16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Fouwded iSu Published evenings except Sunday by THE TKI.EtiKAI'H PRIXTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. ST \CIv T - }LE, J'rcs t end F.ditor-in-ChUf B". R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QV3 Managing Editor t Member American Newspaper Pub- j llshers' Assocla- ! tlon. The Audit 1 Bureau of Clrcu- ] lation and Penn- I sylvarla Assoclat- : ed Dailies. Eastern office, j Flnley, Fifth Ave- \ nue Building. New ! ern office. Story, ! Brooks & Fin- ! ley. People's Gas cago. 111. j Entered at the Post Office in Harris- I burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a ;.s-istO week; by mall. J3.00 a year in advance. j FRIDAY EVENING. NOV. 3 We shall not succeed In life's hard fight, even though ice have every equip ment for victory, unless, plus all else.' tee have faith in God. and refer every thing to Him. —J. R. MILLER. i OUR WATER SUPPLY r* should not have been necessary \ for Dr. MofTatt to have come so j vigorously to the defense of Harris- ; burg's water supply as he felt called upon to do in his special report to Council this week. The question of its purity never should have arisen. ; Roth the city and the State have kept close tabs on it. Analysts is made j daily both from the tap and at the filler plant. Among those acquainted ! with the precautions taken there was never a moment's fear of contami- I nation during the typhoid fever out- ' break. Harrisburg has one of the best filter plants in the world. It has been used r.s a model by many cities. Our water supply is uniformly good the year 1 around anu has been ever since the filter was put into operation. Nevertheless, it does no harm to be ; lea&sured, especially by such an expert | in his line as Dr. MofTatt. "Should a fool admit his folly?" asks Ed. Howe in his monthly. Dear Ed.: j We never found It necessary. A vote against the high school loan is equivalent to kicking your little sou in the face. THE PAY ENVELOPE FIRST WE have heard much this cam paign of the President's peace policies, of hjs welfare legisla tion, of his recently found friendship for the labor unions that once he con- j demned. All very well! Nobody will deny that peace Is desirable, that welfare legislation Is of: vast benefit and that the eight-hour; law is all that both Mr. Wilson and i Mr. Hughes have said of It. But what good Is there In peace, or welfare laws or an eight-hour day If ; there is no work for us to do Aid no pay envelope at the end of the week? 1 Men! The big Issue of this cam paign is that pay envelope! It is the fundamental upon which rests the whole structure of government, and society and advancing civilization. Every father of a family knows that before lie can give attention to problems of society he must provide \ a living for the wife and little folks at home. If the cupboard be bare. It must be filled. That must be attended to before the man of the family can think of anything else. So, after all, the question of whether or not the dinner ppil and the cup- j board at home are to be full or empty | is the prime consideration of every political campaign In the United; States into which the question of a i high or low tariff enters. It is of supreme importance, there- j fore, for the industrial, farming.' manufacturing and labor interests,; and for business generally, that a Re- j publican Congressman be elected from ! this district next Tuesday. A vote for the Republican Con gressional nominee and for Charles' E. Hughes for President means the! return to power of the Republican l party next March. Return of the Republican party to control of the Government and Con gress will mean a protective policy for American labor, Industries and farm products, which labor and Industry and our farmers do not now enjoy under the Underwood near-free tariff law. This law took the protection oft Northern products and left it on Southern products. The legislation was In the interest of the South, a small section of our country. This section is now In control of Congress and the Federal Government. Under the first ten months of the Underwood tariff law nearly four million workers were out of employ ment and bankruptcies were frequent. The European war began and a fever ish prosperity, "resulting principally from the sale of munitions of war " and supplies to the European belliger ents, occurred. If it had not been fof the war the same condition which existed for ten months under the Underwood Tariff law, prior to the beginning of the conflict, would exist to-day. • The European war is certain to end and unless the Republican party is in power, with establishment of a, pro tective tariff policy for American labor. Industries and farm products, millions of workers will again be out of mployment, factories will close, the farmers will experience low prices. FRIDAY EVENING, - EXARRIBBURG tl&Bfe TEI.EGRAPH NOVEMBER 3, 1916. an<4 we will have the worst financial, industrial and agricultural conditions in our liistory. The European armies will return to farming and manufacturing the war ends, and they will be able to produce manufactured articles and farm products much cheaper than can be done In the United States. I If these products of cheap European labor are allowed to "come into the United States under the Underwood low tariff law, many of them freo of duty, American labor under Its higher wage scale, American farmers under their better standards of living, and American manufacturers will not be able to resist this foreign invasion. The Wilson administration is a dis mal failure. It is a failure in its economic policy under the Under wood low tariff law. Tho Treasury is bankrupt. If the citizens of this district want these conditions changed and i desire a strong, able government In Wash ington, with a Republican House and Senate pledged to the protection of American labor, industries, farm pro ducts and business, they will vote the Republican ticket next Tuesday. It is the old question of the pay envelope and the dinner pail. Do you want them, or do you want another season like that of 1913-14? Do you want Hughes and prosperity or Wilson and no work at the end of the war? That 515,000 rose must be one of the kind they sell tn Harrisburg at Easter. TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH struck two soundings notes this week when ho took up the subjects of water supply conservation and the purification of the State's milk sup ply. Both arc closely related to the public welfare —the former in a man ner that the people at large understand but vaguely; the other Is a factor in the daily life of every household. As to our water supply, the address of the Governor before the flood con trol conference covered that fully. In a remarkably graphic manner he outlined his vision of the problems to be met and the great public service to be performed. The speech was heard by an all too small audience. It ought to be published in pamphlet form for general distribution. When Pennsylvania's great mountains of coal all shall have been mined, when the oil wells shall have been pumped dry and natural gas shall be but a memory, the people will have to look to our streams for fuel, and light and power. It Is our greatest asset, this immense and unfailing supply of water: for it renews itself as fast as we make use of It. How It Is to be harnessed and saved to the public, and safeguarded and Its power for work Increased, the Governor has out lined and the State's experts will put into form for the consideration of the Legislature. A half century of work is in sight. The milk situation is scarcely less important, but it presents a problem which can, and should, be given . Im mediate attention. State inspection of dairies is the only solution. If the milk is protected at its ource it will be comparaUvely easy for cities, to protect It from contamination while being delivered to the consumer. The Governor has taken a broad, comprehensive view of both these Im portant matters, and the next Legisla ture should give him support In com plying with recommendations he doubtless will make. What has become of the prophet who was so busy telling us a few weeks back that the Progressives are for Wil son? IIKR REASONS EVERY mother who is In doubt concerning conditions In Mexico and where the fault lies should read the new book of Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, wife of the acting American ambassador to Mexico duf ing and for some time before the seiz ure of Vera Cruz. In the light of Mr. Knox's revelations at Chestnut Street hall last evening it will prove inter esting. Mr. Knox, who was attorney general under the Taft administration, said that when Taft left office he had exacted from Huerta a promise to make full reparation for all wrongs to Americans in Mexico and the re bellion that existed \t-as small and could easily have been put down. President Wilson at once determined that Huerta. recognieed as President by his awn people, the Mexican courts and Congress and by England, Ger many, Japan, France and the other great powers, as President, must go. With these facts in mind, read Mrs. O'Shaughncssy's reasons why she is for Hughes: I am for Hughes because with my own eyes 1 have seen the destruc tion of a nation; with mv own ears I have heard the cries of that bleeding, agonized remnant of what three years ago was the Mexican people; I have seen, under the auspices of the Democratic admin istration, organized government de stroyed in r sovereign state— whose ereatest misfortune at this time is to be our neighbor. 1 have seen authority de.nrojed as certain ly as if we had taken the ma chinery of administration into our physical hands and broken it. And in regard to all this 1 have seen in stalled an organized campaign of misrepresentation whare the wrongs of this sister nation are concerned —whereby the cries of the people have been stifled, their agonies con cealed. their rights—their human rights—trampled to earth. I have seen the House of God profaned, the ministers of Christ cast into Ignomy. holy women defiled. And last, but r.ot least. 1 have seen our citizens, whose right to protection there Is as Indisputable as that of the sons of England. Germany, France, Spain. Japan, despoiled of the fruits of honest labor. Our wo men have been outraged, our chil dren tortured, our men left to lie in their blood. Now. with the help of God. and confiding In the under lying greatness of our nation, I hope for the vindication of our honor where other nations are con cerned —and the performance of our duty where our own people are con cerned. I am for Hughes—because I believe a man has arisen who, as Chief Executive, will safeguard our most precious possessions on land and sea—at home and abroad—our national honor. "If they only had a Woodrow Wilson in Europe," wails a Democratic ex change. If Germany had a Woodrow Wilson the Alließ would be In Berlin. If England had a Woodrow Wilson the Germans would be In London. The prospect Is, Indeed, bright. "PoOtcc* U By the Ex-Coromltteeman The liveliest presidential campaign waged In Pennsylvania by the Repub licans since the "sound money" days of ISS6 will be closed to-morrow night with meetings in every county. The big cities will have dozens of meetings and there will be literally hundreds held throughout the State. The Demo i ratlc onslaught, engineered by Wash ington placeholders and carried out by Soul hf rn congressmen and officials from south of the Maryland line, has been ended and has helped the Re publicans because it has shown what continuation of Democratic adminis tration means. : The Democratic state campaign, scuttled at the start in order to fur inish sinews of war for the national committee, has practically ended and the wild statements of State Chairman ! Guffey, who has emerged from the shadows a&aln, and the sudden pub licity given by Democratic organs to certain candidates 011 the State ticket arc about the final outbreaks. Tho manner in which the Demo cratic state ticket has been shunted on hidings In order to play up the national committee, in which Demo cratic state bosses are figures, has been one of the remarkable features of the campaign In Pennsylvania. The names of the state candidates are s-carcely ever mentioned by the Demo cratic writers and when they do men tion them they show lack of familiarity by giving the wrong initials or not giv ing them at all. The newspaper owned by the Democratic national chairman to-day styles the Democratic senatorial nominee "A. Orvis." when he was christened Ellis L. Orvis. and it does not even give the initials or first name of the Democratic candidate for Auditor General. "Jim" Cramer, who got on the ticket without consent of the bosses, gets perfunctory mention and the Democratic candidates for Congress at large get the same treat ment as that accorded them by the designers oi the Democratic banner in the State's capital city—they are left out. —Republican state candidates, who notable greetings last night in Norristown, Doyelstown, Bristol and Philadelphia, are being cheered by the receptions they receive ajid the prospects are for a fine State majority. The campaign party will divide to night. Senator Snyder will speak In Chester and Philadelphia and others will go to the anthracite region and to Adams county. To-morrow Senator Snyder will speak in Pottsville and other candidates will separate. Con gressman Crago speaking in Scott dale. Congressman Garland in Pitts burgh. Congessman Scott in Altoona and Candidate McLaughlin in Phila delphia. —William Draper Lewis, who speaks for Hughes in Philadelphia to-nlghf, will be the speaker at Altoona with Scott to-morrow. —A Norristown dispatch says: "Re publicanism looked mighty good in •Montgomery county last night, gauged by the packed house and enthusiasm which prevailed at the rally with Phi lander C. Knox as the principal speaker and Senator Snyder and Con gressman Watson as other speakers. Kr.ox told of breaks of the promises and pledges which strew the pathway of the Wilson administration, of the depredations and carnage caused in Mexico by its vacillating and improper policies upon the American public by claims of efficiency and beneficence, including Its claims that he 'kept us out of war,' is a friend of labor and the friend of children. He declared the Adamson law does not prevent the employment of children. 'Why,' he said, 'there Is nothing in the act that prevents the of suckling babes if it were possible to work them.' Concluding, he said: 'Wilson signed the Adamson bill with four pens and we are told that he signed the child labor bill with emotion. I expect he winked the other eye and :ald, "I've put another one over on the American people." "He kept us out of war!" The natural question is, 'What war? War with what coun 4ry? What country ever menaced this country with war? Certainly none within the past three and a half years'." —Governor Brumbaugh left the William Penn Highway party at Fas ten yesterday afternoon and went on a speechmaklnsr tour of New Jersey. The Governor will continue It to-day and to-night will be one of the speakers in Ashury Park, toirether with a num ber of distinguished men. —Gcrmantown had an old-fashioned town meeting last nielit when Repub licans from all over that district gath ered. A feature of the night was the meeting upon the platform of Town Hall of former rivals for the Repub lican nomination for Auditor General. State Senator Charles A. Snvder, of Schuylkill, the successful candidate at •bp popular primaries, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Charles A. Ambler, of Montgomery county, his competitor. Speaker Ambler, who had preceded Senator Snyder at the meet ing, grasped the hand of "the pride of the anthracite coal fields" as he walked up on the stage. Daniel F. Walters, a well-known manufacturer, presided et the meeting. —Tn spite of the methods being em ployed up the State, friends of Con gressman C. H. Rowland, of Clearfield county, say that he will be re-elected to Congress. Mr. Rowland is the man who carried the Twenty-first district when Secretary of Agriculture Patton retired from Congress two years ago. ■ —Friends of T. W. Temnleton. Re nobPrpn candidate for Consrress In Luzerne county, say that he can win if be is backed up strongly. Templeton bus been aided bv the Repuhlican state committee, but some of his friends think that there should have more help extended by State officials in that section. —Election of Justice Walling to the Sun-r-me rourt for the full term Is t.rodictod in many parts of the State. The iustlne will cet n flattering vote In the western taction and will bo well supported in the central and eastern districts. —Tonerersman John R. K. Scott, who has just finished a campaign tour throuith Pennsylvania during which he ' (sited one-third of the counties of the State, predicted an overwhelming vlc s launched inst nlsrht when the resmlar reorganization Democratic ex ecutive comm'ttee of the Forty-third ward met at York road and Venango rtreet and unanimously adopted reso lutiops nledging Its support to Presi dent Wilson, but its opposition to Mr. Ddnohoe." It would seem that Chairman Gnffey has work for his ex In Philadelphia. —Alderman George D. Herbert, candidate of the Democratic voters and not of the Democratic bosses for senator, won again to-day in the race for first pace publicity with the can didate of the bosses but not of the voters of the Dauphin Democracy. Tho alderman has been on the first page twice in succession. —Senator Franklin Martin, who has finished a tour of the four counties of his district, is well satisfied with the outlook and his friends predict that he will give Scotty Lelby a spanking. Scotty has been making lots of noise but he is not talking so much about bosses as he was for a time. He Is commencing to find some in his own party. —Monroe county, which is always Democratic on national issues. Is being given careful attention by the Demo cratic machine this year for some rea son or other. A. Mitchell Palmer had Carter Glass appear at a mass meet ing in Stroudsburg last night. There was much redtlre and Palmerlan oratory. —From all acounts a first-class row has broken out in Philadelphia be tween the Republicans over the ap propriation bill and tho tax rate. The fight started; in council yesterday. —State Factory Inspector Albert Karahan, of Siblnsville, got his walk ing papers yesterday, largely because of mixing In politics. In his place was named A. Dee Kemp, of Nelson, who Is said to be backed by the in dependent Republican element. —Philander C. Knox who finished his eastern tour last night, is to be the speaker at a big mass meeting to be held in Pittsburgh to-morrow night. Mr. Knox has been greeted by large crowds everywhere. —Democratic State Chairman Jo seph F. Guffey, *rho was busy "carry ing" Pennsylvania for Wilson two weeks ago, is out again. He now sees a "conspiracy" to impencn the Gov ernor. The historic old town. Duncannon. which seemed to be sleeping for sev eral years after the old iron com pany stopped, is now one of tho bus iest "Iron Towns" along the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad. The mills that a year ago were a roosting place for bats are now a blazing in ferno of smoke and heat. The Idle men who lined the streets are now horny-handed vulcans. The Euro pean war has left its mark of pros perity on the town and if our Iron In dustries are protected by a good tariff after the war, one may hope for a real. Instead of an artificial prosperity in Duncannon. The thousands of workers who recently attended the Republican rallies at Duncannon, Marysvllle and Newport show un doubtedly how well they realize the truth about the prosperity that they new enjoy. REPUBLICAN TICKET For President, Charles Evans Hughes, of New York For Vice-President, Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana For Auditor General, Charles A. Snyder, of Pottsville For State Treasurer, Harmon M. Kephart. of Connellsvllle For Congress-at-Large, Thomas S. Crago, of Waynesburg M. M. Garland, of Pittsburgh * Joseph McLaughlin, of Philadelphia John R. K. Scott, of Philadelphia For Congress—lSth District Aaron S. Kreider, of Annville For Senator. Edward E. Beidleman. of Harrisburg For Representative, First District Augustus Wildman and J. W. Swartz Second District, Ira E. Ulsh and DavUl J. Bechtold For Mine Inspector, Charles J, Price, of Lykens Nonpartisan Ticket, Supreme Court, Emory A. Walling, of Erie | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" WHY THIS PROGRESSIVE IS FOR HIUHKS i To the Editor of the Teiegraph: | lam a Progressive. I had devoutly hoped for the con tinued existence of the Progressive ■ parly. Hut when it became evident that , there would be no Progressive ticket. I : turned with open mind to make mv l choice between the two candidates in the field. My decision has now been made. ; lam for Justice Hughes, and against , President Wilson. One reason why I support Hughes is ■ that I believe only a truthful man should be President. Charles E. Hughes has never been known to believe one thing and say another, lie has invari ably said what he meant, and meant what he said. Moreover, he is incap , able of believing two contradictory j things at one and the same time. He ' has never blown hot and cold with the 1 same breath. In short, he has never . been known to lie. One of the reasons why I oppose Wil son is that he teaches cowardice. I ■ might condone his own congenital weakness, but I cannot forgive him foi i becoming Professor of Cowardice to I the American people, and for trying to break down their normal fiber. Permit me to recall one of many in stances where his teaching was dis i gracefully effective: The Lusitania disaster occurred on . May 7. Three days later President Wilson delivered an address in Philadelphia, i which was reported as follows in the ! New York Times: "President Wilson said: • • • • The example of America must be a spec ; ial example, it must be an example not ■ merely of peace because it will not fight, but because peace is a healing and I unifying influence in the world and strife Is not. " 'There is such a thing as a man be- I ing too proud to fight, there Is such a j thing as a nation being so right, that ' it does not ned to convince others by force that It is right.' "These remarks precipitated a tumult of applause • • ♦ " says the Times, "attended by the waving of thousands of American flags." and adds: "In clos ing his address. Mr. Wilson said: 'I ought not to be away from Washington ! and yet 1 feel that this has renewed my | spirit as an American." " I misrht possibly forgive Mr. Wilson for uttering such despicable senti ments as those voiced in Philadelphia. , were it not as our national Professor 'of Cowardice, he teaches our good l American people to arrest such disgrace ; ful statements; with "a tumult of ap : plause" and "the waving of thousands of American flairs." ONE PROGRESSIVE VOTER. Vote For Hughes'Unless You Believe: That "honor" means surrender. That nominal "peace" means actual war. That fair play to the people means keeping secret until after election the Lusitania reply of February 18. That upholding American rights means delay In refusing $5,000 for every Lusitania life. That temporary Imaginary gain for labor means more steady progress through arbitration. That "civil service" means reward of politicians. That "saluting the flag" means tramp ling upon it. That "preparedness' means the resig nation of the war secretary who advo cated it. That "devotion to public service" means Bryan, Daniels, Baker, et al. That "economy" means unprecedented wastefulness. That "needed appropriations" means pork barrel. That "eight-hour law" means one tempting men to work beyond eight hours for extra pay. That a "proper tariff" means one which had us at the verge of panic until war came. That "firm government" means vacil lation. tempotlzing, compromise and ab dication of principle. That declaration for a "single term" means playing politics for a second term. That promise to "reduce" cost of liv ing means unparalleled Increase. That "hero of our revolution" means Mexican brigand. I THE CARTOON OF THE PAY r n ' 1 ' IWUJMI —From the Indlnuniiolla !\'ev "IF WE ELECT MR. WILSON"--- AS OWEN WISTER SEES IT IN THIS \ WEEK'S ISSUE OF COLLIER'S (Continued From Yesterday.) To believe that Mr. Wilson has kept us out of war with Germany is to be lieve a delusion, and a delusion every whit as complete as that our streaks of prosperity are due to him and not to the sudden emergency of Europe. Our prosperity rests on a volcano; and it Is not Mr. Wilson who has kept us from war with Germany: it is the Emperor of Germany himself. This is no mere opinion or guess of mine; it can be shown easily. Some of the Kaiser's subjects did want war with us, but he wanted it so little at this time that his efforts to explain to his subjects how undesirable such a war would be at this time have been published and are widely known. And there exists printed proof that the Kaiser has contemplated war with us as a future possibility. To his Cab inet in Potsdam in June, 1908, just after the successful testing of a Zep pelin airship, he spoke of his plans and ambitions; and this is what he said concerning ourselves: "You will desire to know how the hostilities will be brought about. My army of spies, scattered over Great Britain and France, as it is over North and South America, as well as In all other parts of the world where Ger man Interests may come into clash with a foreign power, will take good care of that. . . . "Even now I rule supreme In the United States. . . . No American ad ministration could remain in power against the will of the German voters. This speech may be found in the New York "Times" of Sunday, March 12, 1916, where there is much more of it, and where its authenticity appears —if anybody at this time of day is still unaware that the Kaiser had plans of conquest which included us. And equally authentic are the proofs that this present war blocked and made so utterly impossible and dangerous for Germany any war between her and the United States that from the very first what the Kaiser hoped for and played for was our friendship. Is it forgotten already that he addressed Mr. Wilson personally for this object? That soon he sent his special emissary. Dr. Dernburg, over here to write-ar ticles and make addresses to win our sympathy? It was after these and all other efforts failed to change the gen eral American opinion about the war, | and Dr. Dernburg had returned to (Germany, that the object became to keep us out of. the war. Proof of this will be furnished a little further on, proof that Germany's one apprehen sion was henceforth that the Allies might manage to persuade us to take active sides with them, and thus dis astrously increase her difficulties. Ger many's game has been to see how far she could go without enraging us suf l ficiently to declare war against her. I This was plain to every observer ex cept, apparently, Mr. Wilson. He dodged and ducked and ran from a perfectly imaginary bogy. Early in the game Germany had not "got Mr. Wil son's number." She thought he might be another Roosevelt. She remember ed what had happened in December, 1902. Roosevelt's Way With the Kaiser. While Mr. Roosevelt was President some of Venezuela's European credit ors grew Impatient to be paid. Ger many was one of these, and the Kais er judged it a good moment to try a little experiment with the United States in fact (if the expression may be permitted), he decided to "monkey" with the Monroe Doctrine. But this in volved also "monkeying" with Mr. Roosevelt. German ships had been maintaining what the Kaiser (with a verbal Ingenuity almost equal to Mr. Wilson's "disentangling alliances") called a pacific blockade on Venezu elan ports. Mr. Hay, then Secretary of State, objected to this, pointed out that such infringement of the rights of neutral nations to trade with Vene zuela was out of the question; and he suggested arbitration of the creditors' claims. The Kaiser decided that this was the time for the monkeying to begin. He declined to arbitrate, and severed diplomatic relations wifh Venezuela. Bombardment and occu pation of her ports was the next thing in order —but just here Mr. Roosevelt stepped In. He began, of course, with talking, and speedily grew tired of talking and of Germany's evasive replies. He sent for the Ger man ambassador, Dr. von Holleben. He said: "If Germany still declines to arbitrate by noon ten days from now. Admiral Dewey will go with our warships to the Venezuelan coast and see to it that there is no taking posses sion of territory there." "But the Kaiser has declined to arbitrate," said Dr. von Holleben; "he never changes his rnind." "With that I've nothing to do," said Mr. Roosevelt. "I am through with talking. I am simply telling you what Admiral Dewey will do, and this may be of interest to the Kaiser." When nothing had hap pened after seven days, Mr. Roosevelt said to Dr. von Holleben: "Have you heard from Berlin yet?" "No." said the ambassador. "Then," said Mr. Roosevelt, "Admiral Dewey will sail one day earlier than I named—he'll sail in forty-eight hours from now— unless I hear that your imperial mas ter will consent to arbitrate. If he does (since we've had talk only, and there's no written record of it to em barrass anybody), I'll openly praise him as if the plan had been his own. But if he doesn't. Admiral Dewey sails In forty-eight hours." In thlrty-slx hours Dr. von Holleben had the Kaiser's dispatch that he would arbi trate. Nobody ever knew; not even Admiral Dewey. There had been or ders merely to be ready—but what for was not told. Thereupon Mr. Roose velt publicly and gracefully hailed the Kaiser as arbitration's true friend, and the incident was closed. "The whole American nation, and not merely the Eastern press, stands behind the President (about.the Sus sex). ... If there is one thing obvious, it is the hope which our ene mies pin on the entry of America into their ranks. . . . Germany will be strong enough not to do its enemies this favor. On the contrary, it is hop led that while preserving our national dignity an understanding will be [reaphed as to how, without dimin ishing our power of action, we can [maintain relations with America. . . . ;In this diplomatic battle . . . we will not suffer another enemy to be forced on us against our will, nor will we . . . allow ourselves to get into conflict | with the material and human re sources of undoubtedly the richest na tion o£the white race." The whole of this interesting article may be read in j the New York Times of Mav 2, 1916. Does this look as if it was Mr. Wil son or the Kaiser who was keeping : us out of war? 1 * * * j No American will readily believe ithat millions of his fellow countrymen ! do ,lof mind having their faces slapped if only it's done diplomatically, and | notes are written about it. It is so jYinllke our past. It Is so unlike a past jas near as the Spanish war. There ; must be some less unpalatable way of accounting for tho general satisfac tion with Mr. Wilson that still ap ! parently prevails in many parts of our j country. And perhaps the explanation : comes back to our love of oratory. I We have always believed (for a while, | anyhow) in the man who could utter high-flown sentiments on a platform. I There was Mr. Bryan. Since it took , thousands and hundreds of thousands | of the American people some twenty | years to find Air. Bryan dut, to dis i cover that he was merely a talker: how long will it. take them to find out | Mr. Wilson, who approves of single terms for others, but wants two for 1 himself? The cases are somewhat parallel. I Both Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan can build wonderful hot-air castles, both, make valiant war with words, and I both, when It comes to a show-down, j tumble out of the hot air, helpless and flat, on the hard ground of facts and action. Mr. Bryan was always | expressing his love and concern for the people ln words; when the peo- I pie were being massacred by Mexicans j during a long series of horrible months, Mr. Bryan merely advised j them to get out of Mexico. Not a i 'inger did his love and concern lead : him to lift in their protection. In II hat disgraceful and bloody business i he and Mr. Wilson stand as twins In sham and timidity. There is not a problem that Mr. Wilson has really solved, there is not a condition that he has really made better, there are several very grave conditions that he has made much worse. But he is an adroit performer, far more adroit than Mr. Bryan, and in shuliling the three j cards his hand is so much quicker i than the eye of his adherents that it | looks as if they might never catch him. Even for Mr. Bryan some few would still cheer. Perhaps he would i still be somebody had he not been ( Secretary of State. That resignation in May, 1915, stripped him bare, and i lost him his multitude. What will ' strip the watchful waiter In the White I House bare? Certainly his words will never strip him. Judged by his fair words alone, Mr. Wilson stands on a pedestal above all our speakers, except one. President Eliot surpasses l\'m; Indeed, Mr. Wil son has modeled his oratory a good deal upon that of Mr. Eliot. He has said as much. When some one, after hearing him, remarked to him that he spoke like Mr. Eliot, he expressed much pleasure and said that he shod like to resemble him. And he asked Mr. Eliot to be our ambassador to England. Do you wonder that Mr. Eliot entertains cordial 'sentiments to ward Mr. Wilson? But one huge dif ference exists between the two men. When Mr. Eliot says something, lie not only means it; he does it. Mr Wilson's words generally lead to noth ing but more words. Yet how smooth how catching they are. until tested by reality! Had he never faced any crisis worse than an audience* he would have remained a high, fixed star. But his words Hash like the rocket going up while his deeds are like the stick coming down. How long will he cont'hue to dazzle a nation how soon will the nation see the fall ing stick? It took Princeton some years to get undazzled. He began there as a great light. A few months ago, when the Princeton alumni dined in Phila delphia, the first fact printed about it next morning was that Mr. Wilson's name had not been mentioned In toast or speech! Such a snence seems worse than anything the college of which he had been president could have said about him. Could there bo a clearer sign of what they now think? Why they think it can be briefly explained by three selected In cidents. In 1903 Dean West of Prince ton wrote a book, proposing certain plans for tho establishment of a graduate college at Princeton. For this book Mr. Wilson wrote a pref ace sweepingly Indorsing these plans as "in every way admirable." In 1906 when Dean West offered to leave, dis couraged by the lack of support from Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wilson wrote a reso lution which the trustees of Prince Bmtittg (Hljal High cost of living- is causing soma lively discussions. On any market day groups of women may bo seen at all local markets telling farmers and others what they think about the ex orbitant prices. One woman remark ed, "you can't turn around beforo something goes up a cent or more." Then she told about pricing eggs at a stand nearby as follows: "I asked that woman over there how much eggs were a dozen. She told nie 39 cents. I noticed a friend at another stand and told here about the eggs. When my friend reached the womaji tho price of eggs had gone up two cents. What made tho price soar 1 never 1 found out. It only shows that soma people put up prices just because wo are willing to pay. Stop buying and prices will come down." • ♦ Speaking about prices. here is a clipping from a paper telling of prices found in a store book 90 years old: "Eggs, 4 cents a dozen: butter, S cents a pound; sugar, 10 cents a pound; pepper, 50 cents a pound; cof ffee, 31 cents a pound; tea, $1.50 a pound; bacon, cents a pound; wheat, 40 cents a bushel; oats, 15 cents a bushel; corn, 25 cents a bushel: muslin, 37Ms cents a yard; calico, 50 cents a yard; llowered wallpaper, 4Vj cents a yard; plain .wallpaper, 2 cents a yard." * * * Recent moves taken by educators in West Shore towns point forward to the passage of the proposed high school loan for the West Shore. In Enola, West Kairview and AVormlevs burg, mass meetings were held and many prominent educators appealed to the voters to pars the measure for the benefit of the children. Many ad vocates point out that children of tho voters will in the end take the brunt of the burden of taxation on their shoulders in the years to come. Al though the measure has not been agitated much in Lemoyne, duo to tho fact that the town has been fighting a typhoid fever epidemic, it is the gen eral opinion that the measure will pass there. Public spirit was display ed in Wormleysburg last night when nearly all the school children in town paraded in favor of the measure, and the town hall was crowded with voters eager to hear of the proposed meas ure. Wornjleysburg board lias also issued official statements to their vot "ers explaining the measure clearly. • * • Men from Heading, Allentown and Easton who met Harrisburgers yester day at the dedication of the connect ing links of the William Penn High way near Bethlehem asked almost tho same question: "When are you going to put up that new hotel? You need it." In fact the big topic of conver sation among the nlfen who talked to people from the State Capitol was tho hotel. Reading and Easton have sotno fine new hotels and they are commend ed everywhere for their excellence and as almost any one of prominence in these cities has been here from time to time the lack of a hotel suited to Harrisburg has been impressed, to say the least. The enterprise of the citi zens who raised the money to start things was highly praised by everyone who talked hotel. Next in interest to the hotel was tha roads leading into Harrisburg. Tho State was given praise for the manner in which it has maintained the State highways and the streets of Harris burg are generally praised for their upkeep, but what was said about soma of the highways through boroughs clustering about Harrisburg was some thing awful, Paxtang and Camp Hill suffering worst of all. • * • Among visitors here yesterday was y Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, president™ of the Altoona Tribune Company and one of the men who has made Penn sylvania traditions and legends known throughout the land. Col., Shoemaker, went to Allentown to attend the road dedication. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —C. C. Harrison has resigned from • the Philadelphia Art Jury after long service. —Congressman John M. Morln, of Pittsburgh, likes to recall days wl\en he won the national honor as oars man. ■—Mayor Jermyn, of Scranton, is said to have State aspirations when his term ends. —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, celebrated his birthday yesterday. —Lewis Emery, Jr., still keeps up his interest in politics and gave $2,000 to the Hughes Alliance at Philadelphia. [ DO YOU KNOW """1 That this city does publishing for many linns in Southern States. HISTORIC HARRISUt HG Harrisburg Kerry was a polling place for Paxton township for years before the county was erected. ton adopted, urging him "with tho utmost concern" to remain, and I romising full support. Relying on tho good faith of this action, the uean re mained—but when it came to carry ing the plans out Mr. Wilson opposed them with all the adroitness of which he is master. When asked why then had he Indorsed them, he stated that he had written his preface "before he had seen the book." Grover Cleveland, then chairman of the trustees' com mittee, denounced and resisted Mr. Wilson's methods. It was when about, to retire from the presidency of Princeton that Mr. Wilson applied for the Carnegie pension. He was told it was meant for broken-down teach ers, not for men in full vigor, earning a salary and about to be governors of States. He persisted. Hut his obstinate application vas turned down. • • Do Wo Approve? Tho Gettysburg incident throws a light on Mr. Wilson, too. In 1913, when the fiftieth anniversary of that battle was to be celebrated, we read in the papers that Mr. Wilson couldn't be there on account of press of busi ness. Some of us remembered that press of business had not prevented Lincoln in 1863 from getting there and saying a few words. Suddenly wo learned Mr. Wilson was to go, after all. Had press of business let up, or hud somebody told Mr. Wilson that the American people had a feeling about Gettysburg and he must go? Woll, if we do re-elect him, that means we approve of him; that wo ratify and stand behind his actions; that we like a President wno— 1. Watchfully waited for months tt'lille defenceless Americans in Mexico lost their homes, their wives and chil dren, and their lives. 2. Refused to small stricken Btel gium the word that Monroe gave to small stricken Greece. 3. Turned walking delegate through fear and for the votes of four ibbor unions sold the principle of arbitration and tho Government of the United States. ' 4. Killed the American eagle so full of white feathers that the bird cannot tell himself from a gander. 5. By writing notes and eating his words brought the Stars and Stripes to dishonor in the eyes of the whole world