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FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6
THE BATTLEGROUND
PENNSYLVANIA Is to be the
battleground for the 1914 cam
paign. Penrose, Palmer and
Pinchot will contend for po
litical supremacy under the most un
usual conditions that have ever con
fronted party leaders In this State.
Not since the period Immediately pre
ceding the Civil War has there been
euoh widespread interest as Is now
manifested In the party alignments
from one end of tho Commonwealth
to the other.
It is obvious that the real contest
is between Penrose and Palmer and
It may reasonably be expected that
President Wilson will do everything
within the power of his administra
tion to help the Palmer faction.
Meanwhile Pinchot, as the representa
tive of the Roosevelt element of the
Republican party, will endeavor to
check the back-to-the-party move
ment among Republicans. How well
he will succeed in this effort remains
to be seen, but judging from the re
markable reversal of the attitude of
the Progressives in California, where
thousands upon thousands of Roose
velt men have registered as straight
Republicans this year, the outlook for
a continuance of the third party move
ment in Pennsylvania is not as en
couraging as some of the most active
propagandists would like to think.
Not only In California is this active
reorganization of the Republican
party under way, but throughout the
country.
Many good Republicans who voted
for Colonel Roosevelt by way of pro
test against what they honestly be
lieved to be arbitrary party manage
ment are now returning to the colors
in such numbers as to confirm the
conservative opinion of all students of
political movements—that the divi
sion of the Republican ranks is not
nearly so serious as the opposition to
the party would have it appear for
their own purposes.
It must be remembered that in the
1912 campaign more than 23,000 Re
publicans in Pennsylvania did not vote
at *ll and adding these to the regular
Republican vote this year plus fifty
per cent, of the Republicans who
vot«d for Colonel Roosevelt two years
at and the Republican ticket will
have over 500,000 votes, making the
situation far more interesting for Re
publicans than the statisticians of the
Democracy care to admit. In 1908,
the Republican vote for Taft was
746,777 and that for Bryan 448,782.
Two years ago President Wilson's
vote was 63,163 less than that cast
for Bryan in 1908 and It is hardly
conceivable that with the differences
•which now threaten a split In the
Democratic party the vote for the
Palmer ticket this year will approach
the vote cast under the conditions
which prevailed two years ago.
A close analysis of the situation
shows that the normal Republican
vote will be so large this year as to
swamp the Democracy and the other
parties that are struggling for su
premacy in this State.
"Southern Man Named" is a news
paper headline covering an appoint
ment by President Wilson. The same
heading would apply to most of the
important Federal donations under the
present administration.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
PRESIDENT WILSON shows no
disposition to hurry the an
nouncement as to whether or
not he favors the public owner
ship of telegraph and telephone lines,
as recommended by his Postmaster
General. If he Is wise he will with
hold his approval entirely. To en
dorse the proposal would be the first
step toward government acquirement
of the railroads and an invitation to
socialism to come on and do its worst.
If there are abuses to be corrected
they can be reached by government
regulation. There is no reason for the
taking over of the phone and tele
•graph lines that has for Its basis either
economy or efficiency. It is a well
known fact that the goyernment
owned lines of Europe cost quite as
much to use as those of the United
States, and that tfie service is much
•lower and far less comprehensive.
Having no competition, and being con
trolled absolutely by the government,
| there is not the disposition to oblige
j patrons or to extend lines or introduce
j new appliances or new departures that
; is so manifest in the United States.
' Here it Is a matter in many cases of
the best service getting the business,
; but it is also remarkable that in the
face of what has amounted to prac
tically a monopoly in somo parts of
the country, the cost of telephone ser
j vice has been steadily going down,
while the service itself is 500 per cent,
more efficient and farreaching than
it was when the cost to the user was
higher. The same may be said of the
telegraph. What more could the gov
ernment, as owner, hope to offer?
i President Wilson is an astute poli
tician. Perhaps he was well content
to let his Postmaster General test out
public sentiment on public ownership.
If it proved popular doubtless he
would have Btood ready to father It,
for the annexation of all the em
: ployes of the telegraph and telephone
I companies of the United States would
make a grand addition to the party
' spoils system so much in evidence since
the advent of the new administration.
| If that was his idea he must by this
1 time have determined that It will be
much more profitable for him to dis
miss the subject in favor of anti-trust
legislation or some other subject of
the moment that has the people's
ear.
There is much to bo done by the City
Council this year and it may be just as
well to complete the reorganization of
the several departments without further
delay.
THE TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT
THE interesting announcement is
made that the Rodman Wana
maker millions and the Glenn
11. Curtiss brain are to be
i hitched together to produce an
j "ocean-going" airship of sufficient
| power to cross the broad Atlantic at a
single flight. When Walter Wellman
made ready for his doubtful experi
ment the scientific world with one
voice predicted failure. The Wana
maker-Curtiss enterprise Is received
with quite a different tone. "It Is all
a matter of the motor," men skilled in
aircraft say. and many of them fore
see the successful conclusion of the
great adventure.
The possibility of crossing the broad
Atlantic in fifteen hours would un
questionably set the world to thinking
along new lines concerning Inter
national warfare. With a fleet of such
airships—or the much more powerful
aeroplanes that are bound to succeed
it—any nation might put an army into
motion and land it on the shores of an
unsuspecting neighbor over night. It
would revolutionize warfare and set
England a-shiver with every mention
of Germany, and put the teeth of
every European ruler on edge. Even
California would have nightmares in
which it would see flocks of flying
Japs in. every dark cloud that ob
scured the Pacific horizon.
Mr. Wanamaker believes, however,
that this very possibility would hasten
the day of world-wide peace, and per
haps he is right. At all events, his
remarkable enterprise is worthy the
widespread attention it is receiving.
While Mr. Curtlss goes confidently
about his work of constructing the
new flyer it Is interesting to note that
he is building it along lines that will
permit him to drop gracefully to the
surface of the sea and float there
should anything happen to the motor
on which he places so much depend
ence.
WHERE DIXON* IS RIGHT
WHILE opinion regarding the
wisdom of teachingsexhygiene
in the public schools, under
certain restrictions, as advised
yesterday by Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,
State Commissioner of Health, in an
address before the school directors'
department of the State Educational
Association, may and doubtless will
differ, there can be no question in any
one's mind of the soundness of Dr.
Dixon's statement that an educational
system which lacks the teaching of
domestic science is deficient in the
training of # the* wives and mothers of
the future.
One of the places where there is
just this deficiency in the educational
system is Harrisburg.
It is high time that the city directors
make suitable provision for the teach
ins of domestic science In the schools.
A committee recently appointed with
a view to deciding the advisability of
teaching this branch in the grades will
likely report favorably at a meeting of
the directors this evening. This report
should be acted upon at once that the
girls ot Harrlsburg may be trained in
the far too often lost art of home
making.
With relation to the question of sex
hygiene instruction in the school Dr.
Dixon may or may not be right. He
is, however, most certainly absolutely
correct when he declares the public
theater and the movie are not the cor
rect disseminators of sexual knowl
edge.
According to an Associated Press dis
patch from Washington. President Wil
son "let it be known that he had not
selected any ticket" for Pennsylvania.
We presume the conference at the
White House with Mr. Palmer and his
associates had to do entirely with the
Mexican situation.
Owners of property In Front street
who gave their frontage on the river
to the city for park purposes are now
wondering whether there is to be a
splitting of legal hairs over the kind
of deed they gave the city in the dis
pute over the paving liability. It's
about time the whole question of River
Front ownership should be definitely
determined so that improvements now
going on may be continuous and free
of the squabbling that has character
ized the whole matter for several years.
About the only time we see Wilkes-
Barre's name in print is when the hard
coal miners threaten to take the war
path or when "Butch" McDevitt has
another spasm. Couldn't Wllkes-Barre
vary the monotony by doping out a lit
tle fresh press agent stuff?
The real estate agent naturally be
lieves thoroughly In the old adage to
, the effect that "by their deeds ye shall
know them."
evening GMS
In spite of the fact that snow has
been trying to make u« forget the re
cent warm period, the average Har
rlsburg kid refuses to believe that the
thaw did not mean tho coming of
Spring and he has started in with his
preliminary basetall work. It is a lit
tle too early for scrub games, but the
boys are showing their delight at the
coming of milder weather than usually
occurs at this season of the year by
engaging: in limbering up exercises
such as -passing" and practicing so
that their arms will not be put out of
gear, in one street on Wednesday
afternoon after school hours six
groups of boys were playing ball and
yesterday afternoon in spite of the
remnants of the morning's snow there
were youths out throwing curves or
"flies." Baseball will start off with a
bang just as soon as the weather opens
up and the number of boys out look
ing over level lots with the idea of lay
ing out diamonds is rather suggestive
of some strong amateur teams when
the flowers begin to bloom.
Speaking about warm weather a
couple of robins were noticed in Capi
tol Park the other day and some one
from the country reported having seen
a bluebird. The appearance of these
birds, however, was not followed by
prolonged stays and the robins seemed
to be more on a scouting expedition
than anything else. The robins gen
erally do not even scout until later in
the winter and the pair observed near
the Mexican monument evidently con
cluded that the time was hardly ripe
for fitting up their house for the
Spring. Except for the wheat there
are not ntanv signs that the thaw has
caused vegetation to start and the
weather prophets, wito went wrong on
goose bones, sausage skins, squirrel
fur and habits of rabbits, are now as
serting that we may have some weeks
of harsh weather.
"This month's a perfect square in
the calendar line," remarked a fireside
philosopher last evening as he gazed
meditatively at the calendar and
speculated whether he would have to
buy any more coal this month. "Per
fect square means that it begins on
Sunday and ends on Saturday. Just
look. The first day of the month is
Sunday and the last day, twenty
eighth day, is on Saturday. Thus you
have four perfect weeks and one per
fect month. However, I'm not re
ferring to the weather."
In the notice of Smull's Handbook
last evening It might have been added
that the man who did the work of col
lecting the material for the first issue
was W. L. Cooper, for years resident
clerk of the House of Representatives
and who filled other places in the
legislative halls. Mr. Cooper was the
right hancl man of John A. Smull, who
gave his name to the book, and his
ideas are still preserved in the in
valuable publication."
Once in a while checks go across
the counters at the Capitol that make
the clerks feel poor and they are won
dering what they would do with the
money. This is the season of the year
when big fat ones go by because just
now the insurance companies are pay
ing in their taxes. On one day checks
for SIO,OOO, $25,000 and $40,000 were
handled within a few minutes of each
other.
The Muzzle Club of this city, which
is composed of the members of the
staffs of the three daily newspapers, is
planning to have a real old-time live
ly stunt next month. This will be the
ninth anniversary of the club, which
exists only for social purposes, being
modelled on the plan of the famous
Gridiron Club of Washington, with
some local trimmings. Its next stunt
will have some original ideas on the
passing show in Harrisburg and will
be attended by some of the prominent
newspapermen of the State.
William Fink, a life-long resident of
New Cumberland, tells some interest
ing facts about the building of Mar
ket Square Presbyterian Church back
In the late fifties. This church was
erected after the destruction of the
old building of the Presbyterian
Church at Second and Cherry streets
by fire and when built was one of the
sights in this part of the State. Mr.
Fink hauled the stone from the Cross
Roads school house in upper York
county, Daniel Ruther, since deceased,
being the contractor. Mr. Fink says
that he had a six-horse team to draw
his wagon, but that when he reached
the old camelback bridge he had to
take off a pair as only four horse
teams were permitted on the structure
at a. time.
THE WHITE HOI'SE PRIMARY
[From the New York Sun.]
The Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer pro
poses but the President disposes. On
Tuesday there were two conferences a*,
the White House between thetn. They
discussed the political situation in
Pennsylvania and the prospects of the
Democratic party in that Common
wealth. At the first meeting, to which
Chairman Roland Morris, of the State
Democratic committee, was Invited, the
President was informed that Represen
tative Palmer would be a Democratic
candidate for Governor at the next pri
mary. After the second conference,
which did not include the Democratic
State chairman, Mr. Palmer made this
announcement:
"I expected to be a candidate for Gov
ernor, and so announced to many of my
friends. We hoped that Secretary Wil
son would be a candidate for Senator,
but, having sought the President's
counsel we find that lie is averse to Mr.
Wilson's leaving the Cabinet. It is the
President's Judgment that I should
make the race for Senator and I have
decided to do so."
The definition of a Democratic pri
mary seems to be the mental process
by which the President of the United
States makes }<nown his will that a
certain person shall be a candidate for
office, or in the event that there are
several aspirants that all shall with
draw but the favored one.
OUR DEMOCRATIC BRETHREN
[From the Harrlsburg Patriot.]
The Patriot has no doubt that the old
gang which Is behind the candldacv of
Mr. Ryan will be even more thoroughly
discomfited than it was in 1911, 1912
and ISI 3.
DECKS CLEARED FOR ACTION
[From the Bellefonte Gazette.]
The decks of the Republican party
have been cleared for action in this
State. The Republican voters will nomi
nate all the party candidates, and they
will elect all candidates they nominate.
OCR PROGRESSIVE BRETHREN
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger ]
Dictation by self-constituted bosses
was rebuked by a group of Washington
party workers in this city yesterday
They took emphatic exception to the
assumption of a coterie of committee
men In Harrlsburg that the party had
delegated its right to chose State can
didates to a few men.
A telegram was sent to A. Nevin Det
rich, In Harrlsburg. protesting against
the efTort to fix upon any candidates
for State officers and saying they had
been selected by the Progressives. The
telegram was as follows:
"The self-selected secret Lewis com
mittee does not represent the W«fihlne
ton party of Philadelphia. Lewis is the
choice of the committee. The voters
have not yet*made their selection but
demand a strong man."
AX EVEXIVfi THOUGHT
Let no pleasure tempt thee «o
profit allure thee, no ambition
corrupt thee, no example sway
thee, no persuasian move thee to
do anything which thou knowest
I to be evil.—Franklin.
FIGHT SUITE FOR
3THTEMMMITTEE
Democrats in County Go Up in Air
Because They Are Not Repre
sented on List
Opposition to the slating of Mayor
John K. Royal and County Chairman
Edward Moesleln as the members of
the Democratic State committee from
Dauphin county was started laat night
as soon as the announcement was
made from Market Square that the
Mayor intended to drag his office into
factional politics and that Herr Moes
lein hoped to "crown" his career by
election to the party's high council in
this State.
Moesleln has been a candidate for
weeks and has been trying to placate
those turned down for federal ap
pointments, but has not succeeded
owing to the fact that people have re
called his holding of an office him
self. The Mayor, according to ru
mor, was inclined to be slow about
getting into the race, fearing that he
would be made a target in a campaign
when he would have no one to tie to,
but when McCormick announced that
he would run for the gubernatorial
nomination the executive qualms were
chased away and he hastened Into the
limelight.
The chief point of complaint with
Democrats not consulted in the slat
ing of these two candidates for State
committee was that the county out
side of the city which has been loyal
to the reorganization element was
Ignored and County Commissioner
i John H. Eby and other bosses in the
borough and rural districts are re
ported to have been dazed when they
found what they were up against.
The names of William K. Meyers,
Edwin M. Winters and others not
identified with the slate makers were
suggested as opponents to the Royal-
Moesteln rubber stamped cndidacies.
William H. Sponsler, of New Bloom-
Held, made the significant statement
last night when the recess was taken
in the Mull Moose con
ference that the drop-
Sponsler ping of the effort to
Report oil jam through endorse-
Sentiment ment of one candidate
for governor was the
best thing that could
be done. Mr. Sponsler made the re
port on the situation in this part of
the State, remarking upon the split
condition of the Democrats and giv
ing as his opinion that Lewis was the
most favored hereabouts for the Bull
Moose nomination for governor and
State Treasurer Robert K. Young was
second choice. Dr. J. H. Krelder, of
the Auditor General's Department,
made the report for Dauphin county
much along the same lines and then
tended door while John Dight went to
supper. The Cumberland report was
by Colonel W. H. Pascoe and inclined
toward Lewis. In fact, the reports
made by the Bull Moose chieftains
hereabouts were very much as pre
ferred by Fllnn.
Now that the gubernatorial fight in
the Democratic party is in full swing,
attention is to be given to placating
the warring factions
of the Cumberland
Cumberland Democracy in the hope j
Democracy that they will cease i
on Warpath from troubling the,
sleep of the reo-bosses
and lend a hand for a
pull in the right direction in May.
According to rumors, Dr. M. M.
Daugherty, the national delegate in
1912, is not a candidate for the post
office in Mechanicsburg, but is bend
ing his efforts to secure harmony and
a working organization in the future
when factionalism is a thing of the
past. The reo-bosses have slated Fislt
Goodyear for the Carlisle post office
and Fred Mumma for Mechanicsburg.
State Committeeman Joe Totten is to
be dumped In his aspirations for the
Carlisle stamp window and possibly
placated by a Federal job if Fritz Klrk
endall and Jim Magee can And
enough to go around. The trouble is
that there are more patriotic Demo
crats in Cumberland county than can
be found in any similar area in the
State.
The Central Democratic Club will
be called upon to-night to line up
for Vance C. McCormick, and it is just
possible that backers
of Michael J. Ryan •
will object, although Van Is For
It Is said that the Vance, Say
friends of the Phila- Democrats
delphian here have
urged that nothing be
done against McCormick in the club
with which he is now actively con
nected. Incidentally, it is of Interest
to note that among the Democrats
for McCormick for the Democratic
nomination is T. K. Van Dyke. Van
Dyke Is one of the real Democrats in
Harrisburg, and although some think
that his treatment at the hands of
the present bosses of the machine has
been contemptible, everyone admires
him as a Democrat who does not seek
office because he is a Democrat.
William J. Brennan is a candidate
for the chairmanship of the Allegheny
Democratic county committee. He
made the announce
ment last night in tho
Brennan following words: "Fa-
After the voring the nomination
Chair Now of Michael J. Ryan for
Governor, and having
been solicited by a large
number of active Democrats to be a
candidate for chairman of the Demo
cratic county committee, I have de
cided to become such candidate in
the interest of party u~'ty and suc
cess. Believing that a united party
in Allegheny county would be the best
ratification of the achievements of the
Democratic Congress and the splen
did service in the interest of the peo
ple of one of the greatest of Demo
cratic Presidents, Woodrow Wilson, I
submit my candidacy to the Dem
ocracy of Allegheny county."
At present the chairman of the
county committee is elected by the
members of the committee. The
chairman recognized by the Demo
cratic State committee is Joseph F.
Guffey, but the followers of Brennan
never admitted his status and hav«
considered John J. McKelvey as the
chairman. McKelvey is now the di
rector of the Department of Charities.
i /weurKtxwn^peopLeFl
—Frank L. Smith resigned as a
member of Norrlstown council after
serving for thirty-two years.
—Judge Qustave A. Endllch, of
Reading, mentioned as a possible can
didate for the Supreme Court, Is serv
ing his third term on the bench.
—Commissioner John Price Jack
son will speak at Reading Chamber of
Commerce dinner next week.
—Captain William T. Easton, well
known veteran of Pittsburgh, has been
appointed to the city's school board.
—Senator Penrose Is to address P.
O. S. of A. at Altoona next week.
—J. D. McFarlan, the burgess of
Doylestown, who was arrested a few
days ago on a trifling charge, is over
i7O years of age. (
—The name of one Mr. Wilson, of
Washington, appears to be used rath
er recklessly by Democrats on both
sides of the fence.
—One Bull Mooser who reported
that many of his people were favor
able to Stuart at yesterday's confer
ence was more truthful than poliUc.
—Ryan boomers say that they pre
fer McCormick to Palmer as an oppo
nent.
—Wonder if Palmer wasn't Just
scheming to be senatorial candidate
all the time?
—Watson would make Palmer go
out and hustle more than he ever ex
pected.
—The Royal-Moeslein slate does
not seem to hai'e caused much hur
rahing up to 2 p. m. to-day.
—Federal officeholders will please
remember that the Democratic State
committee treasurer will be glad to
see them at all hours.
—Lehigh Democrats do not like the
deal in the making of the slate, say
dispatches from Allentown. N
—Eighth division Democratic
chairmen yesterday adopted typewrit
ten resolutions praising Palmer.
—Bert Fritchey will not be a can
didate for Democratic State commit
teeman.
—lt's about time for County Com
missioner Eby and Poor Directors
Walters and Boyer to do something.
They are in danger of being crowded
out because of pressure of the cam
paign news.
—And to think that the election is
not until November, either.
|-It>hARM«SUR&-fHf-Ty-
y& AR 3 • Afr otod ay
[From the. Telegraph of Feb. 6, 1814.]
Sixty I'rlHonern
Washington, Feb. 6, 9 A . M.—Sixty
prisoners were transferred on Friday
from Forrest Hall to Camp Distribu
tion, where they will be sent to their
respective regiment*
Yankees Retreated
Mobile, Jan 30. A special dispatch
from Okalona, Miss., says the Twelfth
Mississippi entered Corinth this even
ing, and captured a quantity of arms,
etc. The Yankees left as they entered.
newß'DißP&TCf>es~
-Of CIVIL* WAW
[From the Telegraph of Feb. S, 1814.1
A Reel of the "Sixties"
The marketmaster confiscated a lot
of butter that wao "weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting," tills morn
. Prayer Meeting;
There will be divine services in the
loctur- room of the Baptist Church, cor
evenfn*°at &f eetß ' to-morrow
r" —v
HBAD«UARTER9 POR
SHIRTS
SIDES & SIDES
—■► MILLER AND KADES*—
"THE BIG FURNITURE STORE"
7 NORTH MARKET SQUARE
Here Are the Features of
Our February Furniture Sale
The most interesting assortment of High Grade Furniture ever brought into
Harrisburg to be sold at special prices.
The lowest prices for which brand new Furniture, of latest and best pattern,
ever sold in Harrisburg.
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A Special Price on This Dining Room Tables are
Rocker For To-morrow Greatly Reduced
Slf you need a new extension table,
jump at the chance afforded by the Feb
ruary Furniture Sale Bargains.
This large solid oak table with claw
feet; will sell to-morrow only for
Exactly like cut. One to a customer.
98c I $8.75
February Furniture Sale Required
2-inch continuous post; 5 fillers. To-mor- £IA 7C Goods purchased
row only ip lU«# «J during this sale will be
2-inch straight post; 5 1-inch fillers. To- d»Q «7P delivered when want
morrow only
Guaranteed lacquer.
H. Marks & Son
Suits & Overcoats
Made By
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
were $25 to $35
NOW $1 5.22
The suits are Blue Serges, Dark Worsteds,
Scotch Tweeds and Blacks; medium weights
that can be worn all year 'round.
The overcoats are Chinchillas, Lama
Cloth, Shetlands, Meltons and other mate
rials. Balmacaan and black silk-faced coats
included.
Clothcraft Suits and Overcoats
That Were sls to $25 Are
now slo.^
Men's Fur Lined Overcoats, Persian Lamb djQA
Collar Were S6O Now „ v
Ladies' Furs at Big Reductions, Coats,
Muffs, and Scarfs.
H. Marks & Son
4th. and Market Sts,
Try Telegraph Want Ads. Try Telegraph Want Ads.