8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded Itjl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. • Member American Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assoclat- Finle'y, Fifth Ave nue Buildlug, New cago, 111?" Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall. $3.00 a year in advance. _ SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 28 So, lest I be inclined ■ To render ill for ill, — Henceforth in me instill, O Ood, a sweet good will To all mankind. — Tilton. UNCLE SAM'S HUMILIATION PHILANDER C. KNOX has done more in a few speeches to illumi nate the Mexican situation than all that is contained in the statements and talks of the last two years. In his remarkable discussion of the issues of the present campaign at the Chestnut street auditorium in this city, he pointed out the impossible attitude of President Wilson from the very be ginning of the Mexican controversy. From direct and personal knowl edge, he made clear that notwith standing the de facto government of ' Mexico had signified its desire to make reparation for American lives and restitution for American property lost and that Huerta was the admitted constitutional head of the Mexican government, the Wilson administra tion still insisted that Huerta should go and that the dictum of Presi dent Wilson should be obeyed. All the long train of evils suc ceeding this arbitrary attitude at Washington has followed and while pretending that we have been "kept out of war" with Mexico, the United States has been expending millions In maintaining an army •on the Border and a punitive expedition into the In terior in an alleged hunt for Villa. It is inconceivable that any consid erable number of intelligent people will continue to listen with patience to the clamorous appeals of the Wilson supporters and to regard him as the "greatest statesman in the history of the country." A humiliated and disgusted people are only waiting the day when they can express at the polls their opinion of Wilson and his adminstration. All the great powers now look upon us with contempt and the positive harm which has been done the American people by the administration at Wash ington cannot be fully realized at this time. It is only as the attitude of formerly friendly nations is shown in an occasional remark or a published statement that we gather the real feel ing of the other nations toward us. What has happened with respect to • Mexico has characterized the interna tional diplomacy of a weak adminis tration from the outset. We are neither feared nor respected, not even by the distracted people south of the Rio Grande. One Jury has rendered a verdict against the Wilson administration. Some time ago Wilson appointed a cer tain "deserving Democrat" to an Im portant postmastership out West and the businessmen of the city filed a protest which questioned the integrity of the appointee. The objectors made their charges public and were sued for libel. The jury decided against the Wilson appointee. BROKEN PROMISES BROKEN promises mark the Wil son administration at every turn. Even its apologists are finding difficulty in squaring the Wilson pledges with tlie Wilson perform ances. Pretense and sham are char acteristics of the whole course of the administration. These apologists In sist that the present spotted prosper ity of the country is due to Demo cratic policies and the Underwood tariff bill, but those familiar with the operation of the Underwood act know that its immediate effect was to cause the balance of trade to run so heavily against us that business stagnation re sulted, bankruptcies Increased, em ployment of labor diminished and only because of the unusual demand for foodstuffs and munitions abroad was the most deplorable and depressing panic in the history of the country averted. War taxes were imposed to the ex tent of millions upon our people, in face of the contention of the Wilson defenders that "he has kept us out of war." The First Illinois Regiment was on* of the earlies to return from the Bor der. Its men had more than three months of "watchful waiting." Most of them gave up good jobs to respond to the "emergency" which called them out —an "emergency" which is now known to have heen only political and per sonally political to the President, at that. They returned, many of them, to find that not only had their time been sacrificed on the altar of Wilson's cam paign for re-election, but that they had lost their hold on the civilian employ ment which they formerly enjoyed. The Chicago Tribune canvassed the rcgi- mmi mm. l iwwiiwum - .1 SATURDAY EVENING, v > - SXHRISBT7HO ffjjgV TEI-EGRAPH OCTOBER 28, 1916. ment and found that at least 163 of the men admit that their jobs at home had been taken by others whIM they were down In Texas. These men know, as few others can, that they have/been kept out of the war, the imminence of which prompted them to enroll; and they also know that they are now kept out of a job. WILSON AND EIGHT-HOUR DAY WILSON Is now talking a great deal about the eight-hour day. He has said that it has received the sanction of society—but he does not tell when, member of so ciety, he concurred in thus sanction ing the eight-hour day. The date of his conversion can be fixed only nega tively. It must, however, we are sure, be subsequent to September, 1905. At that time Mr. Wilson was at Princeton and little concerned with the "rights of humanity" and still less with the outcome of elections. To him, at that period of his life, wrote Professor Frank Parsons, then an of ficer in the Bureau of Economic Re search. He invited Professor Wilson to join with other writers and teachers of economics in signing these declara tions: 1. We favor the eight-hour day. 2. Believing that the eight-hour day means a longer and richer life, a fairer diffusion of wealth and power, a better citizenship and a higher civilization through leisure for education, recreation, civic and social life, we welcome each step in the progress of the eight-hour movement and earnestly hope for the success of the typographical unions in their efforts to secure the eight-hour day. Professor Wilson refused to sign this, saying: It seems to me that nothing of this sort can be decided thus in the abstract and that no valuable con clusion can be arrived at except by a real discussion of specific cases. That study of that specific case he did not give; would not give, it is probable. Yet he rendered an eager ; assent to the demands of the railroad , brotherhoods, without study. Why? In 1905 he was not a candidate for of- , fice, he cared nothing for the votes of any set of men and still less for the conditions under which they work. ! Which is his real and true opinion— ! that of 1905 or that of 1916? Not in years have the colored men rallied to a cause in this city as have j the negro citizens united in the sup- ; port of Charles Evans Hughes. At the I big meeting in the Courthouse this week, the speeches were eloquent and forceful, and reference was made re- j peatedly to the changed conditions at j Washington and elsewhere dnder the Wilson regime. FARM IX)AN BANKS NOT only in the North, but also in j the Southland, the farm loan plan of the Wilson administra- 1 tion is severely criticised as imprac tical and not what was promised. Speaking at Memphis, the head of the Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association of America said: If my diagnosis is correct, it will I lead to a period of agricultural I speculation and expansion which will prove disastrous to the pro posed beneficiaries. This is precisely the opinion of the scheme which was voiced by the farmers who gathered on Capitol Hill the other day to consider the location of a Federal farm bank in the eastern section of the country. They did not hesitate to say that the proposed financial scheme in its present form would prove disappointing through out the East, especially in view of the fact that farmers are able to make better financial arrangements with their own local banking institutions than could be possible under the farm loan bank act as enacted by the last Congress. "I wouldn't take a million dollars apiece for them," said James Kearny, of Scranton, gazing fondly on his newly arrived quadruplets. And we violate no confidence in observing. Mr. Kearny, that even at a much lower figure bid ding would not he what you might term lively. PROUD OF HIS HOME TOWN THE Telegraph likes the way Edson J. Hockenbury goes about let- j ting folks of the various cities in which he conducts his Y. M. C. A. and other campaigns know where he lives when he is at home. Mr. Hock enbury Is a modest man, as anybody acquainted with him knows, but in the very nature of his work it is neces sary for his picture to appear in print with considerable frequency. And when it does, right underneath his name the reader will find the words —"Of Harrisburg, Pa." Mr. Hocken bury is a "citizen of no mean city" and by the same token he is no "mean citizen," so that credit is reflected both ways when the well-known cam- I palgner signs it "Edson J. Hbcken- I bury, of Harrisburg, Pa." | "Flour eleven dollars a barrel." Hur ; rah for the "worklngman's friend," who ; thus keeps his promises to "reduce the ; high cost of living caused by the I dreadful tariff." HINTS IX)R THE SUBURBS THE milk and ice cream regula tions adopted by Harrisburg should be extended to cover the | whole district surrounding. Harrls- I burg has come to mean so much more than the mer territory within its offi cial boundaries that the full force and benefit of local regulations are lost | it they are not adopted by the com munities roundabout which are parts of the city in all but name. To be a healthful, progressive city all of the little towns that have sprung up around Harrisburg on every side must bo healthful and progressive, too. The Legislature recognized this condition when it gave the city plan ning commission jurisdiction three miles out from the city limits, and the health boards could with profit folloV this example. Mr. Bsker has conveniently forgotten Just what he said about the Revolution ary heroes —but the voters have not. BLOCKING TRAFFIC ATTENTION has repeatedly been called to the Intolerable condi tions at the Federal building. For many months Locust street and the sidewalk •Joue the post office have been almost closed by the mate rials and machinery of the contractors on the never-ending renvedellng job. Unless the Department of Highways does something to improve the situa tion, legal action Is threatened to com pel a reasonable attitude by the con tractor. If these Mexican disturbances keep up it may be written & little later that I "he kept us out of war—until after 1 I election," I editorial comment"! I Thirty-one American authors have [ | come out for Hughes, after denounc-j ing Vance C. McCormlck's hyphenate! plot as unfit for the purposes of high •grade fiction. —New York Sun. i You have the right idea, Johanna. The ' silent vote will speak most effectively ;on election day.—Cincinnati Commer cial. This "drift to Wilson" Is a rather | cute Democratic device. Just ask the hopeful Democrat who sees the "drift" to name those who are drifting.— I Johnstown Tribune. j The news that several Americans were killed in a battle In Santo Do mingo will be the first Information ! most Americans have that this country is carrying on a little war In a country that the administration happened to de cide was not to determine Its own des tiny.—Kansas City Star. Why doesn't Vance McCormick claim Wilson'will carry the "State of War" that exists between the U. S. and Mexico? —Sharon Herald. LETTERS TO THE EDITOT) The Hughes College League To the Editor of the Telegraph: The Hughes National College League, with headquarters In New York City, has been formed for the purpose of securing concerted action on the part of a class of voters in be half of the Republican and Progres sive candidate, Charles Evans Hughes. Local branches of this league are formed throughout the country at the request of the national officers. No financial obligation accompanies mem bership in this league, but those be coming members are called upon and expected to get out on the firing line and lay before the voting public a clear and concise explanation of the many and extremely important issues of this campaign and to give concrete and unanswerable explanations and convincing arguments why the voters should case their ballots for Hughes. To aid them in his work, literature will be sent the members from the national headquarters. Too often those who are most quali fied and capable of taking an active part In politics and in political affairs, merely go, to the polls and vote, and in a great many instances, do not vote at all. Political conditions are what they are in most cases because the man who should vote and knows how to vote does not vote at all. No man 1 can claim himself a good citizen unless at every election he exercises his greatest duty, that of voting and vot ing right. Therefore, any effort to arouse the voting public to its duty should be met with the heartiest approbation. And that is what the Hughes College League is doing. Thousands of men who, heretofore, have never taken an Interest in politics are now devoting days and nights in giving their best efforts, realizing that it is their solemn duty not only to vote themselves but to instill others with the same idea and to explain to them the especial importance of this campaign. The success of the local branch has been little short of remarkable. It is already a force in this campaign lo cally in the same degree that the national branch is nationally, and all local members automatically become members of the National League. It is giving unbiased, unprejudiced and unselfish service in behalf of the next President, Charles Evans Hughes. SECRETARY of the Local Branch. REPLIES TO "UNKNOWN" To the Editor of the Tetesrapli: Permit me to reply to the letter in the Telegraph on Thursday, October 26th, signed "Unknown." The Associated Aid Societies receiv ed' approximately twenty-five (25) tele phone calls, requesting the name and address of the family to which the writer refers. Will any one say that It would be i well to have given the Information j asked in each Instance? v We respect the privacy of the fam- I lly just as much as any giver may de- j sire to respect his own privacy in the ' matter of. giving. The secretary desires to say to the ; writer that he does not believe at any time in giving names and addresses to "Unknowns." He has had sufficient ex perience on this point, especially when the inquiry concerns a woman and children. * It is easily possible for any person to send money to the office of the Asso ciated Aid Societies anonymously. A number of gifts have coqne for this particular family In this way and they reached' the family just as surely as if sent direct. The help that the Associated' Aid So cieties gives is never meager, but al ways adequate and supplies every need, beyond that would be waste. Organized charity is not making per sonal service Impossible. Many fami lies and many helpless children come to us with their needs. We are always gfkd to make use of personal service, as well as money, in supplying these needs and there Is always a need of both. "Unknown" will be welcome at any time at our office. We will be glad to make use of his service, and while do ing it, will respect the confidence of the "left hand." Very truly yours, JOHN YATES, General Secretary, the Associated Aid j Societies. Library Tabl&J_ minutki WITM TH BMU t HMAtlNfit^^Sea "The Toners of ilium." by Ethelyn Leslie Huston (George H. Doran Co.). More or leas dangerous for the young and unthinking in that it tears the con ventions to shreds and raises the com mon law to a high standard by sanc tioning an illegal marriage and crown ing It with happiness. June Kerriss, a popular college girl, frivolous and thoughtless, suffers be reavement and loss of fortune and is precipitated into loneliness. Enter problems of femlnlnism, of maternity, and the daring of a woman to choose the father of her child. A happy con clusion is reached in spite of the shock to society. The book is delightfully written. "The More Excellent \Vr," by Cvrus Townsend Brady (Putnams). A 'tale of m#dern society and the divorce question, with the scenes laid In New York, Sorrento, Bermuda, and Reno. Harely has an author, without