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c..'tn, TrcHurcr. Charles A T lor Se-rcMurr,
rhllln S e'olltnii John 11 Williams John J.
spunKon. Oforgo V. uolelainith, UatlJ n. Binllcy,
Jinclora,
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I'm-s IF. K itivm, chairman
IjWID K. PMI1.KT., . .tMlto-
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rrlbere lit I'hllntlMphla and mirroundlnc tonne
t the rat" of twelve tl!! cnte per week. pa-abl
to the carrier.
By mail t points outside of riillr de lphla, It
the United Plat's. Canada, or United States po
eslons, postace fre-. fifty (,".o cents per month,
IJ,(I0 dolltrs per rear, payall In advance.
To all foreign countries one (1) dollar v month
..oiler Subscribers -it-lshlnp Address changed
must Blvo old as r el! n new address
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KEYS-TOSH. MU.V 5009
tf .liMres a' coeMtfttinicaffOMS to Eicttinp rubho
T.'ilorr fiiieiiirfeii(. Square, Philadelphia
Member of tlie Associated Trcs
the AssocrA.Tr r rnrst cxcUmh-'iu .
tilled t0 tlir v.r jrf rrou'.Urnf OS of all (
dlsjinfcir' c-rd'trd In ' or not ohru De credited
tfrlt rarer, ociel also the focal nerie'j published
therein.
All fHffhtv Kf repubfrnfiou of special dispatches
ktreltt are r to vsrrrrd.
t'hilidelphls. ,,lrJ,t. Ifbruitr 15, lOJl
GETTING BACK AT ROPER
IT IS expluiurd in liclinlf of tlie couneilinou
why voti'd to nverriilp tlio MnjorN M'to
of tlif npiiropriiuion nf $1,000,000 for the
Municipn) Court tlmt tlirro wns "a (entlc
mrn's nprr-i'tiieiit" to support i'cr.v itom in
tlio npproiirintltm hill
15 t. if thin W .m ww wn- it ilmt tlii'
Cotllifil vlnHi in-i-ti'd tlmt llio Miinifipnl
f'oilit .lioiilil li;io M.OOO.OOO otnl to with
draw fmin tlio oiiliiiutu o Hip npproprintion
for tlio town linll in liorninntowu nml lofcr
It bunk to tlio ponimlttpo?
Ioes Hip KPiitlomi'irs usreemrnt lmlil only
In thp c;ifo of projorta in wliich tbo Job
Comliinp lini n particular interest?
Tt lins tiKo born taiil tlmt tlie npproprin
tlon for tlie eourt liml the indorsement of tlie
Totcrs nt the polls. This explanation beg
the whob' fpiestioti. The lonn ordiniitii-p
was n geiu-rnl onlinniire. contninins a mul
titude of Upiih 'Pip toters bud to nivept
It or rejoet it ns n v.-bop. They could not
condemn .1 parti-ulur Umii. however imn'li
they niijht nnie l"cn njipo-od to it. It vwn
ilESexted before tlio mutter wn- submitted
that the lonn proposition 1m so split up that
the voter might express their preference,
on eaeh projeet. but this was rejected.
The .lob Combine' utter insincerity i
revealed bv this attm k on the pet project of
Councilman lioper because ho voted ngalnot
tlie Municipal Court srnb
DEFINITENESS AT LAST
rl' IS cralifjin: to learn soiuethin; delinite
nbout the cabinet. ecn though it is
necative
Mr llardin; ha formally announced ihnt
former Uoprnor l.nwilen. of Illinois, will
not be a ineinber of his official fainih. His
name was tirst i-oiniecled with the Tn usury
Dcparlliient and then with the Navy Depart
ment, unci when Mr. Dane said tlmt ln (i,
not epect to hold public oflieo it wa said
that Mr. I.owden oubl be chosen to repie
attit Illinois.
If Mr. llnrdiiis will counnue as he ba
beRun and ted who of those iiclked about will
not be appointed we mai. In n process of
elimination arrive at the composition of bis
cabinet n few honrs before he send the
nominations to the Senate.
WOMEN AS A PARTY
Till' momentum of "iiiuse." Imwcvei ad
mirable, is sometimes uneheeKed ecn bv
the intei position of snbsij111n.il h-tnn. The
National Women' pnrM furnishes a case in
point. Suffrage, the go.il of the orgnniiilion.
has been mii The convention now 111 se
slon in Washington is .onsideruig worthy
feminist piogniiiis 10 espmise nml speeubil
ing on the tidi isiiinlitc of a national jirt
detctled to wonien s inerest.
Opponents nf this Inner nhn. nni.uig whom
the I'l-pMcli-ui (laughter, Mnrgnn 1 Wilson.
I eoiispb nous finest ion political speeinli.ia
tlwn of tin np' "The woman's piiriv."
asserts Mi Wil.ot,. "is not in 11 broad
sense nonpartisan but o. lunp. nnd or
eatii7d for the pnrp..s.. f Imilflin; up a
woman's umcliine that would not be more
honest iitnl eiTe-ine tiinu a 111,111 machine "
The ftib-inmn tindoiibtf dlv tnuehe the
heatt of Amernan iinn-iil pln!ns,,pn , atl,
there kii rather wnlespn ml iriipn"-s,,n that
feminine det.ieliment from ii.. ninjor or
Sflni7eil iiolnieal panic. 1-. under the lien
conditum. a dubious wn of imrtieipntitig
In the gioernnient of the nation I'moin-iit
recognition of the m-aniu; of the nineteimh
Itmenilnient -hou'd he helpful in establishing
a ensible and emi-M u tic f of n s.irne
what iitiiiiril piulil in
DETECTIVES WHO DON'T DETECT
MUIU. man in. in lis n it h.iipf nc.l
a New )i,iU ginml jin h.is i,.,
present meiit dulanng thai rtc explosion ,,f
a bomb in Wall -mi'' la-t .seit,.m r HIIh
dastnrdlj 1 roiue iiriuitioii-il'i roinnntiid '
Thi w.is tin- gener.il it, pi 11 tl " dnt
after the xplusiou It n.is hetn t'.ie opinion
ever situ 1
What the .,, nfiM w.,;, !,,,, t,, v,v ,,
ttho plueed tor I11.11 h iiiul iii. M 1 .Mpril into
n safe pla. In fore It W.il oft' Tin re .tXo
been numeious il f. some pl.iu-ible nml
some faiita-tn hut ion f kin hi, 1 11
establish'"! bj nn e'i m . It has u.,i run
been ill., fiverid ' I " nei tlie uiigou 111
Which tlie lioiuli 11 . ii I to li
Y(t liere was 11 1 1-111)1 dune id Ii-.iii) ,n .
light ill tlie pie., ti, 1 ,.' liMlnll.il- ,,f , ,1,.
(r one of the im.-i ..1., d'niit. of .New
Vork. 11 flistrn 111 n u I) diti.iiM. r,
supposed to he pri.illl at ll'l tllll". of the
dav and night
t'lider tlie 1 In 1:111- 111. o. 11 1. ilifli. 11I1 to
refrain from inl ing wh.it 1. the matter with
the tb'tietnc fun e ..f mm .iiiate.t tit in
the cmintM Do nut ., poln e of the eoun
tiv know .hough 11 line t the d.ingi rous , bar
ncters disio.ed to eium- of x 10b u e to lie
abb to place then- IiiiikI- on llum w In n they
arewantid? It .e. ins to .1 'a-mnn tlmt the
trofeNioim! buntus down ot . riminals ought
to be II little lll.n e ii -i I;IM t lie. b,le
how II theiiisiUi. in tin. nut 1. 1,1.0
CARUSO. THE UNIQUE
UN'llJI'i: a. his oi 1 1. the g. n 1111. aiTu
Hon in hIiiih tin 1.11b:,. hold- 1'iirc o
w "arilM To a x im-n 1 I'kih iunan is at
trlblllccl tne remit k that .1 t. nor i. liol 11
tnan ; he is a disease. Ami iml I, wuh
their itbsiml Mitntiei. lifln uloi oei-sensi-tix'eueNs
nnd preposterous egoism the nice of
"male prima donnas" flns soiniMiuies seeru
to have ieerec thix bitter irilii i.in
It is not r riled that the p 1 1I 1. - . -( r
regarded .1c.cn de I!"s.ke pi-ecisch 1 1 1 1,,.
light of a ' prime of gooil fellows." At best
he it a an artistic aristuciat.
r'lillt It is Cm u o the man. 11 bully chap,
frank, generous, hearty, with 11 keen sense
Scof litimor unsparing of even his own foibles
'that III (be time of his dangerous illness
jctfrs tin popular stmpathifs noigimtitl.t and
Iqccroly It in no exaggeration to mix that
Hiaitjri nation, including innnv persotiH to
x 1) VJP oiiera Is as alien 04 fcanskril, uaujrs
eagerly upon words hopeful of the great
tenor's recovery.
Typical of Cnriio' personality was tlie
unannounced appearance, one night a few
J earn ago in this city, of the most celebrated
of living operatic nrtists in the obscure role
of the waiter in the cafe scene of "I.u
ltobeme." On another occasion. Ill New
York. Mr ( 'itrtto diverted himself bt sing
ing Hie off -stage serenndc in "I I'ngllaccl."
a iiiimbcr usuallt v assigned a minor per
former. The critics general) agieed that
the solo was badly executed, and Cattiso's
enjoyment of hi prank wns doubled.
Instances like thpsC must not be over
stressed, for Caruso in hi art i 11 pains
taking and conscientious; 11s be Is unaffectedly
generous to nllcgcd competitor and graced
with 11 sense of litlie.ss in his fun. Aloof
ness, however, i utterly foreign to bis make
up, which is, among other reasons, tvhv he
seem so close to tlie American public in the
hour of his gallant struggle for life.
WHO WILL MAKE THE VOTERS
HALF SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY?
The Public, Not the Politicians. Will Be
Responsible for a Return of Gang
Rule In Philadelphia
TN Till; final reckoning written laws alone
J- cannot inuto honor and deccnc.t in gov
ernment or protect the peoplo and the in
stitutions of n communit.
A time comes inetitnbly when ton have
to deprud on the inner character of men
appointed or elected to administer nnd in
terpret the tttle.
As the integrity, understanding nnd mo
rality of such men are limited, so Hie tabic
of our laws is limited.
When x-oters understand Ibi. when they
nre ready to remember it at far distant
election, and not until then, democracy
will be snfe for the I'nited State
The iccent spectacle In City Coun. il and
the preparation for n wild slating of fatted
cnltes at Ilarrisbuig show lneiclt that the
xoters in this city and in the tote have
,tet to realize tlie degree ot their own re
sponsibility for the waste, the folly, the
awful ignorance nnd the brutal cynicism of
gang politics.
The betrajal by tlie Citt Council of the
trust imposed in it. rather than the million
dollars which has jut been given into the
hand of the job merchants, is the tiling
that ought to arrest the attention of the
communit. Judge l.rnwii's drenni of a
mosipie or n palace or whnteter it is to be
brought nl'Ut the tirst clear test of the new
Council ami provided the people with their
first opportunity to as.sc the quality of
it mind and it morals.
Nothing could hatp been drearier than the
result. Notice wns served on the com
munity that the machinery- of public ad
ministration has changed in form but not
in character. And it was made as plain n3
da.t light that the Council cannot be wholly
depended on in any future emergency.
It was .supposed that the new charter
accomplished souieibing for municipal prog
ress, I'.y progress we do not mean nierelv
plan for the concrtation of the iil's
money.
1'rogtrss as it was considered by tho.se
who fought for the new charier means a
better life for the community. 11 safer nnd
cleaner life for children, nn diminution of
the force organized to turn social vermin
of all sorts loose upon the communit' and
the permanent defeat of the sort of politi
cians who build up bank account by -tcmntiCHlly
debauching outh befoie it has
eten had a Qiir chain p fur health and
liappine.s.
Mayor Moore's figir tn fn.stratc all uch
forces of destruction is approaching a de
cis.ve crii. There i no assurance now
that he will not be overridden, nt etery turn
pud forced nt last into nn attitude of sur-
leicl.-i
'I I. eie nic sign, of it n oigy ahead. 'I he
pre.-i-e sort of political minds that indicted
c.ti Hall on the community nml tied nil
street railway franchises into a hopeless
knot ami launched the grand plan for the
gic. steal put tin- scheme for .luilge Ili'tinn's
:'. palace through over Mr. Moore's veto.
ny one who imagines Hint tbej will icst
content with that achievement IiasS much
lo It am
Willi t.ie iniMioii dolI.il glten lo the
.cunt 1 oinmis.ionei in violation of the
1 tt. r and intent of the cut chariot a pore I.
inn 1 be built, n foundation Hint be laid,
pint of a tower ma.t be erected, V.i limit
i specified in Ibis ancient game. Tlie nee.
for oilier milium will bo-onie more press
ing n the job proceeds and expands and
becomes mole complicated
No law could have dehnnely pietetiled
this A provi-ion in the charter intended
t preteni just .l. h Jobbery was tiolated
Ii lin been tiomieil l ij..i. n maiontv in
the Coun. il wit. uiihoi.t etuical icsira nt
or a i"gaic for its ol.'tgniuui-
Yet nen c annul be hlunifil bi.ai.se of de
lb nn. ics ..f eiiariietei A man born mil.
our a backbone m a iglit moral sense -nn
11. go .. ii ami but ie-e tilings in a "Imp
'Ihe i.npnw s and t.ie toter arc again
in Imp 'land, of tin' en. net 'I'l.et xoteel
!' em. cites into the hindi of the enenit .
T.iet sin rendered.
An impartial look'-i on from the 1, t
s de. ideerving ttliai ha- been happening
a' Ctt IIa'1 unci in Harn-burg. win re t ..
gangs nie beiiii leniuljili.e-el . tide r ihe old
leadership txilh sign of ii-jon-uig. will bn
tempted 10 feel that th" voters in I'lnln
f'flpli.a ate now in a wa.t to get what they
desert e.
The pi.ipo.e of the ten ...n'er wa. ...in
to the in It wn- h in. 11ns In which a 'lean,
iicaginatnc nml foi ward -minded euiv gov
ernment might ImtP been estublished The
instriinil nt WHS theie. J. tu. t,ol lsee
(mod men were defe .i'"d 'n the ilriiiecn
for the new Co.inc il auejsicli s c.f the gutlei
.ihool of polil.is hpip ,n some jnstanees
flfltccl in theil stenel
If the gung is getting bii'k nto ine saddle
it is becutlse it has been Iclp. d bt all siuts
of people who hale to think l.t good people
ami bail, r i h mid poor
It in benn.sc ccf those pi oph ihnt .1 nlgp
flrow n luiiy now stud his court's fncnilu
with turepioises. if the xtih occur lo him.
nnd put te-het anel gnhl buttons on all his
.onstuhl.s Tut put if II hate 10 dig, and
dig eh 1 p 1.1 piciiicb a phi Ii nnd nimble
paradise fo. the p.iIuhiu ncligent And
thib.js iu u uly that . aunot proucrJ; pave
It streets or cstnbllah schools ndccittate to
tbo needs of Its; children or make visible
progress toward better housing, better gen
ernl health, better water supplies and better
police .service!
Aie inters In Philadelphia nny lanier
mindcil than voters, in New York or in
Boston or Oshkosh? They are not. Voters
everywhere arc a cry much alike. And once
ou realise that mlich you will begin to
understand Just xthat is the matter xvith
the country.
'
Wp were to have had a business ndniiti
istiiition nt City linll. Whnt xte seem to
have is n Council xtlth n huddle of lackeys
lis Its majority. It will soon be possible
for eten the most absent-minded taxpayer
to know whoso lackeys tlicy nre. They xvill
jump through the hoop in broad daylight
before many months are pnscd. With such
n majority, Dcvdin, I'ntton. ltopcr. Von
Tngen and the other really self-respecting
councilmeii whose courage nnd decency
should shame their opponents, will be rela
titpl.t powerless, if the signs nbout City
linll nnd in llarrlsburg mean ant thing,
this honorable minority will be gradually
isolated from now on. They will have the
potter of protest nnd no more.
Old times have returned. And the mem
bers of the political tongs who arc return
ing to power with them arc in need. They
have lind a lean year. The tired the
mono. Their clans hunger nnd thirst for
loot. Ciiticism and outcries will mean to
them just what criticism nnd outcries hnvo
niennt in the past. That is nothing.
"Those xtho mmle their beds." said Major
Moore after the jazz palace vote In Council,
"mil'l now lie iu them." If Mr. Moore
were not accustomed to pluin am! explicit
utterance he might be suspected of a. double
moaning. It might be supposed that he was
siiPiiking of the xotlng and taxpayiug popu
lation of Philadelphia.
A deficient senscin these roteis nnd t.ix
pa.ters of their responsibilities and oppor
tunities rnther than any moral' xvenkness
apparent in the Council may be the direct
cause of a complete nullification of nil the
promise of the new city charter.
Tnxpa.ters' suits may yet defent the
.c'lieme for thejfrottn temple of justice.
Hut utiles the majority in the Council can
be shocked into a sense of its ugly position
and it ugl example, unless it can be made
to feel a sense of responsibility nnd shame,
worse things than .luilge ltrown's plan are
sure to threaten the welfare; and the pocket
books of the jienplp before long.
The city charter provided definite! that
nil money used for public buildings should
be expended under the supervision of thp
Department of Public Work. The tirst
million for the justice palace has been turned
over to the county commissioners. The
commissioners do not say explicitly xthat
they are going lo do with It. It was hardly
necessary to nsk them. They will do with
that million what wns clone with the first
millions appropriated for City linll. They
will dig ditches through which a rising
stream of public money may flow iuilcli
nitely. Who erne keel tlie xvbip and forced the
oeiuneilnien to break their pledge nt the
first showdown? Wait nnd spp. Cannot
tou lipar the glad cries ami the sounds of
reunion and revelry nt Ilnrriburg?
The liungf arp about to feed.
The ,Mu( nc ha been te crossed again
nnles all rumor nre misleading. In tlio
dives iitnl the dens are sounds of jubilation
a ml praise.
The peoplo didn't vote for all Ibis. Hut
thru (Inlii't tnlc against it.
So again it is apparent Unit any one
who wants to make America safe for democ
racy must begin not in the high places but
elovtn among the ousy-goiiig multitudes. lie
must begin with the voter.
CANT BE ESCAPED
ONLY the incurably optimistic, i-.ii h as the
mail who inutilities, to pa his dues iu
thp bin H ml. 1.' union, have Iiopii congratu
lating theiuseltcs oil the disappearance of
winter The balmy April da.ts of the hist
week have boon encouraging t such op
timism hovtctcr. and bate fostered hopes
that alter all ttc might escape a .e.isou of
bluster storms.
The weather bureau does iioi em ouragp
.nit such hopes, A special foiejciist from
Washington for next week italic mes that
iheie will he real winter iu n few elll.t.
Nothing is said nbout snow, but unless nil
precedents arc broken it is too cail.t to
thiutt nixay unoxv shovels or p.n k golo.hos
in the s.'oieroom
CHEAPER FOOD
Nl.Wss disiatches, fro'ii Yoik and l.,ii,eas
Im report that egg are selling in turn!
I'e iiiistltania for from tttetitt tnc 10 ihirt.t
one cent, a clo.en. ami .1 repent Irom Mount
Cniniel was that potatoes which weie ofl'iucil
hist week nt siuy cents a Inishil nie being
sold this week for fifty cents.
'.acieii in Philadelphia i selling f,,r twen
tt ..tell cents nml shoulder of .tending bnnb
ii- low lis Jifleen cents. And siilom taks
uii' fneiii fitf. to ten cents lower than Ihej
were a tear ago.
These indication! that the dollar 1. be.
g. lining to tecovcr some of ii. old pur.-ha-ing
power arc encouraging signs of the
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VON TIRPITZ'S TRIALS
AH.MIltAI. VON TlllPnx 1. nen f the
opinion th.it submarines wn, otcnatnl
eluiung the war, that the ttete gncn greater
importance than wns wnriaiiicd bt facts
ami that the Hlrength and nuirheis of the
l'.iiglish battleships elrtei imin-il the natal
I eillll s.
To 1111 outsider these ob-ei t.eiieiiis mat
bear the color of leeMiitaiieui. 'I lie former
I I ei man natal minister seems unilisnu-bcd on
Hint score. What ohtiniish bothers him is
nil that fuss nml fiet oter the undersea
craft. As antbody with a (iermnii mind can
ee, this misplaced einpluesi nc tuiilly pie
tented 1 lie imperial I' bouts from going tin
e hm-Leil about tlicir business
The tiew wns unprofessional to ,iv the
liin-t am! now look at the losiilt I it anv
wonder that the giniul admiral hns fidt
right along that be was abused''
"FRIENDLY ENEMIES"
ONLY a few month', ago the xin-, si..ei
with tier telegi.uus cjichilligeil between
Wniicn G. Unfiling and Woodrow Wilson.
Did tlio matter of these mes-.iges relate
to 11 difference of opinion 1 one e ruing Ihe
presence? or absent 1 of an allege e auibasMielnr
from 1 ranee with a league of nation. Ideii?
M ort lather t.iguely rcspeimU m tlie
affirmative. Anyhow, the hazy recollection
I Abides that the retiring; President and the
S?audidnte destined to bo elected were very
cross with one another.
Would they ever bo in the act of ex
changing nmenitlcs? Perish the thought,
perish political parties, perish lusty parti
sanship bulwarks of American government i
A letter described by While House offi
cials as "very nice and generous" hns, how
ever, just passed from tlie outgoing to t lie
incoming President, imiling tlio liijter lo
accept a luncheon prepared by older of Mr.
Wilson In the executive mansion nftcr t lie
inauguration.
Mr, Harding lias ns graciously replied (hat
ho xvlll accept tlio offer for hlmsdf ami bis
iifftnedlnle family. Mr. Wilson xvlll not be
present, but the Inst net of his administra
tion xtlll lie effective.
In nil this courtesy there Is little that is
surprising save when comparisons with cam
paign muniiPi's Is invoked. Sometimes it
seems as If heated political partisans were
closely akin lo mutually denunciatory law
yers xvlio meet each other in the court corri
dors nftcr tlie trial ntid exit arm in arm to
play a game nf billiards, sec 11 "show" or
play n game of golf.
'Pic inability of foreigners lo apply Oils
picture to the American political scene is
often responsible for some woeful misconcep
tions of the nntional character and the nor
mal functioning of this republic
A BRITISH BALANCING ACT
Ll.OYD UKOIKJirs reply to Horatio Hot
lomley. Use malign blatherskite of ling
lish politics and Journnlihi. is thoroughly
characteristic of the Urltish premier. "I do
not xtiint to enter the coming reparations
conference here." declares the prime minis
ter, "except iu tlio spirit of doing my best to
get from Germany the lust farthing she is
capable of paying." Here is an echo of (In
most heedlessly jingoistic election ever held
in the lnted Kingdom, the word "last"
now being substituted for "uttermost."
Hut if Mr. I.loyd George spectacularly
addresses Itottomley nmkhis blusterers par
ticularly in his prelude his conclusion is
of finite another complexion, since it con
tains the refusal to enter the conference save
"In the spirit of advancing pioposal. on
tlie mix ice of the best expeits." and the ex
piess declination to advocate "the uttprly
impossible, which would onl.t raise false
hopes in tliis country."
In the end, therefore, common sense out
faces grandilociurnt xerbiage. TIip kilter
must inevitably shrink to smaller nnd smaller
proportions lis tlie meeting to which llio
(icrtnnti financial delegates are invited pro
ceeds. The German indemnity is 11 practical
problem, and not all tbo pretensions and
piomisos of politicians enn oust its realities.
Meanwhile, it is decidedly interesting to
witness I.lojd George iu the l'.loiidiu act.
balancing even in the sump paragraph ideas
of the most piquant disparity.
KENYON FOR STATE RIGHTS
IT IS too late in the session for any new
bill to be passed In- tin- pipseut Con
gress, but tliu introduction In Senator Ken
ton of 11 bill depriting tlm Intoi'stulc Com
merce Commission of power 'to lcgulale
railroad rates within the states marks the
beginning of an effort to preserve some of
the lights of local aiitoiiom.t.
The commission is insisting on its power
to make the rate xtithin the states conform
to the rates in interstate i-oninicroo. As has
been pointed out 1111 this page scleral times
in the pust, the o'ere-ise of such potter lu
ll national commission will serimislj inxadc
the jurisdiction of tlm slntn commissions.
'I'lie.x may regulate water and gas inte.s and
Hie i.ites nf eluilge by sheet curs, but their
power over the slcnm railroads ttill be taken
frfiin them.
The state utility commissions nre nwarp
of tlie situation nnd they hate boon fighting
for the preservation of the rights of the
states.
FRIENDLESS LAWS
MOST of the people who shouted wildly
feer new ".edition laws" and almost
oter man who helped in nut way to put on
the statute hook of Ponnst ltnnia a law that
violated not onl.t the federal constitution and
the lull of right., but the rules of ...nuiion
sense as well, are now ashaimil of their
xtnrk.
The "sedition law." which practically do
liieel the right of free speech, a free press
ami free assembly ill this slate after it had
been put through in a fever of suspicion gen
crated by minors of radicalism and whispers,
of bomb plot, bn ncter been letokcd. Those
who mill-nailed it through the Legislature iu
litlf) are likely to change the subject Inir
riiillv when ton mention it now. They hate
bad time to grow calm again.
Still the law stnmls us nn ugh smirch on
the statute book. It is 11 thing that nctci'
could am! ncter can do ant good. It would
not be sustained in ant eouit eef appeal.
An effort i being made to Imx such laws
repealeel ill tlio states that iu-icptcel them.
The Legislature at Man i-b.ug might partly
ntoup for some of the iniiuuu inble pelt sins
of the present session bt wiping the so called
sedition law off the hind c ill one s 1 ol.e.
Thesetcnlh annual re purl of ihe I'ederal
ltcsiftc I . e jj 1 1 el sets forth I Mil ihe downward
tuotetiii'iit of e-omiiioelilt prices was due to
"fault or failing dUti ibuhou. and tliis in
turn was mninlv tlie n-ult ol lessoned ability
or greater reluctance on tin p,n-t ,,f wage
earners ami those tt ii Ii lived inn. inc. to buy
a freed as ill the pnl." Another ot idene'e
that thrift is 1111 indivjiluiil tiitue with n
collective ticiou kick ami lli.il 11 too suildeu
full in prices mat ciu-h t lie iiiiuspi'cl.ng.
The statesmen who pre 11. In d tlnifl nl 11 time
of threatened ilepre ssion hate had lots of
time for sober second th mghi
I'ollowing a niistt 'Im on Aiucncn in
London Punch, tluue appealed op Hns p.igp
.laniiary I a paraginpli wiitieu nnd pub
lished with whimsical ml. nl but under 1
misapprehension, setting forth Ihiil Hie Kug
lis.li publication had In e n purchased bv
lleeratioW. Mutteiiiiht it in't ,, Hi-ad-ley.
Agnrw iX. Co , Ltd an- the proprietor,
l'or the sake of the intact, and the estab
lished Itritish insliiuln.n which Pom h is we
nn- glad to nrike this c 01 ic . nun
The frankness wiih which the couinil
incii agree tlia local legislation is a mailer
of "agreement" among iiienihers rather than
concern for the public weuil 1- appalling;
mid it ncter wns more ghiinigl.t nianifesi
Hum iu tlie "punishment" tisitid upon Wil
liam W ltopcr for hi. tuiluic to tote with
the I 'oinbilii'
A Pittsburgh man win, i,.eenil.i hub
milled to II Mimical ope union to cure him
of the hubit of theft Im- again been 111 rested
for robber. "A lunch ncc criminal," the
judge cnlleel him when s. nlence was im
posed. The piisotu 1 might ictort that per
haps tl"' .surgeons ilul a 1 r oh
Till' I'fdl-T.ll IJ. -eive Pound I I pill t
ipcogni.cs tin" tint ihnt "otorproduc lion"
ih merely U loose ti 1 in for li.idly adjusted
production. Time i- no icisnii why a farm
hand shouldn't xtbnile whistles after Ids
chores arc eloiie Tin w.uhl has been whit
tling whistle nnd in gin ling the needful.
Councilman Hop. r should b. -m cful
about refining lo "Hu uiis.nort me-s, tliu
Seuil- Itcicbile I. caicl.il" 1, ,v, does ho
know that he is noi causing the cold ediills
to 1 1111 up and oh 11 th. spine ,,f some j.,.,,.
llullicll mole or I. , a. lite III polities?
Spite of etp. i-tnlions, rcmaikeel tbo
Collhciclicelcss I'uii.ici-, the Detuociatic na
tional committee wasn't bled While and
what xx 11s thought woiilel turn out a wild
and Woole.t m.iihi tumid out to be a Loo
feast.
Mant appln .nious for xtork on laiiiis
arc being in'cucd bt tbo state eiupl 13 incut
bureau. Slowly but surely iiidusti' will
eventually readjust itself.
t"?ll
srv m 1 .i" . t 1 )"-ti Jt-fH" .. ;
. i- ili!J(r-.
j"!p ...Y1L''
S" i
r-'-
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talk
ft ith ThiiiltiuK Philadvlphians on Subjects Tlwy
Know Best
JUDGE J. WILLIS MARTIN
On the City's Welfare Work
TDK recent! formed Welfare rederatlon
of Philadelphia, i" co-ordlnnting nnd
scicntilicallt otersecing the work ol a large
number of charities, will suppl it xtiint that
lias been long needed, according to Judge
.!. Willis Martin, president Judge of Comiiuui
Pleas Court No. " nnd nexvlj elected presi
dent of the federation.
llased in mini respects 011 (lie model or
the War Chest, which so successfully did its
work during the war in combining nnd
strengthening numerous, scattered tlrite.
the Welfare rcilerntlon will eliminate waste
iu effort and expenditure, according to .luilge
Mnrlin. nml ttill uppl scientific principles
to social piobloins and condition.
"The long cherished project of those who
hip interested in affair of charit. sii
.luilge Martin, "hn at last been rcali.cil by
the successful orgnnUntion of the "Welfare
IVtleralioii of I'liilndi'lphla.' the objects
of which, as stated in the constitution, are
the promotion, co-ordination and financial
assistance of associations for citic nnd
charitable work, tlie elimination of waste in
cfTeirt nnd expenditure, mid the seieiilitic
application to social condition of principles,
plans am! method npprotcd lit study and
experience: to collect, leeeiveiiud hold money
and properl t. both teal and personal, by
gift or ch'tise: to coutert piopcrl so re
ceited into cash, and lo disburse funds held
in- il in iiccoriliince with the specified objects
of tl ganialiein.'
"With coiiiinriiilable conservatism I'lnln
dolphin has been watching tlie results of blm
ilur elTorls in xnrious large cities of this
country, wlieie it Ims met with uniform
success
SiiiK nf Pl.ins iu 1'ifl.t-llio Cities
"Lncourageil li.t the good rculls iiccom
pllslusl In Ihe I'cileiation of .lewisb Chari
ties, the Pliikulclpliiii Chaiubcr of Commerce
caused to be mmle 11 thorough siii'to of the
liluns iu npeiiition in II fty -live cities.
Through the same both there was 11K0 pub
lished n Ii! of s nl welfare agencies which
the Chamber of Commerce, lifter careful iu
tesligiition, indorsed us worth of public
support. , , ,
""A meeting was ml led at the instance of
the Chamber of Conunerei.. attended by sev
eral hundred pioiniiienl citiens. and 11 feci -oration
organization committee xwis, selecteel
with oulhormilioti to appoint a subcommittee
on orgiiniution to consist of set en members.
At a meeting of the feelcrution orgiini.utlon
committee 11 subcommittee was appointi'el and
gitcn full power- to formulate plans to or
ganize the proposed 'Welfare rcdcialiou of
Philadelphia '
"This committee pi 01 ceded at onto to tlie
formulation ot plan, nml at a meetinn of
the federn'Iion organization committee held
in .1111111111' npnrlfil a constitution contain
ing 11 plan ol cirgani.ntion, in which the
fcib ration shall consist of
"I'irst. lis li'i.im iul 1 otiti ihutoi h, whoaic
empowered lo elect ii.presenialitcs.
"See olid. Of I'll) lepiesentntlti's elected
lit tin' financial contributors, who shall eon
si'sl of the Ma or of the ell) of Philadelphia,
the diicctor of public welfaie and tlie presi
dent of tlie Chaiubcr of ( 'oiiinicrce, ex ollicio,
mid HH) persons, iweuiit of whom are to hcrtc
for one, two, three, four and lite .tears, and
'JO per cent may be nominated b the council
of social agencie.
"Third. A board of thirty persons elected
bv the leprescntatites. oiie-Ihirel of whom
shall serve for one, two und three jmrs.
lOxcrclses Lxeiulitc Powers
"Tliis boaid exercises the executite powe rs
and conduits the business, holds and controls
the propel t and disluirscn the fiiiuK of Hie
federation, deiiu mines the ipialiticatious of
iipplicanls for financial iissistiiuccaud pre
scril.es the condition oil x .-1 1 i 1 1 1 the same shall
lip granti'd. It is tested with power to create
such committees as may In' iiei'deil for the
business of the federation nnd lo pi escribe
their duties in the Ii laws.
"The olhceis of the Icdf ration III ' II piosi
ilent. three vice presiilenls. a tit'U-iii cr mid
a secrcliir. I'rotision is made for an ex
ecutite colnliillteo to be appointee! I13 the
tiuslces, eif which Hie president ami n vice
pieiieiit shall be mi'lllhcrs. Tills ceuiiluitlce
luib potter to manage the business of h,.
boinci I of tfilstees uiuler diiectiou ot the hoard
ami icport its actions to the poaiil for ap
pro! a); '1 i a"1 liuthiiriziil 10 iln-lrihiite
fund x it limit hating liist obtained the ap
proval of the board.
"The constitution was adopted as icportcd
by tlie coinuiiitce nt a meeting of the rcpre.
seutatitcs lii-lil for that iurpoc. nml otllccrs
ami a boiiiil of trustees itcic clc.'icil.
' The mici'css of the undiriaking seems
assiireil lit the charai'ter ami enthusiasm of
the citieu who are partlc ipaliiig. TH
method of procedure with reference to col
Icctlop will be puttcincd to a large extent
THE MAN ON HORSBjBACK
upon the operation of the War Chcl. j.
stltutinns desiring to participate will pre.
pare their budgets ami. (lie iimoiiut required
to meet Hie fleiuaiids licing ascertained, tip
plicnlion will (lien lie made to contributors.
No IMcii for Funds Until Oilobcr
"III iet of tlie time roeiiiircil o prepuce
for the complete- working of tlio stslem it
'""been decided that no application for
funds ml! be made until ear! in October
"It I tlie expectation that the number nf
contribulnrH to charitable objects will ht. ,Prv
largely increased and Hint the iimoiiut cof
leeted will be sulliclent to meet tlie elcmaiuls
nml eliniinate Ihe numerous calls now made
upon subscribers. It is planned to permit
donors to designate, when desired, hie ob
jects to which their contribution!! are to he
eicoieci. 1 ne puiu is one wild h ttill
nn -
iicuimciiit eiuist the interest and
cier public-spirited citizen."
I'll ort of
Foreigners In France
t'rnen th" N.-u Xnil. 'I,inm.
tziie American win, was in Prance during
the war did gain a to.i ligation ur what the
I tench had to endure Irom tlicir friends as
well as from their enemies, and to describe it
lie has found two illustrations. "Main of
tin; 1 rilisli priwiles ami mil a few of' the
l.rilMi ouVor," ho sn.ts, "treated rninee as
it thet owned it, while many of the Ameri
can soldier ami not 11 few of the American
ouicors I real ed Prance n.s if the didn't care
a damn who owned it."
Prcsiimabl tlieieis something of exaggera
tion in tlie.se phrase's, inn! et their e-sential
truth is mine than possible, for thet briii"
out national characteristic-, that 'neither
'''"oils Americans would foe it nc,-cs-
sar.t to deny Which of the two forms of
behavior de serihod would lie the more tning
lo aii.t iieopl,. that Inn! to endure them both
enn be left t Imagination, hut it would do
pond mi the teinpiTiuneiit of those who had
to do the enduring.
Of eoiiise neither Hie P.ritous nor tlie
Americans had other than the bol of inten
tion, ami thc-.t did ot and could not hick
iippicliilimi for r, ,.,.., valor. What too
mun of them did hick was npprcciaii f
he fac thai to l,e difieicnt is not m sarll
to be inferior or otou "1. ,.. Anil eif
01 lirsc. tery f,. frm 1(, l.'.eoehmeo I,,...,
t lint pnrticiilar form ..f wisdom, but duilug
tlm war at least. ,!.,- lnivi., theniseluls
able, inllier belter than most people would
bate ebil,.' to eouccal their opinio,, of alios
It IIOsc lilllills nml . nu f. .
inLu .. i.i.i. council, t aneii inure or
.-o ......, .10,11 inose i,ei,i orthodox
tlieiefore commemhilile iu r'rancc.
ami
What Do )on Know?
QUIZ
Wll.it W.IH III c -st I
Hie Ihiiflis-h noci
lino of Cokiidso,
Name tlit. c l.'iiioi,, .
I nil , Ii,, ,' ' illlllOllS Wlllci utl-
Itollecl Imp, 1 la,,, ,,.,rM r ,
V at i"",.,'.'"'.'."',,'"; lnM-l,,', '""ol..Bt "
a! .iu. ,cuu,;,:;';",ro","v,jf ii,u t',,t"
ni muioriH which
What Is a in, ill
tt 11.11 IM il p'lllllilloll"
What la ii quincunx?
How many natal um
w el 1
lost bt
1 world
I no L lllloil .Stale
win ?
What tt.es ihe nuni
thise shlp.s?
I low lung In n elroul
dm mg tlio
of Iho lai
hOSI of
10.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 Iu the eoiiise, of l,c win Id war Hie lie,,
nans, or army u,,op UHsoclated win,
I'lem . .aptureel thiee .ptl, i'J "
scls. lie grade and Hiii.li.iic-t-bciu,,,;
n.g lo the allied nations '"-luiu,.
.' n n.-ioslle- Is a fie,, ni or ollur conniosi
Hon In which Hie Initial the In tl ' m ,
Inal or tlm Initial, n,hhllu , ', !
...Iclteis of Hie lines p, u ."J"', ",Ml
.Im?"1,,""'1' iH, H" "lllf',l I'ec.iis'e
"hen Oiflliniii, who iiiinlc Hi,. I mi
iles.rnt of the mighty infix- 11.111 tlm
.M.e.s to the sea, w .ih attach, It .
Imllaim In l.-.lt, the won,, ,,','f ,
,:i!:'v," v: :?. u!r?"'i'"" .".
III,.
nil
lutlholout were wouio. ' .".
ececo no .tlliaoiCM ..I . I..., .
lie
1 rlt.ee I l. fere. clot 1. m in.,. I 11...1. . ...
Mont Ulniic- ritfH more than i.i n r...
a bote
,. ... , --.-'," .i
"L'"ii',gs'""'H ''al""" U,B ""'"- PUldlslicil
a .".
1 110 pnrusi
lliiu.t.iii'
William II
"m.',""IX I'X'i" 01 miluilecl Iu
I In Pilgrlin a I'lou-if s,i "
I ufl Sertoli ..m tl... iiiui ... 11
L'liii.mfii ..r ,i... 10. 1 1 ... : "oi
o 'eeuriii in 110 oiucr uunie !f)'
ti r.i 1 '.' ".... u
elthciii
itlilliiie lype of (III
KUltnr.
... .t "eece in 1111 Hi'iioli ol 11 heirs,, when
.. ,..,, mim-ii im llllUllilieH two 01
,..- icon-), licuillllg IU tCI-t
1 line tn
" X llsi.ll X t til- I' III. t 11 ,t 01 fe,l
epiie I,
W III
110-ucillltc III, Itlkou.l I.I 111 i.., I..
iwiin aiiniial tun. 01 s, ul mcut 01
iHlaiii'iinj of iiccMiuts .mil another
iSa 1 Uv'iL1.. 9,u,c , Uwveriiiiwni the
-.. rfw, vovs yo UUI19 tfUf
sp
SHORT curs
Any llrrkshirc hog will tell you
tlie pen is mightier tlutu the sward.
that
Tlie list of liquor license applicants
seems to prove thnt optimism still thrives.
It i now the task of the Cotnliiiio to
shoot tlie buttons off the taxpayer's suit
A an immigration restriction t-i-.t-ti i
a typhus quarantine is costly but rffcctiic
If Tobias gets a plnco in the cabinet tin'
newspaper pariigriipber iiiny surtivc the lo.-s
of .loscplius.
Coiigresfiemul tariff builders iippiiiontli
don't know whether they arc building a femv
or u tollgute.
- . .
Councilmeii, remnrked Demosthenes Me
(linnis, appciir tn think of nothing but tic
plums, the poor prunes.
Strange that no proponent of the uinci
cinergene turiff bill hns ct urgnl that tt
will aid Hie merchant murine.
I'rencli preparations for enforcing tin
man put mollis will have weight witli IVuU'ii
rnto.ts at tin London conference.
Director C'orlel.toil wants it iinderslc.o.1
that tlioiigh courtesy may be hud for tl.e
usliing, no man can "jimmy" It out of lnm
It presumably never occurs to Vnre mm
Cunningham men nnd Itrown men thai llinr
first duty Is to tlio people they nre supposed
to represent.
Crops valued ut $7.", 000 were raisril on
vacant bits in tliis city Inst sear; xt hii-li
seems to bo a pretty strong urgiiineiit i"
favor of da) light saving.
"Kaffirs arc fiubby," read n fitiann.il
dispatch from London. "Who would lta.ii"
thought it." remarked the Nice Old I.mlj.
"ttilli so much outdoor xvork?"
Lnnduh has il siren to call clliri'ti' t
arms w lien crime breaks loo-e iu (lie boi'
oiigb. Lniisdale is fortunate It isn't id
ways for law und order that tlio siren call-
Wo have become so used to luilnit
wenlliei" that we quite refuse to bclirte (lie
weatherman's forecast thnt cold weather Is
coining; ami when it comes we'll probabn
abuse him.
Marcus Hook seeks recognition as a port
of entry. More than a million tons of ini-pen-Is
pass through the borough iinmiallj.
Tlmt sounds like biillicient bait for a ion
grcssioiuil catch,
What Hip country needs just nov .hiiI
the Professor of rnconsidered Tilth's. Is
cltlier .lack Prost or Cock Koliin. The buS
are busy, and they must bo cither frown or
cuten to pteservc nature's balance.
Our desire to see. some of the muritimej
ir.iile of Now York elitcrlcd to tlm I""'1 . "'
Pbllaileliihia elocs not include possible.- I pliil
carriers, The Naples ship cannot l" tJ
chisel nxaiiilned nor the deloiising o' lus
.seiigei's be made too thorough.
Nobody can blame the President if Y
should tnko a ccrliiiu nmt t of plensiin1 m
punching boles iu the Voriliicy bill. On t'1'
other liand. as it is alleged thai the hill
volecl for In some tueiidnTs onl.t after ll"J"
hail been convinced that the President v'OiHU
tot,, it. mil lie that lie will fool tlij'".
Politics, nsiome one has aforetime ri'iiwrw"
tilth more wKdoiii than oiiginalit.t. is "
queer gamo.
. February Twilight
llinti: is no change to touch tlie somber
T
scene . ir
ave luirieii hiai"lis airilinst II .steV.-.i-.
sky :
As fur us one inny gaze the weary
Senses a while monotony of mien.
A swift l.t as n hawk's wing long nnd If111
The shadows Slither and the uitlle In'
Cboer together, lis il gllsl sweeps In
Seeking us though tome crannied I,'""1"
glean. .
ud ol
Tin
Jiiituchcs
crackle 'iientli the lm
frost ,
And all Hie illimitable
In in! is lust
i miter'"
Iu
Iiirkiiess, sate wlicio gli'iinis
light : , ..
1'heii cli-Milaticln grips as does a spi"
I mil I he long husiirrus of u bell
Males ii hlalus Iu the licait . f1" ,,,,
(jililoi. Scolbnd. in the N. "l'r"1'1'
Sprlnn In the Canal Zone
I nun in lunula, I iniiil llieeu . (11
Among llio Vporting goods mst . r')r'Liu
the line stores nro linblug tackle uiM M""'"
uppllcs, "
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