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WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 17
WISDOM INCARNATE
UNDER the "New Freedom" of
the Wilson dynasty It is not
proper for the American citizen
to protest or petition. He must
dimply wait the pleasure of the Wisdom
now enthroned at Washington. If he
he a business man his experience and
judgment must bo set aside while the
theories of an administration which
seems determined to wreck the busi
ness of the country are permitted to
roll on.
Pennsylvania Is to be the chosen
field for the exploitation of these re
markable policies. Have we not heard
that Palmer and McCormick are the
accepted vessels of the infallible doc
trinaire of the White House? Has he
not Indicated that these two young
men are his favorite Instruments lor
the promulgation of his cure-alls?
Pennsylvania is to hear from the
throne itself later in the campaign and
then will follow streams of wisdom
from the Bryans and the Redflelds and
the Wilsons and the other ponderous
oracles who are now telling the people
at frequent intervals how great is the
incarnated Wisdom of the dynasty
erected upon the mistaken theory that
the people can be fooled all the time.
A few months ago we were told that
a lobby existed at Washington to over
turn the policies which were being
framed by the Congress for the wel
fare of the country, but this "lobby"
seems to have been nothing more than
the distracted manufacturers and busi
ness men. through their representa
tives. protesting against a further on
slaught upon the legitimate interests
of the nation. Now follows a "con
spiracy" which is said to comprise the
same business interests and the same
leaders of industry protesting against
furtheY tyranny of the Wisdom sitting
in the White House.
As in the first instance, these state
irsents are put out for the purpose of
creating an impression that there ex
ists in the United States to-day some
sort of a combination conceived in
iniquity and brought forth with the
purpose of discrediting the infallible
theorist who now boasts of his inten
tion to still further harass and hector
the industry and commerce of the
country in order to test his theories
of government and the control of
business.
Unless every known sign shall fail
It is believed the ides of November
will witness the downfall of the Wil
son propaganda and the retirement for
another long period of the Democratic
party which has again utterly failed
as a constructive political organization.
It is given out by way of Washing
ton that the Palmer-McCormick faction
will send out a statement,-collected by
their workers throughout the State,
which, it Is said, will show that the
liquor men spent in the Democratic pri
mary a sum greatly in excess of that
reported by Mr. McCormick. Throw
ing dust, as usual.
SPORTSMEN AND FOREST FERES
THE government Is seeking the
aid of sportsmen in the preven
tion of forest fires. Because of
the fact that many fires are set
through the carelessness of hunters,
campers and others who go into the
woods for recreation, the forest ser
vice has taken up with manufacturers
of firearms and ammunition the ques
tion of a co-operative arrangement
through which purchasers and users of
guns and cartridges shall be reminded
of the Are danger.
It has been pointed out that in the
East particularly many forest fires
are started by the carelessness of hunt
ters, who drop burning matches, cigar
or cigaret stumps, or pipe coals In
the woods, or perhaps build a fire
which Is left burning when the hunter
goes on. Forest fires, of course, great
ly Injure the interests of sportsmen
by robbing tha birds of their proper
cover. They also Impair the food sup
ply of both birds and big game,
through the destruction of the under
growth, which furnishes browse, ber
ries and other food.
The Eastern woods are exposed to
the danger from fires principally in
the Spring and Fall, when most of the
trees are bare anfo the leaves on the
ground are dry. The Spring fires,
many of which are due to trout lisher
men, may destroy the eggs of game
tilrdß and even the young birds them
selves. Since trout are like
ly to hunt In the Fall, the same indi
viduals, if careless, may be a source
of danger at both seasons.
It Is suggested that the manufac
turers of arms and ammunition ought
to be sufficiently interested in the mat
ter of perpetuation of game to be will
ing to help in the campaign against
forest flres. This help may come
through the printing of some brief fire
warning on cartridge boxes or some
slip to go with any hunting or camp
ing supplies which furnished. It
would seem to be good business to
comply.
Secretary Bryan's good friends. Villa
and Carranza, as they approach Mexico
City, have determined that the country
Is not big enough for both of them.
Here's where the "watchful waiting"
game must be resumed by the great
diplomatists at Washington.
HARMONY UN ART
MILLIONS of dollars' worth of
paper money of a new type will
be put into circulation upon
the establishment of the Fed
eral Reserve banks within the next
few weeks. In this respect It 1b inter
esting to note that the new ten-dollar
bill will bear on its face a picture of
Cleveland and on the back a manu
facturing scene. This was doubtless
done for the same reason that Buffalo
is called Buffalo although there are no
buffaloes there. To some who made
regular trips to the souphouses and to
countless others who searched in vain
for work or saw their fortunes swept
away during the memorable panic
when Cleveland was President and the
free trade flag was flying at the na- j
tion's masthead,'this close relation of
Cleveland and busy factories will look
like a grim attempt at humor on the j
part of the designer of the bill.
For the sake of harmony in the art
of the new series, we suggest for the
S2O bill the face of President Wilson
on one side and the picture of a
pleased and smiling workman on the
other. The remaining space might he
given over to a few terse phrases on
the» folly of "mental mourning"' and
the application of psychology to mod
ern business, with special relation to
hypnotizing oneself into the pleasant
belief that there is no such thing really
as hard times.
Isn't it too hail that Republican
leaders in this State refuse to get ex
cited over the effort of the Palmer-
MeCormick machine to create the im
pression that there are serious dif
ferences between the Republican nomi
nees?
VILLA AXI) CARRANZA
NOTWITHSTANDING denial of
the report that General Villa
and General Carranza have
had a break, there is every
reason to believe that the apparent
harmony between the two is only on
the surface. Villa has been winning
all the victories. Carranza has been
little more than a name In the activi
ties that are sweeping the rebel hosts
toward the Mexican capital. Villa is
an adventurer, a self-seeker and am
bitious. He Is an ex-bandit, and "to
the victor belongs the spoils" is natur
ally a part of his philosophy of life. It
Is self-evident that it goes hard with
him to bow the knee to Carranza.
Villa is the real leader and he awaits
only a favorable opportunity to dem
onstrate both that fact and his desire
to supplant Carranza as actual head
of the Constitutionalist forces In
Mexico.
Naturally, Mr. McCormick isn't much
disturbed by the Democratic adminis
tration's failure to reduce the high cost
of living. Mr. McCormick Is a mil
lionaire.
It is easy for the President to believe
that times are good. The tariff has had
no effect on his salary.
MOSQUITOES
WHEN our army went to Cuba
and our engineering force to
Panama the llrst thing the
government did was to pro
vide funds for the extermination of
the mosquitoes carrying malaria and
yellow ferver germs. Congressman J.
Hampton Moore proposes to have Con
gress set aside SIOO,OOO, to be used
in conjunction with funds to be ap
propriated by the State Legislatures
in fighting the mosquito in the United
States. Congress does not appear to
be overly enthusiastic. Tf we give our
army officers votes of thanks-and pro
mote them for banishing mosquitoes
from Havana and Panama, why
should not mosquito fighting be just
as much of a virtue at home?
Secretary Rryan will lecture again,
says a news story. Which may or may
not help to prove the old adage that
"silence is golden."
Perhans one reason why so many
girls kiss dogs Is because they, at their
worst, do not smoke clgarets.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
IT is almost worth the loss of tho
international championship polo cup
to note the tribute Lord Wimborne,
of the English team, paid to the
Americans when he said, in accepting
the trophy: "I hope there will be
other international matches in which
we may show an American team how
much we appreciate the spirit of sport
we met here."
We lost, but we arc good losers. We
offer no excuses, being content with
giving expression to the opinion that
the better team won.
It is to be hoped that when the cup
ccmes back at a later date the English
public will be just as generous and
equally gracious. Those Olympic
games complaints have loft a bad
taste In our mouths.
It seems sometimes as though gal
lons and gallons of Innocent Ink Is be
ing uselessly spent over this mediation,
doesn't It?
This story about Bryan's saying the
Senate talks too much makes one think
of that other story about tho pot's
calling the kettle black.
I ——
Anybody who ( goes to market knows
there is always room at the top for the
biggest cherries.
["EVENING CHAT]
Samuel B. llambo, superintendent
ot public grounds and buildings, plans
to have seven fariious battle flags,
relics of five wars and one
trophy, framed and ■ hung in
the corridors of the State Capitol next
year. These flags are of such un
usual interest that they have not been
placed in the glass cases, but have
been taken charge of until an ap
propriation can be made to preserve
and treat them. It is the idea to
cover them with a very thin grade of
silk and to 'have them so displayed
that both sides can be seen. One of
these flags is the Revolutionary flag
and the other will be the "rattlesnake
flag" of the Proctor regiment in the
war for independence which will soon
be sent here from Greensbtfrg. The
others will be the 1812 war flag; the
Mexican flag captured when Scott took
Mexico in 1848 and recently donated
to the State; the flag the first defend
ers oarried into Washington in 1861,
the standard in the glass cases having
been that they carried through Bal
timore; the signal flag used to sl°Tial
the approach of the Rebels on Little
Round Top and the standard the
Tenth Pennsylvania carried into Ma
nila in 1898. It is figured that these
trophies are of such general interest
that people would rather see them
displayed full length than see them in
the cases where the flags are furled.
The flags are attracting great atten
tion as they stand in the cases in the
Capitol, where they were placed after
the ceremonies of Monday, and prof
fers of r number of others have been
made.
One of the things most commented
upon about the exercises attending
the transfer of the battle flags from
the State Museum to the Capitol ro
tunda was the manner in which every
thing moved. There was no hitch
anywhere, there was always something
doing and there was a fitting In that
made the whole program enjoyable.
As a matter of fact there was not a
minute lost and everything went on
the time which Adjutant General
Thomas J. Stewart had scheduled
weeks before. For instance it was
planned to have the flag distribution
at the Museum completed by 2 o'clock.
This began at 12:45 and when it is
considered that each flag had to ko
to the right man it meant lots of
work. It was just 1:58 when the last
standard bearer marched out. The
exercises were planned to begin at 3
o'clock and to last seventy-three min
utes when the last march into the
Capitol would begin and end at 4:45.
The veterans were all seated and the
choir ready to sing at 3 and it was
just 4:14 when the benediction had
been pronounced. Everything was
over before a quarter to 5. In the
handling of a difficult problem with
aged men and thousands of specta
tors to manage it was some demon
stration.
Harrisburg men do not seem to be
as forward in the matter of wearing
white clothes in summer as they were
last year, declared a man who keeps
tabs on styles. "Over in New York,"
he remarked, "there is a movement
under way for the general wearing of
white as the summer garb for men
and it appears to be taking well. Men
do not like to wear white because it
makes them conspicuous, but you
give any man a companion garbed
the way he happens to be and he will
become a crusader for style. They're
not like women in that respect. A
woman likes to be unique and all
alone when she is setting the pace.
Now, it is my observation that last
yeair more men wore white than are
doing so this year. Maybe they are
waiting for a start. Anyway, it would
add much to comfort if men wore
white through the summer."
W. C. Bennett, of Blairsville, was
here yesterday on business connected
with the Capitol. He is a member of
a well-known business firm in Indiana
county.
The flag transfer ceremonies and
the numerous meetings on Capitol Hill
this week have caused the hotels to
be thronged by people and the num
ber of persons has attracted atten
tion. One hotel was compelled to
turn people away and another put in
cots. The hotel men say that Un
fortunately the rush is only a dp.y or
so and that the week ends are any
thing but lively unless a good auto
mobiling day comes along.
Those who have occasion, to observe
the skies to the south of the city in
the evening will notice that for the
first time in years there is little or
no glow over Steelton. Two years ago
furnaces in South Harrisburg and
Steelton were lighting up the skies all
night and the reflection from the Bes
semer mill could be seen for miles.
Now except for an occasional glint
the skies above Steelton are dark.
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—State Chairman William E. Crow,
of Fayette county, is an alumnus of
California normal school, and plans
to attend the commencement nex,t
week. '
—William A. Magee, chairman of
the Ship Canal Board, is making a
tour of the district to be traversed.
—James M. Beck, orator at the
Franklin statue unveiling yesterday,
used to practice law in Philadelphia.
—Charles M. Schwab was made a
doctor of laws at Villanova College.
—Frank A. Munsey, who gave up
the Philadelphia Times yesterday,
owns six more newspapers and one
magazine.
I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—School Director Werner stood on
the bridge to the city chairmanship,
but someone moved the bridge.
—Of course, there is nothing about
the "complete harmony" which char
acterized the Democratic committee
meetings that suggests the use of a
club.
—Wonder who gave the orders to
establish "complete harmony."
—"Complete harmony" is the psy
chological name for armed truce in
the Dauphin Democracy.
—lf the harmony and concord In
the State Democrat is anything like
the "complete harmony" in the Dau
phin county Democracy some one had
better prepare a riot call for the Fall
campaign.
—<?ity Chairman Jones was very
kind to inform the public that there
had been a contest for the chairman
ship. No one else did.
—lt's like old times to have C. B.
McConkey on the speaking line.
—Some Democrats appeared to be
smiling when the name of the Fritch
ey-Stucker faction was mentioned In
connection with the sudden collapse
of the Werner boom. Jones has al
ways been a frtend of Fritchey.
—Sometimes candidates prefer
peace at home even if they have to
sacrifice someone to get it.
—From all accounts, Mr. Lybarger
took some words out of the Foi-gettery
with him.
—Herr Moeslein got all the bouquets
at the Democratic meeting yesterday.
Anyone would have Imagined that he
was a candidate for something.
AN EVENING! THOUGHT
1 came from God. and I am go
ing back to God, and I won't have I
any gaps of death in the middle
of my life.—George Mac Donald.
MEM Hll |
| UNDER THE BELT
Suddenly Went Down and Out or
Up and Out Just Before
Gty Committee Met
JONES ADVERTISES FIGHT
Thanks Those Who Had Been Op
posing Him For Blowing Up
Boom of His Rival
Who blew up the boom of School
Director George A. Werner for the
chairmanship of the Democratic city
committee?
This question was interesting many
Demorats to-day and adherents of the
Fritchey-Stucker faction were smiling
behind their hands while the follow
ers of the McCormick gang were go
ing around looking Innocent, ilr.
Werner and some of his immediate
backers seemed to be puzzled.
Of all the interesting affairs.which
the fighting Democracy of Dauphin
county has staged in its tumultous ca
reer yesterday's election of a chair
man for the Harrisburg city Demo
cratic committee was one of the most
entertaining. Until a short time be
fore the committee met for organiza
tion Werner was a candidate in full
bloom with Charles B. McConkey, who
is one of the closest to the McCor
mick throne in Democratic affairs, fig
uring as campaign manager. It was
even suggested that Henry B. McCor
mick, the new division boss, was in
augurating his control of the machine
by backing Werner and the Werner
men were declaring that Warren Van-
Dyke, secretary of the Democratic
State committee, was one of the 3 3
who would vote for Werner. On the
other hand, Howard Jones, the presi
dent of the Central Democratic Club,
was also a candidate in full flower and
had with him a select band of men ex
perienced In affairs. The Jones fac
tion figured out that Werner could not
get more than twelve votes and felt
comfortable over the outcome.
Maybe it was because some power
in the Democratic councils—or treas
ury—hero figured out that It would
never do to have it
known that a school
Mysterious director was taking
Power Put part in machine poli-
Werner Out tics or maybe it was
because some candi
date did not want to
have a candidate known to be favor
able to him defeated for the honorary
job of city chairman. Anyway, short
ly before the meeting Jones was told
that the Werner boom had blown up
and that McConkey would make the
speech seconding his nomination. The
word went around that everyone was
to deny that there had been any con
test for the city chairmanship because
a "complete harmony" story was
scheduled for the morning rag of the
Democracy. A mysterious power had
exerted itself and all seemed serene.
But when the election had been ac
complished with one of Mr. McCon
key's best speeches City Chairman
Jones made a speech
which informed the
world that there had Jones Tells
been a contest. This the World
speech which is not re- Ali About It
ferred to by the Pa
triot this morning. It
was in part: "I want to thank
my friends for this honor. I
want to thank . my friend, Mr.
McConkey, for seconding my nom
ination as well as my friend,
Mr. Werner, for the magnanimity
shown in withdrawing from the con
test." Mr. Jones said that the coun
try would adjust itself, thereby in
forming the world that there was
something not purely psychological
wrong with affairs and that Candidate
McCormick had a perfect right to un
belt to win his election if he chose.
The reference to Mr. McCormick's ex
penses caused a smile of anticipation
to creep over the faces of the commit
teemen. The rest of the meeting was
devoted to speeches during which j
Jesse J. Lybarger hopped out of the
Patriot's Forgettery and advertised
the Telegraph's accuracy in political
news by also admitting that there had
been a contest. The remainder of Mr.
Lybarger's speech was devoted to il
literation and juggling with sesquipe
dalian words.
Another feature of the Patriot's
story of the county meeting Is the
lack of any mention of the detail of
the remarks of Dr. D.
W. Shaffner, one of the
Shaffner candidates for the Leg-
Speech Not islature from the see
on Record ond district. The doc
tor is one of the shout-
ers for the machine and
is one of the physicians of the board
of poor directors, one of the adjuncts
of the McCormick machine. The doc
tor probably Intended to be humor
ous, but his remarks were regarded
as vulgar by many of those who heard
him. The other candidates were very
circumspect even in the stories that
they told to amuse the members of
the county committee. The straight
forward, vigorous remarks of Herr
Moeslein made the speech of Shaffner
sound like an echo from an alley.
Members of the committee in
charge of the drafting of the platform
for the Republican State campaign
will meet in Philadel
phia late to-day to
commence their work. Committee
The State chal r m a n to Hegin
will preside and the Work To-day
State candidates will
attend. The first meet-
ing is for the purpose of getting to
gether on ideas and about the middle
of next week another session Is like
ly to be held. It is the idea of the
committee to have copies of the pro
posed platform in the hands of mem
bers of the State committee for a
week before the meeting of the State
committee on July 15 at Philadelphia.
That meeting is to be a notable af
fair as the candidates will speak and
Republicans from all over the State
will attend.
Apparently Congressman Palmer
has not been keeping his ear as close
to the ground as usual and is not well
Informed on the gen
eral opinion regarding
Palmer Has the Democrjftic State
Singular platform. Yesterday at
Ideas Now Washington he made
some interesting re
marks to a correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Ledger. He
is quoted as follows: "Speaking about
the action of Democratic committees,
notably that of Northampton county
In refusing to accept the Democratic
platform declaration for local option
Mr. Palmer said: 'This action does not
affect the political situation. The
platform was written by 120,000 Dem
ocrats who voted for me and 100,000
who voted for McCormick. We an
nounced wjiere we stood on the liquor
question before the primary, and all
that we did was to write this declara
tion into the platform after having
been indorsed by a majority vote of the
, Democratic party. If any orgaaiza-
tion disagrees with this plank on lo
cal option it disagrees with a major
ity of the Democratic party, and I
still hope that majorities rule." "
Washington, June 17.—Echoing his
master in the White House to-day A.
Mitchell Palmer, the Wilson selection
for United States Sen-
ator from Pennsyl
vania said: "Penrose Palmer Is
says business condi- a Political
tlons in Pennsylvania Psychologist
are bad. I. deny it.
Times are not hard.
True, business with the railroads is
not what it should be and the steel
business, which is so closely related
to the railroads, is adversely affected,
but this does not constitute hard times.
"Reports coming to me from various
parts of the State indicate that condi
tions are steadily improving. If Pen
rose expects to win through the inter
vention of a panic he might as well
give up. There is no panic here and
none on the way."
It is certain that Palmer is much
disturbed over party dissension and
the increasing anti-Democratic storm.
The Nation'* Legacy
[From the Pottsvllle Republican.]
The large classes being graduated
from the Jiigh schools of the county this
Spring form a legacy of inestimable
value to the county. With these train
ed men and women going out Into the
business world to enter the various oc
cupations which must be filled we are
given the assurance that the county's
welfare Is to be ca>-ed for if education
can have any weight.
| OUR DAILY LAUGH 1
y '
He Knrn That Time-worn
"Say. Pop, what , EXCUM. ,
Is meant by a I d like to go to
c&matose state?'" grandmother s fu
"That applies to this after
any state outside 1 ""S"'
of the state you The same hour
The High Coat \eedle«* Effort
Diner "I no- * m going to
tice you're not "° some fly fish
setting out any ing this summer."
toothpicks nowa- Couldn t you
days catch more files
Cashier "No; w ' th sticky
the boss says that paper,
lumber Is so high
we can't afford
them."
VACATION
Hj- WIBK Dinger
Gee, vacation time is here.
And most every day
Someone from the office starts
On his trip away.
I have been a thinkin' hard
Just where I will go , »
When I get my two weeks oft,
In a month or so.
When*! go I'd like to take
The family with me.
But the trip to all must be
Satisfactory.
What is puzzling is that one
Doesn't like the shore.
And to mention mountain trip
Makes another sore.
Then I thought of a boat trip.
But we'd frightened be
All the time we were aboard
Of a wreck at sea.
I have searched the guides all through.
Trying hard to find
A resort that would please all,
But there alnt that kind.
I'll admit the question is
Too much for my dome,
So 1 guess we all will spend
My two weeks at home.
AN OHIO VIEW OF THE PIXCHOTS
#
(From the Cincinnati Times-Star)
It Is obvious that Amos Pincho's
"confidential" letter on Perkins was
not given to the press with any In
tentions of making things easier for
the colonel. At the bottom of things
the Pinchots are as wil das the little
group of I. W. W. agitators who have
been making things lively in New York
these past few months. They take
themselves very seriously, exaggerate
their own importance in politics and
are sure in the long run to bring more
trouble than benefit to any cause they
become associated with.
FRANK MUNSEY QUITS
Another Progressive newspaper has
given up the ghost. Frank Munsey
has abandoned his venture In Phila
delphia ard the Evening Times has
ceased to exist. His loss is said to be
represented by seven figures.
SPOT CASH AT THE PRIMARIES
[Philadelphia Bulletin.]
The official reports of "expense ac
counts" in the primary election can- !
vass show that many of the candi
dates, senatorial, gubernatorial, con
gressional, legislative and otherwise,
either voluntarily distributed largesse
on a highly liberal scale or were bled
deeply and profusely.
Political strikers, petty fat-friers,
promoters of publicity and other spe
cies of "workers" appear to have been
well cared for by not only the Repub
lican and Democratic rounders, but b>
Republican and Democratic reformers,
and even the virtuous heads, or, at
least, the nominal heads, of the Pro
gressive outfit in Pennsylvania were'
engaged in providing for thrifty little
boodlers who were hired to praisb !
them as "men of the hour."
The uniform primary system does
not seem thus far to have diminished
the amount of money which is required
in political campaigning, but. on the
contrary, has increased it. Moreover,
if the expense accounts of the spring
election or trial heat are so heavy,
what are they going to bo when the
final heat Is run at the autiimn elec
tion?
Meanwhile, a man who Is poor or of
moderate means and wants to go be
fore the people for an office, has never
found such an ambltlort quite so ex
pensive as It Is now under complex
systems of canvassing, nominating and
electioneering that make him all but
powerless on his own hook.
r OAMIIARTIfia
SHIRTS
SIDES A SIDES
*
I
[From the Telegraph. June 17, 1864.]
Hunter Enters Lexington
Washington, June 16.' General
Hunter entered Lexington, Va., on the
11th. The rebels estimate General
Hunter's strength to be 16,000 men.
Eighteenth Corps (iocs
Fortress Monroe. June 16.—Yester
day morning at 4 o'clock the
Eighteenth Corps, under command of
General N. F. Smith, left City Point
and marched into Petersburg.
ANTI-BUSINESS CRUSADE
(Philadelphia Public Ledger)
The Interests that are opposing the
President's program are not secretive.
Their protest has been openly regis
tered' in every town of the country,
onvention after convention has put
itself on record. When business pro
tests, the nation protests. It is public
opinion which the President is de
nouncing. responsible public opinion
that is not quickly formed and cannot
be intimidated. It will continue to de
clare against hysterical legislation,
against the anti-business crusade and
against all the other impracticable and
transcendental policies which have
characterized the Administration and
have been forced on this nation.
"PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPRESSION"
(Philadelphia Press)
President Wilson is restive because
of the evidence, that he cannot ignore,
of the country's unfavorable business
condition and he returned yesterday
to the "psychological business depres
sion" to which he introduced the
country a few weeks ago. The con
dition is still wholly an affair of the
mind in his opinion and he insists that
it is due to the "interests" trying
to defeat his trust legislation.
For the tlrst time in the history of
the country business is denied the
right of self-defense. If business men
come personally or send representa
tives to Congressmen in order to get
some favorable consideration for their
menaced business they are an "in
sidious lobby." Tf they send letters
and telegrams for the same purpose
they arc denounced with no less em
phasis. The trust measures are pushed
because the President so *'ills it. As
a result profound business depression
continues all over the country which
is made no less actual and damaging
by being termed "psychological."
A PITIFUL THING
( [New York Sun.]
In his Flag Day speech at Washing
ton Monday Mr. Wilson said: "Would
it not be a pitiful thing ever to have
to make apology and explanation of
anything that we ever did under the
leadership of this flag carried In the
van?"
A pitiful thing, indeed, and Mr.
Bryan has been allowed to do It in the
Colombian treaty.
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[From the Telegraph, June 17, 1864.]
Si>eclal Council Meeting
A special meeting of City Councils
wag hold at 10.30 o'clock this morninft
to make arrangements for a proper
reception of the President.
Dun Rice Coming
Dan Rice's High School, In which
the pupils are all trained animals, will
exhibit in Harrisburg on Tuesday, Juno
28, afternoon and evening.
WILSONISM THE PRESENT FAIL
[Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
Circulars are not responsible for the
growing dissatisfaction. No pamphlets
have been necessary to disgust the
country with the fatuous Mexican
policy. Telegrams have not made the
tariff a failure as a depressant of high
prices. Letters have not closed mills
No. the country has spontaneously
realized that patent-medicine reform is
taking bread and butter out of the
mouths of the people. It is the Presi
dent who is the victim of psychology,
a statesman whose conclusions result
from failure to appreciate the true
condition of affairs. There is nothing
that will bring him to a realization ot
the truth except an emphatic repudia
tion of his policies in November, and
that is Inevitable.
WHY NOT ORGANIZE?
(New York Sun)
Why should not business men organ
ize opposition to the President's anti
trust program if they consider it dan
gerous or even if they merely disliko
It? Ts the "new freedom" entirely a
onesided affair?
The President himself and a large
and organized support are agitating
vigorously for this legislation. Cabinet
officers, certain members of both
Houses of Congress, uplifters In and
out of office and sundry publication tn
sist day in and day out on the benefi
cence and the urgency of the drastic
regulation of business.
In the name of common sense and
fair play, why not a combination of
business interests? What can be more
appropriate, more logical, more use
ful? Must business alone be silent and
supine when business interests are in
volved in legislation?
Why should not the President him
self pay close heed to this business
dissent from his plans? Why should
he threaten to stay all summer In
Washington to fight down business op
position and force his program
through despite the hostility of the
business world? Does he mean it to
be understood that he is at war with
business and determined to crush it at
any cost?
NO CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS
The opposition will have to he split
into seven or eight parts for the
Democracy to win a national victory
this November. Philadelphia Public.
Ledger.