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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
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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 <will be Arbor' Day. Are
you going to plant a tree? And if so
would it not be well to consult your |
neighbors along your street to the enfl j
! that the planting may be uniform nnd |
the trees selected of the right variety? |
EXPERT ADVICE
HARRISBURG has been particu-I
larly fortunate in the fact that j
at the outset of the compre- j
■ henslve campaign in the in
terest of public improvements insti
tuted in 1901 experts in the several
departments affected were employed, j
These exj>«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 <lll
easily, '> 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.
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What Brand of Matches
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Who makes them? answer to all these
Where? questions. How many
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Are they poisonous them?
or non-poisonous?
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Are they "single about matches as they
dip" or "double dip?" should, they would use
Which kind is bet- Safe Home Matches
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Are the sticks long American factories by
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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
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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.