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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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. Reichert will begin
special services at the East Sterling
M. P. church on Monday evening,
March lu, to continue for two weeks.
Rev. S. F. Sllker of South Canaan,
and Rev. S. F. Ackley of Dalovillo
will assist In the services.
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