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TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 27
DR. BRUMBAUGH'S SUPPORTERS
IT was Inevitable that the campaign
of abuse and vilification of Dr. Mar
tin G. Brumbaugh, the Republican
candidate for Governor, would cause
r sharp reaction in his favor. Instead
of being the choice of the alleged
liquor interests of the State, who are
giving no attention to any candidates
save those who are running for the
Senate or House, the Republican can
didate is backed by thousands and
thousands of good citizens of Pennsyl
vania who believe in fair play. Hav
ing submitted his name for the consid
eration of the voters in the primary
election, Dr. Brumbaugh is now dis- .
cussing the real issues of the campaign
In an able, honest way, Ignoring the
mud slinging and slander of the little
men who are arrayed against him.
And having failed to assemble the
religious and temperance voters of the
State under the Democratic machine
banner the Palmer-McCormick clique
is now resorting 1 to every insidious
scheme to deceive and befuddle the
honest men of all parties who are
rallying to the Brumbaugh standard.
But it is too late. Mud slinging has
utterly failed in this campaign, as it
has in every other campaign, to in
fluence the public mind. It has been
pointed out over and over again that
the real fight of the anti-liquor interests
Is ir. the Legislature, but notwithstand
ing this self-evident proposition the
bosses of the Anti-Saloon League,
ignoring every decent principle of fair
ness. have centered their fight against
Dr. Brumbaugh, who has made his
position In favor of local option so
clear that even a child may under
stand.
All the important metropolitan news
papers agree that Pennsylvania js
again safe within the Republican col
umn. It is also indicated that there
■will be a large increase of Republicans
in the next House at Washington.
KECOKI) OF ACHIEVEMENT
II is unfortunate that through what
was doubtless misinformation or er
ror in arithmetic, the Washington
party candidate for Congress mis
represented Congressman Aaron S.
Kreider in the matter of his attend
ance at Washington. Congressman
Kreider's record for his first term has
been one of splendid achievement. He
has during the two years of his service
in Congress won the respect not only
of his own party but of the Democratic
side of the House as well. As an in
stance, when Congressman Kreider
told Congress that it was necessary to
make an additional appropriation for
the post office at Harrisburg, Demo
crats and Republicans at once took his
word for it and passed the bill, al
though it was the only one of the kind
put through during the session.
It is so very easy to disprove the as
sertion that Congressman Kreider was
absent from Washington two-thirds of
the time and did not vote on Important
measures that no sane man would
knowingly be guilty of making the
blunder into which Dr. Kreider has
fallen. The Congressional Record
shows that Congressman Kreider was
preset and voted or was paired on
every bill that came before Congress.
This Is a record of which any man
may well be proud.
Dr. Kreider displays a woeful ignor
ance of the facts when he says the
resolution, for which Mr. Kreider
voted, authorizing the President to
use armed force to compel Huerta to
comply with his demands, "would
have plunged the country into war If
it had passed." The resolution in ques
tion was introduced at the request of
the President and it was passed, and
the country was not plunged Into war.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
seems at last to have awakened to the
necessity of ceasing to create doubt
about banking conditions.
KKROItS OF THE BAIiIiOT
SOMEBODY has asked, and quite
reasonably so: "If Dr. Brum
baugh is for local option why
does his name appear on the Per
■onal Liberty ticket?"
The answer is—for the same reason
TUESDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 27.1014.
that William Draper Lewis' name ap
pears on the Roosevelt Progressive
| ticket. Mr. Lewis didn't know his
| name was there, that is all. He wanted
j to get out of the race in favor of Mc
i Cormick, but hts name is on the of-
I ficial ballot because he was nominated
Iby an obscure little party the very
■ name of which he was very likely ig
norant.
The same is true of Dr. Brumbaugh.
He never knew his name was on the
Personal Liberty ticket until the sam
ple ballots were issued. And now he
Is trying to get his name off. Here Is
his own explanation of a trivial inci
dent that his enemies, desperate in
their knowledge of pending defeat,
have tried to magnify into something
of importance:
I never heard of the party until
on Saturday, and they had no au
thority to place my name on their
ticket. Had I been notified, as I
should have been. 1 would have seen
to It at once that my name was
withdrawn. I have instructed my
attorney to do all In his power to
get the Secretary of the Common
wealth to recall those ballots.
"Billy" Sunday does not Intend that
his language shall be distorted, lie has
just sent a telegram stating positively
that he is not opposed to Dr. Brum
baugh.
CANDIDATES AND ELECTIONS^
DR. BRUMBAUGH spoke a great
truth when in one of his cam
paign addresses the other day
he said: "The man who does
not show himself to be a gentleman
when he Is a candidate will not be a
gentleman after election."
In the heat of a campaign you get
the true measure of a man. If as a
candidate he is upstanding and, as
Billy Sunday puts it, "four-square for
righteousness," he will be that kind
of man in office. If he goes about
slandering everybody who happens to
be opposing him, spitting venom at
every utterance, crying reform and
scattering his money where votes may
be purchased, he will be the same
kind of a destructive influence in
office.
Which kind of a man do you want
for Governor of this great State of
Pennsylvania?
Contractors on the River Front work
are pushing ahead with ginger in the
face of approaching cold weather, and
it is probable that the last gap in the
reinforced concrete steps, near the
pumping station, will be closed this
week. Meanwhile it is expected work
will be started on the granolithic walk
at several points in order that this fea
ture of tha big undertaking may be
completed before the real winter stops
the work.
TREE PLANTING
WHILE the first Arbor Day was
not generally observed
throughout the city, it is not
too much to hope that every
effort will be put forth to have a gen
eral planting of trees during the next
few days. The Department of Parks
has arranged to do considerable plant
ing along the river and elsewhere and
private property owners ought likewise
to do their part in increasing the
shade tree area of Harrisburg.
The work of tree planting can be
continued through November and pos
sibly Into the early part of December.
Fall planting is safe and often prefer
able. Writing to the New York Sun
on the subject of a good tree well
planted a correspondent says:
"They builded better than they
knew" who planted those beauti
ful trees more than a century ago
upon the roadways in the older por
tions of our New England States.
How bare and forlorn and charac
terless are many of our towns and
villages for lack of trees. With
what gainful interest despite the
more serious aspect of the pres
ent war do we read in the graphic
accounts of your war correspon
dents, who are astute and sympa
thetic observers in such matters,
of the destruction of the trees up
on the roads and in the parks and
wooded areas in the land where the
ensanguined scenes are being en
acted. • The roads in the territory
intervening between Germany and
France are excellent and in many
parts have been notable for the
beauty and attractiveness of the
I roadside trees, carefully nurtured
for generations and many of them
grown to great size and character
istic development.
These in vast numbers have been
.destroyed to meet the exigencies of
war, for use as fuel, for temporary
structures, shelters, bridges, and
for general obstructive purposes,
with cruel and devastating dis
figurement over vast areas of a
once beautiful country. In Vir
ginia and other parts of the South
■ more than half a century ago the
land was in like manner dismantled
and scarred.
It is worth while, therefore, to
consider seriously the abundant
planting of trees. In the city, not
withstanding restricted opportu
nity. the property owner is advised
to plant trees; in the outlying bor
oughs this opportunity is greatly
enlarged, by reason of the existing
rural characteristics. It commends
Itself to the land owner since it
materially enhances the value of
his property at small cost. It is a
worthy enterprise as well, as it
benefits the neighborhood in which
lie lives.
A good tree well planted will pay
its way tor all time.
This correspondent and those who
have given attention to the subject of
tree planting realize how necessary it
is for the congested cities of our
country to plant more trees for the
health and comfort of the people.
Incidentally, the next important
step which should be taken by the
City Council is the creation of a Shado
Tree Commission or, in the absence of
such a commission, the appointment,
under the control of the Department
of Parks, of a warden who will look
out for the trees and give them proper
attention.
Now that Congress has gone home,
the voters have only to overthrow the
Democracy next Tuesday In order to
get back to solid ground in business
and working conditions.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
There is a day coming In which
God will bring to light every little
hidden service of His children,
and will let assembled worlds see
the delight He has had in that
which has met no eye, but which
has gladdened the heart of our
Father in Heaven. —J. Hudson
Taylor.
EVENING CHAT
The street which runs along the
eastern city line is probably the only
one in Harrlsburg to be known by
three names, and all three are used
regularly. The street extends in
real life through a part of Penbrook
and then loses itself in the hills and
comes to life a short distance south
of BerryhlU out near the city line.
When it crosses Derry street it marks
the boundary between Harrlsburg and
its daughter. Paxtang, and is officially
Twenty-eighth street, colloquially it
is Melrose avenue and traditionally It
is Poorhouse Lane. You can tell the
conductor to stop at any one of the
three and you will win out.
Speaking of street names, there are
still some people who call Green
Two-and-a-half street, although it is a
quarter of a century or more since
council changed the name from the
clumsy "half" designation, and some
who still talk of Seventh as Pennsyl
vania avenue, or "the Avenue." Thirty
years ago, when the "Hot Pot" rolling
mllle and the car shops were in opera
tion, "the Avenue" was a pretty lively
place and was known by that name
entirely. The use of the name Seventh
on the trolloy cars did much to put the
common name out of business. But
even now you can spot the old resl
denters by their references to "the
Avenue." Then you know they are
real old ones. If they suy Pennsyl
vania avenue you know they are not
so old. The use of the name Seventh
street denotes a longing for the offi
cial or modernism.
One day not so long ago a man who
had not been in Harrlsburg for longer
than he cared to say came back
and wanted to look over the
city. He took some trolley rides,
and .seeing a car marked with a big C,
asked where it went. "Capital street,"
remarked the conductor easily. The
man thought that was some new Idea,
as when he left home they were think
ing of calling Third street Pennsylva
nia street and Fourth street Common
wealth street. So he t<Sok the car. He
went out Walnut, up Short into old
Spruce, now called Fifth, then up
North and thence into Capital. When
he passed the Central High School he
demanded of the conductor where he
was going. "Goin' up Capital to
Fourth," replied the astonished con
ductor. "This Capital street? Gee,
why this ain't a boulevard! This is
old Elder street. That Fourth street
you're talking about is what we used
to call New Fourth street. This
town's changing its names all around."
It has been very noticeable that the
first remark former Harrlsburg people
make in coming back to the city is to
comment upon the abundance of light
in the streets. Fifteen years ago Har
risburg was noted as one of the best
lighted cities, but it rather lagged be
hind and it was not until the last year
or so that it woke up to the impor
tance of better street lighting and the
municipality began to keep pace with
private enterprise, which was illumi
nating store fronts and business houses
in a way that made the city arc lamps
swinging at the corners look like
candles. Now Harrlsburg attracts at
tention of visitors by its brilliance and
the man who comes home is talking
about it.
While we are about it, let us not
forget that in the street nomenclature
of Harrisburg there continue the
names of these highways, some of
which, fortunately, exist on the map
only: Bluebird, Hop, Prune, Pigeon,
Cream. Turtle and Crabapnle. There
used to be Duck alley, but they gave
it up. There are three highways
known as Howard, two known as For
rest, two as Ash and some other
duplicates, but just four highways
named for counties of the State and
two for Governors in the capital city
of Pennsylvania. Selah.
What an effect the moving picture
show houses are having upon some of
the streets about the city. These es
tablishments which are in sections
where lights were ordinarily put out
after 8 give an air of life to sections
of the city that would otherwise be
quiet and have the effect of making
neighborhood centers. There are some
of these places which have family
nights, when people living in the vi
cinity are made specially welcome, a
plan which is working out well for
the management and also furnishes
amusement for the people.
People who have been away from
Harrisburg for a year are apt to won
der what has hit South Second street
since the subway makers commenced
work. That section of the city, the old
fashionable part of the city, looks as
though it had been in the line of fire
in Belgium and the manner in which
the steam shovels and donkey engines
puff and smoke adds to the appear
ance of some catastrophe. When the
subways were built in Market street
and in Front street a good bit was
torn up, but South Second street passes
anything that has ever been seen in
Harrisburg.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Dr. W. C. Farrabee, head of the
University of Pennsylvania Amazon
expedition, has made some valuable
finds in Brazil.
—Congressman Warren Worth Bai
ley spoke in a Johnstown pulpit on
Sunday on the return of peace.
—Jesse Johnston, the president of
the Coal Mining institute of America,
is arranging for the annual meeting in
Pittsburgh.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. Emory McMichael
will return to Philadelphia from
Massachusetts.
I DO YOU KNOW? 1
That Harrisburg has one of the
largest apron making plnnts In the
State and that It sends goods to
the Far West?
McCORMICK RAIDS CHURCHES
[Carlisle Herald]
Imagine the morals of a man—a
candidate for the high office of Gov
ernor—who would even suggest to the
ministers that they convert the pulpit
Into a political rostrum, and the as
sembly for worship into a Democratic
rally!
But McCormick, in his mad attempt
to gain votes to further his political
ambition, falters at nothing and even
the cross at the door of the church
does not deter him in his wild endea
vor!
And how accommodating! He even
offers to furnish material for the ser
mon, to press upon the ministers a
mass of political literature in the fol
lowing paragraph:
"If you desire any facts upon the
present issue, this office will gladly
supply them to you."
If any minister should even sug
gest such a conversion of the pulpit
into a political rosturm, and yet be
pressed by official duties, probably Mc-
Cormick would even be so obliging as
to have one of his political agents,
write the sermon for deliverance by
the minister!
M. G.'S BEST DEFENSE
(Altoona Tribune)
In the meantime the life work of
Dr. Brumbaugh is his best defense
against slander. .
MACHINE'S RULES
TURNED INSIDE OUT
Judge McCarrell's Decision Shows
Up the Democratic State Or
ganization's Schemes
The machine built up by McCor
mlck dollars and Federal patronage
jingled and Jangled In every joint last
night as the result of the decision
given yesterday afternoon by Judge
S. J. M. McCarrell holding that the
executive committee of the Democratic
State committee had arrogated to it
self powers not conferred by the pri
mary act of 1913. Not since McCor
mick and Palmer undertook the role
of bosses and used the name of the
people to cloak their moves, de
nouncing better men and imputing
shady motives to every man not ac
cepting their dictation in party affairs,
has there been such a terrific showing
up as was given in the restrained lan
guage of the judicial opinion striking
' down the legislative nominations of
Walnut and Robinson, made for the
people of the Seventeenth Philadel
phia district by the Democratic State
executive committee without consult
ing the local committee at all.
Judge McCarrell points out in his
opinion that local self-government,
home rule, was the foundation stone
of the primary act of 1913, and that
It gave to the people more power than
they have had for many years. Yet,
In spite of this the Democratic State
committee acted as though it was the
supreme authority of the Democratic
party and adopted rules which it
stretched to cover district nominations
instead of confining them to nomina
tions at large. In the careful ver
biage of an opinion the judge says
that the inside ring of the Democratic
State machine acted as though all
power began with it instead of the
people. The whole action was an in
vasion of the rights of the people of a
district and every nomination of the
kind made could be thrown off the
ticket if time permitted suits to be
brought.
There was a pretty sad bunch about
the Democratic State windmill last
night when the news of the McCar
rell opinion came in on
top of the avalanche of
Windmill predictions of Republi-
Folks Are can success made by the
Depressed big newspapers of the
country, and gloom be
gan to settle down upon
the young men who were so confident
twenty-four hours before. State
Chairman Morris declined to comment
upon the decision, which knocks the
props from under his own pet scheme
of fusion on Legislature or to talk
about predictions. No one seemed to
know when any estimates would be
made at State headquarters, any more
than was known when Morris would
put out another fool statement about
the Democratic slush* fund. It looked
like the beginning of the route at the
windmill.
Democrats from every point for fifty
miles around will be impressed to
come to Harrisburg, and the Dauphin
county Democrats will
be lined up to make a
showing for the Demo- Democrats
cratic candidates at the Get Orders
wind-up rally on Satur- to Line Up
day night. To-night's
Democratic meeting at
Kelker street hall will be a sort of
curtain raiser for the Roosevelt meet
ing which McCormick Is said to plan
to attend so that he may bask in the
reflection of the man who is raking
the President for whom McCormick
says he stands. For weeks the Pa-Mc
League has been holding meetings to
get things lined up and there will be
a great outpouring wfhen the Little
Boss comes home Saturday night.
Every nerve will be strained to beat
out the Republican meeting on Wed
nesday night.
The Vare brothers gave the Market
Square crowd an awful disappoint
ment last night when In attending the
meeting of the Repub-
lican city committee in
Vares t'rge Philadelphia these lead-
Support for ers urged strong support
tin; Ticket of the Republican ticket
and declared that it
would win. Notwith
standing declarations by machine
newspapers that they would break
loose at Penrose, neither one said a
word against him, but urged that
the Republican ticket be supported.
"In my thirty-two years of political
experience," said Senator Vare, "no
such man as Dr. Brumbaugh has ever
been a candidate for Governor on the
Republican ticket, and if every man
does his best I forecast a Republican
victory—a victory for the whole Re
publican ticket—which will be one of
the largest we ever have had in Penn
sylvania."
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Toot True The Sphinx
Here's a page of Oh, who would
wisdom care to be a
From a chauf- sphinx?
feur's note- Its story soon
torn: is told,
The smallest au- It sits and looks
tomobile as if It thinks
Always has the And stays out In
loudest horn. In the cold.
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—The Patriot's ever-ready attend
ance adding machine must have beet,
taken along with the Roosevelt cam
paign party.
—The action of the Vares In urging
that everyone stand up for the Re
publican ticket was a sore disappoint
ment to Market Square.
—Those rude men who shouted for
Penrose and Brumbaugh when tho
Colonel was in Northumberland county
will have their free copies of Harris
burg's worst newspaper shut off.
—A choice lot of those souvenir
pocket pieces await givers of one dol
lar or more at the Democratic State
headquarters.
—State Chairman Morris has not yet
stated how much of the $62,000 was
given by the McCormick brothers or
how much they have promised.
—Judge McCarrell's opinion on the
unwarranted assumption of authority
by the Democratic executive commit
tee will not be circulated as a Demo
cratic campaign document.
—The Democratic city committee
met last night in the Central Demo
cratic Club and the committeemen
went home sad with speeches by Moes
lein and Lybarger ringing in their ears.
—Jim Blakslee will take some more
time oft from his duties at Washing
ton to make speeches for the machine
ticket. James A. Stranahan will ap
pear beside William H. Berry and
they will tell how they handled tht,
Capitol cases.
—The New York papers' predictions
are not a popular topic at a couple of
places on the east side of North Mar
ket Square.
The Philadelphia Press calls Palmer
and Pinchot the Class B senatorial
aspirants.
—The only claim that Vance McCor
mick has to Class A Is that he is
abusive.
—The Progressives appear to be rather
busy whacking Palmer these days.
McCormlclt, ho'wever, will take support
from men who assail his colleague
without a word of objection.
LETTERS TOTH E- E D 1 TO R
T. R. MAN HAS ENOUGH
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
In 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt
went through this State as the candi
date of the Progressive party, he re
ceived a great ovation and he received
that ovation from the Progressives and
a great many Republicans. Don't for
get that then the Democrats claimed
that Teddy was crazy and a fanatic,
and now. in two short years, we see
that same Roosevelt coming back into
this State and urging the people to
support one of the most pronounced
Democrats In this State for Governor,
and should Mr. McCormick be elected
the Democratic press and the Wilson
administration at Washington would
pat you on the back and say that the
Wilson administration is approved by
the people. Being a Roosevelt sup
porter in the past, there is one thing
that I would like to know, who will be
the people who turn out to greet him?
Will they be Progressives and Republi
cans, or Democrats? I think there is a
way to find out. When Mr. Roosevelt
comes into tills State let him denounce
the Democratic administration at
Washington just the way he did a few
weeks ago in Louisiana, in Illinois, in
Ohio and is doing now in New York.
Let hir» denounce the Wilson adminis
tration for wanting to pay hack to Co
lombia $25,000,000 and which he claims
is blackmail. Then you will know
whether his audience is Progressives or
Democrats. It is my belief that should
he denounce the Democratc party when
he comes to Harrlsburg he will receive
hisses instead of an ovation. Nearly
all Democrats are going to hear Teddv.
They say he is great, and I Just wish
to add this little bit. If Mr. Roosevelt,
or those men who betrayed the Wash
ington party, think that all Washing
ton party men are going to support a
blind Democracy, let them watch the
election returns and be convinced.
Ninety-five per cent, of all Progressives
believe in a protective tariff and there
is no Roosevelt or traitor to the cause
who will convince them to support a
tariff for revenue-only Democrat.
The Democrats claim that William
Draper Lewis did a patriotic act. hut
there are thousands of Washington
party men who claim that he is the big
gest political traitor of the age.
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Plain Letters by a Plain Man
Messrs. Vance C. McCormick and A.
Mitchell Palmer,
Gentlemen*
A few days since a letter was
made public, addressed by Presi
dent Wilson to Representative Un
derwood, highly lauding the work
of the Democratic Congress during
the past eighteen months.
This is natural, for every act of
Congress lias gone upon the record
with the stump—"Made in the
White House."
No single piece of important
legislation has had its origin In the
bodies in which the Constitution of
the United States lodges the law
making power. As soon as one
White House measure was passed
another was presented with the
edict—"This is the next law to
pass." , . ,
A condition like this has existed
under no previous administration of
our history. . ...
Never before have the legislative
and executive departments of our
Government been thus blended and
their duties all centered in one
Never befbre has the individuality
of Congress been entirely lost and
the mandate of the Executive been
supreme.
Is tills in accord with the theory
of a free democratic government?
Often during these eighteen
months of continuous session thero
was lack of a quorum in Congress.
It mattered little. There was al
ways a quorum In the White House
where the business of Congress was
done. , ,
Is it proposed to institute a simi
lar radical governmental change in
Pennsylvania should Democracy be
successful in the State —to keep a
Legislature in continuous session to
register the edicts of a Governor
on the throne?
The plan would have its ad
vantages—it would free legislators
from all responsibility or accounta
bility to their constituents. The
ready answer to all complaints
would be—"We did what the Gover
nor ordered us to do."
Was it with a view to tills new
departure in the State's policy that
the present Democratic guberna
torial candidate was selected by
President Wilson?
This recent letter from President
Wilson endorses all Democratic
Congressmen for re-election. This
"O. Is." branding from the White
House has been the common thing.
Several times letters have been
made public containing the Presi
dential announcement to the voters
of some State that a certain speci
fied individual is the proper person
to elect to the Senate. Now the Job
is a wholesale one. Any old thing
is good enough to send to Wash
ington, only so It Is a Democrat.
Other qualifications immaterial.
Former Presidents of our Repub
lic have been satisfied to be the
Chief Fxecutive of a great nation.
President Wilson from the first an
nounced, in 110 uncertain terms,
that he was the leader of a party.
That has been his chief distinction
and pre-eminent glory.
Does the Tnerging of a high ex
ecutive office into partisan leader-
ship augur well for our nation? Is
there no danger in it?
You have much to say on the
stump about bosses. Would it be
asking too much to request you to
give some attention to this phase
of bossism?
ONE OK THE COMMON PEOPLE.
1
[From the Telegraph, Oct. 27, 1864]
lCxeuse Karly's Defeat
Baltimore, Oct. 26.—Rebel papers
of the 24th inst. have been received.
No news is in them except an ex
cuse* for Early's defeat.
Attack Report False
Washington, Oct. 26.—A report of
a guerilla attack on the Martinsburg
train is declared false.
Sheridan's Campaign
Washington, Oct. 26. Sheridan,
since he has been in the campaign,
has captured 8,600 prisoners, 89 can
non, 12,100 pieces of small arms and
260 wagons.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph, Oct. 27, 1864]
Hear Hamlin
An enormous crowd, entirely filling
the House of Representatives, turned
out to hear Vice-President Hamlin
speak last night.
Discharge Man
Nathaniel Friedman, of Philadel*
phia, charged with receiving stolen
goods from D. Eppley & Co., of this
city, was discharged because of insuf
ficient evidence.
On the Stump
Peter Myer, of this city, is touring
Northumberland county making polit
ical speeches at various points there.
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STOIIY OF A BOV
Worked on 11 farm—then In a saw
mill. 11 nil In lila fnther'a store.
Surpt n school for hla tuition—rang
the bell for lila bonrd.
Ilegan teaching when 10—County
Superintendent when 'i'i.
Entered U. of I*. •« 11 atmlent when
28—licfume member of U. of P.
fnculty.
Made President of Juniata College—
wrote hooks on eiliientlon.
Appointed by President Mclvlnley as
Commissioner of Eduentlon of
Porto Itleo.
Elected Superintendent of Philadel
phia Schools,
Nominated for Governor by the JRe
publlcana of Pennsylvania.
THAT'S nitL'.MBAUUH