8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH [ A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLB, Pres't and Editor-in-Chi?/ V. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. S Member American lishers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associfrft- Eastern office, Has- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building. New em office, Has- Brooks, People'B Gcs Building, Chi* Entered at the Post Office in Harrle« burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall, $3.00 a year In advance. Sworn dally nverage circulation for the turec months ending May 31, 1916, "A- 22,189 * These figures are net. AH returned. Unsold and damaged copies dedneted. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26. It's the songs you sing and the smiles you wear that makes the sunshine everywhere. BRAVE COLORED TROOPS AGAIN the colored troops have demonstrated their fighting qual ity and won lasting fame as de fenders of the flag. Notwithstanding the treacherous and unexpected attack upon them at Carrlzal. the troopers of the Tenth Cavalry made a brave stand against frightful odds, and while their lives have been snuffed out they have left as a heritage to their own race ' and to the nation as a whole a record ! of fidelity to duty and bravery second j to none In the military annals of the j world. The death of Captain Boyd and his brave troopers has galvanized into life those in authority at Washington who have been pursuing a spineless policy of inaction during the last three years. Nor has it been forgotten that in the hard fighting in Cuba during the Spanish-American War the colored soldiers of the United States Army made a glorious name for themselves and earned a place in the pages of their country's history. A wave of patriotism has swept over the United States and from now to the finish of this unfortunate business the national spirit will direct affairs rather than the incompetents who have failed to appreciate or under stand the real sentiment of the Ameri can people. Elsewhere on this page attention is called to the proposed movement to plant trees along- the State highways of Pennsylvania. This is in line with the proposition submitted by the Tele graph to Governor Brumbaugh some months ago and with which he is in sympathy. At last, the people of the Commonwealth are awaking to the im portance of providing fine roads and attractive surroundings, so that the great procession of tourists may be at tracted to our hills and valleys. NO MORE "FEVER CAMPS" FOR one thing we may be thankful, in this time of military encamp ments—we are not to undergo the horror of the "fever camps" of the Spanish-American 'War period. The typhoid outbreak of that time will not he repeated, for several reasons. In the first place, the soldiers are now Inoculated with an antityphoid serum that safeguards them against that dis ease, and in the second place, the surgeons and commanding officers of the Guard have been carefully trained along the lines of camp sanitation. It will be remembered also that there was an "embalmed beef" scan dal during the Spanish-American War. It 1s not likely that there will be an other such. Nothing Is too good for our men In the field and the new thought of service as well as profit In business will no doubt go a long way toward insuring good quality of sup plies of all kinds. It will go mighty hard with anybody who Juggles with the health or welfare of our soldiers in the field for the sake of a few pennies of personal profit un fairly gained. At a time when the Industrial forces of the country are Inadequate the Mexican trouble still further aggra vates the situation. If the advice of ex perienced military authorities shall be heeded at Washington, It Is possible that the pacification of the unhappy country on our southern border will be accomplished without great loss of life. Meanwhile the business and industrial conditions must necessarily be adjusted to the new order of things. PHILADELPHIA'S BLIGHT DURING the convention of the Ad Clubs In Philadelphia this week opportunity will be given to place the metropolis of the Com monwealth in its proper position be fore the country. As this newspaper has frequently pointed out, Philadel phia, with all its noble traditions, ks unique place as the cradle of liberty and its transcendent features as a manufacturing and commercial city, has not occupied Its proper position among the cities of the country. This as a result of the continual political bickering and factional activities of several big contractors who are more Interested In fat awards than they are in maintaining the good name of the State's metropolis. Pennsylvania wants t6 be proud of Philadelphia and it ought to be the business of the great mass of the people within Its boundaries to crush MONDAY EVENING, out the petty things which detract from the real greatness of the typical American city. Entirely too much con sideration Is given the near-sighted politicians who are constantly striving to advance their own selfish Interests through the exploitation of the higher and more important Interests of the community at large. Too long this condition has been permitted to obscure the fine con structive and meritorious features of that admirable Philadelphia which Is unknown beyond the borders of the Commonwealth. Pennsylvanlans, of course, appreciate the true worth of the large majority of Its citizenry, but co long as purely political activities and selfish personal ambitions are per mitted to dwarf the larger and better things in the eyes of the world Phila delphia will continue to share the con tempt—unwarranted in most cases — ■which is visited upon us by our coun trymen outside the State. If the newspapers of Philadelphia could unitedly agree upon a policy that would ignore the little men who are responsible for the present criti cism of their city. It might be a bit of real public services. A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS THE country may as well prepare Itself for a call for volunteers. Unless all signs fall, it Is coming, and at no far future date. The warlike position that Carranza has assumed, the inflammatory utter ances of Mexican newspapers, the ad mitted need of troops at the border, the fact that the guardsmen must be sent Into Mexico to back up the regu lars in case of hostilities that seem sure to come, all point to the necessity of calling a volunteer army Into being. | It is no pleasant thing to think about, j but it Is one of the extreme proba | bllitles of the moment, and It may 1 come sooner than even those who look | upon it as an eventuality expect. It j will be a long time, Indeed, before | Camp Brumbaugh is deserted as a military training ground, the chances are. A STUDY IN TAXES WHEN the House had under consideration the Ship Pur chase bill, Hon. J. Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvania, re | minded the Democratic members of Congress that the breaking of their j platform pledges had now become a j habit. In spite of the convictions and former professions of many of its members against extravagance, they have, with lamb-like obedience, he said, followed the deadly drive toward government ownership, for which this administration, more than any other, has been responsible. Mr. Moore then presented an interesting study in taxes enumberlng a number of extravagant measures, some of which are as follows: » A war tax (when there was no war) of $100,000,000 Imposed for one year and renewed for another, making a direct tax of $2.00 against every man, woman and child. A bill appropriating $3,000,000 for railroads in Alaska, an expenditure of thirty cents per capita. A flood-control bill granting up wards of $50,000,000 for reclamation of private lands, mostly along the low er Mississippi, benefiting a few States, but imposing an additional tax of 50 cents per capita. The army bill, whlcii Chairman Hay, of the committee on Military Af fairs, says "is not an emergency blU"; carrying an appropriation of $20,000,- 000 for an unnecessary nitrate plant and $11,000,000 for a government owned armor-plate plant, making a total tax of thirty-one cents upon ev ery man, woman and child in this country for the installation of these two plants. The rural credits bill, which many thoughtful men believe will require from the farmer a larger expenditure for loans than his necessities will war rant, providing for banks which must needs employ a large number of of ficers, agents, investigators, etc., with salaries ranging up to SIO,OOO per annum, and for deposit therein of $16,000,000 of public money, making an additional tax of 15 cents per capita. The good roads bill, carrying a modest appropriation of $26,000,000, which the Senate raised to $75,000,- 000 to be spent on country roads only, putting on every man, woman and child a tax of 75 cents a head. Under this administration, the pos tal deficit is reported to be about $lO,- 000,000—a burden of ten cents each on our population. After a consultation at the White House, declared Mr. Moore, it has been decided to impose new forms of taxation to the amount of $150,000,- 000 to make up their admitted dis crepancy in the treasury. This is only a partial list. Every appropriation bill carries "riders" for pet appropriations, or creating some new commission, board, or bureau, plac g more power in the hands of a few at an expense estimated at $5,- 000,000 next year. During the last three years 30,000 new positions have been created, carrying salaries up ward of $36,000,000 every year more than ever apprppriated under a Re publican administration. Mr. Moore summarized as follows: If you want to pass this shlp-pur chasc bill on the record you have made, go ahead and do it. Some day, perhaps, the people back home will be wise to what It all means. Your platform promise to relieve the people of their alleged but Imperceptible tariff burdens, has resulted in levying upon them direct taxation exceeding $760,000,- 000, which Is more than $7.50 for every man, woman and child. If that $750,000,000 were put over on the voters exclusively, it would amount approximately to S6O apiece. CLEANING UP MEXICO IT is evident beyond question that the United States must assume the disagreeable duty of cleaning up Mexico. Either now or later the task must be undertaken, and now would appear to be the time. We cannot maintain our troops along the border forever, but on the other hand we cannot withdraw them while the bor der States are menaced by the Villas and Carranzas who succeed each other in a never-ending series. Apparently, the President must face the unpleasant duty of using the armed troops of the United States to oust the de facto government the White House was instrumental In setting up. It must now be apparent to the adminis tration, as it has been apparent to everybody else for many months, that Carranza cannot organize a stable gov ernment in Mexico and that the next step is Inevitably American interven tion. ov Sj the Ex-Committeeman The visits of Senator Penrose and Congressman Vare to Charles Evans Hughes, Republican nominee for Pres ident, have caused some lively gossip. According to Philadelphia dispatches Mr. Hughes holds the key to the door of future control of the Republican Organization in Pennsylvania. What ever may have been decided In past political battles between the Penrose and Vare factions, the fact is that the presidential nominee, by reason of a novel Pennsylvania law, will be the final and determining factor in the problem of solving the continuous question of State leadership. In short, the act of 1913 gives the presidential nominee the ppwer to say who will or who will not be the presidential elec tors. Theoretically, presidential electors are powers; they may elect whom they will as President of the United States. Practically, of course, they merely register the choice of the people as expressed In the November election. It just happens, however, in this State, owing to factional rivalry, that presi dential electors will assume an impor tance, politically, they really do not possess in themselves. Instead of be ing unimportant voices of the elector ate, they have become overnight, as It were, the subject of factional deals and partisan controversy. And in this sit uation Hughes is the central point. In a nutshell this is the situation: Mr. Hughes may take his list of sug gestions for the Pennsylvania electoral ticket from either the Penrose or the Vare-Brambaugh factions. Which ever side he recognizes will count upon recognition in the highly important matter of Federal patronage, embrac ing the great number of influential postmasters throughout the State, in the event, of course, that Hughes suc ceeds Wilson as President. The bigness of the situation and of Its possibilities have led to the plan ning of conferences. This conference, to be followed by another, had to do with the matter of reuniting Progres sives and Republicans in support of the Hughes-Fairbanks ticket, a sub ject which naturally relates itself to the question of selecting presidential electors. No sooner had discussion arisen over this conference than it was said that Senator Penrose and William Flinn, Roosevelt or Progressive lead ers of Pennsylvania, soon would hold a conference on the same subject. Sig nificant as this announcement seemed, It only emphasized the trend of events at the Progressive national convention in Chicago. There, Flinn was the virtual "boss" of the Progressive convention, and as such helped to frame up the situation leading to a working agreement be tween the Republican Old Guard and such Progressive leaders as Garfield and Perkins, who paid no attention to the demands of individual delegates that the Republican convention be dis regarded. At that time, and as a con sequence, it was freely predicted that Penrose and Flinn were planning to get together and that the result would be felt in Pennsylvania's Republican polities. Penrose is a member of the Republican National committee's "steering committee," the little or ganization which is conferring with Hughes as to campaign plans. Flinn has even been accused in national po litical circles of being "the steering committee" of the National Progres sive committee. It is understood that Flinn and Penrose propose that the electors shall be representative of both the Republican and Progressive par ties, to the end that unity may be brought about. That is precisely what the Vares proposed in their personal conferences with Mr. Hughes, who has the last word in the premises. But whether or not Flinn In the last analysis will work with the Vares or with Penrose, the fact is that Flinn, with his harmony record at the na tional conventions behind him, is ar ranging to have nearly every Washing ton party ward or county committee in Pennsylvania Indorse Hughes for the presidency. In a word, Flinn, Roosevelt's Pennsylvania representa tive, is getting ready to deliver the Progressive vote, or at least its ma chinery, to Hughes. As a start, Phila delphia ward committees of the Wash ington party will begin to-night to in dorse. Hughes. Later the city commit tee, in which Flinn and Van Valken burg with County Commissioner Holmes, are dominant, will indorse the action of the ward committees. The law provides that Mr. Hughes shall name the electors by July 10. If he falls to do so, the candidate for Vice-president Fairbanks, shall do so as soon as possible. Words of Truth [New York Sun] Perhaps nobody has stated the main facts of the Mexican situation, in its present aspect, more concisely than our contemporary the Times in two brief sentences, of which this is the first: "We know pretty well where we are, how we arrived Is of small con sequence." True as to June, the statement will have to he revised in November. "How we arrived" will then be of the greatest consequence: This is the second sentence: "It is necessary that our future course shal he free from hesitation anc unmarred by blundering." That Is what the Sun believes. That is exactly what Colonel Roose velt has been saying. That is what patriotic members of the Progressive party seek to accomplish by removing the principal obstacle to the defeat of Mr. Wilson and to a change of administration. That is what the election of Mr. Hughes would Insure. That Is what Ellhu Root had in mind when he said, four months ago, "President Wilson cannot change his nature." Although our contemporary the Times has not yet declared itself for mally as a supporter of Mr. Hughes and an opponent of Mr. Wilson, the pregnant sentence which we quote with gratification would seem to leave little doubt of Its attitude. Where we are, we know. How we arrived is a question to be considered at the polls this Kail. It Is necessary that for the next four years the exec utive direction of the nation's course shal! be free from hesitation and un marred by blundering; and Mr. Wil son cannot change his nature. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH When a Feller N . 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