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'SfiiiifXVT of tne confusing situation disclosed
' ,VJ? t the conference held Mnnrinv nftpr.
.tf,T0n on ,ne electrical power problem In
i.MUi Philadelphia lndustriil district annenis
feyV6h pUIn fuct that with nil the numerous
"Utatory and mipervlsorv orRanbatlons,
pKSBovernmental, omcial or oluntniv which
1 .-hve been set up to deal uith su-h nffalrs,
s inare is no single authority competent to
CAflM rlfrnrmlsl V nnrl aftonl ! nhti (ka
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SV"( believe, who hae beep asked to Rive
rtfeMr advice and study to the power situa-
MK1 as representatives of different jrov.
;jeramental agencies, such ns the Priority
kKjiiEaaWd. the Kuel Administration, the War
Jjsiutries Board and others But none
JS?ktoears to have the power to brine order
pwj$uti'0' the cna which seems threatening.
B'JjlSpne experienced ensineer, armed with
K rt aHepef credentials, should be selected, prob
,T'ffl'My by Mr. Barurh's War Industries
'iwrcl, and told that he was solelj respon.
jpnai jor ine nanaiinR oi mis complex sit-
"jAlMttloB. All other factors should be called
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v.Marlng and flrstlaiw executive ability.
TfyThe charge made by Mr. Piez apainst
i,,!Jia"Phlladelphla Electric Company is srae.
''H tolrt a position to know the facts at first
'i&fijjgul as general manager of the shipping
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'tffjrWUc service concern is rexerting to bad
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'abllshed or comnletelv disDiopd In nil
PjijWrjiess by such an authoritative admln-
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wuld be his duty to give orders that the
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' 'Jicvlrtual commandeering of Its plants.
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"'' ''larrd unon Phllmlplnhln In.ln.trlou nt
'"SjffMhtngton, so -far ns new or further
' rmt i work Is concerned, which is about the
$ftltude at the capital now,' the matter is
' vSjUmi serious to aamu or temporizing with
$jlfffmbiy stubborn or selfish private con-
( JTWrTM. The city's business Interests should
-Jjywt tolerate any dog-ln-the-manger tactics.
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.eftaft nraaant rnnmant
P i BOLSHEVIK HEALTH BOARDS
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r j?'th Btate Department of Health, what
iKjjmt prwisdom is there In the maintenance
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',47 Ufa a sclentmc basis by the late Dr.
l"mtvx a, Dixon and now administered
' : Beiierui interest Dy
.?'' WHtor Royer?
Jr ;t,'4S1? function of the Stnte department Is
i"rervation of health in the State ns
iwkvole. Doctor Iloyer would be justified
. should Insist on exercising the au-
wkj oi nis onice ana enrorcing the pre
;lees necessary for the preservation of
,ae time appears to have come hen
J: good influence and tho eftlclency of
ftnaie uepanraeni or iteaitn may be
t4 If the officers of that important
irtment refrain from maklntr their
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r (han for, the polls next Tuesday,
'ALTS DRIVE IN FULL SWING
l,MW Italian offensive Is apparently
past the preparatory aspect. That
bristled with difficulties. It was
to complete the passage of a
the Piave -large enough to have
Dlas'a army In the past and also to
up last June its pursuit of the
was also Imperative to surprise the
OaTa-al. front nil Vhlrh ha htlo Innir
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cuy sure mat operations would
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tro problems have been admirably
The Piave Is no longer a safe-
iAfsf Austria's weary legions. In
ors Italian and British forces are
K for a depth of ten miles. The
;Wbtch was needed in order to divert
from the main Issue was skill
cuted by an attack In the moun-
between the upper reaches of
aild Hrenta lilvers
maantim the Piave had been
: nd the victorious armies were
; for, the- important towns of Cone-
Oawrao. The former has been
A break 'through at the latter
cf)evb)r dislocate the Aua-
lualeatlon system. If the pres.1
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the Patient
"CWERY American, regardless of party
""' afflHations, must regret thnt condi
tions have arisen which justify our two
former Presidents in criticizing most
severely the course of the President now
in office. It has been the custom of
former Presidents to refrain from at
tacks upon the actual President. They
are familiar with the difficulties of the
office and they have patriotically kept
silent. Mr. Roosevelt has been the only
notable exception to this rule. He hns
consistently prodded Mr. Wilson with
criticism for his lukewarmness and for
his hesitation to take any decided posi
tion in the years preceding our entrance
into the war, and since we joined the
Allies he has urged updn him in season
and out of season a more vigorous prose
cution of the wnr.
But Mr. Roosevelt has been a voice
crying in the silent wilderness of regret
ful Americans who have refrained from
speaking their minds lest they might
increase the difficulties with which Mr.
Wilson has been struggling.
The President's appeal for the elec
tion of a partisan Congress has unsealed
the lips of every one. Mr. Taft at once
challenged the truth of Mr. Wilson's
charges against the Republican party
and proved their falsity by chapter and
verse. Mr. Taft is n man of judicial
temper and slow to anger, but the red
heat of warranted indignation burned in
his article in the Public Ledger last
Saturday.
Mr. Roosevelt in his speech in New
Yoik on Monday night enlarged upon the
charges of Mr. Taft, reviewing the whole
history of the conduct of the war and of
the attitude of the President and of the
Republicans and Democrats in Congress
toward it. This speech is one of the
most important pronouncements in con
temporary political history, and it is an
American document of the highest char
acter. In the first place, Mr. Roosevelt com
pared the attitude of Mr. Wilson with
that of Lincoln in 18(4 and pointed out
that Lincoln never appealed for the sup
port of men as Republicans or as Demo
crats, but that he asked foi the support
of all friends of the Union. .He did not
care whether they criticized him and his
conduct of the war or not so long as
they believed in the preservation of the
Union and would do their best to help
him preserve it. His Cabinet was made
up of Democrats and Republicans.
Some of its members ciiticized him con
stantly, but they were efficient and he
kept them as his advisers, because ha
thought more of the great cause for
which he was fighting than for the good
opinions of any man toward his per
sonal interest.
If Mr. Wilson had followed the Lin
coln precedent he would have formed a
Cabinet of the ablest men in the coun
try, regardless of party. But he did not
do it. He retained a Cabinet of Demo
crats, most if not all of whom are too
weak to assert themselves against him,
and he did not call to his assistance able
men to carry out the shipbuilding pro
gram, the aircraft program and the pro
gram of supplying munitions until he
had been forced to do something by the
exhibition through the investigations of
the Congress of the inefficiency of the
men in charge of the work.
Mr. Wilson could have had the aclvice
of the best men in the country if he had
sought it. But he did not want it.
And now Mr. Wilson appeals for the
election of a Democratic Congress in
order that there may be no divided
counsels and in order that the settlement
of the peace terms and the work of re
construction may be carried on in the
same way that the war has been prose
cuted, solely through orders from the
White House. He asks for it in spite of
the fact that, as Mr. Roosevelt says,
his own party supported him when he
was wrong and opposed him when ha
was right and in spite of the fact thafe
the execution of the war plans would
have been impossible if the Republicans
had not put country above party and
voted the necessary money and the nec
essary authority.
The President spoke of the necessity of
unity of command at home as well as in
the military field abroad, forgetting that
the Government created by the Constitu
tion is not a military autocracy. There
must be counsel and the Congress is the
body created to counsel the President and
to express the will of the nation in all
matters of war and of peace. It is
strange, as Senator Knox remarked in
the Senate on Monday, that" at a mo
ment when there is talk of the abdica
tion of the Kaiser it should be proposed
that the American people should abdi
cate their right to have opinions and
that the Senate and the House should be
asked to relinquish their sworn and in
dependent duties.
In this crisis, with such views hos
pitably entertained in the White House,
it is of the first importance that we
should have a genuine American Con
gress loyal to the best traditions of the
country. The right to hold sincere views
contrary to those of the President on
peace terms and on reconstruction plans
must be defended to the last ditch if we
are to have not only a world safe for
democracy but a nation safe for the
truth.
Mr. Roosevelt's logic forces the con
clusion that Mr, Wilson's appeal for a
blindly factional Congreo is nothing
.hart U an appeal for avbsolutiim. and
Still further, as specification! in the
protest against autocratic settlement of
the peace terms on which America must
insist, Mr. Roosevelt reviewed the four
teen points of the President's January
speech and reminded us that, while the
President himself has already aban
doned one of them, conditions had
changed others and still others are 10
indefinite that 'they need explanation.
Under these circumstances it it clear
that there should be the widest consulta
tion of all phases of American opinion
before it can be known what the nation
should Insist on in this respect We cer
tainly do not want to leave all such
problems to a Congress dominated by a
section of the country uninterested in
the great industries. We must thresh
out all these questions and that cannot
be done with a Congress subservient to
any man, but can be done only with the
aid of a national Legislature jealous of
its rights as the representatives of the
broadest national sentiment.
We end as wo began by regretting
that conditions have arisen which justify
severe criticism of the President, but we
must confess that there are compensa
tions, for there is now an opportunity
for that freedom of discussion of vital
questions for lack of which the nation
has suffered for many months. Mr.
Roosevelt's medicine is strong and of
bitter taste, but grave maladies call for
heroic treatment, and that is what Mr.
Wilson's peculiar psychological affection
is now receiving. ,
THE CEDAR CHEST
At s Newspaper Bulletin Board
A.MOXG the crowd on Chestnut street
ti-I saw hfr-- reading the printed sheet
That carries the llghtninged bullet.ns
Of mankind's triumphs, griefs and sins.
Poor old lady! Her dress long-worn,
Her little black bag with a corner torn,
Her tarnished bonnetall showed to me
No armistice with poverts.
Her eyes, with passive, sad assent.
Watched, and wondered what it meant:
The pathos of that puzzled face
Was sjmbol of the world's disgrace.
Tournai ix evacuated
Kaiser may have abdicated
Fifteen thousand Austrian) taken
r.nemy's morale Is shaken
netchstng sitting rent tn faction
V. S men in heavy action
Belgian ullages defiled
Casualty list compiled
All these she read, 'with mind inert.
For those whom life has greatly hurt
Seek not to struggle nor explain:
They have learnt dumbness under pain.
The letters on the printed roll
Moved on. She stood, with patient soul:
The Allies land more men in Greece
Predictions of an early peace-
1 saw the tremble of work-warped hand:
There was news she could understand!
O men, do Justice, nor disgrace
The hopefulress of that poor face!
Here's How!
Once more it is possible to see the bar
tender through a glass darkly.
A, J. R. Schumaker tells us that by send.
Ing a clipping of our piece on "Unanswer
ing Letters" he got a reply from a friend
who hadn't written to him In three jears.
We are greatly pleased by that news;
but as far as we are concerned we don't
dare to begin to poke up the people who
haven't written to ub for three years, for
the simple reason that they Quit writing
because we hadn't answered their last
letter.
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Today the rum battalion resumes its set
ting up exercises.
Our private Information about the war
Is that It can't go on very much longer
unless the tailors enlarge coat 'lapels.
Some of us won't have room for all our
patriotic buttons.
There are conflicting Ideas as to what ,
constitutes diiss, nut among our own
theories Is the idea that a beautiful ste
nographer who could hand us a fresh
lllled corncob pipe every twenty minutes,
all ready to light, would be an addition to
our personal staff.
She might take a hand In writing a
poem now and then, too, so that all we
would have to do would be to sign It. But
better still, the should be a poem herself,
rhyming gloriously with the autumn
leaves and the slender birch trees and (if
possible) with the rules of grammar.
How Poets Write
Speaking of writing poetry, Bob Kolllday
(who Ib Joyce Kilmer's best friend and his
literary executor) tells us a pleasant story
of the high-spirited and offhand way in
which some cf Joyce's, best work was done.
Kilmer was arguing (that .goes without
saying: he was always arguing, delight
fully, about 'something or other) he was
arguing with a colleague in the New York
Times office about the possibility of writ
ing a poem on almost any topic under the
sun.
"Nonsense!" said his friend, "Some
things simply don't lend themselves to
poetry' For instance" and he cast about
in bis mind to think of the least poetical
subject) "no one could write a good poem
about a Sixth avenue delicatessen shop."
Kilmer's face shone 'with enthusiasm.
In his quaintly grandiloquent manner he
said; " will write a poem about a deli
catessen shop. It will be a good poem. I
will sell it to one of the big magazines
and make much gold therefrom."
The poem, one of the most appealing
and delightful of Kilmer's pieces, is fa
miliar to all friends of his work. He sold
it to The Smart Bet and it is In his volume,
"Trees and Cther Poems," -
It doesn't do to take poets too seriously.
They would like to have you believe that
all the good poems proceed from some
severe spiritual agony, Happily, it isn't so.
BOCIUTHi.
Mr. ViltWs MtMtr
To the Kdttor ot the Kventne tublte Letter!
Sir President Wilson's appeal to the
American people for a vote of confidence
would have been perfectly In order had It
not recommended to the exclusion ot all
others the return of the Democratic party,
whose highest claim to distinction in the
present Administration arises from the fact
nf Its association with the safe and sane
Republicans who hnve stood behind the
President. His mistaken use of executive
prerogative, which lights anew the nmolderlng
flres of partisan pontics In the conduct of
the war, takes no sccount of the tremendous
sacrifice of blood and treasure which has
been and will continue to be the free-will
offering of the Republicans of this nation to
the cause of world freedorh.
The Republican party would be unworthy
of Its great name and Its high Ideals should
It fall 1 thls Instance to challenge the
merest inference agamst Its lovalty and pa
triotism. The evil that may come of this playing
politics under executive protection cannot be
accurately measured from this distance, but
we are sure of Its far-reaching effect n
arousing the Republican party to. the great
necessity for a strenuous campaign to burst
this bubble of Democratic conceit and change
the political complexion of the next Congress.
When the President asked the Congress
to adjourn politics for the duration of the
war the Republican answered the appeal
with 1476 votes agntnst 130 Democratic
votes In favor of Administration measures,
and jet Ignoring these facts he now asks
that the people return only Democrats to
the next Congress? which can only be con
strued ns aiming to discredit the Republican
partv and thus deprive It of any share In
the honors to be derived frnm participation
in the romlng peace negotiations and the
policies of reconstruction. If It be true that
"whom the gods would destroy they first
make mad," we are hopeful that the mad
ness which prompted this unjust appeal la
but the forerunner of the destruction which
awaits the Democratic party at the coming
November election. RLIJAH HODGES.
Philadelphia, October 21,
The President's Partisan Plea
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir Your article, "Politics is Reconvened!
Mr Wilson In the Chair," Is calmly and dis
passionately written and, nf course, as you
say, If the people should elect a Republican
Congress the President will then be rebuked
for his war policies out of his own mouth.
I don't think It will happen. You even ad
mit the President had some provocation, so
please print the following remarks and re
ceive the thanks of a positive and permanent
reader and admirer of the Rvenino Public
Ledger.'
If, as part of the heading of a carefully
written and Important editorial of your paper
srjs, "the President's statement unbridles
the mouth of partisan rancor at the
most dangerous time for the nation," the
blame for It must rest with Colonel Roose
velt, Senator Lodge, a large number of other
Republican leaders, ex-Senator Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., with his manifesto and many
Republican newspapers. And why? Because
of the fallacious advance criticism of the
manner in which the President brought Ger
many to acknowledge submission and thereby
virtually brought her to her knees. The com.
blned reports of the unjust criticism being
spread broadly over the entire country is
sure to have caused a feeling of doubt In the
minds of many people as to the President's
ability properly to handle the momentous
matters constantly presenting for his action
The election day being so near, ordinary
ways ot counteracting the prevaricating
methods of the conspirators to win the Sen
ate and House for the Republican party be
came powerless, therefore the President re
sorted to heroic treatment, and he wss fully
Justified in Issuing his appeal td the coun
try. The President Indicates the reason for
this attempt to defeat a Democratic majority
thus: "It is as well understood (over) there
as hero that he Republican leaders desire
not so much to support the President as to
control him "
The Keystone State ought to increase the
number of Democratic Congressmen, for
twentj -eight to eight Is unfair to the 42 per
cent of the Democratic voters of Pennsyl
vania .JOSEPH MACLEAN.
Philadelphia, October 26.
Shall Germany Exploit Africa?
To the Editor of theEiening Public Ledger:
Sir One of theliiost important problems
to be considered in the settlement with Ger
many Is that of colonies. Shall Germany get
them back?
England and France will say no : Germany
will say yes. Of all things Germany wilt
hate to give up her African colonles-rand
why? Because she looks to Africa to pro
vide her with raw material which vylll be
necessary for her to have. She would bring
the blacks under servitude to do the work.
She would have many hundred miles nf sea
coast which she could utilise as submarine'
bases. She would, therefore, be in a posi
tion In a few years to devastate the com
merce of the world, and ruin It.
It Is fair to assume that If Germany shall
get her African colonies back, she will look
forward to another war In which she would
hope to be more successful, not perhaps In
this generation, but some time.
This is assuming that the German Empire
remains as now constituted with Prussia
bossing the Job " Should the empire be dis
membered, as perhaps It ought to be, and
Prussia be denatured, as It certainly ought
to be, there will be far less likelihood of the
Huns again disturbing the peace of the world
Germany has four African colonies Togo,
Kamerun, Southwest Africa and East Africa
comprising 931,480 square miles, with an
aggregate population of 13,419,472.
Germany also has a number of colonies in
the Indian Archipelago, the two largest
being Bismarck and Kaiser Wllhelm's Land,
both of these consisting ot only 90,000 square
miles, with a population of about 500,000,
Should the All Highest in the final settle
ment escape punishment by harsher measures
he might retire to Kaiser Wllhelm's Land,
along with his six fat and unmutilated sons,
and wave the scepter of Imperialism over the
native population.
The American people ought to get right on
the question of German colonies, anjrbe
ready to support the contention of tht Allies
when tho Issue arises.
Give Prussia a free hand In Africa, and
prepare for a future world war!
The fact Is no nation should have a free
hand In Africa. The destiny of that unde
veloped continent should be In control of
the League of Nations; it should be pro
tected from exploitation by any power.
WILMBlt ATKINSON,
Washington Square, October 2S.
The suggestion to
Hrrspplag Dangers break up the recent
Playthings consignments ot toys
made In Germany
may soon be superfluous It Maximilian
Harden and some other Germans succeed In
destroying crowned puppets and, above all,
the military game, which doesn't seem at
all worth playing nowadays.
Germany may be crippled In many ways,
but there seems nothing to hinder a gor
geous celebration of Halloween. The gen
eral1 staff can supply the pumpkin heads In
enormous quantities.
The present mild weather and the Hun
concessions concurrently prompt the preg
nant thought that Indian summer may glso
be the season of Indian givers.
Vienna's tsmptatlon to characterise the
Independence movements In the Hungarian
capital as Budapestlferous must bs hourly
growing more and more Irresistible.
So far as the army training corps stu
dents ot the University of Pennsylvania
who have been barred from the theatres by
their commanding oiHcers are coteefaed, the
grip l u oa. , u.
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WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES
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Semiwcckly Letter Touching on the Washington Doings of Pmnnalitics
. Familiar to Philadelphians
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By J. Hampton Moore
Washington, D. C, Oct. 30.
QO MUCH is said in Washington about
the "civilization" or "democratization"'
of the world that one is Bometlmes led
to think that a millennium is the one great
object for which wo are striving Jn this
war. And that would be an excellent
thing if we could eatlsfy ourselves that
when, the material victory is won there
will be no more human selfishness, or no
more taxes to pay. There is reason for
congratulation, however, that in conse
quence of the war the religious denomina
tions are coming to a better understand
ing with one another how best and most
effectively to do their spiritual and hu-'
manltarlan work. The Hebrews, the Ro
man Catholics and the Protestants are all
co-operating In a creditable way, and
where they' are not working together, they
are at least not Intentionally Interfering
with one another. What the Toung
Men's Christian Association, the Knlghtn
of Columbus and the Young Men's Hebrew
Association have, tliua far donq and are'
planning to do, to "brighten up the cor
ner" of the young men in the trenches
and to help them make tho most of their
lives, will prove to be one of the most in
teresting chapters of the ultimate history
of the great struggle.
W".
KNOW of numerous instances
where the various denominations have
actually been assisting one another In the,
cantonments and upon the Bhlps. An -epidemic
such as prevailed in Philadelphia,
or a great battle which carries off'many
lives In the twlnktng of an eye Impels this,
sort of religious fraternization. It is no
new story that men like Dr, Joseph Kraus
kopf, who has been helping Mr. Hoover
In Washington, and the Rev. Russell II.
Conwell, D. V., having churches near to
each other on North Broad street, have
been cultivating a better feeling between
Jew and Gentile for years. The Rev. J.
Gray Bolton, D. D., sometime, moderator
of the General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church, and coming en, we hear in
Washington, to be an expert In golf like
another prominent Presbyterian who playa)
occasionally at 'the Chevy Chase Club, le
vice president of a downtown improvement,
association presided over by a public-'
spirited priest. And another pleasing story
that reaches us is that the Rev. Dr, Robert
Hunter, the popular pastor of the Union
Tabernacle Church, 'of Kensington, waa
oalled during the Influenza epidemic to min
ister to the sick In certain Hebrew fam
ilies where the ordinary devotional comfort
could not be had. The selection of Doctor
Hunter to be associate secretary of the
Presbyterian Board qf Ministerial Relief
and Rustentatlon, by the way, will take him
away from Philadelphia occasionally, sine
the new work assigned to him and' the Rev.
Dr. John A Davlea, of Bethlehem Church,
Is national In scope. Doctor Davles la
already known to a good many Congress
men who 'have heard him not necessarily
at church but at dinners of the -Philadelphia
Hardware Manufacturers' Association,
whsra the doctor was an aosuaj .MjUlr
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2. iW&rS r fi.
two active Philadelphians In the field and
the city vylll not suffer from their actlvlfles.
pONGRESSMAN DBWALT, oft Berks-
Lehlgk District, whom Speaker Clark
calls to the chair once In a while, con
tributes a yarn which hag an indirect bear
ing upon thta agreeable topic of good
fellowship In religion. Ho let It loose upon
J. Davis Brodhead, a predecessor of Con
gressman Steele, of Easton, who visited the
House recently. '
"Nice morning," said the Congressman to
one of tha hotel boys.
"Certalnlyjs, Mr. Dewalt; certainly Is."
"Allyou Washington Baptists ought to
'feel grateful for a morning like this."
"Ysv Indeed; yes, indeed, but I'se no
Baptist; I'se 'PIsccopal."
"You're Episcopal; why, how's that? 1
thought-you were all Baptists down here."
"It's Just this way, Congressman: The
Baptists, they believe in getting to Heaven
by the water route; we 'Plscopals believe
in bread and wine." .
All of which Is respectfully commended
to the Rev, Dr. Brodhead, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, who Is closely related to
the Easton Judge.
V stands at tho top of the Democratic
National Committee's 'letterhead, notwith
standing the announcements that Mr. Mo
Cormlckja duties as chairman of the war
trade board preclude his taking an active
part In the campaign. So does Mitchell
Falme'r, retain his memb'eishlp In the Penn
sylvania Democratic State Committee de
spite his governmental activities as alien
property cUslodlan. These men are both
close to the White House and, If rumor be
true, have been capturing a good many ap
pointments for their constituents. The
rumor that Pennsylvania Republicans were
slipping Into a few of the military placea
is said to have had something to do with
this situation. The Democratic National
Committee Y appeal (or funds went 'out
recently In the name ot the assistant
treasurer. Now muoh of the circularizing
Is being done by Howell S, Cummings, ot
Connecticut, vice chairman under Mr. Mc
Cormlck! A "wicked Republican," from
Iowa, Representative Good, who spent the
summer at Ocean City, New Jersey, and.
said he enjoyed t, dug up and printed In
the Congressional Record some State com
mittee demands on postmasters for cam
paign funds. They were a, bit disconcert
ing, to aay the least. But nevertheless the
Congress, passed another and a new cor
rupt practices act and the President signed;
it a week op so ago.' i
HAPPY thought, that .of Burd 8, Tatter
son, of Pittsburgh, the Industrious sec
retary of the Lake Erie and Ohio Rlyer
Canal Association, to co-operate with east
ern, Pennsylvania waterways men who
'want to Improve the Delaware River and
open up the Chesapeake and Delaware and
New Jersey ship canals. That idea ot co
operation has generally been halted at the
Allegheny Mountains. It is Unfortunate,
because Pennsylvania., although an Inland
State,' has unsurpassed waterway connec
tions' east and west. Let .Pittsburgh take
feold of that cp-pperatlve Idea In' Qopgrfae
Wf Fn.WW" ,,,.
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Want to TaJJc to Thee
T WANT to talk to thee of many thinga ,
Or sit In silence when the robin slnga
His 'little song. When' comes the winter
bleak
I want to sit beside thee, cheek by cheek.
I want to hear thy voice my name repeat,
To fill my heart with echoes ever srweet;
I want to hear thy Jove come calling me,
I want to seek and find but thee, but thee.
I want to talk to thee ot little things
So fond, so frail, so foollBh that one clings
To keep them ours who could but under
stand A Joy In speaking them, thus hand In hand
Beside the fire; our Joys, our hopes, our
feais, "
Our secret laughter or unchidden teafa;
Each day old dreams cpmo back with beat
ing wings,
I want to speak of these forgotten thinga.
I want to feel thy arms around me pressed.
To hide my weeping eyes upon thy breast;
I want thy strength to hold and comfort ma
For all the grief I had In losing the.
Dora Slgerson, in "Tbo Sad Years."
The orange dealers,
The Fruits of armed with statistics,
Coincidence are contending that
their. high prices dur
ing the Influenza epidemic were charged
because of an Interval between the Florida
and California crops. Consumers, however,
are suspicious mortals and they can't help
reflecting that theMulcy oblate spheroids went
up In cost at the precise time when the
spread of the grip made them most in de
mand. If Ahls be not an explanation, it la at
least a distasteful coincidence.
Surgical note At tha
Hospital for Sick Na
tionalities In Budapest
And Gas Was
Freely Administered
yesterday the hyphen
was removed from Herr Oesterreichlsch
Ungarlsche 'Monarchie. The results ot the
operation are still In doubt.
New Premiers In Austria seem to be in
serted under the throne room door every
morning with the dally paper.
What Do You Know?
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7. What Is a hsrcarellor
5, When did Bismarck Ut
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