6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KEVSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TEI.%SRA(>H PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager GL'B M. BTEIKMETZ. Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board 3. P. McCULLOUGH. BOYD M. OGELSBY, F. It. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all newa dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Newspaper Pub- E as t or ottice. Chicago, Entered at the Post Office in Harrlc burg. Fa., as second class matter. Bv carrier, ten centa a * 'lWftjgyKAi> week; by mail. $5.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1918 8.- ■ 1 Do not pray for easy lives' Pray to be stronger men.' Do not pray for tasks equal to your potcers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.' Then the doing of your work shall be no m trade. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at your self. at the richness of life which has conic in you by the grace of Ood.— Phillips Brooks. EASILY SEEN THROUGH JOHN A. McSPARRAN and Wil liam T. Creasy, the twin-kaisers of the Pennsylvania State Grange, are good Democrats, but that is no reason why they should use the State Grange name in their effort to "put across'' Democratic propa ganda. Vance C. McCormick has announced his opposition to the' proposition to bond Pennsylvania for j $50,000,000 so that Pennsylvania can . be given the best highway system in America. This proposition is be fore the voters November 5. Un-! less it be approved it cannot be taken up for five years. In the! meantime Pennsylvania would wait ! low in the mud. But the point here is that the Messrs. McSparran and Creasy hive followed orders given them by Dem ocratic National Chairman McCor mlck and are helping him fight his battles against the Republican party. They have "yessed" McCor mlck's bond issue opposition. The time has come for the voters of Pennsylvania finally to put an end to the pretensions of Mr. McCor mick and his "me-too' auxiliaries. "Keep Politics Out of the Grange" is a song sung at meetings of subor dinate Granges. The rank and file of the Grange members are not aware that the Messrs. McSparran and Creasy are McCormick-con trolled Democrats. It is time they be told. • Pennsylvania must have better roads. The 150,000,000 bond Issue must pass in November. Then the 1919 legislature will pass the legislation necessary before the bonds are issqed. The bonds will not be issued un til after the war. The certain election of Senator Sproul as governor will insure the wise, careful state-wide expenditure of the money. And when the industrial recon struction period comes vftsr the war Pennsylvania will be able to take care of workmen who may be idle. All good citizens will vote for the bond issue November 5. STOP—LOOK—LISTEN! MANY significant developments with respect to the decad-' ence of German fighting power have focused public attention tn the Allied countries for several days, but nothing more important than the statement that the German shells —the high explosives—are from sixty to eighty per cent, 'duds"— shells that fail to explode. American soldiers writing home have frequent ly referred to the fact that many of the shells are no good, owing to defective chemicals aud materials. This condition extends also to Ger man diplomacy, and the greatest 'dud" of all was the recent peace proposal of the "All Highest." Now we are confronted with an other peace maneuver as a result of the disillusionment of the German people, who seem to be at last real ising that their German Gott is a fake and that they have been wor shipping an idol of clay. Fearful of the unrest foolish subjects the men who set out to conquer the world are now pretending to have experienced a change of heart ever night. We are advised, for Instance, that the policy of frightfulness is to be abandoned; that the retreat is to be conducted without destruction of towns and villages and the enslave ment of the people; that the subma rine warfare is at an end; that there is to be a recognition of the civilised SATURDAY EVENINQ principles which have heretofore governed all belligerents, and much more of the sort. But how much of all this- stuff can our own Government and those al lied with us accept as truth? The whole German scheme has been erected upon a foundation of decep tion and brutality and double deal ing. so that any proposal at this time must be regarded as doubtful until thorough guarantees shall havo boon furnished. Of course, the military end of any armistice will be left to the skill and vision of Marshal Fo .'h and those associated with him in the .field. They are the best judges of how much sincerity is back of the Ger man retirement and the alleged evi dences of good faith. We must not be caught napping nor must there be any premature peace based upon tenders of the Kaiser and his group of barbarians. President "Wilson has recently test led the spirit and purpose of the !American people and he has found that nothing short of unconditional surrender and the absolute destruc tion of militarism will suffice after the untold suffering and sacrifices of the Allied governments. We may expect further cunning attempts to javoid punishment on the part of the I German group, but a world prolcst is sure to follow any negotiations that would in any way hinder the operation of justice when the enemy throws up his hands. The Kaiser and every other individual responsible for the awful struggle through which the world has been compelled to pass must pay the price and no other course will satisfy the American peo ple or their allies. We must not assume that the war is ended. Of course, the structure of militarism erected with inconceiv able cunning in the midst of t long era of peace is crumbling. That is evident, but there is still much of peril to the peace of the world so long as the forces of the Kaiser are permitted to exist as an armed men ace to tranquility and the working out of the peaceful development of all nations. It must be obvious that the mili tary group in Germany is delirous of prolonging the "conversations"' in the hope that some better terms may be given the authors of the world tragedy. They are talking now about the conservation of German inter ests, but they are not much concern ed about the interests of those whom they have despoiled and enslaved. The only terms that will be satisfac tory to the people of this country are the terms that will be imp,>sed upon Germany without negotiation or serious interchange of views. All advices from Switzerland and other neutral countries in touch with Germany indicate that the tur moil inside the empire is increasingly menacing to the Kaiser. "The last hour of the divine right of kings has come," says a dispatch trom Berne, and the quotation from a prominent Swiss newspaper con cludes with respect to this statement "that it is not too soon." All these ! incidents indicate the trend. ! Even the order of the German [army command to cease devastating 1 places Wars evidence of insincerity 'in the modification of the order— '"unless absolutely compelled by mil itary necessity.*' From tiie very be ginning the destruction of towns, the kidnapping of men, women and chil dren, the poisoning of wells, the ia\- aging and pillaging and all else have been excused by the infamous rulers of Germany on the score of "military | necessity." Secretary Lansing only yesterday declared that "Germany is bending; more pressure and she will break," but that the war is not over and that ihis is no time to slacken effort or to fall to do our part here at home. He urged the people to keep up and to increase pressure on the retreat ! ing Germans as the only certain way | to win. Otto H. Kahn, bitterly assails Kaiserism for dishonoring all chil dren of the Fatherland, and appeals to the people of German birth in this country who have assimilated oA ideals to back our government to the utmost; that men of German de scent may have a reckoning with those who have been wronged and hurt by Prussianized Germany and Whose "spiritual inheritance has been stolen from us by impious hands and ttung into the gutter." Mr. Kahn speaks for the great German element in the United States who have proven their loyalty and patriotism by their men and means. Out of the fulness of the heart he says: The ideals and traditions' we cherished have been foully be smirched. What we were justly proud of has been dragged into the mire. Our blood has been dis honored. We have been bitterly shamed by our very kith and kin. Our names, which came down to us from our fathers, have been defiled. Their very sound has been made a challenge to the world. | The land to which we were linked by fond memories has been made an outcast among the na tions, convicted of high treason against civilization, and of un speakable crimes against human ity. Professions of loyalty are empty. By our acts we shall be judged. It Is by their acts also that the Prussian barbarians shall be judged in the final settlement. Justice cries out for the punishment of these men not only because of their own guilt, but for the reason that future gen erations may know the fate of all such criminals. It must be an unconditional sur render and a dictated peace. NO TIME TO CELEBRATE "TTTHY do we not have a celebra- YY tton?" is a question that is frequently asked when the great successes of the allies In France and Belgium are discussed. - The answer is that this is no time to celebrate. We are just In the middle of a very big undertaking. We are win ning, but we have not won. We are beating the German, but we have not yet conquered him. When Luden dorf and von Hlndenburg offer com plete surrender and the allied sol- dtera are on their way to take over the strongholds of Germany as a guarantee of good faith, then we shall be ready for a celebration. We had an Impromptu parade last summer when the American troops knocked the paint off the tjerman wedge at Chateau Thiery and started the great retrograde movement of the Germans in France, and that was justified. From that moment it has been apparent that what has happened and is happening was al most certain to come about. But the possibilities hinging upon our success at Chateau Thiery are not exhausted. When the last German is thrown out of France and Bel gium, or when Germany hoists the white flag to -Foch, Haig and Per shing, then we shall celebrate. But not before. If Germany don't junk the Junkers, the Junkers will junk Germany. That Liberty Loan news from Hnr risburg will be good tidings for the boys in France. The "trenches" arc now mere lines of useless ditches far behind the fight ing line. • The Huns complain against the use of shotguns by Americans, but they say nothing of poison gas or flame throwers. Besides, shotguns are per fectly proper weapons to use on rats. T>o U&xCK "PtKKwtcUKUi, By the Ex-CommlUecmnn I' II : "There have been more substitu | tions and changes and incidents of i the unusual kind about the certifi | cation of the nominations this year than I have known for a long time," remarked George D. Thorn, chief clerk of the State Department, who is now acting deputy secretary of the Commonwealth. f'To begin with there were many candidates for nominations and then came along a whole new set from the Fair Play party. Then Prohibition candidates began to withdraw and substitutions to be made. Then other men found it inexpedient to run and now after we have certified the nominations changes keep on being made. Some of them have been necessitated by deaths, but some have not. We have certified the names; if the county authorities can change the ballots, all right." "The nonpartisan nomination sit nation has been unprecedented," continued Mr. Thorn. After names had been certified for the superior court at the primary a candidate tries to withdraw and finds he can not. Then after the primary there are two supreme court justices to elect and the nominations have to be made by nomination papers. Two constitutional amendments are on the ballot, too. It all goes to show the unusual character of 1918 in politics." Mr. Thorn remarked that the bal lot in spite of all these incidents was not -as bad as some In the old days. "In one year there were eleven columns right across the bal lot; this year is not in it with some of the timers" said Mr. Thorn. It takes one mark for a straight ticket and two marks to indicate preferences for judicial candidates. —Now that the Liberty Loan drive is about over, the men who direct polities in Pennyslvania are trying to figure out what influenza is going to do to the campaign. Prom all ac counts Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, the Democratic nominee for gov ernor,- intends to continue his tours of the state and will become very active in the next ten days, although whether he holds meetings or not depends on health conditions. —The Republican state campaign is uncertain. It was planned last week to have the state candidates begin a tour of the western counties and then gradually work their way eastward, but the death of Senator Sproul's son-in-law upset all ar rangements. —Senator Edward E. Beidleman, the nomine for lieutenant governor, said to-day that he did not know when the tours would start, as the influenza epidemic would prevent meetings. —W. Harry Baker.-secretary of the Republican state committee, has been in Philadelphia all week, work ing on details of the campaign. About half of the headquarters'staff are sick. —Warren VanDyke, secretary of the Democratic state committee, and other ringmasters of the reorganized Democracy are meeting in Philadel phia to-day in an effort to All up some of the holes in the Democratic ticket and to decide in what way the state windmill may figure in the campaign without damaging its wings. The state headquarters peo ple would like to have J. Washing ton Logue go out and make speeches, but that would emphasize the split caused by the Palmer-McCormlck policy and the chances are that at tention will be concentrated upon Congressional fights. —The Prohibition state campaign has also been afTected by the influenza epidemic, although up to date there does not seem to have been any di minution in the activity in substitu ting Democrats for Prohibition candi dates in Allegheny county. The course of the Prohibition state managers is one of the puzzles of the campaign and the York county situation affords some interesting displays of the pol icy adopted by the cold water ma chine. —J, R. Wylie, Prohibition and Washington candidate for the Senate in the Forty-fourth district, tiled his withdrawal to-day and Carl D. Smith was substituted for him on the Pro hibition ticket. In the Ninth district H. Wesley Lynch withdrew as Pro hibition candidate and James H. Paine was substituted, while in the Tenth Allegheny, Thomas Paxson withdrew as Prohibition and Wash ington candidate and W. H. Barn hart was substituted as prohibition candidate. —The policy to be followed In nam ing election commissioners to take the votes of Pennsylvania soldiers In the various camps will be Anally de termined between to-day and Tues day and much depends upon Influenza. Reports coming here from the various camps indicate that camp command ers are rather anxloua about the epi demic and inclined to establish quar antines, while some of the men offered commlszionerships have declined the honors. —There are grave doubts here whether men who have filed with drawals from various tickets In the last few days will be able to take down their names or to have sub stitutes entered as word coming to the State Capitol from various coun ties Is to the effect that In many of them printing of the tickets haa been started. SASRISBDRG telegraph THAT GUILTIEST FEEUNG By BRIGGS whcw you've PGBN HOLDI*J£ . iw a Bis SNceze FOB A L on|S TtMe AND you HAve To I_GX IT -ggfc c