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MONDAY EVENING,. APRIIi 27
GEMS FROM PALMER
IF evidence of the special fitness of
one A. Mitchell Palmer for the high
office of Vnited States Senator is
needed, it is contained in his recent
speeches in and around Philadelphia.
His most eloquent periods are inspired
by the officials on Capitol Hill. We
quote a few of his gems:
T want to be in Harrisburg when
McCormiek becomes Governor.
There will be a parade of political
crooks marching off Capitol Hill
that will fill three cars.
And again
Tf I were McCormick 1 would ship
them all to Vera Crug, for they
would make an army large enough
to light the entire Mexican army.
And still again
When 1 see Mr. rtyan surrounded
by the same flock of political buz
zards that fought over the pieces
of the Democratic party at Allen
town. 1 am suspicious that they
might try to perpetrate the crime
of Allcntown again if they could.
And this is the same Palmer who is
said to have been the beneficiary of
the party leaders whom he now de
nounces and with whom ho Is accused
of having been associated in "the
crime of Allentown."
Wo submit that the inconsistency ol'
the little crouff which has taken over
and is now exploiting the Democracy
of Pennsylvania for their selfish pur
poses and in furtherance of their own
ambitions is almost inconceivable.
These arc the same men who in season
and out, on tho stump and through
their newspapers, have decried tho use
of patronage in the building vip of
political machines, the breaking down
of the civil service principle, tho bar
ter and sulc of public office, the ab
sence of Federal and other officials
from public duties while stumping for
partisan candidates, and the prosti
tution of every office under their con
trol for factional advantage. Yet they
have violated every principle of
decency along these samo lines.
And these are the men who are now
beseeching the voters of Pennsylvania
to give them further power that they
may pursue the game of little men.
The cute little practice of throwing
wall paper and other household refuse,
discarded limbs of trees and all sorts
of household waste, over the beautiful
planting along the river parks will con
tinue just so long as it is permitted to
go on. A few arrests and some stiff
lines would probably end the business.
DANIELS
AT a timo like this it is the duty
of every American to stand by
the rulers of the nation and to
render the respect and obedi
ence which is the foundation of gov
ernment. But it does seem rather
strange that the men placed in high
position should so far forget their
duty to the people as to attempt to j
give personal, resentment the appear
ance of something inimical to the
public good.
Josephus Daniels. Secretary of the i
Navy, recently made his personality
the laughing stock of the nation when
he invoked his authority to reprove
men engaged in burlesque which had
excited only mirth for years gone by
and which was not even as keen as
the year before. And now comes this
same Daniels, laying aside the su
preme duties of his office, to declare
that dispatches intimating that Secre
tary of State Bryan was about to re
sign are well-nigh traitorous.
When Bryan was seeking public
office he was somewhat noted for the
caustic manner in which he criticised
those in authority and it is difficult to
understand how he has assumed a
sacrosanct position now that he wears
a high hat and fathers a policy which
has been bombarded from every quar
ter. It would seem from the news
of the day that Mr. Daniels has greater
obligations to the people than the
jealous defense of the dignity of him
self and his colleagues in the Wilson
cabinet. Perhaps the New Freedom
does not apply when its distinguished
author's advisers are in question.
And it does seem strange that the
Secretary of the Navy is so fiercely
denunciatory of rumors which are on
the winds at Washington and that he
employs such harsh terms when only
a few weeks ago he left his duties in
tho midst of a crisis to come into
Pennsylvania to lend his aid to a fac
tion in the battling Democracy of a
sovereign state. That, no doubt, he
and 1 hose in the Keystone Democracy
whom he sought to help consider per-
MONDAY EVENING,
fectly proper, ethical and patriotic,
and all who disagree should be branded
as men who do not love their country.
Thank fortune, after March, 1917,
Mr. Daniels will have opportunity to
give undivided time to the uplift of
labor conditions in the grand old
North State, where, if reports are cor
rect. a little of the progressive legis
lation given to Pennsylvania by the
Tener administration Is sadly needed.
I'EXXSYI/VANI.VS FINANCES
HOW it must gall certain of thoso
who are going up and down the
State railing at the Republican
administration of public affairs
to note the complimentary things tho
Democratic census bureau at Wash
ington is saying of Pennsylvania.
The bureau has been engaged for
the past year or more in digging up
information concerning the financial
condition and the tax rates of the
various commonwealths of the United
States. This has not been done by
consulting the reports of tho States
themselves, but by painstaking, origi
nal research on the part of agents of
the government. Nothing was taken
for granted and there was no chance
to cover up extravagances or to gloss
over unpleasant facts or figures. |
Nevertheless and notwithstanding all
the charges of mismanagement and
dishonesty which form the chief stock j
in trade of those traducers of the ]
State who are now seeking to feather
their own nests at the expense of the
fair name of Pennsylvania, the Key
stone State stands forth singly and
alone as an example of thrift, good
business and careful government.
For instance, the report shows that
in 1900 Pennsylvania's indebtedness
was $11,833,000 and in 1914 nothing,
and this throughout a period of undis
turbed Republican administration dur
ing which those in charge of the Com
monwealth's affairs were continually
charged with all manner of misuses
|of the power entrusted to them. In
t he same period, again according to the
census reports, the funds in the State
I treasury increased from J4.42T.000 to
$9,752,000, and at the same time in
creased appropriations have been set
aside for the public schools, the guard
ing of the health of the people, the
erection of armories, the building of
roads and for the care of the poor and
infirm of the State.
Not content with this, however,
thoso who framed the census bulletin
show that while the per capita debt of
the country decreased during the
period named from $5.4S to the still
rather substantial sum of $3.52. that
of Pennsylvania decreased from S cents
in 1900 to nothing in 1913.
But the unscrupulous office hunters
who are just now making such a
vigorous attempt to overthrow the Re
publican majority in Pennsylvania will
• not be influenced by figures such as
these. What they want is iiot truth,
but power to do in this State what
the Democratic national administration
is fast doing in the United States.
"CY" WARM AN
THE death of "Cy" Warman. the
other day, removes from life a
writer who has done for tho
( railroads of the country what
[Mark Twain did for the Mississippi
river.
Warman was a unique figure in the
literary history of America. He en
joyed the odd distinction of jumping
into fame almost over night and into
wealth sufficient to make him inde
pendent in a few weeks. Like many
another American writer ho owed his
start to the interest of that venerable
discoverer of literary geniuses, S. S.
McClure, who printed tho first of the
long series of railroad stories that
made Warman noted and which add
ed hundreds of readers to the sub
scription list of McClure's Magazine.
Warman's success lay not only in his
ability to write English, but to his
knowledge of railroading. Strange to
say, his biggest "strike" was in a
popular song which was intended
merely for local newspaper consump
tion. This was the now famous
"Sweet Marie" that a score of years
ago was hummed by everybody that
could keep a tune, by many who
couldn't, bitt were tempted by its dul
cet strains and charming sentiment to
try.
Warman was a purist of the highest |
type. Never did he stoop to the depths j
of some of the other writers who
came into prominence with him who
have since been adding to the size of
their pocketbooks at the expense of
their own permanent reputations and
the good names of the publications
that have so far forgotten their high
calling as to print the reams of sex
filth that are now being reeled oft
under the guise of popular short
stories. Some of these we would have
missed much less than good old War
man.
PLANTING HAIRS
AN Italian scientist, we are told,
has succeeded in curing bald
ness. That is, he has discov
ered a means of planting hair
on bald heads. Possibly we should
say implanting, for the hairs sp fixed
are dead hairs and while to all in
tents and purposes they are as good
as those that grow naturally on the
scalp they will never need the atten
tion of a barber's shears.
The process is simple. The method
is to sew the hairs to the skin by
running them through on needles
and leaving them fastened in the mid
dle, each half of the hair forming
what is to all appearances, a separate
hair growing naturally from the skin.
Each operation causes a slight wound
land 50,000 are necessary to restore
the appearance of a natural growth.
Up to date the wig makers have
shown no signs of excitement over the
innovation, not a single "hair re
storer" factory has closed and onl>'
one victim has been found willing to
try the experiment.
It is recommended that this method
will be "helpful to men in high places
who are embarrassed by prematurely
bald heads." We respectfully sug
gest, this being the case, that if the
Mexican war situation keeps up much
longer the inventor get into touch
with the Secretary of Slate.
I EVENING CHAT 1
Although it Is a dozen years since
the National Guard of Pennsylvania
has been called for anything more ex
citing than Joint maneuvers with reg
ulars. annual encampments or in
augural parades, we may well believe
that the statement of its commanding
officers that everything is in readiness
to mobilize is well founded. Upon
various occasions the organized militia
of Pennsylvania has proved that it is
capable of entraining and forming
camp in a state of preparedness that
ranks' well with the discipline of many
of the regiments of the regualr army,
for it must be understood that all of
the troops of the United States army
are not all in the trained-to-the
minute condition of those splendid
battalions that haVo been strung along
the international border for months,
being drilled and marched and in
structed in the midst of conditions
closely approximating thoso they will
meet in Mexico. Some of the army
regiments have been doing barrack
duty and their recruitment has been
under way for some time. The ma
terial from which they draw their men
is the best in the world and it takes
but a short time to get commands
whipped into shape and the in
spiration from serving with men of
long experience and the traditions of
the American army speedily make
soldiers. The national guardsmen,
whose status has been undergoing a
change in the last few years, is now
practically a portion of the first lino
of defense. Half a dozen years ago
the militiaman was the second, and, in
the opinion ot" many officers of the
regular establishment, not so much at
that. But recently in equipment, in
struction and discipline the guards
men have been getting the same as
the regulars, and as they are men of
high type of intelligence it is small
wonder that the Pennsylvania division
is considered by critics to be proper
material for the first line of defense
and to be so rated.
In the event of a summons to the
national guardsmen to enter upon
active service there are several steps.
The tirst would be the call to arms,
which would designate the mobil
ization point. Mount Gretna, and give
the time necessary to assemble. Men
would then meet at their armories
and go to the point, which, by the way,
was designated years ago. As soon as
the call goes out from the office of
Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart
with the signature of Governor Tener
the shipment of tents will be started
from the State arsenal by Colonel
L.. V. Rausch and Colonel Harry C.
Trcxler. the quartermaster general,
will start the rest of the material.
Colonel H. C. Haldeman, in charge of
commissary affairs, and Colonel J. K.
Weaver, the chief surgeon, would like
wise have things moving, so that by
the time the guardsmen arrived at
Mount Gretna things would be on
hand. For months things have been
worked out. The railroads will get
word where to have cars and how to
move men and the chances ar« that
the wise railroad men have alreadv
designated the cars. The activities of
the inspectors sent to Mount Gretna
by State Commissioner of Health Sam
uel G. Dixon will have full information
regarding the sanitary conditions
ready and the Water Supply Commis
sion can have its engineers readv to
co-operate with the men who will
have charge of the water system. A
week ago the camp site at Mount
Gretna was all plotted out. just as it is
heiore an annual encampment, and
the tents can be delivered and go up
according to blue print. General
Stewart, notwithstanding his insist
ence that nothing has been done,
means that nothing lias been done in
regard to a call for men and considers
all oi the multitudinous preparations
of years as simply in the day's work.
Th details of entry into the United
States service will be made public be
fore many hours, in all probability,
and just how many infantrymen, ar
tillerymen, cavalrymen and others will
be taken will be vouchsafed to us in
due course. And it will also be known
how the organizations will go into the
army. One thins that is certain Is
that there will have to be some strenu
ous recruiting. Company commanders
have been taking time by the forelock
all over the State and enlisting men
on their own initiative, but there will
be many inen who by reason of phvs
ical condition and for other reasons
will not enter the federal service, just
as in the Spanish "War. The places of
these men and the forty or so places
required to make war strength will
speedily be filled up by the youth of
Pennsylvania. People who recall tho
recruiting activities of 1898 will re
member how the Pennsylvania regi
ments went from Mount Gretna with
superb material and how excellently
those commands fortunate enough to
see active service acquitted themselves.
Once the call goes out there -will be a
rush to enlist.
People here are inclined to doubt
whether there will be a second guard I
organized. In 1898 General Stewart j
duplicated the cavalry and artillery
commands and organized the Seventh
Eleventh. Seventeenth and Nineteenth
Regiments, it being understood that
in the event of a second call for men
they would be taken into the federal
service. This guard was needed as a
precaution. Now we have the State
police, ample in number to handle anv
disturbance which might arise under
ordinary circumstances. Just whether
there will be a second guard remains
to be worked out. If it is needed
it can be secured.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE I
WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE
—Archbishop Prendergasi officiated
at the laying of the cornerstone of the
new Catholic church in Philadelphia
yesterday, his fourth ceremony of the
kind this year.
—John V. Hefferman, well-known
in State newspaper work, has bought
the Wilkes-Barre Independent.
—E. J. Lafferty, the new president
of the Pennsylvania Travellers' Pro
tective Association, is a resident of
Philadelphia.
—Hugh E. Crllly, of Allentown, who
is a candidate for Congress-at-large,
has been one of the most prominent
Democrats of that section for years.
-—W. G. Besler, mentioned as a pos
sible successor to George F. Baer in
the Beading, used to be general su
perintendent of the Reading Before
that he ran railroads In the West.
COMPAKED WITH LINCOLN
The Tribuna compares President
Wilson with President Lincoln.—
Rome dispatch.
Mr. Lincoln must have been a com
posite of all known characters and
temperaments, so many Americans in
office have been compared with him,
and the end is not yet.—New York
Sun.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[Fronr the Telegraph, April 27, 1864]
Many at Market
There was a large attendance at
market this morning. Butter sold at
from thirty-five to fifty cents and eggs
were selling at from fifteen to twenty
cents.
Hundred' in Hospital
During the past week. 206 patients
were admitted into the army hospital
of this department; 136 were returned
to duty, and 11 were discharged. The
number remaining is 2,895.
SXItRISBURG TELEGRAPrf
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REGISTRATION IS
DUE (RAN
It Will Be the La«t Chance to List
Names For the Coming
Election
j
DEMOCRATS STILL FIGHT
Ryan Says He Has no Bagman to
Gather Up Cash For Him—
Registration Grows
Men interested In politics are await
ing the results of the registration in
the third class cities of the State on i
Wednesday and believe that it will ■
show that the movement for return
to the Republican party is stronger!
among the men who followed Roose
velt in 1912 in the cities than in the
rural districts. The figures for the
first and second class cities are strik
ing and men who have been observing |
events are of the opinion that the
third class cities will show the same
thing.
The registration will take place 1
Wednesday in everyone of the score or
more third class cities and men who
have changed their residence, who
were not registered last year, who are
just of age or who desire to change
party enrollment afe eligible to reg- ]
ister. Those who registered last Fall
need not bother about it except to
see that they are correctly enrolled.
The most striking feature in the re
cent registration of voters for the May
primaries in Pittsburgh, the tabula
tion of which has been
completed, is the
Pittsburgh marked increase in the
Miotvs llig straight Hepub lic a n
Cliangos vote. In 1912 there
were but 23,000 avow
ed Republicans. The
Democrats had 31,000 while all those
parties known under the general head
of "bull Moose" mustered 50,000. This
year's registration shows the Republi
can count to be 127,011. the Demo
crat 19,462, while the "Bull Moosers"
tally a scant 10,000.
Besides the surprise furnished by
the unexpectedly largely increase in
the Republican vote, the Socialist
growth and the meager showing made
jby the Prohibitionists have also at
tracted the attention of the political
analysts.
Washington dispatches say C. P.
Reing, a Democrat, is to be recom
mended by Postmaster General Burle
son to the President
for postmaster at
Mahanoy City. Mr. Irf-e Names
Being is the choice of Democrat
Be pr e sentative Lee, For Ofliee
who Was asked to rec
ommend a man for the
vacancy created by the withdrawal of
Republican Postmaster Graham, as a
result of the charges filed with the
President by Mr. Lee.
Following close upon announcement
of the selection of Being camo dis
closures of the evidence in the rec
ords of the Post Office Department
which had caused Bepresentative Lee
to charge that Graham had been re
tained in office through the bi-partisan
activities of Fourth Assistant Post
master General James I. Blakslee. It
was this evidence which Representa
tive Lee relied upon to substantiate
his sensational charges against Blaks
lee should that official have shown a
determination to fight back.
To-day's Philadelphia Record says:
"Returning to the city, yesterday, af
ter attending numerous receptions of]
Democratic voters in ]
the northern tier of i
Ryan Says counties, last we e k, 1
He Has Xo City Solicitor Ryan de
"Bagman" dared that he was
more certain of victory
at the primaries next
month than ever before. Mr. Ryan
stated that he had been greeted with
unusual cordiality in the country dis
tricts, which the McCormick leaders
had claimed as their strongholds, and
predicted that he would sweep many
rural counties, counted upon by his
opponents, in addition to easily win
ning the densely populated sections of
the State. Mr. Ryan, in a statement,
declared that the charges of Fourth
I Assistant Postmaster General Biaks
lee, who has been exhibiting himself
on the stump, in contempt of the regu
lations regarding Federal officehold
ers, that his candidacy had been ar
ranged by Republican organization
and old guard Democratic leaders at
a conference, were 'inane twaddle.'
Mr. Ryan likewise poured fresh fire
Into the ranks of the Palmer leader
ship, and declared that there was no
•bagman' levying toll for him nor any
i licensed agent making Federal office
holders organize and pay for his meet
ings."
The warring Democratic factions
will go at it again this week. The
McCormick caravan, which has been
riding the circuit in the strongholds
of South Philadelphia will visit the
counties around Philadelphia, Lancas
ter and Berks and then go Into the
Lehigh Valley. The partisans of Mich
ael J. Ryan will greet him in Lehigh,
Luzerne, Lackawanna and other coun
ties. Both sides will have muss meet
ings In Allentown this week.
I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I
—The Democratic mud batteries are
in war shape anyway.
—The wise man will see that he is
properly registered Wednesday.
—lt must be interesting to watch
the handful of Democrats meet in the
Vare districts.
—The reorganization Democrats are
very noisy in proclaiming their ad
hesion to the President. However, the
President seems busy.
—Senator Penrose will be here to
morrow.
—When federal officeholders show
ed any interest In politics in years
gone by the Democratic machine pa
pers snorted. Now when they make
speeches it's fine work.
—When the political historian
comes to write the story of the Dem
ocratic war of 1914 it will have the
Mexican row backed off the map.
—Three weeks left In which to size
up the candidates for nominations.
—That Democratic scrap for mem
ber in the city appears to be disturb
ing the sleep of some of the bosses.
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ENGAGEMENT '
r ho WAN 7 ED "Poor man so |
fniw« ic you've been suf
rolks 18 mo\ in to- ferine for twenty 1
vU,, m ® s i years from an in- '
an il i°? curable com- ;
hopes we sit Inter p i a i nt ? Dear me! s
" „" e « ! h k b ° rh °°2 What is it?" .
where I kin lick E. Z. Ways ,
somebody. "Spring fever."
jp|Sf| rffe,
FITTED THE TOO STRENUOUS
Say, there never to '
been a fish in dat ,
pond, you boob: change into
Well, that's all family what aln t
right! you see I got seven smaU
ain't got no hook
| PERSONAL IN'
A PARTICULAR . JURY
SUBJECT t Awful thing ,
! Her loval sub- happened while
! ject: All right! je was movtn'!
I Since vou's Queen " a ,v &s takin'
lof de May I'll call down a stovo pipe
I you "yer Majes- an' it fell on him!
! ty," but doggoned Hurt him much?
if T kiss yer hand Who said HE
'lesn " you wash was hurt? I
'em. laffed.
ON HIS NERVES
ny Wins Dinger
I see a man in York State
Is asking for divorce, -
Because his wife tries suicide,
Which isn't nice, of course.
It seems she's tried quite often
To do away with life,
But somehow she's prevented
—And hence the present strife.
It seems in every effort
Something her purpose swerves.
And two and twenty failures
Have "got upon his nerves."
But, gee, he shouldn't worry.
Lest she should try it soon
Again, because I'm certain
By this time she's immune.
EMBARGO AGAIN' IN FGBCE
[Philadelphia Ledger]
When President Wilson ordered the
removal of the embargo upon the ship
ment of war munitions Into Mexico he
aided anarchy In that unhappy repub-
Uo and Instead of hastening the over
throw of Huerta, which was the osten
sible Object, be merely enabled the
combatants to butcher a few hun
dred more Mexican people. In now
renewing the embargo, he cuts off the
supply in the hands or
those who may at any moment turn
them against us, but at the risk of
precipitating that very union ui Mexi
can factions which is presumably the
aim of American diplomacy to pre
vent.
APRIL 27, 1914.
ATTACKS ON BUSINESS MUST CEASE \
[Philadelphia Ledger.]
A condition, not a theory, confronts
us in Mexico and it confronts us at
home. The warfare against success
has achieved a victory. Confidence
has been bombarded with 17-inch guns
until there is nothing left of it but the
fragments. The nation has learned
what it means to put muck-rakers In
tlio Capitol and endow them with
authority to put prosperity on the
rack. They have been more de
structive to American commerce than
our gunboats were to Vera Cruz. They
have dosed industry with their nau
seating medicine until it is almost
cataleptic. They have managed to
prostitute government to the vindictive
vengeance of every agitator who has
had a grievance to exploit or some
shadowy theory to develop. They have
succeeded in hampering the mag
nificent efficiency of American enter
prise to the point where progress into
new fields has definitely ceased and
the retention of marts already won is
problematic. They talk about con
serving our natural resources when
the whole policy of the government
has been to throttle resourcefulness.
Legislation cannot annihilate natural
resources, but legislation can destroy
those resources which are the result of
human enterprise, superb initiative
and splendid achievement.
The strife with Mexico has rocked
the money marts. Termination of the
war on success will more than coun
teract the depression. Men only yes
terday derided talk of a Mexican war.
There could be no such thing. So men
have been prone to deny the govern
ment's attack on business. Thev have
been blind to conditions. The retro
gression they have not believed in be
cause it has been slow. The passing
of dividends, the thousands of unem
ployed, the gradual failure of the reve
nues, the sharp halt that fell on busi
ness when it seemed about to advance
a few months ago, have not been duly
weighed. Yet the fearful condition of
our foreign affairs which necessitated
the President of the United States
calling the foreign affairs committee
of the Senate into conference weeks
ago and an appeal from the Chief
Executive for extraordinary support
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from the Senate was not then and is
not now so critical as the domestic
industrial situation. No administration
can destroy utterly what has como to
be known In the world's trade as
Americanism, but vicious domestic
policies have been able in a few short
months to bring about a situation
which has never before been ap
proached in this country unless in timo
of panic.
It is possible yet. says Mr. Bryan, to
avoid the war in Mexico. Bo that as
it may, it is certain that thore is yet
time to abandon the war on success.
If we cannot call a halt at Vera Cru*
we can call a halt In Congress. Busi
ness has not killed or tortured Ameri
can citizens. Business gives them their
daily bread, their beds, their roofs.
Business makes battleships possible.
Business Is the nation's fuel. Business
is the triumph of democracy, for busi
ness as America has made it is the re
sult of the freedom in initiative and
enterprise which democracy has fos
tered. Have done, then, with the false
prophets who have been applying their
mischievous theories of what democ
racy is to business.
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[From the Telegraph, April 27, 181J
Our Flag Still Floats
Newbern, April 23.—Reports from
Plymouth have it that our flag still
floats ovpr our fortifications in that
place, though the enemy have posses
sion of that town and river.
Rebels Shot
Chattanooga, April 24.—0n Friday
morning at daybreak, the rebels ap
proached our outer videttes, in Nicka-
Jaek Gap. and were challenged, and
one shot by the sentinel, who retreated
on the mounted reserve.
AX EVENING THOUGHT
Simple duty hath no place for
fear. —Whittier.