10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THB MMR Pounded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Ttlwrsfti Building, Federal Square. j ML E. J. STACK POLE. Pres't and Editor-in-CWf IT. H. OYSTER, Busit.jss Manager. GUS M. BHBINMETZ, Managing Editor. 1 Member American Newspaper Pub __rj» lisbers' Assocla l-Sas tion. The Audit Bureau of Circu- WySja lation and Penn- BBTaft sylvania Aesocl'-V ed Dallies. Si 2 Es3tern office, Has -51 brook. Story & ESS rit Brooks. Fifth Ave- Pgp fflj nue Building, New firafi York City; West- SS ern office. Has brook. Story & Brooks, People'* Qts Building. CbN Entered at the Post Office in Harris-* burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year In advance. (worn dally avcrntcr circulation for the three months ending June 30, lOltt, 22,456 Hf Tkeae ((urea are net. All retnrned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 1. - Do not grasp at the start, tut do life's plain common work as if comes, certain that daily duties and daily tread are the .sweetest, things, of .life. LORD HOUGHTON. CHOKING THE STATE EMINENT Judges who are able to see clearly do not hesitate to say in private what they think of the encroachment upon the Judi ciary by the legislative department of the Commonwealth. Instead of allow ing these chosen interpreters of the law the latitude that common sense would suggest there has been an in creasing disposition at every session of the Legislature to bind the Judges hand and foot. As a result of this mis taken tendency the courts are now find- I ing themselves checked and thwarted at every turn by acts of the Legislature which should never have been placed upon the statute books. For instance, bureaus of the State government are now exercising Judi cial functions and interpreting laws 1A- their own way, without regard to the ordinary rules of judicial practice. We seem to have run mad in recent years in accepting as wisdom the vag aries of alleged reformers who have precipitated the Commonwealth into a whirlpool of ill-digested and perni cious statutory regulations which are bound to cause increasing trouble and expense to the people. Of course, the first thought will sug gest the election and ballot "reform" laws, but aside from all this body of experimental clap-trap there are other phases of the matter quite as serious. Any study of the several schemes of regulation which have been adopted by recent sessions of the General As sembly will demonstrate how prone we are to follow the pied pipers of reform to our own undoing. There Is much to do in Pennsylvania, in the way of real reform which should j engage the attention of strong men with the ability and courage to root out the weeds that have grown up and are choking that which Is best in our system of government. COMMISSION" SHORTCOMINGS WHEN Mayor R. W. Speer re tired as the head of the city ad ministration In Denver about four years ago he never expected to return to public station. But In his fcivse the "recall" has operated to re store him to public usefulness instead of driving him into retirement as In the case of some other public official® out of favor with the people. "When the commission form of gov ernment proved unsatisfactory in Den ver the people called upon their for mer Mayor to prepare a charter amendment abolishing the commission system and concentrating all the ad ministrative work of the city In the hands of the Mayor. This proposition met with the approval of the people and Mayor Speer, now back on the Job, is devoting his attention to re organizing the several departments on a business basis. He finds, as in most cities, that there are too many heads Land not enough workers. Denver was ■ 250,000 in debt at the beginning of 'this year and Speer Is determined to have no deficit at the close of the year. To accomplish this task, he Is now cut ting out unnecessary timber. The Telegraph has frequently re ferred to the splendid executive quali ties of Mayor Speer and his success as an administrator. We know the man and his own fellow citizens have put the seal of their approval upon his work after once permitting him—ln response to the howls of his political enemies—rto quit the helm. So it is in any city Where a useful public servant is rejected; the people do not long continue In their blindness to the virtues of a capable official. He may pass Into eclipse for a short period under unjust attack and baser .less criticism, but it Is usually only a time until those whom he has ■served with an eye single to their best ■interests discover their mistake and restore him to the place of authority. As the commission form of govern ment has passed in Denver and Is passing in other cities, so it will pass in Harrlsburg and throughout Penn sylvania. It has been tried and found wanting In many vital respects. No scheme ever devised has done so much here and elsewhere to deaden the public interest is the public's busl- SATURDAY EVENING. ness. Instead o( the enthusiasm which ! should characterize tha attitude of the I people toward every important meas-! ure for the betterment of the com-1 munity the present system of admin istration has had exactly the opposite effect. Without discussing men and with no desire to reflect upon our present j officials it must be manifest to the average thinking citizen that there is something radically wrong. The Tele graph is convinced that it is the sys tem the so-called commission scheme. We believe that almost any other plan would be an improvement. Under the existing arrangement we have five men running the municipal ity. It's a big Job under the best con ditions and calls for the broadest and most constructive endeavor to the end i that the city may grow and prosper and maintain its place as a leader in ; civic affairs. But, so long as we have I five heads, each giving his attention I to his own department and with no general vision of the city at large. Just so long shall we have the unsatisfac tory atmosphere which seems to cloak the new system of municipal govern ment. No scheme of administration that contemplates log-rolling and the I» tickle-you—you-tickle-me policy of procedure can long endure without serious injury to the community. Other cities are awaking to the fact that the strictures of the Telegraph upon the commission experiment are not without reasonable basis and it would not surprise us to see a general protest submitted to the next Legisla ture demanding repeal of the law or such amendment as will make its op eration optional with the cities con cerned. It has been suggested that a way out of the difficulty lies In the adop tion of the single-council form of ad ministration, comprising seven or nine public-spirited men, who would con stitute the legislative and administra tive authority of the city and serve without compensation. This body would have power to employ the heads of departments and likewise to co ordinate all the work of the city. But the particular plan is not so Important as a recognition of the fact that there must be a change without delay If we are to avoid further lack of confidence and public interest. NOT A "PAPER KOAD" IN Philadelphia about two months ago a western motorist was start ing homeward. "Which way are you going?" asked his companion. "Will you travel the Lincoln or the William Penn High way ?" "The William Penn!" ejaculated the motorist. "That's only a paper road." But that, as they say In the classics, was two months ago. The William Penn Highway is not a paper road. It is a real highway—a serviceable high way. The Telegraph has often pre dicted, and it predicts once more, that in an incredibly short time the Wil liam Penn will be complete in it* en tirety. In a recent issue the Johnstown Leader talked knowingly of the new east-west road. It said: Between Millerstown and Cresson there are 110 miles of permanent roads smoother than most of our city sidewalks. Excepting a stretch of four miles between Mill Creek and Huntingdon, and the unimproved portion of the route from Johnstown to Ebensburg, the William Penn Highway is excel lent from Johnstown to Harrisburg and fairly good from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. With the Johnstown connection ready for the contrac tor and the State busy near Hunt ingdon. the William Penn High way will be virtually a fact in a few months. The association can report progress which is real. The Harrisburg folks who visited Johnstown Tuesday made the run west, a distance of 178 miles, as routed, in 480 minutes, averaging over twenty-two miles an hour, al though the schedule was for twenty miles an hour and the run was not a speed contest. You can leave Johnstown at sunrise and lunch in Harrisburg without employing maniac speed. Motor trucks carry rying an army and its supplies could move from Harrisburg to Johnstown between dawn and sun set. One thing that shows we are of an optimistic disposition is our hope that by the time the William Penn is as nearly perfect as it can be made our automobilists will have learned to understand, first, that the road was not built for their exclusive use, and second that it was never designed to be a speedway. Likewise and notwithstanding, so to speak, Governor Brumbaugh is seeing to it that there is a connecting link between the William Penn and the Lincoln highways along the Raystown branch, between Huntingdon and Everett, which will eliminate the' mountainous section of the Llneoln Highway between Chambersburg and Everett. DAUPHIN PROGRESSIVES DECISION of the Dauphin county committee of the Washington' party to "continue as nearly as possible a permanent organization" under the name of the Progressive party in Dauphin county has never counted for much. Never since 1912, | v/hen an overwhelming Roosevelt sentiment enabled It to win a victory for the head of the ticket and to put Into office several local candidates, has It been able to make any sort of show ing. The Washington party registration Is pitifully small. In the main It will follow Colonel Roosevelt back Into the Republican party, just as It fol lowed him out of It The Progressive generals are without an army. They may storm about a bit and make some noise and" get a great deal of publicity at the hands of the Democratic press, which desires nothing more than that they act as catspaws to pull the Wil sonian chestnuts out of the Are. But few members of the Progressive party that was, and is not, will bo fooled. Dauphin county Progressives are for j Hughes. CARRAN'ZA A BLESSING? GOD moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform" and "sweet are the uses of adversity" are quotations which may illuminate the thought that perhaps Carranza and his defiant attitude toward Amer icans in Mexico are blessings In dis guise. The delays and confusion In mobiliz ing the National Guard and the effort The Days of Recti Sport . . . . By briggs 430 A.M. required to recruit It to war strength* and whip the recruits Into shape have shown us very clearly that there Is j much to be desired in that line. Gen-1 oral Stewart is not to blame for this condition, nor General Clement, nor yet the War Department. It is the system, or lack of It, that is at fault, j and the dearth of appropriations at j hand for quick use for war purposes. ! After the war of 1812 the very faulty militia system was improved. After the Civil War It was brought up : to a still higher standard and as a re sult of the Spanish-American war the present Guard was developed to a i standard far surpassing anything in the history of the State. But still more is required. We are Infants in arms when it comes to the rapid mob ilization of a fighting force of even insignificant size, as compared with the armies of Europe. Before the necessity for the services of the Guard arose we were talking j much about preparedness and doing. little. With Carranza's armies massed j across the border we have realized as: ne%-er before our weakness and there is now very little talk against a change In the system that will give us plenty; of soldiers as soon as we need them. ■ Perhaps after all Carranza may go down In history as having taught us more about protecting ourselves than all of the preparedness advocates in the country combined. TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE [ j —All would be well if only Carranza would coach his pet bandits not to play "off-side." —President Wilson Is going to estab lish one new record, anyway. After March 4 he is going to be our third living ex-President. —Our idea of extreme yellow Journal ism is the report of a Mexican news paper, on the day President Wilson i started to Philadelphia with his pri ! vate secretary, that he was "fleeing : with his Cabinet to Canada." —The story of the German submarine In Oreat Salt Lake reminds us that we haven't heard anything of the annual appearance of the seaserpent. —For a nation that has "wrested the control of the sea from England" the German navy displays a remarkable fondness for the inside of well forti fied harbors. Beauty as an Asset (El Paso Herald.) It is a source of pride to make a trip over El Paso these days and view , the pretty yards and lawns in the city. j It is a source of pride and congratu- I latlon both, because El Pasoans are so imbued with the civic spirit. It is a source of congratulation to know that j they are so persevering, for this has . been an unusually hard season on plants of all kinds, yet the result is the same that it always has been—green, ' grassy lawns bordered with beautiful trees, shrubs and flowers. There is no better advertisement for a city than pretty yards and lawns. They Indicate thrift, loyalty to city, civic pride, a love of the beautiful. Where such a spirit exists, people are prone to want to tarry. Visitors re alize that Is Is a community worthy of notice. If they are contemplating locating, they will as between a barren city and ope that shows evidence of pride, select the one where beautiy is given consideration. Not only is it more pleasing to the eye, but it assures the stranger that the people are Interested in the city where they live; that they are not merely "campers" for a few days. Beauty Indicates permanency; It Indi cates satisfaction on the part of those in a city with the city. It Is an asset worth while. Editor Eats His Words (Editor and Publisher) ' Mrs. Henry Peace forced Elmer L. Harris, editor of the Jones County (Miss.) Times, to eat half of his news paper, which contained an article she claimed damaged her character. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] What percentage of pureness do the tests show? Dally average for the year 1915, 93.94 Der cent. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LITTLE MILITARY TALKS By Capt. Geo. F. Lumb WOMEN IN WAR TT IS not the part of every woman to ' become a red cross nurse or to be 1 In the limelight of publicity by ostentatious charitable gifts. If every 1 mother, every sister and sweetheart could be brought to realize what a world of power they have over their | men they would be spurred on to! noble efforts in the cause of National Victory. E\ ery man Is cheered and encouraged ' b> a smile of approval or an apprecia tive word from one of the other sex that he knows and honors, to a far j greater extent that he would care to admit. Women with their wonderfully keen intuition often see the right thing to do before the slower reasoning of the ! man arrives at a oonclusion. By a feminine suggestion empires have beer, wrecked, aye and saved, noble aceds have been wrought by men until the history of the world mpy well be saia to have been changed tyv woman's approving smile. It is said of the Japanese women that when their nation is at war they' c rive off their men with the injunc tion to "come back victorious or ccn t return." The Anglo-Saxon man cannot be driven by his woman but he will serve her merest fancy, fig Tit for a nod of approval and die for her honor. Slothers! Sisters! Wives! "We need, you as never before! Strike us where! we are weak! Shame us in our folly' Let the devotion of Betsy Boss and Molly Pitcher illuminate your dally 1 conduct. Help us to be MEN! X. B.—-Throng;h a clerical error. In yesterday** article on the proper way to stand at "Attention," It was stated that the feet, turned out equally, should form with each other an anprle of ahout fiO desrrecs. The correct angle Is 4S degrees. General Hancock's Widow New York, July l.—The public fund raised by subscription in 1886 short ly after the death of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock for the benefit of Gen. Hancock's family is the subject of a suit filed in the Supreme court yester day by Louis D. Plcot, executor un der the will of Mrs. Almira B. Han cock. widow of Gen. Hancock, against the Guaranty Trust company, now cus todian of the fund. The executor asks the court to determine who is entit led to hold the money, now amountlnar to $47,471. " Passing of a Senator's Pants If Senator Blair Lee of Maryland can hold up his trousers till March next, his colleagues in the Senate will breathe easier. On that date, so the primaries have decreed, either Bepre sentative David Lewis, Democrat, or Dr. France, Bepublican, will take his place. Senator I«e's trousers are a contin ual cause of anxiety to the calm and cultured members of the Senate. Lee's trousers are hyphenates at variance with his coat. If he wears suspenders they are not doing their full duty, and the wonder Is that he has kept them In place since 1914. In the name of all that is noble and dignified in the annals of the United States Senate, let us fondly pray that Senator Blair Lee can avert a fall in pants till March next. Art Young In the July Metropolitan. OUR DAILY LAUGH - CONSOLING &WA THOUGHT. 'Tljl * thought you 1 were going to | complain about A Jr jH, last month's bill t No * *' m * oln ß \V «£/ rVJii to Blt q " lot and be I thankful that I '* burn gasoline to see by. TRY BACK comes to this flat, V MS he's sure to find r —— \ IN. MEXICO 70 The Story of a War in Which Every Battle Was a Victory For the Stars and Stripes. By J. HOWARD WERT Author of "'Twas 60 Tears Ago," published In the Harrisbur* Tele graph, June and July, 1913, In connection with the Great CelebraUon of tne Semicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg. WITH the dawn of morning, Sep tember 14, 1847 Scott's brave army entered the city of Mexico and marched Into the National Plaza in the center of the city, and, as the bands played "Yankee Doodle," the Star? and Stripes was unfurled from the National Palace and every public building. As. the different columns approach ed the center of the city, the troops were fired upon from windows, scaf folds and the tops of houses by a mob of several thousand of the city's out casts, called Leperos, and by the criminals that Santa Anna had turned out of the Jails. American artillery and riflemen were detached against Ihem with considerable effect. Still the firing and assassination of our sol diers in the streets continued all day aud was resumed on the following General Scott then notified the civil authorities that, unless they prevented any future outrages of that character, he would blow up every house from which a gun was fired. That curt and premptory threat did the work. In an hour's time the city was quiet and orderly. Scott was now virtually supreme governor of Mexico, and most wisely he exercised his immense power to restore order, put the wheels of in- EDITORIAL COMMENT The Colonel avers he Is out of poli tics; but we suspect he has ordered more.—Boston Herald. Indiana, mother of Vice-Presidents, this time presents the country with twins.—Chicago Dally News. To quiet Santo Domingo, why not try Government ownership of watermelon Journal. Wall Street thinks It is promoting a Bussian loan, but the real promoter is General Brussiloff.—New York World. Senator Crane's Achievement (North American Baview.) But the kingpin of the whole affair was Winthrop Murray Crane. Many months ago we directed attention x to the exceptional sagacity and wide vis ion of this extraordinary n)an. Of all the conspicuous members of the so called Old Guard, now happily shorn of power, he alone read aright the signs of the times, shaped his course i accordingly and emerged from a most difficult and delicate situation, master ed by himself with consummate Bkill, with Immensely enhanced prestige and without the loss of a friend. Since Wil liam C. Whitney successfully withstood the desperate efforts of the Hill-Gor man alliance In 1892 there has been no such exhibition of courage, determina tion and tact as that by Mr. Crane which in the early hours of the morn ing of Saturday, June 10, made sure the calling of Mr. Hughes upon the next ballot. Cupid Is Popular There is nothing In creation That will Interest us so, Or throughout the human system Badiate so warm a glow, Or to which so much attention By the world at large is paid, Or that has such approbation As the courting of a maid. Father Adam first began It Back In Eden, It is said. And as fast as countries peopled The contagion to them spread; And to-day there is no region Found beneath the shining sun Where a maiden is not courted And a maiden is not won. Cupid has a long engagement With the hearts of human kind. And will even shoot an arrow At an animal, I find; While the birds are special victims Of his all embracing darts, And the rascal never missca In the gunning after hearts. Not a Uving thing escapes him, High or low, or bound or free, In the palace, in the hovel, On the ground or in the tree; And the world is only happy And contented, I have found, With a dozen Cupid victims, Full of arrows, standing round. —Jake H. Harrison, Springflela Re publican. 1 JULY i, 1916. dustry In operation, and repair, in this fertile land, the ravages of war. His services as a. civil ruler were as Judici ous and far-sighted as his work In the field of battle had been courageous and glorious. With the capture'of the capital Scott's military career In Mex ico substantially terminated. For a short time Santa Anna went roaming around Mexico, hither and ♦hither, with some 4,000 troops, prin cipally cavalry, and a few pieces of artillery, announcing that he intended soon to do some wonderful things. His troops fought several battles in the vicinity of Perote, Puebla and other adjacent points upon which I cannot dwell in detail. Suffice to say that In each one of them Santa played his accustomed role of a vanquished man. The principal of these minor engage ments were fought with General Lane v.ho was advancing from the Gulf coast with a considerable body of ad, ditlonal troops. In the most import ant of these engagements, fought at 5?? . n -^ ar Atlixco, the Mexicans lost ill: killed and 300 wounded, while General Lane had one killed and one wounded. A previous engagement at Huaman-, t.a was featured by a charge of, the [Continued on Pag« 7] THE STATE FROM D/Y TO PffT Writing paper and stamps are said to be rarities at Camp Brumbaugh. Well, the latter^ is at least one staple article whose price cannot be affected by the war. In accordance with its usual cus tom, the Millersburg Sentinel has an nounced that (ts sheet will not be published next week, at which time the office employes will take their vacation. A postal card mailed in Philadelphia on November 16, 18 77 to Crosby and Brown, lawyers of Corry, reached its destination a day or so ago, having been in transit for 39 years, more or less. One of the membere of the firm is still living and received hie belated epistle. "The Stars and Stripes," says the West Chester Record, "are floating from many homes and they bid fair to remain out in sunshine and storm until the boys come marching home again." Harry K. Thaw, who at one time loomed as big in the public eye as the Flatlron Building to the visitor from the country, has been in and about Wellsboro and Pine Creek, where he visited former Governor Stone, hia erstwhile counsel. Thaw was the cen ter of curiosity wherever he went. The Mayor of Norristown has lifted the lid on a 'safe and sane Fourth," because he has an idea that the kiddles enjoy firecrackers and similar means of working off patriotic energy. Per haps he feels that the subject is de veloping too cranky characteristics and has some cure for tetanus. We really conceive a secret admiration for the Mayor, however. Margaret Ann Drake, the pride of Mercer, will enter high school next Fall at the age of eleven. Margaret Ann has our hearty respect. The Mayor of Columbia, at Gretna with the troops, has been appointed regimental adjutant with the rank of captain. The Mayor's ability to give orc.ers has evidently been carried over from bench to field. As the American flag ts raised to the breeze across the "Gateway of the Alleghenies," just east of Tyrone, where in the summer of 1898 the largest American flag in the world was unfurled to the breeze, the Tyrone P. R. R. Shop Band, one of the best in Pennsylvania, will pitch high the key o! patriotism. The Better Way Apparently the Germans have eo«T eluded that Auatriana are more ef fective against Ruaaia as prisoners who must be fed than as allies who must be financed and protected.— .Florida Times-Union. Bmtittg GH?al Farming is a tide ioue with Benjai main Franklin TJmbcrper. weli-knowi lawyer, former councilman and a men* bar of the City Planning Commission but It's the kind of ft »' de Issue that k giving: him heaps and heaps of satie faction. He finds real pleasure lti tel ing his friends of the great botaio crop h« js r«,(»iug and how all othir farmers in and about Duncannm where his experimental trucking is gj ing on, can hardly contain themselves for envy. The potatoes which he is growing are already beginning to pieh large rock over the side of the mom tain in order to make room for then selves; City Solicitor Seitz is go jeU ous that he goes out to his country place earlv every afternoon to gr 9 special treatment to his patch of jio tatoaa. As it looks now the enUrs legal fraternity Is likely to become de moralised before the summer is over in the effort to beat UKlberger In 1113 potato venture. * • * Richard B. Watrous. who Is secre tary of the American Civic Association and a former resident of HarrisVjrg. has broken into the "Congressonul Eecord,' through an Interesting article which originally appeared in tho Journal of American Instltu;e of Architects. As part of the remarks of Congressman William P. Bsrland, of Missouri the article was printed in full in the official organ of Congress. Its title was "Personal Observa;|ons of Some Developments lt> Homing in Europe," and the paper is fu| of in teresting suggestions. » • • Notice the way these traffic "cop pers" are wiping perspiration, re marking unkindly about the hot weather, and eyeing up the calendar now that summer is here asain? A few questions will soon explain thf> situation. Several weeks ago when th' 3 rain and cool weather kept even tin weather man awake at nights, the of-- fleers forgot all about the Mue shirtu and little white neckties they wora last summer, but since Old Sol is again on the job, and trying to make up for lost time, the traffic men are looking up the summer wardrobe for duty.. And they're all waiting th« orders to make the change, because as one o< them put It, "these coats ire getting pretty blamed hot." • • * The capricious Susqueharna. In an other of her strange, fitful moods, has Just completed another big job for the delight of canoeists and others whs take to the water. Opposite Hardscrabble is a densely wooded, quiet and cool little island, one of the "Double Flats." In the | scorching days of midsummer it is tho I retreat of many perspiring and wilted jones who would for the moment es cape the burning rays of the sun—not to mention the scores who find in it a quiet trysting place. Around this pretty spot in one of her dark moods the Susquehanna de posited some hundreds of tons of sand and coal that effectually blocked all efforts of canoeists from reaching th® | island. I That was perhaps four months ago. j In the past few weeks, during tho flood, the old river has changed her mind and in another of her capricious moments decided to undo all former work and, as with a scoop, dug out the entire sandbar so that now there is at least four feet of water entirely surrounding the shady retreat. But lest those who follow her her whims should forget her undisputed power, the Susquehanna has heaved up another and just as large a sand bar Just this side of Independence Is land. Just a trifle under water at the present time, this obstruction hes al ready been discovered by some icores of canoeists, to the distress of their aching arms and smouldering temper! When the waters recede to normal there will be SOME Job in store for all those enthusiasts who wish t» reach the Conodoguinet creek or th» other retreats of the West Shore. The Hope of Peace f the bowler that our troops are in Mexico. Mr. Wilson mus/ either insist upon freedom of movenpnt for American patrojs in the dhcretion rce mus! be with drawn altogether. It certainly can not be ordered bark to Aiserican ter ritory so long as handits are allowed to continue their depr«datlons by General Carranza's garrison In Chi huahua and Coahui^a. A considerable moblization ot troops in the norh by the provi sional government (ince relations with the United States became strained provea that Mexicn has the resources to police Its own territory. If Mr. Wilson can mat# the provisional government undentand that the ex peditionary force will not be with drawn unless )r>d until a well equipped army ot Mexicans is placed on the border to leal effectually with bandits, then thee will be a tangible hope of peace beween the two coun tries; not other^se. The Ownership of Land (Francis Anasa Walker) "I believe," wcte Emerson, "in the spade and an «re of good ground. Whoso cuts a stfilght path to his own bread, by the hllp of God In the sun and rain and siroutlng of the grain, seems to me pi universal workman. He solves the jroblem of life, not for one, but for alimen of sound body." In addition f> this, is the political interest which, the state has, that ns many as may fe of it# citizens be directly interated in the land Es pecially with popular institutions is there a strong assurance of peace, order, purity, i.*d liberty, where those who are to ma)|e the laws, to pay tha taxes, to rally |o the support of the government aglinst foreign Invasion or domestic vtoknee, are the proprie tors of the so{. Railroad Sfrike Threatened (Literary Digest.) With the failuic ot "the most im portant conferen e ever held by rep resentatives qf clpltal and labor," a tie-up of every hiportai\t railroad in the United Stateskooins as a possibility so ominous that the organs of publia opinion implore lie representatives oi the railroads ana their workers to ar rive at some agreement. There are, however, Sacialiftia an 4 labor Journal! whloh would wilcome the Usue, o4 would a few "ekpltallstte" Journal* which hope It woiild bring about a dc. cislve manifestation of public wrath against tho strike perhaps bearlni ,fruit In a compulsory-arbitration law.