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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.