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THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12
WHOSE FIGHTING WHAT
IN a recent editorial review of the [
approaching campaign in Pennsyl-;
vanla. the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin draws attention to the fact
that the Republican party seems to be
confining its attacks to the Democrats,
whereas the Washington party leaders
appear to be opposing only the Re-1
publicans.
This analysis of the situation is only j
too true. It is a lamentable fact that
the men who have succeeded in re-1
laining control of the powerful army
that once was Roosevelt's do not seem
to be able to rise to the real situation
confronting the voters of Pennsylva
nia and of the nation.
Through division tlie great major
ity, which believes in a protective
tariff, has lost control of the Federal
government. Economic policies have ,
been put Into effect which have caused
very grave apprehensions in business
<lrcles. The political fox, which ran
off with the bone when the lion and
bear fell to fighting over it. has played
havoc with confidence by making clear
its intention to upset all established
methods and safeguards of industry
and commerce.
We read with considerable misgiv
ing that Germany, by appropriating |
identical methods which we are seek
ing to destroy here, has increased her
exports from $835.000,000 in 1596 to
$2,180,000,000 in 1912. Germany aids
and applauds her "captains of indus
try." In America it is worth a man's
reputation to have the title applied to
him.
And in other particulars, the admin
istration of Woodrow Wilson has been
anything but satisfactory. The princi-t
pies of civil service, to which he and
liis party professed such profound de
votion, have been ruthlessly overrid
den. Capable and experienced men
have been thrown out of ofllce for no :
other reason than to make room for
Democrats. Planks in the party's
platform have been disregarded, ig
nored or openly nullified in spite of
Mr. Bryan's announcement to the last
legislature in Harrisburg that the
violation of platform pledges was the
■worst type of dishonesty. Our for
eign relations have been badly tangled,
and, while affairs liavo been going
trom bad to worse in "Washington, our
Secretary of State, our Vice-President
and others who should be devoting
their entire time to the service of the
people, have been trotting around the
ohautauqua circuit at so much per
lecture.
As though this were not enough, a
system of most outrageous bossism
has been introduced at the national
capital. State parties and State affairs
have been ordered about from the
White House until it would seem that
the fatal period feared by John Fiske j
had arrived. Says Mr. Fiske in lils'
"Critical Period of American History:" |
If the day should ever arrive '
(which God forbid!) when the peo- '
pie of the different parts of our
country shall allow their local af
fairs to be administered by prefects
sent from Washington, and when
the self-government of the States
shall have been so far lost as that
of the Departments of France, or
even so f»r as that of the counties
of England, on that day the pro
gressive political career of the
American people will have come to
an end. and the hopes that have
been built upon it for the future
happiness and prosperity of man-
Kind will be wrecked forever.
No amount of dust-throwing and
issue-dodging should blind the pro
tectionists of this State to the fact
that the battle Is between Democrats
and anti-Democrats. The interests
of Pennsylvania are unquestionably
bound up in policies with which the
Democratic party has always been at
war. Therefore, our first conceit)
should be to do our part in the re
storation of these policies.
Any Republican or Progressive who
repeats the stereotyped cry of the op
position that "Penrose Is the only
issue" gives evidence of a clouded
vision and of a failure to perceive
facts and conditions which should be
apparent to the least observant.
Pretty soon John Bull may find it il
legal for the United States to pay sol
diers to guard the canal.
Tim breaking up of Kelley's "army"
recalls what somebody said about an
army "fighting on ils stomach."
V
THURSDAY EVENING,
CONGRATULATIONS FOR TW®
CONGRATULATIONS of the mem
bers of the Chamber of Com
merce and their guests yester-
day were equally divided be
tween John Lee Muhin, the expert in
advertising publicity, and George F.
Watt, president of the Elliott-Fisher
' Company, who was responsible for
I bringing Mr. Muhin to Harrisburg as
i the luncheon speaker of the central
! business organization. Of all the re
! cent addresses before the Chamber
| of Commerce und its predecessor, the
Board of Trade, none has been more
I forceful or interesting than the talk
| of yesterday noon.
Mr. Mahin is the type" of publicity
' man who analyzes conditions and who
j believes intelligent advertising is the
i necessary prerequisite of successful
■ salesmanship.
| These luncheons are growing in
| popularity and there can be no doubt
of their practical benefit to the busi- |
! ness community. Mr. Watt deserved
| the compliments which were be
stowed upon him f#r bringing Mr.
| Mahin to this city.
After looking: at the photographs of
several English suffragettes, it has oc
curred to us that possibly .the woman
who slashed "Venus" was prompted by
jealousy.
OUR EXAMPIiK
FOU years we of Harrisburg have
struggled to preserve our River
Front. The Telegraph lias talked
so much about it and tlie neces
sity of turning the full length of it
into a park strip for the benefit of
all our people that at times we fear
we may have become tiresome. But
it has been necessary, this talk and
agitation, for few good things are at
tained otherwise —especially when
they involve much labor and the ex
penditure of considerable sums of
money.
To-day we see the great river sewer
complete, the river wall, the dam and
the sunken park walk well under way.
That the work has not been in vain
and that it is appreciated elsewhere
as well as at home is apparent from
the following extract of a speech made
by Major C. E. Gillett, army engineer
of international fame, on the develop
ment of New Haven, Conn., harbor,
at a luncheon of the New Haven
Chamber of Commerce, February 21,
last:
Do any of you know of a city
that has got a space on the water
front but what it is a toil and
trouble with no results to get down
to look at the water? I know of
only one town in the United States
that fronts on the river that the
space is not blocked off. That is
Harrisburg on the Susquehanna
river, which is the largest river in
the world which is not navigable,
so tlie railroads have not blockaded
it. To go down to the river in Har
risburg is to see beautiful resi
dences with lawns going down to
the water, and a big. busy business
plai'e. It adds to the charm and
attractiveness of that place very
materially, and that is no mean
asset.
It is something to have wrought ;ui
improvement in our own community
which shall be of great benefit to our
selves. It is even more to have done
that which is an inspiration and an
example to others striving for civic
betterment.
President Wilson's Mexican policy
indicates that he believes that "they
also serve who only stand and wait."
810 AM S AND MOATS
WE have grown so used to find
ing fault with the railroads
and their methods that it
gives us a start of surprise
to learn that the city of New York is
about to imitate the system of the
Canadian Pacific in purchasing its
supplies. The readiness of govern
ment officials to charge extravagance
in railroad management has been so
marked that one is led to wonder, in
the light of this announcement, if
the thing has not been over-done.
The city of Xew York purchases,
that is, municipally, $22,000,000 worth
of supplies every year. It does so
through some fifty purchasing agents,
many of whom are purchasing the
same sort of supplies. The system, or
lack of system, has become so waste
ful that even the municipal authori
ties are awake to its enormity.
In looking about them they thought
of the Canadian Pacific, which has a
single purchasing agent for the whole
system. Of course, the latter has as
sistants. who take directions from
him; but every order is given by him;
there is no duplication; every item
purchased has its own use and place;
its own classification; its own rela
tion to every other purchase. And, of
course, the buying is all wholesale.
In Xew York it appears that every
thing Is bought retail, with the result
that four prices are paid instead of
one, as would be the case if there was
any systematized method of buying.
The idea underlying the railroad |
system is that the purchasing officer 1
shall hold all the threads of interest j
in his own hands; that everything i
shall radiate from his office; that there
shall be no doubling of orders; that
the purchases, whatever they are, and
wherever they are to be made, must
| be first of all ordered by the head
j official, who makes examination, un
. derstands his wants, and buys always
iin the best market. And always every
article must be bought wholesale.
The saving which the Canadian
Pacific effects in supplies by this
method of purchasing amounts to
scores of thousands of dollars per
annum. The president of the Board
of Aldermen of Xew York says that
the city is buying at retail millions
j of dollars' worth of supplies which it
I should purchase at wholesale prices.
| All this by way of hinting that gov-
I ernment officials might with profit first
( pull the beams out of their own eyes,
j before trying to extract the moats
| from those of the railroads.
"The Federal League has caused a
j big increase in salaries." says the New
' York Sun. Why doesn't somebody or
ganize a Federal League for editors'."
This weather lias put a sad crimp inlo
jtlia.t "first violet ' story.
leveranfrCbAf
State Zoologist H. A. Surface is out
with a plea for people not to bruise
the head of tl\e serpent when he
shows himself after the snows have
! disappeared beneath the warmth of
the Spring sunshine. Dr. Surface at
tracted much attention some years
ago by his bulletin on snakes, in
which he showed that the roptlle
toward which man has shown ani
mosity throughout the ages has a good
many valuable qualities and that folks
in the country who are prone to kill
the snakes indiscriminately should
confine their activities to extermi
nating the rattlers and copperheads.
"This thi HIP- of killing oIT snakes with
out stopping to see what kind they are
Is all wrong. The snake has a definite
place In economic zoology," said Dr.
Surface. "I have issued a bulletin
showing in what ways the snake is
useful to the farmer and the truck
gardener and have supplemented It
lately by writing letters to men who
have gone around killing snakes and
boasting of the size of their •kills.'
This is the season of the year when
many snakes are getting ready to
come out and we may expect to bear
about people finding snakes coiled up
in big balls, in masses, in caves and
about farms. Now I hope people will
not go in and kill them unless they
are sure they are rattlesnakes or cop
perheads. I don't think people are
justified in killing snakes unless they
are sure they are nonpoisonous. Thw
nonpoisonous varieties are friends of
the farmers because they hold in
check, in fact clean up, many pests in
the fields."
It is estimated that if the State De
partment had complied with every re
quest for nominating petitions made in
the last few weeks there would have
been about 2 0,000 blanks sent out.
The requests have been made for
thousands of papers at a shot, one let
ter asking for 4,000. Requests for 506
have been common. Inasmuch as no I
candidate requires over 1.000 signa.
tures, it looks as though the rivalry to
lilt- big papers which was so pro
nounced in 1912 will be repeated.
Statistics collected by men inter
ested in the proposed meeting of the
journeymen barbers of the city next
week show that there are over -275
men in Harrisburg who follow that
line and it is the plan to enlarge the
local union so that all will be in-
The barbers will be addressed
by J. s. Slianessy, tlie national organ
izer, who is making a tour of the State
and it is expected to have a big ineet
*s es t' ma t e <l that about one
third of the barbers are in the busi
ness section of the city, although there
ire shops scattered all over Harris
burg. For years this city has had a
strong union, but efforts will be made
.o increase the membership.
In spite of the generally quiet con
ation of business folks interested in
local stocks and bonds sav that the
prices of the securities which belong
to this section are showing prettv firm
and that very few shares or 'bonds
have been offered for sale. The last
sale held at the Courthouse showed
new high prices for a number of
stocks and the reason assigned is that
the. concerns are now on a bed rock
basis and people can judge very
tuickly just what they are worth. The
tine report of the traction company I
has had the effect of stiffening up i
shares oi the trolley companies here, j
People who are connected with the I
olltces of the county and the courts!
are smiling over the installation of a!
mail box in the rotunda of the Court- i
.louse and are thanking Countv Treas
urer A. H. Bailey for it. Such a box i
has long been in demand at the Court- 1
louse because frequently letters have
to be mailed in a hurry and it meant
•i trip to the Post Office. For six
months Mr. Bailey has been after it
and he had the pleasure of using it
first. b
Among visitors to the city yesterday!
iflernooik were Richard E. Cochran
former Deputy Secretarv of the Com
monwealth. and ex-Judge W. F. Bay
Stewart, of York, two ol' the big law
yers of the York bar. They were here
for the session of the Superior Court
People who have been observing the
Susquehanna say that the ice that
linds the river is thicker than usual
and that in places it is almost as
strong as in the hard freeze of ten
years ago. In some places ice esti
mated at twenty inches has been found
and til teen-inch ice is common. The
ice is so strong that it has been resist
ing the warm rays of the sun and
when it breaks it is going to be worth
looking at. fortunately, the river was
not high when the freeze came, and it
is not regarded as likely that there
will be a flood of much consequence.
The snow on the mountains is re
ported as melting gradually and unless
there should be a hard rain and warm
wave trouble is not anticipated.
&<]
—John L. DeSaulles. of Bethlehem,
named as minister to Uruguay, is the
old Princeton football star.
—John F. Ancona. well known here,
is taking a prominent nart in the
discussion of firemen's matters in
Reading.
—Captain G. L. Byroade, of Johns
town, has been appointed commander
of cadets at Fort Wayne Academy.
—W. H. Davis, postmaster of Pitts
burgh. marshaled the big Masonic
lodge parade in Pittsburgh a few days
ago.
—Mayor S. H. Walker has been
asked by Altoona police to favor an
tticrease of $5 in pay.
—Bishop Courtland Whitehead, of
Pittsburgh, has been visiting many of
the smaller parishes in spite of winter
conditions.
irOLlTlCAbSlpefcl6f)T&l
—The score in Philadelphia club en
dorsements stands: Ryan, 1C; McCor
mick. 11!.
—lt is stated that there is no chance
of Brumbaugh making an alliancu
with the Dimmick forces.
—Mr. Dimmlck's papers are ex
pected here within a few days.
—Oh, joy! Mr. Prizer, the stove
manufacturer, who is candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Con
! gress, is going to talk to the Central
Democrats to-morrow.
—The Washington party leaders
will have a conference in Philadel
phia next week on the campaign in
the eastern end.
—The Washington party men will
have a smoker to-night at the head
quarters. 225 Market street.
—Congressman Rothermel appears
to be having some trouble with the
reorganized in his county.
—Judge Trexler'H candidacy is be
ing strongly boosted in this city.
—The wise man will make a note
to see that he is enrolled next Tues
day.
—The scheme to throw Congress
men Donahue and Bogue out of tho
Democratic Club of Philadelphia was
rejected last night.
—Three ward committees endorsed
Ryan in Philadelphia last night while
tho Democratic club was fighting over
McCormick.
! —Senator Penrose spoke before the
Young Republican Club of Philadel
phia last night.
—Dimmick men are in conference
in Philadelphia to-day.
—Palmer will now turn in for Carr
and the Democratic congressmen are
up in the air agaiu.
HARRJSBURG TELEGRAPH
REUSE PIPERS 1
ARE FREELY SIGHED
Senator's Nomination Favored by
People Throughout Cumber
land and Dauphin
DEMOCRATS' ROW AFRESH
Scrapping Over Spoils Growing
Worse as the Days
Go Along
Senator Boies Penrose's nominating
petitions are being freely signed
throughout Dauphin and Cumberland
counties and many men active in po
litical affairs and in business life have
appended their names to the papers.
A number of the petitions were sent
through the railroad shops and steel
works, where men have been feeling
the pinch lately, and the signatures
have been offered to those who have
had charge of the papers.
A number of the petitions are in cir
culation in this city and at Steelton,
Middletown, Lykens, Dauphin, Hum
melstown and Millersburg, in this
county, and tho reports from those
places show that people are inclined
to line up behind the senator very
strongly because of his Mexican and
tariff stands.
In the West Shore boroughs the
Penrose papers are being freely signed.
Papers for Secretary Houck and
Congressman Krelder are in circu
lation in this county and many names
are being offered.
The light in the Democratic State
machine over judgeships as spoils of
office appears to be waging at both
ends of the State and
bids fair to split the
Democrats congressional delegation,
in Serious Tn the western end there
Row To-day is a battle royal on be
tween partisans of W.
H. S. Thompson, Paul
H. Gait her and W. A. Griffith for
Judge Young's place, with an element
trying to smooth down the ruffled
feathers of Robert E. Cresswell, of
Johnstown. In the east there is a
struggle under way which may in
volve the President and which will
make trouble no matter what Is done.
The Philadelphia Ledger says in a
dispatch from its staff correspondent
at Washington: "The squabble over
the federal judgeship for Eastern
Pennsylvania has caused a split among
Democrats in Congress from that sec
tion of the State and has also laid
them open to the charge of dragging
the bench down to the level of petty
politics. Incidentally, Representative
Palmer's leadership has been repudi
ated by Representatives Lee, Rother
mel and Donohue by their indorse
ment of Judge Bechtel, of Pottsville,
in opposition to William A. Carr, of
Philadelphia, who is supported by Mr.
Palmer and Sir. Logue. As a result
of yesterday's conference over the
judgeship it has been charged in cer
tain quarters that Mr. Palmer was a
party to a deal by which he hoped to.
gain the support of Lee. Donoliue and j
Rotliermel in his candidacy for the
United States Senate. Mr. Palmer
to-day indignantly denied this charge. |
He said he called his colleagues to
gether in the hope that all would I
agree upon a candidate to be recom
mended for the federal judgeship." j
The reorganization gangsters rallied
in force at the Democratic Club of
Philadelphia last night and evened up
for their defeat in ,
the P h i 1 a de lphia
Democratic city MeCorniickltcs
committee by de- Liek Ryan In
icuiing the Ryan Club Squabble
men in a battle
over the endorse
ment of State candidates. Some time
ago the club, which is a reorganization
gang stronghold, voted not to endorse
any candidates in advance of the pri
maries. The McCormick people, smart
ing under this defeat, tried to get the
city committee to endorse McCormick,
and that ended in Ryan being en
dorsed. Then the bosses rang the bells
and got in every one that could be
reached and jammed through an en
dorsement for McCormick last night.
This action was taken against protests
by a number of members, who gave
warning that it would make the club a
divided house.
The Democratic warriors will start
campaigning in earnest next week.
McCormick will go into the northern
counties and the Pitts
burgh Dispatch says:
Rivals Will "City Solicitor Michael
lte Busy All J. Ryan, of Philadel
of Next Week pliia, Democratic can
didate for Govenor,
will make his first
campaign appearance in Pittsburgh on
March 21 at a dollar dinner to be
given for him. The reception and din
ner that will be tendered Mr. Ryan
will likely be held in the Kaufman
& Baer Co. dining hall. This has not
been definitely decided on and many
of the details of the dinner remain
incomplete. The speakers who have
consented to address the diners are
Mr. Ryan, Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell,
i Philadelphia, and Thomas H. Greevey,
Altoona. Ex-Councilman William Ab
bot Wlttman, of Reading, who is a
candidate for the United States Sen
ate, is expected to reach Pittsburgh
some day this week and will be'the
guest of William J. Brennen."
The New York Sun prints an inter
esting if unconvincing story of the
political situation in Pennsylvania to
the effect that Supreme
Justice John P. Elkin may
be a Republican candi- Xew York
date for United States Talks of
senator; that the Indi- Mr. Klkin
cations are the filing of
nomination papers for all
the big offices will be delayed until the
last day fixed by law. "As matters
stand to-day," says the Sun writer, "no
change is apparent in the standing of
candidates for Governor and senator.
It is a high compliment to Dr. Martin
G. Brumbaugh, the schoolmaster of
Philadelphia, that he is without oppo
sition as the Republican candidate for
Governor."
Continuing, the Sun story runs on
as follows: "For the Bull Moose nomi
nation for Governor. William Draper
Lewis has been slated by Bill Flinn,
of Pittsburgh, and a protest is looming
up from every section of the State
that will manifest itself at the May
primary elections against Lewis.
"It Is not unlikely that with, or
even without. Colonel Elkin's consent
nomination papers may be taken out
for him so that he may be put In the
running by having his name placed
upon the ballot for the primary elec
tion.
"And as Colonel Roosevelt could not
under any pretext come into Pennsyl
vania to proclaim against the election
of such candidates as Brumbaugh and
Elkin, Plnchot would be compelled to
withdraw and the contest would then
be between th Republican and Demo
cratic parties, for or against the poli
cies of President Wilson."
The Philadelphia Record to-day
says: "Henry C. Xiles, of York, for
years prominent in independent poli
tics in Pennsylvania, and who was
BKIOBEIQIShr fc**e Ht alas* kwaue prices an tower, tat because qualities are bettcvj^BliaSEElQlSSElß
I Announcement Extraordinary! 1
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1*57 Sprig lllncry
| A leading New York manufacturer made up for us at a price II
| 66 Dozen of Ladies' i .
B 3 New Spring Trimmed Hats fIHWf/
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Q Copied from the newest French Pattern Hats, they represent V $ j=j
| the last word of fashion in shape, color and trimming. The J |j
| ribbon stick-up and pompon effects predominate, and have I 1
| been artistically employed in producing a variety of pleasing jf 3
H Every Hat is worth from $5 to $6, but on account of our I
price concession you may take your choice I
| At the Popular Prices For Which V < n
||j Our Millinery Department Is Noted V® &J f
ii See various stvles on displav in our window. i'l
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| Where Every Day Is Bargain Day
II 215 MARKET STREET Opp. Courthouse!
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active in support of President Wilson <
in 1912, has accepted an invitation to
speak at the dollar dinner of Demo
crats at which City Solicitor Ryan will
be the chief guest of honor on April 2.
The affair will be a Jefferson day din
ner and will take place on the anni
versary of Jefferson's birth, reckoned
by old style. The banquet will take
piace at the First Regiment Armory
and covers will be laid for more than
2,000 guests."
A-urrLe-nonseqse I
Bill Rooster told her ho was in the
refining business, so she thought he
must have started a school of etiquette.
LOWGH WATER RATES
By W Ing Ulngrr
This water rate reduction
Is bound to be a boon
In living cost in many ways,
As one will learn quito soon.
For instance, dally milk bills
Should shortly take a drop.
It's cheaper now to make a lot
Out of a meager crop.
The fellow who would like to ride
Upon the water 'bus,
Can do so now—about the fare
He can't put up a fuss.
And companies who deem it wise
(This isn't any knock),
Will find it's not expensive to
Add water to the stock.
And what an argument it gives
In Prohibition's war,
"It's cheaper to drink water now
Than it's ever been before."
Aunty—Wouldn't you like to study
languages, Bobby? '
Bobby—l can talk two languages
now, aunty.
Aunty—You can? What are they?
Bobby—English an' baseball. —New
York Weekly.
lItVbARRMBURft MPT y-
y&AR3 * Aft-orotiAy
[From the Telegraph, March 12, 1864]
Some Broadway
There are now five places of amuse
ment open In our city, and all doing
a thriving busines. A sixth will be
open In a few days. Who says Harris
burg is not in a "flourishing" con
dition ?
ilarrishui'gers Exchanged
The Harrisburgers who were cap
tured at Bath, Va., in a skirmish with
the rebels while members of the
Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry have
been exchanged and are at Annapolis.
They are expected home daily. We
hope the old First City Zouaves will
meet them, as a number of them
served creditably with that corps dur
ing the nine months' service.
After you die who will
take care of your family?
You can not afford to
carry the risk.
A SIO,OOO policy at age
35 requires but $129.90.
Dividends reduce cost
after first year. Assets
$140,000,000. Organized
1847. Write for sample
policy.
PENN MUTUAL LIFE
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Isaac Miller, t Local
F. O. Donaldson, J Affant*
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SIDES & SIDES
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MARCH 12,1914.
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TO SMOKE OR NOT
TILLMAN WINS;
I Senate Decides Against Use of Tobacco in Executive Sessions
After South Carolinian Warned Members by
Telling of Weed's Dangers
Special to The Telegraph
Washington is still talking of how
Senator Benjamin It. Tillman, of South
Carolina, broke into the debate on
Mexico, the other day, long enough to
get the adoption of a resolution to
amentl the rules so as to prevent
Bmoking during executive sessions of
the Senate. He made a brief speech, at
times humorous and at others pathetic,
| in support of his resolution in which
\ he advised Senators to look after their
: health.
I Tlio Senator recalled that in the four
: years since he was paralyzed and has
I been struggling to restore himself to
health twenty-one Senators and Vice
j President Sherman had died,
i The Senator reminded his colleagues
i that he had read his own obituary in
1 the newspapers, a privilege not enjoy
ied by man} men. Mr. Tillman intro
duced into the Congressional Record
i letters to him from Senators on the
I merits of his resolution to forbid smok
; ing in the executive session.
; One was from Senator Koot, who
I wrote to Mr. Tillman that he would bo
?;lad to forego the privilege of his cigar
11 the executive session if it would
make Mr. Tillinau more comfortable.
Senator Page, of Vermont, confessed
his embarrassment in view of the fact
that he did not smoke and might be
suspected of "selfishness" if lie tried to
prevent other Senators from smoking.
Senator Tillman's resolution passed
I viva voce, and there was not a voice
| raised in opposition,
Calla Smoking a Vleloun Ilnhlt
■ "A majority c£ the Senators are
smokers," said Mr. Tillman in address
j ing the Senate. "Unfortunately a vic
ious habit has so mastered them that
they are nervous and miserable when
they do not get the nicotine poison to
soothe their nerves."
Vice-President Marshall, who enjoys
a cigar almost as much as does ex-
Speaker Cannon, leaned back in his
chair and laughed heartily as Senator
Tillman proceeded to castigate smokers.
"I did not mind tobacco smoke for
merly," said the Senator, "but since I
was paralyzed four years ago the smell
of tobacco nauseates me. Consequentlv
I do not remain in the Senate during
executive sessions any more than I can
help.
"I note that my Democratic col
leagues are so Intent on gratifying
their feverish desire to smoke that they
light cigars in the caucus. I have al
most had to leave that caucus or sit by
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an open window, for my life depends
upon a full supply of l'resh air. So I
am beset with the danger of being
driven out of my party and out of the
Senate Itself by tobucco.
"I have a feeling of being a nuisance ,
when I enter a place where Senators
are smoking. I catch a glimpse from
their eyes which I can only interpret 1
to mean 'Here comes Old Ben Tillman
and 1 have got to stop smoking.'
lllniirii Olil Familiar l''aceM
"As I look around the chamber and
see the changes that have come and
miss the old familiar faces I feel as
though I were serving with ghosts as
well as living men. This gveat mor
tality among us is due to the way we
live in AVashington.
"There is a continuous succession of
banquets, dinners and receptions. Auto
mobiles and street cars are used by
Senators instead of walking, and pure
air and sunshine are things of which
wc get too little. We eat too much and
too irregularly.
"A fitting epitaph for most of the
Senators who have died in service
would be: 'He lived not wisely, but too
well, and killed himself oating.'
"The ventilation of this chamber is
poor and when we increaso Its impuri
ties by tobacco smoke, the air is very
unwholesome and unhealthy, us
stop smoking in the Senate chamber
and have the doors and windows opened
every night so that pure air can come
in, wash out the chamber and make it
habitable and healthy, and there will
be fewer deaths among us."
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[Frpm the Telegraph, March 12, 1804]
Rebel Foree Strong
St. Louis, March 12.—Advices from
Natchez to the 2d inst. say that re
liable information had been received
there to the effect that the rebel force
in West Louisiana was between 6,000
and 6,000 men, under the command
of General Dick Taylor, Colonel
Rolignake and Colonel Harrison.
Guerillas Attack Steamer
Cairo, March 12. —The steamer Hill
man was attacked by guerillas from
the Missouri shore while working past
tlie foot of Island No. 18 on Wednes
day. One soldier was killed, seven
wounded and two captured. The boat
escaped.