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The greatest miracle of Christ was
His sinless life.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1919
LET IT BE WHAT IS FAIR
IF the coal lands in the Lykens
Valley are not assessed in pro
portion to their valuation, they
should be. The county commission
ers will have public opinion at their
backs in whatever they may do
along that line. Hard coal is sell- '
lng at market prices sufficiently high
to warrant the owners of the land
paying their full share of taxes.
Furthermore, these coal lands are
far more valuable on the market
than land not underlaid wlsh mine
tal wealth. It is only just that the
coal companies pay their proper
proportion of taxation and it is not
likely the courts, to which there is
the threat of appeal, will see the
matter in any other light.
The county commissioners should,
and no doubt will, insist that the
mine assessments be placed at fair
figures, not a cent more than is
warranted, not a cent less. Dau
phin county is not so well situated
that it can excuse any real estate
owner from paying his full share
of taxes. We are about to build a
new courthouse. The income from
$1.0,000,000 or $40,000,000 assessed
valuation would go a long way to
ward providing the revenue.
THE THREE KINGS
IT was Robert Burns who wrote,
away back in 1785, that—
There were three kings into the
east.
Three kings both great and
high.
And they have sworn a solemn
oath
John Barleycorn should die.
The immortal "Bobbie" never re
vealed the identity of the "three
kings" who thus plotted the life
of John Barleycorn, but he freely
gave it as his opinion that they
never would make good their con
spiracy. And now it's done, and we
suspect the names of the three kings I
who laid the old rascal low are:
Education, Common Sense and Pub
lic Opinion. '
A GREAT ADDRESS
GOVERNOR SPROUL-S inaugu
ral address covers such a mag
nitude of subjects, and the
scope of his vision is so comprehen
sive that any attempt to analyze it
adequately in a brief way would be
foolish. But this may be said, that
it is not only scholarly from start
to finish, but it embraces a pro
gram so progressive, patriotic and
constructive that if it shall be enact
ed by the Legislature the adminis
tration of the Chester statesman will
go down in the history of the state !
as the most remarkable since the j
foundation of the Commonwealth.
Governor Sproul's thorough famil.
larlty with the needs and conditions
of Pennsylvania is evident in every
paragraph. He speaks with knowl
edge and conviction. He sees clear
ly the trend of the times toward
legislation for social advancement,
and the betterment of living condi
tions. His inaugural address runs
the gamut from the highest to the
lowest; no citizen of the Common
wealth is so humble as to miss his
all-seeing eye and no interest is so
great that it commands more than
the honest, falrminded recognition
it justly merits.
The needs of labor, the demands
of our public schools, the problems
of re-employment of returning sol
diers, the Americanization of the
foreign element, the repression of
Bolshevism through patriotic en
deavor of the people themselves, the
financial problems of the state, the
growing question of income, the re
organization of the State Highway
Department to meet the enlarged ac
tivities made possible by the fifty
million dollar road loan, the urgent
pleas for better city administration,
the simplification of the state gov
ernment, the protection of the publia
from stock swindlers, these and a
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TUESDAY EVENING,
dozen other big subjects are alt
treated in such a sane and practical
manner that they must commend
themselves to the attention of the
Legislature in the light in which the
Governor has placed them.
Governor Sproul very properly
urges the Legislature to take prompt
action on the enactment of the "dry"
federal amendment. As he says,
Pennsylvania should promptly place
herself in line with the common
wealths that have gone on record as
standing for this great reform.
There can be little doubt that this
will be the first of his official rec
ommendations to be endorsed.
Almost in the same paragraph he
urges the adoption of suffrage for
women. This is another progres
sive movement that must commend
itself to all those who have observ
ed the magnificent manner in which
the womanhood of Pennsylvania
and the country-at-iarge responded
to the patriotic appeal for service
during the great war. And no doubt
under Governor Sproul's leadership
this long delayed step will be taken
by the present Legislature.
Harrlsburg is intensely interested
in seeing the State develop Capitol
along the lines so admirably
laid down during previous adminis
trations and it will rejoice to observe
that the new Governor is as one with
them in this. It is to be hoped that
the subject will be so presented in
detail to the Legislature at an early
date that there will be no delay in
making such an appropriation as
will enable the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings to move for
ward as suggested by Governor
Sproul in his message.
A most important paragraph of
I the inaugural Is that which has to
' do with the Governor's part in the
framing and enactment of legisla
tion. Governor Sproul, very com
mendably, has decided to return to
first principles in a very distinct sep
aration of the legislative and execu
tive branches of the state govern
ment. He will not hesitate, he says,
to lay before the House or Senate
any such matters as he believes to
be of importance, but he will not
use the great powers entrusted to
him as Governor of the state for
either political advantage or to en
force the passage of bills in which
he is interested. This is a very wise
and proper decision. Executives
have been all too prone in recent
years to merge these two depart
ments of government. It Is to be
hoped that the Federal administra
tion will take notice of this effort on
the part of Pennsylvania's Governor
to get back to a truly democratic
form of government and to comply
with the intention of the framers
of the constitution in this respect.
Governor Sprout's Inaugural is all
that his friends expected of him and
more. It should be constantly be
fore the leaders who guide the ac
tivities of the Legislature. They
could find no better program for
the coming session.
PROUD OF HIM
HARRISBURG people as well as
friends everywhere extend to
day their congratulations to
Edward E. Beidleman upon his in
auguration as Lieutenant-Governor
of the Commonwealth. It is a proud
distinction that has come to this
able young Harrisburg attorney, but
one which he has merited by long
and arduous service for the state.
Lieutenant-Governor Beidleman
goes Into office with a majority such
as has been given to few men in the
history of the Commonwealth. He
enters upon the presidency of the
Senate at a particularly auspicious
moment. He has won the respect
and admiration of his friends by his
staunch Republicanism and his advo
cacy of every measure that has come
before the Legislature in his sev
eral terms having for its object the
benefit and advancement of the com
mon people.
He will have no vote in the de
liberations of the Senate, except in
case of a tie, but his influence will
be felt in every action of that body
during the coming four years and
he will have ample opportunity to
demonstrate to his friends that the
Lieutenant-Governorship is more
than the mere empty honor which
a less aggressive man might make
it.
Lieutenant-Governor Beidleman's
friends are predicting that he will
so Impress himself during his term,
upon the people of the Common
wealth that he will be their choice
for Governor next time. It is a long
step from this inauguration day to
the next and many things may hap
pen in that time. Lieutenant-Gov
ernor Be'dleman smiles upon the
ambitions of those who would see
.him advance to the highest office
in the Commonwealth and Is wisely
silent, but those who have seen him
come steadily up the ladder from
obscurity to state-wide prominence,
will not be surprised if the predic
tion of his enthusiastic supporters
comes true. Certainly he has the
best wishes of the thousands of his
neighbors who voted for him last
November.
JUSTICE TO SOLDIERS
CONGRESS would do no more
than the country desires if It
passes the bill approved by the
Senate yesterday providing one
month's pay and five cents a mile
traveling expenses for discharged
officers and enlisted men, together
with permission to retain their uni
forms. The men who sacrificed their
own private affairs for the good of
the country deserve well at the hands
of the country. We must not be
niggaredly with the men who did
our soldiering for us. It was asinine
in the first place to demand the re
turn of a uniform that would have
great sentimental value for its wear
er, but which would be only much
Junk to the government. And so
far as the additional month's pay
and traveling expenses are concern
ed, men actually need the money
to enable them to get decently back
Into civilian life.
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| By the Ex-Committeeman j
A ceremony without precedent in
state annals, as far as can be ascer
tained, took place in the Senate of
Pennsylvania last night when two
of its members resigned to become
respectively the Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor of the common
wealth. Aside from its Interest as a
historical scene. It had unusual po
litical significance, because the two
men called to the highest elective
offices in the state were conspicuous
In their opposition to the retiring
Governor and his administration,
especially when thevrights of the
upper house in regard to confirma
tion of appointees were concerned.
And both were opposed by all the
resources at the command of the
Brumbaugh administration at the
primary last May.
It scarcely needs any statements
in the Inaugurals of today to con
vince the observer of political mat
ters that such incidents as have
marked the relations of the Senate
and the Governor the last four years
will not be repeated, and that the
chapters of that part of Pennsylva
nia's political history may be filed
away.
—Administering of the oath to
Governor Sproul was the second oc
casion of the kind for Chief Justice
J. Hay Brown. The Lancaster jur
ist officiated at the Inauguration of
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh. The
oath was administered to John K.
Tener by Chief Justice D. Newlin
Fell, pf Philadelphia, while Chief
Justice James T. Mitchell adminis
tered the oath to Edwin S. Stuart,
one of his personal friends. It is
an interesting fact that Senator
Sproul is a native of Lancaster,
where the chief justice attained
fame as an attorney before being
elevated to the supreme court bench
This will be the last ceremony of
the kind for Chief Justice Brown, as
his term will expire in 1921, unless,
of course, the next Governor should
invite him to act in 1923.
—Senator William E. Crow, upon
whom falls the mantle of leadership
in the State Senate because of the
retirement of William C. Sproul af
ter service of a quarter of a century
in the upper houso of the Legisla
ture has taken the seat of Senator
Sproul on the front row. This
across the aisle from Senator Edwin
H. Vare and has been occupied by
Senator Sproul ever since the Senate
was arranged as it is now, which
was when the "bull ring" was abol
ished about fifteen years ago. Sen
ator Crow will succeed to the chair
manship of the Finance committee,
long held by the Delaware man,
and which is one of the most im
portant in the Legislature.
—James F. Woodward, secretary
of Internal Aftalrs-elect, who will
assume office in May, was congratu
lated by many friends in the inaugu.
ration crowds yesterday and today.
The McKeesport legislator Is much
consulted because of his long ser
vice in the House. This is the first
session in which he has not been a
member of four. Most of the time
he has been chairman or high up in
the appropriation committee, of
which his close friend, William J.
McCalg will be chairman.
—George J. Brennan, of the Phil
adelphia Inquirer, is the dean of the
correspondents here for the ses
sion. He has been coming to Har
risburg for almost thirty years, and
only Walter J. Christy, of the Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times, has a longer
record of active and continuous
newspaper work in connection with
Legislatures. Mr. Christy was un
able to get here for the ceremony
today, it being the first inauguration
he has missed since 1891.
—Members of the Legislature are
discussing rather critically the
treatment meted out to Captain
Samuel A. Whttaker, of Phoenix
ville, In the matter of an army com
mand. The captain was an active
member of the last three sessions,
and except for his service in France
would have been elected this year
and been a leader. He is home after
being given the treatment complain
ed of by former officers of the Na
tional Guard, who were shifted from
the commands with which they had
fought.
—Ex-Auditor General A. E. fis
son, a former president pro tem of
the Senate, was among the visitors
to the Capitol and attended the
ceremonies in the Senate.
—"May the sunshine of success
always light your path," was the
sentiment of Lieutenant-Governor
McClaln in his eulogy of William C.
Sproul last night. It was much re
peated about the Capitol and met
with approval everywhere.
—Lex N. Mitchell, a former legis
lator, is here for the opening. Mr.
Mitchell has been insurgtng a long
time.
—lra D. McCord, a former Ches
ter county legislator, is being talked
of as a possible House clerk. It is
said that a number of changes In
the "row" will take place.
—According to gossip President
pro tem Buckman will marry next
week. His bride to be lives in the
West.
Prof. Rasmussen
They tell an interesting little story
of Professor Frederick Rasmussen,
of State College, who is to be Sec
retary of Agriculture In the Sproul
administration.
Professor Rasmussen is not a
wire-pulling politician, but a scien
tist with the gift of putting things
clearly and galvanizing facts and
figures into life.
He talked about food-supply prob
lems lately in Chicago, and after
ward one of the magnates of the
steel industry who heard him re
marked:
"Another good man wasted on
farm produce."
"Why?"
"A man with a brain like that
ought to be in the steel business.
He'd be at the top of the heap!
Never heard such a fellow for mar
shaling dry facta and putting 'em
forcefully.—Philadelphia Ledger.
AN IDEAL WIFE
An ideal wife is one who sympa
thizes with you when you have a
headache and says you ought to be
gin wearing glasses when -the
chances are you have been smoking
too much. —Kansas City Star.
A Traveler's Muse
"There always is room at the top"
Is a maxim as old as the earth;
And the same you'll indorse if ever
You've sought for a lower berth.
—From thp Buffalo Evening News.
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EDITOR FORD
(From the Philadelphia Evening
Public Ledger)
Hard-working journalists who
have to deal hourly, as best they
may, with the iron realities of these
thundering days will look with envy
upon Henry Ford, who, as the new
est editor in the world, has only to
pluck blossoms of gentle thought in
the green fields of the untroubled
future where his mind has found
blissful roads to wander in.
It is impossible not to like Mr.
Ford. He is a good-hearted man,
eager to do noble things. But he be
lieves the troubles of the world may
be solved with kindly epigrams, and
he has a notion which is apparent
in the first Issue of his weekly" news
paper that the universe of human
kind is not less highly organized
than the automobile business. It is
not surprising that Mr. Ford in his
first editorial utterance should mis
take old truths for new ones. Yet
that is what he has done.
We are informed in the first issue
of the Dearborn Independent that it
is nobler to make plows than to
make dollars; that a business isn't
Worth while unless it produces use
ful things; that opportunity will not
overlook you because you may wear
overalls. These maxims have a
familiar sound. They belong with
the oldest truths in the world.
Everybody would like to be noble.
It is easy to be noble when you are
rich, difficult when you are a
struggling business man not fortu
nate enough to have millions to
spend in experimenting with the vir
tues. All business men do not live
and work in the midst of plenty.
They are not fortunate enough to
have something that everybody
wants. Their world is full of hard
problems. If their generosity is not
as spectacular as Mr. Ford's, it is,
nevertheless, ' proportionately as
great or greater.
Journalism Is a good school, and
if Mr. Ford is a sincere pupil he will
learn many things. Then he will
not be so ready with his lectures to
the relatively poor who are the vast
majority in the business world.
A MAN!
About b!a brow the laurel and
the bay
Was often wreathed—on this our
memory dwells—
Upon whose bier In reverence to-day
We lay these immortelles.
His was a vital, virile, warrior soul;
If force were needed, he exalted
force;
Unswerving as the pole star to the
pole.
He held his righteous course.
He smote at Wrong, if he believed
it Wrong,
As did the Knight, with stainless
accolade;
He stood for Right, unfalteringly
strong,
Forever unafraid.
With somewhat of the savant and
the sage,
He was, when all is said and
sung, a man,
The flower imperishable of this
valiant age—
A true American!
—Clinton Scolland in New York
Sun.
LABOR NOTES
The Lord Roberts Memorial work
shops in London have the largest
toy-making business in the world.
The Pacific Coast Metal Trades i
Council has voted in favor of amal-1
gamating all metal trades interna-!
tlonal unions into one organization.
Fort Wayne (Ind.) Councils havo
passed an ordinance stipulating that
union labor shall be employed on all
municipal operations.
Bhoe workers in Randolph, Mass.,
have been granted a war bonus of
ten per cent, in addition to the same
percentage given them in July last.
Over 100,000 spinners In the Lan
cashine textile district In England
have quit work because the employ
ers refuse to grant them a forty
per cent. Increase in pay.
Since August, 1915, the number
of women trade unionists in Qreat
Britain has more than doubled and
at the present time there are nearly
750,000 of them organized.
In Pennsylvania during 1917 the
number Of lives lost through acci
dent per 1,000 employes was 3.55 In
anthracite and 2.50 In bituminous
mining.
same kind of work performed by the
I men.
The New Lieut. Governor
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR E. E.
BEIDLEMAN, who took the
oath of office in the Senate
chamber today, is a native of Har
risburg, and began life running er
rands for his father, who was in
charge of a grocery store in the
lower end of the city. He is noted
as a lawyer and campaign speaker,
and first showed ability as an ora
tor during his four-year period at
the Harrisburg High School, gradu
ating at the head of his class when
that institution was located in *the
old Stevens building in Chistnut
street.
Mr. Beidelman shortly after grad
uation entered the law offices of S.
J. M. McCarrell, now on the Dauphin
county bench, and whom in later
years he succeeded as a member
from Dauphin county in the State
Senate. Benator Beidelman was the
first Dauphin countlan since Judge
McCarrell's time to become presi
dent pro tempore of the Senate,
which office he held last session.
It so happens that Judge McCarrell,
his old preceptor, administered the
oath of office to the new Lieutenant-
Governor today and there were
those in the audience who wondered
If in the fullness'of time, Mr. Beidle
man might not possibly come to
grace- the bench of the county. But
there were others in the audience
who freely predicted that four years
hence the Dauphin countian would
be taking the oath of office from the
Supreme Court justice of the state.
Lieut.-Governor Beidleman only
smiles, however, when this early
boom for the governorship is men
tioned and declines to listen to what
he terms "flattery."
However that may be, it Is free
ly predicted that the Dauphin coun
ty man will be too aggressive to per
mit the Lleut.-Governorship to be
no more than the empty honor that
some of his predecessors have al
lowed it to become. Like the retir
ing Lieutenant-Governor, it is fully
believed that he will make his pres
ence felt and standing as he does
A Strong Cabinet
tFrom the Connellsville Courier]
Governor-elect Sproul is giving
conclusive evidence that his admin
istration is to be in harmony with
the dignity and Importance of the
great state of Pennsylvania. He has
made It plain that there is to be no
trafficking for political or partisan
advantage; no effort at punishing
political enemies; no rewarding of
political friends at the expense of
the efficiency of his administration
or to the discredit of the state.
Mr. Sproul's cabinet, so far as its
membership has been announced, Is
probably one of the strongest called
to council with and assist a governor
of Pennsylvania for many years. The
members are Republicans without
factional alliances and citizens of
high standing and good repute in
their respective neighborhoods. Sov-.
eral of them are lawyers of recog
nized ability and all of them have
engaging qualities as men.
Cyrus E. Woods of Westmoreland
county, who is to be continued as
secretary of the commonwealth, has
had a broad experience in public af
fairs and as representative of our
nation at the court of Spain. Mr.
Shaffer, who is to be attorney gen
eral, is a familiar figure in the law
courts of the state, and John S.
Fisher of Indiana county, who Is to
be commissioner of banking, is both
a lawyer and banker of high stand
ing. .
That the affairs of the Important
Department of Agriculture may be
administered along lines of greater
usefulness to the farmers of the
state, Professor Rasniusscn, dean of
the agricultural department of
Pennsylvania State College, who is
familiar with the needs of the farm
ers of the state, has been chosen as
secretary. The minor appointments
made by the incoming governor
show discrimination In his choice
and a determination to surround
himself with capable men, thereby
to keep his pledge to the people that
his administration shall be one that
will promote the best interests of the
Imperial Commonwealth.
Here Lies Bill
Here lies Bill, the son of Fred;
He lied alive, he now lies dead.
Swallow him. O Earth, for ne
Did his best to swallow thee.
—From: "The Laughing Willow,"
by Oliver Herford (Doran).
in closest harmony' with Governor
Sproul and the leaders of the Legis
lature, it would be entirely in keep
ing with his career up to this time
to find him looming large in the
public eye during the coming four
years
Mr. Beidleman has been the cen
ter of many hot political contests
and came out of all of them victo
rious. He was twice elected to the
House in red hot campaigns, and
entered the race for the Senate in
1912, during the memorable Taft
campaign, and with two other
strong candidates against him. Af
ter a speech-making swing around
the county and two months of the
most active campaigning the county
has ever witnessed, he came out on
top at a time when the head of the
ticket and several legislative candi
dates went down before the Roose
velt landslide. That made him the
unquestioned political leader of the
county and when he ran for re
election he won out in a canter.
His victory over John R. K. Scott
for Lieutenant-Governor was anoth
er demonstration of his strength,
and the fact that he led his ticket
in the state at the November elec
tions marks him as a man whose
friendships and vote-getting possi
bilities are wider even than his
party limits.
Lieutenant-Governor Beidleman is
an able speaker, as has been said,
but he never writes his speeches.
He seldom makes notes, even In his
court cases and depends upon a
ready flow of language and a re
markable memory to see him
through.
As Lieutenant-Governor he will
be chairman of the State Board of
Pardons. For the period of his ser
vice in that capacity he will not
practice criminal law. This has led
to some mis-understanding. It has
been said that he will retire alto
gether from his legal practice. This
is not true He will continue to look
after a large and growing corporate
practice and the usual civil cases.
The President and the Senate
(N. A. Review's Weekly)
In a Paris dispatch to the Times,
Mr. Richard V. Oulhan informs us
that "some impression appears to
have been made on the American
peace delegation by criticism in the
Senate directed against the failure
of President Wilson to keep the Sen
ate Informed of the progress of the
exchanges with Allied statesmen in
Paris."
You have to go away from home
to get the news, and it is news, in
deed on this side of the Atlantic
to learn, In the first place that there
has been any "progress of the Al
lied statesmen in Paris," and it is
still more surprising news to be in
formed that there has been criti
cism in the Senate over the failure
of the President to keep that not
wholly negligible body informed as
to what has been going on, when, so
far as anybody here at home knows,
nothing whatever has been going on
save an interchange of courtesies
and speechmaking, In which last
field of endeavor the President
seems to have acquitted hlmsellf
with that grace of direction with
which we are all so familiar.
Foresters Wanted
One of the outdoor jobs that Is In
gfeat need of workers Is practical
forestry. Emergency construction
during the war years made heavy
Inroads on forests In every port of
the country. At the same time, it
hns taken expert woodsmen away
from the forest lands.
There is now a vast amount of
planting, thinning and lumbering to
be done. The work is of vital im
portance to the forest growth and to
the Interests allied to that. It will
require both money and men to do
the necessary work.
Here is another opportunity for
the returning soldier, anxious to get
into outdoor work. In Massachu
setts alone, where there are five
slate forests, there is a big Held for
these operations and a big demand
for labor.
The forester of that state makes a
special appeal to soldiers to Investi
gate the tlmberland work and to
take It up as a life work If It inter
ests them. Certainly any man has
a right to feel that he is serving his
country as well as earning a live
lihood for himself if he is engaged
in nractlcal forestry.—From the El
mlra Star-Gazette.
A Misplaced Effort
Samson was peeved.
"Why didn't she do it to Absalom
instead?" he cried.
JANUARY 21, 1919.
New Agriculture Secretary
[Pennsylvania Farmer.]
The appointment of Prof. Fred
Rasmussen as Secretary of Agricul
ture of this state is a distinct de
parture from Pennsylvania prece
dent. Professor Rasmussen has won
distinction In agricultural activities
rather than as a politician. He brings
to this specialized department, spe
cialized training in the industry he Is
to represent; a familiarity with the
farm conditions of the state gained
through two years of service as head
of one of the most important de
partments of the state school of
agriculture: and a vision of the
agricultural possibilities of tho state
based on personal observation and
experience in other leading farming
states of the union.
Professor Rasmussen had practi
cal farming experience in Denmark,
came to this country and entered the
lowa State College, graduating from
that Institution In 1905. He later
taught at the lowa College and then
went to New Hampshire where he
became one of the leading dairy au
thorities of the New England states.
He was made head of the depart
ment of dairy husbandry nt Penn
sylvania State College two years ago,
and in these two years has not only
rebuilt the dairy herds of that insti
tution but has firmly established
himself with the practical dairymen
of the state. The past year he has
been in close touch with the work of
the State Food Administration, do
ing valuable work In the division of
feeds.
Professor Rasmussen is affiliated
with no political faction of the state,
is independent of institutional and
organization difference, and, we
have reason to believe, has no per
sonal ambition except to give to the
state the best and wisest possible ad
ministration of its agricultural de
partment. It may be expected that
he will inaugurate some reforms to
i increase the usefulness of the de
partment, and inject new life where
most needed, but he is not the type
i of reformer that is likeiy to curtail
i any useful function or disturb es
tablished organization until it has
been demonstrated that the reform
is an actual improvement. The ap
pointment of a man of-this type to
the position he will hold Is one of
the mast promising Indications of a
sound business administration by thd
hew Governor.
Lauder's Thrift Rules
(From the Columbia Dispatch)
Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch
singer, who has made a fortune and
knows how to keep it, has explained
the rules which ho followed In
carrying out his native thrift. They
are all very sage advice and well to
he remembered by young men of to
day:
Behave toward your purse as you
would toward your best friend. i
View the reckless spending of
money as criminal and shun the
company of the reckless spender.
Dress neatly, but not lavishly.
Take your amusement judicious
ly; you will enjoy them better.
Don't throw away tlie crusts—eat
them. They are as nourishing as
beef.
It is more exhilaration to feel
money in your pocket than beer in
your stomach.
Remember, it takes only four
quarters to make a dollar and only
twenty-five cents to make a quarter.
You can sleep better after a hard
day's work than after a hard day's
idleness.'
Get good value from your trades
man. He gets good money from you.
A bank note makes good reading,
better than some novels.
AL, IT'S AWFUL
Having his attention called to a
letter which was six weeks in course
of delivery from Garrett to Fort
Wayne, Ind., a distance of twenty
odd miler, the editor of the Fort
Wayne News procoeds to take the
hair off'n A 1 Burleson, and mentions
eight historic events which occurred
while the missive was enroute. "In
a broad way it may be said that
while this letter was In transit, the
world turned over," says the editor.
It is suggested that possibly the
world In turning over accomplished
what A 1 could not, namely, the de
livery of the letter. How many
thousands of these cases come to
hand dally? Burleson upon his re
tirement from office will have earn
ed the unique distinction of being
the most inefficient Postmaster Gen
eral since the time when Cain found
it necessary to answer a matrimon
ial advertisement by going in person
to the Land of Nod.-—From the
Chester Times.
Veracity Vindicated
Henry Ford's verncity is vindi
cated. He said ho knew nothing
about politics.—From the Richmond
Timea-Dlspatch.
hunting Cjal
December 20.
This being the day appoln
by the constitution for the
auguratlon of the Govern
elect, Simon Snyder escorted
a committee of both Houa
entered the chamber of I
House of Representatives
when the requisite oaths wi
administered Simon Snyd
the Governor, then address
both Houses of the Legislatu
In the above severely formal
ner the Harrisburg Chronicle
Monday, December 26, 1814,
vt e inauguration of the ttrst g
nor to take the oath of offl;
Harrisburg, then the new capli
Pennsylvania. The ceremony
curred on December 20. The O
of Dauphin gives about the
space to the event and it dooi
seem to hare aroused anything
tte public inteiust that there
a s'milar cetemony here today,
ediiois of tcc four page we<
tiiut comprised tte newspaper
of 1-larrisouig in those days,
'hey speli-vl I-iu'i'sburgh wir
tinal h, do not appear to have
impressed with the signitican
the inaugural, although the
founded by John Harris had o
few years before realized the s
tion of its founder after a str
with Philadelphia, Lancaster, N
umberlund, Carlisle, York and
er places. It won out becaui
its geographical location, an
value as a center ot transport
which has only commenced t
realized in our day.
The state government had bet
cated here only a year or so,
it happened that Governor Sn
tho first Governor 10 be inaugu
in Harnfiburg, had been electe
his tli'Jd term eaily in the m
There was not the interest
would be now if a new governoi
to take the oath and besides
sturdy Pennsylvania German
the exponent of those who dis
show ana who believed in the
plicity then known as Jeffers<
and of which one of the make
Uarrishurg, William Maclay,
been such an advocate in the
Senate of the United States,
new governor had taken a resii
on Market street the year bi
and coming from a neighbor ci
had fitted into the life of the i
state capitol to a number of \
people he was connected by
and marriage. The Dauphin i
ty court house was the temp
capitol of Pennsylvania as the
tract for the State House hai
yet been let, and the prelim
work in grading the knoll tb
now tho official center of the
monwea th had only started. S
committee of legislators dii
have l'ar to go and perhaps
|of the residents of the city
friends and p'-itwans of Gov
Snyder accompanied him to
main court room of the first
house where the Represent
are William Tilgham was
justice in that time and altl
the old time reporter does nt
cord the fact he probably adr
tered the oath, as it has been
tomary for the chief judicial <
to perform that act for the
executive of the State. John
was speaker of the Senate an
c>b Holgate speaker of the £
both having been elected a we
so before the inauguration
Tod being chosen utter a tw
deadlock in which he was the
horse. He represented the Bet
Somerset district. General
Forster was then the Senator
Dauphin and Lebanon, while '
Buchcr, Peter Shindel and
Gudhart were tho members c
lower house from the Dauphin
anon district.
Governor Snyder had add]
the Legislature upon its assen
on December 6, so that his inai
address, the third he was
upon to make, was brief. It is
apparent from its terms tha
Governor was addressing legis
and rot the public and that tl
auguration, unlike the ceremo
today, was more for the lawrr
than lor the citizens, alt:
CoubilfSs the third honor of sc
uiar a man as Snyder fillet
court house to the doors on
December morning more tha
years ago. Thj war of 181:
nearing its end, and there is a
ular parallel between this a<
of a Governor of 1814 and tl
the Governor of 1919 in that
the war problems were referr
Governor Snyder declares "
imity throughout the United
would be the surest guide tc
cessful warfare and the
pledge of an honorable and t
peace." Throughout he appes
harmony in state and nation, i
at one point "The blood of
brave troops has been shed in
vain are the laurels they hav
and the praises they have re
if the public voice is rent in
by discord and the public arm
ied by friction " In the cone
part of his speech so fait
printed in full Governor S
seems to have felt that he wa
orous because he says: "If X
urged this subject with more
warmth or earnestness than yo
•leern necessary, impute it t
deep conviction I have of the
ful effects of ovarv measure
represents us to the enemy as
vldcd people."
This first governor to be ir
rated in Harrisburg, who h
inaugural parade, and whose
tion into office caused so littl
pie, was a remarkable cha
Almost all histories say h
"sturdy and honest." He is rc
to as the first of the men of G
descent to be Governor. Sam
Pennypacker says of htm In Pi
vanla, the Keystone, "With
Snyder, in 1808, began the
of the Pennsylvania Dutch
nors of the State." He was
nor three times in successioi
the famous Thomas McKea
only defeated him by a few
and votes in 1805. Born in I
ter, he went to Selinsgrove,
county since called for him, a
elected justice of the peace,
in the constitutional convent
1790, one of the youngest m
and was elected speaker
House of Representatives sis
in succession. He had a leg
service of over a decade befi
ing Governor, and when hli
ended In 1817 he was elected
Senate. He died just one h
! years ago, while serving as
ator. He often referred to :
| burg as his second home, am
' are members of families hei
are of his blood. Among tl
Eugene Snyder, the oldest n
of the Dauphin county bar,
a great grand nephew.
Consider Your Wa\
Now therefore thus salth'tl
of hosts: Consider your i
Haggai i, P