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SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 31
MORRIS' "ROLL OF HONOR"
THROUGHOUT the campaign
which' is now drawing to a close
the bosses of the Palmer-Mc-
Cormick wing of the Democracy
have been doing their utmost to create
the impression upon the minds of
honest temperance folk that their can
didates are the only decent and pa
triotic men now running for office in
Pennsylvania and to whom 'lose who
favor the local option principle must
look for the achievement of their pur
pose.
It has been contended by their ora
tors and newspapers that the Republi
can candidates are the creatures of
the liquor interest in Pennsylvania,
that Dr. Martin O. Brumbaugh, a
man whose life has been given to good
works, is In some way dominated by
the liquor crowd and that McCormick
and Palmer and those associated with
them are such superior beings that
they would not under any circum
stances associate with or accept help
from the men who are engaged in the
liquor business.
A few weeks ago this newspaper
printed a fac-simile letter from an
authorized collector of the Democratic
State Committee asking contributions
from several liquor dealers in Harris
burg and vicinity. This week another
letter from the chairman of the Demo
cratic State Committee asking help of
a hotel man in Steelton was printed in
the columns of the Telegraph, and
to-day there appears on another page
of this newspaper a personal letter
from Roland S. Morris, the chairman
of the Democratic State Committee,
to Neil Bonner, who has been held up
to the scorn and reprobation of the
voters by McCormick and others as
the very head and front of the liquor
interests of the State. In this letter
Chairman Morris begs for the support
of Mr. Bonner and refers to the fact
that this same Bonner was previously
on what Morris calls the "Roll of
Honor" of the Democratic party.
We submit that these letters and
other evidences of the Interest of
liquor men and their actual co-opera
tion with the Democratic candidates
should open the eyes of decent, fair
minded citizens to the hypocrisy and
insincerity of the Palmer-McCormick
propaganda in the present campaign.
Pennsylvania has never known such
a contest of mud-slinging and decep
tion as has been conducted by these
so-called Democrats, who are willing
to enter into an alliance with any In
terest or any party or faction to
achieve their own little ambitions.
If this letter of Chairman Morris
to Neil Bonner is not sufficient to open
the eyes of those who have been
blinded by a pretense of superior
virtue and righteousness, then we are
willing to believe that nothing else
will.
CENSORING THE NEWS
IF Americans have anything to say
when the terms of the final settle
ment of the European war are
reached, they will undoubtedly pe
tition most vigorously for the aboli
tion of censors of the news in con
nection with any future embroilment
which may arise. For years the news
paper readers have been accustomed
to receive not only the earliest news,
hut to get it in its most complete and
reliable form.
As a result of the activity of the
censors, however, the news coming
from Europe, all of which is com
pelled .to come by way of London, is
so fragmentary and contradictory that
the average American may have to
change his ideas of the progress of
the war half a dozen times a day. At
that he is as likely to be mistaken
after the last of these changes as he
was after the first.
The grumbling which has been
heard as result of the censors' blue
pencil K.vnfinastics is by no means con
fined to the lay public. Various well
known publications have expressed
their indignation editorially, assertir-jr
that Eny land's efforts to sain syni-
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 31, 1914.
pathy In this country through the
medium of mutilated or distorted mes
sages is likely to do more harm than
good.
Returning correspondents read with
surprise their cabled stories In the
form in which they appeared after
passing through the hands of the
London censor, and matters have even
progressed so far that it Is reported
that a great wire association will no
i longer trust to the malls Us file copies
isent from England, but is getting them
'to New York by means of returning
; travelers, who act as messengers and
I deliver them here on their arrival.
"MADE IN U. S. A."
II I IHE Dry Goods Economist reports
that more and more is recognW
A tlon being given to the timeli
ness of the movement for
["boosting" the reputation of reliable
[products which are made in the
iU. S. A., with a view of Increasing
their sale, both at home and abroad.
Closely allied with this movement are
the efforts for the adoption of a na
tional trademark, to be generally ap
plied to merchandise made here.
A meeting held in New York on
Wednesday of this week clearly Indi
cated the endorsement given to "Made
in U. S. A." as the bpst form for a
national trademark. There is no ques
tion that this practical proposition will
receive even wider attention In the
daily press throughout the country
than It has of late.
Even to our own citizens many of
our finest goods are not known as
United States products. This Is es
pecially true of merchandise dis
tributed in dry goods and department
stores. It is high time t.hat our own
citizens should know more about what
this country is producing. This will
give them a more thorough apprecia
tion of the great progress our manu
facturers have 'made, and their pride
in such achievements will grow cor
respondingly.
Even if certain of the statements
as to the opportunities created by the
European war are, as some claim, ex
aggerated. the fact still remains that
the idea of pushing, the world over,
the sale of goods made in the U. S. A.
has received a hearing and has awak
ened a hitherto unprecedented re
sponse. In other words, a new point
of contact between our manufacturers
and consumers has been created. Not
only this, but new interest in our mer
chandise on the part of foreign na
tions has been awakened. It Is for our
manufacturers to take advantage of
this new and auspicious situation and
to place the national trademark
"Made in U. S. A." on their products—•
whether destined lor consumption in
our own or in other lands.
As suggested, new and strong en
dorsement of "Made in U. S. A.," the
national trademark, continues to come
forward. In fact, there Is now every
indication that this is the form which
the trademark will assume.
GOOD MEN AND BAD
GOVERNOR TENER expressed a
truth that ought to be pressed
home on every voter when, dur
ing his speech in Chestnut Street
Hall Wednesday evening, he said:
I am persuaded that a good man
does not become a bad man by the
mere fact that he has been elected
Governor of Pennsylvania.
Nobody will dispute that. Never
theless. the whole woof and weave of
the campaign against Dr. Brumbaugh
has been based on the premise that
while Dr. Brumbaugh is a good man
of high principles, unquestioned hon
esty and excellent character, as Gov
ernor he will turn dishonest and do
everything that the people do not want
him to do and nothing that they really
desire in the way of Improving living
conditions in Pennsylvania.
We have been told that Dr. Brum
baugh says he will do this, that and
the other good thing, but that, al
though he is a man of his word, never
known to lie or deceive throughout
thirty years of public life, he will not
keep his promises.
Dr. Brumbaugh has been a good
man all his life and he will no more
change his character as Governor than
the leopard can change its spots.
The men who would have you be
lieve Dr. Brumbaugh tfill be a bad
man in office must suspect that be
neath the surface of every man of
good reputation there lies the nature
and character of a beast ready to
break forth at a moment's notice.
Somebody has said: "One man judges
another by his own character." Per
haps that is so in this case.
SOUTH HARRTSRURG
THOSE former Harrisburg citizens
who have returned recently for
a look over the old town are
more than surprised with the
changes in the southern section of the
city, especially in those portions af
fected by the important subway im
provements of the Cumberland Valley
Railroad.
It has not been forgotten that South
Second street was once the most fash*-
ionable residential part of the city,
but now It has become almost exclu
sively a business district, and with
the completion of the subway at Mul
berry street will be even more a
wholesale section. Through the re
moval of hundreds of houses, the
change of the street grade and the
elimination of a dangerous grade
crossing, the location for big whole
sale houses Is admirable. What is
now chaos will soon be a well-ordered
and substantial business section, es
pecially when the big union freight
station shall have been erected south
of the subway.
And it is fortunate that this great
work is going on at this time of
severe depression in business. Hun
dreds of men who would otherwise
bo idle are given steady employment.
Meanwhile the coffer dams far the
enlarged piers which will support the
new double track bridge which will
cross the river at Mulberry street are I
also being installed, and so long as|
this work can go forward "a consider
able number of men will be employed.
All these undertakings, including
those of the municipality now under
way, mean work for an army of men.
EVENING CHAT I
With the advent of the big hunting
season there has been heard about the
State Capitol a renewal of the agita
tion for the changing of the game sea
sons so that there will be less overlap
ping ot the small game season with
the period for killing deer. For years
sportsmen have been striving to reach
some agreement in regard to seasons
which can be fixed and allowed to stay
so for a period of years, put owing to
the difference in climate between the
northern and southern tiers this has
grown increasingly difficult and every
two years there Is a new outburst of
objection. The deer season has been
changed three times in ten years and
i there has been objection to the periods
fixed for killing woodcock, squirrels,
quail and pretty nearly everything else.
As a result there has grown up a de
mand for closing of counties to certain
kinds of hunting and almost a dozen
are now on the prohibition list for
deer with more in sight. The squirrel
and grouse season began fifteen days
ago and on Monday the rabbit and
quail seasons begin with the deer sea
son, starting on November 10. The.
squirrel season ends with November
and the rabbit season with December.
The Krouse and pheasant season goes
to November 30 and the quail season
to December 14. Deer may be shot
only between November 10 and 25. It
Is now planned to get the sportsmen
together on a hunting season, the
prime basis being on the conditions in
the woods. Men active in hunting are
urging that the deer season should be
confined to December, when the leaves
are off the trees and there is less dan
ger of hitting people who are hunting
other game. These same people think
that the squirrel, quail and pheasant
season should be put in November
and that rabbits should not be shot
until around Thanksgiving Day. when
the frosts have begun In earnest. The
whole proposition of game seasons is
one which shonld he put into the
hands of the Game Commission, con
tend some sportsmen, because it is in
close touch and has inaugurated the
game preserve system. However, game
regulation is something which has
caused no end of discussion In the
Legislature.
A good many Harrisburgers who
were boys twenty and twenty-five years
ago have been taking a big interest in
the remains of the old arch which
passed under Front street near the
Olmsted residence. This arch carries
the water from the remains of Green
await run, which many ago rose
somewhere up along Third Street ana
came down by way of the present
locations of Grace Church and the
Moffitt property at Second and Pine
streets. The arch was plainly visible
twenty-five years ago and the boys of
that day used to be told by their elders
of how dreadful robbers and river
pirates lurked in the arch at night.
The sand Hat men tire keeping tlieir
word about the bit; sand island that
formed this year in the middle of the
Susquehanna between Calder and
Kelker streets. The island has been
attacked by the upper Susquehanna
tlotilla and some hundreds of tons of
sand and ooal have been taken out.
If the river rises there will be still
greater inroads made upon it.
How Importantly the dam across
the Susquehanna figures In the status
of the river is already officially indi
cated in the daily reports that are
issued from time to time by the United
States Weather Bureau. The dam,
which is to form a portion of Harris
burg's improved water front, will have
a certain bearing on the varying
height of the stream and the effect of
the closing of the obstruction will
naturally require consideration in the
river reports. For instance, here is a
typical mention of the river stage and
the effect of the dam, as contained in
the Telegraph's river-'&tatement of a
day or two ago:
The main river will continue to
fall slowly to-night and Thursd
except at Harrisburg, where tii"
gradual closing of the dam will
probably cause the river to con
tinue to rise slowly.
"Say, have you got any campaign
stickers?" asked a boy of a man who
was leaving the Courthouse yesterday
afternoon. *
"Now. what are you after?" asked
the man.
"Why, these stickers," said the boy,
displaying a whole raft of campaign
advertisements, ranging in size from a
nickel to the top of a shoe box.
"There's more out and I want to get
a whole set."
The First MflTintain was visited yes
terday by numerous parties of school
children in spite of the cold weather
and the biting winds that swept the
river valley. The mountain attracted
the youngsters not so much because of
the autumn tints of the leaves, but
because the frost opened the burrs
of the nuts, and the late cars from
Rockville were tilled with parties of
boys and girls laden with the spoils of
the woods.
Talking about First Mountain, some
of the sportsmen of the city will be
interested to know that there are a
couple of fine flocks of wild turkevs
between the Rockville and Manada
Gaps. One of the largest flocks seen
in this section in years has been found
near Heckert's Gap. Of course, the
gobblers and hens are protected by
law all the year round now, but thev
are well worth looking at and are
becoming more or less of a nuisance
to farm owners.
Attendance at the children's hour at
the Harrisburg Public Library has be
come so much larger than expected
that It is possible there will be two or
three periods Bet aside on Saturday
mornings for the children who gather
to hear stories. In addition it is the
idea to have classes in poetry, this hav
ing been found to have been very
popular among boys. The attendance
of youngsters at the library has gone
beyond all expectations and the at
tendance in the afternoons during the
week is growing as the weather be
comes colder.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—James I. Paul has been elected
president of the Twelfth Regiment
Spanish War Association.
—John Daizell is strongly support
ing the candidacy of W. H. Coleman
for his seat from the Braddock district.
—Adrian Iselin, Jr., and his sister
have given a hospital costing $165,000
to Indiana county.
—William B. Wilson, Secretary of
Labor, used to'cut coal in Tioga county
mines.
—Ralph Blum has closed his home
at the seashore and moved to Phila
delphia for the winter.
I DO YOU KNOW? ]
That llarrlsliun: silk Is sold all
througJi the Atlantic States?
TENNIS AI»D GOI.F
Mr. Taft while in Washington plant
ed a tree at the Chevy Chase Club. He
has dug enough holes on that golf
course to have set out a whole forest
Boston Transcript.
When Mr. Taft was President his
golf was spoken of with respect, if not
with envj;. No tenant of the White
House ever played the game better Mr
Taft's golf was vastlv better than Mr'
Roosevelt's tennis. The Colonel played'
tennis like a Hough Rider; as an exhibi
tion of hitting the ball hard It was
magnificent, but it was not tennis
President Taft as a golfer may have
been mediocre, but In a match gume he
would win every hole from Wilson
whose golf Is as poor as the Colonel's
tennis.—New York Sun.
CAMPAIGN BECOMES
VERY ENTERTAINING
Ail Sorts of Stunts Have Been Used
For Publicity During the
Closing Weeks
PALMER TO GET A SOFT SNAP
When Beaten For Senator He Will
Be Given Washington Place;
College Men's Break
In many respects the campaign
which will wend Its way to a some
what tumultuous close next Tuesday
night about midnight has been one
of the most unique ever known In Har
risburg. It has been marked by ex
penditure of wind and ink and the
adoption of many methods not ordi
narily employed to boom and boost
candidates. The partisan candidates
have gone to some lengths and the
Democrats have gone to extremes, the
antics in Market Square rather em
phasizing the dignified munner in
which the friends of President Judge
Georgo Kunkel have conducted the
nonpartisan campaign.
Here are some of the agencies em
ployed to impress the voter with the
merits of candidates, aside from sun
dry acres of display advertising. The
stereopticon in the old opera house
cellar; circulars, personal letters, post
cards from home and Oyster Bay;
handbills, banners, transparencies, the
Palmer-McCormick League- child la
bor placard bearers In which the Ju
venile bearers worked long after time
to be in bed; show window placards,
billboards, street car advertising, let
ter heads, stickers for envelopes, past
ers and folders.
The list would be Incomplete with
out mention of Jesse Lybarger's ad
vertising automobile which with be
coming modesty he has driven most
of the time himself, in and out of
place, and which makeß almost as
much noise as its owner.
According to the Philadelphia Press
to-day everything Is arranged for the
dropping of A. Mitchell Palmer in a
soft place at Washing
ton when the Demo-
cratic balloon blows up Places For
next Tuesday. This Democrats
place is a SIO,OOO job to Get OH
with the new Federal
Trade Commission. The
President is said to have made it all
right and comfy for Palmer to alight,
probably feeling that he owes him
something for 'getting into the light
in this State. As for the rest of the
Democrats who will be sacrificed,
"Farmer" Creasy will go back to his
farm and take up some late spraying
and grafting in his orchard, and "Bill"
McNair will take up law. McCor
mick will be unable to go abroad be
cause or the war, but will have time
after his defeat to see America lirst.
People in this city who have been
unable to go to college, and many men
who have received degrees, are re
senting with a good
bit of vigor a letter
Silly Work sent out from Phila-
For Vance delphia by a Demo
.McCormick cratic annex styling
itself the "Palmer-
McCormick College
Men's League." It is not the forma
tion of a college men's league that is
making people mad, but it is the as
sumption of superiority which the
league makes. This is in line with
everything that McCormick does. He
goes on the assumption that he is
better and stronger than other men.
The college league starts off its cir
culiar with this decidedly crass re
mark' "Yoif are a college man and
as such represent the best elements
in our Commonwealth."
The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "A
campaign circular put out in the in
terest of the candidacy of A. Mitchell
Palmer, Democrat,
for the United States
Senate, and addressed Palmer Puts
to members of fra- His Foot
ternal and other so- Into it Hard
cleties, some of
which, it is declared,
he is not affiliated with, has raised a
storm of protest from representative
men in these organizations. Politi
cal workers, it is charged, have ob
tained possession of mailing lists of
various lodges and societies and the
circular, which bears a rubber
stamped signature of A. Mitchell Pal
mer, is being mailed broadcast to
such voters. The letter Is addressed
"Dear Sir and Brother' and among
other things says: "It has been sug
gested from various quarters that I
should appeal to my fellow lodge
members for support in the present
grave political crisis In Pennsylvania.
This T cannot do on ths ground of
our fellowship in the order without
grave impropriety, but I feel that I
am justified in using our common
! aims as my reason for asking your
interest—whatever may be your de
cision—in the present political condi
tions of our State."
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I
—Men who do not parade to-night
need not come around any McCor
mick, Democratic or Washington
headquarters, when the "kale" is
passed out.
—Judging from the efforts being
made to drum up crowds for McCor
mlck's liome-cominf? to-night, some
one Is trying to make a showing for
some reason.
—Dr. Brumbaugh is in Chester
county to-day and it's going to be for
Brumbaugh this year.
—Palmer appears to have things
nicely arranged for a job.
—And now they're saying that
Brumbaugh will get a whopping vote
in Democratic Berks.
—McCormick must be badly rattled
to be spending so much eleventh-hour
time in such a Democratic stronghold
as York county.
—Wonder* if Morris' letter to Neil
Bonner will be read at McCormlck's
homecoming to-night?
—Reports that the Anti-Saloon
League is on Morris' trail are not
correct.- The people who have been
contributing to It will wake up after
Tuesday.
—Anti-Saloon League Boss Moore
ought to read the first page of the
Telegraph to-night.
—Roland S. Morris appears to be
the evil genius of McCormlck's cam
paign.
—Nevin Detrich broke loose again
last night. He said 200,000 for Pin
chot and was promptly locked up
again.
—After Tuesday Dean Lewis will
be wondering how he made such a
mistake. Speaking of very woolly
lambs, isn't the dean a choice one?
' —The Colonel probably forgot the
dean when he talked about lamlm.
Most goats do forget when they start
to butt in.
-—Did you get one of Vance's letters
risking you to support the home can
didate? ,
{ OUR DAILY LAUGH )
HE KNEW. a I
what you remind /v I
that ten spot you |i
"THE LOSING GAMES"
n> Wing: Dinger
Vance C. McCormlck In his sheet.
The Patriot, these days
Consumes a vast amount of spac«
To give himself much praise.
It tells how very good he Is.
"Self-righteous," I might say,
While of all others "Rottenness"
Seems all that he can say./ ,
And as I read this stuff I think
How much it seems to be
Like that chap whom we've read
about—
You know, the Pharisee,
Who offered prayers of thankfulness
That he was not the same
As other men, and that we know
Is sure a losing game.
i
[From the Telegraph of Oct. 31. 1864.]
To Elect llnpp Engineer
An election for engineer of the new
steamer of the Hope Fire Company, will
be held to-night.
Capture Harvey Hndabaugh
Harvey Radabaugti was captured by
the rebels at St. Petersburg.
Thnnkaglvlng November 24
Governor Curtin has appointed No
vember 24 as a day of Thanksgiving
in the State.
JI'DGE KI'NKKI/S CANDIDACY
[From the Philadelphia Record.]
Ir. yesterday's issue of The Record a
Harrisburg correspondent called atten
tion to the admirable record of Judge
George Kunkel, of Dauphin county, a
candidate for promotion to the Su
preme Court, and urged that he be
supported at the polls next week. To
all that he said In praise of the Judge
we gladly give assent. It is many
years since any member of the ju
diciary in Pennsylvania has rendered
such valuable service to the State as
Judge Kunkel did by the able and im
partial manner in which he presided
over the trial of the Capltdl grafters.
His wise decisions on disputed polpts
left no loopholes for successful ap
peals, and the conviction and impris
onment of the faithless officials proved
a powerful demonstration of the su
premacy of the law and Justice at a
time when it was greatly needed.
In all his judicial career Judge
Kunkel has shown the same high
standard of public service, so that he
is rightly regarded as one of the best
common pleas judges in the State. It
is also to be said in his favor that his
candidacy is nonpartisan. Of his op
ponent, Judge Frazer, of Allegheny
county, this cannot be said, for he is
distinctly the favorite of the Repub
lican organization. While his record
is clean, there is still the stamp of the
machine upon his candidacy. As be
tween the two. voters who believe in
keeping the Judiciary out of politics
should give their preference to Judge
Kunkel. It is also to be said In his
favor that he Is considerably younger
than Judge Frazer, and that the State
may therefore expect from him a
greater length of service.
In voting for judges it is well for
electors to remember th»,t the ballot
Is nonpartisan, and that a mark In the
party column does not count. The
cross must be placed opposite the
name of Judge George Kunkel. At
the same time tjie candidacy of Judge
Frank M. Trexler, of Lehigh county,
for the Superior Court, of which he is
now a member by appointment, should
not be overlooked. Judge Trexler has
a long and honorable Judicial record,
having served ten years on the com
mon pleas bench, and he is indorsed
by the leading lawyers of the State. Do
not forget to put cross-marks opposite
the names of Judges Kunkel and Trex
ler in the judicial column of the ballot
on Tuesday next.
I L£TTERSTOThL EDITOR 1
COLORED VOTER KEPI,IKS
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir: The Patriot yesterday
morning gave an account of a sermon
preached by the Rev. Albert Joslah
Green, pastor of the Second Bap.tist
Church, of this city.
I am a member and an officer of that
church and wish to say that so far as
the Rev. Mr. Green speaks of Christians
working for Christ not only in the pews
but at the polls, he reflects the ideas of
the great majority of his people, but
when he is uncharitable enough to call
the colored man who supports Mr. Pen
ruse "another Judas throwing away his
birthright and soul for the filthy Sucre
of the Pharisees," he does not speak for
us.
Senator Penrose spoke for us in the
United States Senate when Theodore
Roosevelt attempted to disgrace the
whole race through his blow at the col
ored soldiers, and yet the Rev. Albert
Josiah Green made himself ridiculous
on Thursday by tying the red bandana
of the anarchist over his clerical garb
and rofle in an automobile behind
Roosevelt. I leave It to you, Mr. Edi
tor, to decide which was more nearly
like the one who betrayed the Master.
We are a patient people, and the
Rev. Mr. Green can have In his mind
all the whims and Impractical theories
he wishes to entertain, but we object
to his urging them on us, or to his giv
ing outsiders the impression that we
are fools who do not know our friends.
Very respectfully,
WII^IAM HICKS.
Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 31, 1914.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT"!
IMPRESSIONS OF A CANDIDATE
[From the Mercer Dispatch.]
Vance C. McCcHmick, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, lias a high
reputation as a gentleman, but he evi
dently has failed to learn or refuses to
recognize the courtesy due an honor
able opponent, and this fact alone will
cost him thousands of votes. Dr. Brum
baugh, the Republican nominee, is a
man of unblemished character and his
record of service to the public and- In
the cause of humanity, to speak mildly,
will bear comparison with that of Mr.
McCormlck or any other man. No man
dare question any act of his very busy
and useful life. As to their nomina
tion the two men stand on the same
plane, both having been chosen against
opposition in open primaries. Yet Mr.
McCormlck. In his speech In Mercer on
Tuesday, not once but a dozen times or
more, attacked Dr. Brumbaugh's hon
estv and questioned the sincerity of his
pledges to the people, slm-'" because
he has refused to repudiate other can
didates or. his ticket, who. like himself,
were nominated at a primary In which
every voter had an opportunity to ex
press his will. His remarks left a hit
ter taste In the mouths of the fair
minded men in his audience and cre*t»
ed a sentiment that Is likely to prove
detrimental to the aspirations of the
ambitious hut unwise young gentleman
from Harrisburg.
Nothing is more' certain than the
complete discomfiture of the present
managers of the Anti-Saloon league
In Pennsylvania. It Is Impossible for
them to explain or Justify their at- j
tacks on Dr Brumbaugh. —Altoona
Tribune. J
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Plain Letters by a Plain Man
Messrs. Vance C. McCormick and A.
Mitchell Palmer,
Gentlemen:
One of these letters gave the
terse taunt of Thomas B. Reed to
his Democratic associates of the
House of Representatives when
their party was in power, for a
short time, many years ago. After
stating that they could not govern
anybody or .anything, not even
themselves, he added the scathing
conclusion—"You are incompetent."
Is Democracy any more compe
tent to-day for national manage
ment and the solution of questions
demanding statesmenship, experi
ence and ability?
The plain citizens of Pennsylva
nia. the independent voters whose
toil has built up our great Com
monwealth. will register their de
cision on that question In a few
days. Of the verdict there can be
little doubt. These voters are in
telligent men; thinking men; read
ing men; men who have learned by
sore experience thut a party which
lightly violates every promise of
the platform on which it rode into
power, deserves no further trial,
no matter how piteously it may
plead for it.
Looking at the pitiable display of
Incompetency on the part of the
.Democratic administration during its
twenty months in power, can you
give any reason why the voters
should wish to continue# it, or why
they should wish to inaugurate a
similarly incompetent government
in our State?
Think you that constantly re
iterated abuse and villlfication of
honorable men, whose have
been devoted to benefiting their
fellow men, will cause the voters
of our State to condone the broken
pledges and reckless extravagance
of the present Democratic admin
istration?
What the verdict of our en
lightened citizens will be was terse-
NEWS DISPATCHES
OF THE CIVIL WAR
[From the Telegraph of Oct. SI, 1864.]
Try Deserter*
Harper's Ferry, Oct. 31. A court
martial is In session here now. De
serters are being tried and sentenced.
Brings In Exchnnises
New York, Oct. 31. The steamer
Monterey has arrived from New Orleans
with a large number of soldiers on
board for exchange.
THE LATEST HOOSBVKI.T ERUP
TION
£From the Philadelphia Bulletin.]
lud-sllnging never is effective cam
paigning. It may be tolerated and even
expected in the ruck of political stump
ing, but when a former President of the
United States makes his appeal as one
of the "Elder Htatesmen," something
higher than denunciation and diatribe
is expected.
Mr. Roosevelt ends his final tour of
the State to-day, with a brief stop in
the city and returns to Oyster Bay and
leaves ringing In the ears of the voters
nothing but "crook," "stool-pigeon,"
"rum and redllghts" and like billings
gate. Against the principles and pur
poses of • the Republican party, as set
forth in its platform, ho has had noth
ing to say, nor scarcely more In sup
port of the principles and purposes of
the Progressive party, to the propaga
tion of which he has dedicated the rest
of his life.
Instead, he has devoted his time, at
brief station stops and in more formal
addresses, to vllllfying every man po
litically opposed to him, not merely the
candidate who Is the special object of
his venom, but every othei candidate
on a ticket nominated by large major
ity in the popular primaries, as well as
every citizen who has given endorse
ment to the Republican principle of pro
tection and the ticket which represents
It.
The people of Pennsylvania will not
believe that Mr. Hrumhaugh Is a "etool
pigeon" or even an Innocent "little
woolly lamb." They have known him
Third Addition of Boxes
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since the opening of our vault.
Convenience of location, up-to-dateness 1
of equipment and security are factors
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store important papers and valuables.
Boxes- rent for $2.00 and upward a
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| <r«a> • t» a
ly expressed by John Dalzell in his
letter of October 19. With long
nnd honorable experience in legisla
tive halls, an ardent champion of
protection to American labor, Mr.
Dalzell expresses the feelings of
Pennsylvania freemen when he
says:
"The evidence of Democratic In
competency is all around us. Demo
cratic policies have depleted the
national Treasury; they have closed
many of our workshops; they have
created an army of the unemployed;
they have paralyzed capital and de
stroyed public confidence. In addi
tion they have imposed on us as a
people a system of the most intoler
able taxation."
Mr. Dalzell further says: "Under
protection Pennsylvania has grown
great in every department of
human endeavor. Under that policy
capital has found opportunity for
profitable investment, and labor for
steady employment at a remunera
tive wage."
Is not that statement true? Dare
you deny it?
Mr. Dalzell proceeds: "The Un
derwood tariff law is a direct and
destructive blow at the interests
of Pennsylvania, and no man Is
more responsible for its passage
than the gentleman who. at the
behest of the President, is the
Democratic candidate for United
States Senator in Pennsylvania.
H(J abandoned the interests of his
own people and merits their con
demnation at the polls."
Can you deny the charge?
Is not Mr. Dalzell correct when
he says—"Mr. Palmers opponent,
the Republican candidate, Boise
Penrose, has spent a lifetime in
the public service as an advocate
of protection and a defender of
tile Interests of his native State?"
Need it then surprise you. gen
tlemen, if the sons of toll in the
Keystone State prefer their friend
to their betrayer?
ONE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. x
for years, had experience with him in
public and private life, and whether or
not they agree with him politically,
they know him to be honest, indepen
dent, able—quite the opposite of Mr.
Roosevelt's assertion.
When, therefore, the ex-President be
comes a false witness against a citizen
of Pennsylvania like Mr. Brumbaugh,
and adds to that the slandering of men
of recognized high standing in the
community, denouncing them as advo
cates of the Interests of "rum and red
llghts," he'convinces no citizen of Penn
sylvalna against intimate knowledge
of these men or acquaintance with their
reputation, hilt merely disqualifies him
self as a witness or a pleader for the
causes he espouses.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
Make new friends, but keep the
old;
Those are silver, these are gold,
New-made friends, like new-made
wine,
Age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the
test.
Time and change, are surely best.
—Henry Van Dyke.
\
STORY OP A BOY
Worked on a farm—then In a saw
mill. and In bis father's store,
Swep>t a school for bis tuition—rang
the bell for his board.
Begnu teaching when I«—County
Superintendent when 2'J.
Entered U. of P. as a student when
3K—became member of U. of P.
faculty.
Made President of Juniata College
wrote books on education.
Appointed by President McKlnley as
Commissioner of Education of
Porto Hleo.
Elected Superintendent of Philadel
phia Schools.
Nominated for tJovernor by the Re
publicans of Pennsylvania.
THAT'S BRUMBAUGH