PAGE TWO THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1913. HARRISBURG LETTER That the organization' Republicans are progressive and hnvo a harmoni ous plan for advanced legislation has boon apparent from the start, and , now some of the details are begin ning to come to the surface. The Senate will not sit this week, but Im mediately after It recoavenes March I 10th work on a comprehensive re-j form of the election laws will be started and It may be asserted with 1 confidence that the short ballot and I other improvements and safeguards 1 will bo put into effect. A public ser vice commission bill with teeth In it will bo adopted and there will be tax ation reforms and a mass of legisla tion cleaning up isolated wrongs and abuses and embodying progressive ideas will be placed upon the statute books. The program will be com prehensive and progressive enough to commend itself to nny member of the legislature who Is a sincere re former before ho is a politician and self-seeker. The enactment of this progressive legislation will proceed with consid erable rapidity from now on. Last week the Rockwell local option bill was swept out.of the way and the re moval of this piece of legislation al ways results in relief to both sup porters and opponents. The commit tees of both Houses have their work well in hand. The general appropri ation bill carrying a total of over $42,000,000 has been Introduced. One of the apportionment bills also is in and in many other particulars the work of the body is well In hand. March 18th the introduction of bills will cease and by that time It will be possible to get some idea as to the possible date for adjournment. The ten Democrats who voted for Begelow argued that after all it is no affair of theirs, inasmuch as the Highway Commissioner would bo a Republican In any event. Never theless their action has thrown some element of their party back into the habit of viewing with alarm and making direful predictions. Sever al of the more vehement Democratic newspapers have even read the ten out of the party. In the circum stances these Senators might bo ex pected to go about wearing an air of gloom, but as a matter of fact they' are quite cheerful. Naturally this attitude gives great pain to Demo cratic State Chairman Guthrie who Is never so happy as when he Is sus taining the role of a party boss and making good. At the opening of the session Guthrie's scheme of cau cus rule irked the unterrifiod to such an extent that they upset some of his cherished schemes and he subsided, but not for long. His meddlesome ness soon reasserted itself, this time in the form of a series of letters In which ho assumed to point out to the Democrats the course they should pursue. The House reconvened on Wed nesday night at 9 o'clock and the Senate will meet again next Monday at 9 o'clock. House committees met Thursday. The State Water Supply Commis sion has recommended, after a thor ough study of the Pymatuning swamp conditions, that the State build a reservoir to impound the wa ters and drain the land at a cost of 51,600,000. This would give a great portion of the 10,000 acres area to agriculture and regulate the wator supply for the Industrial valleys of the Beaver and Shenangoa. ARIEL. Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Harkness liave returned home after spending the past week with relatives in Wil mington, Del. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lonstoin have returned from New York, whore they have been visiting rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Emery and fam ily spent a few days in New York city during the past week. (Mrs. Calvin Samson has returned after a four months visit with her parents In Laurel, Montana. Mrs. J. D. Storm entertained the Sunshlno circle on Saturday after noon, Feb. '22. , Mrs. Roy Howe entertained at pin ochle on Saturday afternoon. Homer Sandercock was confined tq the houso through Illness during last week. The Book Club was entertained by Mrs. P. T. Howe at the "Maple Ave nue" on Tuesday night. William D. Bell, of Port Jervis, spent the week end in town. The Ladies' Aid of Treslarvllle held their annual banquet at the home of Santford Bishop. A sump tuous supper was served. The dining room was artistically decorated in red, white and blue. Supper being over, Charles Treslar, the toastmas ter, kept the house in laughter for one-half hour. Tho following were presont: Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Swingle, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Qulntln, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Swingle, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. William Mittan, Mrs. George Corey, Mae Cor oy, Mrs. Newell Bishop, Mrs. William Treslar, Mrs. Herbert Swingle, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Treslar, Mr. and Mrs. Grain, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob KIz er, Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Santford Bishop, Miss Mil dred Bishop, Miss Susie Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Florence Glossenger, and Harley Bishop. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Charles Treslar; vice president, Mrs. George Corey; sec retary, Mrs. Orpha Swingle; treasur er, Mrs. Joseph Qulntln. AH report a general good tlmo. .COMPLIMENTS THE CITIZEN. Equinunk, Pa., March 1, 1913. The Honesdale Citizen, Dear Editor: Kindly "allow mo to express my ap preciation of tho editorial in Wed nesday's edition on a certain class of advertisements which are exceeding ly disgusting and Immoral. I con gratulate you on your position, and it is the moral standard which all reputable newspapers should assume. Tho whole thing is a fraud and hum bug, leaving alone its inclemency, arising from tho desire to get rich by appealing to the gullibility of the dis solute. Thanking you for giving the people a clean, newsy paper, Yours truly, SAMUEL TOLLEY. 1 . . is IN STATE OF Nation's Woe Due Largely to Whims of Leaders and to Race Weakness. By JAMES A. EDCERTON. THE Mexican crisis has become chronic. Revolt is followed by revolution and that by Insur rection, rebellion, insurgency, uprising, disturbance and plain trouble. If Don Enrique Doodlebug's breakfast does not agree with him he goes out, calls about him his faithful followers and starts something. If Colonel He llipe W. Thenuz gets tired of working for u living he gathers a company of others of the same mind, of whom there are always plenty, and begins holding up estates, mills, railroads or anything' else that will stand for it Insurging has become a habit The land is filled with Maderistas, Zapatis tas, Fellcistas, bundltlstas, assassinls tas, pessimistas, jlngoistas and other "Istas" till you can't rest One year they elect a president, and tho next they tako blm out in a side street and shoot him. The governor of a state never knows whether his next conference will , be with a legislative committee or the firing squad. It taken a brave mau to be a public otllclal In Mexico. Before n Mexican announces that he Is a candidate for the suffrages of his fellow citizens lie wants to Insure his life and make his will. If elected he by American Press Association. AMBASSADOR HENRY LANE WILSON. surrounds himself with n body guard and has all his enemies executed or Jailed. Then If some of his trusted adherents are not traitors he may be allowed to serve out a part of his term, provided he Is not broken on tho wheel of a revolution. Tho recall is an old established institution in our sister re public, only they don't do the recalling with ballots. Francisco I. Madero tried to teach his countrymen democracy, but they had been under tho Diaz rule so long that they had forgotten what the word meant. The worst accusation made against Mndero is that he was a dream er, but if so ho dreamed of liberty for his country, of honest elections, of hu mane government, of land for tho land less and of peace and prosperity for tho people, ne was also criticised for be ing only five feet four inches in height, a very serious charge indeed. It was said that he appointed too many of his relatives to office, but it was rejoined that ho had to have somebody about him ho could trust Even as it was his two chief generals turned traitors. Two-thirds of People Illiterate. Poor Madero! ne had become indoc trinated with republicanism as it ex ists in America and thought he could apply It to Mexico, only to find that the people did not comprehend It or know how to use' It ,he poorer class es thought liberty nneant that they could take what they wanted with none to say thera nay. Tho peons are illiterate. It is estimated by one fa miliar with Mexican affairs that of the 15,000,000 population of tho nation 10,. 000,000 can neither read nor write, and half the remaining 5,000,000 have no education to speak of. Tho same au thority says that 40 per cent of the peo ple are of puro Indian blood and that 30 per cent more have Indian or negro blood in their veins. These last are tho greasers. When it Is realized that nearly nil the remaining 30 per cent are Spaniards it can bo seen Just what elements Madero had to depend on in working out his dream. Well, Madero Is dead and the old cientlficos are in the saddle. To those unacquainted with tho cientlficos it rbould bo explained that they consti tuted the real power in the Jast years tf Porflrio Diaz. They are not a politi cal party, but rather nn inner circle, A power behind tho throne. Thoy die tato appointments and policies. The meaning of tho word "clentlflco" is scientific business, and it Is shrewdly suspectod that this wheel within a trbeel made a scientific business of gov ernment, of the offices, contracts, con cessions, honors, franchises and other favors that government has to bestow. MtXIGu ow 1 . PLUNGED CHRONIC REVOLT Intervention Would Be Costly. Nation Should Work Out Own Salvation. In Tammany Hall this would be called scientific graft, but, of course, nothing of that kind can be Imagined' in con nection with a national government. Diaz Redivivns. The brief dream of democracy Is over; the counter revolution has ap parently won and the old reactionaries are In power. Don Porflrlo's pictures are being taken from closets, dusted off and hung about the national pal ace. Don Poriirlo's nephew Is the head of the successful revolt and the announced candidate for president. Don Porllrlo himself Is Immensely pleased with the turn of affairs and says that he may return to his coun try. "The old order changctb, giving place to the new," has been strangely reversed to read, "The new order changcth, giving place to the old." Today Mexico's constitutional presi dent and vice president the only ones really elected by the people In more than a generation, have been assassi nated, and the country is under a mil itary dictatorship. As for the future, who knows? "The blood of the mar tyrs Is the seed of the church," and It may be that the blood of Madero and Suarez may yet be the seed of democ racy In Mexico. Tho truth is mighty Photo by American Press Association. MAJOR GENERAL CARTER. even 'among peons, greasers, Indians and Spaniards. At present there are muttcrlngs of I revolt all over Mexico. Tho finger of scorn of all nations is pointed at the , Huerta regime, at the methods by which Huerta himself gained office, at the crude and revolting savagery dis played In the killing of the two Made ros and Suarez, at the transparent ex planations made of these blundering brutalities. Will There Be Intervention? What will the United States do? Foreign nations are exerting pressure on us in favor of intervention. They point to our responsibility under the Monroe doctrine to keep order in the western hemisphere. Thoso who have large investments in Mexico are also urging us to intervene. President Taft steadfastly refused to beed this clamor, and there Is every reason to believe that President Wil son will do the same. At the same time, warships are being rushed to Mexican waters and troops are mobil izing at Galveston and other points near tho border. These aro precau tionary measures and are such steps as practically all neutral nations tako when there Is warfare near their boun daries. Americans who talk idly of interven tion should realize fully Just what such a serious step would mean. It would certainly bring war. The I gringos, as we are called, are not I particularly popular across tho line. Mexicans may quarrel among them pelves, but the moment wo made a hostile move they would unite like long lost brothers. All the different "Istas" would forget their grievances against each other nnd rush to support the Independence of their land. We should mnlie no mistake on this score. Intervention In Mexico would mean not only wnr, but n long, hard and costly war. It Is tmo that Mexico has only one-sixth of our population, but they would be fighting on their own ground, defending their own homes. More over, it would be harder for us to sup press the roving bandits of tho moun tains in an alien country than for the Mexican government to control Its own nutlaws. One United States army ofll er who has studied the situation has stated that It would require at least 300,000 troops, ton years time nnd $1,000,000 expenso a day to conquer Mexico. Would Massacre Americans,, Intervention would probably defeat tho very end sought tho protection of American lives and property In the dis turbed republic. Many Mexicans have ' threatened that the moment wo cross the boundary every American in the country will bo massacred and every American property wrecked. As barba rous and horrible as this sounds, thoso of our people who have lived south of tho Rio Grande believe It would be car ried out Not only so, but other for eigners would probably suffer, the mobs not distinguishing between grin gos and Europeans. By Intervening we would become IndirecUy responsi ble, not only morally, but financially, for the resultant damages. Intervention might have.anothcr most Ferlous consequence. It would doubt less alienate from us all Latin Amer ica. Despite all wo have done for the other American republics, both by our example and by our powerful aid un der the Monroe doctrine, there are nat ural Jealousy and four of us. These younger republics dearly prize their In dependence nnd regard our very size as a menace. This feeling was Inten sified by our nctlon In Panama: also our Intervention in Cuba. Santo Do mingo, Nicaragua nnd elsewhere. The Latin Americans have doubtless beard some of our rattle-brains chatter about "Pnnnmn to the pole" and have at tached more Importance to such irre sponsible talk than it merits. But In tervention In Mexico would' give real ground for apprehension not only to Central but to South America. It would lend color to the charge that we are land hungry nnd have designs of conquest. This would be most unfor tunate to our growing trade In Latin America, which we hope to increase by the construction of the Panama canal. It would end the pan-American dream of James G. Blaine. We Can Afford to Wait. As a matten of fact. Just what busi ness would we have In Mexico any way? Have not the people of that country a right to work out their own internal affairs in their own wny? Is It not better for them that they should 'do 'so? There Is no evidence that American lives or property have suf- 0 by American Press Association. PRESIDENT YIOTOIUANA HUERTA. fered unduly as a result of the revolu tion. Some damage was Inevitable, but this can all be adjusted after peace is restored, if It ever Is. The Huerta government has promised to raise nn army of 150,000 men nnd to go after the revolutionists with vigor. General Orozco, the leading insurgent, has come into camp and promised to bo good. A few of the other rebel chieftains have also promised allegi ance. Whatever we may think of Huerta and of Mexico generally, why not give them a chance? If they can restore peace, well and good. If they cannot, there will be plenty of time to act after that fact becomes appar ent. . There is natural irritation along the border, but the whole nation cannot be plunged Into war merely for tho protection of tho border. General Steever is nlready on the ground with one division of regular troops, and General Carter is on his wny with an other. If these two divisions are not able to keep the Mexicans on their own sldo of the river the Texas rang ers may do tho trick. Governor Col quitt of Texas is sending tho militia to points along the Rio Grande, and In this connection some unfortunate mis understandings have arisen. The gov ernor said he could get no satisfaction from AVashington and that If it became necessary to protect the lives and property of Texans he would send troops across the border. Thereupon the United States troops were hurried to the Rio Grande, and it was said that tho purpose was to watch the mi litia and see that Governor Colquitt's threat was not carried out This recalls a remark I heard .the other day from a gentleman recently returned from Mexico. According to his version, tho Mexican people aro not at all afraid of the United States. They feel perfectly competent; to wipe out our whole army. But they don't like tho Texas rangers, ney have had dealings with these gentlemen before nnd have a wholesome respect for their hard riding and straight shooting. Tho Texas rangers look big ger and more formidable to them than all Undo Sam's army And navy. Possibly they are rlglit, nnd If worse "rom'es to worst we might let the Tex es rangors go down and) clean up the tvbolo Mexican republic But for the present it is Just ns well, to keep our heads. Taking overy necessary pro caution, prepare to strlkjo bard and quick If it becomes necessary, and wait The waiting game Vosta noth ing, wbllo ono fase step plight sac rifice untold treasure in wealth and life and seriously affect the future of 'hi entire western bemispbei HOLLISTERVILLE. Holllstervllle, March 6. Herbert Relcn'ert has left for Scranton where ho opened a. barber shop. Ross Slocum was a Scranton .visi tor one day last week. The Alpha O. A. B. C. of tho M. P. chur6h will have a St. Patrick's so cial and oyster supper in the M. E. hall on March 14th. Mrs. L. Davis sold her property here consisting of a houso and barn and about 16 acres of land to a Mr. Welner of Scranton. The farmers are all getting ready for sugar making. (Rev. A. R. 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