral the year before.
Hancock Is practically forgotten now.
NOT only individuals but events grow dim,
lose their luster or importance, ns they
fade into the background of the pnst.
It would be n safe guess that if nil the
newspaper editors In Pennsylvania were
called upon to nnmo the most sensatlonnl
libel suit In Penns)lvanin In (lie last twenty
years they would give It up in disgust.
And jot It was a stilkingly Important one
In Its bcailng upon the publishing business.
It was the suit of Frank G. Harris, Re
publican state treasurer-elect, against P.
Gray Meek, editor and publisher of the
Uellefonto Watchman.
It was tried at Clearfield in February,
1002, with Judge Cyrus Gordon on the
bench.
PGHAY MEEK was n lifelong Democrat
and wielded the most vitriolic pen In
the state.
He was uncompromising in his political
convictions nnd permitted none of the Roclnl
or friendly amenities of life to swerve him
from his condemnation of ever) thing that
was not Democratic in a strict party sense.
In the campaign of 1001 when Hnrrls
wns a candidate for state treasurer Meek
In the course of n jeremiad In the Watch -mau
referred to Harris ns "king of the
crooks" and "an unblushing bribe taker."
Harris picked his homo town of Clearfield
ns tho stage for the libel case. Meek was
almost as well known in Clearfield ns ho was
In Center county and the trial court's loca
tion really meant vcr.v little advantage for
Harris.
All of tho Btate leaders of nny importance
were in attendance Israel W. Durham,
John P. Elkln nnd Willlnm A. Stone,
and they nil expected to be called ns wit
nesses. Hut they were not.
The jury fouuil that Editor Meek was
not guilty. He did not wholly escape, for
Judge Gordon ordered that lie pay the court
costs These amounted to less tbuii $.10.
In tlew of the character ot the attack
nnd tho fact that the defendant was tried
outside his own county bj a jury of neigh
bors of the prosecutor, the verdict was one
of the most striking ever delivered in the
state in a newspaper libel suit.
A startling development, however, was
the sworn testimony of the stenographer of
the House nt Harrisburg thnt padding of
the roll was a very common occuirence in
thnt bod.t.
HGEATTAN DONNELLY was city
editor of the old Press in the later
70's, prior to which time ho had been one
of its most efficient reporters.
Later on lie rose to considerable distinc
tion as a playwright nnd shared with Hart
lev Campbell the honors, for a time, of
being tho lending contributors to the melo
dramatic stage.
James S. ("Jimmie"! Lavvson reonlls nn
episode of that time worthy of reproduction
as 11 sidelight nn sonic of the happenings
that occasionally enlivened tho routine of
the city room.
"As I enmc on duty cnily one cold win
tir morning, (Mr. Lnvvson was in chnrge
of circulation) n 'fixed' ropy of the Press
was handed to me. It contnined n story
that Donnelly had been lost from u city ice
boat while on n reportorial trip on the lower
ritir." said Mr. Law-son.
"Shoitly nfter Charlie Doughoity and
myself were called upstairs to tho city room
where we were told the body wus lying.
We were joung, soft-hearted, nnd with tears
In our e-ye's i-ntcrcel the darkened room. On
a long news desk we found the 'remains.'
"It consisted of a life-size bust of Daniel
Dougherty, tho silver-tongued orator of the
old bar, a lot of old newspapers, a pair of
lubber boots for the feet and tho whole
covered with nn American ling.
"It took 113 some time before we 'got
next,' but when we did Charlie Dougherty
raiseel an awful row nnd I think the re
porters ran us out of the room."
In those ancient days every reporter was
F'ipposcd to become n companion of John
Harleyeorn on certain occasions; particu
larly "when lie perpetrated a "scoop" on the
other papers.
Donnelly was noted for the number of
his "scoops." .
WHILE the mortuary statistics of life In
surance companies cover about every
tiiule. calling nnd profession, I never re
c nil having Hoen the llguies on the death
nvernge among politicians
It would be worth while lompiling them.
Not only as a matter of public interest, but
of financial benefit to the companies them
selves. Politics Is a mighty precarious and short
lived profession.
Hy this I do not mean the ordinary door,
bell puller or the eas.v -going congressman
who Is elected repeatedly bv a constituency
t lint gives him no trouble nud asks little in
return.
I refer to the political bailer The boss,
the mnn who manages, dlree ts and controls
nnd is responsible lor results
He is the vicarious sacrifice for the other
fellow. Knowingly or unknowingly, lie
must shoulder, or nt least share, the re
sponsibility for the nils of the otooks,
graiteis ami law bieakus that Inevitably
gather in bis entourage'.
Some of the best men, some of the brain
iest politicians I have known, have lived
In constant dread that some irresponsible,
reckless or even ciiinliuil fiil'nvver, clothed
with a little power, would commit some
crime thut he would be forced to shaie.
ANOTHEIt thing thut shoitens the lltes
of nttlve polnicinns is the constant
wntry to which they are subjntul.
Tho itnpoituiiitles, tho harassing appeals
and the political necessity of doing things
which do not scpiaii with their own in
trlnsle' Ideas of right.
There ure some men in politics who enjoy
politics. To them it is 11 rendition They
belong to the ' luss iisuully who inn diop
the gome at will, lor they nu- financially in
a position to do so
Of the big stale lenders of the lust thirty
years the inujor't) of tin in elied twenty
years before their tluii'.
Theie weio ltobeit W. Market-, flu Is. L
Magee, Hen. J. Haywood, nil of them con
nected with the slate treasury direct It or
iniliice tlv , A. Wilson Norrls, Israel' W.
Durham, Janus P Me.Mcliol, John P.
Elkins and C. Wo!ev Thomas, only a few
of the total
Most of these men were total nbslalnris,
David Jl L.11.0 is a lonsplciious excep
tion in point of age nml long service in the
political sanie
Thul Frenchmen are paying higher taxes
than Gerinuiis is only another otidenee that
the Go man Government is not particularly
anxious to make a strong finunclal showing
until after tho amount of reparation is defi
nitely eleeided upon. It is n policy of laxltt
thut temporal ily serves Geiinany's ends, nud
olio for tvhleh the Allies themselves nro in a
mcuMiro icsponslbli. Under tho treaty they
an; empowered to see to it that the Germuii
scheme ot taxation is fullv as heavy propor
tionately as that of any of the powers repre
sented on tho commission, und the fact will
doubtless be emplmsleil at the meeting In
Iiondou.
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Tullts Willi Thinldng Philadelphia
Know Best
THE REV, JOHN R. HART, JR.
On the College Man and His Rellgioh
THE college man will not stand for any
dallying between science and religion,
but seeks to reconcile the two. acc-cjrdiiig to
.1 , --,. t YT . T nl.n .tlillr. ,f till
tllO HOV. aouii n. nun, .1.., vwn.i'""" ."--University
of Pennsvlvnnia and nssistnnt
Cliapiain at ttcsi iiuni .vc-mvun.
There Is little or no denominational pride,
but rather n. desire to g' t nt the fuiidameu
tnls of religion us a whole among college men.
in the opinion of Mr. Hart, who has foi
several tears been active iu all forms of
social si-rvlco woik at the University, and
hns this tear opened n students chapel In
tho Church of the Transbguintinn, ihirty
fourth street and Woodland avenue.
"The college man, ' says Mr. Unit, "j
generally impiessed with the fact that his
early ideas on religion were wiong. and for
this renson he is sometimes misled and Is
possessed with the desire to get out of the
whole thing and withdraw from all faith.
"This reasoning on his putt depends in n
large part on the milliner In which his courses
in Hclence ami hlsteuy are presented or the
personalities of his teac-heis and on whatever
loading he limy do outside his c-ouises.
"It Is inevitable and icallt wholesome
that the young man of this n," in college
should realize that his early thought on 10
llgious mntlers mo unsatisfactory lor ma
turity, just ns he must iieccssaiily lcall.o
that Ids youthful standanls nnd thoughts
must be changed as lie grows older, lleli
gion is fundamentally a progrossite, not n
static thing, nnd mint be colored by the
experience of life itself.
"Some tollige men think that religion
itself bus nev-i'i- fncoel tho sweeping change'
that must inke place in it us tho result of
the scientific discoveries of the last century,
especially those along the line of the theory
of evolution. Thev admit that there has
been n certain readjustmi'iit between the new
scientific view and histoiical Chiistiuiiit.v
whereby the two can go nlong together, but
they assert that the whole change has not
boon as fundamental as it should hnve been.
"Some loadeis In religious thought me,
unfoi timolol), advocating ideas on leliglon
which have been modified by reason ot scien
tific developments, but which bhould have
been given up eutuely .
Scientists Aim for Truth
"On the other hand, silentlsts, contiart
to the belief of some, hate no definite eloslie
to destroy faith. They 1110 merely aiming
for the tiuth mid hate no destructive idea at
the bottom.
"Much of the indifferent e to leligion, and
tills is true among colli ge men as a rule, Is
because they do not belli ve that theie can bo
n t i.liollflliii- nf lellelmi niter llo, ileveloti-
ments brought nut by Mieutitlc and historical
discoveries. Yet it is a tail that miiliv iu
tcllettunl lendeis are doing this rebuilding
and this readjusting between the old faith
ami the new- beliefs light along. linked,
nothing could be more fusi mating than tbu
conforming of faith with the material fatts
of life, with the lesult of emltliiiig aud cu
jltening the former.
"The uultersitv man, tuichcr or student,
is dead against the holding ot religion iu one
brain cell and science In aimthci, mid not
trying to justify the one bv the other and
bring about some sort of eomiiletc adjust
ment. S111I1 nn altitude, imlinl, w stultify
ing and (loudening to faith. Tin- lollegc man
wants It settled one wnv or tin other, ami is
against uny sort of leliglon whuh pi events
this. ,
"To tills effect our own 1 niversltv of
Pennsylvania bus long been noted for its
Hlblo and religion disi ussion gioupv, which
..... ....i. ul. Iml ..em lie flu. liEt..,..,
ileiivoilng to simplify nligion He has Uttlo
or no denominational priilo or lovaltt to nuv
one denomination. lie lias It m 1H ,,
that the bialiis of the church 111 e otten used
to defend questionable iloctrim s and mooted
poioi" iii j :;' !'- 01 nine
xalue to the great issues of life questions of
church tvoi ship, tbuich management an(i
,.i..,rn), .irenulzntion. This sine ,.r r . 1 -. 1...
points in 1 Huron nisiory wintii uie of
...... ... i... .,w,,i iwuin... ,.r lie -I
Uttlo
feels, is contributing little to the intellectual
life ot the individual and nothing to his lifn'i,
usefulness. He feels that If this thought
c-ould be centered on certain fundamental
factors Iu religion, biieh us actual fuith and
Its aiipllcotlou, te would be much further
ahead.
Economic Wnbte Impresses lllni
"In this connection the lollcgo muu Is Im
piessed with tho economic vvntu In the ills
trlbutloii of churches nml of the men needed
to lead them, und ho is much muro impressed
...t.i. i ...i.. i,i..i, ...1 I,. ,1... t ..
I Willi mv iimis i'""i nn: I'l-ipuiUUllOn
of so many und hiic-Ii competing brunches of
J the Ciii-lstlnn religion. So, nUo, ho in In-
Uie ii.n,iii ..... wj ...w i'ift,ii lliuu lllllOllg
tho faculty, who try to hilng about In the
niinels of the men the leepilud adjustment.
"I'licn too. the culleirc 1111111 U nl,. ,.,.. ...
THE STRUGGLE
' "" " " isy i:j "!-" ijv " Vis.
on Subjects They
tonsted in defining what n cbun li ought to
bo doing, and he wants all eneigics applied
to that end.
"In reguid to membership in anv chinch.
.-frin .1 ,Wo ,l",,vt'i''. 'Which one?' and
tthy Unit 0110.'' and then loses interest if
the else of one ehuich is presented in
stronger light than another and he is urged
to nlh himself with that iiartleuliit denniiii-
nntiou. He is won by a fnr different appeal
than Hint of the excellencies of s,)lno one
creed. He is interested In the church in
geneial mid wishen to bo nble to change fnmi
one denomination to another if he s desires.
It must not be supposed, however. Hint
lie lollegc mnn looks entirely cm the prnc-
i.al si,,. ,,f relinlon. He Is Intensely Inter-
... i'!..".1! " J"""lv '!,'ritl" "'do nml in the
e 1 tnntion of peisonnlltt in thnt wnv For
V7Y"V ni" ,0,f'r that desire on bis
ohneJnl1, " "ll0"I',l'e geaieel in with bis
other Mudn.s. especially those of the line arts.
lints ihero nre two phnscs of nligion
a-1 r ,as",",l' t0 tM? "V" : '"" t," 1-.' h-n
nMual sen ice. and the other the spiiitlial
.nte!,.!','.lV'ROn.7n"V fn'""1 ''" " is ""
on of'1 '!' ""I llK'orv inin souls
Vll ,.', ""!' nc,lv.", 1"1 'IMlI,i" JMobloin.
fore '" ,'n .,,.'i.w,,h Kn.llK nn'1 !t - ,ll"r(,:
t lien, .,' '' vn ',"". '"V1 ,IP ""L.ltiMoii of
en nfi .. nu,.b- ,,,B !V ,lH' mlml '" tlie pinc
mueor f ,"""' ?, cannot tolerate the
1111 ic r less theoietic idea of 'saving souls.'
v,n,cdV,rif-, "''VoU'W "'"" mils be
the r "",,s IKerItv; 'o simplicity and
the tiuth of icliglon. He will not hold o
to time-worn and exploded theo les. , "s
hotel" 'T"'-W,1,ch ''" beeitc'stcl ,v
nntbtitlalitin;1'1"-"
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 "''nelliv"?"1 'f ,cor'"0'-t In ilesirihlng a
newl) man led mini, especially n Ton
-' ""-. Jf'Mi the nlze of the laruest of
oluml.us' ships on 1,1s first vSvage 0
1 Who was Hernard I'allssy"
1 How mny HUiten compos.-' the Amcilcan
0 , Whoro Is IJclUo-"
t. How large Is the Sahara Dtseif
7 "'cheicho''1'0 n,eal,""s of ",0 "or" -
S How dots the game of chess get u, name-
! WIUU Is tho Code Napoleon" "s"J,nP-
10 W liat is 11 briquette1
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
, Confed, latc'arm yun, .' (lener'mHoo1,1lJ
Die ill Untie , nun, .,1 It Ju.u vW ' V'.'1
was ilii.cior of the .New wV ?'h .".H"
ino.ilc ore he sin,. tl. IMili.oO ,c 1',
ami wus musical diiectoi V.r th, ,rd
binn Imposition i , h',3 11, h', " ""'
In iliimnnt. but uino t , "I ,lom
, n,..i.Bl .,,; iV i A,'"e'v '"
a ' II.. was the inllik.st.n,ann " , f: .,,.
. ver scuuc.l ship or cut a tin, , ,'"
iiui.iiuu.n tiom IJyroii'H ,,.,, 7 u
pomi. "Don .ruein11 u-airatlto
1 The city or Messlnn, Iu si, 11. ..
strove, i in llkm by t,o ?,, ,'8V1,iiWnH dn
cm ti.quaUe , v or ait"!"""0''
iiiK to an official estlm ,'e ,gA,c?"r
were lost ' ".-01 lives
r, Tallnliassei h Mm capii,,! nt ,,.,, ,
b Tin- Talmud Is the ancient mnn la
work tontalnlig th. u w Nl ',0Jlm,'!?"'l
or oral laws ami regul . n !l',,,-lnn'11
cRplnimtory of th tvrltt.n ns of llr"
Pentateuch written law of the
7 nmnnuil SwedenliorK waa n ,...,.
Swedish phllopopl,,., "Si t"j
mystic nml iou,ir1 ,,?.'.',! ' "nil
Uliurcli HlKiiilUil by the n.V , N"w
lem,11 In which bN milrltuan h ,i'f?rilMl
doctrines w,re eml,n,l "'C'"?'" '""l
vtau bom In rttoek". In, In VrLC,"1,urB
died In London in 177" ln 1C8S nnd
8 Tlio Sudan Is u t.yli,,, n Afrlei ,., ,,
south of tho .Sahara In V ln
Capo Venlu on the Atlantic iAm tr"m
on the Ited Si In A , 1 VMl B,l'lw ll
sense tin. ,,, , ,ft ".e, aZ"Lll(i
the (iistiru part of thu .it . 'm,t
1 ouglily 1 0. losponillni to h,tU,,rr'l.l.,ry
of Veglo Afllc'ii lie th of V ho emfn ''
und under Mohammed ,,, , 1 ,' un,or
J 'Jli. Hixophono wus Inv ntii! hi . , , .
Has. of Purls, In isVo y A,,"lnb
to l.oki 1 in northern mythology uhh ti, . .
of stilfo aa the spirit of evil ga
j
SHORT CUTS
Geunuuy's idea of what reparation!
ought to be is something pretty soft.
Hrindell evidently shares the views ol
Tony Woller ns te the virtue of the alibi.
The fact that Medicine Hat has hired 1
rain-maker doesn't say much for vvliat'il
unuer it.
Tho groundhog is a critter whose uroj-l
peritt depends on the forgotfulncss of till
populace.
Albert Einstein uronoscs to measure tli I
universe. Hut what's tho uso? He's BUttl
to give it n bad fit.
The war has evidently taught the storkl
n needed lesson. For the first time In years, I
icports show, it Is doing its full duty til
1 ranco.
"Not nil tacks nre tinned," remarked
un- jiiiuncier us no careiuiiy pui nvvay nu
government bonds. "An Income tax- may b
m.tt,.rn,l 'I
coppered.'
Shennnn ltogcrs is nnother who III
dememstiatiiig the virile efficacy of the Tta I
Commandments when applied to the solvinf I
01 uioucui problems.
Tombstone men iu convention in Tren
ton confidently predict a prosperous year. I
Isn't that always the way? Wo ask foil
orcau nnu tuey Hand us a stone.
A Townnda, Pa., woman has explained I
that the nllege-d moonshine found oa her
premises wns leallv leg wash for n raccliorse.
wugui to no somo Kiel: ln It nt that.
Said the Mayor to the contractor! it
dinner: "The Mayor is in good humor to
night. He is smiling. He is primed for
11 tight." Showing his tooth, ns it were.
From Greensboro, Ala,, conies the btotj
of 11 gander loading a blind ox daily to I
wnteipool. This is startling. The story ol
11 c-iiie-arn leaning a tvntorplioue to a oun
tiger is 11 commonplace.
The mayor of Eliznboth, N. J., has
banned Sunday dancing, declaring that those
who wish to shake a wicked foot may goto
-scvvuii;. nut that isn't where the soo
batanaus think they'll go.
I here is pathos in the story of lh
Newark girl of fourteen who shot herself lie
cause she had fulled In an examination in
si 11001. iiieie nro 110 trials quite so seven
us me inais ot me young.
The Delaware State Sennto has passed
a lull re quiring telephone opeiators to tell
the tune to all Imiuirors. A bill icquirinf
policemen to tell legislators to go InJoorl
vviie-u i, ruins is now in order.
Ovei-h'liadnwing in importance the uction
of Congiess and the probable complexion w
nn- in -m iiioinet in me met mat air. nui-j
111; recctitlv captured n six-foot sailli-ili "
her I
inn ...is nuriiing uas soiccieu oiuc ,ui
iiiauguiation gown.
Since It's nlvvnvu fnlr wentl.er whtl
good fellows get together, tho soldier who
lixi'd a Hag pulley on a ninotv-foot pol t
Camp Dix mid received n ninety-day in';
lough on full pay for his feat may well spM
in 11 us a sunny cilml).
1 here is difference of opinion ns to tbt
nature of the punishment to be inflicted 03
bandits : but policemen who have, perhopJi
been held back by this fact will please not.
that there is no difference of opinion regard'
.us 1.0- iii-v.-.-iiiy xoi- ineir capture.
It may bo Hnld for the Kansas man who
ncquiied five groundhogs nnd built a tower
ln mder to wutcii thorn and discover if thej
leally leturned to their holes when they
a shadow thnt ho ban a well -develop"
cuiiosiiy concerning things of little moment
A vivid flash of light nnd a deep rum-
oniiK nounu were ooservca at sen on "
lnutlo City In the wco sina' hours of l"
iiiMiiiiiK, linn euuy uuvo arouseu conjec-iu"
Hut we refuse to bo mystified. Our RU8"
is nun 11 wus notuing but n shore pt"
agent iiunieiscd In deep rumbling thoujb
biilng suddenly stricken by a vivid flash "'
i, 11, ii 1, in. I..,.
ii.nrt, i1a1a..aI-m.. t ,.-.a , a... m!,
" j .iricKuuiun, uncitca oy hid i'
essary county nppioprlntlons, nro urging tH
rittlo Hlglivvay Department to get bull
ii.iiiiimiiik me iiinin ronus, unit tho uepai'
ment sots it will as soon as the Legislature
oppiopi-intts 'In. money. No money rant
better expended nt this time, uot only '
CD. 111.. Iim t.i.wl.1 n...t f. ... . L Ihl
oudiuukers need It. Also the butcher, ti
..unui, uni c-auiiiesticK-niaiJcr, dependent v
sv; i.ujiuiu u iu ronaraautni, ncoa iu