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THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9. '
llow beautiful upon the mountains \
are the feet of him that bringeth good j
tidings, that publlsheth peace, that |
bringeth good tidings of good, that pub-i
Jisheth sulfation: that said unto Zion.
Thy God reigneth. — lSA. 52:7.
A POLITICAL MAKESHIFT
PROTECTIVE] duties la the guise
of greater customs revenues," is
the proper characterization of
tbo purpose of the tariff commission
bill introduced by Frank Doremus.
Mr. Doremus is a Democrat from
Michigan, a strong protective State,
and chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Congressional Committee.
Section 2 of liis bill provides that
it shall be the duty of the commission,
in co-operation with the Federal
Trade Commission, to investigate "the
possibilities of establishing new in
dustries in the United States, and to I
recommend to ttie Congress the en
couragement of new industries in all!
cases where natural conditions, in thCj
Judgment of tho commission, justify!
the belief that such industries can be j
made permanent."
Speculation is rifo as to whether j
this bill represents another eleventh-1
hour conversion for tho purpose of |
catching votes, or the llrst move on j
the part of the Democratcy to align I
itself with the Republican protective
policy. In cither case, if the bill meets ;
with the approval of Democratic lead- j
ers, it puts the party where the Re- '
publican party was in 1860, when, in j
its platform, it declared, "That, while i
providing revenue for tlie support of t
the general government by duties upon !
imports, sound policy requires such an!
adjustment of these imposts as to en-;
courage the development of the in-|
dustrial interests of the whole coun-1
try." Such lias substantially been the,
policy of the Republicans ever since. :
It is common knowledge that the i
Rainey bill for a tariff commission, 1
said to have been introduced at Presi
dent Wilson's request, does not meet
with the approval of the business
world. This bill provides for the inves
tigation of "all conditions, causes and
effects relating to unfair competition
of foreign industries with those of the
United States, including dumping."
The manufacturers of the country arc
not content to rest their case on "un
fair competition." They demand ade
quate protection. They foresee the
competition which they will have to
meet from the foreign combinations
and low wages of foreign workmen,
after the European war.
When the Underwood-Simmons!
tariff bill, the present law, was being
framed, both Representative Under
wood and Senator Simmons repeatedly
decarcd that there was not a line of
protection in the bill; that new in
dustries did not exist and that the
old, or established, industries were
quite able to take care of themselves,
without protective rates. It was to
be solely a revenue measure. In one
respect they were right, Tho bill gave
no protection, except to certain South
ern interests, and as a revenue pro
ducer it has been an absolute failure.
Some people believe they now discern
an opportunity for the Democrats to
repudiate tho Underwood law and en
act In its place a bill, nominally for
greatly increased tariff revenues, but
which will in effect carry protective
rates, thereby placating the manufac
turers who insist on protection and
1 hlrnblc-rigging those who still ad
hero to the Democratic policy of a
tariff-for-revenue-only.
Tho policy of the Democracy since
long before the Civil War has been
against protection to industries of any
kind, new or old. Such laws were
declared unconstitutional and the
"taxation of the many for the bene
fit of tho few." The present change
of front, whether spurious or genuine,
will not create confidence. No one
can ride two horses, going in opposite
directions, at the same time.
DEMOCRATS KISS THE ROD
TUB Democrats are again prepar
ing to put the special, or "gag"
rule into action, but with a
tpllt in their own ranks, and a husky
minority to buck up against, some
exciting times are promised on the
floor of the House in the near future.
With a majority of 145 in the last
three-session Congress, tho Slxty
-1 hird. tho Democrats brought in
thirty-four special rules. The Slxty
tirst Congress, 1901>-11 , was also a
THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ' MARCH 9, 1916.
three-session Congress, with a very <
narrow Republican majority, and i
twenty-two special rules were brought I
in. The use of the special rule In the I
Sixty-first Congress was denounced by 1
tho Democratic minority as tyranny <
insufferable, and when the Democrats
came Into control the following year
they made a great show of revising
the rules so as to give freedom of j
debate and right to amendment.
Thero is something to be said in |
favor of tho special rule In facilitating j 1
the business of such an unwieldly
i body as tho House of Represent a-!
j lives. Thero are times when, with-:
out It, those opposed to a piece of
majority legislation might, by their
obstructive parliamentary tactics,
make It Impossible of passage through
that chamber. Without, however, !
! debating its merits or demerits, if the
! special rule ever in the history of j
! Congress took on the attributes of ;
i tyranny it was in the last Congress, j
j when, with a cowardly majority of
1145, the Democrats used this mace
j thirty-four times to club a small
j minority into subjection.
O! It Is excellent
i To havo a giant's strength; hut It
Is tyrannous
j To use It like a giant.
| Tho inconsistency of the Demo-1
! cratic attitude is that having made a j
great clamor against the special rule,
when they were in tho minority, and \
having declared their purpose to be- j
I stow legislative emancipation upon
the House, their resort to the special j
rule lias been more marked, and with [
less reason, than was ever recorded |
under Republican control. The Re- j
publicans used it as an emergency. It j
is the chief reliance of the Incom- [
potent party now in power. The rod |
which formerly they spat upon, the
Democrats now kiss.
ERRED AT THE BEGINNING
HAR It IS BURG'S garbage and ash
collection troubles, which were
again before the Health Board
last evening, do not lie so much with
the neglect of the contractor as with
City Council at the outstart. The
fault is fundamental. Nobody knew j.
exactly what would be required nor j
what service would be adequate. The j
whole thing was an experiment upon
which council entered without a >
thorough investigation of the subject.
Committees did make superficial in
spections of systems in use elsewhere, |
but no effort was made to get expert!
opinion as to exactly what would be i
needed here nor what would be a |
fair price for the work involved.
This is the only instance in many
years of Harrisburg entering upon an
important municipal enterprise with-j
out the advice of acknowledged ex-;;
perts and it is likewise the only fn- j
stance of failure in any big municipal j
undertaking. Invariably we have ■
saved tho expert's commission over i'
and over, and the penny-wise, pound- j
foolish policy of going it blind was j
never better illustrated than in this)
matter of garbage collections. We I
have paid and are paying for the fol- !
ly of it and wo will continue to pay j
| until the expiration of the contract. |
BANNER STEEIJ YEAR
EVERYTHING points to a banner j
year in steel. Tho indications j
arc that if present prices are i
kept up for the balance of 1010, earn-I
ings for tho various steel companies ;
will be larger than ever before in the
history of the country. This is good
news for Harrisburg and vicinity.)
Much of our prosperity depends upon j
the activity of the steel mills. United j
; States Steel may be taken as a safe |
basis for estimating the earnings of
all, or nearly all, others and figures <
by experts show that tho corporation
,is running ahead of its estimates.
In 190". the banner year for United
States Steel, net' earnings were ap
proximately $101,000,000. The aver
age prices of eight of the leading steel
products in that year was $40.68 a
ton, and shipments of finished steel
Were $10,564,537. In 1907 net per ton'
of steel sold was $15.24.
The United States Steel Corporation!
for some time past has been shipping j
at the rate of about 14,500,000 tons of |
steel annually. Tho average price of j
eight leading commodities is now |
around S4B a ton, or nearly $7.50 aj
ton above the average for 1907.
Taking into consideration increased ;
! cost of labor and material entering i
jinto the manufacture of steel, United j
States Steel could probably earn S2O
| a ton on a basis of present prices,
i On a production of 14,500,000 tons
i of steel for sale this would mean earn- |
'ings at the rate of $290,000,000 a year. :
] or $129,000,000 in excess of net in the'
banner year of 1907.
But in this connection allowances
! are made for a possible falling off in j
[output and prices at the close of the)
war in Europe, although the various
steel mills have sold up almost their
entire capacity for the rest of the j
year.
Steel manufacturers seem confi- .
dent that United States Steel, in the
first half of the current year, will earn
close to $120,000,000 net. They say
: it would be ditiicult to make any fore
least beyond June SO. Steel prices j
may be higher by that time, in which
! case net earnings in tho last half j
; would exceed the returns in the first j
half, providing the end of the war was
not then in sight. But at all events
predictions are bright for the biggest
steel year In history.
COURTS AND LICENSES
TX the course of a speech In Pitts- |
burgh on Sunday, the Rev. E. J. j
Moore, superintendent of the Ami- j
Saloon League, is quoted as saying:
To elect the judges on the tem
perance question interferes very
much with the kind of a court tho
people get. There are many good
judges who do not believe in local
option, A judge should be elected
for his ability as a jurffee and not
on his personal opinion on tho
liquor question. The liquor ques
tion ought not to be considered in
the selection of a. man who is to
dpcldc questions of law and evi
dence.
With this the Telegraph most heart
ily agrees. Tho question of local op
i tlon is not properly one for the courts
|to decide, but temperance agitation
I will not be taken out of judicial elec
tions until the Legislature shall have
enacted a local option law, and right
now, before the May primaries, is the'
time for voters of all parties who
favor local option to see to It that
local option candidates are set up in
every legislative district in the State.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
— J j
—Why not let the peace-at-any
price advocates at Washington settle
the street car strike there.
—No Maude, an Infantry attack is
not one where the Zeppelins drop
bombs on babies.
—Now, now. Ambassador Morgen
thau, why do you liken the United
States to the umpire In this game of
war? Don't you know what they
usually do to the umpire.
| —About now we begin to wonder
how that old fishing rod has weath
ered the winter.
—Even old Horace had an eye to
preparedness. Said he: "In peace,
as a wise man, he should make suit
able preparation for war."
—Right at this moment it seems
| perfectly safe for Portugal to call
Germany any hard names that comes
1 to inind.
EDITORIAL COMMENT |
. ,
Sad Predicament For Worthy Man
[Kansas City Star.]
Oocy Wattles says the worst predica
ment a working man can get himself
into is to bo caught beating his wife,
and at the same time bo unable to
prove that he was drunk.
Must Have Rccn Interesting For Him
[Toledo Blade.]
'Twonld be Interesting to know how
many "wife's relations' Solomon, in
all his glory, had.
literary Note From Boston
[Boston Advertiser.]
From his letters we Infer that Jean
Crones considers himself a souper
rnan.
They'd Steal Anything
[Atlanta Constitution.]
There must be national faith In
C'arranza currency when Mexican ban
dits try to get away with It.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR"
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Being a charter member of the
People's Forum of this city I have
with a great deal of satisfaction and
pride just read in your Telegraph the
splendid editorial in this evening's is
sue commenting on the work and
worth of the organization.
Such endorsements have a whole
some tendency to encourage and in
spire all who have made the institu
tion what it is to strive for even bet
ter things.
Permit me on behalf of of'any of
my friends to offer many thanks for
your very kind words.
Yours sincerely,
HARRY BURRS.
LOW COST OF EATING
[Thomas F. Logan in Leslie's.]
I To feed an eiiisted man »of the
\ navy costs only :;6 cents a day. And
lie is well fed, too. The navy ration
! consists of tho following daily allow
ances for each person: One pound
hard bread (biscuits), or one and one
quarter pounds fresh bread; or one
iand eighth pounds flour. One pound
tinned meat, or one and one-quarter
pounds salt meat, or one and three
quarters pounds of fresh meat, or one
and three-quarters pounds fresh fish,
or eight eggs, or one and three-quar
ters pounds poultry. Three-fourths
pound tinned vegetables, or one and
three-quarter pounds fresh vegeta
bles, or three gills beans or peas, or
one-half pound rice or other cereal.
Two ounces coffee, or two ounces co
coa, or one-half ounce tea. One ounce
condensed or evaporated milk, or one
sixteenth quart fresh milk. Three
sixteenths pound dried fruit, or three
eighths pound tinned fruit, or nine
sixteenths pound fresh fruit (one ra
tion of fruit is allowed with each ra
tion of vegetables other than fresh is
sued). Two ounces butter, four ounces
i sugar. Seven pounds lard are allowed
I for every 100 pounds flour used as
I bread. The following are allowed
j weekly in addition to the foregoing;
One-fourth pound cheese, one-fourth
pound macaroni, one thirty-second of
j a pound of mustard, one thirty-second
iof a pound of pepper, one-fourth
pound pickles, one-fourth pound salt,
one-fourth spices, one-fourth tomatoes
! (canned), and one-half pint vinegar
I or oil.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
A QUESTION OF
fe 1 iI fgSk FITNESS.
* t ,l Jones wired me
j ll and his
/^ | js I j i wife would spend
j jjfJHthc week - end
IHr nlSls haven't any
clothes that are
fit for anybody.
fig fIK Gracious, Ma
-10 r ' e ! Don't you
■ suppose they will
fH bring their own
clothes with
them?
PLEASANT
FOR HIM.
I hope my callKa \ i
has not tired you.
herlt a wonder- {HK
fully strong con- "IB®?* 1
•tltutlom
KASII.Y SOLVED
ll y WiliK Dlnffrr
—
A friend of mine quite recently
Did buy a little dog,
And ono blight day across the fields
Tho puppy small did Jog.
About two hours later hub
Was called upon the phone,
i\nd wiCey at the other end
Into his ear did moan—
"My dear, the pup is back, and I
Am in an awful stew.
He's brought a rooster fat with him,
Ob my, what shall I do?"
"Well, is the rooster dead?" asked hub.
"Not quite," his wife replied.
"Then finish up the job." snid % hub.
"For supper have him fried."
politico- ov
*"f eKKQifttfanla
By tho Ei-CammlUeemiß
National Committeeman A. Mitchell
Palmer and State Chairman Roland
S. Morris aro said to be as busy now
trying (o straighten out kinks in the
Pennsylvania Democracy in Western
Pennsylvania as they were in putting
them in four years ago. Democrats
of the State will elect national and
State committeemen in May and tho
Issuo may be the. continued domina
tion of Palmer and his pals.
l'almer's recent speech in Philadel
phia in which he said there would be
no factional lighting and no slates on
anything, is taken to mean that he is
hunting harmony and willing to go
any icigth to placate his enemies, lie
lias even agreed to go to Pittsburgh
to make a speech next month in the
hope that the Old Guard may be in-'
duced to agree with him.
In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, it
is said that only two more names re
main to be added to tho slate for
Democratic national delegates-at
large and then it will be given out as
the choice of the people;. Thus far
the list includes: Judge Voris Auten,
Northumberland, ex - Congressman;
John T. Lenahan, Luzerne; Jeremiah
Black, York: T. Hart Given, Alle
gheny; Senator W. Wayne llindman.
Clarion: William Mclntyre, Mercer;
K. J. Lynett, Lackawanna; A. Mitchell
Palmer, Monroe; Koland S. Morris
and William A. Glasgow, Philadel
phia. .
—Representative James F. Wood
ward of MclCeesport, chairman of the
Appropriation Committee in the last
llouf-c, yesterday announced that he
would bo a candidate in the primaries
to succeed himself. J. D. Foster has
been announced as the opponent of
Mr, Woodward and is credited with
having the support, of the O'N'eil fac
tion. There were intimations yesterday
that the right of Sir. Foster to hold
the scat, if elected, might be ques
tioned on the ground that over a year
ago he went to Florida to make that
State his permanent home and re
turned to McKeesport recently.
—Philadelphia city politics are all
stirred up now over the transit situ
ation in which Mayor Smith insists
that the people shall have what they
want and that there is no occasion to
got excited over the matter and by
rile discovery that in the loan bill for
?83,000,000 there were items to pay
lor certain contracts in which Sena
tor Vare had been interested.
—Two Sliamokin councllmen who
had failed to lilc expense accounts
were ousted last night and then re
elected for two-year terms.
—Tho Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
says: "There arc prospects of a light
for the Republican nomination for
Senator, in tho forty-tifth senatorial
district, between Representative Nor
man A. Whitten of Munhall and
George C. Bradshaw of Crafton. The
latter candidate has the backing of
David B. Johns, who is credited with
putting him in the held in the inter
est of the Brumbaugh-Vare combina
tion, while Mr. Whitten is being
urged to get into the contest by the
Penroso forces."
—Pennsylvania woman suffragists
flre going to take a hand in tho com
ing congressional primary elections
for the lirst time and plans were com
pleted at the party headquarters in
this city to-day to get every aspirant
for congressional nominations on rec
ord «as regards woman suffrage be
fore the primary and then to clinch
the matter TTy interviewing the men
who may bo nominated. As fast as
nominating petitions are filed at the
Capitol by the candidates they will
be listed and the suffrage workers
will hunt up the candidates and get
dclinite statements of their stand. The
sumo will be done with legislators
later on in the campaign, but for the
present the efforts will be concentrated
on the congressional nominees. Tho
suffrage, resolution will be up in the
next session, but will not be voted
upon finally in the general assembly
until 1919.
-—The Fayette county grand jury
yesterday approved a proposition for
a loan of $400,000 for good roads.
Only one grand jury voted against the
plan.
—Lititz voted ?95,000 for a new
school.
—Two Throop councilmen have
been ihdicted on charges of grafting
in a firehose contract.
—The campaign of Germantown
residents against the renewal of
| saloon licenses in the Twenty-second
ward will be lost unless proof of
specific violations of the. liquor laws
is placed before the License Court,
according to statements made yester
day in Philadelphia by Judges Bar
ratt and Davis. Remonstrances were
filed against 51 of the 55 applications
for wholesale and retail liquor licenses
in the ward. They assert that the
places are "not necessary," but no
specific violation of the liquor laws is
charged in any of tluem. When Judge
j Barratt realized this he said: "It al
! ways has been the rule of the court in
! granting a license to consider the
question of necessity, .and, if the 11-
: cense is granted that question is de
! cided and the holder Is entitled to
a renewal, unless there is a specific
remonstrance for a violation of the
law."
—"George Washington Goetlials is
a great man and I would like to see.
him elected President of tho United
States," said Mayor Thomas B. Smith,
after a visit from the general at the
Mayor's office which occurred yester
day morning in Philadelphia. The
Mayor was delighted to see his old
time friend and mentioned the pleas
ure it had been to call upon him many
times in Now York. He would not
admit that the call of General
Goetlials had any other significance
than sociability.
—The Scranton Republican says:
"W. P. Boland, treasurer of the Wash
ington party committee in this county,
and J. Uossa McCormick, State com
mitteeman from Lackawanna county,
will be candidates to the national Pro
gressive convention In Chicago. Other
men mentioned are Dr. D. W. Evans,
of West Scrnnton, and Arthur Dunn, of
Waverly. There has been some talk
in Democratic circles of getting behind
W. P. Boland as a probability in the
congressional race. So far there has
been little discussion and less anxiety
upon the part of Democrats to urge
any candidate for Congress. The only
candidate whose petition is being cir
culated for the congressional office is
that, of the incumbent, John R. Parr.
The lull in Democratic negotiations
and comment establish a record for
inactivity, as the primary is less than
six weeks in tho distance. The ten
tative announcement that Victor Bur
j-chel would be a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Congress
nas evoked no enthusiasm among
Democrats. They regard his candi
dacy as merely a move to control the
party organization, and they are not
filled with admiration over the way
the party affairs were conducted last
year by Mr. Burschel."
THE FRIENDLY FRONT
[Buffalo Commercial.J
! "Fighters exchange shells in
j France," reads a headline. Little
i nmenitles like that serve to relieve
I the hardships of campalcnins:.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY |
TRYING TO PULL THE LONG BOW
A .ion FOR TWO STRONG Alt>lS
-—From the llnltlinurc American.
f )
THE SUPREMEj:OURT
By Frederic J. Haskin
WHEN the appointment of Louis
P. Brandels to the Supreme
Court, was tirst announced,
there was some doubt as to whether
or no the Senate would ratify the se
lection. If the Senate refuses to ratify
it. will be the first time such a thing
lias happened in the history of the
nation.
The Supreme Court lias a remark
able record. It is the. most powerful
body of its kind in the world, and in
many ways the most powerful arm
of the government. Thero are times
when the opinion of a singe justice
overrules the desires of the President
that nominated him and the Senate
that ratified his nomination, and de
cides the fate of a measure involving
the disturbance of billions of dollars
of capital and a hundred million peo
ple. Yet In tho century and a quarter
that the Supreme Court' has been in
existence, not a single Justice has over
been accused of unfitting conduct, or
the abuse of his responsibilities.
The dignity of the court surpasses
the dignity of chief executives, cab
inet officers and legislators. A Su
preme Court Justice is appointed for
life, If he cares to hold otiice so long,
and with the years, the traditions of
high position encircle him, undisturb
ed by quadrennial changes in national
politics. Tho distinct and separate
form for addressing a justice, and for
tendering social invitations to him
self and his family, is even more
rigidly lixed by convention than is the
similar form for addressing the Presi
dent. Even to mention a case that is
before the Supreme Court ip the pres
ence of a justice is tho blackest sort
of a social error.
A lady newly entered into Wash
ington social life recently invited one
of the justices to dine with her. It is
a recognized rule among social diplo
mats that the way to entertain tho
lion of the evening is to talk to him
about his work, if ho is an author,
discuss his latest, novel: if he Is a
Senator, talk about the Chicago con
ventions. The lion may not be parti
cularly edified, but he Is usually In
for it. So tho hostess on this occasion
tried to start a conversation about a
railroad rate bill whose constitution
ality was then being tested before the
Court. The justice froze at once, but
the lady continued to declare her in
terest in public questions, and llnally
asked her guest, what he personally
thought of the bill. Tilt justice then
made a little speech to the effect that
his action was motivated by the most
conventional of reasons, that It was a
matter of respect for his office alone—
and then he went home.
The same atmosphere of solemnity
and an almost, ecclesiastical dignity
hangs about the routine of court
business in the Capitol. From the
gown room, where the silken vest
ments of the justices hang in the exact
order of their owners' seniority, to the
judges' bench itself, every detail exists
by virtue of a fixed tradition. Now
and then one of the Houses of Con
guess refurnshes its hall to meet the
changed views of its members, but
the courtroom has its original ap
pearance nearly intact. When a new
carpet is laid, it is an exact, replica
of the old one. When the chairs are
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DW
"Mort Henderson is winner over
Doro," says a sporting headline in a
well-known state paper. Motion pic
ture reader** were horrified to learn
that their beloved Marie had gone into
the wrestling game, and particularly
that the "Masked Marvel" had thrown
Doro. All was well, however. Anyone
can tell you that it wasn't Marie at all.
• • »
A Philadelphia girl, Anna Fergus,
married George Lewis, of New York,
a Chinaman, at Elkton, Md„ the other
day.
*■ • *
Fire alarm box 2" has proven too
much for Edwardsville, so the council
came to the conclusion that it must be
removed. Ever since it has been in
stalled it seems as though the bell has
ljcpl constantly ringing, false and true
alarms, until it became a habit tor
the firemen to go straight, to box 23
whenever the bells rang. Seldom were
they fooled, and it was decided to dis
continue it lest the overworked men
meet tliemselvs some night returning
from the tire.
• » *
In Towanda they believe in swap
ping wives. Two married couples tried
it out and it seemed to work very
satisfactorily until they moved to
Sayre, where the police are evidently
wider awake. There they were discov
ered and held for court.
« 9 »
The Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce on its annual de luxe tour of
certain sections of the state aro boost
ing the Delaware river for all It's
worth. May the time soon come when
iJarrUburg may make its annual ex-.
reupholstered, they are finished so
that Sherlock Holmes couldn't tell
them from their former selves. Only
one change has been made since the
days of Patrick Henry.
11l those times the bench before
the .justices was on a level with the
tloor. Scattered along its polished
surface were numerous snuff boxes for
the regaling of the grave justices. One
day while Patrick Henry was making
u lengthy appeal he noticed the jus
tice nearest to him taking snuff. The
orator paused long enough to help
himself from the same receptacle. The
justices were horrified, and from that
time to this the judges' desk has been
raised above tloor level—a monument
to the presumption of the man who
wanted liberty or death.
The Supreme Court justices to-day
arc younger men than they have been
at. any time in the history of the
country. Formerly the average age
of the nine men was übovo seventy
years. Now it is nearer sixty, and
the appointment of Mr. Brandeis will
still further lessen the average. Presi
dent Taft, who appointed more jus
tices than any other president, since
Washington, introduced a younger
element.
The oldest justice on the bench to
day is Justice Holmes, wno is ap
proaching his seventy-flfth birthday.
Chief Justice White comes next, with
seventy-two years. Justice Hughes
and Justice Mcßeynolus are the
juniors of the bench, .each fifty-four
years old. In point of service, Jus
tice McKenna is the oldest member
of the court. He lias been on the
bench since his appointment, by Presi
dent McKinlef in 1898. He, along
with Justice Holmes and Justice Hay,
is entitled under the constitution, to
retire at any time with full pay for
the rest of his life.
The constitution provides that a
justice n»a.y retire after ten years of
service, but such retirement is op
tional with him. Justice McKenna
has served, for eighteen years, follow
ing the example of his predecessor,
Stephen J. Field, who served for 34
years. Such long service is a good
mark of a man's patriotism, for the
Supremo Court duties are not light
ones.
The justices are required to be In
daily attendance for six days in each
week. Five days are devoted to the
hearing of arguments, and the sixth
day, Saturday, is set aside for confer
ence. No outsider is admitted to these
Saturday sessions, but according to
the unofficial reports that emanate
from them, the mantle of cold dignity
is temporarily laid aside.
At the conference, each justice ex
presses his opinion 011 the merits of
the case under consideration, and the
legal points involved. A vote is- taken,
after which one of the justices is ap
pointed to write out the opinion of
the court. This opinion is presented
again to the entire body, and each jus
tice must agree to it, or else the
minority faction must prepare a dis
senting opinion of their own. If there
is more than one party which does not
agree with the majority, there will be
more than one -dissenting opinion.
Argument pro and con is sometimes
very heated.
cursion and boost the Susquehanna.
Is it a day-dream?
* • «
Officer Grimm (not Peter), of Mount
Pleasant, at the councilmanic meeting
the other evening presented a bill for
sllO, the balance on the promised pay
ment of $1 for every "speeder" cap
tured. One hundred and twenty-five
were bagged by careful watching and
accurate (?) speed gauging. The
payment is being held up pending in
vestigation.
LENT
[Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.]
Enters Lent once more, a solemn
season for those who observe it in
the ancient fashion, a useful period
for those who regard it in accordance
with modern custom. Originally fortv
days before Easter sanctilled by the
Roman, Eastern and Greek churches,
it, has been adopted in similar form
by some other churches, while nearly
all Christian people take cognizance
of it to common advantage. To the
religious Lent is a season of very real
meaning, a hallowed period. To the
more worldly but respectful it comes
if not as a timo of religious duty, at
least as one of sober restraint. Fri
volity is set aside, less strenuous forms
of relaxation are indulged. Minds and
bodies tired by social activities are
given a rest. It isn't a season of re
treat for such, merely of quiet refresh
ment. Society tinds new amusements
less garish than usual. Kindly
thoughts are welcomed and entertain
ments partake of charitable enter
prises. What of my neighbor? Is
the spirit fostered and the poor are
made richer through the ministrations
of the more fortunately placed. Mere
ly a fad? Perhaps. But what of it?
Why quarrel with any of the means
through which good works are done?
Stoning (Eljat
L
Debates in Congress and the gen
ernl agitation of the subject of na
tional preparedness have increased
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh'*
mail considerably and ho is receiving
numerous suggestions regarding tlie
National Guard, the training of
youths in military matters and kin
dred subjects. Many of the writers
wish immediate action, but otlufcy,
suggest that he call the attention ot
the general assembly to these topics
as soon as it meets which will be in
January next. A typical letter came
the other day from Mason town. It
shows the way the people are think
ing about some of the firesides in
Pennsylvania and contains most of
the suggestions which have been made
by other writers. The Governor is
asked to use his influence with Con
gress to forward proper national de
fense, the enlargement of the Na
tional Guard and creation of an
adequate reserve, while he is asked to
call to attention of the next Deglsla
ture amendment of school laws pro
; vlding for military and physical train
! ing in the schools, for increase of tho
National Guard and a reserve system
to take the place of the Guard if call
ed into tlie service of the nation. It
is also suggested that the medical col-
I leges and hospitals which live been
I liberally aided by the State should es
tablish departments for surgery and
nursing along military lines and in
struction in military sanitation and
that the students be required to
register as reserves. The same is sug
gested to bo done by colleges of
pharmacy.
» » »
When Chief of Police J. Thomas
Zeil came to his otlice the other
morning in a blinding snowstorm, he.
found h young pigeon lying almost
frozen in the snow outside the door
at police headquarters. "The Dovo
of Peace," as the officers nicknamed
the bird, was brought Into the warm
office, fed for several days, and given
its freedom, but not without an In-
I terestipg argument over disposing of
j the pigeon, which came "blame near
bein' potpie," as one officer put it. It
| is rumored that this officer is one of
, the two sent out to round up some
i food for the bird.
• * •
I Cigar store owners have received
notification from all the leading pipe
j houses of the country that the price
ion briar pipes must be increased
: 2r> per cent, in order that the manu
j facturer and the dealer may make a
1 legitimate profit. The war has pre
! vented the importation of French
' briar of suitable sizes, letters to local
| dealers explain. "It means the pnss
; I ing of tho quarter pipe, for the timo
being at least," declared a big Mur
; ket street cigar dealer in discussing
the coming rise in pipes.
• |
The legal points involved in the
| "Hardscrabble" condemnation pro
-1 eeedings, according to the advices
' Councilmen followed in postponing
' | tlie vacation resolution, are unique
I among actions of the kind in that
' mere question of opening the street is
{not alone at. issue. Under ordinary
j circumstances should the city open
['street the benefits and damages woul.l
\ bo divided between the property own
; er? on either side of tho street. In
, the "Hardscrabble" matter, however,
, the question of the purpose for whtc|g
the city will ultimately devote the
condemned stretch—park purposes- -
j raises the contention as to Whether or
; not the city alone will not be liablu
for the full amount of damages.
» # •
Tho State Association of Fairs,
which is to have its annual meeting
[ here next week, is composed of tho
, active spirits in most of the county
, and other fairs of the State. Some
. of the men connected with it have
been active in such exhibitions for a
quarter of a century and have shows
, which draw hundreds of thousands of
' people. They are to be appealed to
for more encouragement of agricul
' ture and less attention to amuse
ments.
• • •
"Fritz," the new pet of the Execu
tive mansion, is Mrs. Brumbaugh's
: particular pride and well has he been
trained. The dog has been taught all
the regulation tricks but, one of tho
' best is the manner in which he has
been drilled not to eat until told to
do so. It. happens that when "Fritz"
Is given a piece of meat, and told that
it is not paid for, but just charged, ho
will not touch it, albeit ho looks
longingly at it. But the instant he is
told that, it is paid for the meat dis
appears.
. . .
! Among visitors to the city yester
-1 day was Ex-Auditor General I.ovi O.
i McCauley, of West Chester. General
i McCauley. who is one of the veterans
of the Civil War. is well known to
' many residents of this city.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
I —George W. Miller, one of the old
; time Republicans of Pittsburgh, has
' been appointed chief clerk to the
j board of revision of Allegheny coun
ty.
' —Captain C. C. Allen, who is to be
• named colonel of the First Regiment
I served in that command before ento:
! ing the United States Army,
i —A. C. Dinkey, president of the
Cambria Steel Company, was ban
! quetted at Johnstown by the heads of
! departments.
Dr. 11. M. Cheyney, who leaves
| the Wharton school of the University
j of Pennsylvania, is a native of Norris
| town.
DO YOU KNOW
That- Ilarrisburg payrolls run into
hundreds of thousands weekly?
HISTORIC UARIUSIUTRG
United States troops mobilized
along the River Front in the War of
1812.
When Hats Were
Hats
Tints were hats, shoes were
shoes, and clothes were clothes—
forty years ago.
Requirements to-day are much
more complex, our needs are mul
tiplied. ,
So that it is not enough to
make up our minds to buy a now
hat or a new pair of shoes, or a
new suit of clothes.
Style. qualitv. service, and
many other essentials occupy our
minds now. when wc feci the need
of purchasing anything.
Newspaper advertising has
opened our eyes to the need and
to the distinct advantage of be
ing Informed.
And retailers in their constant
striving to please and to create
new business are daily telling
of the merits of their wares In
the columns of dependable news-
I papers like the Telegraph.
Keep up with tlie times.
Don't neglect your newspaper.