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THIRSDAY KVKMXG, AUGUST 27
REPUBLICAN MOBILIZATION
IF there was any doubt in the mind
of any Republican as to the nature
of the State campaign this year,
that doubt must have been dispelled
yesterday. The formal opening of the
campaign at Pittsburgh was charac
terized by the greatest enthusiasm that
has ever marked the beginning of an
Important political battle. Men from
all parts of the State were present and
everywhere was manifest the earnest
determination of the party leaders
representing the cohesive organization
of Republican forces to conduct this
year the most aggressive fight that has
been made in the history of the Re
publican party.
Whatever differences weakened the
organization two years ago have prac
tically disappeared and there is now a
united and forceful body of Repub
licans anxious for the fray and ready
to re-establisb the dominance of the
party of protection and prosperity.
The little men who have been fussing
up and down the State in an effort to
draw attention to themselves must see
In the gathering at Pittsburgh the
finish of their self-exploited ambitions.
From now on thR Republican leaders
and the nominees of the party will go
out among the people and the con
structive Republican policies will be
presented as only men of large ex
perience and recognized ability can
present tbem to the people.
Tom-tit politics has about had its
day in Pennsylvania and tbe voters of
all parties have become weary of the
constant repetition of stale platitudes
and still more stale abuse of an Im
perial Commonwealth whose achieve
ments have been the wonder and ad
miration of the country.
Perhaps the most significant fea
ture of the Pittsburgh demonstration
was the tremendous enthusiasm over
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, who made
his first appearance since the people
nominated him for Governor. His
address last night was a keynote de
liverance and what he said will be
accepted by men of all parties as the
Inspiration of the gubernatorial can
vass. As we have always contended,
tinder the new primary system the
candidate for office goes before the
people upon his personal platform.
While the party deliverances are In
teresting they are not vital with re
fepect to the individual nominee. Dr.
Brumbaugh repeated in his address
the pledges of his primary campaign
and upon these he will stand.
Justice to lahor, good roads, local
toptlon, State civil service, woman's
suffrage, conservation of our resources,
Advanced educational policies, a re
organized treatment of charities and a
■wider freedom in local municipal
regulations. These are his planks.
Could any man stand upon a more
sane, a more constructive, a ac
ceptable platform for all the people?
"Ha\'lng put my hand to the plow,"
continues Dr. Brumbaugh, "I shall not
look back, but forward, plowing as
straight a furrow as I know how to
(plow, as straight as God helps me to
plow." This is the declaration of the
distinguished candidate of the Re
publican party for Governor and no
snarling and snapping and misrepre
sentation of the little men who are
striving to keep themselves before tho
people will have any other effect than
to bring them into unfavorable com
parison with the splendid leader of the
Republican State ticket.
Every thoughtful and sincere citl
ren of the State should read Dr. Brum
baugh's address. It rings with sin
cerity and It breathes the spirit of the
progress and genius of Pennsylvania.
Senator Penrose made one of his
most forceful speeches, leaving to Dr.
Brumbaugh entirely the discussion of
State issues. In this campaign the
senior Senator, with his large experi
ence in the national counsels, will dis
cuss the follies of the Wilson Adminis
tration and point out the real achieve
ments of the Republican party. Every
where he goes Senator Penrose im
presses all classes of citizens with his
ability and the Importance of return
ing to Washington those who under
stand the needs of this great Com
(tnonwealth and who appreciate the
serious effects of Democratic experi
ment.
Henry Houck was there the apostle,
of sunshine and optimism, and Mayor
THURSDAY EVENING,
Frank B. McClain and the other Re
publican nominees, and it was alto
gether a fitting alignment of the Re
publican fighting forces, an assurance
and earnest of a great party triumph.
If the war keeps up long enough,
Mrs. Pankhurst may have to go on a
real "hunger strike."
THE FAIRS
THE never ending wonder of those
who have given the matter
thought is the perpetual popu
larity of the Grangers' Picnic at
Williams Grove. Year in and year out
it draws its thousands with undimin
ished interest and enthusiasm. Peo
ple come hundreds of miles to see
the threshers thresh, the mowers
mow and the barkers bark. About
the only explanation is that the public
likes crowds, that it is fond of fairs
and expositions and that the exposi
tion manager who best appeals to the
whims and interests of the people is
sure of getting big crowds whenever
he throws open his gates.
The same Is true of the county
fair. Many of them have little to
offer that those who attend have not
seen a score of times before. Still
they give up a day or two of their time
and much of their hard earned money
to be in the throng that ia-part and
parcel of the yearly attractions.
The American public likes its enter
tainment on a large scale and it finds
much enjoyment in big crowds. There
fore it is with but little alarm that
the Panama-American Exposition is
looking forward to next year, with
half the world at war. The exposi
tion is to be so large and so novel that
those who are at its head figure- that
sufficient Americans will attend to
make it profitable.
With Jack Johnson at the front, the
French ought to insist on Marquis of
Queensbury rules.
SI,AI* AT 'CIVIL SERVICE
THE Moon bill, just passed by the
Democratic House and now be
fore the Senate, is a severe slap
at the principles of civil service.
Indeed, it is the hardest of the many
blows that the Democrats have struck
at the merit system since they went
into office, pledged to fair play and
the continuance of a policy that was
one of the cardinal principles of that
really great Democrat, Grover Cleve
land.
The Moon bill provides for civil ser
vice examinations for all assistant
postmasters of the country who have
heretofore been under the civil ser
vice protection by order of the Presi
dent. Of course, the purpose of the
bill is to give the Democrats oppor
tunity to throw out experienced men
and put in political favorites.
The assistant postmasters now in
office are experienced men. They have
proved their efficiency by doing their
duty well enough to be retained term
after term. Many of them know no
other line of w/ork.
The Democrats have shown such
greed for office since they came into
power that they will not hesitate to
abuse the provisions of the civil ser
vice they are attempting to prostitute.
The Moon bill is to be the tool of
corruption in the hands of civil ser
vice examiners, whose political duty
it will be to see to it that all who will
not bow to the Democratic political
machine are thrown out of office and
replaced by Democrats, green to the
work and inefficient, in many cases, in
order that political fences may be
strengthened.
If the Senate has a grain of decency
left it will kill this pernicious bill.
After to-day the Republican host, the
mobilization having been accomplished
according to a definite plan, will move
forward against the wavering lines of
the enemy of protection and prosperity
and bis pop-gun fleet.
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
WHILE Opportunity stands with
a sledgehammer pounding at
our doors a paternalistic ad-
ministration at Washington
and a President obsessed with aca
demic notions of government con
tinues to Insist upon a program of his
own for the purchase of merchant
vessels by the Government. Protests
are going up all over the country
against this proposition, but the Wll
sonlan mind is suffering from self
hypnotism and the country must wait
the passing of the trance. Meanwhile
the trade and commerce and Indus
try of the nation mark time.
Leaders of thought, economic
giants, constructive forces In all lines,
are urging an abandonment of the
government ownership scheme, but
the autocrat of the White House per
sists and Congress wabbles.
Business beckons Uncle Sam. Capi
tal Is here in abundance, great crops
are ready for shipment to foreign
ports. All the world recognizes the
opportunity of the American people,
but we must wait until an accidental
administration fiddles on Its one string
of centralization of power and regu
lation.
A patient people will continue to
be patient yet a little while and then
their voice will be heard through the
ballot In Buch a way as to stay the
j hand of the experimentalist.
"People travel all over Europe," said
a stranger as he walked along the
River Front this morning, "and they
see nothing finer than this." He was
more than enthusiastic over the Im
provements and the magnificent scenery.
Glove Supply In United States
Short and Prices Rising.—News
paper headline.
Here's a chance for the girls to ac
quire the art of knitting and restore
the pulse-warmer and mitts of other
days.
Brother Carranza will not be recog
nized at Washington until there shall
have been another period of "watchful
waiting."
And still the dead branches of trees
decorate the shrubbery of the river
slope at several places where the visitor
is most 'likely to see them.
When the Mikado sent an official
messenger to notify his distinguished
ancestors that war had been declared
on Germany, he did a kind and
thoughtful thing. There has been no
word from th« ancestors yet.
□evening CHAT 1
James F. F. Archibald's article on
the armies of Europe in the World's
Work. In which he mentions the fact
that a regiment of Austro-Hungarlan
Infantry contained men who had
served in the National Guard of Penn
vanla, has attracted much attention
among people here and caused much
discussion yesterday and last night.
A national guardsman of long experi
ence In the State service and a keen
observer said in speaking about the
matter: "The presence of former
guardsmen of Pennsylvania in the
army at home is easily explained. I
recall when we served in the anthra
cite coal strikes that some of the men
in the companies in the Eighth. Ninth
and Thirteenth Infantry were miners
and men of foreign birth. They were
of the best type of foreigners, not the
kind that made trouble in strikes and
threw rocks and stirred up trouble for
everyone, but men of brains and
thrifty. They worked in the mines
and took great interest in military
affairs with which they were con
nected when home. I have known of
instances of these men working deep
down in mines to respond to a call for
the Guard and to go on duty among
their fellows, aiding to guard mine
property and keeping ordter. The
quarrelsome element had a great re
spect for them, too. These men were
splendid citizens and it is regrettable
that they should go back to the home
country, because we need such men
here. Whatever fighting they may be
in you may depend upon it that they
will give a good account of them
selves. I would like to know the regi
ments in which some of these former
comrades of ours served, for their
course in this war would be of much
interest."
The person who thinks that the
average person is not interested in the
work of constructing the wall along
the Susquehanna only has to take a
walk to learn the difference. Every
place where the building operations
are under way is the center of an in
terested group of spectators and the
progress of the operations attracts
much attention daily. Some of the
men who visit the work keep tabs on
every yard. The work attracts even
attention of automobilists, who stop
their cars and go to the edge to see
how things are moving along. As for
the canoeists, they are hoping for the
day when the work is finished.
Next week some of the men most
prominent in the work of the United
States government will gather here
for the discussion of propositions to
make uniform the system of reports
for accidents in the industrial es
tablishments of the country. Pennsyl
vania, being the premier industrial
state, the national authorities have
welcomed the suggestion of the offi
cials of the. State Department of Labor
and Industry that the nation and
states have the same system so that
tabs can be easier kept on accident
statistics and the burden for the manu
facturer lessened.
It will take another week to ob
literate the evidences of the big storm
of last week from the parks and some
of the streets. There are trees which
must be patched up and some which,
having been blown down; must be re
moved. The storms this summer have
been very destructive for many of the
finest trees about the city, especially
along the river front, where they felt
the full force of the wind. Strange to
say, trees in Capitol, Wildwood and
Reservoir Parks have not been dam
aged to any extent.
A war argument on a street car
was settled in an unexpected manner
the other evening and from an Ameri
can point of view. Two men on a
Steelton car got into a discussion of
the merits of the English and German
sides and the German was getting
away with It because he was ringing
in the danger of a Slav dominance in
Europe. He asserted that Germany
had always been America's friend.
"How about 1898?" put in a man
on a nearby seat.
"Why? What's that got to do with
it?" asked the pro-German.
"Well, I was in Manila Bay when
Dewey had to make threats of war to
keep the German admiral from mix
ing into our affairs. That's all," was
the retort.
The argument ended.
More mofhs have been caught in
Harrisburg the last few days than for
years and all because of a little news
paper story that was sent out from
Washington last Friday. It appears
that some of the government bug stu
dents colored wings of moths of the
army worm and turned them loose
from various points to test the distri
bution of the worm. As a consequence
a number of amateur entomologists
have been catching every bug that
comes along and "saddlebacks,"
"moon" and "Io" moths have been
captured, but very few of the army
worm variety. Some looking very
much like it were found in Capitol
Park, where, strange to say, the San
Jose scale roams about, but they were
not the dreaded pest.
A truck driver for one of Harris
burg's mercantile concerns has been
much annoyed by children climbing
on the rear of his vehicle. He has
no objections to them enjoying a free
ride himself, but has orders to bar the
practice on account of its danger. For
a long time the best the driver could
do was to flourish his whip and look
fierce, hut the bolder youngsters kept
right on "hangin' on behind." But now
the. driver has an automatic device
that does the work. He carries a little
fox-terrier on the rear of the wagon,
and if any youngster ventures to lay
hands on the rear of the truck for the
purpose of stealing a ride the dog
springs at him like a jack-ln-the-hox.
Needless to say, the children are leav
ing the truck severely alone.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Mayor John E. Reynolds, of
Meadville. who welcomed the third
class city officials, served In council for
years.
—H. Clay Campbell, Jefferson
county's oldest lawyer, has celebrated
his golden wedding anniversary.
—C. B. Gorsuch, Pittsburgh railroad
man, Is taking oflltcals who object to
speed of trains for rides on engines to
see how it goes.
—William Coleman Freeman, of
Cornwall, Is spending August In Maine.
—Edward H. Coates. of Philadel
phia, who has been In Europe, will
soon sail for this country.
j EDITORIAL COMMENT")
Tf he knows who is responsible for
stirring up more trouble in Mexico,
the President might jog things along
by the casual mention of a few names.
—Philadelphia North American.
If the Colonel and the Same Old
Bill get together in New York It will
be a case of the lame helping the
blind.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
If that European war results In the
destruction of many English and Ger
man warships the United States is
going to come out at the end of the
conflict with the biggest navy In the
.world. —Philadelphia Press.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
FUSION CONFAB IS
JUST ABOUT REM)!
McCormick Eager to Stem the Rout
of the Machine Democracy
by a Party Dicker
PALMER READY TO QUIT
But Will Make a Speech About
Penrose Before He Retires
From the Hard Race
According to rumors which are
afloat in the city to-day the final con
ference on the subject of fusion on a
State ticket will be held within a fort
night by bosses representing the Mc-
Cormick-Palmer machine and the
Fllnn wing of the Bull Moose organi
zation. Candidate McCormick Is said
to be thoroughly alarmed over the
prospects and to be willing to enter
into any dicker to stem the rout of
the Democratic organization which he
has built up through prejudice, fed
eral patronage and cash and the other
Democratic candidates, with exception
of William N. McNair, who is running
for secretary of internal affairs, are
said to be perfectly willing to get out
of the hopeless race.
Men in touch with Democratic and
Washington party affairs admitted to
day that after the wonderful gather
ing of Republicans at Pittsburgh yes
terday there is nothing for the Demo
crats to do except fuse if they would
make any kind of a showing at the
November election. And privately
some of them smiled when asked if
they thought that fusion would help
at all.
McCormick is so eager to advance
his fortunes that he is willing to make
any kind of a dicker with the Bull
Moosers and the emis
saries who have been
chasing around in his McCormick
behalf have been hint- Worried at
ing that there would Prospects
be no difficulty about
the waging of the cam
paign if the people opposed to Re
publicans would only unite on the Lit
tle Boss from Dauphin county. Ac
cording to a story which came to the
city this morning McCormick was
chagrined at the coolness of the re
ception accorded to him in Cambria
county yesterday and the manner in
which folks cottoned to McNair. It
will be recalled that McCormick was
badly beaten in Cambria and McNair
ran very well. McCormick is said to
be eager to get the rows in Blair,
Huntingdon and Luzerne counties
patched up, but does not know how.
While fusion is much talked of,
there are half a dozen obstacles which
the McCormick people must overcome
and if they are sur
mounted it is doubt-
Fusion Must ful whether there
Overcome a will not be awful
Lot of Tilings comebacks in the
Fall. In the first
place thousands of
Democratic and Washington party
voters differ on national issues. The
Washington party came into existence
on national issues and its chief has
denounced Wilson. Then, supposing
that fusion should be effected, there
would be presented the odd spectacle
of President Wilson standing sponsor
for a candidate for United States Sen
ator opposed to many of his policies.
There would be the question of spoils,
as Democrats need not for a minute
imagine that the Bull Moosers are not
going to demand and secure water
tight promises on what jobs they are
to get on Capitol Hill before they
agree to accept McCormick. It might
be added that thus far Dean Lewis
has not shown much eagerness to re
tire in favor of McCormick and that
the dean is planning many speeches.
Republicans from Central Pennsyl
vania counties and men connected with
Capitol Hill departments spoke en
thusiastically to-day
about the great meet
ing of the Republi- Good Reports
cans in Pittsburgh Given For
yesterday and all Tills District
agreed that Dr.
Brumbaugh would
make a great campaigner. The meet
ing was described.as one of the strong
est gatherings in years and was
marked by hearty greetings for the
candidates. The Dauphin and Cum
berland county men gave good re
ports of the prospects and from a
number of the other counties in this
section the reports were excellent.
Lancaster county and the Juniata val
ley are going to roll up big Brum
baugh majorities.
Senator Penrose and Dr. Brum
baugh are making tours in western
Pennsylvania to-day. The Senator
reft this morning for
Washington and Greene
Candidates counties and will be at
Tom-ins: I" the Greene county fair
tlie West to-day. Dr. Brumbaugh
Is visiting districts
about Pittsburgh and
making a number of speeches at meet
ings. He will be accompanied about
Allegheny county by Chairman
Christy. To-morrow Dr. Brumbaugh
will visit his home county of Hunting
don and will he given a welcome In
the evening. Senator Penrose will be
here on Friday and spend the night,
going next day to Lehigh county. Dr.
Brumbaugh will speak in Lehigh
county, too.
Dauphin county Republican legisla
tive candidates—Nissley and Young—
will attend the Enterline farmers' pic
nic on Saturday. They have been as
sured of a hearty welcome by thou
sands of people.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
hastened to excuse his long absence
from Congress last night on the occa
sion of the passage of the
bill to dock congressmen
Palmer's who do not attend to busi-
Statcmcnt ness. He gave out a
Amusing statement in which he
abused his rivals and then
declared that the work in
which he was engaged meant more
to the people of Pennsylvania than
the $2 0 a day did to him. Inasmuch
as Palmer has been playing golf and
politics, it Is difficult to see where the
people have been gainers. Palmer has
been one of the worst absentees and as
only a short time ago he was pro
claimed by the Market Square wind
mill as the leader of the President's
friends on the floor of the House the
stand taken by the congressman Is
rather difficult to work out. His re
marks add to the interest of a very
lively campaign, however.
1 POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I
—Western Pennsylvania's greeting
to Brumbaugh was not well received
in Market Square. The worst is yet
to come.
—The Pa-Mc league of Deodate is
expected to parade in this city shortly.
—Those Palmer-McCormick adver-'
[ tisements make one wonder if -iny
other Democrats are running on the
State ticket.
—Some of the Washington party ac
tivities In this section do not look
much like fusion.
—The Washington party committee
will meet to-night to arrange for the
Lewis meeting here next week.
—There will be a big Republican
time at Williams Grove next week.
Penrose and Brumbaugh will speak
on Republican day Thursday.
—McCormick and Berry are going
to trail the Republican legislative can
didates In the upper end of the county
and to the Enterline picnic.
( OUR DAILY jj
The Silly Senann Tnken the nturiiH
What do you see "The baler has
In me to love? a large dramatic
This Is the silly experience."
season, you must "How so?"
remember. "He's always
creating rolls."
jii
A Soft Ilriul »• „
"I hear that De Hnhlt* of the
Sapp has run H'^'l
through his in- "Well, did them
heritance and is moving picture
looking for a job. people get pic-
He won't have as tures of every
soft a thing as he thing on the
has had." farm?
"Oh, T don't "Everything but
know; he'll have a the hired man.
soft thing as long They couldn t |
as he doesn't lose ketch him in mo- i
I his head." tlon."
A SURE CUBE
Dy Wing Dinger
Feeling grouchy! What a shame!
For it shouldn't be.
You can drive it all away—
Take this tip from me.
Form a party of your friends,
Large as you may care,
Take the train and spend a day
At some County Fair.
Thursday Is, of course, the day
That you ought to go,
For that is the big day when
Most folks go. you kn >w.
See the crowds, exhibits and
Do the sideshows, too.
Gee, it's Just the remedy
For the chap that's blue.
NEWS DISPATCHES
OF THE CIVIL WAR
[From the Telegraph. Aug. 27, 1864.]
Enemy Repulsed
Harper's Ferry, Aug. 27. —The
enemy made an attempt to cross Into
Maryland to-day with two regiments
of cavalry and some infantry. After
a spirited fight of several hours' du
ration, they were repulsed by General
Averlll, with heavy loss.
Go After Conscripts
Roanoke Island, Aug. 27. —Reliable
information received here states that
a' rebel force, commanded by Major
Whitford and Captain Kris, went to
Greensborough, North Carolina, for
conscripts for the rebel army.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY i
[From the Telegraph, Aug. 27, 1864.]
Killed on Railroad
Abraham Livingston lost his life in
a railroad accident which occurred
three miles from this city. It appears
that a culvert was being repaired, and
Mr. Livingston attempted to cross the
track, with a piece of wood, when the
11 o'clock train threw him down and
dragged him a considerable distance.
Council Appropriates Money
The city council last night passed an
ordinance appropriating $127,000 for
the bounties to volunteers
THANK GOD. WE ARE AMERICANS!
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
Of all the great countries In the
world the United States is the only ono
which to-day is creating new wealth
Instead of violently destroying wealth
nrcnmulated In the past. It is the only
land among those of first magnitude in
which a dollar Is safe from the on
slaught of armies and navies.
The United States Is much more than
at peace with the world. It has become
I the world's storekeeper and the world's
only safe hanker. This Is the earth's
unparalleled granary. Here lie the
most coal anl the richest oil fields.
Upon our Southern plantations grow
ovor two-thirds of the cotton for the
entire human rare. More than half of
all the corn which this summer's sun
will turn In'o a golden harvest is
ripening In American fields. Nowhere
else are such stupendous droves of
hogs and herds of cattle.
Other lands sell more articles manu
factured from raw materials, some of
which come from our own country, hut
under no other flag are produced for
sale to foreigners so many products
actually created out of nothing as are
protected by the Stars and Stripes. That
means that nowhere else are the facili
ties and the implements for creating
new wealth comparable to those In the
United States.
This greatest of all wars leaves ab
solutely untouched and unharmed every
one of this country's natural advan
tages At this moment we canol trans
port some of these products across the
oceans, but they are by no means wast
ing. They are accumulating for sale
and distribution later on, and the world
must then either buy them or famish.
Overtaxed and semi-bankrupt mon
archies now plunge themselves Into a
deeper morass of debt. They are ac
tually destroying tens of millions of
their own wealth every day. These
war-torn lands, after the strife is over,
will not only stagger under their back
breaking debts, but will at once beglh
to nurse new armies and navies for re
venge at' some future day.
Thus every European Power now at
war will have to tax every dollar more
heavily than It ever has been taxed, Bv
comparison this new burden will make
the United States shine forth as the
one safe asvlum for capital as well as
for human beings.
Foreign money must, therefore, seek
American Investment, not only because
here It will earn the most, but because
here It will find the only lasting refuge
from the hazards of an engulfing war.
Never was there such an occasion to
exclaim, "Thank God, we are Ameri
cans!"
EVEN THE SUN STANDS STILT/
TFrom the Harrlsburg Patriot!
It Is really remarkable to note how
small is the Interest, displayed in the
European war, when the citizens
gather at the fairs and picnics, com
pared with the intense interest mani
fested In the efTort to clean the State
of the political barnacles that have
fastened themselves upon It. If there
has been any fear that the attention
of the citizens intent upon securing
mere decent political conditions at
home might he distracted by the stir
ring: events across the water. It may be
| put aside.
AUGUST 27, 1914.
UNUSUAL BARGAIN
FOR FRIDAY MORNING
EXTRA SPECIAL La-tics' 10c Press Ginghams In b!
Pique Skirts in plain and tunic gray, pink, dark and light strij
styles; worth regularly $2.«0, 33.23, and checks, just the thins: t
53.50 and $3.08 while they last, school dresses. Special for Frid!
Special Friday at, each . SI.OO at, yaril
Ladles' Seco Silk Waists in iilack, ,
lavender and tan stripes—short ,■ ' .J
sleeves and lay-down collar. Regit- To ?
larly $1.40. Special Friday at Ftiday at yard Special for
' '
?,ariies' Figured Lawn pressing Figured and striped Madras, tn
Racqucs: worth 20c. Special for Fri- blue, pink, hlaok and lavender; 32
day at, each Ol inches wide. Special for Friday at,
- % > ar<l 11 <•
Little Women's Dresses hi bine
and pink striped lawn; si7.es Hi to
IS years; 93.50 values. Special lor All wool challls, 30 inches wide;
Friday at tii ] K|i regular 50c goods. Special for
ipi,«nr Friday at, yard
A WHOLE DRESS FOR 38c
ar.;a: ;r»"- r?
r„rFriday nt. each. | <| ( . Ss|: ."..S!!" SsJ
1/adies' Lingerie Shirt Waists, worth $5.00. Special for Friday at
worth 50c and 75c. Special for Fri- Jfifl KA
day at, each 1 o<'*
, aboVC are ""Khtly soiled and sllk Cre , lo (lp ch , l)e Sk)rts {n
pink and blue; trimmed with fine
1.-YTU \ sprrui » i.i .. cream insertion and lace. Rcguliir-
I'.A t ll.\ SI K( I.Mj, A high «.. CO no Snccial for FViftfl*-
grade Shirt Waist Box. well made of • • I o»»> T k
selected wood, covered wltli the best *P— .71>
quality white Japanese matting—lit- /
ted with bumtw ood handles and feet
and heavy brass hinges. An ex- White Silk Crepe de Chine Canii.
ccptional value at $2.25. Special soles, trimmed with ribbon and
for Friday at lU 1 |q line lace; regular value $3.00. Spe-
»px.-i:«7 cta | for j.'riday at <j^«>
Washable Cretonne over-draper- Hand embroidered Batiste Cainl-
! e * ""l.v 1 pair—made in the very soles; regular price $2.50. Special
latest style with valance and are for Friday at til T X
suitable for living room or bed •pJL.fO
room—ln white and has a dainty $2.00 Net Camisoles. Special for
pink rose design on it—trinuned Friday at Oil ".A
with edging to match. Was $3.50
slightly soiled. Special for Friday
08(t Small lot of odd Corsets, in sizes i
T 18, 10, 20, 27. 20, 30; values to
25c Sash Curtains made hi the Special for Friday at, e*ch,
latest styles and newest designs of .W'.!//<
a good quality lace. See these and
you'll buy them. Special Friday at
per yard jjy Lace < hemisettes, with high 01-1
1 lars. in ecru only; 50c values. S|e-
clal for Friday at »">
Rice Cloths and Voiles, all that
we have left of this season's popu
lar thin wash fabrics, (sood assort- of lace and lace trlminel
ment of neat floral patterns on light fichus; values 50c, 75c, SI.OO each
and dark grounds; regularly sold Special for Friday at, each,
S S . . Bpert "!. ""i and 50f
One table of Summer Wash Fab- c , f'argc size cake of Hard Wafr
rics in the lot, are Batiste, striped a,) ' Special f«r Friday . ...sfo
Mulls. Dimities, and a lot of rem-
ar&XJrrJS 25C yar ' 1, 5T* olal Men ' B Balbrlggan Fndcrwcat-
I riday, yard shirts, long and short sleevi;
Drawers, strap back: rciiifortll
Hemmed Huck Towels, heavv 2 oub ,' e ' l s ® a,: regular 30c qualf.
weight, large size, with neat red Special for Friday, a garment,
borders, a towel that will give sat- lifr
Islactory wear; a 12Vic value. Spe-
cial for Friday at, each QgU ~ r. .... J
ftf/" Mens B. \. D. Athletic Fndi
shirts and knee length drawel
Embroidered Crepes a.nd Bro- regular 50c quality. Special I
cade Silks; 28 inches wide— Friday at, a garment ori
Crepes are embroidered in neat ,
figures, on a nice fine white crepe.
Colors are pink, blue, lielio, yellow. Men's "MADEWELL" Nalnsod
green and white: have sold all sea- Fnion Suits; closed crotch, kill
son at 50c and 50c. Special for length and sleeveless. Extra sped]
Friday at. yard ' or rrlda >' at > suit
L. W. COOK
PENROSE AND THE ARCHBOM)
CHECK
[Philadelphia. Inquirer.]
In 1304 John D. Archbold sent a
check for $25,000 to Boies Penrose.
A magazine without a conscience and
a yellow newspaper or two deliberate
ly manufactured, eight years later, out
of that, incident a base libel. Without
the slightest regard for truth they
labored in session and out. to induce
the people to believe that here was an
underhand transaction between a
United States senator and one of the
leading minds of the Standard Oil
Company.
That ugly falsehood was malicious
ly forged for political purposes in 1912.
It is now In use in various parts of
Pennsylvania in the anti-Penrosc cam
paign.
With the remark that the man who
debases himself to the level where he
can bring himself to resort to this
sort of campaigning gives a most
striking example of the depth of po
litical depravity to which it is pos
sible for a reckless partisan to sink,
we shall pass on to the rapid annihili
tion of the line.
It is an easy task. For particulars
and full corroboration of what we are
about to say, see the testimony sub
mitted in 1912 before a subcommittee
of the United States Senate commit
tee on privileges and elections. The
subject under inquiry was that of po
litical contributions in general.
In 1904 Theodore Roosevelt was the
candidate of the Republican party for
President. In that campaign the Re
publican National Committee collected
huge sums of money by way of po
litical contributions. Corporation aft
er corporation gave thousands upon
thousands. The late E. 11. Harrtman
raised a very large amount—"My dear
Harriman," as Roosevelt used to write
to him. John D. Archbold. for the
Standard, gave $125,000 In all.
It had been the custom for national
committees to help State committees.
The chairman "f the Republican State
Committee of Pennsylvania was Boies
Penrose, then high in favor with
Roosevelt. Chairman Penrose ap
plied to the National Committee for
funds. It was agreed with Mr. Arch
bold that out of the $125,000 he was
to contribute $25,000 should go to
Pennsylvania for the Roosevelt cam
paign in this State.
Now you have the whole story
briefly told. Mr. Archbold sent his
$25,000 to Chairman Penrose, it was
receipted for by Penrose as chairman,
and the money was used strictly for
campaign purposes—for the benefit of
Theodore Roosevelt.
We have no good word to say for
the custom under which corporations
used to swell the treasuries of po
litical committees. Suffice it to say
that it was the custom of years. What
is more, contributions were not as a
rule confined to a single political
party. They were made to the Demo
cratic organization as well as to the
Republican. In those days nothing
much was thought of this easy meth
of of raising campaign funds, for It
had had the sanction of many a year.
We have advanced since 1904, when
the campaign chests of Mr. Roosevelt
were largely filled with corporation
money. Now such contributions are
prohibited by law. But there was
no law on the subject in the Roose
velt campaign, and the $25,000 sent
by Mr. Archbold for the Roosevelt
canvass in Pennsylvania had no spe
cial significance. It was the eust
of the day. that was all.
The attempt to connect" Scnal
Penrose with any shady transact n
through this campaign contribute
is iniquitous in the extreme, fori
there is a member of the Senate 1
the United States whose record hi
been free from every suspicion I
"Kraft" or personal financial Raj
that meftiber is Boies Penrose. 11l
enemies have raked over the. grouri
covered by his nearly eighteen yeal
in the Senate, and this political cori
tribution is the one thing that tliel
have been able to twist into an unl
favorable light. Unfortunately fol
them, sworn testimony before thl
Senate committee stamps with th«
black letters of Falsehood the output
of their disreputable distortions. 1
The enemies of Penrose may not!
agree with him In his views upon the'
protection of Pennsylvania industries
and the necessity for keeping the
mills open and men employed at good
and growing wages, but not one of
them can truthfully say that strict
honesty has not marked every year of
his long and conspicuous service.
And by the way. "lest we forget,"
Chairman Penrose rolled up a major
ity of upwards of 500,000 in Pennsyl
vania in that year of 1904, and among
the letters commending him for hia
great work was the following:
"My dear Senator Penrose: Upon
my word! Of all phenomenal returns,
the Pennsylvania returns are mo&t
phenomenal. I congratulate and cor
dially thank you. Faithfully yours.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
AX EYKNING THOUGHT
"This I learned from the shadow
of a tree
That to and fro did sway upon
a wall —
Our shadow-sleeves, our in
fluence. may fall
Where we can never be."
—Anna E. Hamilton.
ADOGRAM
No. 13
National advertisers may
LIKE other mediums, but
when it comes to the prac
tical question of selling their
goods THEY NEED news
papers.
Newspapers not only arouse
the demand of tbo consumer,
but they also Inspire the local
dealer to get his share of the
profits. They give the double
push that means profits all
Rround.
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