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rhiUdtlphle, SturJ7, September 17, 111
TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS
TJB Republican to t era who wish to carry
on the work which they began In 1010
ond drive the contractor influence from the
party should vote at the primaries on Tues
day for the nomination of the following
candidates :
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SAMUEL P. ROTAN
Mr. Rotan lias conducted the affairs
of his office for several terms with effi
ciency and without scandal, and be haa
secured the punishment of adherents of
the contractor machine for complicity in
the murder in the Fifth Ward.
FOR CITY CONTROLLER
EDWIN WOLF
Sir. Wolf is a business man of wide
financial experience and sound Judg
ment. He is his own master, and in
the Controller's office he will not be
subservient cither to factional political
r selfish financial influences.
FOR CITY TREASURER
ARTHUR G. GRAHAM
Sir. Graham has had long experience
In handling the funds of the people cn
t rust cd to the care of one of the largest
nvings banks In the city. He 1h admir
ably qualified to handle the funds of the
taxpayers in the City Treasury. And
he is pledced to do what he can to end
the abuses of the pernicious fee system.
FOR RECEIVER OF TAXES
COLONEL GEORGE E. KEMP
Colonel Kemp Is a soldier with a
splendid record In the World War and
With experience in a Chilian executive
post which qualifies him beyond ques
tion for handlinz the business of tha
tax office.
FOR REGISTER OF WILLS
VIVIAN FRANK GABLE
Mr. Gable, who is a practicing at
torney. Is a candidate for the office
where the incumbent has received
1300,000 in fees which ought to have
gone into the public treasury to reduce
the taxes. He has committed himself
to opposition to the fee system and has
said that $10,000 a year Is all the re
muneration which the Register should
receive.
FOR JUDGE OF MUNICIPAL COURT
JOHN II. MAURER
Mr. Maurcr is the Assistant District
Attorney who was knocked down by the
thugs in the Fifth Ward in the fight
which resulted In murder. He is a cap
able lawyer who should make a good
Judge.
The Republican voters who believe in pro
gressive government, and In providing a
Constitution to insure it, should ulso vote
"Yes" on the proposition to hold a constitu
tional convention, nnd should vote for the
nomination of delegates to that convention.
WIZARD VARE'S NEW KLEAGLES
WHETHER Mr. Wcgleln and Senator
Daix will be Past Grand Kokos or
mere Exalted Kokos In the invisible empire
of the Varcs to which they have departed
with the lamented T. Kunnlngham we do
not know.
It doesn't really matter.
Even in the moment of their departure to
join Wizard Vare's klan they must be com
mended, nnd commended strongly, for bravely
reversing the traditional procedure of the
original kluxers.
When n kluxer goes forth upon any doubt
ful business he invariably wears a mask.
Senator Dalx nnd Mr. Wegleln, when
they joined the political Ku Klux, removed
masks (hat they have been wearing for a
long time.
HOW TROUBLE STARTS
GOVERNOR MORGAN has discovered
one of the causes for labor rioting. He
disclosed it when he told the West Virginia
Bankers' Association that while the State
had no right to prevent owners of property
from employing jtylvatc watchmen, the State
had power to prevent those watchmen from
functioning as peace officers.
Much of the trouble In the West Virginia
mine region arose because private employes
of the mine owners were commissioned as
deputy sheriffs and devoted themselves, not
to preserving the peace, but to serving the
men who paid their wages.
" The only way to prevent serious disturb
ances Is to have peace officers who are abso
lutely impartial and sworn to observe the
law and the Constitution. They cannot be
impartial If they arc paid by private In
terests. There ought to be no more commissioning
of private watchmen ns deputy sheriffs in
any part of the country.
THE PRIMARIES FROM 8 TO 8
rpHE mathematical agonies and the recrca
X tive delights of daylight saving will cease
while most of the citizens of Philadelphia
are blissfully unconscious In the small hours
of Sunday, September 23,
In the meantime, however, prospects of
confusion are already visible by reason of
a ruling authoritatively made by the Sec-
retary of the Commonwealth in connection
with the hours of the primary election next
Tuesday.
By a legislative act, which has never been
repealed, standard time is the legal time of
the State of Pennsylvania. Such daylight
caving as exists Is n consequence of recom
mendation nnd popular agreement.
It has been determined, therefore, that
the primaries must open and close on East
ern standard time, at respectively 7 In the
Morning and 7 in the evening. Iiy the daylight-saving
time, which will continue to be
cbserved in this city throughout next week,
the polls will be open at 8 A. M. and close
ft 8 P, M.
4 It !. oerhsps advisable for electors to re
frain from an analysis of this subject The
-rwtsoas" totter ia the midst of
I combats Over astronomical nnd artificially
established hours.
The -point to be remembered is this:
8 to 8 arc the primary hours this year.
Another way of characterising them is 7 to 7
standard time.
The secret should be kept dark. When
your watch announces 8 in the morning
next Tuesday ndmlsslon to the polls will be
granted.
MUST STATE'S GREAT ROAD
PROGRAM BE ABANDONED?
That Will Be tha Case Unless the People
Vote In Favor of Holding the Conven
tion to Revise the Constitution
By GEORGE NOX McGAIN
"NB year from today State road-bulldlng
will cease in Pennsylvania.
The present force of engineers, technical
experts, experienced superintendents, fore
men and inspectors which has been built up
(luring the last two jcars will be scattered
to the four corners of the country.
Thousands of implements will be stored.
Great machines, concrete mixers, road en
gines and rollers will be permanently put
out of commission.
The Highway Department under Commis
sioner Lewis S. Sadler will become a mere
shell of the present efficient system.
It will be reorganized as a bureau for
maintaining, ns far as possible, the roads
already completed.
The only comparison to this remarkable
condition would, bo that of one of the great
United States Steel mills, perfectly organ
ized from general superintendent to water
boy, employing thousands of meu, crowded
with orders and running to its full capacity,
suddenly halted in its operation, its train
rolls closed down, furnaces permitted to
chill, its office force, its heaters, rollers and
laborers dismissed, and the vast establish
ment put In charge of a few watchmen.
Six hundred thousand owners of automo
biles and trucks, and farmers who have
become accustomed to fine roads, will doubt
less shout their protest It will be in vain.
Highway Commissioner Sadler Is au
thority for this statement. He knows what
he is talking about. For three years State
rond-bulldlng will cease.
UNLESS the people of Pennsylvania
vote "Yes" in favor of a Constitutional
Convention at the election on Tuesday next.
It is the only alternative to the condition
outlined above.
Why?
Because, by this time next year nil money
available for the building of State highways
will have been spent.
The 30,000,000 loan for permanent roads
will have been exhausted, nnd there Is no
possible way by which the State can obtain
additional money, under the, present Con
stitution, until 1025.
It will be, therefore, impossible to keep
the present highly efficient organization to
gether and continue the comprehensive plan
that has placed Pennsylvania at the head
of all the States of the country.
Since September, 1010, there have been
built twelve hundred miles of permanent
highways In Pennsylvania.
Between now and Janunr? 1 this will be
increased to fourteen hundred miles.
By the first of next September hundreds
of additional roads will be completed. This
is the world's record in the construction of
permanent highways.
There still will be left by September 1
of next year more than 1000 miles of rouds
of major importance to be constructed.
There will be no money to complete this
work. It will be impossible to obtain any
more until 1025,
UNLESS a Constitutional Convention is
called by a vote of the people next Tuesday
to permit the State to borrow funds.
On Tuesday next the voters will be called
upon to say whether or not they are In
favor of calling a Constitutional Conven
tion. Next year they will have the opportunity
to vote on the work of this convention.
If then you did not like the result of Its
labors you can vote aguinst It. The slate
can be wiped clean. The present Constitu
tion will remain in full force.
The State Federation of Motor Clubs and
similar organizations are sending out ap
peals by the hundreds of thousands to auto
mobile owners to vote in favor of a Con
stitutional Convention and a continuance of
Pennsylvania's road-bulldlng program.
The State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,
has declared officially against a Constitu
tional Convention.
Fred Rnsmussen, Secretary of Agricul
ture, on the other hand, has declared em
phatically in favor of a continuance of the
highway program. He says:
"I would consider anything which will
delay the continuance of our road program
a disadvantage to our agriculture, especially
at this time, when competition is keen and
the farmers need every advantage it Is
possible to give them.
"I believe the farmer, If he fully realizes
what Is at stake when voting for the Con
stitutional Convention, will bring his In
fluence to bear on this important question
which so vitally affects his interest In the
development of Pennsylvania ngilculture."
The automobile owners and the farmers
hold the balance of power In deciding this
question.
If the Constitutional Convention is de
feated and the Department of Highways is
compelled to cense Toad-bulldlng it will be
due entirely to the Indifference of those most
vitally Interested in the subjert.
Which will It be, "Yes" in favor of a
convention or "No" In favor of disband
ing the finest road-bulldlng organization In
the United State?
THE COMBINE AND GAS
rnHE Major waited for five weeks for the
X special councilmanlc committee on gas
appointed by the Council president to do
something.
The committee has not held a single meet
ing since it was appointed. Its members
have shown no Interest In the subject. They
have luted as if they were appointed to do
nothing.
Yet when the Mayor's ordinance directing
the Gas Commission to negotiate with the
United Gas Improvement Company for the
drafting of a new lease was Introduced in
Council It was teferred by the president to
this special fas committee.
'There bare been rumors tuat It tvm the
purpose of the majority in Council, con
trolled by the Contractor Combine, to pursue
n policy of t procrastination and delay in
order to prevent any settlement of Uib gas
problem during, the administration of Mayor
Moore.
The Combine hopes to elect its candidates
in 1023 and then to make its own terms
with the gas company. That is why it Is
fighting so desperately this year to retain
hold of the county offices. If it loses them
it will be handicapped In the next mayoralty
election, It will not only havo suffered two
successive defcata, and defeats nro always
demoralizing to political machines, but it will
be deprived of the power to reward its work
ers by the patronage of the offices.
LABOR AND THE KU KLUX
JN SOME of the smaller Southern nnd
Western towns and . cities there are
Isolated groups of backward-minded em
ployers who, 'In dealing with labor, reveal a
determination to dlbpcnso with nil discus
blon nnd to resist even the efforts of union
representatives to present their qase at the
bnr of public opinion.
One need not be an unbending partisan of
the trndes-unlon principle to realize that
issues grown out of industrial confusion
cannot bo settled by the violent abrogation
of individual rights, by suppression of truth
or by mob violence applied to those who
happen to be spokesmen for one or another
party in the general debate. Yet so-called
vigilance committees, immune from cen
sure because they were supposedly composed
of "prominent cltltcns," have been in the
habit of dealing brutally and unjustly with
many representatives of labor In some re
gions In the South, in the West and in the
Northwest. It is worth remembering now
that tho methods of masked vigilance com
mittees which nssaulted labor men nnd de
ported them with grim warnings from com
munities to which they were sent ns labor
organizers were similar to the methods of
the Ku Klux KInn.
Matthew Woll, vice president of the Fed
eration of Labor, in denouncing Kluxiam
nnd warning labor to have nothing to do
with it, Indicates a line of reasoning and
deduction that many other minds havo been
following since the exposure of Wizard Sim
mons' queer organization began.
The Ku Klux Is incorporated. It bad to
be financed at the beginning. Its repre
sentatives are fond of saying that the best
people in Atlanta were among its founders.
Aro these "best people" astounded at
the form that their organization haa as
sumed? Were they, after all, organized
with a view not so much to an Invisible
empire ns to the creation of an easy system
of terrorism likely to be feared by the
stranger within the gates?
Certainly the communities in which the
klan has had Us revival exhibited no signs
of extraordinary religious or patriotic zeal
before Simmons nppcared. But they did
reflect a peculiarly acute and painful aspect
of the labor problem.
Southern States which oppose or ignore
every suggestion for the elimination of child
labor or the betterment of conditions which
surround women In industry nro apt to view
tho traden-union organlrer as an undesirable
of the worst class.
It has yet to be shown that the master
minds of the Klux had purposes altogether
unsuspected by their dupes. But the fact
remaius that labor conditions arc woefully
backward In many Southern factory towns,
that Negio labor Is forced and exploited and
tbnt labor representatives who attempt to
introduce the uulon idea in these commu
nities arr viewed as fanatics and undesir
ables. A congressional Investigation may
disclose evidence to prove that labor, after
all, has the greatest reason to shun and
hate Kluxism and the Kluxers.
A BIRTH AND A CENTENARY
ANEW nation, not a consequence of the
World War and potentially greater than
tiny of thcc novelties, became a centenarian
tills week, nnd at the same time entered
upon an authoritative and reassuring stage
of Infancy.
The anomaly is one of the oddest in his
tory. Central America from the Suchlate
River to the Panama frontier is formally
celebrating one hundred years of independ
ence froia Spain, nnd yet President Hard
ing's congratulatory letters arc correctly
addressed to the five national entitles of
Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
and Costa Rica.
The fact is that nutionnl consciousness
in tbo rich arid largely undeveloped territory
stretching between Mexico and the Isthmus
has been, after years of travail, dlsecnslons
nnd even wars, at last vigorously awakened,
although the framework of a futile con
geries of five little republics has not been
technically dissolved.
It is probable, however, that within a
short period the desirable and long-deferred
process of union will be perfected. Within
the last few days announcement has been
made of the choice of the Inland city of
Tegucigalpa, now the capital of Honduras,
ns the sent of government of the federated
nation. Thus one of the most vexatious
causes of dispute has been finally removed.
Amalgamation will prodmc on this conti
nent u nation worthy of and equal to high
achievement. The United Stntts of Cential
America will have an area of moTe than
200,000 square miles and a population of
approximately 0,000,000.
Meanwhile, the anniversary of freedom
merits consideration and Interest. The re
volt In September, 1821, of the old Cap
tnlncy of Guatemala, which formerly In
cluded what Is now the territory of the five
republics and the Mexican Htate of Chiapas,
against the Spanish dominion was daring
and nt the outset apparently desperate. The
liberation of Latin America is a prodigious
romance, the semi-miraculous features of
which are quite as common to Guatcmnln ns
to Peru nnd Mexico, two other current cen
tenarians. The epoch of anarchy which ensued after
the eventual emancipation produced its fed
eralist movements lu Central America, but
the majority of these were amorphous or
Insecurely evolved.
The present program marks a tide of
really popular enthusiasm and a patriotic
determination to substitute tho firm union
of similar people spcnklng the same language
for the old flimsy structures of alleged gov
ernment. The brightening skies afford fully as much
warrant for rejoicing as the completion of
a century of Independence with which the
former event so happily coincide.
SAFEGUARDING COUNTY BRIDGES
rrUIE lesson of tho Chester bridge disaster
A. Is very properly reflected In Governor
Sproul'H rcromtnentlatlon of a rigid investi
gation of nil county bridges throughout the
State. Louis Sadler, Commissioner of High
ways, has been urged to begin the Inspection
at once.
The proposed survey is not necessarily a
panicky effort to repnlr known defects. It
is simply a wUo precautionary measure in
spired by a trngedy which was essentially
and basically avoidable.
Of obvious practical worth U also the
Governor's suggestion that county in-idges be
placarded with notices specifying the ton
nage that the structure will bear. The sim
plicity of this safety device Is an additional
argument for its prompt adoption.
The public should co-operato with the
State in observing whatever bridge regula
tions are devised. Recklessness is not al
ways exclusively official and public safety Is
essentially a matter of partnership,
BOK AND STEVENSON
The 8iory of the Novel 1st a Romance
Recalled by the Editor's Autobl
ography The Myatery of 8m
Osbourne'a Disappearance v
By GEORGE NOX McGAIN
MTUIE Americanization of Edward Bob!"
J. lias reached its eighth edition in ten
months t ,
It is the autobiographical work mosfln'
demand in this country at the present day.
In the course of his reminiscences the
author tells how ho conducted his first news
paper syndlcato under the name of, his
brother. This wns during tho period when
ho was a young stenographer in the employ
of Scrlbner & Sons.
From a number of newspaper clippings,
yellowing with age, sent me by a friend, I
enme ncross the other day, a column of these
once fnmous "Literary Leaves." It was
signed with the name of William J.- Boh.
Its leading paragraphs were an advance
notlco of an article that was to appear in the
"Hook Buyer" from the pen of Robert Louis
Stevenson.
The fact is mentioned here because among
the many Interesting anecdotes of the world
famous characters in his book there Is the
story of Mr. Bok's experiences with Steven -bon.
Strangely enough these same saffron
colored clippings also tell in detail tho little
known story of tho greatest romance in the
Scotch novelist's career.
ROMANCE had already been written large
on tho fragile pages of Stevenson's life
when Mr. Bok met him.
It was the meeting, mutual Infatuation,
courtship nnd marriage of the fictlonist nnd
the wife of Samuel O. Osbourne.
Connected with that event ia the mystery
of the first husband of tho woman who was
the Inspiration of the later years of Steven
son's life.
She shared the letter's voluntary exile in
Samoa. Sho was his companion during bis
dying hours.
It is a romance within a romance.
The Bok reference has furnished a text
for what follows: a story that has been
rarely told.
INDIANA may still have within Ita boun
daries a few venerable politicians who re
call Samuel O. Osbourne.
He first came into notice as private sec
retary to Governor A. P. Willard In the later
fifties.
To a magnificent physique he added ver
satility, wit and talent as a musician. He
was a good mixer.
Sam Osbourne married a voung lady named
Van de Grift; anglicized Vnndcrgrlf. She
was an attractive woman, not pretty but
brilliant, with considerable literary ability.
Osbourno nt this time wns one of the stnff
of reporters of the Supremo Court of Indiana.
Ho was one of tho finest stenographers in
tho Middle West.
A fellow reporter at this period was James
B. Beach.
Beach nnd Osbourne, nttracted by the glit
tering tales of gold discoveries in Arizona,
started for the far Southwest. Osbourne was
accompanied by his wife and two children, a
bov nnd a girl.
The boy, Lloyd Osbourne, the noted novel
ist nnd mngazlne writer, subsequently
collaborated in his maturing year3 with
Stevenson in soma of his literary work.
rpHE two men, who had saved a few thou
JL sand dollars, pooled their capital and in
vested it in a mine on their arrival in the
territory.
Within a month it gave indication of being
a bonanza. They were, It is said, offered
100,000 cash for it.
Beach held out for a larger price. It was
a fatal error of judgment. The mine within
six months proved to be an unprofitable
hole in the ground.
Osbourne, disgusted with his luck, started
for San Francisco with his family. He
had $7 in his pocket when he reached the
Golden Gate.
He knew considerable about law and being
a rapid and accurate stenographer, experi
enced no difficult In securing employment.
It wns but a short time until ho could
command his own terms for his services. It
is said that he often received as much as
$1000 for reporting a case.
OSBOURNE'S prosperity was reflected in
the subsequent life of his family. His
two children were sent abroad to complete
their education, tho son to England and; the
daughter to France.
Later their mother went to Europe and
spent some time, alternately, with each of
them.
It wns in 1870, during one of her visits
to Paris, that Mrs. Osbourne met Robert
Louis Stevenson. He was already a celeb
rity. He was rapidly climbing the ladder
of literary fame.
Their acquaintance rapidly developed into
mutual love. Tho tastes of the pair ran in
parallel lines.
Mrs. Osbourne wrote to her husband and
told him of her affection for the Scotch
genius.
Instantly the reply rame that if she loved
Stevenson she had better return at once to
San Francisco, secure a divorce and marry
him. She followed the advice.
Shortly after the divorce wns granted, to
which her husband interposed no defense,
Invitations for her wedding to Stevenson
were sent out.
Samuel O. Osbourne wns invited to the
wedding nnd ncccpted. The night of the
ceremony he appeared In faultless attire and
seemingly high spirits.
He was accompanied by a lady of rare
beauty. Mutual introductions proved her
to be his wife. They hnd been quietly
married as soon ns Mrs. Osbourne'a divorce
hnd been granted.
I
N SPITE of Osbourne'a seeming indiffer-
ttnrtn in tilA WTCPlt fit hf tiAmn 1mI.
... w.nnmA frlti. tffl.Uv A 1 ll
The blow, it Is Raid, broke his heart.
Thero has persisted the story that Samuel
O. Osbourne completely disappeared after
the episode.
With his new wife he went to Australia.
His former friends lost nil trace of him.
Stevenson nnd his wife, after returning
to Europe, started for the South Soa Is
land where he stibequentlv died.
Mrs. Osbourne is described as a brilliant
brunette. She wns ldcl read nnd nn ac
complished conversationalist. She hnd, ap
Earently, In spite of her social poMtlon and
utch blood, a good deal of the gypsy In
her mnl:e-up.
In this rrspect she was matched by her
novelist husband.
In his autobiography Mr. Bok pnints nn
interesting pen picture of Stincnson as he
1...... lilm TT Llllfi
"With his sallow bktn and his black, dis
beveled hnlr, with finger nails that had
been allowed to grow very long, with fingen
discolored Uy tobacco in short, with a
general untidiness all his own Stevenson
was nn nuthor whom It was better to know
than to see."
STEVENSON'S nppenrance In Kan Fran
cisco for IiIh wedding was n shock to his
admirers. He had traveled across the sea
In the steerage for the purpose of securing
local color for subsequent work.
It must have been a rtorry experience
herded in tho cramped quarters of the shin
with hundreds of uncleanly nllens. '
With the snme purpose In view, he
journejed ncross the Continent jn nn jmm.
grant railroad conch.
When he reached the Western metropolis
he had n racking cough, was greatly ema
ciated and was spitting blood. He was worn
out, unshaven and n seml-lnvnlld.
Careful nursing, medical attendance and
sulphur baths, however, soon restored him
to a bemblance of health,
The dread seeds of pulmonary disease were
never eradicated from his system. He
rallied after his, arrival in vSamoa, but In
the end the skeleton fingers of the white,
plague crushed the lite out of his fragile
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT VON M03CH-
ZISKER
On the Constitution of the United States,
Now 134 Years Old
THAT the founders of the Republic exe
cuted one of the great legal documents
of nil time when they signed the Constitu
tion of the United States IFri years ago
today, is the opinion of Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Robert von
Moschzlsker. Not only has it proved to be
on instrument which nt once provided for
and safeguarded the liberties of the Ameri
can people, but in Its fundamental principles
it supplied the model upon which the con
stitutions of the various States are drawn.
"The Idea of recalling to the minds of
the people," said Chief Justice von Mosch
zlsker, ''the anniversary of the Constitution
of our country is on excellent one, particu
larly at the present time, when the regard
for the law Is not at high tide, to say the
least.
Represents the Fundamental Law
"The Constitution of the United States
represents the fundamental law of the land.
The solemn compact binds both tho people
and their representatives in the legislative
bodies as well as the judicial.
"It marks the basic limits beyond which
the people's representatives must not pass
in administering the affairs of the people,
and which the judiciary are bound to observe
ond enforce when it is clearly shown that
. these limits have been exceeded in any par
ticular instance.
"It is only by nn absolute respect for
the" agreed principles that a constitutional
government can continue to hold the alle
giance of the people, and one of the best
parts about the Constitution of the United
States is the fnct thnt thero is no excuse
for attempts to change it by force, since it
itself furnishes nn orderly method for
changes in the fundamental law whenever a
Duetto: Summer
THE wind when the stars awaken,
The place where at dawn you stood;
Here where the stream is shaken
lu silver folds through tho wood,
All are now ns they once were,
Color and cloud nnd sound :
The iris stnrts fiom the ground:
Nothing is new but my heart, O heart !
Nothing is old but my henrt.
Noon; and the corn-flower starring
The warm deep green of the prnss.
And the shndow of lupine bnrring
The shadow of clouds that pass,
Day Is a drowny faring.
Purple and rich with bees:
Clover Is ripe to my knees;
Nothing is old but my heart, O heart!
High on the hills the aspen
Turn in their luminous arc;
Whisper with dusk ond soften
Nothing is new but my heart.
As the movements move to the dark :
Stir In their pinioned running,
Turn In the luminous wind:
The moments turn In my mind :
Nothing Is new but my heart, O heart !
Nothing is old but my heurt.
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In all still places,
Plnces lu the hills,
Small winds ripple, go rippling through the
grass,
And the shadow of the hours,
And the shndow of the flowers,
IUddIc with tho momenta as the warm days
pass.
In all high countiles,
Blue, nnd valley stnrred,
Llchcned slopes are warm to smell, and juni
per and fir ;
In the cups between the rocks
Carrots grow on sturdy Mollis,
And columbine und iicver-dlc nnd firewced
occur.
In nil mountain meadows,
High above the fields,
Noon Is filled with silence, Infinite nnd wise;
Cool and blessed lapse of sound,
Never n murmur, save around
Green nnd hidden hollows where the clear
streams rise,
Maxwell Btrutlicrs Burt, In Scrlbncr's,
As 8ung In Ohio
From the Clnoinnatt Rnqulrer, ,
Toe home-brewer has paraphrased the old
song to run; "Darling, I am growing
bower."
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constitutional majority of the people so
decide.
The State Constitutions
,'The fact that changes in the fundamen
tallaw may be mado with comparative ease
is true not only of the Federal but also of
the State Constitutions.
"The only radical difference between the
two rests in the fact that the Federal Con
stitution is a grant of powers to the legis
lative body which marks the limits of their
authority, while the State Constitutions
point out the particular limits upon the
sovereign authority naturally possessed by
the representatives of the people in a re
publican form of government, the Legisla
ture possessing all tho authority not denied
to it by the Constitution Itself.
"In other words, if tho authority of Con
gress is challenged, tho Federal Constitu
tion must be looked to to find warrant which
justifies the act of Congress under attack,
while if tho authority of the State Legisla
ture Is challenged the person who makes the
attack must point to some particular re
striction in tho State Constitution which
plainly denies the right of the Legislature
to pass the act in question.
A Greek Precedent
"One often hears tho assertion that the
right of the judiclaTy to pass on constitu
tional questions is a purely American in
stitution without any foundation in prior
history. But tills Is not strictly true.
"In reading Brycc's 'Modern Democra
cies' this summer I found tbnt the ancient
Greeks allowed their laws to be challenged
when it was claimed that they were contrary
to the fundamental principles of the Gov
ernment. When challenged, an assembly of
the people, sitting practically aa a court,
decided whethor or not the law under at
tack breached the fundamental law of the
land. If It was decided that a breach of the
law had been committed, that law waa de
clared annulled nnd a certnln penalty laid
upon those who had enacted It.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
What famous chemist waa guillotined
during the French Revolution?
Who bald "The woman who deliberates
What is the Stone or Scone?
hat Is the literal meaning of the word
telegraph?
Distinguish between Pluto, Plutarch.
Plato and Petrarch. "
what nre pleonasms ond where are they
What plebiscite turned a. republlo into an
In what war waa the Battle of Plevna,
fought nnd who won It?
Who wroto the muslo of the opera. "The
T?eenS)?Thre Kln8s" L'Amore del
When did John Calvin live?
Answer to Yesterday's Quiz
'' T1'f"))'.,L,?f th? co.wr. a mollusk found
In many parts of the tropics, haa Tlomr
been n general use ns money n narX
3200 cowries were reckoned aa eaual
to a rupee, so thnt a cowry waa then
ofVeV t0 U,re0 tW0-huSredth2
2. Bernard 8h.iw In hl8 comedy. "Man nnd
Superman." wroto "A lifetime of wJ
Plnessl no man alive couia bear it'iJ
. .,W0UW be he" n earth." r "' U
8. Oliver Cromwell died In 16S8.
4 Appropriation la the act of settln aM
a. thing or Idea for particular .
Expropriation is the action of auffA
1" tailing or modifying the proDer?
rights of nn individual "in the exercise
of I to sojerelffnty. ns when properly iS
. u?01.'1 H"der eminent domain. p"'y ,0
C. Ohio Is tho Buckeye State
G. Ogres aro molrtlngs showing In a section
double continuous curve. concnvS
passing Into convex ; "b" ahnncd ifn
Orgies are drunken Or llconMoPu riveK
or debauehi-r en ; orlKlnally .,,ri?
rites especially that o : Ilaccmw El
BngTnVV'th W,'d dn. WnlSnVan'd
bo the original Lltt a ISrafn Scoria-0
Imil production of tho play of i?nu
Tom's cabin" In 18G2. i rH. MoDonniS
Is now llv ng In Cambridge MaYi, W
8. The phrase "nuerrllla warfare" is rlun
tlnnt because "ituorrllla." wMni. i n"
th.. Spanish, mmns " ItUe 'war"-'!
the literal mcanlnir of the wi?i2
vJaXehCref0r' booo,"" 'Wtle wft
o w rkKfe
. dates are 1701-liSL r --v.. im
10. Dante, the moat fmou of Italian poets
J 3 M,3?, ln taWnnW
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SHORT CUTS
Ruth's admirers prefer to sty it wiU
straws.
The ashcart policy is to throw doit li
the people's eyes.
It is pleasingly noticeable that Dawn
cuts while he cusses. J
Perhaps De Valera could be mere dip
lomatic In the Irish language.
Perhaps WI11B. la spell-blndlsi tl
prove that he is not in politics.
No bay feverlte can be expected to en
thuse over a poem about goidenrod.
The League of Nations does not appetr
to realize that it is being ignored in till
country.
The trouble with the surtax is that eat
never knows when it may tax a man oat of
b'
luslness.
There still is some little independent
left in the world. Here and there one mm
a straw hat.
Perhaps Mr. Wegleln desires to proTi
the force of the old saying that birds of i
feather flock together.
The advantage of the sales tax over ill
other taxes Is that you have the money vrfcen
yon are called upon to pay it.
Chief Bums' pupils in his new detective
school will, of course, be well grounded in
the text of the Fourth Amendment.
Cheer up! Uncle Sam may yet leara
that John Bassett Moore is a member of tie
World Court of the League of Nations. (
Our Chess Expert says that th mm
who paid S20 for the ball with which Babe
Ruth hit his fifty-fifth home run probablj
had more greenbacks than gray matter.
While the law remains what it is. there
is excellence in the suggestion, despite pos
sible) abuses, that In determining the euotat
of Immigrants to be admitted the family sue
not the Individual should be the unit.
"Without malice aforethought" li tie
qualifying phrase that may deliver Fatty
Arbuckle 'f rom a murder charge to the lesser
one of manslaughter. "I've wanted you :
five years" is a phrase of Tatty's whlcB
seems to contradict it.
A Boston man recently took out Innf
once against unfavorable weather on M
wedding day. And that, we guess, is about
the limit in that direction. Not even tie
well-known firm of Cupid & Hymen can
insure happiness.
After all, remarked Demosthenes Mc
Glnnis. there are at least forty-seven things
I would rather be than tennis champion.
Tennis, he went on to remark, Is an excel
lent game to play, but as a spectacle It w
an eyeglass. Moreover, he went on, tae
Nation will be healthier if it plajs more
nnd gnzes less.
Delegates to the
Sea Food Murderers United States Fish
eries Association in
Atlantic City sav oysters, crabs and loWjJJ
may disappear from American tnbles It
ocean continues to be polluted with .drw
from the mills nnd oil in the bilge from
tankers nnd oil-burning stenmships. i
problem of the mills Is one to be .solved W
the municipalities. The matter of oil wnsie
hns several interesting angles. A Btnn1S2
Oil official Is nuthorlty for the stntement tn
thero Is enough oil on the waters of ne"
v.ir t..i.n. tr. r,,f.tA it n nrnfltnble ndven-
ture for the authorities to salvage it and M.r,
It for fuel or for the trentmeni 01
"In CO.OOO-gallon lots" is the fW "
phrased it. and the phrase is as startling u
it Is cnllghtennlg. To which nrny be nddia
that by the time the salvaging gets fi"j
under way the waste will cense ilkellhooo
that oil consumption on vessels will l''jf"
rather thnn increase on steamships. '
perts now declare thnt pulverized coul iw
be used to advantage ns a substltute--n
ns n return to old methods, but as a natural
progression townrd tho perfect fuel . ".
conf, oil. coal dust, etc. The pulverized coal
can bu forced through pipes to where it w
needed nnd nutomaticaiiy iu " ""i ,
Vaces. And It will not be necessary to i
i.i...,i neniid i..nia thnn finfft ill A V J
which means at the end of each JP.on,,Jiijj
ncross the Atlantic. All of. which is in
ceting dope for sailors, engineers ana ji
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