6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established tSsi PUBLISHED BY THE TEI.EttKAPH PRIXTIXG CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Ediior-in-Ckitf F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEIXMETZ Editor Published every evening- (except Sun- j day) at the Telegraph Building. £1.6 i Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau ot | Circulation and Pennsylvania Assocl- ] ated Dallies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Bunding. New York City, Hasbrook. Story St j Brocks. Western Office. Advertising Building, , Chicago, 111., Allen &■ Ward. —- ! „ Delivered by carriers at | *7* l' «ix cents a week. Mailed to subscribers j • t 11.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris- ' burg. Pa., as second class matter. Imra dally average for (be three ★ Months radius April SO, 191&. 21,844 ★ Average fer the year 1014—23.213 Average for the year 1913—31.577 ATerage for the year 11M1—U1.175 Average for thr year 1911—l"«.Vll Average for the year 1910—17.495 == ! WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 19 Fortune ne'er helps a man whose courage fails. —Sophocles. 1 J CAPTAIN WOOD'S TESTIMONY j THE testimony of Captain William a F. Wood, of the steamship t Etonian, who charges that two German submarines warned him away c from the scene of the Lusitania disas- r ter when he would have gone to the j rescue of the victims, under other cir- % ei: instances would be past belief, j American men. who place the safety v and welfare of women and children above all else in the world, can scf.rcely conceive such conduct. It is utterly t beyond their understanding. They I cannot fathom the uttef depths of depravity sounded by a soul so callous f to the appeal of womanhood and child- , hood in distress. But in the light of J the whole Lusitania madness Captain , Wood's word must be accepted as truth , until proved otherwise. Captain Wood charges that the warnings came after he had heard the t I.usitania's S. O. S. call when only j fcrtv miles away and in position to be of great assistance. He charges fur- { tiler that two other ships, both within , the same distance of the Lusitania t when she sank, warned off by ( l Übmafines. and that when the nearest ( Miie, the Narragansett. bound for New York, persisted in the attempt to pro- ' • >ed to the rescue of the Luaft&nial 1 passengers a submarine fired a torpedo iit her. which missed the Narragansett by only a few feet. Captain Wood's story is circum stantial. and should it be borne out by the testimony of the captains of the Narragansett and the Exeter City, the S other vessels of which he speaks, it may have momentous bearing upon the r outcome of the diplomatic conver- nations concerning the sinking of the Lusitania. ' His testimony, if true—and there has \ been no denial of it from German ? sources—sets at naught Germany's v "regrets' for the loss of American lives. It shows that the submarine commanders were not only intent upon ' sinking the great steamer, but were determined, apparently, that the death list of passengers be made as large as s jiossible. About the only thing that c lias not yet been charged against these T fiends in human form is that they did | l not actually shoot or club to death any c of the victims struggling in the water, 1 whose last agonies they stood calmly 1 by with folded arms to watch. It becomes more and more apparent c that the Allies, once they lay hands on c the Kaiser, as beyond question they •will in the end. would be Justified in ' trying him for first degree murder. 1 Because a man is in high place and 1 Justifies his indulgence of homicidal c mania by the flimsy excuses of "neces- c aity" and "retaliation" is no reason 1 why he should be treated when c apprehended with any more consid- { eration than would be accorded the f thug whose crime Is committed in the > •obscurity of an allev. : Those alien sons of Uncle Sam are demonstrating in this crisis of the country their patriotism and devotion to th» flag which they have adopted as their own. Kight here in Harrisburg and Dauphin county we have many ex cellent citizens of foreign birth "who are showing by their industry and In tegrity and ambition a desire to stand shoulder to shoulder with the native •ons In the support of our free Insti tutions. House Votes Republican Party Into First Place.—Newspaper headline. And the people will do the rest next year. I'fcCHXICAL'K "OPEN SESSION'" f A ' r,ends ot the Technical High lil School are greatly interested In the ninth annual "open session" of this growing Institution Thursday evening of this week. Regular classes will be at work in the shops and laboratories and drawing rooms, where will also be exhibited much of the finished work of the year. Students will escort the visitors throughout the building-and the Technical High School orchestra will play In the auditorium. It's going to be an interesting occasion and will furnish a further opportunity for our people to become acquainted .•with the splendid work being done at -this school. Harrisburg has been making unusual artrldes in many directions, but In no •way has it done better than in the development of this unusual technical Institution. Dr. Charles B. Fager, Jr., principal, has won the good opinion 'of all who are familiar with the work of the Technical school and It Is worth learn from this open la- WEDNESDAY EVENING, ' on of the year's work Just what progress is being made In educating j the boys of '.he city for useful careers j In life. One of the results of the European conflict is certain to be the manufac ture of dy® atufta by American manu facturers, Never again will the textile and other Industries of the country be embarrassed as they are now through ! an embargo on foreign supplies—v.alea? j there should be by some mischance a ! continuation of Democratic free trade. COMPIJETE THE WALL IT is regrettable that the long drawn-out controversy over the j cost of changes and extra work on | the big intercepting sewer has ended in a higher award by the board of ar i bttratlon than was expected by the 'municipal authorities. It would be I even more regrettable, however, should i the Increased cost of the sewer causa, any postponement In tl\e closing of the ' insightiv gap in the wall at Market street. This undertaking is too lm j portant to permit any complication of (this sort to interfere with the decl- Ision to complete the Job at once. Now that the contractors have re sumed work on the wall and have their j equipment and forces organized, it I would be most unwise to defer this small section of a great undertaking. It is quite as necessary to complete the work at Market street as at anv other point along the River Front. Indeed, it is more important, inasmuch as this break occurs in the very heart of the city, where thousands of visi tors crossing the bridges must see the unsightly situation which there con fronts, them. It would seem to l>e a small matter to quibble over nnd we believe the Board of Public Work.- - . - o-operating with Commissioner Lynch, would be Justified In at once proceeding with the work of closing the gap. especially as it will ba necessary to finance the bal ance due on the sewer and the protec tive work already completed. As City Commissioner Gorgas, head of the Department of Finance, has al ready saved almo'st J 10.000 to the city in interest on bonds, it would not be j very difficult to properly cover the ex pense Incident to the finishing of the wall and steps. THE PROPER WORD TO the suggestion of the American Agriculturist that the word "lusi tanian" be adopted into all lan guages to denote the "acme of human atrocity" the New York Herald replies that this would be rather "unfair to ancient Lusitania. the territory which Is now comprised in the new republic of Portugal." Commenting on the subject, the Springfield Republican says that if the Herald had gone further into history it would have found a parallel in the past that gives a certain kind of support to the freakish, but well-meant, sugges tion. Jn the Encyclopedia Britannic*, under the name Servius Sulplclus Galba. one reads that this Roman general and orator, who served as praetor in farther Spain in 151 B. C.. "made himself Infamous by the treacherous murder "of a nufnber or Lusitanians. with their wives and chil dren." All of which is very interesting, but why debate when we have at hand such a fitting substitute as "kaiserian?"' While Josephus Daniels, the present misfit head of the navy, is making fre quent exhibitions of himself, that other distinguished lecturer, the Secretary of State, is urging the Americans in Mexico, who want the protection of their Government, to come to the United States. And we are to have almost two years more of it. ' MR. BIRKINBINE'S SUCCESSOR THE loss to the State In the death of John Birkinbine, the en- gineer chief of the State Water Supply Commission. Is realized bv the engineers of the Commonwealth, if not by the people generally. He gave to the State his best efforts and in the ! organization of the coihmission brought the experience of a long and useful life devoted to the solution of difficult engineering problems, espe cially in their relation to the health of the people. Xow that he has finished his work it will doubtless be the aim of Gover nor Brumbaugh, who has a high ap preciation of the eonservatlon needs of the State, to select as the engineer of the commission one who will com pare with Mr. Birkinbine in all the qualities which made him an ideal chairman of the commission. The filling of this office should not be so much a matter of political consider ation as of personal fitness for a most Important place in the public service. Now is the time when the snake hunter is busiest on Capitol Hill. He sometimes sees snakes where there are no snakes. DR. DIXON'S WORK DR. SAMUEL G. DIXOX'S reap pointment as State Health Commissioner was a matter of course. His devotion to the interests of the State, his superior qualifications for a most difficult post and his large experience in hygienic work constitute a record of fitness which could not easily be surpassed in this country or in any other. Dr. Dixon is the founder of the comprehensive plan of relief for the tuberculosis sufferers of Pennsylvania, which is now attracting the attention of the whole world, but his energies are not confined to this one impor tant development of his great depart ment. He Is conserving In every di rection the health of the people and while much of what is being done un der the direction of his department Is unheralded and, perhaps. In a measure unappreciated, it 1s being driven home to the minds of all classes that Dr. Dixon is a most aggressive and force ful champion of the welfare of this Imperial Commonwealth. While the reappointment of the dis tinguished conservator of our health was anticipated It Is nevertheless an other evidence of the determination of Governor Brumbaugh to place Penn sylvania in the forefront of the wel fare work of the world. Eimtiitg (Chat J I By the end of this month about 575 | of the buildings in Capitol Park ex tension will have been removed atid I by th» end of summer the chances are jthat 400 of the 540 buildings will have : disappeared from the old "Ate" ward. The progress being made by the house | wreckers is well illustrated by the j manner in which some of the houses In State street are beiug torn away and the operations have attracted much at tention from the members of the Leg islature. The demolition of the houses has caused some big bare spots in the district and when the properties bought In State street are cleared off some idea of what the extension will means will be apparent. The State will not take any steps to Improve the grounds for two years as It has been [determined to wait until everything is faecured and the buildings leveled be- I fore naving the landscape features itaken up. The members of the Gover nor's Troop have expended consider able money in iittlng up the Bethel A. [M. E. Church for their armory and the chances are that it and some of the buildings now used l'or the overflow of the State government offices will be the last to be taken down. The funds for the purchase of the last proper ties are carried in the Beldlemau bill, which passed the House Ilnally last night. It has already passed the Sen ate and now goes to the Governor. The bill carries $300,000 and by a coinci dence ex-Representative "Billy" Tunis, who pushed the original bill through the House in 1911, was on guard last night in the House when the final vote was taken. The Harrisburg Newsboys' Associa tion. which will meet Friday evening at the rooms of the Harrisburg News Agency, in Chestnut street, has ambi tions It believes It has the germ of universit.lity in it, and that some time in the future, if It conducts itself as well as it intends to do and carries out some of the plans It has in mind, there will be branches all over the I'nited States. That it has confidence In the future and does not mean to be merely a local affair is shown by the fact that it tacks "No. 1" to its title and there Is no telling Just how soon there will be a "No. 2." The boys have their own welfare at heart. They are anxious to become better boys and better salesmen. Salesmanship is to be one of the chief topics of discus sion. It has long been a puzzle to some of the newsboys why one of their number could build up a corner trade that would make a grown man turn green with envy when he contemplated the weekly earnings as compared with his own wages, while another boy has not been able to sell more than a dozen or two papers each evening. Why these things are and how all the boys can learn to sell more papers will be the topic of more than one Interesting address before many weeks. The newsboys are ambitious in oth er directions, too. They have already invited John Price Jackson, commis sioner of labor and industry, nnd a great lover of young men and boys, to deliver an address before their or ganization and hope that he will ac cept as soon as the hurly burly of the Legislature is out of the way suffi ciently to give him time to turn around. Next in line to receive an in vitation is to be Governor Brumbaugh and somehow or other it has leaked out that the Governor will be de lighted to accept at a time when the duties of his office are less pressing than at present. The boys are not presuming when they call upon such men for speeches, for a large major ity of the leading men in both Harris burg and the State at larrge at some time :n their lives served as "paper boys." There are few very prominent men in this city, for instance, who were not carriers of the Telegraph or one of the other dailies in their earlier years. Half a dozen tiny tenants are await ing accommodations in the city's first "bird hotel" and as soon as City For ester Mueller has the hostelry set up. the feathered folks will he provided with quarters. These first occupants doubtless, will be six very young mart ens which were taken from n deserted nest ,under the eaves of Rates and Company's store in Market Square. They had no home and from all ap pearances they were not at all liked by the older birds. So the forester carefully lifted the feathered young sters from their nest and decided to provide quarters for them as soon as the bird hotel is ready for ocpupancy. The hotel is now being prepared to be erected In Harris Park. Miss Florence L. Xewbold has re turned to her home in Lancaster after stopping off here for a few days with relatives, enroute from tilling- a series of Spring engagements in Ohio and West Virginia. Miss Xewbold. who is well-known here, will be particularly remembered as having played the leading role of '•Mother Church" in the Indian mystery play. "The Great Trail" which was presented in Fahnes tock Hall last February as the climax to the missionary institute of the Wo man's Auxiliary. Diocese of Harrisburg, of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Miss Xewbold is one of the staff of coaches for Miss S. Ethel Brown, of Washington. D. C.. who has taken over the work formerly done by Mrs. H. E. Munroe In staging home talent pro ductions portraying the high lights in the lives of Martin Luther. John Knox and other leaders of the religious upheaval in Europe several centuries aco. She expects to resume this work in Ohio in the Fall. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —J. V. Thompson, the Fayette county coal man, is confident that thing» will work out all right for him. —Grier Hersh, York banker, is a very keen golf enthusiast. —Dr. J. A. Murray, prominent I Clearfield doctor, will go to the war zone. —William Potter, former minister to Italy, is urging systematic relief work in this country on behalf of starving In Europe. DO YOU KNOW That the River Front treatment of Harrisburg I* being utilized by speakers on technical engineer ing problems throughout the country? Usually pictures before an<l after are shown. ■N Do You Flub? Pull? Slice ? Good golf takes more than a good eye and a sure aim. One must have the right club in hand at the right time. It must balance to the ■ nicety of a hair; It must swing true as a plunib line. Choosing the club means first of all finding the correct store. And the starting point In your Journey is the advertising in the Telegraph. Thst tells you where to go. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SPEIKER HBLER MUCH COMFLIMEKTED Splendid Showing Made by the House Commented Upon by Members and Visitors GRANSBACK'S PRESENT Veteran Member Remembered by His Friends; Prominent Men Visit the Lawmakers Ry| 1 ■ ,rs|j L j / Members of the House when they gathered to-day for the commence* ment of the sessions of the final work ing day of the legislature of 1915 complimented Speaker Charles A. Ambler for the manner In which the House had cleared its decks. It is no exaggeration to say that the lower branch of the legislature, which gen erally has a jam of bills awaiting ac tion on the last working day, is in better shape than known in years. Practically all of the measures are within sight of action before midnight and the length of the all-night ses sion will depend upon what the Senate does. Speaker Ambler has not only devel oped into one of the most capable speakers in years, but he has held the good will of all of the members while exercising tlrm control. Men who knew hi in in former sessions have re marked upon the manner in which he has steered the House through some difficult situations and on the way he secured action on the important bills much earlier than usual in the legis lature. He has made the House work almost as hard as in the last session, but the results have attracted atten tion. Lieutenant Governor McClain and President pro tem. Kline, who are old hands In running a legislative body and who have added to their reputa tions this year, have complimented the speaker upon the way the House was handled. Representative Henry Gransbacb, of Philadelphia, the veteran of the House was given a tribute to his years and completion of his tenth session last night dur- Grnnsback ing the session of the Presented lower branch. Mr. With Cane. Baldwin presented him with an ivory-headed cane and large basket of roses in a speech In which he re viewed Mr. Gransback's service as a legislator and soldier and voiced the high esteem in which the ' member from Northern Liberties was held by the legislators. Mr. Baldwin sjjid he was the only member who had served with Mr. Gransback in his first session in 1896. The Philadelphia member made a brief reply of thanks. —The police pension fund bill for second class cities which Is now be fore the Governor for his signature was introduced in the Senate by Charles J. Magee. of Pittsburgh, Mackrell and was drawn par- Wins Out ticularly in the inter- On (he Bill, est of the pension fund for the bluecoats in that city. The bill provides that one-half of one per cent, of the taxes of the city shall be given to the po lice pension fund. That will net the Pittsburgh police about $33,000 a year. The police committee composed of Special Officers Thomas D. Malone and James Rea and Lieutenant James J. Rogan have been here for weeks In the interest of this legislation. The Governor vetoed a former bill but all of his objections were eliminated from this bill. Joseph N. Mackrell, politi cal reporter for the Pittsburgh Chron icle-Telegraph. has had charge of the bill. He has been assisted by the committee. Senator Magee and Repre sentative John W. Vlckerman. Mr. Mackrell also had charge of the Pitts burgh city firemen's successful fight for a two-platoon system. The gov ernor signed the firemen measure. —The House got out of hand yes terday afternoon for a little while and members began throwing papers and having the usual stunts reserved for the House Has closing night. Finally, Afternoon Speaker Ambler called Jojfest. to the attention of the members that some of their own bills were likely to suffer and asked that the fun be withheld until to-night. This had the effect of quieting the racket some what. Then a squad of the Philadel phia members went to the gallery where they held forth with great amusement to themselves and to the vast entertainment of the audience. —Representative Richard J.Baldwin, of Delaware, was rewarded for his frequent use of the phrase "Lamp of experience" yesterday afternoon during the ses- sion of the House. A let- Baldwin ter purporting to be Wins Big signed by the trustees Bequest, of the estate of Patrick was sent to Read- ing Clerk Hewitt, who read with much unction the bequest of the aforesaid lamp to the gladiator from C'hadd's Ford. The reading was followed with much interest and punctuated with applause and then an old carriage lantern with one red pane was pre sented. Mr. Baldwin acknowledged the gift and said that If members had possessed such lamps at the start of the session some bills now in the graveyard would be alive and kick ing. It is j>ot often that there Is seen on the floor of the Senate such a pas sage at arms as that which preceded the passaee of the bill on Monday night, having for its object the con solidation of the eastern and western penitentiaries In Ceijl»r county. Sen ator Crow led the fight for the bill [and Senator McKlchol was in the fore* front of tftoae who opposed It. Both senators quoted statistics and grew unite eloquent, which is rather un usual for them as they ordinarily voice their opinions in a very few sentences tersely but with no effort at oratory. Senator McNlchol is a good loser and he smiled grimly as the vote was taken that recorded Senator Crow as the victor of the first Senate scrim mage that has occurred on the flopr since Senator McNlchol won his tight j for the miners a few weeks ago. —One of the things about this ses sion that has not held interest has been the Democratic minority. Two years ago the Demo- | crats in the Legislature i Democrats were held up as the Session's bulwarks of the State Big Joke as long as It suited their party bosses to call them so. Every one was regaled with how the Democratic members were pro tecting the treasury and everything else and when the, session closed It was found that the Democrats had done Just as had other members. This year the Democratic bosses, sore from the awful beating they got In Novem ber and chagrined because their op ponents were seated where they had hoped to be, let the Democratic rep resentatives alone until the inactivity became a party scandal. Then they tried to use local option as a means of reviving their prestige and twp thlrds of the Democrats voted "wet." Since then the Democratic organiza tion has not been heard of. It has not even walled, leaving that to the Market Square mouthpiece. | —Among legislative visitors yester day were Councilman John P. Con nelly, Philadelphia; Fred W. Scott. hurgess of Duquesne; Prothonotar.v W. B. Legislative Klrke, Pittsburgh; B. Visitors F. Righam. secretary Numerous. of the Allegheny Coun ty Republican Com mittee: ex-Senator Da vid Hunter. Jr.. Pittsburgh; County Controller H. M. Crlhbs. Allegheny: ex-Representative W. T. Creasy. Cata wlsaa; ex-Representative M. F. Shan non. Wilkes-Bar re; ex-Senator E. F. James. Hazleton. -—The Senate resolution providing for a commission of three to codify the anthracite mining laws of the State was committed to the commit tee on labor and industry when it reached the Hoyse. Messrs. Garner. Schuylkill, and Powell. Luzerne, at tacked It, the former denouncing it as a "skin game" against the miners. It was then sent to the committee of I which Garner is chairman. —Representative Brumbaugh, of Blair, has his son as his guest. IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph. May 19, 1865] Organize Company A number of young men of the city met last night and organized a military company, electing Frank Gratz as captain. Want Mustering Out Here Residents of the city are making every effort to have the government issue orders having Pennsylvania troops mustered out in this city at Camp Curtln. Appointed Commissioner Robert Snodgrass has been appoint ed commissioner of I>auphin county by the United States Court. NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE CIVIL WAR [From the Telegraph, May 19, 1865] Grand Review Plans Washington, May 19. Plans for the Grand Review to take place in this city next week were announced to-day. Sherman's army will march through the streets one day and the Army of the Potomac the next. Governor in Prison Washington. May 19. Governor Brown upon his arrival In this city was sent to the ol<r Capitol prison. Hang Effigy San Francisco, May 19.—An effigy of Jeff Davis was hanged here to-day in a celebration because of his cap ture. SAVE SUCH MEN Hj- Wing Dinger Uncle yarn's big soldier boys Passed through town to-day. And I felt lik# cheering them As they marched away. Admiration tinea my heart. As I thought how they Would acquit themselves if called Into war's affray. Then thoughts of the other tide Of war's awful strife Come to me; men wounded, maimed. Others robbed of life. So I'm hoping Uncle Sam May discern some way To keep peace, so chaps like these Won't be thrown away. Our Daily Laugh NOT AT ALL STYLISH. What a funny- 35ft .ooklng spring hat i&jiA J r 'l that woman has i.\ on. Vmv *HP (,a Don't see any- II V thing funny about "* W It. Looks mlgbty sensible to me. "fcJjL Ye*, that's what ' nakes it so funny- J&j I ■ looking. Tee hee! A HORRIBLE I*. ij,jji Firefly Sherlock PI Ho,rnea: Ah! a bloody deed has ' J been done here AM F.KICA HAS SPOKEN' [New York World.] When the President, in his speech at the Mayor's luncheon yesterday, de clared that "America asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity," he translated the note to Germany out of the language of diplomacy Into the language of the people. That is what the United States means In this prists. As the President so felicitously expressed It: "We want no nation's property; we wish to ques tion no nation's honor; we wish to stand selfishly In the way of the de velopment of no patlon; we want nothing that we cannot get by our own legitimate enterprise and by th» inspiration of our own example; and standing for these things, it is not pre tension on our part to say that wc are privileged to stand for what every na tion would Wish to stand for. and speak for those things which all hu i inanity mu«t desire." MAY 19, 1915. THE CARTOON OF THE DA Y ' WHILE THE WORLD WAITS —From the Chlraico Tribune. A Wise Attitude for a Governor [From The Fourth Estate] The attitude of Governor Hender son of Alabama in taking newspaper men into his confidence and permit ting- them to have free access to all news connected with the State gov ernment which may be of public in terest or concern, is a wise and prac tical move. The governor told the newspaper men the State would have no secrets during his administration. Frequent conference will be held with the news paper reporters by the Governor, and frank relations established between them. This is one of the most effective ways to remove any suspicion the people may entertain as to the man agement of their public affairs, says the Birmingham Ledger. The people are entitled to know everything about the State government that concerns their interests. They support and bear the burdens of that government by the taxes they pay into its treas ury, and they have a right to learn anything they desire to know as to how it is administered. There is no I LETTERSTQTtiE EDtTOR I JUSTICE TO GOD To the Editor of the Telegraph: Dear sir: It is probable that the time consumed in writing this Will be wasted, as I find a number of papers fear tho publication of anything that might In any way criticise tho work ings of church people. From the restrictions generally placed upon a subject of this kind one Is led to feel that religious liberty Is a Joke and that the workings of the church, which are based upon creeds and dog mas are taken at face value, rather than at their true worth. It is not my desire to unjustly re flect upon the workings of the church, because I believe that all that Is done through the church Is well meant, but lacking in consideration. The writer happened to pass the Courthouse one evening recently when several well meaning gentlemen were relating their experiences. I truly feel that some of the things they said really do humanity a great injustice and religion a great wrong. One of the speakers, after dwell ing upon his present happy condition (wearing an expression that one could not help but feel was the result of in digestion, instead of religion), related as to how God had interceded And kept him away from the circus parade, leaving one to infer that a circus pa rade was a great crime. He also told how he was restrained from entering barrooms, etc. From his talk one would naturally conclude that the joys of a religious life. In so far as living Is concerned, have little relation with man'* sojourn here on earth, as well as that God certainly added greatly to his duties every time a man had been converted. The men of the world, so to speak, display a far great er control of the great gift which God has given them —mind. They can go, or they can stay, without any special Intercession of their Creator. Instead of speaking of the Joys of life, the great works of God and help ing men to live a life to-day, they I spoke of hell. I They base everything upon theolo gical sophistry. Metaphysics outweighs | natural laws. Miracles which cannot be associated with truth form the basis |of their proof. (A truth requires no [ miracles to substantiate It.) Apparently they do not believe that men should advance religiously in the same degree t)iat he advances in art, scienco and literature. They quote scripture with an apparent view of 'horrifying. Instead of glorifying. They i speak of love for their enemies, when I they show a lack of consideration for friends. They can see harm in all forms of amusement down to circus parades. I often wonder how home of them ran look a rhleken In the face when they consider the great number of men who. have lost their lives through rating too many hard boiled eggs on a wager, which is nothing less than a form of gambling. Tf these men could only forget about hell (which I believe exists principally more effective way of informing them than through the newspapers. We believe Governor Henderson will find this policy helpful and satis factory to him in the capacity of chief executive, as well as to the people, and we predict that with this broad attiture towards representatives of the press he will find them discreet and worthy of his full confidence. Moreover, the newspapermen cartel assist the Governor through their contact with the people and their knowledge of public sentiment, to wards making his administration a success. Many a high public official has found the sympathy, co-opera tion and activities of newspaper re porters helpful in the carrying out of needful movements affecting the public interests, and in avoiding ill-advised and untimely . mistakes In public policy. Governor Henderson's attitude to wards the newspapermen should be fruitful of good results. They can be of real help to him in the perform ance of his responsible and arduous duties, and his rank and friendly treatment of them in the beginning will stimulate In them additional ef forts In that direction. in the minds of men who lack too little in true appreciation of God's great works) and teach the Joys of life, help us to live so that to-morrow will find us ready, forget about the devil and help us to appreciate God, try to in still into the minds of men that God created them out of love, rather than for a purpose of providing subjects up on whom he could practice revenge, wrath, famine and disease, they would be a great service and a great Justice to God. Respectfully j'ours, E. T»- A BRICKBAT FOR THE GRAPH j To the Editor of the Telegraph: A great many of your readers do and will resent your "small" attempt to take the present occasion to give expression to your chronic animus against that really great American, Theodore Roosevelt, as you have given evidence In tho Telegraph under the caption "Taft and Roosevelt." I wonder. If a fair toll were taken of the views and wishes of all the real Americans, whether a large majority would not Instantly and vigorously agree with Mr. Roosevelt, for, surely, a severence of relations is the least America should do to bring in em phatic manner, our Just condemna tion of the repeated German outrages to their notice. Such a step, as Mr. Roosevelt says, would not be tantamount to a dec laration of war, but It would serve notice that we were at the limit of our patience and would not permit of any further affronts against the nation. Whether you consider him to be the "very man to lead a desperate and for lorn hope" Is of little avail, since it's common knowledge that but for the scheming machinations of the "free booters" of the Taft faction of likewise and moreso "forlorn hope" at Chicago, the gentleman under con demnation would be facing this grave crisis—aye, and handling the nation's foreign relations In a manner In keep ing with our best traditions. As matters stand, Mr. Wilson will no doubt bring America with honor and prestige through the crisis, In spite of the fact that, as you have repeatedly asserted, he would ordln- J[ arily have brought the country to the verge of economic ruin. Truly, you should consult a "spe cialist" for you seem to be affected with "astigmatism" and appear In grave danger of a further decline in your ability to "set things clearly." CONSTANT READER. TUB OVLUBLK COW [From the Christian Heralfl.) Two little girls walking through a field were afraid of a cow. Said one of them, "Let's go right on and act as If we were not afraid at all." "But wouldn't thevt be deceiving the eow? the other little girl expostulated. We smile at this bit of conscien tiousness, but we love the little girl for It. ?he would be uneasy in regard to David's deception of the Philistines, and most of us wish that, like Moses, he hsd gone down Into the Sinai coun try, rather than place himself In a position where be had to act a lie.
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