6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established tSjl PUBLISHED BT THE) TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. tD. i. STACK POLE, Pres't and Tro»«Ti p. R. OYSTER. Secretary. BUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing: Editor.) Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 2H Federal Square. , • 1 1 Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City. Hasbrook. Story * Brooks. .Western Office, IJS West Madison street. Chicago, 111.. Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a wee*. Mailed to subscribers •t 13.00 a year In advance. Xntered at the Post Office in Harris burg as second class matter. 1 1 /ffei The Association of Amec- J 1 1 IbFAibl ' can Advertisers has ex | \ln|r a mined and certified to i' ,j i tli* circulation of this pub- i i lication. The figures of circulation i I contained in the Association's re- i . > port only are guaranteed. i. i Association of American Advertisers |i i V No. 2333 Whitehall Bldg. N. Y. Cily / gn orn dally average for the month of September, 1914 & 23,252 * L. •: Average for the year 1013—21,577 Average for the year 101!!—21,178 , Average for the year 1011—18,851 Average for the year 1010—17.405 TELEPHONES! Bell Private Branch Exchange No. J0«0. United Business Office, 20S. Editorial Room 685. Job Dept. 201 TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20 NEW YORK STATE ROADS WE in, Pennsylvania have heard so much of New York State's good roads that it is with | surprise we receive the news that newspapers of that State are ask ing the question: "Is New York- to become a State without roads, or at least without roads worthy of the' name?" With election only a little more than two weeks away, this question of the future roadbuilding policy of the rich est State in the Union is coming in for a great deal of discussion and may be an important factor in the election results. It is said that if present methods of construction anil ways of financing them are adhered to, it is difficult to figure what the State eventually is going to do for new roads, according to experts. The present system has been thoroughly denounced and vari ous remedies suggested, but that is about all. The system itself under which the roads ar£ built is through the issuance of fifty-year bonds. But the Governor has stated, and is being borne out by engineers, that the roads of macadam which are being con structed will hardly last more than ten years. In the words of the Governor, "New York State is engaged in building 12,000 miles of road which will lie worn out forty years before they are paid, for." The inevitable result, if such a policy- Is "'persisted in, it is pointed out by engineers, would be no roads, since at the end of ten years another hond Issue would be necessary, and so on, so that by 1954 the State would have worn out roads which would not be paid for for 200 years. Of course it Is not expected that this will happen, but the situation is very seriously re garded. Engineers unite in agreeing that the chief cause of the trouble lies in the material used, pointing out that becauso of the great Increase in heavy automobile traffic the material used Is unable to hear the heavy strain. One suggestion from a noted engineer Is that the plan adopted in New Jer sey, where the automobile traffic is eleven times heavier than in France, bo followed. This plan is based upon the creation and maintenance of a board of engineers similar to the engi neers of maintenance of way on a railroad. Almost every critic of Pennsylvania roads has pointed to New York State and told our officials to "stop experi menting and adopt New York's sys tem." Perhaps it is just as well we did a little experimenting. Perhaps it 5s just as well we were not in such haste to adopt "New York's system." Gifford Pincliot is somewhat of a humorist. He declared in a speech' a day or two ago that if th&re is any de pression Senator Penrose is as much to blame for it as any other man, because has been unable to keep good times for you while he is in office." This is about the worst manifestation of Mr. Pinchot's peculiar reasoning that we have yet seen in the present campaign. Senator Penrose is not only respon sible for the depression, according to Mr. Pinchot. but he should also have prevented it notwithstanding the fact that the party overturned Republican policies at Washington. Y. W. C. A. INSPECTION TO-MORROW all day the com pleted Young Women's Crfris tian Association building, Fourth and Walnut streets, will bo thrown open for inspection to the public. That the hundred thousand and more dollars expended Hi its construc tion was wisely used a trip through the big building will show anybody. And doubtless there will be thousands of people who will want to have this fact proved to their satisfaction, for the Y. W. C. A. is distinctively a "public building." The money for its construction was raised in a whirl wind campaign and nearly overy man, women and child in the city gave some portion, little or great, according to their means. It was the girls of the shops and ■ the mills and factories who probably ■ -. - ' -» ' .- ,- • -^ r^jW ,~^ fV w,|y i ! j TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG Qf£££& TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 20, 1914. worked the hardest to raise money for the new butldlng, and many" a tale was told of self-sacrifice at that time. To-tnorrow these girls and everybody else in the city will be given an op- portunity to see what their efforts and their self-sacrifice have produced. A. Mitchell Palmer was hurriedly ' summoned to Washington to consult : with President Wilson regarding a lotter which the President is about to | Issue endorsing A. Mitchell for United States Senator from Pennsylvania. In ! HBmuch as Mr. Palmer was chosen by j the President In the first place a I further endorsement was hardly neces sary, but the White House twins need i all the can get. THE HOME GARDENS NO activity* of the Civic Club, probably, is doing more for the bervutifying of Harrlsburg than the home garden contest, prizes in which were awarded to fifteen boys and girls yesterday. Through this contest hundreds of backyards are made beautiful with bush and vine, where, without such impetus as the Ci\«ic Club has pro vided, would be found ugly, unwhite | washed fences and weed-grown i wastes. More than 500 backyards were cultivated and made spots of | real beauty by the youngsters of the ; city, reports Mrs. Ed. S. Herman, j chairman of the home garden eom mlttee. Members of the Civic Club, j under Mrs. Herman's direction, paid regular visits to the homes of the con testants and gave encouraging sug-1 gestions here and there to help the i bays and girls to srreater endeavor. I Not so much in the Immediate ef fect of making backyards more beau tiful is such activity on the part of Harrisburg's women valuable, as in the slow but sure cjevelopment of men and women of the future who will "care" whether things throughout the city are right or wrong. Next Friday «rrieneed professional men made a careful analysis of our munici pal needs and upon their recommen dations the city has advanced beyond the most sanguine expectations of its public-spirited citizens. Now and then we hear a complaint of too much expert advice, but it will not be forgotten that most of our dif- | Acuities have arisen when the advice j of the expert has been disregarded. I Perhaps the most important work | still to he completed is that affecting j the park system and it is interesting | to note that Warren H. Manning, ' whose wide and intelligent vision has ! already done so much for the city, is in Harrisburg this week consulting with City Commissioner Taylor, the Planning Commission and other offi cials regarding the work now in prog ress. Mr. Manning has great interest in the city's development and his services cannot he too highly appreciated by our people, J\. modest and unassum- i ing gentleman he has brought to the people here a large experience nnd a vision of the future which means much for the adornment and improve ment of Harrisburg. AS KNOX SEEK IT ORMEIi SECRETARY OF F STATE KNOX is manifestly not impressed with the boasted peace policies of the Wilson adminis tration. He discusses the waiting" attitude of the President in Mexico and declares that we com- j mitted an act of war against the peo- j pie in Mexico by taking possession of j Mexican territory. As a great con- ' stitutional lawyer nnd a former Sec- ' retary of State, Mr. Knox declares | that the landing of troops at Vera I Cruz was an unconstitutional act and when the President applied to Con gress Vor a justification of his uncon stitutional act in thus making war upon a friendly Power, the Republi cans in Congress were the ones who protested against the act, and who voted against the commission of bel ligerent measures against the already [ bleeding Mexican nation. Continuing ! the former Secretary of State said: | Meanwhile, wliat has our "watch ful waiting" done for us? In the first it has led us, by some course •of reasoning ton subtle l'or me to understand, to land troops in Mexico, to shed American anil Mexican blood to retain, up to the present, possession of Mexican ter ritory. Aside from the mere ex pense it has cost us, and which our country is sufficiently large to ig nore, great as it is. and aside from the loss of American and Mexican lives without just cause or excuse, our occupation of Mexican territory ha»cost us, and is costing us. the good will of the great bulk of the Mexican people who have any views at all upon the subject, and this loss is found not alone among tlio'se who are 'supporters of Mr. Huerta, but also among those who liavu participated in the so-called Constitutional movement. Again, it has cost us our influence and prestige as the sole arbiters of dif ferences on this continent ana in this hemisphere. An unbiased view of the whole situation leads to the conclusion that all the.hunger, all the suffer ing. all the rapine, all the blood shed with which Mexico has been , cursed during the past eighteen months are directly traceable to the failure to recognize the Huerta Government and the removal of the embargo Mr. Taft placed upon the sale of war materials to Mexican bandits. This is a heavy responsi bility- which the administration cannot shift, which must rest where It falls. ' .. This Is a striking indictment of the administration coming from one whose knowledge of international law' is equal to that of any American statesman. Mr. Knox lipid the poli cies of the Democrats in no way.ifre sponslhle for the peace which this country now'enjoys In the midst of the European war and deplored the war tax On the people of the United States. Former President Taft was declared to-be a much greater and more successful peace advocate than President Wilson and former President Roosevelt was given credit for having done more for peace than all the Bryan treaties. EVENING CHAT It's getting to be more difficult to tell where Steelton leaves off and Highspire begins than it is to figure i out the dividing line between Harris burg and its daughter of Steelton. In deed, thero is an almost continuous i line of buildings of one sort or another stretching from what we usod to know us Lochiel to the lower end of High spire, tlie settlement along the trolley line being thicker by tar than on the West Shore or Rockvllle lines. Even the rapidly building up section be tween the -city's eastern gate and Progress has nothing on the settle | ment between Harrisburg and the place where sixteen years ago all was i orderly bustle under the nam# of ! Camp Meade. The extension of the j Pennsylvania steel works southward ( from the two rolling mills which for years constituted the lower end of the | plant has caused rapid building up of available properties along the old turnpike and on the bluffs. At night it seems as though it was all one street from the lower end of Highspire to Gibson street, in the northern end of Steelton, and that is within the rays of the arc lights of Harrisburg. Where there are not houses there are the great buildings of the steel works or else yards lining the space between the highway and the Susquehanna and flanked on the east by homes. This expansion has all taken place in a decade and it will be interesting to note the way'in which further exten sions affect the settlement of the coun try immediately to the south of us. It will not be long until what may be termed Steelton will embrace, because of the close building, what are now Highspire, Enhaut, Bressler, Oberlin and some intervening settlements. This war is going to have the effect of bringing the United States some very desirable immigrants. I do not mean laborers, but people af substance who will be valuable additions to the communities in this State. Tho stream ot unskilled labor may be interrupted for a tirrte, but you will find that be fore long some splendid people will come over," said a man connected with one of the State's educational insti tutions while in the city yesterday. "The war is going to be long and it will not be lost upon the people who are not mad over it that the Unitod States is a good haven. The outburst of pratriotism which has brought into the struggle many of the good, solid people of Germany, France, Austria, the low countries and some others will soon wane .and as business men and farmers see that there will ho little security there will be a repetition of former immigrations. If you want confirmation of my grounds for this statement, think .how many of the people of Harrisburg, Heading or other cities date their entry or that of their forebears into the United .states from years' of war in Europe. 1 think you would get some surprises in Harris burg if you would look up the dates when some of your families came here. There appear to be two things that the foreigners in the Sibletown region appear to cling to In spite of their length of residence in this country. One is the long-stemmed pipe and the other the slipper. You can see men smoking the" curiously long-stemmed pipes that come from Eastern Europe on the street corners and doorsteps any late afternoon, which pipes, by the way, have suc ceeded the old long-stemmed pipe with its'china bowl which our Ger man neighbors used to love so much. And the foreigners come over State street bridge and through Capitol* Park with their slippers slap-slapping in spite of rain. Men appear to hang to such footwear when they are not working notwithstanding the greatei protection offered by a good Harris burg made shoe. Observers of the heavens these even ings, provided there are no rain clouds, are apt to see sonic very pretty me teors. They have been /seen over the river valley almost every dear evening for two weeks and people living on Allison Hill have noted the fiery paths of as high as a dozen In an evening. It's funny what some people do. Yesterday afternoon a farmer came to the city and tied his horse, a rather spirited animal, to the holding an arc light to a pole. Half a block away a donkey engine was in opera tion and the horeo started to dance. The lamp danced, too, and for a time there was a plenty of -excitement for man and beast. The Hrumbaugli citizens' commit tee, which is operating so effectively from Philadelphia, has adopted a unique way of- attracting attention to the candidate. It has adopted a stamp similar in size and color to the "OlHelally Sealed" stamp that Uncle Sam puts on your letters when they are found opened or when someone goes through them looking for con cealed fncts about your income, If they do such things. This stamp bears a tine portrait of Dr. Brumbaugh and his signature, with this statement: "i stand for a clean, capable, ag gressive administration." The Democratic State headquarters has adopted a sort of blue and white builseye sticker which its men are putting everywhere. Most of them bear the names Palmer and McCor mick, but there is also a set which in cludes Creasy and McNair, with some words about them. Cine of the stick ers declares them clean and conntrtic tlvc, and another rather reflects on William Penn. People in this city who served in the Governor's Troop during the Spanish War will recall John Turn bach, one of the splendid young fol lows sent to fill up the troop by Ha zleton. He has been manager of the Dodson coal mines about Beaver Brook and left that *5,000 position to take charge of the Dodson mines In Kentucky. f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Dr. E. R. Kirby, prominent Phila delphia physician, has been appointed surgeon to the Masonic home at Eliza bethtown. —R. B. Habgood, who will rpn for the Legislature again In McKean, was an active member in 1907. —E. B. Coxe, Jr., son of the coal operator, has provided a memorial ward in a hospital at South Bethle hem. " 1 —Dr. C. I>. Furbush, of Philadel phia, has returned from four months spent in Maine. —John Dalzell, former Congress man, from Alegrht-ny, is taking a big interest in the political campaign this year. v —The Rev. Dr. S. A. K, Francis has just celebrated fifty years as pastor in Philadelphia. I DO YOU KNOW?"] That Hnrrlsburg engines are driving the fans for mines in both hard and soft coal regions? AN EVENING THOUGHT For our light affliction which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.—ll. Cor 4:17. PtlMEfl BUMPS THE ' MOOSE MACHINISTS Refuses to Get Off the Ticket in Favor of Pinchot and Pin chot Passes It Back ROOSEVELT DUE OCTOBER 29 Will Speak in the Middle of the Morning; Badges to Tickle Butler Kickers Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer has shown exactly what he thinks of |the Washington party in Pennsylvania and Gifford Pinchot has shown what he thinks of the Democratic party by refusing to withdraw. The time for withdrawing nominations ended at the Capitol at midnight and Palmer and Pinchot remain, in the field against Penrose. Thus Vance C. McCormick is the only one to get any benefit, how ever slight It may be, from fusion. He is the Democratic and Washington candidate, but to-day it was found that in spite of all the fervor of Wil liam Draper Lewis and all the talk of patriotism and self-sacrifice, the dean had failed to withdraw as a candidate for Governor on the Roosevelt Pro gressive ticket. And up to'noon Judge •Brumm, who switched at the meeting of the Washington party executive committee very late yesterday after noon In this city, was battling tp have an unacknowledged withdrawal as candidate of the Bull Moose received at tho Capitol. The whole elaborate scheme of fu sion on State offices appears to hit snags instead of snaps. Not very many of the Democrats "named on the Personal Liberty party ticket paid much attention to the command of the Dem ocratic ringmasters' Only Three committee to get off Obey Voice the ticket because it of Masters .would hurt the Demo cratic State ticket. When the time for filitjg withdrawals ended last night Dewalt, congressional candidate in the Berks-Lehigh district: Steele, sen-" atorial candidate in Northampton county, and Erdman, legislative candi date in Allentown. had tiled withdraw als. The rest just stayed on, includ ing ' Democratic leg.slatlve candidates in Reading and Northampton coun ties.' A. F. Huston, head of the • big Coatesville Iron and Steel Works, has thus expressed his stand on the gu bernatorial and sena torial campaign as fol lows: "I stand for the Huston straight Republican tick- Gives Ills et, as I feel it necessary Position to extricate us from the present unsettled,-- even disastrous state of business. Dr. Brumbaugh has pledged himself for loogl option, so why should we Pro hibit ioniats turn him down for a Dem ocrat whose party is spelling disaster all over our fair land. "As to the United States sena'-or ship, Mr. Pinchot stands no show, ex cept to assist Palmer,, who has done his best to ruin business and is to day on the stump trying to mislead the public with misstatements, saying busings is good and that we are on the eve of unbounded prosperity. I am for reforms, but our workmen have got to live while wo effect them. The wheels of business must not be blocked." Word came to the city last night that Colonel Roosevelt would speak in Harrisburg in the middle of the morn ing of Oc- tobcr 29. HarristJurg is to be struck on tho Roosevelt last of the l'our days' to Fill One tour of the State and Mortons Date just why the Colonel is to make a speech at 10.15 the Washington party men to-day could not explain, while the machine Democrats were wondering what it meant. Chief Engineer Mosey has arranged for the meeting, to be held in Chestnut Street Hall, com mencing at 10.1 r, sharp. There are rumors to tho effect that the Colonel will bo here just an hour, during which time he is to make a speech, to be photographed alongside of Mosey and Doc Kreider, to be driven through the streets and to be shown the Demo cratic State windmill and the Wash ington party banner. A. Miehell Palmer and Vance C. Mc- Cormick spoire last night in Butler after a street parade which was led by County Treasurer W. M. Kennedy. Progressive Rosses in leaders were there to Mne With cheer James B. llam- Moosers mond, of Greensburg, who wants to represent the Twenty-second dis trict in-Congress. Hammond, a Pro gressive, is not wall received by Dem ocrats, who resent the bowling out of the race of Democratic Editor Eaird, of Green-sburg. County Chairman James E. Marshall provided for plenty ol' noise by hiring five brass bands and a drum corps. Hedfire was not lacking to help take the place of real enthu siasm. In an effort to win back the disaffected Democrats about all of thein of any prominence were named as vice-presidents and given a big badge. POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS —Dean Lewis ought to look things over a hit before he leaps. —Some things arc, probably being said about Dean Lewis at Democratic headquarters. —Lebanon countians are holding very well attended rallies these fine evenings. —The Colonel is to be in our midst ,lust an hour. —Wonder if some of that crowd at Butler to hear McC'ormick was not there to find out when he was going to have the idle car works start up. —Washington officials say in letters that Palmer had the Pittsburgh Grand Army men fired from pension exam inershlps. Ho says he did not. Ap parently Palmer is not In touch with Washington ofilciuls. —The Phllndelphin Republican city committee is out with a first call to voters. —Brumbaugh will receive a great welcome in Schuylkill to-morrow. —Penrose is speaking In South Beth lehem to-day. —W. .1. (Mark has been named as Washington candidate for the House in tho Norristown district. —The Philadelphia Produce Ex change, head of dairy interests, has endorsed Penrose. —Norris, McCormlck's Philadelphia friend, sets a good example by holding on to city and federal jobs and saying he will not quit. —Urumbaugh Is rather prompt in answering questions as to where ho stands. —P.. R'. Rcggs, Thlrty-flfth ward Washington chairman in Philadelphia, is out for Brumbtvugh. —The Central Democratic Club will march in Reading Friday. It will have its meeting Monday to arrange little details. , —Central Democrat* arc wondering If they will have to pay their own fare, to Reading. OUR DAILY LAUGH } »• -» BE CAREFUL. A brittle thing is Pr eca u t ions fil iKf? —For any man can 11 • wf 5 ! j make a f ™ 1% But mighty ygjiL w few can •*. mend it. FOINT OF VIBW - I $!& J*rom her point of j £ ™ view Tf\\ Men are like corks, a girl declares, And she Is right, > T 'yZ&Q At least some i... pop quite I MH While Some must • be d r a.w n out "AIX'T IT GREAT f" By Wing Dinger You can't beat this weather, it's glori ous. Why shouldn't most everyone say A dozen or more times, in passing, "Gee wiz, but ain't this a line day?" There's one chap, however, who's silenc ed, I hate him. and so do you, too, It's he, who forever asks, "Is it * Quite cold or.hot enough for you?" But somehow or other when weather Is pleasant, like it is these days, We don't seem to care just how often Each day folks sound forth words of praise. THE TREE (Arbor Day, Octobe# 23.) I love thee when thy swelling buds appear And one by one their tender leaves unfold. As If they knew that wafmer suns were near, Nor fSnger sought to hide from win ter's cold: And when with darker growth thy leaves are. seen To veil from view the early robin's nest I love to lie beneath thy waving screen. With limbs by summer's heat and toil oppressed; And when the autumn winds x have stripped thee bare, And round thee lies the smooth, untrodden snow. When naught is thine that made thee once so fair, I love to watch thy shadowy form below. And through thy leafless arms to look above On stars that brightly beam when .most we need their care. JONES VERY. NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE CIVIL WAR [From tlie Telegraph, Oct. 20, 1801.] "Sheridan's Ride" War Department. Washington, Oct. 20. —General Sheridan defeated Long street at Cedar Creek. A heavy attack was made by the enemy on the Union Army when General Sheridan was ab sent but on his return the men re gained • courage and defeated the enemy, capturing forty.-three guns, 2,- 000 prisoners and 100 wagohs. Peace Convention Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 19. —A peace | convention was held here at which fifty delegates were present. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, Oct. 20, 1801.] Sohlier Dies Hero Joseph Enger, Fifty-tilth Pennsyl vania Regiment, died at his home in this city. Illness contracted in the army was the cause of his death. Runaways Two or three rutjraways caused by frightened horsgs occurred in the city. No damage is reported. New Market House Open The lirst market in the new Market house erected in West Harrishurg, will bo held on November 1. S EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 Hon. Gilford Pinchot says "The Washington party is the majority partv of Pennsylvania." It was, Mr. Pinchot. two years ago, but there is no Washington party . now, as Bill Fllnn took it into the Democratic camp a short time ago. Chester Times. The Tribune is pleased to observe the meteor-like coining of the Irre pressible Colonel. Pennsylvania will give him a respectful, even an enthusi astic reception. But she will give his candidates few votes. She prefers to line ui> definitely for protection and some other good policies.—Altoona Tribune. State Eabor Commissioner Jackson issues a public document which claims (hat in several hundred industrial <>s ta,blishments where records have been kept there are 128.000 less employes at work than there were a year ago. What would the record be if a record of all the industries of the State had been kept? Of course. the Twin would claim It was a political move, %ut what in the world are industries owned by men of Democratic faith shutting down or running on short hours for.—Erie Times. Senator Penrose in a colloquy sug gested that the Democratic House had gone so far in the direction of cloture and arbitrary rulings that it would "cause ex-Speaker Ileed to lurn over in his grave and make Uncle Joe Cannon when he returns to Congress next year, as he certainly will, look like a Progressive." California is having a hard time on account of the war, beihg unable to export her wlrfes to Europe for importation to the United States.— Chlchgo News. TUTORING An experienced High School In structor desires several pupils in German or Latin. Subjects syste matically and attractively present ed. - Keen interest and rapid ad vancement guaranteed. CAI'L 3023-L, BEI,L /-■ ■ " \ IIKAUaUAR'i'EKS FOn SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES In ' What Brand of Matches Do You Use? I • Who makes them? answer to all these Where? questions. How many can answer two of Are they poisonous them? or non-poisonous? If people knew as much v Are they "single about matches as they dip" or "double dip?" should, they would use Which kind is bet- Safe Home Matches ter? and why? made by the Diamond Match Company in Are the sticks long American factories by and strong or short American labor. ana we«*«.? Q ur "job" is to educate Do the heads fly ern * off or do they stay . Do they burn evenly or explosively? Ml 1 Every user of matches./ ought to be interested in the sc. \ All grocers. Ask for them by name. ( i £soyn/ja.ny Plain Letters by a Plain Man Messrs. Vance C. McCormick and A. Mitchell Palmer, Gentletiu'ii: At AVashington Park. New Jer sey, on August 15, 1912, Woodrow Wilson, then the nominee of tlio Baltimore convention, made the fol lowing public statement: "Our platform is not molasses to ' catch flies. It means business; it means what II sayß; it is the utter ance of earnest anil honest men, who Intend to do business along business lines." HOW HAS THIS PROMISE BEEN KEPT? . Paeans of praise attended the christening of this Baltimore plat form of which Woodrow Wilson was the godfather and William Jennings Itryan the parent. It was hailed hn a blight rainbow of hope, it was lauded as greater in Its new message of freedom than the Magna Charta, the Declaration of independence, or the Knianeipa tion Proclamation. And in two years' time this won derful document has been torn to tatters and shreds, not by the op posing party, but in the house of its friends. Deserted by sponsors anil parents, it has become an outcast orphan. Plank after plank of this wonderful Baltimore platform lias been shattered until now naught can bo of service to it but a wreck ing crew to clear up the frag ments. Can you tell us from the stump why substantially every promise of this document so lauded by candid date Wilson in 1912 has been treat ed with contempt by the men who made it? One enunciation of the Baltimore convention of 1912 says in ringing tones: , "We denounce the profligate waste of the money wrung from the people by oppressive taxation through the lavish appropriations of recent Bepubliean Gongreßs, which have kept taxes high and re duced the purchasing power of the people's toil. We demand a return to tho simplicity and economy which bellts a democratic govern ment." Was all this impassioned utter ance merely "molasses to catch flies?" if not, why have tho expendi tures at Washington reached pro portions never before known? The total ordinary disbursements of the national Government for. the period covered by the Roosevelt and Taft administrations ranged from $471,- 000.000 in 1002 to SfiS2.noo.ooo in 1913. Just before the ending of the last fiscal year Secretary McAdoo Issued a statement that the total ordinary expenditures of that year would be $702,000,000. When the new tariff, before the European war had appeared on the horizon, failed to produce even tho revenue that its authors aad guess ed at: whep the Income tax like wise fell short, even after a thou sand inquisitors had been prying around to find psople who wore supposed to be evading it,- a wild hunt was begun to llnd things to tax. WHY TS THIS? Why should a nation nt peace be 5S 3-la-One has been for 18 years the Old Reliable, largest-selling home and of3ce oil. H R It is light enough to oil a watch; hearv enough to oil a lawn mower. On a soft cloth It ■■ || ideal furniture polisher. Makes a yard of cheese cloth the beet and cheapest i;«| . And tin-One absolutely prevents nut or tarnish on all metal surf aces, Indoors and out, j&g SMC freo 3-/n-Onr-T Write/orfoj for gcnerous/irasamnle and the Dictionary of uses—Aori fntto Nj| y®Vj is sold everywhere in MttlcSylOc (1 oz.), 25c (3 0x..), 50c (S ox., I MERCHANTS' ICE COMPANY OF HARRISBURG HARRISBURG, PENNA. * ' has a limited amount of stock to be sold. Other companies • similar to this in Allentown and Reading are paying 8%. J- If at all interested, drop a line to one of the following | directors at their business addresses, or, 202 Calder Building. DIRECTORS: W. A. CART WRIGIIT Chairman. C. E. SHEESLEY. ' W J PERRIN. H. M. HARE. ; "y t-. R. B. DRUM. L. W. KAY. M. P. JOHNSON. I \VM. E. KOONS. J. D. MILLER. saddled with a war tax of SIOO,- 000,000 or morn which Is taken from Hie pockets of our citizenship? Why, Instead of tills continual augmentation of taxation, has there not been "a return to the simplicity and economy which bellts a democratic government?" Was the wholo plank of the Bal timore platform given above simply, ' "molasses to catch tiles?" To the tax ridden people it certainly looks very much like it. ON 10 OK THE COMMON PICOPLE. WHAT BOSS MoGOKMICK WANT IT FOR? [Philadelphia inquirer.] The salary, of the Governor of Penn sylvania is SIO,OOO a' year. 1 Vance C. McCormick spent over $33,000. according to his own sworn statement, to defeat Michael J. Ryan and secure the Democratic nomination for Governor for himself. More than the salary lor three year® gone for the nomination alone! Hot? many times the salary he is expondiug now to inlliumce the election it is im possible to guess. The public can put this and that together and do its own Mguring. , AVlien a candidate is willing to spend a fortune on a nomination and pre sumably another fortune on an elec tion, ho muet want to he elected jiretly badly. The question naturally arises, Why? I And When lite owner of a political organization like Mr. Flinn, who has been prenching "principle" to tho peo ple, takes the candidate of his or ganization out of the way and turna tho orgasization in for Mr. McCormick the same question—Why?—very na turally hobs up again. Mr. Flinn must have some personal object, it could not have been me e "principle," for the professed prin ciples of the Washington party and of the Democratic are separated as wide ly as arc the North and South Poles. So what is this personal object that Mr. Flinn has? The betrayal of the Washington party by its candidate, Mr. Lewis; the slating of Mr. McCormick by Mr. Flinn; tho ciTort to turn the Progres sives over to the candidate of free trade Democracy—all this savors of something not altogether wholesome. From tho Lewis betrayal, from tho Flinn-McCormick deal, from the Mc- Cormick money bags one turns with relief to the life-long record of square ness, of honesty, of conscientiousness, of approved public service made by Mjirtin G. Brumbaugh. Of a certainty, the pathway of safety ond integrity leads where Brumbaugh treads. How many American cities would pay $6,000,000, like Brussels, to got a mayor out of pawn? Philadelphia Evening Ledger.