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6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bstabluhtd itji PUBLISHED BY THIS TGLEUIUPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Treasr. P. E. OYSTER, Secretary. BUS M. STEiNMETZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, 123 West Madison street. Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <BKeln iJMV six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg as second class matter. 11 /fljk The Association of Amer- ) i (!|Uil ican Advertisers has ex- ) I 1 • mined and certified to ? J the circulation of this pub- ? I lication. The figures of circulation i l' contained in the Association'* re- ( 1 > port only are guaranteed. j 2 Association of American Advertisers s > No. 23,53 Whitehall Bldg. N. Y. Cily ? Sworn dally a vera are for the month of Obtober, 1914 24,426 Average for the year 1013—21,577 Average for the year 1012—31.119 Average for the year 1011—1.5.551 Average for the year 1010—17,495 TELEPHONES! Bell Private Branch Exchange No. 2040. United Business Office, 203. Editorial Room 586. Job Dept. 203. MONDAY EVEXIXU, XOVEMBKR 2 RESTING OX THEIR ARMS THE last word has been said, the final orders issued and the mo bilization of the forces engaged in the most remarkable cam paign in the history of the State is now complete. To-morrow morning the greatest i battle of the year—the battle of the ballots of a sovereign people—will engage the interest and attention of hundreds of thousands of freemen. And not until long rifter the sun shall have gone down will the conflict cease. Upon the result will rest the ap proval or disapproval of the Demo cratic Administration with its long program of experiment and disaster. In this State the issue is clear and' unmistakable. Palmer and McCor mick are the personally-selected can didates of President Wilson. They have asked support for themselves as lin endorsement of the free trade act which has caused such widespread disaster and other policies of the National Administration. If the voters of Pennsylvania are satisfied that these policies should be approved, then they ought to vote for McCor mick and Palmer. But unless they want to place the stamp of their ap proval upon the breaking down or the pro' ictlve tariff system, the impo sition of enormous direct taxes upon the people, violation of solemn pledgee to the people and general Incompe tency the voters of Pennsylvania will vote for the Republican ticket und thus indicate their repudiation of the party in power at Washihgton and all Its works. Here in our own State the Demo cratic machine has done its utmost to divert attention from the national Issues by a campaign of personal abuse and misrepresentation of Re publican candidates. Pennsylvania has been held tip as all that Is mean and contemptible and low, while the little men seeking place and power have rolled their eyes toward heaven end thanked the Lord that they are not as other men. Dripping with their own venom and meanness they now sit in smug con tent waiting the verdict of the people. It will not be long coming. Hypoc risy is not popular in Pennsylvania. RIVER FRONT CHANGES CITY COMMISSIONER TAYLOR, head of the Department of Parks and City Property, has a man's job in the final grading and planting of the slope along the entire River Front of the city. With the practfcal completion of the reinforced concrete wall and steps the burden of making the finest water front in the world now rests upon the Department of Parks. So much depends upon the manner of doing this important work that Commissioner Taylor is wisely con sulting from time to time the distin guished landscape designer, Warren H. Manning, who is so enthusiastic over the future of Harrisburg that he sings the praises of this city far and wide. The head of the park system has been enlarging the South Harrisburg park in the extreme southern section of the city, and when the area be tween Paxton street and Iron avenue shall have been graded and planted, us will be done this Fall, the people down town will have every reason to he proud of their fresh-air resort. Harris Park between Paxton and Mulberry streets has also been consid erably widened by tilling out toward the river, and here, likewise, there should be planted many trees of the proper size and variety. But it is along the slope and between the base of the slope and the "Front Steps of Harrisburg." as most people call the wall, that the Park Depart ment will find the greatest opportun ity for immediate activity. There is much to be done in the way of grad ing and planting before the winter Is too far advanced, not only in the sec tion south of the Market street bridge, but. from that point northward to Matiay street. It has been wisely decided to con struct a. depressed walk along the top MONDAY EVENING, of the slope from "Hardscrabble" northward, and this double terrace ef fect will not only be pleasing from a landscape point of view; it will be more economical and decidedly at tractive. It might be well to consider whether similar treatment should not be adopted from Herr street to the city's pumping station at North street, between which points the slope is high and abrupt. All in all the Department of Parks has at least two months of grading and filling and planting ahead of it and plenty of work for idle hands un der competent supervision. Commis sioner Taylor is having the effective co-operation of the other councllmen in this great finishing feature of an important municipal undertaking. WHY ? WHEN the Anti-Saloon League bosses in their official organ ask the voters —referring to Dr. Brumbaugh whether they "will accept the eleventh-hour statement of a man who has no past record on this question, who has wab bled and straddled until he became ridiculous," they discount the Intelli gence of the Pennsylvania voter. Tfjey must have known that Dr. Brumbaugh has a temperance record running i back over a generafton. Any inquiry | whatever would have disclosed the i fact that he was secretary of the or- | ganization in Huntingdon county in 1889 when that county was carried by 700 majority for the amendment to th« Constitution prohibiting the man ufacture and sale of intoxicants in Pennsylvania. During that remark able contest he made speeches in favor of prohibition all over the county and furnished most of the temperance articles in the county newspapers. Dr. Brumbaugh was one of the first local optionists in the State, yet we have such men as Moore, the present head of the Anti-Saloon League in Penn sylvania, outrageously misrepresenting the Republican candidate. Why? Wonder what would have happened had some Republican leader attempted such an assault upon, say President Wilson, through the medium of a post card, as Roosevelt made upon Penrose. Would the Democratic administration of the Post Office Department at Wash ington have directed the delivery of the cards when held up by a postmaster in pursuance of a simple construction of the regulation against the transmission of mail matter containing defamatory statements? It matters muchly whose Interest is at stake. SETTING RACK THE CAUSE PERSISTING in its unfair and ut terly inexcusable attitude toward Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh to the last, the latest publication of the Pennsylvania edition of the American Issue, the organ of the Anti-Saloon League, continues in its misrepresen tation of the Republican candidate for Governor. We still believe that the local option cause must triumph, but we just as earnestly believe that it hat been dealt a serious blow by the unscrupulous men now in control of the Pennsylva nia organization. Instead of giving their attention to the election of mem bers of the Legislature favorable to local option, these men have devoted their entire attention and energy to promoting the candidacy of the Demo cratic nominee for Governor, notwith standing the fact that Dr. Brumbaugh hay over and over again declared his purpose to aid In the passage and to approve the local option measure. Yet these nnten continue to appeal to the religious and temperance com munities of the State to turn their backs upon Dr. Brumbaugh ih favor of a candidate who, should he be elected, will be infinitely weaker as a pillai supporting the local option structure than the Republi<*in candidate, whose party is altogether likely to be in the majority in the Legislature. MR. BONNER UNDERSTANDS O Neil Ronner, the first vice-presl- Sdent of the National Liquor League, has been on the "Roll of Honor" of the Democratic ma chine supporters. We have been under the impression that the ambitious clique now In con trol of the Democratic organization had turned their backs on Mr. Bonner and his associates in the liquor busi ness, according to their own state ments, but the appeal of Roland S. Morris, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, to Mr. Bonner for help forces the conclusion that the repudiation of the liquor interests by the McCormick-Palmer aggregation is not intended to be taken seriously by the liquor men. It is only to be used as bait for such gudgeons as will swal low it. THOSE AWFI'L POSTMASTERS We are finding out what sort of men the Republicans have made postmasters out of. Two of them have withheld —and one is said to have destroyed—large numbers of postal cards bearing an appeal from Mr. Roosevelt for the defeat of Senator Penrose and the election of Mr Pint-hot. These postmasters felt that they owed their Jobs to Penrose, and therefore they must use them in his Interest. The foregoing from the Philadelphia Record is interesting as showing the political viewpoint. But our esteemed metropolitan contemporary overlooked a dispatch in the same issue of the Record telling of the holding up of some political matter sent out by the chairman of the Republican county commitee in Bucks county by the post master at Newtown. The Record states that the postmaster, a recent Demo cratic appointee, flatly refused to re ceive the letters and told the carrier not to bring them inside the office. The postmaster's action, accoVding to the Record's correspondent, compelled the carrier to take the letters to an other post office. It matters a good deal whose ox is gored. WISE COURSE THE State Highway Department is pursuing a wise course in sending expert roadbuilders to confer with the township road supervisors of the various counties ut their annual meetings to be held dur ing the Fall and winter. The closer the State Highway Department and the supervisors get the better will be the roads of Pennsylvania. Many of these supervisors mean well enough and perform their duties to the best of their ability. But few of them un derstand the fundamentals of road construction and road repair. They need instruction and help. We talk very glibly about the im provement of our roads, but few of us realize the immensity of the task that confronts those in charge of the work. It is not within the bounds of possibility for the State Highway De partment of Itself to accomplish all that is to be done. But by making the supervisors understand that the State is of them with its expert advice and financial assistance wherever that assistance can be legally given will go a long way to make the dirt roads of the State much better than they are to-day. EVENING CHAT The political campaign which closes here to-night possesses more than the usual interest for Harrisburg, which is saying something, considering the fact ' s *' le capital and a chunge of administration has a mighty effect upon an official center. For the first time in many years, probably the very first time, Harrisburg has candi dates for two of the major offices to be elected, and for the first time in fifty years has a candidate for Gov ernor, and the first time in probably seventy-five years a candidate for the highest court In the State. Much home pride activity has been manifested, that In behalf of Judge Kunkel being notable for its nonpartisan character In fact, never has any Harrisburg can didate for anything received the whole souled support that has been tendered the judge by those who know him best. Judges Simonton, McPherson and Weiss were tendered in years gone by what amounted to nonpartisan elec tions becAliae they were on practically ail tickets, but never has the electorate of Dauphin county manifested as rn»y zefl l In behalf of a candidate, rile men who bitterly opposed him In the memorable campaign of eleven years ago are his most ardent backers and men of every walk life have been doing what they could to spread beyond the borders of the county the popularity of Kunkel. Justice John Stewart, of Chambersbutg. was elected some years ago by votes of nearly all parties and may be said to have been the first real Supreme Court nonparti san election. He received throughout this part of the State much the same sincere support, despfte the fact that he had no contest in sight, that has been accorded Judge Kunkel bv his neighbors and which has been extend ed by men without regard to political faith in the sixty-six other counties of the State. Ex-Mayor McCormick. oil the other hand, has been a purely partisan candidate, and both his own campaign and those waged against him have been typical. The situation presents some Interesting phases for the man who likes to study elections. Speaking of Judge Kunkel, Colonel Henry C. Demniing said the other evening: "I hope the people of this State realize what a man they have in Kunkel. When I was in France four years ago I found French lawyers knew of him because of the unusual record he made in the Capitol cases. He was of as much interest as the cases." It might be said, too, that this is the first gubernatorial campaign in many years in which the parade and the meeting have been so frequent. In the last four State elections there were meetings held and a parade or so, but this year there have been more mass meetings held by the various parties than known since the second Pattison campaign and at times the demon strations nearly approached those of presidential years. The parades, in stead of being the perfunctory turning out of a club for a walk around, were something like the old-time parades, although not as extensive as those of presidential years. It has been said that parading is one of the lost arts of campaigns, but we ure threatened with a revival of that picturesque ad junct of a campaign. The Capitol just now presents the usual ante-election appearance and in every department only those men and women who live in Harrisburg are to be found attending to business. Some of the departments were frankly closed up to-day and all will be "shut down," as they say on Lhe "Hill," to-morrow, with exception of the State police and Health departments, where there are people on duty every hour of the day and night. It's funny how the people who have no connection with the State government or who are connected with parties which are desirous of breaking into the Sate pay roll always refer to the exodus of placeholders about elec tion time. One would imagine from some l'o the shocked expressions of these persons that not even the exi gencies of a strenuous campaign would call the Pennsylvania officeholder from his duty for election, entirely for getting the fact that it is 1n reward for political services, nine times out of ten, that gets the man the job. More over, one of the loudest complainers about absenteeism on the "Hill" just now can generally be found to be the man who once held a job there or who wants to get there. And it might be remarked that absence from desks around election time chantcterized Democrats in the days of the Pattison administration just as it has marked the deportment of men connected with the stalwart Republican adminis trations and of the Bull Moose domi nation of the fiscal departments now. Some of the complainers might also be referred to the conduct of office holders under the Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson administrations for illumi nation as to the way they comport themselves in a larger official circle than Harrisburg. I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE I * —Judge John L. Kinsey, of Phila delphia, is very ill at his summer home. —Judge C. A. Reed, of Jefferson county, is an ardent hunter. —Ex-Governor Penn.vpacker says It's all nonsense to say that people in the West are more patriotic than those In the East. —The Rev. Edgar Vincent Loucks, dean of the Allentown College foi Women, will accept a pastorate in Ohio. —A. C. Dinkey, president of the Car negie Steel Company, is a great patron of sports. I DO YOU KNOW ? ] That Harrisburjf is one of tlie biggest distributing :«ntcrs for agricultural implements in tlic State? NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE CIVIL WAR [From the Telegraph of Nov, 2, 1864.] Caiitiirp H lorknill'-H unup r Washington, Nov. 2. Admiral Por ter reports the capture of another blorkaile-runner, the Lady Stirling, with 980 bales of cotton on board. Guerrilla* On ItanniniiF Louisville, Nov. 2. The guerrillas are murdering everyone who crosses their trail. They are also raiding and burning small towns. HARRISBURG $i§SS& TELEGRAPH BOIER LETTER IS DECLARED GENUINE State Chairman Morris Says That Bonner Probably Got One From the Democrats Chairman Roland S. Morris, of the Democratic State committee, said on Saturday night that Nell Bonner, presi dent of the Liquor Dealers' Asso ciation, "probably" got a letter from him asking for a contribution to the Democratic State committee's slush fund in behalf of Palmer and McCor mlck. Mr. Morris did not deny the letter. Nothing has so illuminated the Democratic campaign as this letter. While McCormlck was out on the stump declaring hostility to liquor, the State chairman was sending letters to liquor dealers asking for contributions. Saturday night Morris said about the Bonner letter: "If he contributed In 1908 he probably got one of the letters." What more is needed? Final predictions made by the New York and Philadelphia newspapers as to the'result in Pennsylvania to-mor row show that the Re publicans will win. The polls were made by Predictions counties by the Phila- for Victory of de 1 p h I a Press and Republicans Philadelphia Ledger and in both instances show that It will be a Republican year. The Press stands by its esti mate of a week ago and shows Brum baugh a winner by 97,400. Brum baugh is given 41 counties. The Ledger said that Brumbaugh would be a sure winner. State Chairman William E. Crow says that Penrose will win by 195,000 and Brumbaugh's plurality may run up to 220,000. Dr. Brumbaugh said that he would win by almost 2 50,000. The Democratic claims, of which only that made by James I. Blakslee is worth while pay ing any attention to. arc crazily Demo cratic. State Chairman Morris said that McCormlck will go to Philadel phia with 125,000. Blakslee says that Penrose will be defeated, but his elabo rate system of computation fails to shoW how. Blakslee does not say any thing about McCormick. McCormick says he's going to win and is not quot ing figures. The New York World and the New York Herald, which have spent much money getting a line on Pennsylvania, say that Penrose and Brumbaugh are going to win. Much has been said about Allegheny county going to furnish a surprise this year and the gangsters at the Demo cratic windmill have gone so far as to claim it foi Allegheny McCormick, while the Is Firmly Bull Moose allies of the Republican wealthy Harrisburger have been saying that it will go Republican again. This is what its Republican county chairman, one of the most level-headed newspapermen in the State, has to say: "Walter J. Christy, of the Republican county committee, to-night issued the following prediction: "The Republican State ticket will have a majority of 30,000 in Allegheny county; all four Republican candi dates for Congress will be elected, and the entire Republican senatorial and legislative ticket will be successful. "I do not expect to see a difference in the majorities for Senator Penrose and Doctor Brumbaugh." The Republican forecast as to the result in the State was made in a state ment issued by William E. Crow, chair man of the Republican State committee. Chair man Crow's statement Crow Says reads: Republican "The Republican ticket Landslide will sweep Pennsylvania on Tuesday. I look for the election of Senator Penrose over Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer by not less than 192,000 votes. Mr. Pinchot will run a poor third and it is not likely that he will carry more than two small counties over Senator Pen rose. "Senator Penrose will carry forty four of the sixty-seven counties. All the large counties will go to him over whelmingly, and in the agricultural sections he will poll a tremendous vote. As a matter of fact, the reports of the Penrose strength that come to Republican headquarters are so glow ing that the figures I have given are, if anything, conservative. "Dr. Brumbaugh will win by from 185,000 to 250,000 against the com bined Democratic and Washington or ganizations. He will carry at least thirty-nine counties. Philadelphia will give him a record-breaking vote. His lead over McCormick in Philadelphia alone will be in the neighborhood of 127,000. All of the other Republican State candidates will win without difficulty." Cheers for Dr. Brumbaugh and a notable lack of enthusiasm for Mc- Cormick marked the parade of the Democrats on Satur day night in honor of Brumbaugh the hom/3 coming of Cheers oil Vance 07 McCormick Vance Night after his tour of the State and if the frosti- ness of the street crowd toward their "home candidate" for governor is anything to go by he is going to have trouble in Harrisburg. The parade was one of those carefully built up affairs at \yhich the managers of McCormick's campaign are adepts. The only trouble was that between the club members who could be whipped into line and the men who wanted something or who wanted to be re membered when the "kale" is handed out. the managers permitted a lot of Hallowe'en nummers to march and also iid not take the trouble to weed out two pronounced drunks. But acci dents will happen. Charitably speak ing, the parade numbered less than a thousand, mummers and musicians in cluded and it did not have the. chil dren carrying banners, either, the managers having either awakened to the blunder or else were unable to get any kids because of the Hallowe'en fun. McCormick hardly got a hand, but when the parade went up Market street on its way to the hail there were salvoes of cheers for Brum baugh. Samuel Kunkel presided at the meeting in Chestnut street hall and so many paraders insisted on get ting in that the place was packed. There were not enough for the propos ed overflow meeting, however. Dr. Brumbaugh's campaign in Ches ter county on Saturday was marked by unus wl demonstrations, especially in towns which are lo- , cal option strongholds. The doctor was greet ed by many men who Brumbaugh were Bull Moosers in Strong in 1912 and who have do- Old Chester elded to give up the trading party and go back to fhe Republican organization. The candidate addressed no less than fifteen meetings and toured the indus trial towns and the farming com munities and closed with a meeting in the county S"at which drew one of the largest political audiences ever known In the town. With Dr. Brum baugh wi\B Secretary of Internal Af fairs Henry Houck, who received a great ovation, Hoth expressed them selves as entirely satisfied with the outlook. I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I —Lp to date McCormick has not made any comments on the Morris letter to Bonner. —Neither letters to Bonner nor Shelley figured at the Chestnut Street Auditorium. —The frost was early on Saturday night and It was noticeable when the McCormlck automobile went up Mar ket street. —Blakslee is not predicting very much on McCormlck. Jim was always rather far-seeing. —Dr. Brumbaugh's indorsement by John Wanamaker Is the kind that he who runs may not only read, but be lieve. —The persistence of the big news papers in predicting that Brumbaugh and Penrose will win is not understood in Market Square. —One of the strong features of the campaign has been the modesty of the Democratic nominee for Governor. —McCormlck will make a last ap peal in Northampton county to-night. Something must be wrong in that Democratic stronghold to have a can didate speak there at a quarter to twelve. —The Philadelphia Press shows that it is nearly right when its second poll on Brumbaugh shows him a winner by figures that differ but 100 In a week. —That 1,000 men that Doc Dough erty was going to bring from Mechan icsburg numbered just 99. —Take out Mechanicsburg and Mid dletown and other places and the McCormlck parade was u pretty skinny local demonstration. Harrisburg did not turn out very strong. —Of course, the crowd on Saturday night was out to see McCormick, not the mummers. —The Rev. John G. Wilson, promi nent Philadelphia Methodist pastor, is out for Brumbaugh in a strong let ter. —Colonel Roosevelt did not refer to his telegram to Brumbaugh while in the State. —Doc Krelder appears to have beaten Kaufman several miles in get ting publicity in the Patriot. Wonder why? —Ben Focht will show his Demo cratic detractors a few things to-mor row. —Watch the Brumbaugh vote in the Juniata Valley. —Lebanon Chairman Noll says that Penrose and Brumbaugh will sweep Lebanon county. THE LOSING GAME By ttinu Dinger McCormick's hustled 'bout the State Proclaiming against booze— In league with liquor interests Other folks he would accuse. But if he's so sincere in His statements 'bout himself. Why did his party-workers From hotel-men seek pelf? Saloon keepers were asked to Contribute to the fund, And some few "firm-bellevers" Were then but slightly stunned. But when they wrote Nell Bonner To come across with coin And join the Roll of Honor To help Vance to pifrloln The Governor's Chair, and Palmer To cop a Senate seat, The crow was far too sickening . For stalwart friends to eat. And when election's over They'll realize that loss Is sure to come from trying To work the double cross. GOT IT AND DON'T WANT IT [From the Waynesboro Independent.] For several years the Democrats have been howling for a direct primary for Pennsylvania. Now that it has been secured they refuse to be satisfied With It and are the first to aid In set tins it aside. The first direct act In doing away with the direct primary was the fusion of the Bull Moose and Democratic candidates for Governor which was accomplished by pushing Dean Lewis overboard. Now they are attempting a fusion on the Senatorial aspirants. However, candor compels us to give the Democrats credit for one thing. They seem to want the Bull Moose to do all the fusing. A SOUND RULING ON FUSION [Philadelphia Bulletin.] Judge McCarrell's decision denying the right of the Democratic State ex ecutive committee to make nomi nations filling vacancies on legislative district tickets, to the exclusion of county or district committees of the party, serves to clear the air somewhat on the question of fusion deals dic tated from State headquarters regard less of local opinion. If there Is any excuse, short of death, for setting aside the nomina tions of the voters at the primaries, it is certainly clear that this power ought not to .be exercised by a little coterie or group of leaders who are not directly responsible and responsive to these same electors tif the party as their representatives in the district or ganization. In the abstract, the idea of sub stitutions after the primaries is an tagonistic to the direct nomination theory >vhich considers the election to be inviolable for mere purposes of dickers and deal by the elimination of stalking horseß and the setting up of nominees possibly opposed to the opinion of the rank and file of the party. But, because of the unavoid able shortcomings of any law that must perforce leave loopholes for sub stitutions in order to meet emergen cies. there is always a chance for such trading. Yet Judge McCarrell's action in the Seventeenth Philadelphia dis trict case properly delimits the au thority to the party committee most nearly representatives of the voters concerned, and this despite formally adopted party rules to the contrary. The decision is of Importance not so much for its effect in the present cam paign as a guide to the future. It is now too late for the dissatisfied' party workers to use It effectively as an obstacle to the Harrisburg-made kind of fusion on the legislative tickets throughout the State before the elec tion a week hence, but It sets the law against such tactics as the Paimer- McCormlck "reorganizers" have em ployed In ruling every segment of the party from "the front." THE BU IjLDOZEU ABROAD [From the Altoona Tribune.] Every American citizen has the right to form, cherish and express his own opinions roneernlng the various prob lems of the day. He goes beyond the bounds of rational freedom when he assumes that nobody Is honest who does not share his opinions and he be comes a menace to freedom when he undertakes by harsh expressions, bit ter criticism or positive threats to bring others Into subjection to his will. The bulldozer is a fair judge of human nature. He knows he can frighten and subjugate the average individual by threats and harsh ex pressions. There's a considerable amount of cowardice in the world. Munv persons would do almost any thing to avoid a controversy. And this gives the bulldozer his oppor tunity. He calls his truculence and coarseness frank speech and he uses It a great deal because he finds It pays In divers ways. Yet he should be resisted to the utmost. STORY OF A BOY Worked on a farm—then In ■ ■air mill. nnd In hln father'i store. STveiri a aehool for hli tuition—rang the bell for bla board. Brenu tearblnit when 16—County Superintendent when 22. Entered 11. of P. •« a student when •jK became member of tr, of p. faculty. Made I'reoldent of Jnnlnta College wrote hooks on edneatlon. Appointed by President MrKlnley CommlNHloner of Kdneatlou ut Porto llleo. Elected Superintendent of Pbllndel l>hl« School*. Nomlnnted for fSovernor by the Re oiibllriiiiH of Pennsylvania. THAT'S BRUMBAUGH NOVEMBER 2, 1914. Plain Letters by a Plain Man Messrs. Vance C. MeCormick and A. Mitchell Palmer: Gentlemen: This is Ihe story of two men: The one was born to a life of toll, obtaining by daily labor, when yet a boy, the means to continue his education. A teacher at 16 years of age, a county superintendent of schools at 22. he had the while tolled manfully In the forests, every spare hour, to pay his father's debts. With an ever unsatisfied desire for mental development he entered the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 28, and later became one of the faculty. Upward and onward has been his record In educational work, until, for many years, he has been the able superintendent of schools in one of the leading cities of our nation. True to every trust, without a blemish on his fair fame, his word his bond to all who have ever known him. he knows how to feel for tho sons of labor, for he has been one of their number. IN HARRIS BURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of Nov, 2, 1864.] Complete Wnr»room« The new warerooms of James R. Boyd and Son are completed. Train to Speak George F. Train will address the people of this city next Monday. To Sell Cattle There will be a sale of 600 captured cattle In this city on the 15th. CONSISTENCY,THOU ART A JEWEL [Philadelphia Public Ledger.] If all the saints are in any particular party, no one knows it. Those who express such horror of Doctor Brum baugh because he heads the Repub lican State ticket can point to no un spotted record, nor do we observe that these purists are committing hari-kari rather than support the nominees of Tammany Hall in New York State. A character such as a long public life has given Martin G. Brumbaugh does not evaporate because he Is on the ticket of one party. As he has been fearlessly honest in public affairs here tofore. so will he continue to be. As he has fought for the public good dur ing preceding decades heretofore, so will he be on the firing line during the succeeding four years. Members of the Cabinet of the arch-Democrat himself, President Wilson, are stumping Illinois for Roger Sullivan, and New York for Tammany nominees, yet no one sus pects that Woodrow Wilson would stoop to ignoble traffic against the pub lic good, or trouble with politicians for personal advantage. Colonel Roosevelt strongly argued for Mr. Pinchot on the ground that he is a safe protectionist, and in the 80 mo sentences he denounced the Democratic tariff and Democratic poli cies, sneered at the Wilson' adminis tration, but actually gave his indorse ment to Mr. McCormick, who was President Wilson's personal choice for the nomination for Governor on the Democratic ticket, and would not have been nominated except for that in dorsement. Consistency, thou art a jewel! • Doctor Brumbaugh is moral to the core. He Is efficient; he is energetic; he is able, and he has the heart of the Samaritan who stoops by the way. What he says he will do as Governor, .ililiiillllllillililliiiiiliiiilililiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiit ' fCeMsgn-teed] WflNpffS HOOFING " f c W^" r nUf a» ciuurr General says: X It is better to buy Roofing from a big concern that can back up its goods when called upon, than to buy rom the little fellow who may not make good when hia hoofing falls down. When you buy Certain-teed Quality lC? < #~Uirvti~l'Er&tf'l!r Durability CtrMfied £1 JL Guar«n-feeJ —you are protected by a public_confidence egal guarantee of five a* *,en By tt» cne«i , , Public confidence la the greatest pore fr»r 1 -r»lir t'f»n tr#»arc asset that any house of business can cars ior i piy, ten years poRBOBa It l 3 moro to be desired than vr O w*irc the ftblm y to make money. JI 6—yly) 111 LCCII yCclxs There are degrees of publlo confl -3 1 1 i • dence. It may bo zero, a minus quan —plyj and ttlL guar- tlty, or a plus quantity. At sero no • I 111 1 confidence exists—nobody is for or >ntee IS backed by tile against such a house. But this con - dltlon can exist only where the house rlggest roofing and £M nl \lV n g \^ A till milding paper mills in and public confidence then be . ii expressed by a plus or minus sign, K/=» \afi-4rlrl according to the approval or dlsap "WJiUt proval of tho public as to the goods . , and policies of the house. If the There is no advance test by f°° d « vhich you can determine L.„, i„ _ _r . "ii quantity and the people 'will transact lOW long a TOO! Will last. business with its competitor# whoso * - t i • .1 business Ideals are on a higher and • our safeguard is the guar- more satisfactory plane. If the goods , hre satisfactory, and if the policies ntee-in-advance of a manu- of «>• house are the P oo Pie win continue to do business with that icturer whose responsibility h °™ e 0 X w ."in h o? pubii"confidence i < nnmiopHnr«»») ,s always attached to the name of a ) unquesuonea. house of businoss that considers serv ice to its customers, absolute integ- C ertain-teed Roofing, in rolls busines^poHcu^ i . . • >TI ii ns being of greater consequence than or shingles, IS sold by dealers the mere earning of dividends. A well satisfied community of custom everywhere at reasonable ers is the key to the success of *nj J house of business, and, having estab. nrirv»c lfshed this, dividends will be sure t« prices. follow. General Roofing Manufacturing Company WorWt largest manufacturer t of Itoaflna and Evading Paper* Stock Exchange Bldg., Philadelphia, fa. HeH fhone Si>niee4s3l N«» YoAGty Beaton Chicago PlttAunfc Phßadalpttl Auanta Clenhnd Detroit St. Louia Cincinnati KanusCitr Mi.im;!.-oln San Franciwo S attic London Hamburg Sydney > ■ "< Johnston Paper Co., Harrisburg Pa. DISTRIBUTORS OF CERT A IN-TEED HOOFING • J WITMAN BROS., ' WHOLESALE DISTHIBUTOHS OF CEIITAIN-TGBD ROOFING Loyal to every friend, he has never had one word of defamation for hla bitterest opponent. • • » The other was born In the lap of luxury. Surrounded by means that ran Into the millions he never knew the slightest want unsatisfied. He need take no thought for the mor row, as he passed through an edu cational course In the best Institu tions of the land. Both are now candidates for the highest office In a great State. Which career, think you, appeals most strongly to the sons of toll, the millions of the Common People who are the bone and sinew of our great Commonwealth, the men who must work —who must economize every dollar, aye, every penny that their children may be clad and fed and educated? Who, of the two, is the nearer to the throbbing heart of the toiling masses? ONK OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. we believe he will do. When he. tells us that in all his public acts he will be his own master, the servant of no man or faction of men, loyal to his na tive State, we belie%'e he Is speaking the truth, and that he has the in flexible will to execute his purposes. He has not fooled up by vague prom ises. He says: "I shall never know a boss. I hate a boss as much as you." The campaign that has been directed against him is slanderous, but Instead of doing him harm it has made him new supporters, as will be evidenced by the overwhelming victory he will achieve next Tuesday. CONVINCING TESTIMONY [Philadelphia Ledger.] President McKinley bcyrowed Doc tor Brumbaugh from the University of Pennsylvania to organize an educa tional system in Porto Rico. McKin ley had to "borrow" him because the University could not dispense with his services as a professor. President Roosevelt telegraphed to Doctor Brumbaugh to stay and con tinue his great creative and adminis trative work in Porto Rico. It was impossible for Brumbaugh to remain, even though President Roosevelt ask ed him to do so in the name of the federal government. His time was up and he must return to the univer sity. Louisiana borrowed Doctor Brum baugh to organize the institutes of that State, and thus standardize edu cation in the South. When the task was accomplished, although Louisiana wanted him to remain, be must per force turn his face again toward Pennsylvania the Commonwealth wherein his ancestors had done pioneer work, in which he was born and which he knew and loved with a true patriot's devotion. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT] Each hour witnesses a greater growth by the United States, and the railroads will expand with the nation. The Pennsylvania's dividend shows that even though the companies be marking time now they are In a sound position to make their next orward move surpass every preceding period of development. Philadelphia Public Ledger. A few years ago the Republicans told us that we did not know enough to run a Government.—Mr. Bryan. A good many Republicans are of the same opinion still. —New York Sun.