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CROSSING AT DIVISION STREET
EVERYBODY with any knowledge
of the situation will wish the
West End Improvement Asso
ciation well In Its endeavor to!
have the Pennsylvania railroad cross- j
Ing at Division street reopened. That |
this will be accomplished can hardly j
be doubted. It must be remembered j
that there Is no crossing whatever |
between Maclay and Division streets, a
space of one mile. Certainly, should |
the case reach the Public Service Com
mission, that body. It is to be Imagined, i
would not hesitate to say that one
crossing to the mile is not an unrea
sonable request within the limits of a
city.
However, it Is believed that the rail
road company and those back of the
movement will get together before the '
matter goes to that extreme.
Not only Is a crossing necessary at j
the point named, but eventually a
subway must be constructed there. I
The breadth of the roadbed and the )
constant movement of trains would i
make the operation of a grade cross
ing extremely dangerous. One acci
dent might cost the railroad company
almost as much in court costs and
damages as the expense of a passage
beneath the tracks.
The subway at Division street must
come. The city very properly demands
means of convenient entrance to its
most beautiful park and is not to be
denied.
It is strangfe—passing strange—that
the Democratic and Progressive bosses
will persist In declaring that every
thing done by the Republicans in the
way of indicating proper candidates and
organizing party machinery is the
vary essence of dictation and arbitrary
rule, while what they themselves do is
political virtue and the very essence of
public righteousness. Unfortunately
for this sort of weak pretense they
"can't fool all of the people all of the
time."
THE STATE POLICE
THE OUTLOOK, of which Colonel
Roosevelt is an associate editor, j
urges the establishment of State
constabulary In every common
wealth of the Union, citing Pennsyl
vania and Nevada as examples. The
Outlook holds that local ordinances
can best be enforced by local police,
national laws by agents of the central
government, and State laws by State
police. Referring to the splendid ser
vice rendered by these constables, The
Outlook says:
The growing demand for State
constabulary forces to supplement,
even if not to supplant, the local
officers of peace can be justified I
theoretically by the reasons here
given, and practically by reference
to the work that lias been done by
the troops of mounted State police
In Pennsylvania and Nevada. The
Pennsylvania troops, in particular,
under Major Groome, can be pointed
to as an example of the value of
such an organization.
Here we have Colonel Roosevelt's
magazine endorsing the State con
stabulary as an institution generally
and that of Pennsylvania in particu
lar. Yet, while Colonel Roosevelt Is
held In high respect throughout the
anthracite region as a friend of labor,
the State constabulary Is condemned
by mine workers who do not fully un
derstand- its functions. In this The
Outlook and Colonel Roosevelt are
right. No man who complies with the
laws of the land need have any fear
of the State police. Any man who !s
antagonistic to them lays himself open
to the suspicion of harboring an Inten
tion to break the law and escape the
consequences.
More troops ordered to the Mexican
border. To watch and to wait, we sup
pose.
GETTING TOGimiER
ALL Indications are that the Pro
gressive party in Pennsylvania
reached the high tide of Its
strength in 1912. Political ob
servers realize that thousands are de
serting the flimsy Flinn craft, as Is
apparent from the attempt the Demo
crats are making to have Washington
party voters register as Democrats,
and the evident consternation In the
Progressive camp following the news
that Dr. Brumbaugh is gaining in
strength and is likely to be the Re
publican nominee for governor.
But the get-together movement now
favored by the rank and file of the
FRIDAY EVENING, • HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 13, 1914.
Progressive and Republican parties In
his State is only indicative of what Is
I occurring elsewhere 1 .
In Maine the State Republican com
mittee has ruised the standard of "the
•new Republicanism"—a.phrase coined
'to designate the trfend In the party
toward more liberal notions of leader
ship anfl opposition to free trade and
other policies of the Democratic party.
There is a real "back to the party"
, movement in that State.
I In Ohio this trend is even more
' sharply indicated. At the recent Re
publican-Progressive love feast In that
State some significant things occurred.
I F<jraker applauded the name of Her
rlck, his erstwhile enemy, and Dan
Fianna, in Ills Leader, once the nlouth
i piece of the Progressives, comes out
j for a united Republican party. The
j split in Ohio dates hack beyond the
I differences arising out of the Chicago
convention. It had its foundation on
personal and factional enmity. That it
is disappearing is one of the very hope
ful signs. Republicans in Ohio, like
those of other States, realize that they
an win only by standing shoulder to
shoulder against the common enemy.
As the primary campaign for the Su
preme Court progresses, tho people of
the State are becoming more and more
familiar with the superior quantitations
of President Judge George KUnkel.
Whatever the admiration for other can
didates in various sections, it Is be
coming more and more apparent that
in the selection of the jurist for this
high place geographical location or any
other consideration than fitness will
have little weight.
I
THE IMMORAL SHOW
THAT Harrisburg ministers were
not far wrong in placing the
stamp of disapproval on the
moving picture show, "The In
side of the White Slave Traffic," is
shown by the fact that a New York
| jury has found the producers of that
] film guilty of presenting an indecent
j exhibition. The Jury was out only
| thirty-five minutes. In addressing the
[jurors the judge then said:
You are to be congratulated up- •
! on your verdict. It seems to me
j that the world Is sex-mad, nnd
such plays as this result. A verdict
' of not guilty would have been
taken as a certificate of good char
| acter and the reels would have
been exhibited broadcast. How
I anybody can go to a show of that
I kind I can't explain. Most people
would walk miles to avoid it. It
reeks of the sewer.
| The world does appear to be "sex
I mad." The theme is the excuse for
countless plays of doubtful merit, of
numberless novels that have no other
reason for existence, and It runs In
a mad riot through the magazines and
across the kaleidoscopic screen of the
everv-growlng "movies." But there are
| signs manifest of a change. The
i "Traffic In Souls" show, modeled along
j the lines of the "white slave" pictures
I ruled oft the board In New York, at
j tracted so little attention here that
j Its management could not get a
| sprinkling of people Into the house
even after distributing passes by the
handfuls. This show and all others of
Its kind have been recalled by their
producers because they were losing
money.
The magazines also are beginning
to display symptoms of noting a
change in public taste. "Everybody's"
announces in large letters on its cover
page the fact that It prints no sex
muck and even the chief offenders In
this line are reefing their sails before
what their publishers evidently be
lieve to be a reaction against the
slush that has disgraced the pages of
even some the best and most conserva
tive periodicals in the country.
Some editors have excused them
selves and tried to delude their read
ers by giving their filthy stories and
"exposures" the mask of "social up
lift" endeavor. Few of their readers
have been fooled thereby. A nasty
scene in a novel or magazine, on the
stage or the moving -picture screen is
Inexcusable for any reason. Firsthand
i knowledge has little spiritual effect.
On the other hand, few can read of or
witness the reproduction of such a
scene without Injury to himself. It is
a healthful sign when producers and
publishers find the immoral show and
the sex novel unprofitable.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels will be
the chief speaker at the Jefferson Day
dinner in this city. Let us hope that
the Democrats on that occasion will
not harrow the BOUI of the distin
guished visitor as was done at the ban
quet of the Carabao
ington, by the singing of that touch
ing ballad running thusly:
"Damn, damn, damn the insurrectos,
Cross-eyed, kakiack ladrones, etc."
But on second thought, tho Insur
rectos of the Democratic party will
hardly be Invited to the Jeffersonlan
feast.
President Wilson, accordir"' to a
Washington dispatch, regards his anti
trust program as "In good shape." One
trust which will not be affected by this
•proposed legislation Is the Wilson po
litical trust, which operates in different
parts of the country. Including Penn- |
sylvanla.
Our friends of the Democracy seem
to be more concerned about rules and
regulations of party management for
the benefit of the bosses than they are
about the principles of government and
the things which make for the pros
perity of a great people.
Wisconsin University Is investigating
the question: "Why is the bedbug?"
Now if it was "What Is a bedbug?"
most of us could answer, but It
wouldn't look well In print.
George Wesklnghouse made his fame
and fortune out of wind, and some poor
Imitators in politics are trying to do
the same thing with poor success.
What was the "Whiskey Insurrec
tion," of the Washington period, as
compare! with the cold water scrap
at Camp Hill?
fn order to make yourself more con
tented with this kind of weather, go
down Into the cellar and sharpen the
lawnmower.
May Richardson, the Venus slasher,
says she "prefers justice to art." Well,
she got It—six months of It.
Never mind, Mr. Murphy, the Pown
and-Out Club's charter ia still open.
evening chAf
Lawyers who read the opinion of
the Superior Court judges in the Clay
case from Philadelphia pointed out
to-day that liberal citations were mad®
from the Capitol furnishing conspiracy
cases by Judge Porter and that the
rules laid down by President Judge
George Kunkel, of the Dauphin county
courts, in those famous cases have fur
nished conspiracy trials with prece
dents. In fact, in several places the
language of the appellate coiirt fol
lows principles enunciated by Judge
Kunkel and throughout the long
opinion there is reference to cases
involving the same questions as were
settled in the famous case of tho
Commonwealth vs. Sanderson, the
tirst of the Capitol cases. Few of the
people who participated in the Capitol
trials or who attended them were
aware of the fact that in the decisions
of the Judge were being laid the foun
dation for procedure in conspiracy
cases that would govern for years to
come.
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was W. L. Mitchell, chief of the bu
reau of factory inspection of Tennessee
and one of the leaders in the move
ment for the big conference of State
ofilcials interested In that branch of
State work. Mr. Mitchell came here
to see John Price Jackson, the Com
missioner of Labor and Industry, and
Lew R. Palmer, the chief of the in
spection work and an authority on
safety. It was the idea to interest
in the proposed conven
tion which is to be held at Nashville,
June 8-11, so that the splendid work
done by the department and the de
velopment of the safety and efficiency
movement in Pennsylvania in the last
year under the act of 1913 might be
set before the people of the country.
Mr. Mitchell talked over the matter
with Mr. Palmer and Pennsylvania
will give a demonstration of what it
has been doing. Mr. Mitchell also dis
cussed the project with several promi
nent Harrisburgers who evinced an in
terest.
For half an hour or so the other
day a ruddy-faced individual In a
mackinac jacket hovered about in the
County Recorder's office and llnnlly
asked an attache where he ''could get
a license." He was directed to the
marriage license bureau, where the
nretty clerk took him in hand. Ques
tion after question was answered, al
though the applicant was plainly puz
zled at the character of them.
"Why do you want to know If I've
been married before?" he eventually
Inquired. "What difference does that
make?"
"Just that that Is the law—a law of
Pennsylvania."
"Funny law. Isn't It?"
"Now, then." briskly suggested the
clerk as she completed tho portion of
the application devoted to the mali.
and got ready to fill In the female sec
tion, "the lady's name, please?"
"What the—who told you there was
to be a lady in it?"
"Well, this affair would hardly iv a
success, would it —without a lady?"
'•'Now listen here." blurted out the
would-be applicant, 'what do you think
I'm after?"
"Why, a license—to marry"
"Naw—fer an automobile."
'O hen a petition for the nomination
)f Judge Kunkel for the Supreme
->pneh was sent to Franklin county to
' e signed the other day It was taken
old of by several prominent men,
who, figuratively speaking, took off
•heir coats for the Dauphin judge
'>ne man. a clergyman, was invited to
Mgn.
"Sign? For whom?" he asked.
"George Kunkel," was the answer.
"The Harrisburg man?"
"Yes."
"Well. I gruess I will. He played
first on our team in college. I'll go
out and work for him," was the way
'he minister wound up. And he signed
his name in large letters.
Yesterday was the anniversary of
the great blizzard of 1888 and people
recalled vividly the terrible storm that
tied up tills city for three days and
bound the river with heavy Ice. To
morrow is the tenth anniversary of
the big ice flood of 1904. This is the
latest the river has been ice-bound in
years.
kweLu-Knovgn-peopie^i
—Noah H. Swayne. 2d, well known
here, has established himself in the
iron business in Philadelphia.
—Judge F. J. O'Connor, of Ebens
'"irg has been in Washington the last
few days. ,
—Councilman W. A. Hoveler, of
Pittsburgh, favors " movement to give
"'e Boy Scouts a medal for good ser
vice.
—The Rev. W. R. Breed, of Cleve
'and, formerly In this vicinity, has
been delivering a series of addresses
in Pittsburgh.
—P. A. B. Widener has denied that
he will spend a million more for pic
tures.
—Charles Dunn, of Lock Haven, has
been elected president of the Clinton
county tobacco growers' association.
;PouriCAi>"ioefciftfrivil
—Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels will bo added to the list of
distinguished men who huve addressed
the Central Democratic Club banquets,
having agreed to speak here on April
IS.
—Dr. Brumbaugh's nomination ap
pears to be favored by Republicans
of all ways of thinking. Such a con
trast to the Democratic squabble.
• —Perhaps Mr. Daniels will think
more kindly of Pennsylvania than he
has been doing in the matter of League
Island after he tastes Harrisburg hos
pitality.
—And to think President Wilson
would not come after Jesse Lybarger
had Invited him.
—J. Benjamin Dimmick is expected
to come here to meet friends of his
campaign for Senator.
—Palmer will come along with Dan
iels when he speaks here.
—Senator Penrose said that the
dickering of Democratic Congressmen
over judgeships was little short of u
scandal.
—The Third, Forty-sixth, Twenty
seventh, Forty-eighth and Twenty-first
Ward commutes of Philadelphia last
' night endorsed Ryan. Score, Ryan,
21; McCormlak, 12.
—E. L. D. Roach will run for the
House In Philadelphia on all tickets.
—William T. Tilden Is taking an
active part in the Penrose campaign
In Philadelphia.
—Fritz Kirkendall might have
added that since the reorganizers be
gan to boost the Jersey ticket in
Luzerne county the Old Guard had
captured the county machine.
—Some of those Democratic bosses
| are not quite so sure that the big en
rollment is a good sign for them.
—Frank Rhodes might have given
I the private sentiments of some of the
old Berry men in Delaware county
while here yesterday,
i —Bill McNalr did not show much
chonge of heart while here yesterday.
—Ex-Lieutenant Governor William
M. Brown is making an active cam
paign for Congress in the old Tener
i district.
NOT COVERED BY COMMANDMENT
[From the Liberty Press.]
When a gum-chewing woman can
vasser appears at the door of our ele
gantly appointed home office and asks
if the lady of the house Is in, It don't
seem to bother our conscience a bit
when we tell her she Isn't, even if she
Is. We don't believe that "Thou shalt
not lie" was meant to apply to circum
stances like this.
MORRIS FACES BIG
FIGHT m LEADER
Democratic State Chairman Real
izes That His Faction Must
Battle Hard Now
PRESIDENT IS DISGUSTED
Washington Dispatches Say That
Judgeship Tangle Is Growing
Worse Daily
Reports submitted to the-jjexecutlve
committee of the Democratic State
committee at yesterday's special meet
ing at the headquarters for considera
tion of drafts of rules, showed that
not only will the machine have to face
the bitterest fight of years to put over
the Jersey slate for Pennsylvania Dem
ocrats, but that the Palmer-Morris
ring confronts opposition In the Stato
committee. The dissensions of the
Democrats of the State cropped out so
much during the session that members
went away convinced that the war waa
going to be to the fluish, and that no
matter who was nominated, his
chances of being knifed were excel
lent. Even during the meeting Chair
man Roland S. Morris had to go out
to meet people from various sections
of the State appealing to him to end
quarrels. Half a dozen men came
from York to beg him to take a hand
in the York Post Office row, and he
was given some inside tips on the dis
sensions In Berks, Blair and Lancas
ter counties.
The committee spent several hours
going over the draft of the State rules
to make them conform to the new
primary law, and realized that It
would have to let the State committee
elected next May elect a State chair
man, and that Morris could not hold
on to the end of the year. When
the county rule drafts came up It was
found there were holes in a number
of them, notably Blair county, and
I hat they would have to be redrawn.
The Allegheny rules were brought in
tenderly by Joe Guffey and John Mar
tin and approved. The Philadelphia
rules were also approved. Chairman
Morris stated that Dauphin county's
machine had not yet presented its
draft, it being assumed that Herr
Moesleln is too busy working for the
State to bother with such details as
rules.
The Washington party folks held a
big smoker at the headquarters in
Market street last night and decided
to turn deaf ears to
the song from Market
Washington Square. There have
Party to Go been soin e hints
It by Self thrown out that it
would be very nice If
the Bull Moose would
hitch up with the Donkey and make
a team for the election of Jesse Job
hunting Lybarger, but the Roosevelt
followers smiled over the scheme and
determined to make their own cam
paign in their own way. W. L. Vana
man presided last night and made a
speech on party work and County
Chairman Ira J. Mosey told how he
proposed to run the campaign. Sev
eral other speakers talked on party
matters. Dr. J. H. Kreider, of the
Auditor General's Department, had his
congressional boom on exhibition and
a few members signed their names,
but there is a feeling that the doctor
has been pretty well taken care of.
The scheme of the Democratic ma
chine to run Charles Prlzer, the Mid
dletown stove manufacturer, for the
congressional nomina
tion, does not appear
to be taking very well, • Prlzer's
as in the last few days Boom Not
a number of Democratic Si»oedy
workers have refused
to sign the petition of
the Mlddletown single taxer. Prizer's
candidacy has irritated Democrats all
over the county, as it is one of the
boldest attempts to sidetrack a Dem
ocrat who will not take orders. It
happens that D. L. Kaufman ran for
Congress last time when the bosses
here wanted some one else. Kaufman
made his fight single-handed and it
was some fight. This year, when he
broached the subject, he was frowned
upon and again concluded to go it
alone. Then Prizer, who figured in a
single taxer's conference which boom
ed Ryan for Governor, was trotted
out and the machine is backing him.
A special dispatch to the Philadel
phia Ledger from its Washington cor
respondent says: "A Mltchel Palmer,
following the confer
, ence on the judgeship
War Makes in which his associates
President forced the majority in-
Very Tired dorsement of Judge
Bechtel, saw President
Wilson to-day. He
fully explained the political situation
surrounding the conference. The in
formation was given out at the White
House that the President was very
much distressed by the patronage
scramble in Pennsylvania between the
Old Guard and the reorganizers. He,
however, does not charge Mr. Palmer
with the unsavory lottery conference.
President Wilson Indicated to Mr. Pal
mer that he would make the appoint
ment for the Eastern as well as the
Western judgeship in Pennsylvania in
the next few days. William A. Carr,
It was declared, had not been dropped
from consideration. The choice lies
between Carr and O. B. Dickinson,
with indications that the President
will be inclined to accept Palmer's
recommendation of Carr.
The Philadelphia Record of to-day
lias this to say about a man who was!
here yesterday: "William N. McNair, I
formerly a Palmer
lieutenant in Pitts
burgh, but now promi- McNair Says 1
nent in the Ryan Allegheny Is j
movement., visited the For Ryan
city yesterday after
attending the Demo
cratic State executive committee meet
ing at Harrisburg. He predicted a
great receptian for Mr. Ryan when he
goes to Pittsburgh next week. Mr.
McNair said: 'There may not be so
many officeholders present, or so many
applicants for Federal jobs, as there
were at the dinner given to Mr. Pal
mer, but there will be more enthusi
asm. In fact, the only enthusiastic
persons at the reception for Mr. Pal
mer were those who were applying
for post offices or who had been given
some of the Federal patronage. We
feel that we must have a candidate
like Mr. Ryan, who stands for the im- j
provement of conditions of the ordi-!
nary man, and who has a great vision
of the bettering of humanity.' "
INCONVERTIBLE! EVIDENCE
[From the Atchison Olc^e.]
If a woman who lives on" a certain
fiarty line doesn't stop listening there
s going to be trouble. She is the only
woman on the line who has a crying
baby and you can pick up a receiver
I any time of the day or night and hear
I a baby bawling. If she would devote
I more time to her baby and would spend 1
. less time syping on the conversation [
of her neighbors maybe her brat
wouldn't bawl quite so much.— Very !
| Much in Earnest. j
Girard is what Franklin P.
Adams of New York oalls a
"Column Conductor." He runs a
train of thought across the editorial
page of the Public Ledger every
morning, which in equipment is a
sort of Broadway Limited, but
when considered in the light of the
many good things it carries is a fast
freight. The fare is two centa
i
Her brother attended the opening of
tbo new theater and remarked that ho
first noticed the many tiers, but sha
didn't seo reason for anyone crying.
THE UNFAILING SIGN
By Dinger
Spring, Spring, Gentle Spring,
I know that you are here,
I have the never-failing sign
Just back of my left ear.
They say that bluebirds, robins,
And shadflies tell us when
You have arrived within our mldat,
But gee, they dlnna ken.
Sometimes they come too early.
And for a while must seek
A corner that will shelter them
From winter, cold and bleak.
But I've the sign that never
Was known to fall, by heck.
It Is tha boll that'a chosen
•A site upon my neck.
They say that it's worth five dollars,
But that's a joke, I think;
If I could give the thing away
I'd do it in a wink.
I'll have to take some sulphur.
Or tonic, I much fear.
But in the meantime. Gentle Spring,
I know that you are here.
"Mother," said a little girl, looking
hungrily around In a toy shop, "may I
have anything I want?"
"Certainly, dear," answered mother
lucidly, "but be careful not to want
anything you can't have."—Woman's
Home Companion.
Lawyer • Do vou know what "con
scientious scruples" means?
Witness—Yes, indeed!
Lawyer—Well, what does it mean?
Witness Well, my parents wanted
me to be a lawyer, but I had 'em!
Chicago News.
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Mason & Hamlin
Piano
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I From the Telegraph, March 13, 1864] •
To Build 50 llousee
The Lochlel Rolling Mill Company i
I advertises for prosoaals for erecting
I fifty dwelling houses. We also learn
! that a company of cappitallsts Intend
I erecting a block of dwellings 270 feet
I in length in the vicinity of the round- j
| house, the ensuing season.
Must Return Property
! At the last stated meeting of the
j Citizen Fire Engine and Hose Com
' pany it was ordered that the house
j committee be required to give notice
! by advertisement in both daily papers,
' to all persons having property belong
, ing to the Citizen Fire Company, to
, return the same to the company's
. house within ten days from date of I
notice, and that said committee be re- J
quired to prosecute all persons. I
whether members or not, who shall)
not comply.
BERNARD FRISCH, j
SAMUEL SWILER,
H. G. OSLER,
House Committee.
WILSON'S BUSINESS BLIGHT
[Prom tlie Philadelphia Public Ledger.] |
Instead of the democratic simplicity
preached by Mr. Wilson as a college
professor and in his books, there is a
vast and lavish expenditure of public
money and a persistent destruction of
the great sources of national pros
perity, Individual and corporate enter
prise. Nationa and States alike are
legislating into existence an army of
new officials, armed with Inquisitorial
power and with penalties to enforce it,
until the honest dealer or manufac
turer or railroad Is unable to pursue
his business in safety. Legitimate en
terprise is made to suffer beyond en
durance, and the country Is in danger
of being Impoverished by the burden
of new and destructive legislation.
No man can carry on business with
out coming in conflict with some of the
new laws, passed at the suggestion of
some theorist utterly Ignorant of the
reai business with which he is inter
fering. Men who have failed In every
undertaking are put In office to super
vise those who have built up largo and
successful business by real ability,
skill and Industry.
Other Governments encourage great
undertakings ours throttles them.
Labor is paralyzed as the result of laws
intended to help it. Capital is deprived
of its fair return, and heavy, burden
some and irritating taxes are levied on
both. _______
ALSO MISSIS IPPI AND MISS 017RI
[From the Columbia State.]
We suppose that when universal
suffrage arrives the women will Insist
that tire names of the States be written
thus:
r Callie Fornla.
[ Delia War*.
Florrie Da.
r Ida Ho.
t Louisa Anna,
i Mary Land.
Minnie Sota.
dCEER FADNAL SPECIMEN
[From the Gallipolts Tribune.]
A dog with dark green hair has been
I born at Uniontown, Pa. He is a grey
- hound by breeding, but rivals the
purple cow in Interest.
! lnews*DißP&rebes
-Of-Thfr-CIVIL* WAR
j [From the Telegraph, March IS, 1884]
Sherman Goes Up
I New York. March 18.—A special
Washington dispatch says that Gen
eral Sherman is appointed to Gen
eral Grant's late command, and Gen
eral McPherson to General Sherman's,
j General Halleck is chief of staff of the
j army at Washington.
Capture Guerrilla's
Newbern, March B.—The army gun
boat Foster, with a detachment of the
One Hundred and First Pennsylvania
Regiment, surprised a camp at Fair
field and captured the whole guerrilla
company.
j I EDITORIAL COMMENT]
Great Old Democratic Day*
[From the Berkshire Eagle.]
j Speaking of platform pledges, it is an
i easy thing for the Democracy to vlo-
I late Its political vows these days and
! still get by. It has no united enemy to
j light.
Still, We Licked 'Em
j [From the Milwaukee Sentinel.]
A Confederate's son for President, a
I Southern man for Speaker, a Confeder-
I ate soldier for Chief Justice, four
I Southerners in the Cabinet, and st .1
i the world remains right side up. Why
1 not? Isn't the war over?
AN EVENING THOUGHT
A habit of prayer and a sens*
of humor forge invincible armor.
—Beth Bradford Gilchrist.
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