14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded iSji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square, E. J. STACKPOL.E, Prest and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. BUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. t Member American Newspaper Pub w| Bureau of Circu its M lation and Penn- S aylvania Associat ieii Eastern office, ISfi S3 Story, Brooks & 188 Kg Finley, Fifth Ave jjggjß nue Building. New 1 Brooks & Finley, People's Gas Build " —— _ lng, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a <> week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL, 18 Man is in loss except he lives aright, And help his fellow to be firm and brave, Faithful and patient. —Sir Edwin Arnold. MAYOR MEALS THOUSANDS of Harrisburg peo ple will mourn the death of Mayor Meals. It is doubtful if any man in local political life in re cent years has attained the personal popularity that took him to the School Board as often as he chose to go, to the Legislature for one term and twice made him Mayor of Har risburg. The fact that he was nomi nated for his last term by a 55 per cent, vote of all the registered elec tors of the city is ample proof of the hold he had upon his fellow towns men. Dr. Meals made his friends in the sickrooms of rich and poor alike. His services as physician were freely given always, and it was never a question of pay. At the end of every year, it is said, he crossed from his books ac counts far in excess of those he col lected, because he felt that to enforce pay would work a hardship upon those already handicapped by pover ty and the misfortune of sickness in the family. Consequently, when he aspired to office he was richly re warded by the votes of tho?§ who had enjoyed his benefactions and beside ■whose beds of illness he had minis tered. Mayor Meals made a gallant fight for life in his last illness. His indom itable spirit was the marvel of his friends and the hope of his physicians. As late as last Sunday he was confi dent of recovery and was planning for the future. His last official act was the framing of a proclamation to the people of the city requesting that they join together heartily for the observance of next Saturday as Patriotic Day in Harrisburg. To few public officials does it come to so fittingly close a long public career. What a fine account of the year's stewardship was contained in the an nual report of Mrs. William Henderson at the annual meeting of the Civic Club this week. This organization is going right on doing admirable work with out fuss dr feathers, and in this time of stress th® club will be the rallying point for much more service of the right sort. TIIK COMING OF MR. N'OYES ALFRED NOYES, the English poet, who comes to Harrisburg Thursday evening under the di rection of the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals, to lecture on "Hunting the Submarine," should be heard by a large audience. On his last visit here he delighted a gather ing that was far too big for the lim ited space of Fahnrietock Hall, so that the society has thought it wise to pro cure for this occasion use of the more roomy Technical high school audi torium. Mr. Noyes, world figure that he is, should be in himself sufficient to crowd the auditorium, but when he speaks on such a topic of lively in terest as the hunt for submarines, in which hazardous work he has partici pated, and in such a worthy cause, the attraction is trebled. What are you doing to help along the food supply this year? Every man and woman and child can do something to help. BUYING OCR BONDS THE government is about to float an immense issue of war bonds. It will constitute the first of issues of the kind in this country, but probably not the last. The bonds will be of small denominations, so that even persons of limited means may subscribe. There is no question as to the desire of Americans to "do their bit" in this way toward financing the ■war, and doubtless they will come forward as they have done before. For example, there are some 35,100,- 000 savers among the Teutonic allies. Their total of savings runs far ahead of the sum in the savings banks of the •atente allies. As compared with $4,- 200,000,000 to the credit of the thrifty of England, France, Italy, Russia and Japan, th© threr* Teutonic races have just about $7,000,000,000 tucked away In government and private sav ings banks. We, In America, have about 11,000,- 000 savings bank depositors, and they own Just over $6,000,000,000 of sav ings—enough to give about SSO to every inhabitant. When we throw our financial weight with the countries lined up against Germany, the balance will turn, and against $7,000,000,000 thrift resources will be pitted over WEDNESDAY EVENING, $9,000,000,000. In a war to the finish, it is the saved coin of the people which is expected to buy the victory. Of all the warring countries, France has probably met the financial strain of the war with the least effort. Why? The explanation lies in the long training of the French not only in sav ing, but in investment in government bonds (rentes). It was estimated that before the war began, more than 4.500,000 French men and women owned 3^per cent, rentes; and, of course, the number who have bought pieces of governnjent loans since the war began have greatly increased— probably doubled. No special "whirl wind" campaign has been necessary to induce France's thrifty money-savers to invest in new issues The other day, the treasurer of the National Retail Dry Goods Association wired the Secretary of the Treasury offering the facilities of dry goods and department stores all over the coun try for selling government bonds. Such stores, he said, would "afford a means of reaching millions of people who would purchase more willingly through such sources than any other." Without question, if a war loan or other governmental securities, such as State, county or municipal bonds, are issued in small denominations, the stores would be able to sell great num bers —and lead the way to the sort of thrift education so common in France. Why we must buy these bonds was ably set forth in an article on this page of yesterday's issue. There were mighty few shirkers in the '"■'-•U War days, older people are now recalling how the first five companies, afterward known as "First Defenders," promptly responded to Governor Curtin's call, and the sharp shooters from the northern tier, other wise the famous "Bucktails," came down the Susquehanna on rafts and in sisted on going to the front, even when told their services were not yet needed. And the spirit of '76, as well as the spirit of '6l, is still marching on in this country. MR. VMBERGER'S RESIGNATION THE vacancy in the City Planning Commission caused by the resignation of B. F. Umberger will be hard to fill. Mr. Umberger. who has found the charm of rural residence too great to be resisted, is not only well versed in municipal law and as such has been of valuable as sistance to the commission in its mul titude of activities, but he is a close student of municipal development and a firm believer in the future of Harris burg. His long career in Coutleil well fitted him for the work of helping to plan the future of the city. The Planning Commission will be indeed fortunate if it is able to enlist the services of another so well quali fied to succeed him. The value of the pioneer work which the commission has done since Its organization will not be fully realized for many years, and the sense of a duty well per formed will be the only reward the retiring commissioner will receive for his services. William Jennings Bryan says it is not wise to starve the people in order to make them drunk. He is in accord with the proposition that the wheat and all grain, instead of going for booze, be saved for food. TIIK BOY SCOUTS THESE are days of many "move ments." All manner of cru sades and benefits, and cam paigns are under way for a dozen dif ferent worthy causes. So many In deed that one pauses in confusion in an attempt to enumerate them. But there is none more appealing than the Rotary Club's effort to raise a fund sufficient to finance the Boy Scout or ganization in Harrisburg for the next three years. There is no question as to the merits of the Boy Scouts. On a thousand oc casions thy have proved their worth. In a myriad of ways the Scouts have demonstrated their right to the hearty support of . every community that boasts a troop. The lad who is trained under the Scout code is put in the way of becom ing a clean, courageous, useful citi zen, able to take care of himself under any circumstances. The organization appeals to the spirit of adventure that is in every boy worthy the name. It teaches that "service, not self" is the true road to happiness. It puts the golden rule into every day practice. It makes boys fearless and trust worthy. It sets up ideals and pro vides tasks the accomplishment of which are necessary to advancement. It preaches the gospel of hard work. It shows how fun and toll may go joyfully hand in hand to the detri ment of neither. It is what YOU, as a boy, wished for when you organ ized your "gang," or tramped away to the woods and fields in response to that something which men for want of a better name have termed the "call of the wild." If your boy is not a Scout he is missing a rare experience; not only that, but you are lax in your duty to him. Scout work has been conducted somewhat after a hit-or-miss fash ion in Harrisburg. Many good men have devoted much time and attention to it, with excellent results, but their efforts have not been concentrated. The Rotary club proposes to head a campaign that will put the Scouts on their feet for a three years' period, after which there should be no more difficulty in maintaining the organiza tion than there is in the upkeep of the Y. M. C. A. When the trout stream calls, all other voices are lost to the ear. , For a nation "bled white," the French appear to be doing pretty well, than)( you. Join the Red Cross. A dollar and a letter In the mall box will do the trick. Popuular air for next Saturday— "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching." Making a garden is one thing; mak ing things grow is quite another. OH, MAN! By BRIGGsI J " VVHEM I TELL. | HELLO -DBARIE . / T* I THE MAVO' 1 C" wowat BIG -PeopLe who DO rou .sVbSE IvJeLL!/ I ' . / WELL .. / OUT \AJITH - VA/ITH J 1 V _ Y^ b IR _MAYOR. J ' I sis.v-rwsrs sr 1 I h j ( 4 s X "h,/" N "Pott&CO- MV ""PtKKOIfkKUUa BBy the Ex-Committeeman ■ ■ -J Men active in political affairs throughout the State were speculating to-day on the effect of the double de feat administered yesterday to the woman suffrage resolution in the House of Representatives. The suf fragists were inclined to demand an accounting to-day and men who were absent were busy explaining their fail ure to vote, while the liquor interests were allowing to go unanswered the charge that they brought about the downfall of the resolution. That the result was a tremendous blow to the suffragists was manifested last night when the suffrage head quarters put out a statement directly charging that liquor interests defeated the measure. The night before the press agent of the suffragists was claiming a dozen more votes than need ed to pass the resolution and the trl- j umph of suffrage was predicted In typewritten statements. The anti-suf fragists issued no statement, but Miss Eliza D. Armstrong, the veteran leader of the women opposed to suffrage, de clared that the events were no sur prises to her. Defeat of the suffrage resolution yes terday and the refusal to reconsider means that it will be 1921 before the people of the State can vote on the proposition. If the resolution defeated yesterday had passed this Legislature it would have had to pass that of 1919 and the vote would have been taken in 192 ft, which would be exactly Ave years from the defeat of the last resolution. If the suffragists can get their resolu tion through the 1919 and 1921 sessions they will be able to get a vote in the fall of 1921. Democrats were not inclined to dis cuss the resolution's overthrow to-day, as there were numerous Democratic votes to defeat it and to kill it finally on the reconsideration motion. —Presence of William Fllnn, the leader of the Bull Moosers of the State in the historic campaign of 1912, and the open ally of the State administra tion in Republican affairs, created con siderable interest about the C'aptlol' late yesterday and to-day. Fllnn said that he came here to look on, but it was charged that he was trying to help put suffrage through. In any event he hobnobbed with State administra tion leaders most of the afternoon and turned up at the Governor's reception last night. Incidentally a number of Flinn's friends appeared on the new list of members of the committee of public safety and defense. It is be lieved that he has come here to dis cuss appointments and fall campaigns In various counties of the state with administration officials and with legis lators. —Another interesting political fig ure about the Cai>itol was Joseph R. Grundy, head of the State manufac turers. Mr. Grundy attended hearings and mingled with the legislators, ad ministration scouts being in the offing. —Presence of ex-Senator W. 11. Man beck, of Juniata county, revived th# story that he was to be named as Su perintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings, but he said he did not know much about it. The general belief Is that Paul Houck, of Shenandoah, has a pretty good place on the track. —Members of the House were talk ing to-day of the long session held yes terday. The House was In session for almost five and a half hours on suf frage and capital punishment bills alone. The defeat of the bill to abol ish capital punishment by such a large adverse vote was a general surprise. —Philadelphia legislation bids fair to hold the center of the stage In the Legislature until the adjournment comes. The bulk of the big bills are out of the way and the Indications are that the Philadelphia factions are get ting ready to push their measures. Transit will occupy considerable atten tion the next three weeks. Good Advice If you should come to any place where soldiers are on guard and one of them orders you to "Halt," halt. Don't ask questions and don't start an argument.—Syracuse Post-Standard. Natural Aristocracy (Nicholas Paine Oilman) The democratic element In mod ern society Is undoubtedly'gaining In strength every year, and there Is no good reason for lamenting Its ad vance. Cut It will never do away with the natural aristocracy which has made skill In the conduct of business the endowment or the ac quisition of a few. The weakness of co-operative production thus far has been its gross undervaluation of the manager. \ • HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH TRIBUTE TO MR. ROOSEVELT FROM AN OLD FOE Another Famous Colonel, Watterson of Kentucky, Wants to See Him Carry the Flag Across the Rhine THE COURIER-JOURNAL has re ceived from "an old subscriber" a letter taking it facetiously to task for its "change of heart" in the matter of Theodore Roosevelt. "Can this be the same Courier-Journal," our critic asks, "that was erstwhile so sure the Man on Horseback was going to ride down the libertks of the people —Mexicanize the Government—Dlaz tfy the White House—and so on?" And the Courier-Journal, unabashed, an swered with cheerful alacrity "the same." There are many things twixt heaven and earth not dreamed of in "an old subscriber's" philosophy, "which the same we'll proceed to explain." In the first place the Courier-Jour nal has had no change of heart with respect to Theodore Roosevelt. It has always loved him. Brutus loved not Caesar more. "If there be any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love for Caesar was no less than his. If, then, that friend should demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer; not that I loved Caesar less but that I loved Rome more. As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice; as he was valiant, I honor him; but as he was ambitious, I slew him." In other words, when Teddy was right we praised him, and when he went wrong we lammed him, never a lick amiss or below the belt nor a word writ down in malice! Caesar being dead, Hrutus wept for him. Happily, in the case of Theodore Roosevelt there is no occasion for the Courier-Journal to weep. He is yet in the land of the living and very much alive. The dagger with which the Courier-Journal so often laid him low was never a poisoned dagger. Its blade where it cut at all went little deeper than the cloth of his coat. Not infrequently he was able to parry the blow, for he is very dexterous. And crafty—la, how crafty! In short the Courier-Journal, jealous for the liber ties of its country and holding men in power ever to a rigorous accounta bility, intended merely to warn the people against the menace of a friend ly blow in time to save Theodore Roosevelt from himself. The issue has proved that in all this it was not wholly unsuccessful. (Now? That is quite another breed of dogs! Woody will take no risk in giving Teddy a chance! Congress need not fear an enabling act if one ibe requisite. Even the General Staff 'of the army—! Rut never mind the General Staff, just send Leonard Wood as Chief of the Foreign Legion, Theodore Roosevelt as General of Di vision and trust the rest to God. They did very well together In Cuby.) The reader will please excuse fer vor, haste and a bad pen! It is hard to write of Theodore Roosevelt with the solemn dignity of the historic, or even the stereotype of the official page. He is the Peter Pan of our public life. Highest Peaks Never Scaled (I-'rom the Scientific American) At a recent meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, Dr. A. M. Kellas presented an elaborate discussion of the question whether it is possible for well-trained mountaineers to ascend to the summits of the loftier peaks of the Himalaya Mountains more than 25,000 feet in altitude none of which has so far been climbed. The present altitude record In moun taineering is 24,000 feet, by the Duke of the Abruzzi's expedition to the Kar akoram, 1909. The altitude of the high est mountain in the Himalay and in the world—Everest—is 29,141 feet. At that height the barometric pressure and the oxygen supply is only about one-third as great as at sea level. The experiences of balloonists is not conclusive as to the physiological diffi culties of such an ascent, because the rapid rise of a balloon does not give the aeronaut time to become acclima tized to great altitudes. On the basis of a large amount of data Doctor Kel las (himself an experienced mountain eer) expresses the opinion that a man In first rate training, acclimatized to maximum possible altitude, could make the ascent to Mount Kverest, provided the physical difficulties are not insu perable. A supply of sodium peroxide, to pro vide oxygen as an occasional refresh ment would be of much assistance. At present one of the "physical" difficul ties of ascending Everest Is the fact' that the government of India will not let travelers approach within one hun dred miles ,of the mountain. Wisconsin's Objectors An Ohio man who alleges his wifo collects hia wages, scalds him with hot coffee at breakfast and beats him with a stove poker at night, says ho wants to go to war. Of course, what the poor devil really wants is to re turn from war.—Peoria Transcript, Wayward, headstrong, upright, re sourceful, lovable—with talents to burn and a genius for getting there— in this dire emergency he becomes a national—an international asset. It is of supreme import that we strike the European situation while the iron is hot—that we do not let it cool—that we do not allow the oppor tunity, the psychic moment, to pass. At longe range we shall come down with the stamps; at short range help to clear the sea lanes. Hut some thing visible must go to the front — must go at once—the shine of Yankee steel, the glint of the Stars and Stripes. The President is a man of imagina tion. He is largely possessed of the Initiative. In this war he will have to originate many things—maybe break many precedents. He must look to the spiritual and spectacular as well as the physical. He knows that what we are here saying is true and we take it for granted that he is consid ering how it may be made effectual. There is inspiration in the pic turesque. The commonplace of the soldier's duty—the humdrum of his technical routine—even martial or ganization and discipline—yield before the actualities, the startling evolutions of war. What was Bedford Forrest but a military paradox? What was Grant but a prodigy? At first they said Sherman was crazy. The "LJttle Corsicans" of history defy all rules. So does our "Teddy Bear" of Oyster Bay. That is what makes him so interesting. Turn him loose in the Low Countries and Quen tin Durward will live again. As of old Israel Putnam it was 9 said, "If there's an injun to be killed, or a red coat to be found, he's the man to do it," may we say of Theodore Roose velt: "When deeds are to be done you'll find him in the thick of them." He will carry the flag and lead the boys across the Rhine —no River of Doubt to him!—and march into Ber lin shouting, "To Hell with the Hohen zollerns!" He will not have to be in troduced to William of that ilk, either —as like as not he will call him "Bill" —and John Bull will hurrah and Johnny Crapeau exclaim, "By gar:"—whilst The Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave over Potsdam and the dead of Water loo rise from their graves and stand upon the grassy slopes to give the Na poleonic salute! Go to it. Mr. President! Teddy alone with the flag in his hand were worth an army corps to those war worn braves in the trenches away off in Flanders, God bless them! Rut Toddy with an army corps were a vic tory! Yea, a victory for us no less than for them; proof of who's who and what's what; a breezy promise of what Is yet to come! Go to it. Mr. President! —From the Louisville Cour i ler-Journal. Corkscrew Losing Its "Pull" (Collier's Weekly) At the annual dinner of the National Retail Dry Goods Association, former Congressman Frederick Landls of In diana summed up the whole thing In a gemihumorous but wholly real speech as follows: • "The corkscrew is losing its 'pull,' and It's good-by America. Think of the straitjackets made obsolete; padded | cells empty, insane asylum and prison forces thrown out of work! Shall we strike at the divorce lawyer, and shalf we confiscate tuberculosis? "Then, too, universal prohibition would put our steel Industry out of business with no demand for handcuffs, Jimmies, blackjacks, prison bars and the like. And what of the glass indus try? What of the embottled hosts, and of gamblers, reduced not only to want but to work? Think of the change on Saturday night when the head of the family comes home on his feet Instead of drifting In on the tide, and think of the sitting room of the future, no body throwing anything or upsetting the lamp. Then again, think of watch ing the old year out and the new year In, sober. This is a situation to en gage your most earnest attention." "Handing It" to Rover The most peaceable dog Is the dog that is there With the liuckle and clinch when he's caught unaware, And who "never starts not'n" that's not on the square. And licks his own wounds when it's over. He goes on his way without picking a ' scrap; His bark is of peace, but the scars on his map Are nothing compared with the cuts on the chap That thought he could hand it to Rover, > APRIL 18, 1917. EDITORIAL COMMENT The new President of China was educated in the United States. The new Russian Minister of Foreign Af fairs, Miliukoff, was a professor at the University of Chicago In one of his periods of exile. If any other effete monarchies are looking for substitutes for kings Uncle Sam will be glad to furnish them.—Nebraska State Jour nal. A mosquito fleet may be expected to come up to the scratch.—Wall Street Journal. The Hohenzollern line is putting its faith in the lllndenburg line.—Buffalo Express. Those Cuban rebels who stole a cir cus intend to allow no rival In the Held.—Boston Herald. Prom autocracy to democracy in half a week—there sure is a "rush" in Russia.—Wichita Beacen. Inhospitable Georgia went "bone dry" just as the 700 interned German sailors arrived.—Boston Herald. The Ham the Germans attacked was not the kind they would prefer Just now.—St. Louis Globe Democrat. Labor Notes The Monon Railroad has granted Its shop men an increase of 2% cents an hour. Tin cans are used extensively in the manufacture of toy soldiers by Jap anese toyuakers. On May 1 Granite City (111.) Amal gamated .'-.ssoclatlon of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers will convene. The number of women coremakers in the foundries of the East is rap idly increasing. Representatives of Machinists' Union tn several Ontario (Canada) cities hut decided to inaugurate a joint w&tnv movement. The State University of Kansas Is preparing to establish a four-year course in city management. Summer time In Germany is to be gin on April 15 (instead of May 1) and to continue until September 15. The Women's Co-Opcratlve Guild of England, which has been In exist ence thirty years, has 30,000 mem bers. A war bonus of 50 cents a week has been granted to the surface workers in the mines at Cowal, Scotland. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH GREAT EVENT. Visiting Pro § feasor- —My, the college building* are all decorat ed. Some edu cational society going to meet Resident P'-n fessor —No. The athletic associa tion has discov ered a new full back for the f~fH football team, i and he pays his first visit to the college today. I HE KNEW BETTER. Jgf Tsk Are you going j Paint" sign on IlpSs /'Wi that fence of | jj Not on your : 111 life. Do you > | __i=Ssi_ I think I want to -U- "~ T have finger marks all over 'it? S RESOURCES ON DISPLAY. Do you think spies should have so littl* difficulty In be coming ac quainted with our country's contemplate any better to aend them home wall dlacouraged. Stoning (Efjat First and last there are probably between 1,500 and I.COO bills before tho present legislature. The lists show higher figures but as a bill passes from one branch to another It Is given a new number so that while the House list may show as high as 1,500 bills there are probably not more than 1,- 250 strictly House bills. The Senate probably has something between 400 and 500 original bills. In the nuin are hundreds ol' appropriation bills which for various reasons are pre sented separately instead of all hos pitals and charities being lumped as has been suggested. Probably 200 bills ' In hand are Important, not including appropriations. A number of the measures are curative, but the quantity of bills of strictly local Interest is larger than known for many months. In fact, there has not been a session In years in which so many bills of purely local importance have appeared and the committees are sending tliem to subcommittees for study. Just as an Illustration it may be stated that the other day there appeared bills for additional State road routes in two or three counties, for two changes in the school code to suit just two mu nicipalities and for one or two alter ations to the borough code which would affect only a few places. A bill 'came in to repeal an old act of .1823 relative to the borough of West Mid dletown In Washington county and Allegheny county has sent in at least a dozen bills to wipe obsolete laws off the books. All this is in addition to the general repealers which are dis posing of something like $1,005 old laws. The other day seven bills to permit people to sue the State passed in a bunch and a bill came in to re imburse a township for money paid out for a road Improvement, which it is claimed should be met by the State. Probably one of the oddest bills to appear called for repayment to a Lycoming county man of $25 which he claims he erroneously paid the State. It will cost over $25 of public money to print tho bills to enable the man to get his money. The State will probably be out of pocket $35 to S4O by the time it pays the man the $25. 9*4 One of the old militia pension bills turned up in the House on Monday night. Years ago the State used to grant pensions to members of the Na tional Guard who were injured wliilo at camp or on duty. There was no compensation law in those days and the practice was stopped when it was found that the buisness was costing the State a great deal of money. There are probably a score of State pension ers. In this case an Erie majl was awarded S3OO and an annuity of $96 for injuries received while serving In the Seventeenth Regiment. lie wants the annuity increased. Representative Rlclmrd Powell, of Luzerne county, who is one of the active men In the "Big Brother" move ment in his part of the State, tells a pathetic story of how he never saw a boy to whom he had promised to be a caretaker. This boy had been confined in one of the State institu tions and when his time came for dis charge it was arranged that the Ed wardsville man would keep an eye on him. It happened that Mr. Powell was away from home on the day that the lad returned to his home town and for the first two or three days the legislator sort of kept an eye on him by proxy. The*, he found that the boy had gotten a job in one of the mines and he arranged when he went back to his home from the legisla tive sessions last week to look him up. He had been receiving good reports and expected to make something out of the lad. When he got home Mrs. Powell told him that the boy was dead. .He had been electrocuted while trying to show some younger boys how he could climb a pole and balance himself on the wires. Representative George W. Williams was undisputed monarch in the House yesterday. He was presiding during the long debate on the capital punish ment bill and it happened that all of the clerks, who had been on the alert for three or four hours during the suffrage taking their ease. The speaker iwo tem. occupied the rostrum with aft of the desks vacant. There was no one within twenty feet of him. And during part of tie time a member who had a cold insisted on making his speech to a stenographer with a full complement of gestures. About all the Speaker got was a view of the gestures. );* could not hoar a word. Return of mild wen*her has caused the benches in Capitol Jark to be very popular, and there w w 'o few vacant seats to be found abou* }he park last evening. Tt seemed as though every one was so glad to welcome the com ing of spring that they the risk of colds. WELL KNOWN PEOtE —W. I. Schaffer, the lawyw* who appeared at the compensation Sear ing yesterday, has arguod beforo leg islative Committees hero for the ist twenty years. —Senator E. H. Vare attends ably more hearings than any Sena.f.r. He frequently drops into hearings i>f House committees when there * nothing doing on the Senate ma*. —Senator A. F. Daix was guest f honor at the banquet of the Unite! Tiusiness Men In Philadelphia night. —Senator W. C. McKee and Rep resentative S. A. Whitaker are ofllcer of the First Artillery. —Chief Clerk Thomas M. Oarrtiu the oldest officer of the House in point of service, used to be a member of the House. —Speaker Baldwin says his golf game is as good as ten years ago, which Is going some. DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg lias a loco motive repair capacity equaled by a few places on tlic Pennsyl vania railroad? HISTORIC HARBISBUKG Steamboats made regular trips on the Susquehanna In the twenties. The Great Experiment (Edward Everett) We are summoned to new energy and zeal by the high nature of the experi ment we are appointed In providence to make, and the grandeur of the theater on which it is to be performed. At a moment of deep and <f®neral agi tation In the Old World, it has pleased Heaven to open this last refuge of hu* manlty. ... It rests with us to solv* the great problem fn huirtfcn sdcietyi to settle, and that forever, the momen tous question—whether mankind can be trusted with a purely popular sys tem of government. One might almost think, without extravagance, that the departed wise and good, of all places and times, are looking down from their happy seats to witness what shall be done now by us; that they who lavish ed their treasures and their blood, of old, who spake and wrote, who labored, fought and perished, in the one great cause of Freedom and Truth, are now hanging from their orbs on high, over I the last solemn experiment of human- I Ita.
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