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FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 1»
HIS HAT IN THE JUNG
THE Colonel's hat Is in the ring
once more and booming across
the ocean comes the intimation
that he doesn't propose to be
sidetracked at Albany nor to accept a
nomination for United States Senator,
nor to do any speechmaking for any
party or individual, but he will stand
for the lightning of 1916 and hopes it
may strike him.
While the Colonel has some criticism
of the Taft administration, which he
proposes to make public in the course
of time, he is particularly severe upon
the Wilson administration, whose
errors have been lofty idealism, blun
ders in handling the Panama Canal
question and the persecution of big
business.
So it appears the campaign of 1914
is to be a mere skirmish and more or
less of a political picnic as compared
with what is going to happen when
Colonel Roosevelt goes into action in
1916.
Manifestly, there is a disposition
among thousands of Republicans who
honestly believe that whatever re
forms are necessary can be brought
about through the Republican party
to look forward to the nomination of
Colonel Roosevelt as the final amal
gamation of the two wings of the
» party which have not been flapping to
gether since the campaign of 1912.
This sentiment among Republicans is
gradually effecting a more harmonious
situation and a final coalition of all
the elements of sanity and conserva
tism against the present propaganda
at Washington.
Naturally, Highway Commissioner
Bigelow is greatly disappointed that
further legal controversy is to delay
the work on the highways of the State.
These roads, many of them having been
taken over by the Commonwealth, are
Buffering from lack of attention, and it
was expected with the decision of the
Dauphin County Court the work could
proceed. In this Instance the wheels of
the higher court should move swiftly.
DO IT NOW
ECONOMY in expenditure and
careful attention to administra
tive detail is always to be com
mended and much has been done
by the present municipal departments
to prevent extravagance and unneces
sary expense in the use of public funds.
However, this desire to economize in
every legitimate way sometimes be
comes an obsession and proves false
economy in the end.
An instance in point is the failure of
the Department of Public Works and
the Department of Parks and Play
grounds to work out some feasible
plan for the utilization of the great
quantities of materia' now being ex
cavated In the construction of the sub
ways on Mulberry street at Second and
Front streets. Thousands of loads of
the best kind of filling material is be
ing absolutely wasted at the present
time by reason of the failure to ar
range for its proper use where most
needed along the river front. More
than 2,000 loads have already been
dumped upon the land of private own
ers in the vicinity of Cameron and
Paxton streets without one cent of re
turn to the city which, within a year
or less, will be Compelled to purchase
filling material for the completion of
the parking system along the river.
No private individual or corporation
would hesitate to save in the future by
a proper expenditure in the present.
There are many places from Iron ave
nue northward along the river bank
requiring filling out in order to com
plete the work that is now under way.
While there Is a serious question as
to the advisability of dumping dirt be
tween Mulberry and Market streets
and thus destroy the planting which
has required years to bring to its
perfection, yet there can be no doubt
about the necessity for utilizing this
material from Calder stret northward.
Even now the lines might be given for
the park treatment that must follow
the completion of the wall and
the walk at the bottom of the jslope.
Surely some way can yet be found to
make use of the material that will be
BO greatly needed for the purposes In
dicated.
Commissioners Lynch and Taylor are
In sympathy with the whole propo
sition and realize Its Importance, but
they have hesitated to make the
needed expenditure. We don't believe,
FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JUNE 19, 1914.
however, that they should lose sight of
the fact that the loss of this material
now will mean double or triple the
cost hereafter.
Some plan should Immediately be
devised for obtaining this great quan
tity of Ailing material and placing It
where it Is so badly needed.
The fact that a man is rich gives
him no help toward public advance
ment.—Ambassador Page in Lon
don.
A little acquaintance with Pennsyl
vania politics would have led the Am
bassador to except political nomina
tions.
SAME OLD BERGONIE
ACCORDING to Professor Ber
gonle, the celebrated French
authority on the nutrition of
the human body, the eating
habits of modern civilization are all
wrong. Instead of obeying the call of
appetite, as we do, and as most physi
ologists tell us is the only reliable
guide, our hours of eating should be
established in conformity with hours
of the day when the body energy is
rising, irrespective of appetite.
In presenting to the French Academy
of Medicine the results of his re
searches on this subject Professor Ber
gonie remarked that the way we now
divide our waking hours with respect
to meals is deplorable. We eat a light
breakfast of 7.30, when the most
marked rise of our energy demands
the heaviest meal of the day. We take
a heavy luncheon at 1 o'clock and a
heavy dinner at 7 or 8, which are the
very hours when a sharp decline of
energy should forbid us to eat at all.
However, before taking Professor
Bergonie's advice too seriously it may
be well to recall that he is the same
French professor who a few years ago
created a stir in medical circles by
announcing the theory that, a? the es
sential purpose of food is to supply
the body with internal warmth, that
object ought to be better gained
through the medium of electricity. He
had actually Increased his own weight
by this "electric food," he said, but
for the benefit of those who may be
thrown into panic by Bergonie's latest
"discoveries" it may be stated that he
has not yet discarded a diet of meat
and vegetables in favor of his widely
heralded "current" pie.
The patriotic Democratic Senate has
restored the old mileage rate of twenty
cejits a mile for Congressmen and
Senators. Of which the "corrupt rail
roads" get the enormous percentage of
from two to two-and-a-half cents a
mile.
EFFICIENCY
HOW easy It is to improve service
and increase the efficiency of
even so progressive and up-to
dato an organization as the
Pennsylvania Railroad is illustrated
by the following order issued to pas
senger trainmen last night:
Investigation of complaints in re
gard to passengers being com
pelled to stand in overcrowded
coaches has at times disclosed the
fact that seats were available In
other coaches on the same train.
When it Is found that a coach Is
overcrowded a member of the crew
must announce in the crowded
coach the 'number of seats avail
able in the other coaches. It is de
sirable that the number of seats be
specified, in order to avoid disap
pointment in case of excess number l
of passengers. This matter should
be especially watched at our large
terminals in loading trains.
It now becomes the duty of train
men to see to It that no passenger is
left to stand while there is a vacant
seat in the train.
This may seem like a small thing
and so simple and self-apparent that
the order should have been in effect
long ago. Yet it is just such trifles
that mar many well-organized and
otherwise excellently managed busi
nesses. The man who can detect and
remedy the faults styles himself an
"efficiency engineer" and is highly paid
for his services.
Dr. Everett Herrick's will provides
for the lifting of the Maidstone Golf
Club's mortgage if the club cuts out
booze. In other words, it is a question
of preference for golf balls or high
balls.
COUNTRY REPRESENTATION
THE Philadelphia Press of June 11
contained an editorial under the
caption, "The Right Men Needed
for Bank Directors." This re
fers to the Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia. Summarized, the views
of the Press are that only Philadel
phlans should be elected members of
the board of directors, that the duties
of directors will be very arduous and
that the members of the board must
be in constant attendance.
It would also appear from the tone
of the editorial that the Press con
siders the bankers of Philadelphia
more able than the other bankers
throughout the district. Bankers gen
erally in District No. 3 are of the
opinion that the editorial which ap
peared in the Press was not inspired
by the bankers of Philadelphia, be
lieving that it is solely the result of
an unwarranted display of local patri
otism on the part of the newspaper in
question.
It is to be hoped that the country
bankers generally hold this view, be
cause, if any considerable number of 1
country bankers' felt that the Philadel- j
phia bankers were seeking to abso
lutely control the new institution in
that city it might result In a situation
as unpleasant as that now existing in I
New York, where there is a keen con- !
test between the different factions. i
In any outcome of the election It is
quite probable that bankers who live
in Philadelphia will be in the majority,
and it is to be hoped that no impres
sion will go out that the Philadelphia
bankers are not satisfied with this.
The contest in the New York district
has made many country bankers think
quite a good deal on the subject and ]
many who were formerly indifferent as |
to the outcome of the election are
now determined that it is important
that bankers from the country dis
tricts be given representation. This is
exactly the situation in Federal Re
serve District No. 3. The country
banks are entitled to representation.
Their Interests must be safeguarded,
and it Is hoped the Philadelphia Press
was overzealous In urging that their
rights be denied.
Dr. Thomas G. Pox has passed to his
reward, and while he will be greatly
missed by those of his day and genera
tion the hundreds of children in Hum
melstown and vicinity who have loved
the kindly old philosopher, their friend
and counsellor, will mourn him In the
way that only the little folks sorrow
for those whom they hava loved and
lost Dr. Fox occupied a large place In
this county" and played well- his part,
but while his memory will long remain
green in the hearts of his great host of
friends the children will never cease
to revere him.
We would sympathize with the
Colonel on the condition of his throat If
we were positive the Colonel really
wanted us to.
1 EVENINGCHAT 1
Approval by the Public Service Com
mission of several applications by
trolley companies for permission to
proceed with construction during this
week have paved the way for the lower
ends of Dauphin and Lebanon coun
ties and the upper end of Lancaster to
get some extensive rural transporta
tion lines and may also bring about the
building of a line to connect Middle
town with Elizabethtown. If the lat
ter project is consummated it will
mean that there will be a chain of trol
ley tracks between Philadelphia and
Harrlsburg. At present there are short
gaps in the trolley connection between
the State Capital and Heading and
Philadelphia. One of these is just east
of Lebanon and the other is between
Mlddletown and the upper Lancaster
borough. The new Berks and Lan
caster line will connect Womelsdorf
and Lltitz and within a few days a
charter will be Issued to the Ephrata
and Lebanon Traction Company,
which will connect those two places,
traversing a rich agricultural region.
The Elizabethtown and Deodate Com
pany has secured an amendment to its
charter to make changes in route be
tween Elizabethtown and Mt. Joy and
it will extend into lower Dauphin and
meet the Hershey lines. This change
in route will avoid some grades. Mean
while steps are being taken by the
Hershey and Deodate company to se
cure the right to make some grade
crossings. It is believed that ulti-l
mately one of these lines will build
into Mlddletown and thus meet the
lines of the Harrisburg Railway Com
pany, which connect with those of the
Hershey system at Hummelstown, thus
forming a network of trolleys.
The late Judge John M. Kennedy,
who died In Pittsburgh yesterday, was
well known here and was a dose per
sonal friend of Governor Tener. Judge
Kennedy was one of the friends of the
Governor's youth and although there
was a difference In their ages the
Judge always had a warm place for
the Governor. When Governor Tener
gave his first official dinner at the
Executive Mansion Judge Kennedy was
one of the guests and met a number
of Harrisburgers.
The filing: of expense accounts at the
Capitol this weke has been followed
with keen interest all over the State
and there have been numerous in
quiries made by people over the tele
phone about the law on the subject.
It states in the act that treasurers of
committees must file accounts within
thirty days, but as there is no penalty
clause except a right to invoke the
law to stop administration of oath to
a successful candidate, it would appear
that there existed some necessity for
tightening up the statute.
J. L. Swayze, who appeared before
the Public Service Commission, is the
chief counsel of the Bell Telephone
Company and one of the prominent at
torneys of New York. He has been at
every hearing held by the Public Ser
vice Commission on the proposed tele
phone rate schedule, showing that the
Bell regards it as of the utmost Im
portance. F. H. Bethell, L. H. Kin
neard and other men prominent in the
Bell have also been here.
The great interest taken in the flag
transfer exercises on Monday is illus
trated by the manner in which visitors
to the Capitol are thronging about the
battle flags in the rotunda. More peo
ple have looked at the flags the last
four days, say Capitol officials, than
visited them at the Museum In a
month. Yesterday there was a steady
run of visitors In front of the cases
all day.
Dauphin and Cumberland county
bankers will be well represented at the
meeting of the State Bankers' Asso
ciation at Bedford next week, and it is
probable that the largest delegation
that has gone from this city to any
similar gathering will leave Wednes.
day and Thursday. Many will go on
the "Bankers' Special," which is to
start from Philadelphia.
The meeting of the Middle division
veterans here has a particular interest
for Harrlsburgers, because It was
formed here. Many of the prominent
men are old Harrlsburgers, including
Crelghton, Abercrombie, Smith and
others. The veterans always enjoy
their visits here.
\ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Colonel James N.
a Pittsburgh railroadman, gave a talk
last night in Pittsburgh on war days.
—Job E. Hedges, of New York, was
the speaker at the University of Pitts
burgh commencement. He spoke here
a year ago.
—Robert Jareckl, an Erie manufac
turer, has returned from a foreign trip.
—Dr. John H. Harris has been pres
ident of Bucknell for a quarter of a
century.
1 * POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—The total cost of the campaign
for the nomination of the people's
choice, etc., appears to be mounting.
—Are there any more committees
which have not reported from Dau
|phln county?
—The $12,000 loan probably had a
very short life.
—A. Kevin Detrleh appears to be
disturbed about Dr. Brumbaugh.
—Pittsburgh Progressives are in the
dumps over the Colonel's larynx.
—And now they're trying to work
out a little scheme to hitch McCor
mlck and Plnchot together on a fusion
game. Pretty rough on Palmer.
i EDITORIAL COMMENT!
County I.ocnl Option
[From the Franklin Repository, Cham
bersburg.]
The Republican county committee
went squarely on record In favor of
local option by coounty units. In this
the committee was absolutely right.
Ward or township units are imprac
ticable and would lead to greater dis
satisfaction than now exists. By such
methods the problem Is not solved, but
with a county unit a protection is se
cured. It will be some time before a
State-wide prohibition law can be en
acted. County local option leaves the
matter in the hands of each county
i which Is more competent to govern its
own afTairs than are the other counties
of the State.
I,fwl«town'i Norda
[From the Lewlstown Sentinel.]
It Is now generally remarked that
Lewlstown needs more of the smaller
kind of Industries, employing fifty to
a few hundred people. The value of
the knitting mill and silk mill is ac
knowledged at the present, time and we
have reason to be c-shamed of the fact
that their desires have been so fre
quently Ignored by the authorities.
Appreciation ought to be shown in
stead. When the proposed improve
ments are made we will add to the
facilities and comforts of the present
Industries and be In better position to
Invite others.
STATE COMMITTEE
TO MEET AUGUST 25
State Chairman Crow Suggests a
Later Date For Adoption of
the Platform Draft
CHRISTY NEW CHAIRMAN
Newspaperman Heads Allegheny
Republicans; Delaware Demo
crats in Riot
A proposition to postpone action In
the matter of the adoption of a Re
publican State platform from July 15
to August 26 was yesterday submitted
to the members of the Republican
State committee by the chairman of
that committee, Senator William E.
Crow, of Fayette county. It is also
proposed that the meeting of the State
committee to pass upon the report of
the subcommittee on platform shall be
held on the new date in Pittsburgh.
Chairman Crow's letter to his fellow
committeemen reads as follows:
"Dear Sir: The consensus of opin
ion of the members of the committee
on platform and the candidates on the
State ticket, who met here yesterday,
was that the enunciation of principles
and the party declarations upon all
current issues should be deferred until
later than July 15, the date fixed by
the Republican State committee for a
report from this committee.
"It has been suggested that action
upon this committee's report be de
ferred until August 26, and that the
date of the meeting of the Republican
State committee for consideration of
this report be postponed until that
day, and that this meeting be held In
Pittsburgh.
"I have been requested to communi
cate with you upon this proposition,
and if you are In accord with the sug
gestion as to the date and place of
meeting kindly advise me.
_ "Respectfully,
"WILLIAM E. CROW, Chairman."
It was the opinion of leading mem
bers of the committee that the plat
form when adopted should cover the
latest issues that may be brought up
in the campaign and that a declaration
of principles set forth in the middle of
July would not be as fitting for dis
cussion in the Fall campaign as one
favored at the later date proposed.
There was also a thought that a
meeting of the State committee in
Pittsburgh would serve as an initial
rally for the campaign in Western
Pennsylvania.
Reorganization Democrats caused a
big row at Media yesterday when amid
scenes resembling the stormy times in
Democratic conven
tions thirty years ago,
the machine men Machinists
clean bowled out Cause Row-
County Commissioner at Media
Thomas S. Feeley,
leader of the Don
nelly faction, in the reorganization
of the Democratc county executive
committee, by electing Joseph W.
Gross, of Radnor, over John S. Crego,
of Chester, by a vote of 89 to 60. The
roll was ordered called at the opening,
and at its completion John F. Lenney
charged that a number of Republicans
were serving on the committee, and
made a motion that their names be
stricken from the roll. Chairman
Meredith ruled tho motion out of or
der. This was much like waving a
red rag in the face of a bull. Almost
instantly A. B. Geary, upholding the
elected committeemen, Thomas Feeley
and John F. Lenney, opposing the Re
publican committeemen, rushed to
the space in front of the chairman's
desk and began shaking fists in each
other's faces. Committeemen in 'all
parts of the room yelled and also
shook fists at one another.
Congressman Robert E. Diffender
fer, of the Bucks-Montgomery'district,
who was beaten when he thought he
had a cinch, yesterday
filed a petition in the
Duffy Asks Bucks County Court
Recount on asking for a recount
Congress of the vote cast for the
Democratic nomina
tion for Congress at
the primary election of May 19. The
official count showed that Harry Grim,
of Montgomery county, had won the
nomination by four votes. The peti
tion alleges Irregularity In the voting
in Trumbauersville and in Pennsburg.
Although Howard Jones, president
of the Central Democratic Club, won
out in his contest for the chairman
ship of the Democratic
city committee, he is .
not to have too much Moeslein
say in the management Is to Be
of the campaign in Skipper
Harrlsburg. In fact, it
is pretty broadly inti
mated that Herr E. Moeslein, the
county chairman, is to be the whole
works this Fall. The genial Moeslein
is pretty close to Candidate McCor
mlck and Division Boss McCormick
and besides is an experienced hand In
conducting campaigns the way they
like them. This was indicated the
other day when C. B. McConkey in
seconding Jones' nomination said that
the office was not of vital Importance,
but had significance. Herr Moeslein
is to be the important end and Jones
the significant end.
An accounting for $10,041.40 of re
ceipts and statement of expenditures
aggregating $14,893.21 was filed at
the Capitol late yes
terday by Thomas
Rei 11 y, treasurer of Bonnlwell
the Ryan State cam- Ran Ryan
paign committee. The Campaign
statement shows that
Judge Eugene C. Bon
nlwell received from the treasurer $3,-
681.15, payments being accounted for
under the caption 'Payments to Eu
gene C. Bonnlwell personally." In
addition to the detailed statement
there is this remark: "In addition to
the foregoing checks Mr. Bonnlwell
was given checks received as subscrip
tions from the following gentlemen:
J. B. McCrane, $200; Daniel Wade,
$300; Dr. W. J. O'Brien, $100; Pat
rick Logue, SSO; E. R. Cluton, $25,
making a total of $3,681.51." Mr.
Bonnlwell did not file any vouchers to
show what he did with the money.
The largest contributors to Ryan's
campaign fund were Hugh McCaffery
who gave $1,000; Daniel Wade, who
gave about $900; Thomas Reilly, SSOO
and Pembroke D. Horton, S6OO.
Walter J. Christy, political editor
of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and
well-known here as a legislative cor
respondent, was yes
terday elected chair-
man of the Repub- Christy Is
lican county com- Selected a«
mlttee of Allegheny the Chairman
and will actively as
sume the duties of
the office. The election was practi
cally without opposition except from
retiring Chairman David B. Johns.
W. B. Klrker, the prothonotary, <kajs
elected vice-chairman; R. F. Blgham
secretary and C. W. Kaiser treasurer
The Pittsburgh city committee re
elected Senator Charles H. Kline as
city chairman. > •
SIO.OO
The price of some new MEN'S \
and YOUNG MEN'S Summer
Suits, made to be sold for sls and
slß—and properly so.
Fancy worsteds, plain blue serges, and a lot of
good checks, stripes an& mixtures.
V otx
HIGH GRADE SUITS
sls $lB S2O
Special Values
MEN MEN
OUR DAILY LAUGH
Whftlicr They Two of a Kind
Win or I.oose Nothing, it
Have you made seems to me,
any sacrifices to looks as unimpor
demonstrate your tant as a bride
patriotism. groom at a wed-
I have; I bet on ding,
the home team Have you ever
regularly. noticed a Gover
nor when he was
surrounded by the
uniformed mem-
kers of his staff?
T write for pos- keeplns:
terity. "Misery loves
Posterity has company."
troubles that it "But the cook
knows not of. won't allow us to
havo any."
DUNK!
II y Wins; Dinger
I wrote some verses yesterday,
Which you, no doubt did see.
Tliev told about a friend of mine
Who happy seems to be
Regardless of the ups and downs
That every day arise—
Which cheerfulness he says is due
To early exercise.
I thought I'd trv his stunt awhile.
This morning I arose
At five fifteen, or thereabouts,
And jumped into some clothes.
I ran a mil©, and now I feel
About three quarters dead—
To-morrow morn, Just take this tip,
I'm going to stay in bed.
ROOSEVELT AS A RETRIBUTION
(From the Louisville Courier-Journal,
Dem.)
Napoleon went to his doom a cen
tury ago. Happily no other doom
awaits his modern prototype (Roose
velt) than having a corking time chas
ing the rainbow of a third term in
the White House; though let<us say
that, in the event that the people,
through their impieties and follies,
come to require a master who will
bridle and saddle and ride them like
the very devil —as they will so richly
deserve —Teddy's the man for the job,
and we shall be for him!
Business Locals
THE MAN AHEAD OF YOU
shows his heels and Boles to you as
he walks. If the shoes are worn
through and run down at the heel you
assume that the man is careless about
his personal appearance, no matter
how faultlessly he may be dressed
from the sole up. We make your shoes
look like new. City Shoe Repairing
Co., 317 Strawberry street.
WHY LESTER PIANOS?
Because the Lester tone is lasting
in rich, rare mellowness. Lester touch
pleases musicians. Lester finish is ab
solutely the finest. Lester durability
guaranteed ten years. Let us show
you how easy It is to own a Lester,
they last a lifetime. Send for illus
trated booklet and details of easy
payment plan. H. G. Day. 1319 Derry
street.
EXPENSIVE EXPERIMENTS
Many a beautiful gown or suit has
been ruined and brought to us after
home methods had been resorted to,
because they wanted to save a
cleanser's bill. You may beat us forty
ways In making a cake or In the
knowledge of your own business, but
when you want garments cleansed,
phone for Finkelsteine, 1320 North
Sixth street.
COTTAGE OR SKY-SCRAPER
We will cover either one with a
coat of paint, Inside or outside; the
smallest tenement or the finest resi
dence will receive our attention. Es
tablished in 1881, we've weilded the
brushes ever since, and the Mechanics
Bank and the Telegraph buildings
bear testimony to our ability and
facility. Gohl & Bruaw; SlO Straw
berry street.
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SHIRTS
SIDES A SIDES
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[From the Telegraph, June 19, 1914]
Carry Redoubts
Washington, June 18, 10 p. m. ~
To Major General Dix, New York:
The following dispatch from Gen
eral Grant, dated yesterday at 11
o'clock a. m. at City Point has been
received. The Ninth Corps this morn
ing carried two redoubts forming a
part of the defenses of Petersburg,
capturing 450 prisoners and four guns.
Storming Works
Louisville, June 19, 1864. —
A staff officer from the front re
ports heavy tiring on Wednesday on
our left. Blair's corps was storming
the enemy's works. Our whole army
was in line, and there was firing along
the entire front.
BUSINESS MUST BE SUPPRESSED
[From the Wilkes-Barre Record]
! President Wilson has discovered an
other "Insidious lobby." The first one
was found out at the time the tariff
was in process of revision. A number
of businessmen believed that the
schedule as framed would have a
harmful effect upon the prosperity of
the county and they sent letters to
Congressmen expressing their fear.
The President denounced this method
as a conspiracy to favor the pro
ducing interests at the expense of the
people. Whether the businessmen
were right or the President the people
have now a good» opportunity to
judge.
Mr. Wilson now produces evidence
of another conspiracy. Behold, Con
gressmen are receiving letters from
businessmen pleading for a rest
from agitation and asking that the
proposed trust legislation be put off
until another session of Congress The
President makes public one of the let
ters. It is from the president of the
Pictorial Review Company and asks
the recipient, IF HE AGREES WITH
THE VIEWS THEREIN STATED, to
mail a copy of the letter, or a letter of
similar character, to members of Con
gress and the President. There is no
compulsion. The recipient is to
petition the authorities only if the
views expressed in the letter coincide
with his own views.
Since when has the right of petition
been denied to any individual or
group of individuals? It appears that
in the estimation of President Wilson
this Inalienable and constitutional
right is a serious crime. There Is no
threat against any Congressman, there
is no offer of money or any other re
ward for complying with the request,
there is not the semblance of bribery
or intimidation. It Is only a plain,
open appeal.
The trouble with Mr. Wilson is that
his egotism warps his judgment. He
is convinced that no harm can come
to the country as the result of policies
which he believes to be right. He Is
not yet convinced that the country is
suffering from serious depression as
the result of material conditions. He
has been forced to admit that there is
depression, but he attributes it to some
spiritual influence. He talks as though
businessmen are unmitigated rascals,
having neither honor nor conscience,
ever scheming to grind down the
people under the heel of oppression;
if o group of businessmen oppose cer
tain legislation, they do it out of ul
terior motives, of course.
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HATS and
CLOTHING
Sides & Sides
Commonwealth Hotel Building
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IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph, June 19, 1914]
Sell Real Estate
The trustees of (Salem) German
Reformed church will sell a lot of
valuable real estate located in this
city, on Tuesday evening, 28th, at
Brant's hall.
Longest Day
To-day is what is known as "the
longest day"—being fourteen hours
and fifty-two minutes in length.
DR. BRUMBAUGH'S CHARACTER
IS HIS PLATFORM
This quotation is from an Ohio
newspaper which, after praising Dr.
Martin G, Brumbaugh personally,
reads as follows:
"His personal qualities and aspira
tions constitute a surer and sounder
platform of high political purpose
than a string of resolutions a yard
long. And yet he is'being nagged by
special, reforms, with questions want
ing to know if he will do this or that
in some specific way, all of which are
calculated to bring on empty contro
versy.
I "We would rather have a man like
Doctor Brumbaugh, standing on his
manhood and high ideals of citizen
ship than on a category of specific,
reforms embracing all the whims of
all the people of the State. He is a
safer man. And then, himself out of
controversy over particular policies,
and standing on broad principles of
righteousness and duty, he has more
chance of being elected. To defeat
such a man with quibbles and minor
issues would be a sin against tho
State. It is far better to depend on
character than on promises. We know
Doctor Brumbaugh like a brother,
and we say it would be a crime to
defeat him.
THERE IS A CONSPIRACY
(New York Sun)
Some observers, specialists in the
study of mental idiosyncrasies, illu
sions and are inclined to
ascribe to the cerebral irritation and
neurasthenia produced by overwork
Mr. Wilson's theory of the conspiracies
that Ho environ and have environed
his administration. More unfriendly
or biased critics affect to apprehend
in It the natural result of the concen
tration of all departments of the gov
ernment in one man cr superman. Tho
consciousness and use of power In ever
larger doses breeds inevitably in the
user a sense of Infallible virtue, to
oppose which is to be wicked; and the
powers of Evil are notoriously banded
together, while Good is solitary, self
centered, self-supported.
But why plunge further into the
bowels of the higher psychology? Why
not own frankly thiii there is a con
spiracy against Mr. Wilson ?
A conspiracy, not as Mr. Wilson sees
it, of malefactors, but of facts, the
palpable and plain facts, recent and
nresent, of business In these United
States.
Against this plot of unpleasant facts,
no more to be recognized than the al
most as iniquitous Huerta, Mr. Wilson
will continue to fight like the righteous
and tenacious and illuminate man and
ruler that he feels himself to be.
What do mere business men know
about business?