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MONDAY EVENING. JUNE 22
THE COUNTY COMMITTEE
THE meeting of the Republican
county committee on Saturday
should provide the opponents of
the party in Dauphin county
with food for thought. Not only was
it the largest ever held in the history
of the organization, but it was.marked
by good feeling and perfect accord.
"Harmony" is often an ill-used and
over-worked word as applied to poli
ties. Very often it means simply that
an overwhelming or ruthless majority
has taken everything there is to take
from the minority and then forced the
minority to keep quiet about it. That I
was not the ease on Saturday, how
ever. The committee's deliberations
were harmonious in the best sense of
the word.
William H. Horner, James E. Dentz, ,
Mark Mumma, Al. S. Cooper and the .
remainder of the officers were re
elected, because they deserved to be ,
and because the committee desired it
so. They have shown their mettle in
past campaigns, they know the county
better, perhaps, than any other men
who might have been chosen for the
places, and their residences are so well
scattered that every portion of the
county has proper representation. ,
The election of Frank A. Smith to
succeed the late Charles F. Moyer as
State committeeman takes into the
deliberations of that committee a
staunch and able Republican. Mr.
Smith was county chairman during
the strenuous days of* the Taft cam
paign and the splendid showing he
made under those difficult circum
stances mark him as a leader who will
give, good account of himself in the
field of State politics.
One of tho most encouraging fea
tures of the meeting was the pres
ence of so many young men. The new
rules, giving fullest freedom of activi
ties and opportunities to anybody hav
ing party aspirations, arc doubtless
responsible for this. It is a good sign
when the younger men of the party
take such interest in its affairs.
All told, the meeting of Saturday
indicates that the Republicans of
Dauphin county are awake to the im
portance of the coming campaign.
They realize that they must stand
shoulder to shoulder, instead of per
mitting a division of their forces as
they did In 1912, and prospects are
bright for one of the biggest Republi
can majorities in the history of the
district.-
United States Senator Borah and
other students of political events are
all of the opinion that the Republican
party is coming together rapidly in a
solid alignment against the discredited
Democracy this year.
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
UNDER the title "What Italians
Are Doing For the Pennsylvania
Railroad," the publicity de
partment of that company has
issued an illustrated publication, the
study of which should be an inspira
tion to any young foreigner coming
to this country In search of an oppor
tunity for advancement. There are
11,000 Italians employed on the road.
Twenty years ago there were but very
few. There are in all about 140,000
employes on the Pennsylvania Rail
road east of Pittsburgh and Erie.
Italians form more than one-four
teenth of the total number.
Italy is represented in practically
every department of the railroad, and
each day these men are making their
impression. Twenty years ago all of
the Italians employed by the company
were laborers. To-day many of them
hold positions of trust and responsi
bility, due possibly to a great extent
to their learning the English language.
There are at the present time on the
lines east of Pittsburgh seventy-flve
Italian track foremen—a position of
much importance in -this day of heavy
trains and many of them; there are
187 Italian assistant foremen, while
many others are making rapid ad
vancement in the machine shops as
gang leaders and machinists. Promo
tion is always open to the man who
works hard and Improves himself.
The company quotes a number of
■peclfio Instances to show how Indi
viduals have worked their way from
MONDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JUNE 22, 1914.'
the bottom to responsible positions.
Among them is this:
Vlncenza S. Salomon is an Italian
who is advancing:. Not long ago he
bought a typewriter, anil to-day ,
his reports and letters are models
of neatness. Mr. Salomon was born
in Italy In 1879. He came to America
when he was Z'l years old. He
entered the service of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad in 1907 as a track
laborer on the Middle Dlvison. Five
months after entering tho service
He was promoted to assistant fore
man. In September, 1908, he was
appointed foreman. Mr. Salomon's
superior officers point to him as an
able foreman, especially skilled in
switch and interlocking work. His
naturalization papers are well under
• way, and he expects very shortly
to be made a full-fledged citizen of
the United States.
There is a double lesson in this in
creasing prominence of foreign born
men in the big Industries of the nation.
One Is that the United States is still
the land of opportunity. The other
is that our native-born young men
must be willing to sacrifice as readily
and to toil as industriously as these
newcomers if they hope to hold the
supremacy in the race for advance
ment.
Woolen manufacturers announce a
heavy increase in woolen imports over
the four months of last year. An of
ficial statement shows that 561,253
looms are idle under the new tariff.
Yet the Palmer-McCormick machine
continues to beg the voters of Penn
sylvania to support an administration
which is doing its level best to put the
Industries of this State out of business.
THE BUSINESS SITUATION
PSYCHOLOGY may be an inter
esting science and as a study
invites the attention of those
who like that sort of thing, but
as a panacea for depression in busi
ness it is an utter failure. Herman
L. Collins, in an admirable survey of
the situation, indicates in two or three
paragraphs some truths which require
no argument to establish their con
vincing force:
flo.T, 6 I s no Psychology in these
figures: America last month sold
to foreigners over $33,000,000 less
merchandise and bought from for
eigners $30,000,000 more merchan
dise than in May, 1913.
„,?iL er o is no Psychology in these
llnuL "? u , r0B: J n May, 1913, the
SRI nnn nn,? tCS sold 1° forei Kn lands
♦ b1,000,000 more than it bought
from them. month the United
Mates bought $6,000,000 more than
it sold.
Shipments of bituminous coal over
• Pe , l ? nsylvanla Railroad Com
kv?2 ?». *i es east of Pittsburgh and
Krie in May were 3,543,218 tons a
Sf 635 - 0! ™ tons from the
corresponding month of 1913 Coke
tons, a fall
ing off of 420,267 tons
There are many optimistic factors
in the situation, of course, but It Is the
consensus of conservative opinion that
those things which should make for
a prosperous period are overcome by
the persistent legislative folly at
\\ ashlngton, It must be apparent to
even the most casual student of affairs
that when we buy more from Europe
than we sell the manufacturer and
workingman of the United States are
the sufferers.
As suggested by another student of
trade conditions, instead of selling
each month vastly more than we
bought from foreign producers, for
the last two months the United States
has bought more than it sold. Offi
cial reports show that thousands of
railroad cars are idle, that the move
ment of freight during the first half
of June has decreased 17 per cent, on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, which is
double the decrease for the five months
from January to June 1; that the
United Staes has been obliged to send
to Europe $70,000,000 of real gold this
year, and notwithstanding all this the
mills of legislation antagonistic to the
business interests of the country grind
on.
Dr. Talcott Williams, head of the
Pulitzer School of Journalism, who is
remarkably careful in any public
statement, said that a canvass had
been made at a meeting of the New
York State Editorial Association, and
all of the editors were unanimous in
laying at the door of the Administra
tion the responsibility for the unset
tled conditions of business.
While the harvest outlook is great
and the bank clearings are satisfac
tory, the continued insistence of the
AVilson Administration on the passage
of more anti-trust bills is having a
tendency to destfoy the confidence
which comes from the crop reports.
Two hundred million bushels of wheat
in excess of any other harvest in the
history of the country, 45,000 cars of
fruit the promise of Southern Califor
nia for this year, cheap money and
sound credit and the natural optimism
of the people of the United States are
all encouraging signs of the times,
but when the foreign producer is able
to undersell the American producer,
"which completely reverses our posi
tion as a big seller into a still bigger
buyer," and the further fact that the
railroads which buy 40 per cent, in
normal times of the steel output in
America are now able to buy only
about one-fifth of the amount, and the
additional fact that railroads are pay
ing the same wages with traffic going
■down as was paid when traffic was
going up, the reasqn for the lack of
confidence is not hard to discover.
Mr. Dimmlck likewise dipped deep
into his pockets In the primary cam
paign. There appears to have been ex
pended in his behalf about $30,000. A
few more primaries like the one we
have just passed through and the poor
man with brains and a desire to serve
his city, State or nation will be forced
out of the running.
No doubt Secretary Bryan would be
glaH to loan Colonel Roosevelt his inde
fatigable larynx for use In the Pennsyl
vania campaign.
Many a man kindles the flame of pas
sion only to repent in sackcloth and
ashes.
Any physician will tell you that sore
throats most often come from cold feet.
It looks as though mediation might
go over the Falls.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
Old Past, let go, and drop In the
sea,
Till fathomless waters cover thee!
For I am living thou art dead;
Thou drawest back, I strive ahead
The way to find.
•—Sidney Lanier.
I EVENING"WI
The growth of Harrisburg is pretty
well illustrated by the signs on some
of the trolley cars, and when Derry
street cars began to wear the "23"
sign on Saturday folks knew that a
new terminal for a city line had been
established. It seems but a short time
since the Second street cars bore the
Maclay street sign and the Derry
street cars that of Nineteenth street.
Then Second street service was ex
tended up to Seneca and Derry street
to Twenty-first. Then the Second
street line went up past the Harris
burg Academy to Riverside, where
the numbers are in the 3000 class.
With the completion of the new dou
ble track in Derry street the Harris
burg Hallways Company .decided to
push its midway terminal out to tho
end of the proposed paving and the
crossover was moved Irom the top of
the knoll at Twenty-first street out to
Twenty-third street. That is why the
23 signs,began to appear. It will only
be a short time until all the Hill cars
run to Paxtang and the Second street
cars to Riverside for their trips, just
like the day is coming when cars will
run all the way around Reservoir
Park and the Third street cars will go
to Division street. The building line
is rapidly growing .up to the city's
gates.
It is interesting in this connection to
recall that on July 4 it will be twenty
six years since the first car was run
between Harrisburg and Steelton, the
East Harrisburg Passenger Railway
Company, which operated the line, be
ing one of the first in the State to use
the trolley cars. It ran a horse car
line on Allison Hill soon after, but
trolley cars did not commence to op
erate in the part of the city west of
the railroads until 1890, when the
East Harrisburg leased the Harrisburg
City Passenger Railway and the fa
miliar yellow horse cars with their
tinkling bells, which had given Har
risburg service for a quarter of a cen
tury, became things of the past.
A conductor on one of the lines
passing the corner of Third and Mar
ket streetstells this story on himself.
Frequently" women passengers have
difficulty getting on the. cars because
of tight skirts, and the conductor,
being a veteran, takes care of his pas
sengers, even if he cannot do more
than give advice. The other evening
his car came along at a time when
the curbs were lined with "crows,"
watching everything and making audi
ble remarks. A woman in a very
tight-fitting skirt signaled for the car
to stop and when the doors were
opened the conductpr noticed her garb
and said, "Watch your step." Quick
as a flash the young woman replied:
"I will and so will those men."
Samuel G. Caldwell, brother of War
den Caldwell, who died a few days
ago, was for several years connected
with the Pennsylvania Steel-Company's
operations at Siboney, Cuba. Mr.
Caldwell worked in the shops when
they were first established and new
that whole district. When the Span
ish War came along and military op
eratons began in that section, Mr.
Caldwell gave the Harrisburg news
papers their first description of the
lay of the land and told of the country
where the fighting occurred.
Some of the trees planted, or rather
allowed to grow, along the River
Front below the level of the park
walks are getting so large that they
seriously interfere with views of the
river from the parks and Front street.
Between Market and Mulberry there
are trees which are fifteen to twenty
feet above the street level and they
are beside others which within a few
years will block the matchless river
scenery unless trimmed.
William H. Donner. the new chair
man of the board of the Pennsylvania
Steel Company, has been elected a
director of Cambria Steel, which com
pany he made a notable success. E. T.
Stewart, who recently became treas
urer of Pennsylvania Steel, has re
signed as treasurer of Cambria.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Samuel F. Knox, president of the
New York Shipbuilding company, is to
be one of the speakers at the Indus
trial conference In Philadelphia this
week.
—Congressman Palmer won a din
ner as a bet from Oscar Underwood.
He bet Underwood that he would
carry more counties than he would.
Underwood got 61 and Palmer 62.
—W. C. Allen, Monongahela, was
elected president of the Washington
County Sunday School Association.
—E. L. Seabrook, of Philadelphia,
was elected secretary of the National
Association of Sheet Metal Men.
—Lieutenant J. M. Wright, of the
United States Engineers, has been de
tailed to the work at Erie.
—Congressman J. M. Morin, of
Pittsburgh, took part in the Eagles
play at Pittsburgh. So did W. J. Bren
nan and County Treasurer Frank Har
ris.
REGULATION OF THE EXECUTIVE
(New York Sun)
The Sun has printed letters enough
from its readers to show the wide
spread and intelligent interest which
our fellow citizens are taking in the
proposition that the particualr kind of
regulation most needed by our afflicted
republic is the regulation of the Fed
eral Executive.
We quite agree ivith those of our
correspondents who describe this as
the greatest present issue.
Few of the evils now retarding the
national development and obstructing
the return of prosperity for the people
and clouding the future of business,
big and little, may not be traced di
rectly or indirectly to the unwarranted
assumption by the Executive of pow
ers and functions not entrusted to it
by the Constitution. Nowhere else is
there under way at this time so revo
lutionary and swiftly progressive and
deflnantly audacious a change in the
framework of our Government. It is
time that Americans who think beyond
six o'clock to-morrow morning should
consider soberly and justly the certain
consequences of failure to check the
aggression begun uncer Roosevelt, ar
rested to some extent during the years
of Taft, and continued with acceler
ated vigor and momentum, almost in
the geometrical ratio, during the first
fifteen months of Wilson and Bryan.
Executive power, now so .eager to
attempt the regulation of about every
thing else in the world. Is itself the
thing which of all things most urgently
calls for Federal regulation.
By the regulation of the Federal
Executive the Sun means the limita
tion of executive activities to the con
stitutional functions, and the restora
tion of that balance of power among
the three co-ordinate departments of
the Federal Government on which de
pends the life of our institutions.
MORE "PINCHOTING"
[Philadelphia Ledger.]
With fraternal loyalty, Glfford joins
Amos. Pinchot in demanding that
George W. Perkins get out of the Pro
gressive party. "The people of our
State," says Mr. Pinchot, meaning
Pennsylvania, "appear to take little in
terest in Perkins." That probably is
true, and the recent primary showed
that they take just as little Interest In
Mr. Pinchot. In fact, he might read
more than half of the Progressives of
1912 out of tho party and then dis
cover that not one of them had been
in It for more than a year.
SIMMS
M'COHICK'S WHYS
Says That It Cost Him SIOO,OOO
to Put Him Over as a Candi
date For Governorship
YORK DEMOCRATS BRAWL
Act Just Like Those Did in Dela
ware County—Pinchot Gets
Trouble in Throat
The McCormick primary expense
| accounts, which have been attracting
much attention as they turn up on
Capitol Hill from day to day, fur
nished a theme for an interesting ad
dress by Senator Charles A. Snyder
at Pottsvllle on Saturday. The Sen
,P r ' J v * 1 1 ° is n fr equent visitor to this
C followed the primary campaign
with interest and on Saturday in a
speech before the Republican countv
committee charged that McCormick
spent SIOO,OOO, first and last, to be
nominated for Governor. The Sen-
? t0 ! not K° Into details, but con
tented himself with that statement.
He also went into the McCormick
mayoralty campaign in 1902 and said
that 133,000 was raised for McCor
mick's election and that a lot was left
over.
Senator Snyder will be one of the
Republican speakers in the campaign
to begin about September 1.
Gifford Pinchot's voice went out in
sympathy with that of the Colonel on
Saturday. He was to have spoken to
the P. O. S. of A. at
Doylestown, but when he
got under way he found Pinchot's
that making 29 speeches Voice Is
in one <}ay was too much Frazzled
for him. Then he made
some remarks about his
larynx and gave it up. However,' Pin
chot and Lewis will be at it again
to-day as they begin their tour of
northern counties. Lewis will leave
the stump to meet the Colonel on his
arrival in New York and Pinchot will
follow the trail laid out by Nevin
Detrich. Pinchot has not been meet
ing with much success as a drawing
card and is inclined to be testy about
ork county Democrats indulged in
a good old-time row when the county
committee met for reorganization on
Saturday and the
Peeling faction put
York County it all over the Love
Democrats In faction, which
a Row Again backed Kyan in the
late unpleasantness.
The fuss was so pro
nounced that Democrats at the State
windmill are wondering wljat the ef
fect will be in the Fall and will ask
the "pie cutting" conferees at Phila
delphia to-day to straighten things
out. J. T. Atkins, the new chairman,
is a reorganizer. The York county Re
publicans held a meeting which was
in sharp contrast to the warring
Democrats. They elected Dr-. R. H.
Stahle as chairman and adopted reso
lutions blasting Wilson and his policies
all over the map. York is feeling the
industrial depression and the resolu
tions went home to many.
William S. Leib, resident clerk of
the House, was elected as chairman
of the Schuylkill county Republican
committee again at the
annual meeting in
Pottsville on Saturday I/elh Again
and C. T. Straughan, of Pilot in
Shenandoah, secretary. Schuylkill
The committee heard
several speakers, in-
cluding Senator Snyder, and adopted
resolutions. The Republicans have an
excellent working organization and
the Democrats are divided. The Bull
Moosers of Schuylkill also met on Sat
urday and elected C. E. Gangloff, of
Schuylkill Haven, as chairman and
heard speeches by Judge Brumm and
Representative John Robert Jones.
Some interesting facts are presented
about the appellate courts by Frank
J. Price, correspondent of the Phila
delphia Ledger, in an ar
ticle sent from here. He
Western says: "Since Pennsyl-
End Well vania became a State
Cared For there have been fifty
three judges of the Su-
preme and seventeen
judges of the Superior Court. Of
these, Philadelphia county has had
twelve and Allegheny county six. Dau
phin, in which is situated the capital
of the State, has never had a Supreme
or a Superior Court judge. Allegheny
county has been represented on the
Supreme bench continuously for a per
iod of forty-six years. Attention has
been called to the fact that more than
half the population of the State—4,-
300,000 to be exact-»-lives east of the
Susquehanna river, and yet there are
already nine judges of the two appel
late courts selected from counties west
of the Susquehanna, seven of them
from far west to live from ea.st of that
river. Geography, does count, as was
shown in the primaries. As has been
said, each candidate carried his own
county, Kunkel getting virtually a
unanimous vote of Dauphin."
Pittsburgh Is to be the political
storm center of the State again, be
ginning about the last week of this
month. Senator Boies
Penrose will probably
go there on June 26 and Pittsburgh
move around In the Again the
western counties for a High Spot
week or more looking
over the fences thrown
up in his behalf for the Fall cam
paign. He expects to be there through
out 'he visit of Colonel Roosevelt and
the Washington party leaders of the
Commonwealth. They will be in ses
sion for several days. June 29 Gif
ford Pinchot and W. Draper Lewis,
Washington party candidates for
United States Senator and Governor,
will arrive in Pittsburgh to remain
during the Progressive reunion festivi
ties that Roosevelt is hurrying home
from Europe to attend. William Flinn
will arrive a day or two In advance
of the State candidates of the party
he is* big chief In Pennsylvania. He
is in California, now.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
LFrom the Telegraph of June 32, 1864.]
Repair Street
Market street, between Fourth and
the depot, is being repaired. It has
been covered with a plentiful supply of
broken stone, and wfll be in fine order
for travel before long.
Cherrlea Plentiful
There was a very abundant aupply of
cherries in the markets this morning
They were selling at from five to twelve
cents per quart; mulberries were sola
at fifteen cents; peas, beans, etc., could
be had at almost any figure.
PINCHOT AS A VERB
(From the New York Times)
The verb "to pinchot" has come »o
mean to act like a lunatic in politics.
God, from a beautiful neces
sity, Is love.-—Tupper,
( OVR DAILY LAUGH )
Hare to Be Brave Can't Buy Those
He "That fel- I suppose your
low Is a very neighbors, the
brave man." Newrlch, have the
She —. "A sol- bpßt of every
dler?" thing.
He "No. A Ye8 ' except
baseball umpire." manners.
Circumstances 0r rhnrKP H(m
i Helen's hus
„!j thought you band's name Is
»fc wepen 1 BIU - ,Bn 't It?
f n °' n * V l6 sew- . yes, and he's
Ri,t mv' -1 T She'll break
> my dear - 1 him.
uidn t know then
about the things
you have told pie.
hurrah for the rain
By Win* Dinner
It s strange how Nature does her work
Sometimes it rains like sin
Day in day out, week after week,
And makes us all stay in.
And other times It seems as though
It's never going to rain;
Things get so dry, we'd give up fun
To see It wet again.
Now take this year, with every sign
Of record crops, it looked
As though most everything that grows
Would by the sun be cooked.
But Nature knows what's best, I guess,
And no doubt she was right »
In holding off the rain so long,
Then sending us last night
Such copious draughts, that I am sure
The land here'bout was drenched
T °„ B, i cl lu e3 s te "t that Plants and grain
Had their thirst fully quenched.
I* 4 .'? 'V 0 * and * r °an and sigh
Because tls dry or wet.
For Nature will work out her plans
To help her sons, you bet.
I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—Rather odd that Palmer has to
deny he intends to become a cabinet
officer before the November election.
He does not say he will not after No
vember.
—The Central Democratic club will
not have the same kind of hats that it
wore in the 1912 parades. They will
be more expensive tiles.
—Of course. It was all right for a
harvester trust man to be put in charge
of the country's monetary svstem. The
President said he was all right.
—Palmer is right In one thing—
that the Democracy is not harmonious.
—Some of those men who hastened
west to get jobs in the fields probably
have some ideas about the administra
tion's "dope" that jobs were begging.
—A lot of anxious ones will know
in a few days what the "Big Four" is
settling in Philadelphia to-day.
—Three Philadelphia councilmen
are candidates for Congress or Senate.
—Local option appears to be a real
live issue in the Cumberland Valley.
—The Philadelphia Democratic city
committee will meet to-night.
—York Democrats do not appear to
be as united as Palmer thinks.
PALMER'S EL/OQUENT SILENCE
[Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Mr. Palmer has given out a lengthy
statement concerning the campaign in
Pennsylvania, but singularly enough
he fails to make any comment on the
high price of Democratic politics in
this State. This is a pity, because
there is no doubt that he could give
the people some interesting informa
tion if he felt so disposed.
A rereading of the returns filed in
the office of the Secretary of the Com
monwealth discloses some facts that
arc illuminating and others that are
puzzling. For instance, it is stated
that the Palmer and McCormick
League, in addition to its other activi
ties, found it desirable to raise $12,000
on a note, which had among its in
dorsers one James I. Blakslee. The
severely businesslike statement does
not tell us the identity of the generous
Mr. Blakslee, but there is a person by
that name who occupies the position
of Assistant Postmaster General in the
administration of the Honorable Wood
row Wilson, and it would not, perhaps,
be a bad guess to assume that the two
Blakslees are one and the same man.
This may be a severe shock to those
persons who have supposed that all of
the men connected with the Wilson
regime were dreamers. The President
may live In the clouds and most of the
members of his Cabinet may reside in
Dreamland, but we have the satisfac
tion of knowing that at least one of
the officeholders is a practical man,
and that he comes from Pennsylvania.
But if that is clear, there are some
other things that are not so self
evident. For example, a dispatch from
Harrisburg stutrs that in Mr. McOor
mlck's personal account, Ijjed some
time ago, he charges himself with
$2,000 given to the Palmer and McCor
mick League, while in the statement
of receipts by the league he is credited
with only SI,OOO. Which is correct?
Mr. McCormick, if he cares to do so,
might readily straighten out this dis
crepancy. But then what difference
does a measly little thousand dollars
make in a primary campaign where
$59,000 have been expended?
There are other details that may
prove of absorbing Interest to the stu
dent of political economy. Someone
with a taste for figures has estimated
that Palmer and McCormick votes in
Clinton county cost approximately
$1.50 each, while in another county
they cost less than a dollar apiece. It
Is also shown that one of the most gen
erous contributors in Clinton county is
a man who has Just been appointed to
a postmastership in that section. This,
of course, is purely a coincidence, but
it is a very interesting and instructive
one.
However, take them in their en
tirety, the returns made to the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth prove the
high cost of securing Democratic nomi
nations. It seems passing strange that
the men who spent the largest sums
of money should have been the candi
dates of the Wilson administration.
This, coupled with the Democratic
horror of campaign contributions, will
puzzle many good cltisens who are
anxiouK to take the statements of the
administration at their face value.
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OF THE CIVIL WAR
[Krom the Telegraph of .Tune 22, 1864.]
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pnnll tl" * 1 June 21. The steamer
sniT j , has Jußt arrived with over
Tiici. Including sixty officers.
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works atound Petersburg.
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THE STATK CAMPAIGN
[Pittsburgh Gazette-Times]
The tentative decision to defer
?.F en u n , g the Pennsylvania campaign
IL f of the Republican State
InH I U S. August 26, at which time
and in Pittsburgh, it is proposed that
the platform shall be promulgated, is
dictated by sound reasons. The hot
season is not propitious for campaign
ing. Too many people are away on
their vacations and those at home do
not care to be bothered by the feverish
demonstrations and utterances of po
litical contest. Nothing could be
gained by beginning the battle now
and nothing will be lost by waiting
until two months and more later.
Beside, the struggle this year in
1 ennsylvania is peculiar. Two parties
are fighting the Republicans and j
neither can succeed, or hopo to hand]
victory to the other, without drawing!
from the Republican strength. Thc J
Republican platform, therefore, not-1
withstanding that between elections j
much is said foolishly of the incon
sequence of platforms, becomes a
matter of ilrst magnitude. The decla
rations of May are less likely to har
monize with the conditions or meet
the demands of October than the rec
ommendatins and pledges of late Au
gust. Speaking nationally, the Re
publican party is of the minority, as
indeed it was in the State two vears
ago. Hence while technically it Is on
the defensive in the campaign of this
year, and presumably represents a
majority of Pennsylvania voters in the
States, it Is necessary that it shall
take an affirmative and aggressive po
sition, and not be content with mere
negation and denunciation. Having
a ticket strong in its personnel, it is
imperative that the platform shall not
only fit the nominations, but that. It
shall be right up with the political
developments of the year and In that
respect commend itself alike to tho
wavering and the regular.
The situation calls for prudent
handling and skillful management. To
recover from the misfortunes of 1912,
especially with a powerful national
administration operating from the
White House down in the interest of
the ancient enemy, will require hard
work and perfect organization, and
above all there must be no over-confi
dence or ill-considered commitments.
Already the other parties are embar
rassed by their platforms, and it is
well that the Republicans should pro
ceed with care and deliberation.
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AUTO LICENSE FUND SUIT
[From the Pennsylvania Farmer]
The Dauphin County Court on June
8 handed down a decision releasing
to the State Highway Department tho
automobile license fund now amount
ing to approximately $1,000,000. This
should end the controversy long ex
isting between the State Auditor and
State Treasurer on the one side and
the "administration" on the other aa
to the disposal of this fund. The en
tire controversy has been a case of
playing politics, made possible by the
carelessness of the last session of Leg
islature in so wording the appropria
tion clause as to leave question of
conflict with tho specific appropria
tion act of 1903. There was'never a
doubt of the intent of the Legisla
ture to appropriate the license fund
to the use of the State Highway De
partment-. The hitch came on a tech
nical point Involving the legal right
of the Auditor and Treasurer to
honor and cash the requisitions drawn
by the Highway Department under
the loose wording of the appropria
tion law of 1913. This legal point
should be satisfactorily removed by
the late court decision. There is talk
of an appeal from the decision by tho
Auditor. There can be little excuse
for such action at this time. It is
only fair to state that because of gen
eral dissatisfaction with the adminis
tration of tho Highway Department,
public opinion in the State has tended
to support the claim of the Auditor
and Treasurer in withholding theso
funds. At least there has been little
general criticism of a parley, ad
mitted to be for political effect, which
interefered with placing additional
money in the hands of a department
which has shown little ability in mak
ing good use of its appropriations.
But there is a limit to public patience
which is as apt to be felt by the war
ring officials as by the road depart
ment. An appeal of the case will bo
carrying politics a step too far. Tho
Highway Department has been urging
the retention of this fund as an ex
cuse for its inefficiency for months.
It has served well as an excuse, but
tho condition of the State roads de
mands immediate attention, and re
sponsibility for further delay will be
placed where it belongs.