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FnlLADELtntA rcsTorricz AH SBCOKD J CLAaa Milt, UATTEn. , ' ..... , I , PHILADELPHIA, TUUnSDAY, NOVEMBRIl 5, 1914. .,.,. ..,.,, , Score Ono For Rapid Transit THERE! wero so many excellent projects provided "tor In tho loan bill that Us rati fication by a voto of moro than ten to ono occasioned no surprise; 'but thero was no Item In It which did moro to render It popu lar than tho $500,000 whorewlth to Jjegln certain work preliminary to tho actual con struction of tho now subway system. That appropriation endowed tho measure with earnest popular support In every section of tho city, for tho rapid transit plans of Direc tor Taylor contemplato better service to every section, and thero is no part of Phila delphia that Is not vitally concerned in tho success of the program. Tho articles already printed In tho Even ing Ledger havo Bhown conclusively not only tho need for tho improved service, but also tho ontlre feasibility of tho projected Hne3 from tho financial viewpoint. Cumula tive evidence will bo presented in tho other articles of tho series, the conclusion being irresistible that Philadelphia can well afford to undertako this work, but cannot in any circumstanced afford not to do so. Consid ered morely aa an investment, it is an oppor tunity which tho city cannot neglect. Komnnce of the Sporting Chance "JTIXALTED bo tho sporting chance, and Hi praised bo those who tako It! Applauso for tho side against which tho odds Ho heavy I In baseball or football these natural sentiments are often stronger than partisan ship, and readers of tho war news cannot quite repress them. It is thrilling, this hunt of 70 or 80 warships for half a dozen Ger man rovers, which aro always turning up With soma fresh exploit and nover getting caught Applauso for the half dozen! Tho Emden In the Pacific, moro often in tho Indian Ocean, and tho Karlsruhe In tho Atlantic, each playing tho neatest tricks, each mys tifying its pursuers who can deny tho ,lmp"lso, neutrality or no neutrality, to wish them good luck? These heroes of romanco may not bo of our favorite kind, but tho talo Is exciting and holds old men from tho chimney corner, perhaps to recall 'tho deeds of Captain Semmes, of the Alabama, or to tell of John Paul Jones. The Hands of Esau THE! Hands of Esau" is a serious study of existing conditions In Philadelphia, only rfStJfUvwicX j. Incidentally political in character and in tended primarily 10 point out io me taxpayer and small house owner the methods and means by which he can hope to secure the maximum benefits of government at the minimum of cost. The Evem.no Ledger's Interest In politics begins and ends In the struggle for good government. It is a battle which must be waged day in and day out, year In and year out, for there is no safety for tho vast inter ests of tho community except in tho eternal Vigilance of Its press. People expect, and they havo a right to expect, that their news papers not only should servo them with the news, but should bo equally energetic In bat tling for the conservation of municipal resources. "The Hands of Esau," which is published on alternate days In the Evbninq Ledoer, Is the beginning of a campaign for Imperial Philadelphia. 1 i'ooi-uuu-raoum riuiuemic fTTNQUESTIONABLY the epidemlo of the U foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in Pennsylvania and the Middle Western States requires drastic action by Federal and State authorities, but high prices for meat are not a necessary consequence. Any threat to raise prices for this! cause would be pure Insolence. By efficient Inspection and quarantine the 'disease can be stamped out In two to three g weeks, though Its spread among herds is ex tremely rapid if proper precautions aro neg lected. Mild cases tend to recovery In ten daya or a fortnight in response) to a very simple treatment. Though the area In which tho disease has been reported is large, a comparatively small number of cattle are , effected. The meat from Infected animals should ba specially designated Jn the markets, despite the fact that solence does not consider it dangerous to man. Milk from diseased anl wals, however, carries infection. Aa a means aC solving the present problem, wholesale afaughter of diseased cattle, which would be mS,igr stringent measures on the part of In- iers and for constant watchfulness on Kurt of farmers. Ilail tho Chrysanthemum I IT IS the chrysanthemum blooming most tjojisptcuoutly at the football games .-that gajnlea the burgeoning spirit of spring far Into the talL Its luxurious: clusters make Ae dylag seasos glad with other blooms than: ft. m and pink of hothouse. 1 9H 4m chrysanthemum Is likewise due the JMyi-ro-f of a flowar show in autumn. The U isaiurn ba who . euumi at Mural HUl U the rleh, round bloom tkat many-leaved flower. From land to Jgp44afa to Ameriea and even war-rglrt f4i-K ira4tf tka tfsdy eewt of the &mrmmng Hw. nssaaaasjatjMeaejaS Ti?ttutiaK of the War 14 te wntiPitff m mm & IP a wm-JMW m mi EVBfflHGr LEB0BB PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, HOVEMBKXi 5, 1914, South America by reason of navat battles along tho coast The strife 1 m titanic that each day brings news of conflict from every part of tho world. With the antagonists at grips along a bat tlo front that aggregates thousands of miles and squadrons engaging one anothor on al most every sea. it Is Impossible to expect any thing v approaching uniformity of results. Neither sldo can win or lose every engage ment. In fact, thero are a half dozen sepa rata wars being waged at one time, any ono of which is sufficiently sanguinary to focus the world's attention. It Is now hopeless to bellovo that cither nntagonlst can speedily or completely wipe out tho other. Victory will probably bo de termlned, not by any ono or a dozen engage ments, but by tho realization of ono group of nations that It cannot afford to proceed further on account of casualties, financial embarrassment or the discontent of the peo ple at homo. That Is, tho iefsuo will be deter mined by staying power rather than by valor, strategy or tactics. Can't Help Howling THAT energetic apologist for Immorality and protagonist of corruption in politics, tho Philadelphia Inquiror, appears to bo groatly annoyed becauso tho Evenino Lnrjor.n told the truth during the recont campaign. Tho Inquirer intimates that other papers should follow its own example, shut their oyes and stand by tho Organization. Although Pennsylvania is rock-ribbed In its protectionism, Senator Penrose was un ablo to secure a majority of tho votes cast. Doctor Brumbaugh, on tho contrary, was in dorsed by more than half of all tho men who voted. Undoubtedly tho honesty of tho Evknino Ledoeh has mado It a pest to tho Inquirer. Thero la moro sting loft. Keeping Up With Business THE efforts that have been mado in tho last year by Philadelphia business mon to acquaint Oouthorn cities with tho mu tual advantages of trade bctweon this port and tho South havo apparently borne fruit. Coastwlso business In both directions shows a decldod Improvement, and shipping facili ties hero are being increased. Before tho Civil War and up to 20 years ago Philadelphia carried on a largo trade with tho South, and thon let much of it slip away. Yesterday was tho time, but today is the timo also, for Philadelphia to retrlovo its lost opportunities. Zanzibar and South America are waiting markets; but Charles ton, Savannah and New Orleans will tako our goods if we send them. Therefore let us send them. It Is really a now beginning that wo aro making In tho Southern trade. Tho motto is: Well started, keep on. First of the Aeronauts THE first of the noronauts is dead. Samuel King has Joined Darius Green, though not in tho literary Immortality thrust so unwelcomely upon the man who ventured too soon to talk of flying machines. King's exploits were In the older and soberer field of ballooning, from which tho title "aeronaut" sprang and to which It has tenaciously clung. His was tho gas bag, not the plane. Back In 1S76 he was showing the Centennial crowds tho wonders of floating round tho heavens, a thing as novel thon as motoring through tho upper air Is today. In the sero and yellow leaf of his art and his life, King has departed, doubtless with a last wondering thought for what the air holds In Its future. Days of John Paul Jones SOMEWHAT old-fashioned by comparison with tho battles in which submarines have figured was the slashing naval engage ment off tho coast of Chill. Five warships against four, the odds were somewhat In favor of tho Germans, who, as tho British Admiralty explains, won by forco of superior numbers. But tho point which Is not ex plained Is how tho German strategy man aged to forco the English vessels into an un equal battle, Just as It has succeeded in doing In a dozen other Instances. One of tho surprises of the war has been tho remarkable Bhowlng of the desplBed Ger man navy, largely by reason of the raider's warfare In tho seven Beas, which has de stroyed already 20 vessels of the English fighting fleet, besides capturing an unreck oned number of merchant ships. This latest feat has weakened tho English navy where It can 111 afford the loss. No War Among Friends IT WAS at tho Quarterly Meeting of tho Friends yesterday that a missionary, con sidering the war, said that Christian stand ards had not been realized In social relations because of a lack of personal conscientious ness. If he had said "consciousness" he would have been even further within tho facts and he would have drawn from the history of the Friends a theme which applies most sharply to Europe. It was the per sonal consciousness of the spiritual need for peace that distinguished tho early Friends. Such a spirit, if it could have been univer sally won, would have stopped war years ago. Dining Out as a Diversion AMEIUCANB indulge too little In the JTi pleasant sport of eating In public. They neglect the chance to Improve the diet by a whack at French cooking; or, If the chef dis appoints, to return to home cooking as to a thing revindicated. Variety is the spice of good living. The companionship of fellow humans adds zest to any employment. The antebellum French knew this best when they sat on their "terrasses," under the awnings of the boulevards, or by tho side of some provincial square, sipping and nibbling in the open air. America has the climate for Just such summer diversions. Dining out and dining out-of-doors might both make profitable progress with us. Welcome, Nevada and Montana, to the sis, terhood of suffrage! Even with Uncle Joe's help it wouldn't bo quite, the same old Congress. Now that the New Haven case is in full swing, men are pleading every day who never pleaded before Btxty mluloaa dollars' favorable balinea of trad isn't a bad showing even for a 81-day month like October, ....I. ..!.. , III IK ( ! It ia said that the Austrian army has had no war experience since 1868. but it's now making up for lost time with a vengeance. Following the polioy of the European press bureaus, there seems to be nothing' new to report eoneeraisg the, progress of weather. It Jwfc ge aa frets day to day. Tba taiaten of New Jersey havo tousd the vaty Vtt titiwr In Mpil WrU," as aro flm wh Vm lUeJmnfcuil Mur atareh by hi if wlniAaHMg eirnHa Ihftwgte the air. ytmmmt t . m m u wto? CAPITAL How the Election Returns Were Received in Washington Democrats Put All Their Eggs in One Basket Must be Wise as Sorpcnts to Retain Control Borah as a Presidential Candidate. (Special Wa$Mnpto ALIj sorts of explanations will bo mado of .Tithe elections on Tuesday. The streets In .the elections on Tuesday. The streets In front of tho bulletin boards hero wero filled with men and women, a donse mass Inter ested In tho results and apparently without emotion, Judging from tho general silence that prevailed. When lie started out as President Mr. Wilson let It bo known tlint ho did not caro a fig about tho public sentiment of Washington, did not want to hear what Washington thought0 but would llko tho newspapers to 'bring Into Washington tho sentiment of tho rest of tho country and re lay it here for tho Information of tho gen eral public It was claimed by a prominent man who hns lived hero many years that thoro never was a greater mistake, as Wash ington Is tho clearing house of tho truo sen timent of tho country. Thero is doubtless a good deal in that view. WHEN tho returns wero coming in elec tion night tho enormous crowd in front of tho Star bulletin board cheered but once, and that was when this statement was thrown on tho screen: "Tho indications aro that a Republican has been elected to Con gress from the President's own district," and that llttlo demonstration was Interpreted by many as oxpresolvo of tho sentiment of tho pcoplo of tho District toward tho President. Many of tho "leading citizens" do not under stand tho attitude of tho President, who Is supposed to bo committed to the prlnclplo of local self-government townrd tho District; why tho people living hero should not bo con sulted In some degree at least as to tho con duct of public affairs In which thoy aro im mediately interested; why mon should bo set over them In their government without their consent; why, in a word, the District should bo mado tho dumping ground of political favorites who would not bo appointed to high places in their respective States. Tho pcoplo of tho District, however, respect thoPrcsl dont vory highly for his great ability, his un doubted courage, his wonderful self-control; but thoy cannot understand why ho should not respect them to tho extent of giving them some say-so In tho managemont of their own affairs, which aro not negligible, scolng that Washington Is a city of over 331,000 In habitants, THIS, however. Is mero Interpolation tho general topic is tho elections last Tues day. J. A-. Emery, general counsel of tho American Manufacturers' Association, hns beon resting from his work with Mulhall and tho lobby last winter by making a tour to tho Pacific slope, and ho was an Interested looker-on at tho bulletins Tuesday night, and explained tho outcomo by saying: "Tho un employed aro voting. Thoy nro tho pcoplo who aro recording tho verdict. Thero aro tens of thousands without work, and they charge their misfortunes and tho business depression throughout tho country to tho party In power." OTHER men of Mr. Emery's way of think ing naturally take tho same view and fall to accept the opinion that the conditions in the United States havo been affected chiefly by tho war In Europe. Thoy say that un questionably tho war has had an Influenco upon tho course of buslnoss and Industry, but insist that tho country was on tho tobog gan before tho war began. Thero may bo some question as to tho extent of tho dam ago done to our InduBtrios and commercial activities by the disturbances in tho Old World, but thero can bo little difference of opinion as to their effect on our political affairs. Only last week one of tho,most ardent supporters of the President who camo over here from New York expressed tho opinion that tho European war had. In fact, saved tho Democratic party from overwholm- CURIOSITY SHOP Blowzollnda was a country maiden In Gay's pastoral, "Tho Shepherd's Week." He says: Sweet Is my toll when Blowzellnd is near; Of her bereft, 'tis winter all tho year. Come, Blowzelinda, ease thy swain's desire, My summer's shadow and my winter's fire. Charon's Toll was a coin placed in tho hand or mouth, or on tho eyes of the dead, to pay Charon for ferrying the spirit across tho Styx to the Elyslan fields. Shoddy was formerly known as the ''devil's dust." It was mado from the dust and sweep ings of cloth, pressed Into cloth shape aftor the mixture had been impregnated with gum. The British Parliament investigated its man ufacture as long ago as March 4, 1842. Athens wss known to the Greeks as tho "Eye of Greece." In Milton's "Paradise Lost" Is a reference to this appellation: "Athens, tho eye of Greece, tho mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits. Or hospitable." Brody, a town In Gallcla, is known as the German Jerusalem, for Its trade Is almost exclusively In the hands of the Jews. NOW IS THE TIME, PREPARE Tour cities tower skyward, your crops spread over the land, Tou boast of wealth and power; secure from an alien hand. Tou put your trust in your dlatanoe, your guard In the oceans deep; Few are your forts and warahlps, yet you grudge the price of their keep; do, now, and read your lesson while the Belgian homesteads flare. Woe to the wealth unguarded; yet is there time; prepare. Tou dredge the useless channels, you bridge where no river rune, But you will not pay for war gtar, you will not train your sons. . Tou build in granite and marble the halls for a world-wlda peace While your women whine and clamor and call on your foej to cease. . From your past you bae gained no knowledge), tho' plain was the message theret Safe alone are the ready; yet there is timet pre pare. Would you be bond to your foeman, the foreign soldiers' slave? Will you march untrained to battle to All a vanquished grave I To guard your endless coaet liaa you have neither ships nor men. Once was your Capitol taken; would you se It seized again! When your enemy landa on the seashore, whan his ekycraft oleav the air, Thea will you gather your forces T Tet there Is time; prepare. Have done with idle prating. Have done with the atoseieas boast; Let war craft flfi your shipyards, plant cannon along- your coast. Qrodge not the cost of your arming, nor fcul- Ute nor daisy, BeioW, the time to tfjwa you! Tha test Bar day by day I Take up the Nation's sarviea, eaefe ma dolus bU sfcare. V9r Kkur fNtctry, jmt ktm, 1m tt&m mm U tlwi tlilkM Mtfiue, Kariwt Ek. WsJUfc to the ArsW ai MY GOSSIP Correstiemdence.) Ing defeat. "If tho election had been h.eld three months ago wc would havo been beaten world without end." As it is, the claim can hardly bo mado that tho country has given an unqualified Indorsement to tho President and his policies. This Is nil tho moro evi dent when note Is mado of tho mistako in putting all the Democratic eggs in ono bas ket, so to say "Stand by tho President." It did not work out exactly that way. Of course, ho Is responsible for what has been accomplished during his Administration, and without his firm hand It is doubtful that anything would havo been dono; but It was a tactical blunder to load tho wholo burden upon him, as tho results of tho election will not havo tho effect 6f enlarging his influence with the country or Btrcngthonlng his power over his party. Thoro wore signs of disso lution before tho recent session of Congresi adjourned, and It would not bo surprising if somo of tho moro or less faithful should "kick out of tho traces" at tho short session, and that, surely, would not bo a good omen of what may happon with a greatly rcducod majority In tho now Congress. ONE of tho mistakes that has been mado during tho present Administration Is In overlooking tho fact that this Is a minority Administration, that the President Is a minor ity President, having received 2,450,000 fowor votes than his competitors In tho contest for tho office. It could not be safely claimed in tho circumstances that tho earth bolongs to either tho President or his party, and tho disposition that haB been manifested in more than one lnstanoo to disregard tho majority was not good politics. Tho mainstay of tho party In tho last Presidential election failed utterly on Tuesday. Whorover ho spoko tho people turned against him, in his own State and In every other Stato whoro his clarion volco was heard, and this rcsourco of tho party in control having faded away, tho political situation generally will tako on an entirely different aspect. Tho Republican party Is getting together, and Slsera and his Progressive host havo been vanquished for good and all. CAN tho Republicans really got together, and who Is thero that will lead them? Tatt has had enough, Roosovelt has cut him self looso from his old alliances, Cummins could hardly carry his- own Stato, Hadloy might bo ablo to carry Missouri, Root Io down and out. Thero may bo dark horses out in tho woods, but Borah seems to bo tho most talked of loader for tho great contest In 1016. A trlllo too progressive, perhaps, to suit somo conservative tastes, hailing from ono of tho nowcr States with a population of only about 400,000 and 101,000 votes all told, ho may not bo regarded as "avallablo" for theso reasons; but If It Is n man tho Republicans aro looking for it Is freely predicted that Borah would measure up to this specification at least. It Is rather early, of course, to bo casting lots for Mr. Wilson's garments (as Champ Clark said, "If ho makes good ho will bo renomi nated and ro-elcctcd and If ho can't be re elected no other Democrat can bo"), and In tholr present rejoicing the Republicans need not think that thoy will have a walk-over. They will find barbed wire entanglements at every turn; but they will have a chanca at least of getting back If they aro wiso as ser pents. Thoy must not think, however, that they aro tho only serpents. WHAT Congress will do nt tho short ses sion, nobody can toll. This much it must do If it expects its work to stand It must strengthen what It "has accomplished by tying tho knots together securely, and it must avoid above all things' any more radical legislation. RANDALL. CRISES IN GREAT LIVES Tho crisis of Cllvo's career came at Plas sey, Juno 23, 1757. Tho story of the bnttlo is brief and unromantic, but tho story of Cllvo's critical decision boforo it ranks with the great nnd decisive moments of history. Tho Nabob of Bongal, Surajah Dowlah, had destroyed tho English settloment at Calcutta and had thrust 146 English prisoners Into tho infamous Black Hole, where 123 perished in ono night by suffocation. To avenge this atrocity, Cllve, then tho leading spirit of India, took arms against Surajah Dowlah. Clivo had loss than 3000 mon, of whom but one-third were English. For artillery he had a few field pieces, nothing else. Against him wero arrayed 40,000 Infantry, armed with firelocks, pikes, swords, bows and arrows. They had 50 pieces of ordnance, tugged by white oxen and pushed from behind by ele phants. French auxiliaries aided. Cllve had his 2000 Sepoys firmly attached to his cause, but he could not trust hlB ally, Meer Jafiler. In this situation Cllve advanced to Cossim buzar. Tho enemy lay across tho river at Plassey. Cllve's situation was desperate. Before him lay a river easy to cross, but once across it seemed impossible that a single man would ever return. For tho first and last time this intrepid spirit shrank from the responsibility of making a decision. He called a council of war and agreed with his Inferiors that to fight was out of tho question. It was tho only council of war he ever called, and Macaulay quotes htm as saying that if he had followed that council's advice, England would have lost India. Scarcely had the meeting broken up when Clivo retired and passed a long hour walking up and down in a grove of trees, weighing tho chances against his own imperious de sire to do battle. In the end his daring over came all obstacles. He decided to pit his handful of men against tho Nabob's myriads. Tho river was crossed. In that moment India was won, for after passing a sleepless night Cllve gave orders to prepare for battle. In reality thero was no battle. Plassey is the history of one discharge of artillery and a. rout, A brief cannonade on both Bides de cided the Issue, for confusion rose in tho hearts of the Indians, and Surajah Dowlah ordered a retreat. Of the army of 40,000 only 500 were slain. England had won India, HUM OF nUMAN CITIES Another great American-City has opened one of the new railroad stations that make) our transcontinental travel a finer and more dignified thing each year, On No vember 1 Kansas City puts Its new Union Station Into use. One of -tho local papers thus described, several days ago, what would be the scene at Its opening; "At 12:01 o'clock the morning of Novem ber 1 a yard master in the tower at Turkey Creek and the Belt Line will close a very new and shiny electric switch; down tho track a line of railroad switches will click; the headlight of a 20th century locomotive will swing from the worn track leading to the old depot and point down the Belt Line. The train will crawl under a long steel ehed, the brakes will set, the air will whistle out, and Kansas City's new Union Station will be in operation. Then passengers wUl get out of the train into clean air and race olean floors and spotless walls, instead of the dirt of years and grease and cinders and soot" The demand of Kansas Cltians for a look at the wondeni of thiB third largest pas stkgr terminal in the United States was so grat that the terminal cosapAay officers had to tbiow th building opo to aightsMr s4VkU days baiore U waa pt iato actual use. XaaawhiM, h0W7r, m are doubts. Tit printtld BwtMtotta rMJaU. "3&S to&guiBieaop o th aewt railroad passenger terminals In America astonishes railroad experts from abroad. Th chief commissioner of Stato railways of Queena land, Australia, has lately told the Chicago Engineers' Club that our railroads go In too much for 'glided stairs and marble halls.' This criticism of lavish expenditure on architecture applies also, in tho opinion of tho Railway Ago Gazette, to alt tho lux uries of transportation so highly developed in this country, 'our railways It says, 'hnn dlo freight cheaper than any other railways in tho world; and then thoy turn around and waste moro money in 'expenditures for elegances and luxuries In passenger service In proportion to tho amount of their passen ger business than any othor railways in tho world. If tho public were willing to pay V?L tneso things that Bltuntlon would bo different; but it is not willing to pay for them nnd does not do so."' ' ' THE PRESS ON ELECTIONS i i Comment on the Results In Pennsylvania and Other Slates. From the New York Tribune. Tho elections show that the people have not been duped Into lotting the Administration use the war As a cover for its sins. Mr. Wilson has been Judged In this State and in most of tho othor blir Industrial and commercial States on his record n a disturber of business nnd a banlsher of prosperity Independently of the ef fects of the European conflict. It waa he who wnrrcd on business, llttlo as welt as big, long before tho European fighters took It Into their heads to do tho same. He Is tho original crusader ngalnst production at normal epoed and employment on n normal basis. Ills poli cies created tlio unrest from which tho country has Buffered over since It became known two years ngo that tho Democratic party had bobn testored to power In all the dtpnrtmcnts'of the Government. A Tariff Yield in Pennsylvania From the New Tork flan. Thero has beon much shaking of Republican heads and croaking of Republican throats be cause tho Underwood, properly tho Wilson, tariff didn't vloltl sufficiently. Well, It yielded tho Republicans a Senator In Pennsylvania, tho unrcgenernto Boles Penrose. Thero are high public grounds for doplorlng that result, but it Is tho part of Pennsylvania and not of tho roBt of us to elect a Senator In Congress from Penn sylvania Evidently she believes that beautiful ns virtue Is and excellent as Is reform, bread nnd butter should como first In tho estimation of Toor Richard's adopted Stato. "Thank God for WIlBonl" Thank Wilson and hln tariff for Penrose! As for Colonel Roosevelt, however, hla ten der heart goes out to tho Forester laid low; he, too, must exudo thanks. Hlo stock In trado Is now of tho smallest Ho needs wicked "Mr." Penrose In his business. Safer and Saner Policies rrom the New Tork Tlmee Tho country hns llkod the Prcsldont bettor than It has llkid Congress, which, after all, Is tho usual measure of the spirit, the capacity iiiid the purposes of the majority party. It la only becnuso It was guided and controlled by tho strong hand of the President that tho rec ord of this Congress hns been what it Is. Left to itself. It would probably have gone far astray, for among the Senators and Repre sentatives thoro aro many men who are not at all rosponslvo to tho changed temper of tho country, who are still too much possessed of tho old spirit that kept the Democracy so long out of power. While thero Is cause for regret In the coun try's failure to Indorse an Administration which has on tho wholo deservod so well of it, which through tho President's courage and firmness has mado such a record of meritorious achieve ments, tho result of yesterday's elections can not bo looked upon as politically unhealthful or as evidence of tho unwisdom or mlsjudg ment of tho pcoplo. We have for years been traveling with somewhat a rapid step along tho road toward radicalism. The consequences of further advance In that direction have como fully Into vlow. Tho country is ready to turn back, not in any extreme of reaction, but to ward safer and saner policies. There hns been too much Government meddling; there has been a tendency to look to Wnshlngton for control regulation nnd help In countless matters upon which ln tho past the people havo depended upon thomsolves. The Passing of the Moose From the Now Tork Herald. t "I havo mado Roosevelt look llko 30 cents," said William Sulzor. Mr. Suiter did his full part toward tho accomplishment of this result, but ho had able assistance. Th I'rogresslvo "slump" In his own State 1b hardly lesi significant of the Rooaevelt eclipse than Is the waning of the Progressive strength In other pnrts of the country. In spots It has cut enough of a figure to contribute to the defeat of a Republican nominee, but as a party tho "Bull Moose" need no longer bo reckoned with. Tariff Held Responsible From the Baltimore New. Unleus we are willing to accept the pronounce ment of yesterday as a stricture upon the Ad ministration's management of international affairs, particularly in Mexico, or as a protest against somo of tho men whom Mr. Wilson se lected for Cabinet positions and who have not slnco won the country's admiration and con fidence, the tariff must again be held respon sible. And In any event there can be no thought that the Democratic economic doctrines havo gained converts by actual teat of their merits. The Road toJ?rosperity From the New Tork Urenlar Mall. The country has turned to the Republican party to restore prosperity. It has ignored all other Issues, and, with an emphasis that cannot bo misunderstood, has declared its determina tion to have no more of Democratic tariffs and Democratic nagging at business. Tho condemnation is nation-wide. The EaBt has voted with the West, and the West with the East both with tho same firm and unalterable purpose In mind, The result means that the battle of 1916 has begun, and that the Republican party has been commissioned to undeitako it in the name of prosperity for the people. Political Folly From the Washington PoaU The Democrats foolishly pitted the personal popularity of the President against the real is sues before the people, and they havo lost. In districts where the protection issue waa un clouded tha Republicans made great gains. The Democratlo majority in the House has narrowly escaped annihilation. Triumphant Republicanism From th Sprinsfltld Uoton. Laudation of Wilson and Bryan policies by self-deceived Democratic editors and spell binders has not prevented the voters of the Empire State from doing some very clear and positive thinking on thtlrown behalf. The re sult foreshadows a uimed, triumphant Re. publican party In tha cation two yaars hence. To Restore Normal Conditions jfrom th Boranton TrTtna. The big Republican vota in this State over both the Washington party and Democratlo candidates indicates that Republicans hava re turned to the fold and that they will ba found in Una two yaars henca, when tha great battle will be wad to reclaim th country and re store normal conditions la all lines of endaavor, Tho Real Tragedy From the New Tork Bvasln Bun. It Is not that Fenroaa and hti sort hava come back that U the chief causa for regrat on this day after elaotlon. It U not that ona mora ephemeral party has followed tha road so well 1 trodden in tna last century or American politi cal history. What really counts is tha dis couragement which will coma, which must coma, to thousands of men aad women who through the Prosreatire. party sought to do something to make American Ufa batter. Thalr disappointment ia the zal tragedy of the reoaat dull canvass. It is because ha has sacriflead this cause, be cause, he baa usad thcaa aspiration and tbaaa ideals as mere cola of political barter for hla own personal fortusa, that Hbaodofe ReoaovaU MRargaa iron tea wrMt eaii H mty ctuUA as a paWHoal uiwnX but kaiSruf vs moral Jtorce I SCRAPPLE j Onr Mr. Doyle on tho War For tho first time In my exprlnco J ftmafl Holmes at a loss. "Batked," ho cried, striking his foot with match. "Beaten, Watson. Baffled-- the odor of shag filled tho room. "Let me tnirut, he said more quietly. I let him. Suddonly, after about nourj of concentration, Holmos rose and took on his dressing gown. Instinctively I knew n was going to do something. Ho wa. n took a bath. "After them, Watson," he cried, lighting a cigarette. "Tho great lady, whoso name I needn't mention to you, holds tho key to tno war." Ho oponed tho door and lit a cigarette. Out of Baker Btrect Into High Holbom, oyer the Channol wo sped, lighting cigarettes. "Where were wo going?'' I wondered. "Elementary, Watson," said Holme quiet ly, lighting a cigarette. "Holmes," I cried. "In heaven's name how did you guess my thought?" "Quito elementary," was all ho would say. At lost wo arrived nt tho castle. Tha great lady, whoso name I need not mention, was alone. ,. . ,. Holmes went to her. "Madam,' ho said quietly. Sho did not stir. "Elementary. Watson," said Holmes ten dcrly. "Sho Is dead." Fivo minutes later wo were speeding back to Paris. "Ill fivo days," said Holmes soberly, light ing a cigarette, "tho greatest of all conflicts will bo over." I stared at html The Chef Will Think About It Oh, Chof, who fries tho Scrapple for the. column, I pray theo hear nnd heed my plalnllvs' pica; Full well I know Its Import Bad and solemn, And even I tho cost maynot foresee. I would not, Chof, bolleve mo, hurt your ffollngs, Nor lntimato your Judgment is nt fault: Lend mo your car, and in my future dealings Tho glory of your namo I shall oxalt. Docllnc. and there Bhall grow a predilection. Within my heart a fiondlsh, dark design To heap upon you always malediction, Tour culinary powers to malign. Then to tho llttlo method of surprising Tour readers that to you I recommend, And if tho publlo answera by uprising, I'll stand behind you, Chof, I am your friend. Why not (I really falter to suggest It, But it has beon accomplished oft before; I really think, Just onco, you ought to test it) Got out a column that Ignores tho war? Pat. Both, Perhaps "She's rather stuck on her figure." "Stuck in it, you moan." Defined "Paw, what's a masterful man?" "A person who is so busy trying to control others that he can't control himself." Reverse Rags I LOVE THE LADIES. (As Robert Browning Would Have Liked to Do It.) Love I tho ladles? Question! Tou ask It. Long, lovely ladles, surely I lovo thorn; Lovo e'en tho llttlo ones, tender, pathetic. What In the world is there precious? Abova them Swings tho faint aura of heaven, anes thetic , To all earthly woes. Why, yes, I'll havo tea Deep as the color of your hair. Tho hour Is five. Good, then, I'll bask It Fifteen minutes, no more. And tho world may go hang If there's ntf or a girl as a poet once sang. Tho thought threatens. I'll sit at my ease. Tea, surely I lovo 'cm. Two lumps if you please. Horrors ofWnr War Stops Bonder Tncht Races. Press Dispatch. Inconslderato of war, Isn't it? "The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor Mrs. Astor's relatlvo gives an interesting gllmpBe of tho manner In which young John Jacob Astor Is bolng nursed. Regulnrly every morning his nurse drives out with him for an hour or two. This pro gram will bo followed, no mattor how far tho temperature may fall below zero. After a simple dinner, which he oats at 1 o'clock, and whlcl Is supervised by his mother, the young heir Is put to bed and sleeps soundly until 3 o'clock. Then he Is again taken for a drive in the park. Sometimes ho halts tho carriage so ho may watch children at play. Tiring of this amusement, he is taken homo and given the freedom of tho Astor nursery and the baby gymnasium with which it is equipped. There, in the toy fairyland, ceaselessly watched over, he disports until evening. Press Dispatch. Yes, He Did Thero was a young man named McGIone Who waa talking once over the phone; Cut off, he saw red And deliberately said; "Operator, please refrain from severing tho connection, as I am holding a highly Interesting and Important conversation with another individual over this telephone wire, and I shall be exceedingly annoyed if I am prevented from continuing it until we have concluded." Then ho hung up the phone with a groan. Tho List is Full Nominations for the European branch of the Ananias Club will now close, every one eligible having been named. Fair Warning' "Tour daughter has promised to marry me," ho eald, "and I have come to ask your consent. Iimay say that I can keep her In the stylo to which she has been accus tomed." "For your own sake, my lad," replied her father, "I must refuse. She's never been satisfied with the way I've kept her," Strategy The Allies are appalled at the execution of the German 16-nch guns. Any American boy could tell them what to do. Build some 20-inchers. From the Cyb'a Notebook The story of one John Ridey. a meat dealer in the Terminal Market, recalls dayB of long ago when butchers prided themselves In tho raising and killing of record-breaking beeves when crowds numbered in the thousands swarmed tn see the showing and the killing: of tha huge animals and tho rivalry between the owners and their Partisans Was intense. These days are gone, but their memory lin gers in Rldey's story and in the old-fashioned engraved outs of several very solid and heavy looking bullocks which hang -above his atall in the market. "My father and I have the honor of having owned and slaughtered the heaviest bullock In the United States, perhaps in the world," goes Rldey's tale. "In 1881 we killed a whlto eteerthat'a his picture up there known as tha Lancaster County Steer, which we'ghed SJ60 pounds on the hoof and 510 dressed. breaking the record for that tlma. The beef sold for U and U a pound, every scran of it Th Farmers' Market Company pr&eated Abratuun Lincoln with a two-rib reait weighing 53 pounds. Of course he didn't eat all of it. "To break this record my father an t MS. c?.thatAI?' &ito ap ttatri in 1839. and fattened him oa a Montgomery Caupty 'arm for four years. Btfiwi slaughtered him wa took him to the World Fair in Chicago, where be won WMy-prtzes dressed, end la abaoUiUly too btavim but look that vr waa s4ugfeta TbvJSta U Hkaly to sUad. foryrutfw make a eJtort te fettaa thi7ftte to break It JV. 'J 'tfelmi8a.feiMg jtfaft& ,u t 1. $, Bali . " " -'- - -- - - -- -- ilBI-inmHiri i imhimi 7i iJTlffHir'ffliii Item .f-