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SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST -'!•
A MAN OF THF PEOPLE
[F the great reception accorded
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh yester
day hy his old neighbors of Hunt
ingdon and surrounding counties
demonstrated one thing above another
It Is that the Republican candidate for
Governor is a man of the people.
The voters of Huntingdon know
Dr. Brumbaugh as no others do. He
was born among them and grew to
manhood among them. The affection
they hold for him was won through
years of close acquaintanceship. Never
once did he violate a friendship or be
tray a trust. It is an old saying that
"a prophet is not without honor save
in his own country," hut this does not
apply to Dr. Brumbaugh. He has
risen above- the limitations of the
adage and Is accorded even more
honor at home than abroad. Those
■who know him best love him best.
That this is so should inspire trust
among those who have not had the
pleasure of Dr. Brumbaugh's friend
ship. If his neighbors have pledged
to him their unanimous, unqualified
pupport it is because they know he
will be the same sort of Governor he
has been a man.
Dr. Brumbaugh's home folks may
take unto themselves the satisfaction
of having contributed In no small
measure to his success at the polls.
They have emphasized what a majority
of the voters of Pennsylvania have
already realized, that Dr. Brumbaugh
is head and shoulders above any other
of the gubernatorial candidates and
that he is worthy of the high trust
which the electorate of the State is
about to repose in him.
THF. NAVY JUSTIFIED
ENGLAND has justified herself on
the sea. Evidently Britannia
still rules the waves. In the
first big ocean fight the British
have defeated the Germans, as they
were expected to do. The defeat in
Heligoland Bight appears to have
been almost as satisfactory, from an
English viewpoint, as the victory of
Dewey in Manila Harbor or Schley at
Santiago, although, of course, not
nearly so decisive.
The dash and daring of the English
attack is apparent from the fact that
the sea over which the lleet fought
was filled with German mines and
German submarines were in constant
operation. Apparently, the English
were fortunate enough to miss the
mines and it begins to look as though
the submarine is not so powerful an
engine of destruction in times of stress
us had been anticipated.
The victory on the sea will he cheer
ing news to sorrowing Britain. The
English have pinned their faith to
their fleets, and a serious setback for
the navy, with the army retreating
before the Germans In France, would
have been a heavy blow, indeed.
The hardihood of the British is well
Illustrated by the fact that they dupli
cated the bravery of Dewey at Manila
by sailing past the heavily armed out
post of Heligoland and engaged the
German boats left to guard the mouth
of the Elbe and the -entrance to the
Kiel canal. The action was as bril
liant as any that has characterized
English enterprise at sea in the past
and was timed most propitiously for
the moral effect It will no doubt have
throughout the empire.
FISH STORIES AND OTHERS
THESE be the days of fish stories
and others of their tribe. Not
content with the Hair-Breadth
Harry tales that the war corre
spondents two hundred miles from the
actual fighting are sending through,
the campaign liar has begun his deadly
work a month earlier than usual.
For instance, a local newspaper a
day or two ago came out with a long
story "covering" a Democratic meeting
in a certain upper end of the county
town in which the number in attend
ance was concealed behind the state
ment that "there were present almost
as many Republicans as Democrats."
Careful Investigation of the facts
Bhows that, aside from the Harrlsburg
campaigners, there were present ex
actly Ave people. The meeting was
held In a very small house, any room
of which would have been crowded by
a gathering of ten.
Beware the campaign liar. , His im
agination Is longer than that of the
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 29, 1914.
ship's captain who reports that the
sea serpent is abroad again, or the
man who tells you that one of his
hens laid 336 eggs last year.
APOLOGIZING TO HELL
THE New York Sun says that If
General Sherman were alive he
would have to apologize to hell
for comparing it to war.
We doubt If the devil himself would
stoop to the practice of throwing
bombs into hospitals and tossing ex
plosives from airships Into the sleep
ing rooms of innocent women and
children. This is'the sort of warfare
that rouses the fighting blood In a
man and turns whatever sentiment he
previously may have entertained for
those employing It into a hope that
they may reap even as they are
sowing.
Certainly, it is beyond the pale of
Imagination to think of an American
officer sailing over a city and killing
Its inhabitants as the people of Ant
werp were slaughtered. Sherman
himself, ruthless raider that he was,
never made war on women and chil
dren. Public opinion in the United
States would rise up against the army
administration that would adopt such
methods. How different our occu
pation of Havana, of Porto Rico, of
Manila and of Vera Cruz. Where our
armies have gone women and children
have been protected, a guarding arm
has been thrown up between the fight
ing forces and the noncombatants.
No advantage can accrue from such
tactics as those reported from Ant
werp. Civilization, thin veneer over
savagery that It may be, has pro
gressed here in America beyond the
point where we turn our weapons on
the helpless. That kind of warfare
died on the North American continent
with the suppression of the Apaches
of the western plains.
THF ANSWER
THE Ohio State Journal is wor
ried over the wa.r-ttme prices of
sugar and wants to know the
reason for the advance. The
State Journal asks some Interesting
questions, among them:
Granulated sugar ten cents a
pound retail! Why Is this? Who
is the guilty party? We are sure
It is not the retailer and probably
not the Immediate jobber; but there
Is somebody to blame. If there
Isn't, the Government should soon
find It out and tell the people. If
there Is a good reason for this 100
per cent, advance, the people will
be satisfied, but they will not be
until thoy are Informed.
If the Ohio State Journal waits for
the government to report the true
cause of the sugar price advance It
will spend a. long time with its ears
cocked for information. The govern
ment itself is to blame. That is, the
Democratic Congress and President
Wilson are.
The Underwood tariff law put out of ]
business the entire cane sugar Indus
try of Ameriea. The Saturday Even- |
Ins Post, a journal friendly to Presl- i
dent Wilson, fixes the value of sugar J
producing property in Louisiana alone
at $75,000,000. All of this has been
rendered idle by reason of the tariff.
Cane has not been grown there and
there Is no crop to harvest. Conse
quently, instead of having our own
sugar suply, we are dependent largely
on Europe, and Europe can't send us
any. So prices have gone up.
The Democrats put the American
cane sugar industry out of business in
favor of the foreign producers* hoping
for lower prices. Prices not only did
not go down, but now, with the Euro
pean market gone, we have no cane
sugar of our own.
There is nothing mysterious about
the situation and we wonder that the
usually sagacious State Journal did
not see the answers to Its questions
before it asked them.
PEN X SYIA'A Nil A GUA It I)SMEX
EVIDENTLY Pennsylvania Na
tional Guardsmen are held in
esteem abroad. James P.
Archibald, war correspondent,
writing of his recent inspection of a
portion of the Hungarian Huzzars,
notes that in their ranks he found no
less than eight members of the Penn
sylvania militia. Not only that, but
the, men were honored by being called
from the ranks by the commanding
officer, who took much pride in pre
senting them to the visitor. Member
ship in the Pennsylvania Guard had
made them marked men in the Hun
garian army.
These facts will be no surprise to
those who know the National Guard
from the inside. The guardsman of
to-day is better equipped and knows
more of the science of warfare than
the regular army man of twenty years
ago. The trained Pennsylvania mili
tiaman will give a good account of
himself anywhere. He haa been
taught to care for himself in the field
and on the march. He is an efficient
fighting unit and at home or abroad
deserves all the attention he has been
recently receiving.
OUR OPPORTUNITY
DISPATCHES from Pittsburgh and
other iron centers are to the
effect that South America is
pouring into America inquiries
for iron and steel products of all kinds.
The opportunity thus afforded to put
our gigantic rail mills to work, sad as
is the occasion that has brought it to
us. seems little less than providential.
The industrial gloom that has been
hanging heavy on th« horizon of busi
ness is slowly disappearing. We in
America see the rainbow that sur
mounts the war clouds of Europe. The
periotl of our world supremacy in
trade is at hand.
Of course we will have to adapt
ourselves to unfamiliar markets. South
America wants what it has been used
to purchasing in Europe. We must
learn quickly how to meet the whim
as well as the need.
Next in importance Is a merchant
marine. There must he no delay in
providing bottoms for American-made
goods. Given these two things— qual
ity desired and prompt delivery— and
the South American markets are ours
for all time.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
Who goes a borrowing.
Goes a sorrowing.
—Tuseer.
HEVEK". -q CHAfI
Inquiries being made here this week
indicate thut the General Assembly of
lUIS will probably have to wrestle
with the momentous question of a
State song as well as certain changes
to the employment laws, the local op
tion question and workmen's compen
sation. This is a topic that divided
Interest with the controversy over the
selection of a State llower, although
the llower got clear up to the Governor
in the form of a bill and the song
was lost in committee rooms. The
arbutus, the violet and the daisy were
offered to the State for Its flower, but
there were no less than live songs. All
| of these were entitled "Pennsylvania,"
and fobr of them appeared in the form
of bills, while another was offered In
formally. Finally the lawmakers got
so weary of the songs that they pro
vided for a committee to hear the
songs sung and to make a report at
the next session. The songs offered
in the form of bills were those of John
E. Barrett, which has been much sung
in the schools, and which was offered
by Representative Hobbs, of Lacka
wanna; of A. B. Hosklns, of Iteynolds
ville, by Representative North, of Jef
ferson; of J. W. Yoder, of Juniata Col
lege, by Representative Peachey, of
Mifflin; and of Miss Edith Hoak Kin
ney, of Indiana, by Representative
Watson, of Indiana. John R. K.
Scott, of Philadelphia, and Maurice
E. Speiser, of Philadelphia, presented
resolutions for commissions to make
selection, Speiser s motion providing
for a song competition in the Capitol.
It did not get very far. Some one
suggested that the sponsor of each
song sing it for the benelit of the
House, and that did not go very well
either. Lately some inquiries about
the fate of the song bills have been
made and it is understood that re
newed efforts to get a song selected
will be made, while the State flower
advocates are already busy.
The little item which appears to
night in the Telegraph's reprints of
news of fifty years ago in Harrisburg,
telling about the activities of the
hackiuen In handling business to and
from Camp Curtin, recalls many in
teresting times for old Harrisburgers.
Camp Curtin was located just north
of Maclay street, and as there were no
street cars in those days, there were
two methods of travel—vehicle and
foot. Foot traveling was not very
pleasant because there were roads to
be traversed in which dust was very
thick and Maclay street was just as
far from Market street as it is to-day.
The item says that there were thirty
hackinen engaged in regular business
of hauling visitors. Camp Curtin was
the place of mobilization for the Penn
sylvania soldiers and later for north
ern troops, just as Camp Hastings at
Mt. Gretna was in the Spanish War.
People caine here by the thousands to
see relatives among the troops, and
the hacks, barouches and shays used
to stand In Market street. Third street
and the Square, finally being concen
trated in Market street when the
fathers got to regulating them and
their rates of fare. Many an old Har
rlsburg horse was put to work In the
transportation business and some of,
the arks that took men of note in their
home communities to the camp were
fit accompaniments for the horses in
caricatures.
National Guardsmen who encamp
ed at Mt. Gretna this month will have
two paymasters before they get
through. As the Mt. Gretna camp
was one over which the Federal gov
ernment had supervision, the State
paid part of the pay and Uncle Sam
the rest. Some of the men got all that
was coining to them and some had to
wait. Those who went to camp ex
pecting to get all that was coming
to them found that Uncle Sam is de
liberate and there have been some
comments made since. Most of the
soldiers would prefer that Father
Penn act as the sole paymaster, be
cause they know that It comes quick
ly when he has charge.
Sticking everlastingly at it seems to
lead to success on the stage just as
much as it does in selling Insurance
or lumber or anything else. Thea
Lightner's case is an illustration. M'ss
Lightner is one of the few Harrisburg
girls In vaudeville, and she Is appear
ing at the Orpheum this week with
her partner, Dolly Jordan. Two years
ago Miss Lightner was at the Or
pheum and did not win much atten
tion; now all this is changed. Miss
Lightner and Miss Jordan have a sing
ing act which is really worth while
hearing and which is as enjoyable as
any turn of this class on the Keith
bookings.
Dauphin county's Board of Com
missioners will probably always fol
low in planning for the construction
of new bridges or the repairing of
old ones, the precedent established in
providing for the bridges over the
Swat&ra between Middletown and
Royalton and over Keiffer's creek in
the upper end of the county. In both
instances the commissioners decided
to ask and open bids conditionally
upon the approval by the September
grand jury of suggestions lor the con
struction of new viaducts at these
points. By this method much time
could be saved that will otherwise be
lost In unwinding the red tape that
must be considered in building bridges
for the county.
"Roses by any other name will
smell as sweet." Candy on the stick
is just as good as a "lolly pop" as it
was when "taffy on the stick" was
popular some years ago. According
to local dealers, candy on a stick is a
Philadelphia enterprise. When this
confection was popular about tea or
more years ago everybody got into the
business and made his or her own
taffy and put it on slicks. Then the
fad dropped In popularity. The pure
food laws came into effect and now
real, pure candy of various flavors, on
sticks and sold as "lolly pops," is
finding a big sale all over the country.
Local sales, It is said, run up into the
thousands each day.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE""]
—K. Bruce Dunlap, the Blair coun
ty farm adviser, is going about his
eovinty measuring stalks of corn
grown by boys.
J. L. Appenzeller, the new Lebanon
High Schol principal, comes from
Chambersburg.
—Jacob L Harvey Is the new post
master at Youngwood. He has been
prominent in Westmoreland county
affairs for years.
—David T. Watson, the eminent
Pittsburgh attorney, has not yet been
located In Europe.
—The Rev. J. M. Critchlow, of Ti
tusville, has returned from a visit to
Oklahoma.
—Denna C. Ogden, the CJreensburg
lawyer, is in Maine.
That I lurrisburg-made steel plates
are In the keel of the cruiser North
Carolina that took some of the gold
abroad to relieve distressed Americans
caught In Europe by the war?
tVERY APPRO -
hear you are go
ing to Join th 6
I'm going to be
a Btrons man."
PENROSE SPEAKS
IN HI PUCES
Will Pay Special Attention to the
Western End of the State
For Fortnight
COMING TO THE GRANGERS
Expect the Fusion Dicker Will Be
Worked Through at Con
ference Next Week
Senator Boles Penrose will spend
several days In the next two weeks in
Western Pennsylvania, according to
the itinerary which was given out
here this morning when he left for
Lehigh county. The Senator came
here last night from Pittsburgh by
automobile and was in excellent spir
its, saying that the meeting was a
splendid gathering. He will spend
Sunday in Philadelphia.
on Monday the Senator will go to
Pittsburgh and on Tuesday make an
address at the Labor Temple to the
colored Baptists, speaking the follow
ing day at Exposition Park in Craw
ford county. Thursday he will speak
at the Grangers' Picnic at Williams
Grove on the "Big Day," and return
to Pittsburgh the next day to address
the banquet of the Pittsburgh branch
of the Hallway Mail Clerks. Satur
day he will speak at the fair in Apollo,
attending a reception and visiting
Leechburg, Freeport,
New Kensington, Tarentum and other
places. A reception will be given him
at New Kensington.
The night of September 5 and all
of the 6th will be spent in Pitts
burgh, and on Labor Day the Senator
will make three addresses at Labor
Day celebrations at West View and
Kenny wood Parks and Beech view,
Carnegie, Bridgeville, Dormont and
other places sending delegations to
the latter place. On September 9 the
Senator will be the principal speaker
at the Philadelphia county fair at
Byberry on texMle day. A reception
will be tendered him by textile work
ers of that section. The following
day he will be at the Bradford county
fair at Towanda, returning to Phila-*
delphia.
The Philadelphia Record of to-day
says: "Preliminary moves towards
formal negotiations for fusion between
* the Democrats and Wash
ington party on a State
Fusion ticket are expected to fol-
Dlcker low conferences of Bull
on Now Moose leaders in this -city
on Monday, Gifford Pin
chot, William Draper
Lewis and State Chairman Morris
have arranged to be In the city on
that day, and it was reported, yester
day, in Bull Moose circles that BUI
Flinn would also be present. While
active Democrats and friends of Dean
Lewis objected to the deal, the
leaders of the two parties express
their desire to put through a combi-,
nation ticket. Dean Lewis Is stated
to be willing to sacrifice his ambitions
and retire as a candidate for Gov
ernor. William T. Creasy is also said
to be willing to drop out as the Dem
ocratic candidate for Lieutenant-
Governor, but leaders of both parties
admit doubt as to the willingness of
William N. McNalr, Democratic nomi
nee for Secretary of Internal Affairs,
to get out of the race. In the event
of Dean Lewis retiring, it was stated
yesterday, there is but little probabil
ity of his consenting to run for Lieu
tenant-Governor. This place would
go to the Washington party under the
terms of the proposed deal, but it is
expected that the Democrats would
ask that Percy F. Smith, the present
Bull Moose nominee, also withdraw
from the ticket and that some promi
nent Philadelphia reformer be named
in his stead."
William Flinn, after returning from
a cpuple of weeks' vacation in Canada
last night, stirred up things politically
in Pittsburgh yester
day by announcing
that fusion was a Flinn Would
probability, and Restrict the
should not be dls- Fusion Deal
counted by the poli
ticians. Professing,
however, to believe that fusion will
not be necessary to accomplish the
defeat of Senator Penrose, Mr. Flinn
said: "There has been a great deal of
fusion talk, and something may come
of It all; 1 can't tell at this time. But
I haven't heard of any propositions
looking to a fusion on the United
States sonatprship; nobody believes
Penrose can be elected, and there will
be no occasion to fuse on a candidate
to beat him."
The campaign opening will he
close to home next week. The
States candidates or the three
parties will be at
the Grangers' Picnic and
Campaign will stop off In Harris-
Closer burg for short visits,
lo Home The local campaign
started to-day with the
Enterllne picnic, which
was attended by the Republican
legislative candidates Nlssley and
Young and by some of the
Democratic candidates who trailed
ajong. The weather somewhat inter
fered with the events of the day, but
there was a good crowd. Next week
the Grangers will be attended by
many thousands. Dr. Brumbaugh
will speak on Thursday, on which day
Senator Penrose will also be there.
According to Washington dispatches
Congressman Palmer got In his work
on the York county post office op
pointments, against
which some of the
York County prominent Democrats
Postmasters of the county protest
are Saved ed, and they will be
reported favorably.
One appointment Is
that for the Delta post office,
which caused a stench In this State
and at Washington, and the other was
the York city appointment of Peel
ing. It is expected that the Senate
committee will also apply whitewash
to' Congressman Brodbeck on such
charges made against him. Palmer Is
making wild efforts, now that he is
back In Washington after prolonged
absence, to getting his damaged fences
fixed up.
[ POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—Those Brumliaugh speeches are
rather different from the torrents of
abuse which characterize one of his
rivals on the stump.
—Flinn and the Democrats do not
seem to he able to nnree on the sena
torial end of the fusion.
Some of those Palmer-McCormick
leagues up the State are commencinK
to wonder when the distribution will
start.
—The Central Democratic Club will
send a delegation to assist McCormlok
at the meeting In Scranton next
month.
—Representative C. F. Gramley, of
Centre, will withdraw as Prohibition
candidate.
—Somewhat of a difference between
the receptions of Brumbaugh and Mc-
Cormlck up the Juniata valley.
—r>on't forpet next Thursday is the
i first registration day.
I 01'R DAILY LAUGH |
Not Flattering A Friendly Tip
"What did Jones Any old bottles
say about my to-day, mum?
play?" No, but you
"He said he cer- might try Mr,
tainly felt that Soakem's, next
he'd got his door; his wife',
money's worth." coming back from
"Huh! I sent the the seashore to
beggar a conapll- morrow,
mentary ticket."
So Sudden
Not Quite "Madame, 1 am
Was It a case of very sorry I killed
love at first sight? your dog. Will
I would hardly you allow me to
call It that. He replace him?"
did not get his "Oh. dear! This
auto until a month Is so sudden."
after they met.
AU RKVOIR, FOLKS
By Wing Dinger
I'm oft for the big vacashe, folka,
I'm leaving the burg to-day
For a two weeks' trip to the South,
folks.
With a gun and a rod, and say,
I'm going to get lost In the wilds, folks.
Of Virginia, and live, just live.
Not a thought to the job or the war,
folks.
For the next two weeks will I give.
I'm going out on the bay, folks,
Where oysters and clams abound;
The like of whose flavor, by jobe, folks.
Has nowhere else ever been found.
When the season opens next week,
folks,
There are going to be some good
times,
For Wing Dinger, who bids you good
by, folks.
For two weeks there won't be any
rhymes.
THREE CANDIDATES
[from the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
. J Brumbaugh makes an ideal
candidate for Governor. He faces two
other aspirants.
there is William Draper Lewis, who
ll. as i.i ee j traveling over the Common-
TLA}, dre aming dreams and spinning
theories. A law professor is Mr. Lewis,
living the life of a closet student, with
no practical Ideas whatever of the live
problems of the day and with no ex
perience whatever in an executive ca-
Pacity. He is the nominee of Mr.
* linns personally-conducted Washing
ton Party. He is without hope of elec
,f, sole Province is to divide the
Republican vote and thus aid the
Democratic party.
The candidate of this Democratic
party is Vance C. McCormlck. He has
off/L Poaching enconomy, although
setting the example of gross extrava
gance. .State of Pennsylvania to
day is without debt, the only Common
wealth in all the Union, if we mistake
not, that enjoys that distinction. Mr.
McCormick is a millionaire who ex
pended something like |33,000 In light
lng for the nomination. The tapping of
the money barrel at the primaries bor
dered upon, if It was not well over, the
line of scandalous, A millionaire with
plenty of money to spend is not the one
to whom the thinking - citizens would
naturally turn for an administration
based upon economy. The personal
money barrel and efficient and economi
cal government do not go well together.
They don t harmonize, somehow
In Dr. Brumbaugh we find neither
the dreamer and spinner of weird theo
ries nor the millionaire vote hunter. In
him we have the practical man, thor
ough versed In public affairs—honest,
capable, far seeing, sensible a genuine
Pennsylvanian known in all parts of
the State. His experience has been
large. It was Brumbaugh whom Presi
' <>?" t McKlnley picked out above all
| other men In the United States to send
to Porto Rico after the Spanish War
to organize the school system of the
Island. Splendidly did he do his work—
so splendidly that when it came to se
lect a euperintendent to organize the
vast public school system of Philadel
phia under the new law which severed
the schools from politics. Dr. Brum
baugh must needs be the man. There
lie has remained, managing, directing,
advising. Why, when the three men
are compared—Brumbaugh. McCormlck
and Lewis—lt would seem as if there
should not be a moment's hesitation as
to which one is the best fitted for gov
erning Pennsylvania. If politics could
be thrust aside the choice of Brum
baugh by the voters would he made by
a simply overwhelming majority.
A NECESSITY
[Philadelphia Press.]
One short year has sufficed to con
found the makers of the present tariff,
and, as welf, those persons who op
pose the principle of a tariff which
protects. Both In theory and in prac
tice (hey are contradicted hv the un
answerable logic of facts. What
might have taken a long period of
time to prove, has been conclusively
demonstrated in twelve months. Cir
cumstances have hastened the proof
and the decision.
The present crisis has proven the
fallacy of the tariff theory of the col
lege cloister, and has destroyed all
those beautiful finespun arguments of
professors of economics It has proven
that It Is absolutely necessary for the
United States to be Industrially inde
pendent of foreign countries. It has
proven that this nation should at all
times be In a position where it can
produce for itself everything that is
needed by its own people. For those
high-browed gentlemen who have de
lighted to figure out the economic
faults of a protective system there is
a new problem to which they might
apply their busy minds. If the present
industrial condition and danger is the
result of a war In which only foreign
nations are parties, how much worse
would be the condition if It was a
conflict In which this country was ac
tually Involved?
There is but one way In which the
United States can occupy an Indepen
dent position. There Is no magic wand
that can bring into Immediate exist
ence an industry that Is needed when
the day of crisis comes. To be of real
value and Importance, an Industry
must be a matter of growth, steady
and sure. It must proceed by slow
steps, but those steps always forward.
It must come by means of the en
couragement of a tariff duty that will
equalize manufacturing conditions and
costs here and abroad. That Is the
policy of protection, and the following
of that policy is the one and only road
to Industrial independence of the
United States.
The Telegraph Bindery
Will Rebind Your Bible Satisfactorily
y THE RESERVE FORCE
Tlie successful army is that which has
a strong reserve force to draw upon in a
hard pressed battle.
The person who has a savings account
at his call when the cash is needed to
make a profitable investment has an ad
vantage over the person who spends all
he earns.
A Certificate of Deposit paying 3% in
terest for periods of 4 months and longer
will help you grow that savings account.
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IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of Aug. 20, 1864.]
Regiment Depart*
The Two Hundred and First Regi
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, left
here to-day. The regiment was full,
and presented arms as they marched
through our streets en route to the
river bridge. The Fairvlew Brass Band,
of fourteen pieces, accompanied the
regiment. The members of the band
also entered the service.
Hack Drivers Busy
The hack drivers are having a profit
able run. More than thirty vehicles are
now on the line between this city and
Camp Curtin. and all of them are al
ways crowded.
j EDITORIAL COMMENT]
If General Sherman were alive, he
would have to apologize to hell. He
was unjust to that amiable region. The
war of his time was but an innocent
harmless killing game. It has grown to
that aerial triumph of German culture
over Antwerp.
To murder wantonly and futilely, to
slay or mangle little children and young
mothers in their beds, to salute the Red
Cross flag with a bomb, to slaughter
and terrorize non-combatants, random
destruction with no military results,
with no permanent result except to
sicken and anger all civilized mankind:
this is a war as practiced on a citv from
Zeppelin airships.
Every nation which still believes that
something of humanity should be main
tained In the usages of warfare should
raise its voice against this archdeed
of pitiless savagery; against the repe
tition of such senseless and unforgiv
able blind massacre.—New York Sun.
PREPARING A STATE CODE
(Philadelphia Bulletin)
Rearrangement of the general
statutes of the Commonwealth in a
compendious and logical form, under
topical groups, instead of the present
heterogeneous jumble of the Pamph
let Laws, has long been recognized
as a need by lawyers and legislators,
and the first practical step in that
direction is represented by the Legis
lative Reference Bureau In its draft
of an act covering the taxation laws
of Pennsylvania, an account of which
Is given in another column on this
page. There have been many piece
meal efforts In the same line at var
ious times in the past, but never be
fore has P been approached so thor
oughly and methodically. The im
portance of this work can scarcely be
overestimated, because it stands for
the simplification of the written law
so that any person of average intelli
gence may be able to consult the code
and learn readily what the Legisla
ture has declared on a certain sub
ject and know that he is not over
looking a contrary or modifying act
hidden away in the musty volumes of
the past.
But of even more Importance Is the
certainty that only In this way can
the Incongruities,, contradictions and
obsolete redundancies of the laws he
cleared away, leaving little or no
ground for conflicting interpretations
and misunderstandings. In this re
port alone, the work is immensely val
uable to the people of the State, who,
when the task shall be completed, can
thus be placed within reach of all
there Is to known on the subject, In
a single compact set of volumes,
available on the shelves of the public
libraries. The work is onjy In Its in
ception, however, and if it is to be
properly finished, it ought to have the
co-operation of the public through
constructive criticism by citizens,
especially judges and legal practi
tioners, who are competent to offer
it.
It is to be remembered that fhese re
ports do not contemplate any ex
amination of the desirability or
reasonableness of the policies which
dictated the enactment of the laws.
This is for the Legislature to de
cide. But the light thrown upon the
different subjects when submitted
will make the occasion propitious for
a consideration of amendments and
revisions to bring some of these an
cient statues more Into harmony
with present-day needs and thereby
serve another important purpose.
And once these codes shall be adopt
ed, it should become the fixed policy
of the Legislature not to disarrange
them lightly, by entangling them
with amendments and repealers. The
experience of the last century and a
quarter, which period will be chiefly
reflected in the different topical
codes, has refined and crystallized the
laws of this State to a degree where
they should be exempt from further
tinkering In the future except for
very great cause.
i N£w o s r
(From the Telegraph of Aug. 29, JRfi4.]
,!! n,, ? , 1 ,rr " f fori Mi.ru ll n Confirmed
Washington. Aug. 2!>. The rapture
of J. ort Morgan is fully confirmed by
dispatches from Generals Grant and
sherman, who derive their information
from Richmond and Mobile papers.
Grant's niN|>nteh to I.inrnln
a " k - 2! '- Since my dis
patch of this morning, I have the Rich
mond Sentinel of the 27th, which eon
tains the following dispatch from Mo
bile:
"The report of the surrender of Fort
Morgan was most unexpected, and we
await an explanation of so
an occurrence."
CAUGHT IX ITS OWY TRAP
[From the Philadelphia ledger]
An administration dedicated to the
cause of low prices and criminal pros
ecution of those who consult and con
spire together to prevent them is now
openly engaged in the discovery of
means and methods to prevent any de
crease whatever in the price of cot
ton. It has invited men to take part
in a conference to accomplish the very
thing which statutory law and bills
now before Congress declare to be im
moral and criminal.
The Administration is now right. It
wou ' c ! J je f°"- v to sacrifice national
wealth in the form of cotton. It is a
commendable thing to prevent it to
make It possible for the producer to
hold his crop until the crisis is passed.
I!ut what of the other proposal to
shackle our great corporations so they
will be unable to compete in foreign
marts on equal terms with other na
tions? What of the plan to whack
the profit out of manufacturing?
The Administration's anti-business
program should be laughed out of
court. The Administration is busily
engaged in breaking the very laws
which it is calling on Congress to
enact. The reprisals on business which
the West and South have been de
manding have already proved a boom
erang. There is nothing for Washing
ton to do but return to common sense.
ADOGRAM
No. 14
When you pay real money
you are entitled to get what
you really want—not mere
ly what the dealer wants to
sell you.
Public opinion is being roused
against the dealer who offers
"something Just as good." The
advertised articles Is usually an
article of merit, for the manu
facturer depends for his profits
on "repeat" sales.
The "Just as good" Is nine
times <yit of ten Inferior quality,
trading on the other chap's repu
tation.
Get what you ask for lt
means satisfaction.
New York
Pawnbrokers
The entire stock of Watches,
Jewelry and Pledges was purchased
to-day by 11. . dlestein & Son, well
known Jewelers of this city. You
are cordially invited to attend the
opening. All business strictly
confidential.
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Pawnbrokers & Jewelers
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