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SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 10
WHY MEN ARE IDLE
4
\X/ and so many men out of
V V work 1E a country that by
all natural laws should be
prosperous?" is a question one may
hear asked a dozen times a day.
The answer lies with the Demo
cratic Administration at Washington.
German, French and English manu
facturers are chuckling with glee over
the "competitive" tariff enacted by
our amateur statesmen. Our egre
gious folly is their opportunity. Our
loss is their gain.
The English trade journals are jubi
lant over the fact that woolen ex
ports to the United States far exceed
any since the period 1895-'97.
Let us examine the British Board of
Trade figures giving the export value
of wool manufactures, from the con-
Bular district of Bradford alone, to
the United States for the first three
months of this year compared with
the same months last year. Wool
noils and wastes show an increase of
1000 per cent., worsted dress goods
show an increase of 340 per cent.,
worsted linings show an increase of
330 per cent., worsted coatings show
an increase of 450 per cent., woolen
cloths show an increase of 1900 per
cent., worsted and mohair yarns show
an Increase of 1300 per cent., and
haircloth shows an increase of 1800
per cent.
To give some idea of what this
means, the items of worsted fabrics
alone show an increase (British Board
of Trade figures) at the rate of 32,-
000,000 yards per annum, displacing
the work of at least 25,000 people
directly engaged in wool manufacture.
Add to these those indirectly em
ployed, such as In the making of
packing cases, iron and steel supplies,
leather, oil, paper, the mining and
freighting of coal and the numerous
others materials used in woolen mills,
and we can get some notion of the
effect upon unemployment. Then
there must be considered the farmer,
the landlord, the storekeeper, the
banks, the clerk, church and other
benevolences, in fact every business
and relation that necessarily must
suffer through loss of wages that are
continually expended and circulated
when industrial people are well em
ployed.
To-day all business is being har
rassed in the effort tc punish a few
people who may have misbehaved.
We are engaged in a nation-wide
burning down of stately mansions in
order to destroy a few rats.
Experience bought at great cost in
the school of hard knocks has to give
way to fancy theories evolved In the
schoolmaster's armchair.
That is why business is depressed
and thousands of men are out of em
ployment. The remedy is in the
voters' hands.
Tho venerable Benjamin F. Meyers,
a fighter of the old school, denounces
two of the reorganization bosses of the
Democracy as beneficiaries of the men
they are now charging as bi-partisan
and the third as "an enemy of organ
ized labor"—Palmer, Creasy and Mc-
Cormick. How pleasant it Is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!
PRESIDENTIAL INTERFERENCE
MATTERS ara rapidly coming to
a head in Mexico and it is
probable that within the next
few days It will be known be
yond any question whether It Is to be
war or more watchful waiting. So
many blunders have been made In the
handling of the situation from the
beginning until the present time that
there is little hope of a peaceful solu
tion of the unfortunate difficulty. Wo
are committed to a pacification of the
country whatever the cost In lives and
treasure, and cannot escape the re
sponsibility.
There would be more confidence In
the outcome if there was less of dema
gogy and weakness in the official con
duct of the Bryans and the Danielses
and the other advisers of the Presi
dent. It Is not easy to be patient with
high officials who regard their politi
cal obligations as of more importance
than the working out of the interna
tional problems which confront them
at Washington. There has never been
a time when any administration has
been so indifferent to the serious du-
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 16, 1914.
ties with which it has been commis
sioned by the people than the one
which is now dealing with Mexico and
the complex International questions
which demand the highest type of
ability and experience in their adjust
ment.
President Wilson has been extreme
ly fortunate in the consideration which
has been shown him by the people
generally throughout the present em
broglio with Mexico. Instead of an
uproar of criticism, the people have
been waiting from week to week and
month to month for the development
of his policies, only to be dumbfounded
by some peculiar explanation that only
aggravates and never clarifies the real
purpose of the Administration.
Here in Pennsylvania there are two
candidates for office—Palmer and
McCormick—who are blindly appeal
ing to the Democratic voters to sup
port them for the sake of the Presi
dent. They don't stop to explain why
the President should be supported, but
seem to think it is necessary to follow
where he leads without regard to the
wisdom of his going or the end of his
course. In the case of the White
House twins, however, as these two
candidates have been characterized,
it is not so much a question of sup
porting the President as it is a purpose
on their part to bring support to
1 themselves through the use of the
(President's name.
Democrats throughout the State are
resentful of the part President Wilson
has taken in an open primary for the
selection of his party's candidates in
Pennsylvania, and it remains to be
seen whether the voice of the Presi
dent is really the voice of the people,
as Palmer and McCormick have been
loudly insisting in their tours of the
State.
President Wilson will havo the sup
port of the people of the United States
in any real effort to restore civilized
conditions in Mexico, but his inter
ference la the political movements of
any State is bound to invoke the criti
cism of men of all parties.
There is printed elsewhere to-day an
editorial from "Life" on the deplorable
condition of the peons in Mexico.
While wo are discussing the govern
ment or lack of government In the
distraoted republic on the south, we
must not forget that there are thous
ands of oppressed people there who de
serve our sympathy and protection.
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH
DETERMINATION on the part
of the Chamber of Commerce to
have Harrlsburg celebrate the
Fourth of July this year in a
way that will make everybody want to
stay at home to see the fun Is in direct
line with what the Telegraph has been
urging.
Recently the Fourth In this city has
been notably cafc. But unfortunately
the day has been far from safe and
SANE. In fact, what it showed in
safety it has lacked in sanity. For all
will agree that doing absolutely noth
ing to commemorate the signing of
the Declaration is l'ar from being a
sane way to nurture patriotism in the
citizen or to awaken it In the youth
of the land.
. While the authorities did well to
take away the dangerous explosive
and the murderous blank cartridge
revolver, they did badly in providing
absolutely nothing to take the place of
these engines of expressing the pent-up
enthusiasm of boyp and girls as well.
And what has been the result?
Thousands of people have taken early
trains away from the city on the
Fourth for out-of-the-way places
where they could shoot to their hearts'
content and make as much noise as
they pleased. Meanwhile, on the day
when the city, with the whole nation,
should have been loudly rejoicing, the
streets of Harrisburg have been as the
streets of a city of the dead.
This year, however, the recently or
ganized Chamber of Commerce plans
a change. Just what form the activi
ties of the day will take has not been
definitely decided, but officers of the
Chamber say If the program doesn't
make the breast thrill with patriotic
fervor and allow everybody to have
the time of his life, nothing ever will.
During the last Yuletide it was
shown what Harrisburg could do in
observing the groat religious event of
the year. The Fourth of July cele
bration, in which all creeds may Join,
and coining at a time of year when
all outdoors is calling, promises to be
a much more elaborate celebration.
CHAIRMAN HORNER'S LETTER
COUNTY CHAIRMAN HORNER
has sent to every member of the
Republican County Committee a
letter calling attention to the
importance of tho primary election
next Tuesday. Ho urges every en
rolled Republican voter to go to the
polls and cast his ballot for the can
didates of his choice and then to
loyally support the successful nominees
of the party in November.
Chairman Horner especially calls
upon tho members of the county com
mitter in their several districts to use
every effort to get out the Republican
vote on Tuesday and particularly im
presses upon voters the importance of
seeing to it that they vote for Presi
dent Judge Kunkel, whose name will
appear on the nonpartisan ballot only.
There are over 13,000 enrolled Re
publican voters in Dauphin county and
In the opinion of the chairman at least
11,000 of this number will cast their
ballots r n xt Tuesday.
Chairman Horner should have the
co-operation of Republicans not only
on the county committee, but of all
who believe the full party strength
should be shown in the primary elec
tion.
STAND BY THE PRESIDENT!
j j by the President!" shouts
William Jennings Bryan, as he
deserts his post in a Mexican
crisis to make political
speeches.
"Stand by the President!" yell Pal
mer and McCormlck, as they plead for
votes for themselves and barter Fede
ral jobs for the benefit of their fac
tional machine.
Reform, what crimes are commit
ted in thy name!
EVENING CHAT I
The Harrlsburg Republican Club,
which will celebrate a dozen years
since its incorporation with a family
dinner on Monday night, is the old
est permanent political club in the
State's Capital. There are political
clubs which are probably older as far
as history goes, but the Harrlsburg
club was the first to secure permanent
quarters and to keep up its activities
outside of campaigns. The city now
has several permanent political clubs,
but they are junior to the Harrlsburg
Republican. The club as a matter of
fact is older than its incorporation, as
for a couple of years before it applied
for a churter it was a factor in the
political life of the city and had rooms
which were a party rallying point.
The club's first rooms were in the
building, No. 9, on the east side of
Market Square. Then it secured the
third floor of the property at the
southwest corner of Market street and
the Square, which is the floor imme
diately above the present quarters of
the Central Democratic Club. This
place was occupied until the club se
cured its present building in Second
street and remodeled it, which was
In 1907. Its total investment is nearly
$50,000. Since its removal Its build
ing has been the scene of some notable
gatherings. Monday night's event will
be attended by Senator Boies Pen
rose, Congressman Kreider and many
prominent Republicans of this section
of the State.
Dauphin county's law library, while
not very well known outside of the
city and, indeed, not as well as it
should be within, contains some of the
rarest law books to be found in many
miles. Its collection of reports is said
by lawyers who follow up such things
closely, to be unusually complete and
the series of State laws Is almost In
valuable. The library is in receipt of
a number of donations from time to
time and the collection is growing to
be of great importance.
People In tho lower end of Second
street are watching with great inter
est the preparations to begin work on
the construction of the subways and
additional tracks in that portion of the
city and there is considerable specula
tion as to what that end of the city
will look like. It is expected that the
construction of the subways will cause
a boom In that section for warehous
ing and light manufacturing and that
a considerable relief from the conges
tion of trolley traffic now on Market
street will ultimately come from It.
I-larrisburg people will be much in-
I terested to note that a former resi
dent of this city, William McCormick,
was honored by a presentation by the
Boys' Brigade of Allentown. The pre
sentation took place at Allentown on
Thursday evening, the speech being
made by Claude T. Reno, former mem
ber of the House and well known here.
Mr. McCormick organized the brigade
at Allentown twenty years ago. He
was at that time publishing the Allen
town Leader, now owned by the Roth
Estato, and took a great interest in
boys' organizations, which he has con
tinued In Reading-
Ex-Attorney General Todd in the
course of an argument made in the
automobile license case yesterday,
made a statement which, in the minds
of his hearers, went back to the Capi
tol cases which were tried during the
Stuart administration. The then at
torney general was noted for his
strong opinion about the rule of law,
which, by the way, Governor Stuart
used to frequently talk about. Mr.
Todd's remarks are interesting in view
of conditions. "I am for the rule of
law, the rule of law and order," said
he. "It may be the fashion nowadays
when anyone is inconvenienced to
kick it aside, but if that persists it
means moral shipwreck and national
ruin."
Practically every book in the Har
risburg Public Library on Mexico has
been handled half a dozen times in
the last two weeks, especially by stu
dents and pupils from the schools, who
are working up essays on the republic.
The number of persons asking for
such books has increased as the news
from the country becomes more im
portant and there is no surer way to
gauge interest than by the demand for
books.
Among visitors to the city yesterday
were J. T. Sembower, of Uniontown,
and Grant Woidman, of Lebanon.
In spite of the fact that the city had
a trial of the nonpartisan ballot last
fall there are still many who do not
understand it and they are busy ask
ing committeemen of political parties
for information. Strange as it may
seem, when a man wants to vote the
nonpartisan ballot the first person he
hunts up is a politician.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Thomas A. Steele, of Kane, well
known here, has been elected State
secretary of the Knights of Columbus
for another term.
—Lewis H. Moreland, prominent in
Cambria affairs, has been appointed
I>ostmaster at Bbensburg.
—W. Freeland ICendrick, the Phila
delphia Shriner, has been elected one
of the officers of the national body.
—Joseph Moore, Jr., president of
the Philadelphia Clearing House, has
received the certificate for the Fede
ral Reserve Bank for Philadelphia.
—Judge Howard Davis, of Philadel
phia, has been visiting the penal in
stitutions of that city to find out how
they are conducted.
BRYAN AND PALMER AND BLUN
DERS
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
Mr. Bryan has invaded Pennsyl
vania in the political interests of A.
Mitchell Palmer for United States Sen
ator and Vi -ce C. McCormick for
Governor. He would have the Demo
crats of the State nominate them. He
loves them because they stand by the
policies of the Wilson administration.
Mr. Bryan has made a direct issue
of these policies. Not long ago the
same thing was done in a New Jersey
Congressional district, and by an over
whelming majority the administration
was repudiated. Now Pennsyvanla has
been selected as the chief battleground
of the nation. Here in Pennsylvania
is to be fought out the issue between
the Wilson-Bryan-Underwood Democ
racy and the principles of the Repub
lican party. And Mr. Bryan names
Mr. Palmer—free trader and supporter
of British interests in the ifanama
Canal —and Mr. McCormick.
Be it So. It is well that the issue
should be a direct one and easily un
derstood. By all means let us have
Mr. Palmer and Mr. McCormlck on
one side and Mr. Penrose and Dr.
Brumbaugh on the other.
Mr. Palmer and Mr. McCormlck
stand for the ruinous and blundering
tariff law. Mr. Penrose and Dr.
Brumbaugh do not.
The Bryan candidates support the
dreadful blunder of the Panama
Canal —the surrender of American
sovereignty over it. The ' Republican
candidates are American in their
views, not English.
The Palmer-McCormick forces go
with the administration In its con
templated new raid upon the business
of the country through the enactment
of additional death-dealing laws that
would most certainly stand the busi
ness of the country, already suffering
i,/rom the tariff blunder, on end.
HOT INTERCHANGE
MARKS CLOSINGS
Ryan and McCormick Spellbinders
Say Things That Fairly
Sizzle With Abnse
SHULL HITS PALMER AGAIN
Belief That Returns Will Be So
Late That State Committees
Will Be Held Up
The warring Democratic factions
surpassed themselves In red-hot inter
changes last night and made fitting
preparation for the final meetings of
this most extraordinary campaign for
control of the State machine which
will be held to-night. The McCormick
caravan landed in Wllliamsport after
a tour of Columbia and Lycoming
counties and the Ryan aggregation
was at York. To-night McCormick
will make & last desperate attempt to
overcome the Ryan sentiment in
Northumberland and Schuylkill coun
ties and Ryan will have a series of
meetings In Philadelphia. In various
counties the partisans of the contend
ing chiefs will have meetings of their
own to echo the abuse which has
marked every meeting of the Demo
cratic gladiators.
In York last night Ryan again went
after McCormick's labor record and
John E. Jenkins and others were
speakers. Dr. S. E. Shull, candidate
for Congrcss-at-large, however, was
the star and he gave Palmer a terrific
scoring. Ryan was entertained at
luncheon by Henry C. Niles, the York
reformer, and F. C. Motz, prominent
manufacturer, presided.
In Williamsport last night McCor
mick reiterated his bipartisan speech
and talked about Pittsburgh affairs to
people who are not as much inter
ested in them as he happens to be at
prosent. Palmer harped on the same
thing and "Farmer" Creasy chose top
ics that did not have come-backs. The
McCormick speakers all gave warnings
about "last cards," which appear to be
worrying them.
The attack on Palmer by Shull con
sisted of reading of some letters dated
right after the Allentown convention
of 1910, which is one of
""'mw's favorite themes.
One of the letters read Dr. Klmll
by Shull was as follows: Iteads Two
"Stroudsburg, Pa., Letters
"June 17, 1910.
"My Dear Senator Hall—
"A short time ago I received from
the Hotel Bellevue-Stratford, at Phila
delphia, their check for SSOO. In view
of your kindly interest in mv cam
paign for nomination and election as,
the representative in Congress from
this district, I suspect that this gen
erous gift comes from you. In view of
the fact that the corrupt practices act
prohibits the use of anonymous con
tributions by a candidate for campaign
expenses, I have not used this money
In my campaign for nomination. As
suming I owe this generous contri
bution to your friendship and interest
In my welfare, I want to ask your
permission to use the money In the
fall campaign to aid my election. With
kind personal regards I am, yours
very truly,
"A MITCHELL PALMER."
The other letter was:
"St. Mary's, Pa., June 20, 1910.
"Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer, Strouds
burg, Pa.:
"My Dear Congressman—Tho amount
you received from the Bellevue came
from me. It was intended to aid you
in any matter you deemed best, and I
hope you will use it in any manner
that suits you. I think you are sure of
this election, and I am glad of it.
Yours truly,
"J. K. P. HALL."
Officials at the Capitol say that un
less they miss guesses mdae as to the
result of the primary election to be
held next Tuesday, none of the State
committees will be in any shape to
have a meeting on the third Wednes
day following the primary election as
required by law. The ballot this year
is tho greatest since the general pri
mary laws became effective in Penn
sylvania, owing to the fact that all
State-wide offices go before the people,
and there will also be the congressional
and legislative primary results to bo
computed in addition to the election of
State committeemen all over the State.
In 1913 the Republicans and Wash
ingtonians elected whole new sets of
committeemen, but owing to rules the
Democrats had to elect
only about a score.
Committee This year every State
Contests Are committee starts all
Numerous over again, the men
being elected for two
years, and there are
fights galore, the Democrats having
most of them because of the struggle
for control of the party.
It is recalled at the Capitol that
none of tho State committees had a
complete list of committeemen elected
when the time came for the meeting
to be held as required by law. This
was due to the fact that some of the
counties were three weeks in getting
results computed. This year it may lie
worse and If the rolls are in shape to
have elections of State chairmen by
tho required time, which will come in
the first week in Juno, it will be a
surprise.
1 POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—So the whole struggle is just fo»
control of the Democratic machine and
ultimately the State government, after
all.
—McCormlck will wind up his cam
paign in Schuylkill county, where
Ryan is reported to be strongest.
—All Dr. Brumbaugh has to do is
to sit back and watch the votes being
cast for him.
—Ryan will address several meet
ings in Philadelphia to-night.
—The Central Democratic Club
heard two or three speeches last night,
i T. K. VanDyke bursting into the lime
light.
—Jesse Lybarger is running his
fourth trial heat for a public job.
—For a county which was claimed
to be against him, Center has cer
tainly been giving Penrose the crowds.
—Congressman Palmer may have
some time to devote League Islanu
naval appropr' tions after Tuesday.
ROOSEVELT IS NOT A GRADDER
I Colonel Roosevelt has other things to
1 answer for, but moneygrabblng is not
one of them. During tne last year he
was engaged by a distinguished Phila
delphlan to deliver a lecture at a near
by school.
Nothing was said about the pay, but
when the Colonel returned to Ouster
Bay a check for SI,OOO was sent to" him
by the Philadelphlan.
The ex-President sent it back very
promptly with some remarks about
"having had a bully time" and he didn't
want any money for his services.
If you are addicted to making bets,
you can safely wager 100 to 1 that the
Colonel didn't take even a cigar for
that Brazilian lecture. Among fifty or
so other reasons why ho didn't Is the
fact that he iB far too shrewd a poll.
ticUn to bo involved in any H maU game
like that—"Girard," ir. Philadelphia
Public ledger.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH ]
Critical Grapefruit Pre-1 (
Why does an cautions 1 (
actor, to portray "George always |
«eep emotion, puts on automo- ,
clutch at his bile goggles when i
head, and an ac- he eats his grape
tress at her fruit at break- ]
heart?" fast."
Each feels it "My husband ■
most In the weak- does, too, and dons i
est point." a raincoat be- ,
sides." ( ]
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NOMINATE KIINKGL )
By Wing Dinger
We want a Dauphin County man
In our Supreme Court, '
So cast your vote on Tuesday <
For Kunkel—he's the sort
Of man we may be proud of— i
His record is Al '
So turn in and elect him—
I'm sure It can be done. I
1
Of course he'll poll a big vote
At home, but don't forget i
There are soine v other candidates '
Who'll try to win, you bot. j
And their home towns will turn in i
Some handsome votes, no doubt,
So let's see that a big vote
For Kunkel is got out.
COLONEL'S HAT IN THE RING 1
[From the Philadelphia Press.]
Theodore Roosevelt announces him
self us a candidate for the Presidency '
on the Republican ticket in 1916. When
asked at Barbados if he would be a i
candidate for the Presidency in 1816
Colonel Roosevelt replied: "I cannot i
tell If I shall run until later develop- I
ments. But if I do run it must be on
a Progressive platform which the Re
publicans must accept."
By this statement Colonel Roosevelt
shows unmistakably that he is an as-
Rirant and a candidate for the Repub
can nomination in 1916. Like other
shrewd Progressives he sees that there
is no future for the rapidly disinte
grat ng Progressive party. To succeed
at all it must bo under the Republican
banner and ho hopes to be able to per
suade that party to adopt enough of
the issues which ho calls Progressive to
en i?i? ac * with his old party
with some color of consistency.
At any rate it Is an issue to be faced.
The preparations for the Presidential
battle of 1916 must be made with the
tolerable certainty that Colonel Roose
pJn. ul be a * ffail 3 in the rin & and
the Republicans of the country will
tiSin..,? decide whether or not they are
willing to make him once more the Re
dent " party ' s candidate for Presi-
SOMK LINGUIST
[From the San Francisco Argonaut.]
bu t. sturdy Irishman, who had
?h ihiTS p ~o n as a sang boss, got
a job with a railroad construction com-
E l P»« *u Prince. Haytl. One dav
when the sun was hotter than usual
and Haytians began to shirk,
h . u c t lef engineer rode up on
h°r se heard the Irishman shout:
Allez!—you sons of guns—Allez'"
"i e curaa n th ß ,1° tl r° , en^ineer ' he said,
language" 1 learned their
TANGO TO FIGHT DISEASE
[Literary Digest]
?,.» * rnol3crn dances are a dis
tinct aid to good health, and may sup
plant physical culture of a more seri
ous type, is asserted by Dr. G. Hep
burn Wilson, editor of The Modern
Dance Magazine, in an article con
« VA to Health Culture (New York,
April). Exercise, says Dr. Wilson',
must provide not only physical but
also social and esthetic stimulus. The
problem of doing this was solved by
our primitive ancestors, when they
developed the dance as a necessary
tribal institution. Guided by Instinct
and impulse, they hit upon the right
thing, and the dance was an impor
tant factor in their physical vigor.
Despite our superior civilization, we
are not in a position, thinks Dr. Wil
son, to improve on this primitive
method of developing mind and body
in the proper relationship. He writes
"The dance, particularly ln its
modern expressions, possesses the
value of physical exercise plus social
and cultural stimulus. Exercise must
he interesting; the more interesting
the more energy and enthusiasm, and
consequently the greater the stimulus.
"The dance is social play. The
world seems to have forgotten how to
play, an art essential to preserve vigor
and spirit. The association of many
people ln rhythmic motion provides
unsurpassable inspiration, the spirit
of the joyous life, and joy is funda
mental."
STATE POLICE AND POLITICS
[Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Judge Bruram, one of the candidates
for the Washington party l ominatlon
for governor, Is to be congratulated
for his directness and candor in ans
wering a query as to whether he is in
favor of a bill repealing the present
State constabulary law. He says "no"
very emphatically and gives reasons
for his answer. He admits that at first
he was opposed to the creation of a
State constabulary but says that since
he has been on the bench and observ
ed the workings of the law he is as
sured that it is a wise and humane
method of protecting the interests of
all the people. He adds that the State
police have ferreted out crime and
brought to justice a great many of
fenders who never would have been
apprehended without them. More
over, he has no knowledge of where
they have done injury or wrong to
anyone.
The opinion thus clearly expressed
confirms the views of most intelligent
and unprejudiced persons who have
given any attention to the organization
, and the work of the Pennsylvania
State police. One of their most im
i portant functions is the prevention of
crime, and that they have been suc
cessful ln this respect is proved by
the reports of their work. In spite of
the undoubted value of the force and
the tactful and lawful manner in
which its duties are performed, there
is a disposition In some quarters to stir
up some sentiments In favor of its
abolition. These efforts invariably
make their appearance during politi
cal campaigns. Some candidates are
willing to promise anything to any
body to win votes, but so far none of
the aspirants for place on the tickets
of the three principal parties now be
fore the public has been.found willing
to say a word against the efficiency or
the necessity of the State police.
I This is a good thing not only In It
self but also ln the fact that it shows
I a decent desire to keep the Issue of
the State police out of politics. Men ,
may differ on many questions, but'
there should be unanimity when It
comes to the maintenance of law and
order.
UEiDDCtKTHM Ml 1
SHIRTS
SIDES ft SIDES
, *
1
The Peons and
■*
There is one great cause In Mexico <
that is worth fighting for; worthy for •
us to fight for If we have to light, ,
worthy of ail the fighting that has been 1
done for it by Mexicans. <
That cause is the cause of the com- ]
mon people. '
If we can help the peons to liberty i
and land and progress and order, we 11
shall do a good that may be worth the '
lives, the labor and the money it may
cost .us.
Nothing else in Mexico looks good '
enough to warrant the troublo of doing
it. Everything that should bo done and ;
must be done gets Its value from its
bearing on this great duty to the peons.
The people, the common people, of
Mexico aro what is Important. If some
thing that may be called constitutional
government will help the mass of the
[exlcans —■ protect them, give them
education, give them back their land,
keep thieves and tyrants off of them—
then constitutional government is Im
portant. If commercial development
and security of business will help the
peons, then they aro important, but if
they are to enslave, defraud, suppress
the mass of the people, then, not they,
but revolution is important.
The thousand millions more or
less—that citizens of the United States
have invested In Mexican properties,
the hundreds of millions that citizens
of other countries havo invested there,
are important in precisely the degree
that the protection of them makes for
the welfare of the Mexicans. In so
far as saving them helps to save and
elevate the Mexican people they are
worth saving,- but if the peons must be
crushed to save the properties the
properties are not worth the price.
Save the peons first. They are the
groat Mexican property that deserves
first attention.
We have sound assurances that they
are worth saving; that they are kindly,
industrious, backward, simple people,
to whom heretofore civilization has
always been cruel and who have been
cruel In their turn, but who have came
along in Intelligence and vigor notwlth-
I standing, and who have it in them to
|bo something if they have a chance,
and who nowadays show real deter
mination to get the chance.
So says Congressman William Kent,
of California, a man of character and
I probity; the Congressman from the
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY I
YEARS AGO TO-DAY I
[From the Telegraph of May 16, 1864.]
Clock Fools Folk
Several persons who have been de
ceived by the clock on the Capitol in
regards to the time, think that if a
new clock Is not to take the place of
the old one, the hands of the latter
should be removed.
Odd Fellows Meet
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
commenced its annual session in Phila
delphia to-day. Many members from
this city left this morning to attend.
EMBARRASSING FACTS
[From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.]
On Thursday, when the junior sen
ator from Pennsylvania asked permis
sion of the Senate to print in the Con
gressional Record a speech recently
delivered by Senator Penrose at
Sharon, Pa., Senator Martlne (Dem.),
of New Jersey, is reported to have
protested In these words:
"The Philadelphia papers are just
chock full of the calamity howl, death,
desolation, stagnation and woe that is
perpetrated daily by the distinguished
senior senator from Pennsylvania (Mr.
Penrose). Everything is cloudy and
gloomy, and there is no hope for man
kind hereafter, because of the enact
ment of the Democratic tariff bill. I
am opposed to depressing mankind
further. I felt sad after I read this
piece, and great God, I do not want
another page in any document spread
with like propaganda."
Nevertheless the Senate promptly
granted the desired permission and the
speech will appear, members evidently
appreciating the difference between
statements of facts as made by Senator
Penrose and the mere mouthings of
the senator from New Jersey. It is
not astonishng that Mr. Martine should
object, seeing that he was chosen by
President Wilson for the seat ho oc
cupies, and it is the failure of the Wil
son policies that Senator Penrose is
bringing to public view with a com
prehensive and detailed narrative of
conditions. If there were no basis for
the "death, desolation, stagnation and
woe" which so sadden Senator Martin*,
it would be the simplest thing in the
world for him to challenge the accu
racy of Mr. Penrose's assertions and
refute them; but this he cannot do
because it is facts with which the
Pennsylvania senator is dealing and
fa<-ts cannot be altered by protests nor
softened by exclusion from the Record.
The New Freedom may strive its ut
most to suppress the truth, but it will
not succeed. People are not blind to
what is going on all around them.
They know without publication, and
whether Senator Penrose enlightens
them on the subject by speeches or
I 1 THE
*WMS people ' s
I H j||f H Personal interest and courtesy
are factors that make a banking
——J service something more than a
# mere transaction in dollars and
Dauphin cents.
UepOSlt bank and its customer the
rp greater is the tendency to pro
-1 rilSt mote that confidence which is
g*, one of a bank's chief assets.
Company For 83 years this bank has
213 Market St served continuously the public,
weathering all financial storms,
and strengthening its claiSA
Capital, $300,000 - ® . . . IB
from year to year that it is thfcT
surplus, $300,000 people's bank. j
Open for Deposits Saturday Evening from 0 to 8
Coal Is Cheapest and Best Now
To buy coal now is to buy It at the cheapest price for which It can
be obtained during the year. And then you gain In quality, too, for tha
coal sent from the mines at this time of the year may be thoroughly
screened before delivery, a difficult matter In cold weather when froat
will cause the dirt to cling to the coal. So to buy Montgomery coal
now is to buy the best quality of the best coal at the lowest pricea.
Place your order.
J. B. MONTGOMERY
Both Phones Third and Chestnut Streets
coast thnt saw the honor of the United
States bigger than the immediato In
terests of the coast and voted in favor
of the canal tolls repeal bill. Mr. Kent
has lived in Mexico and knows the
common Mexicans. "The kindest
hearted people In the world," he calls
them, "barring the barbarism and the
influence of their antecedents which
make them backward." Of the rich
Mexican with whom he was associated
he does not speak so well: "A moi"
useless gang of crooks 1 never
They have no regard whatever
their own common people." A
against the Mexican masses for t'ne
benefit of anybody but themselves is
abhorrent to Mr. Kent. So it is to al
most all of us. Villa is their man, he
says, "the one strong man down there."
Villa is their man, says John Reed,
the correspondent of the Metropolitan,
in a two-column letter to the Times o<
April 27. Villa has been bringing land
to the peons at the rate of sixty-two
acres apiece, unalienable for ten vears
But our Government, Mr. Roed thinks
won't combine with Villa "because he
is a bandit and not respectable; be
cause ho is only a peon, not a business
man, and therefore impossible in the
eyes of a democratic nation!"
Don't be so sure, Mr. Keed.
What we want to do for the Mexi
can masses, Is not to give them a per
manent government ol' superior people
who will take their orange and give
them back the rind, but a governmeni
of Mexicans for Mexicans, by Mexi
cans who are fit to govern or can b<
helped to become so. That is our jol
If we have any job there. Everythinp
else is subordinate to it and importan
only as it relates to it. Peonage, as I
has existed, must go. The Roman civ
ilization was based on slavery an<
finally crumbled. No civilization cai
prosper on slavery or on anything s<
much like It as Mexican peonage
Mexico, properly assisted and develop
ed, will yield all the blessed fruits o
civilization—money, markets, dividends
newspapers, railroads, millionaires
trade unions, strikes, suffrage agi
tation, the I. W. W., plumbing palaces
baseball, and everything that keeps ui
happy and discontented. But the Mexi
cans must be helped to get these bless
ings for themselves and to defen>
them. And the first help possible to
them seems to be land for the peons.—
E. S. Martin, in Life.
not, that the Democratic party ha
wrought mischief throughout the na
tion instead of improvement, and th<
determination to seek relief at tlv
polls has become so pronounced ani
widespread that the Martines in tlv
Senate may well fear the outcome.
i NEw o s FfarmA7l
[From the Telegraph of May 16, 1864.
Attacks Johnston
Louisville, May 16. General Sher
: man attacked General Johnston's force
lin their strongly fortified position a
Resaca, yesterday, and drove them out
nnttlc Ratces All Day
Washington, May 16. 3:30 P. M. -
Official dispatches received by th
(President from General Sherman to
day, announce that a great and success
ful battle has been fought at Resacf
It commenced on Saturday mornin
and raged all day with great fury.
THE STATE PRESS
Better Than Swatting
i [From the Erie Herald.]
It has been fully proven that bot
flies and mosquitoes are the result o
; carelessness and tilth and, certainly, no
, 1 bodv will claim that there is any neces
sity for the existence of filth
lessness.
Dooee and Polities w
1 [From the Erie Times.]
The people are determined, regardles
of political party sentiment, to wipe oi
the interference of booze in politics
affairs. No question as to that.
Nor the Cost of Lobster
[From the Titusvllle Herald.]
The manicures of New York ar
■ being investigated. The inquiry wi
. relate to the antiseptic methods em
' ployed by them in their work and nc
to the fatal consequences of thel
smiles.
Helvers of Wood
1 [From the Butler Citizen.]
; The Independent: Professor Surges:
description of certain men and wome
' that constitute one-half of the univei
sity student body In America, as naturf
, hewers of wood and drawers of wate
, is severe but probably not inaccurate
and therefore probably not essentiall
unjust. It will anger the sentimental
ists, which is something to be glad o
' For the sentimentalists have becom
i the greatest single public nuisance i
our population.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
Let us not therefore judge one
another any more: but judge ye
this rather, that no man put a
stumbling block In his brother's
way, or an occasion of falling.
—Rom. 14:13.