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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
<orv for the Republican tieket In Penn
sylvania end that the na
tor',v which wt'l be riven to Hughes
'n th's State will be lawyer than that
elven to nry presidential candidate In
the bltory,of the country.
—The Philadelphia Press to-day
save: "A movement within the Demo
cratic partv to oppose the election of
Michael Donoboe to Congress from
the Fifth dlstrlet and to support for
re-election Comrrexsmnn Pnter E. Cos
tejlo the regular Repnbllcan nominee.
wf>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