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SUNDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1312.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
The Republican managers continue
to fight braely, but they are battling
against tremendous odds. It is only
necessary to survey the whole United
States to see rival Republican na
tional, Congressional, "and local tickets
in eery State in order to appreciate
the appropriateness of the ancient
maxim concerning the house which is
divided against itself. Woodrow Wil
son Terrains, as he has been from the
first, the beneficiary of a situation. He
is not adding to his following; he is
not stirring the country with bold and
original declarations. He is simply
pursuing the even tenor of his way,
with an occasional academic speech
which pleases the highbrows and does
not get anywhere with the people. At
the same time, his friends stand pat
and simply ask the question, "How can
he lose?"
Of course, it is not impossible 'for
him to lose; and he is nearer losing
to-day than he has been at any time
.since he was nominated. When he was
'selected as the Democratic candidate
!for President and Mr. Roosevelt then
entered the Presidential race, there
were many who were willing to assert
their belief that Roosevelt would carry
at least half a dozen States. Since that
time there has been a great change in
the political situation. The outlook
now is that Roosevelt will hardly carry
a single State, much less can he be
elected. His most ardent adherents
'are now beginning to realize what im
partial and experienced observers 'long
ago foresaw that Mr. Roosevelt at
the head of a bolting organization is
a different person from Mr. Roosevelt
as a Republican seeking the Presiden
tial nomination from his part. His
so-called Progressive party has disin
tegrated. One by one his former
prominent supporters have fallen away
from him Gov. Hadley of Missouri,
Gov. Deneen of Illinois, Ormsby Mc
Harg, Frank B Kellogg, Senator Bo
rah, former National Committeeman
Ward, o'f New York; former Gov.
Stokes of New Jersey, and a score of
others What is true of the leaders is
true of the rank and file. In every
township and in every county the polls
to-day show that Republicans every
where and in large numbers are re
turning to the ranks
It is this closing up of the Repub
lican party that gives the Republican
managers some encouragement. They
must realize, however, that the gap is
wide and forbidding. There is a bit
terness between the factions that equals
the situation in the Democratic party in
1806. This is the reason why in Cali
fornia thousands of Republicans openly
announce that they are going to vote
for "Wilson so that Roosevelt shall not
carry the State, and it explains the
similar attitude of 15,000 Republicans
in Souh Dakota. It also explains why
one of the most perplexing problems
which has confronted the Republicans
is the fact that in every State a very
large proportion of the Republicans
openly declared that they would vote
for Wilson in order to bury Roosevelt
out o'f sight
The situation has become slightly
less complicated for the Republicans,
because now it is apparent that Roose
velt cannot possibly win, and that a
vote cast for him is not only wasted,
but aids in the election of the Demo
cratic candidate. This brings the Re
publicans face to face with the fact
that the fight is a square contest -be-
t tween Taft and Wilson. There are
many Republicans who were honestly
for Roosevelt, but who balk at the
idta of aiding a Democratic adminis
tration into power. These men are
now discarding their Moose buttons
and returning -to their old allegiance.
This is one of the factors in the Taft
sentiment which is sweeping over the
country. Another factor is the real
scare which is now being experienced
as the prospect of a radical change in
the tariff becomes more and more cer
tain. "The change for Taft has come, but
it is an eleventh hour arrival. 'With
only ten days to elapse be'fore the elec
tion, "it seems strange that the Repub
licans throughout the country are just
waking up to a realization of what" is
almost certain to happen. 'The national
headquarters at-New York and Chicago
are being deluged with requests for
literature and speakers. Everybody,
yaato ererthing at oace. ,TM boi
nest men of Cincinnati hare jut, gat;;
ten together, and in Chicago "andfKaa
sai City they have hastily .formed
similar , organizations. The Missouri
Republicans hurried a special, tram
through their -State last week with
former Vice President Fairbanks on
board, and the -Minnesota Republicans,
encouraged -by ,the fact that their can
didate for Governor hat at last come
out in a public eulogy of President
Taft, will this week send a special
train through their State. In the East
there is also an exhibition of belated
activity, and thus, when the campaign
is almost to close, the Republicans in
the States are working like beavers.
There was ample foundation for their
previous apathy. The situation looked
so hopeless that nobody had the energy
or the faith to make a fight If they
are more active now, it is because they
have come to a realization that upon
the direct issue of protection against
free trade Ta'ft ought to win, because
the United States is not a free trade
country. Its whole commercial devel
opment has been the resuk of the pro
tective system. This fact inspires
hope not previously entertained. More
than this, there is the knowledge that
the past campaigns have been fought
and won within the last two weeks.
The voters were almost ready to form
into a procession to the ballot boxes
when Dr. Burchard overturned Blaine's
dish of political gravy, and in 1896 it
was not until forty-eight hours before
election day dawned that Mark Hanna
breathed a sigh of relief as he realized
that the battle had at last been won.
Ten davs, therefore, is still ample time
in which to make -a final struggle.
The compaign has thus far been free
from exciting incident, save only, of
course, the shooting o'f Theodore
Roosevelt The political managers may
have something in reserve, but up to
the present time they have given no
intimation of a surprise in store.
The Republican managers, handi
capped in the early part of the cam
paign by the attack upon the integrity
of President Taft's nomination, were
forced to meet and dispose of this
accusation before they could really dis
cuss the issues of the campaign. Then
they had to convince the country that
Roosevelt's election was an impossi
bility, and thus valuable time was lost
before attention could be given to the
tariff. Now they are concentrating
their batteries upon the free trade poli
cies of the Democratic candidate and
his party.
In the meantime, the Democratic
managers sail cheerfully along. They
are not altogether free from trouble.
because in some localities, like Chi
cago, they are calling one another
traitors. On the whole, however, they
have only needed to drift along,
taking advantage of the division in
their opponents' ranks. They have not
attempted anything spectacular, be
cause it was not necessary. They have
simply consulted the political almanacs,
figured on the Republican vote, divided
it in appropriate proportion between
Ta'ft and Roosevelt, given Wilson the
solid Democratic vote, and then been
happily content There has never been
a campaign when plums fell so easily
into the Democratic mouth.
And jet all the Democrats are not
going to vote for Wilson. There are
any number of Democratic business
men and farmers who are opposed to
any change in business and agricultural
conditions. In Montana alone the
number is estimated at 5,000, and in
Illinois it is said that it will reach 10
per cent ot the JJemocratic vote.
Neither is there Democratic solidity in
New Jersey, a State where Gov. Wil
son is handicapped by the enemies he
has made and where every section is
honeycombed with manufactures which
have Jieen developed by protection
against foreign competition. It will,
however, take many, many Democratic
votes to offset the defections from the
Republicans to the Roosevelt ticket
The interesting fact about the polls
which have thus far been taken is the
enormous number of persons who are
either undecided or who are silent as
to their intentions. There are literally
millions of people who do not seem
to have .made up their minds. Some
of them are of .the band-wagon tem
perament and want to be on the win
ning side; others are actually in doubt
as to the best course to pursue and
are waiting to hear the final arguments.
It is this silent vote that will decide
the election. It is an evidence that
more and more the American people
are casting off the shackles of party
and are asserting their own individ
uality. In this, campaign, more than in
any other, the voters seem to 'feel that
they have a liberty of action, and they
are determined to exercise this liberty
to its fullest extent
An Homily on Cats
At a recent session of the American
Humane Society in Indianapolis a
speaker strongly advocated an ordi
nance requiring the owners to pay a
tax on their cats. He stated that the
suggestion now may be ridiculed, but
if put in operation it would be seen
to be "the only natural thing to do. He
claims that the enforcement of the
ordinance requiring owners to pay a
tax on their dogs, or have them killed,
has done more to eliminate useless
suffering among man's "best "friend
than any other law. He argues rightly
mat 11 me uncarea ior aog is not to
be allowed to slowly starve until too
weak to resist disease why should the
alley cat suffer throughout the course
of its nine lives.
Gov. Marshall, of Indiana, who made
aq address before the society, de
clared $ht the world it &$ jfccj
third.' ageVofjka devil;, at In the'
nrst age porncai strangin prevailed ;
in the second. ; intellect waa ,,
and r'm" the ;. third the presort tire-
heart is the most powerful. The .best
citizen Is not he "with the strongest
ana or the keenest intellect, but he
with -tfie noblest heart -
Amies To-dty xd in Termer War.
Estimates oflthe combatants 'in the
Balkans may 'be excessive. The dif
ference1 between paper strength -and
an actual force in war often is cal
culated as ao per cent and more even.
If we hear that Bulgaria, for instance,
puts jocvoco men into the field, it may
not' be more"than Vfwn. But still it
is probable that the aggregate of the
fighting force in that section is larger
than ever;, before baf been seen in ac
tual service, with 'the single exception,
perhaps, of the Franco-German war
of -1870.
While wars, however, are less fre
quent now -'.than' 'they were ico years
ago, 'military 'operations of to-day 're
quire a much greater 'force, so thatv tt
ts ' doubtful whether humanity has
gained 'much iff- the' last century. 'The
largest army that Napoleon ever com
manded 'Jn person, was that which ' he
led at Wagranvin i89 some 180,000
in the firing lines At Waterloo he
had -but 72co to Wellington's. 6cooo,
and,' until the fortunate arrival of the
Prussians, under Plutcher, the aggre
gate of both combatants cannot have
exceeded 140,000 men. In our civil war
not one of the commanders on either
side at any time can have directed
more than icaqoo men on a single
field of action. -, At Gettysburg, Meade
had about 82,000 'men and Lee some
thing like 73,000. In June, 1864, when
Grant commanded the armies of the
Potomac and the James and certain
auxiliaries, he had, all told, 147.121 of
all ranks, but those ready for duty
numbered only 107,000. The date that
saw Lee's surrender found Grant with
only 00,639 present for duty in the
field.
What then was considered a great
aggregate, to-day would be taken to be
just the normal strength of a military
power like ours, midway in a great
fight There really may be a million
men under arms in the Balkans, but
the effective strength of the combined
armies there would not ntarlv reach
tnat total. .Modern Dattles are fought
in great masses. For this very reason
wais are shorter, and, in proportion
to the numbers engaged, they are less
bloody than when rifles did not carry
as far as they do to-day, and the order
wa to "hold fire" until the soldiers in
battle could see the eyes of the op
posing phalanx.
Yet this very influence may beget
more militarism, since it must be a
feeling of comfort if theeim is per
missible in connection with such an oc
casion of men in the ranks that the
speeding fatal shot is more likely to
hit their neighbor, coming from so
great a distance. So is compulsory serv
ice a stimulus to big armies, because
the men, in times of peace, are paid
next to nothing, though the stipend is
doubled in war times. Bulgaria, which
has shaped its policy to bring no less
than 250,060 men into the firing line,
appropriated onM $8,000,000 last jear
for the maintenance of its peace es
tablishment of about 60,000.
Ahkoond of Swat'Bedivivus.
Older members of the profession will
recall "Lou" Megargee and his refer
ence in his "Seen and Heard," to the
'Ahkoond of Swat" and how it set the
paragraphers of about twenty years ago
to punning, and yet there was such a
ruler and such a minor state in East
India. There are certain foreign terms
Land phrases, savs the Boston Transcript
quite pertinently, the sound of which
moves the American to ridicule and
laughter.
Like the "Ahkoond of Swat" the
'Sanjak of Novibazar" provokes the
smile of most readers as they come
across it, in dispatches concerning the
Balkan war. Yet there is nothing to
laugh at Sanjak is the official designa
tion of a minor Turkish 'administra
tive district. The word Sanjak (Novi-
bazar means new market) is derived
from the Turkish word for a horse
tail standard. The Governor o'f Sanjak
is entitled on occasions of ceremony
to carry a standard bearing a single
horsetail, while his superiors in the
administrative hierarchy are more abun
dantly provided with horsetails for
their standards. But that district pre
sents serious subjects for the world to
ponder. The Sanjak is a wedge-like
northwestern projection of the Turkish
Empire, between Servia and Monte
negro, lhe point ot trie wedge touches
the Austro-Hungary boundary. Only
a mountain range separates it from
Bosnia. Strategically the Sanjak is an
obstacle on the track of Austrian am
bition, as it is on the direct route from
Bosnia to Saloniki, the objective point
of the Austrian near East policy.
The majority of the population of
the Sanjak are Christian Serbs. Their
sympathy is with Servia and against
the Turkish garrison, but Austria never
would consent to the Sanjak being in
corporated with Servia; therefore.
Turkey holds it only by suffrance. If
it passes from Turkey., neither Monte
negro nor Servia is likely to obtain it
The statesmen of Vienna cannot af
ford to see such a disposition made of it
Therefore, the people of the Sanjak
American paragraphers would call them
"the Sanjakers'' who. want to be
Servians, "but are -in danger,- of" being
annexed to Austria-Hungary, and who
are tired of Turkish rule, have-reason
on their side if they think 'that the
sarcastic Americans .are an unsympa-
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The daughter of m-Mn waa aha.
And Wombat qmaby eaw
Jh meaning 'of heredity '
When she laid down the law.
Umaie Feaaywia Bayaj. !
I don't 'suppoM a rich woman zceta any
particular aratlneatton whan aha get a
new palp of shoe. ' v . t "
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A Literary Xai.
"1 understand you wishes position as
parlor maid. What ,1a your namer'
"Elaine, from Tennyson's JIdyUs of the
Klna-.' Ton are familiar with tha 'Idylls,1"
I presume?" '
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)n OettWST la Hlatory.
, October 'n.- UsYV-Slr Walter KIlh
plants the first Irish potato'tn, Ireland.
October 27. ITOA-Boswelt and Dr. John-'
on.flshra duel with- battle-axes. No
body.Tmrt. ' !
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A Caatae torltatek.
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"She wnts a black dog.
thli'dog wlll'ba black ene
I-don't thlnlr
enough."
"Why must
aba have such a black.
dogri 1
. "She's In mourning for her father-in-law.
Didn't you know?"
How to Bo a Fa 1 ail to.
Tour boss, no doubt, has, favorites,
So take your little cue;
For If you work and do not shirk
He'll make one out of you.
One of the Ram Oaem,
"There's something queer about her di
vorce,"
"She got it all right: didn't she?
What's quer' about It?"
"She doesn't eetm to have another man
picked out to msrry."
Par Kerre.
"Pretty nervy guy, that"
"How now?"
"First he ran overeme, and then tried
to sell me some accident Insurance. I
don't know but what I'll see him next
week and take out a policy, at that"
A Real Jleed.
"What's Wombat working n now?"
i"Oh, he says that ladles shoes are not
sufllclently complicated to be In keeping
with the. rest of the attire. So he'a
working on a woman's shoe that butt
tons up the back."
CENSORING CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
Aettoa of District at Colaaabta li
brary Boar! Coademaed.
r"nxn ute CTMnso neenrd nnmld.
It Is aad always to sea grave minds,
on ceaseless edification bent ponder
ing over what books boys and girls
ought to read to Improve their minds
while they suppose they are being en
tertained. We are truly sorry for the
executllve committee of the public li
brary of the District of Columbia and
the teachers co-operating with the com
mittee In an endeavor to keep out of
tho library books that convey no moral
lesson. .
We read that these guardians of
youthful morals have decided that
Oliver Optic's books are "purposeless."
that Horatio Alcers heroes "have too
ready a road to success;" that G. A.
Henty Is "mediocre;" that the "Elsie"
books are "roundly condemned as tend
ing to make a ,glrl Introspective and
goody-goody;' that the "Pansy" series
Is open to the same charge; that books
by George , Warren. Lester Chadwlck.
Clarence Young. Capt Ralph nonehltl,
and Margaret Penrose are In the Index
expurgatorlus.
As "the wind blowcth where It 11st
eth" so does the vouthful mind Incline
to certain reading for reasons which the
pedagogical mind cannot understand.
Every parent who has tried to select
books that will appeal to children
knows that hat adults think on the
subject is often the reverse of what the
children think. Except such works as
are positively and unmistakably harm
ful, the books that children ought to
read for recreation merely are the books
that they like. The Infant mind must
pass through a period of evolution.
nhateverJhe librarians and the peda
gogues may consider good or bad.
Srvr Cabinet for Bolivia.
A new cabinet. has been formed m
Bolivia to replace tha cabinet that re
signed recently. The membership of the
new cabinet, according to dispatches to
the State Department Is ss follows:
Dr. Juan Mlsael Seracho. Minister of
Foreign Affairs; Dr. Claudlo Thills, Min
ister of Government: Dr. Alfredo Scar
runz. Minister of Finance; Dr. Horaclo
RIoy, Minister of Justice: Dr. Carlos
Calvo, Minister of Instruction and Ag
riculture; Dr. Juan Maria Zalles, Min
ister of War.
BBaaUJBoy Oh!-father j' why dWrft
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yiMws oe: three,. leading economists r ,
. on outlookMt wind-up of campaign
't, Samuel J. Elder, Republican;
. Three well-known citizens, each a member of one-of the leading-political partteaeach fully posted upon the sub
ject upon which he expresses his views In the current Issue of the Tale Review, have tried to Impress upon the readers
of that periodical, published by and for 'their alma materfeach being a graduate of Old Ell their Ideas aa regarda the
polltlcal-and economic situation, .who. In their opinion "ought to be elected President, and what the country would have
to face In .the event that,' their advlea la not, followed. . fc
'The standing of either of these men In their communities, and. for that matter. In the entire nation, la so well
known that to, tell.The Herald readers who they are would be like carry coala to Newcastle. Mr. Samuel -J. Elder, a
atahcb Republican, breaks his lance for the re-election of Mr. Taft because orh!s many reforms and other vital
achievements and because of the record of the Republican 'party. ,
v Mr. Henry Wade Rogers tries to explain why the Republicans are not In condition to revise the tariff downward
and to lower the high cost of living; and. last but not least, Mr. Herbert Knox Smith, so well and favorably known
from his fine work as cosporatlon commissioner, and who resigned his office ln:order to aid the Roosevelt cause, tells
ua why the call for a Progressive party waa so urgent having become Imperatively necessary owing to the misdeeds
ot both the old political parties.
SAMUEL J. EIDEB
Itrpohllraa. '
Mr. Taft bad the widest training with
which any President ever entered the
White House. He waa, as was then ssld.
'the only man ho had been 'oyer the
plant" During his administration the
country has recovered from the financial
reaction' of 1907 and entered upon" what
ought to be an assured course of pros
perity. He has pursued that middle course
which' his ao little pf popular appeal In It
and-somuch of assurance and security.
During his administration a deficit of 150,
000,000 a year has been changed Into a sur
plus of 1)0,000.000 a year: a reasonable cor
poration tax has been Imposed: reform of
the civil service greatly extended; con
servation has been sanely and 'vigorously
promoted; excellent judicial appointments
bave been made; a workmen' compensa
tion act pushed forward; increased rail
road rates restrained; a parcel post se-.
cured: the Panama Canal has been
brought towards an early completion; In
the face of popular clamor, the Constitu
tion an4 the courts bave been fearlessly
upheld. Mr. Taft has never played poli
tics. No trust prosecution has been de
layed to affect an election. He Is not a
politician and has had no policy except
to tell the people the truth aa he sees It
The Democrats threw down the gauge of
battle a year ago In the cotton bill, the
wool bill, and the farmers' free list Presi
dent Taft acepted the challenge and ve
toed the bills. Similar bills bave been
presented to him again this summer, on
the even of election, and In the midst of
an Intense campaign, and Mr. Taft has
again vetoed them. Certainly no one can
deny that he has the courage of his con
vlctldns." The Democrats have carried their pro
posed legislation Into their platform, and
declared for a tariff for revenue only. The
Democratic. Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives, the Democratic floor leader,
and the Democratic Presidential candi
date are oppesed to protection. They have
not contented themselves with denuncia
tion of the inequalities In the tariff, but
have raised anew the question whether
the Constitutlcn permits the protection of
American Industries.
Nothing should be plainer than that
radical reduction of th tariff In this coun
try Is Impossible. Radical revision down
ward means unemployment, closed shops,
and workmen In the employ only of
"Street & Walker." It Is of no Import
ance whether such a revision Is wise or
not. whether It would furnish In the end
an Ideal tariff or not. It cannot be tested.
In two j ears comes a new Congressional
election. In four years a new Presidential
election. Workmen are without work and
farmers have diminished markets for
their product It I' unavailing to urge
tlum to potsefs their souls In patience.
The party which is the Immediate caue
of the suffering goes down to defeat, and
men pledged to protection are returned to
power by overwhelming majorities. The
result Is a revision of tbe tariff upward.
The Republican party stands not merely
on its declarations, but'en Its accomplish-
ments. President Taft hss suffered more,
perhaps, from the statement at Winona
three vears ago that the Payne-Aldrlch
bill was the best tariff measure the coun-
try had ever had than for any other single
cause; but It was, and Is, the best tariff
the country has ever had.
As for Mr. Roosevelt, he has never had
any tariff policy, and he has none now.
For seven and a half years. In the face
of Increasing and vehement protests
against the Dlngley bill, he did nothing.
He Is the ablest of politicians and he
knew the danger of definite dealing with
the tariff. He left It to his successor. It
Is no campaign bogey this danger of a
permanent Presidency. The men who
know Mr. Roosevelt best who served in
his' Cabinet and in Congress during his
administrations, are oDDOsed to him now.
There Is no reason to doubt that. If elect
ed now, he will feel that bis mission to
the American people Imperatively requires
htm to accept a fourth term.
"Mall Order" Rice Set Free.
New York. Oct 16. George Graham
Rice was released from the pen on
Blackwell's Island to-day. He was sen
tenced for one ear after pleading guilty
to a charge of using the malls to de
fraud, following a trial lasting five
months. Rice was the moving spirit In
the curb brokerage firm of B. F. Schef
tels & Co , In Broad Street, the scene
of a sensational raid two years ago.
the, burr aim-instead of putttnrhla
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Henry Wade, Roger, Democrat,-and
HENRY WADE ROGERS .
' Democrat.
The Republicans enter upon the cam
paign of 1912 divided. A house divided
against Itself cannot stand. The ngxt
Presidentof the United States will not be
Wirtlam Howard Taft nor Theodore Roose
velt A party cannot forever live upon Its
past The Republicans are not to be In
definitely retained In power because .thelr
party successfully fought the civil war,
abolished slavery, and established sound
money.
Tha Democrats' enter the campaign of
1913 with progressive'? candidates and a
progressive platf ormT
The question ls?whether the country ap
proves the continuance of the tariff policy
of the Republicans with all Its concomi
tant evils. If the people want a revlson
1 'i0., "'" C2m;v"d st'eadlly. though under the. urface,
mission a Democratic President and a
Democratic Congress to undertake the
work. The Republican party, committed
to high protection, and the recipient for
many jears of favors from the Interests,
cannot reform the tariff by a downward
revision.
If the people approve the present policy,
they will elect Mr. Taft. If tbey do not
they will elect Mr. Wilson. They will not
turn to Mr. Roosevelt .as be is as much a
protectionist as Mr. Taft,
There can be no doubt that the Payne
Aldrlch act broke faith' with the people.
Some Republicans so alleged when it was
passed and have continued so to assert
ever since. The bill should bave been
vetoed; but Mr. Taft signed It and then
made a speech In Iloston In which he
eulogized Mr. Aldrlch. A short time there-
After he made his Winona speech. In
which he told the country that the new
law was one of the best tariff acts the
country had ever had.
We are warned that If the country
wants another panic like that of 1S33. the
sure way to accomplish It Is to return the
Democratic party once more to power.
Republicans should be modest In making
such allegations In view of the fact that
the country has passed through a number
of panics which have occurred under Re
publican administration. Nor was the
panic of 1KC due to Democratic legisla
tion. As a matter of fact that panic out
dated the Wilson tariff act by two jears.
and was occasioned by the Sherman silver
act, which was pased by a Republican
Congress and signed by a Republican
President Mr. Cleveland called a special
session of Congress fr the express pur
pose of repealing the silver law and he
forced Its unconditional repeal.
The Increased con of the necesaries of
life has an important bearing on the main
issue of the present campaign. Between
July 1. 1MD4, and January 1. 110. average
w holesale prices rose In New York 6L3 per
cent Since that time there has been a
rise from to 10 per cent The Increase
1 1n retail prices was even greater. Wages
land salaries, as we all know, have not
Increased proportionately. In 1M5 wages
ihad Increased about M per cent over 1S3.
We concede that tbe Increased output of
gold has had an affect upon prices We
also know that a growing population of
consumers and a decreasing population of
agricultural producers has likewise bad
effect But It cannot be denied that the
high tariff has seriously aggravated a
condition which has brought distress and
suffering to thousands of our people. The
sum of J!00,n00,0i) represents the total
earnings for a whole sear of 500,000 mem
bers of the unskilled working class. If
five members be allowed to a family. It
represents the entire means of livelihood
of WO.00O people for a year. The total
expenditures of the government of the
United States Tor the jear ending June
SO, 1S3. amounted to 3i,26S. For the
)ear ending In June. 1910. thev were SC60,
45.716 They had Increased ten fqjd. Dur
ing the same period population had In
creased but three fold. In ISO. In the
midst of the civil war, when our navy
was blockading the coast from Maine to
Texas and chasing Confederate cruisers
on every sea. the country spent on its
navy S8S.000.OOa. In 1910. we were spending.
In a time of peace. 1123.173.717.
TIMES REALLY WERE HARD.
A Pioneer's Story of Early Dajs In
Kansas.
i'tvm the Ksasai Olj Jcnnul.
''It makes me weary to hear people
these days complain of hard times," re
marked Judge J. T. Keagy. of Wabaun
see County. "Why. It Is like paradl'o
now compared to the early days In Kan
sas. I shall always remember a story
which my neighbor. Herman Meseke,
who settled In Kansas In 1S0 with his
bride, told me.
'The Mesekes settled on a homestead
that j ear, but the drought was so severe
that they raised nothing. Aside from a
few farm Implements they had a yoke
ot oxen and two hens. In the late au
tumn Meseke found that he had enougli
money to provide flour for himself and
bride through the winter and enough rje
to parch for coffee. The two hens oc
casionally laid eggs, but Mrs. Meseke
felt that they should keep the eggs un
til their needs became greater.
"By the time winter was fairly on Mr
Meseke ran out of saleratus (the old
fashioned name for soda. She had to
have It In order to make biscuits).
Meseke decided to go to the nearest
trading post to get some soda. That was
Council Grove, eighteen miles away. He
and his wife counted up and found they
had Just eleven eggs. They looked all
over the place trjlng to find one more In
order to have an even dozen, but failed.
Meseke hitched up his oxen and started
to town with the eleven eggs. He met
a neighbor who gave him an extra eggi
to make an even "dozen.
"When'he reached town he traded his
eggs for saleratus. It took him t o dav s
and one night to make t the trip for no
other purpose than to get some soda
so that his wife could bake biscuits."
' Test Aeroplane Pontoon.
I Several experimental aero flights were
made at the navy yard -yesterday morn
ing by Lieut Ellison. " The object of
the experiment was .-try out a new
pontoon that had been constructed for
one of the Curtlss machines.
The pontoon tried out was the single
type of float under the center of the
machine. It was about twenty by twelve
Inches In cross section and was covered
with a new waterproof fabric, making
the whole construction much lighter
than the old woodca float
The flights made yesterday were to
test the balance of the new pontoon.
It was found to make the aeroplane a
trifle tall, heavy and tbe weight was
shifted. , so that this" probably will be
oorrtcte is tha nex UgbXM. J
Herbert Knox Smith, third
HERBERT KNOX SMITH
Pro grew! ve.
The Republican party in Its latter days
had attracted, as the party of strong
Federal power, the support of the larger
property Interests. This was entirely
natural. Up to about 1900. the Federal
power, so far aa It bad relations to bust- '
ness, was directed toward the mere ad
vance of material prosperity, with little
or no regard to the proper distribution
thereof, or to Its effect on the citizen.
But the events of 1901-190 resulted In a
deep cleavage In both parties, and espe
cially In the Republican party. The re
volt of the large property Interests
brought on by the Roosevelt administra
tion was the beginning of the split. It
was really a division along the underlying
Progressive-Conservative line; and It took
place in both parties, though in differing
degrees. In the Republican party It wld-
during the Roosevelt administration.
President Taft's course, though the op
posite of his predecessor's. Increased the
breach. Why he took the course he did
Is to me one of the unsolved political
mysteries. Whatever his reasons, be
adopted from the start a new policy. (In
fact, to those of us who lived In Washing
ton and were In the service at the time,
mere change, fcr the sole purpose of mak-
lng a change, seemed to be in the atmos
phere of the White nouse after March .
1909 ) Ho did not. as did President Roose
velt, call to his support public opinion,
and rely on It In his relations with Con
gress, which was then far Behind public
opinion. He apparently preferred to deal
with Congress alone, to play the game
with them, their own game; and with the
best of motives he must bave failed, and
did fail. The old Cannon-Aldrich machine
mastered him, fooled him. and practically
committed him to an alliance, from which,
by the summer of 1910. and after the sign
ing of the Payne-AIdrich tariff bill, there
was for him no escape. The 'old guard
regained complete control of the govern
ment machinery. Then came the Progres
sive revolt from the Western Progressive
Congressmen, the overthrow of the Can
non regime In the House, and an open
chasm In the Republican party. President
Taft took the side of the "old guard" In
this division; by this time he was too far
committed to do anj thing else. He openly
opposed and read out of the party the
Progressives, and the division within the
party became Irrevocable.
To discuss the political future requires
prophecy. We Progressives believe that
in the election next November our party
will become, if not the first at least the
second party, leaving the Republicans a
bad third. In my view, that outcome, at
least Is now .certain. Should this be the
case, the Republican party will substan
tially dissppear rhoftly after November,
191i If. with all the prestige ofthe past,
with fun control of tbe machinery. It can
pot maintain Itself even as second. It Is
doomed when once these facts are ex
posed to the public The Progressive psrty
will then grow swiftly stronger, becaus
our people are nroeresslvn. That is to
say. the protection of property rights.
vested Interests, the Influencing of gov
ernment by special Interests, has In this
country been carried to an extreme and
the swing of the pendulum Is now In the
other direction, as Is in fact the case all
over the civilized world. The Progressive
party will therefore leap forward, once
its mere political strength Is demonstrat
ed. There will remain, by 1314. oily two
great national parties. Progressives and
Democrats. While the Democrats prob
ably will not be by that time avowedly
the conservative party, the rise of their
opponents, tho Progressives, will tend to
force them toward that position. More
strongly stilt however, will the basic
States rights doctrine work In that direc
tion. As I have already stated, the prop
erty Interests, the corporations, began
in 1901 to leave the Republican ranks,
because they saw Federalism turned
against them, rather than for them, as
had been the rule theretofore. In their
minds, their one bulwark against the new
Federalism will be State sovereignty, a
cliange of venue. th appeal to a local
power that they know. Influence, and have
little fear of. the retreat from the strong
Federal power behind tho shield of the
more amenable, or at least less potent
local, and Stite power.
II VI-LOWEEX.
Wrfttm fir The VVueMnston HersM.)
I't ctf m wUbed I coald go btA
To chiMhond hapcr hnoit,
When hfe't illusions were rwt lie:
Na thcraj unooa the Costttsl
Bet rerrr hare I loczvd ao moeh
To live thai zU4 Urns o'er,
A vh(l on lUlloween I timr
"Tick Ux" on pane or coorl
VVhit flfln prss bfre did p!T
rptm the neighbors 'round
I rtil thrr thocsnt w eirttrs let lores.
Ti ttue. toxment. coaformdl
Oh. cerer csn I quite forzet
The jor that iroolA eUte.
And when we stole to schaDtmistfse
And carried oS his cite!
What trans for lhe unwary laid;
We plotted and ecrralTed,
And in tb twilight's mist? cloom.
Our evil deeds would thrirew
And then the JoUr games we ptaredl
Again 1 hear the ge
That rang throughout th crowded hall
When ghoatlr aifhts we'd see.
And tatn the fun of reacting nnt-
If I nerer hail enough
bron that night I'd hare ror fill
Of afes and sweet atuSl
Then in a cirrla round the hearth.
We'd In the future peer.
Forhodings erll made ua quaaa.
And "good luck" aigna would cheer.
I nft, amid life a strife and emiw.
From memney'i tjorehouaa ginua .
That night mrxr dear to all boy's hearts
The night of llallusres'
-o. o. a.
Thankii Mayor Gaynor.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Reek
man Winthcop jesterday wrote to Major
Gavnor of .New York, thanking him on
behalf of the navy for the welcome ac
corded the officers and men of the At
lantic Fleet when they assembled In
North River two weeks ago In the an
nual mobilization and review.
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