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WASHINGTON.
SUNDAY September 15. 1912
THEODORE W. NOYES Editor
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Crowds and Visiting Statesmen.
Ttiero at e two points i>f value in con
nection with tin- Maine contest just
closed which should not be lost on the
public between now and November: (1)
.\ big rally does not necessarily prom
ise a hip vote on election day. and (2)
the views of a visiting statesman about
renditions in a place new to hint are
Tt? ? t "sometimes always correct."
The hoopla in Maine was with the
democrats. Their meetings were largely
attended, and their visiting statesmen
of national reputation. Something re
sembling apathy appeared on the re
publican side, and little help on the
stump from the outside was received.
Krgo. it was arjru?d. the democrats
stood to sweep the state. But they
failed to do so. The crowds that had
attended their meetings did not at
tend at the polls, while the apathetic
republicans got a move on w hen the (
polls opened.
As for the visiting democratic states
men. <? 11. with one exception, were
misled. They saw the state going
"hell-bent" for Uov. I'laisted, and con
gratulated him and the national or -
giiiization in advance.
Said Ool. Noodle of Podunk to an en
terprising newspaper reporter a few
days before election: "I have just come
from a stumping tour in Maine, sir. and
I nevr saw greater enthusiasm any
where than in tha ranks of the demo
crats there. My meetings were
enormous, sir, and everybody with
whom I talked predicted a landslide. I
tell j-iii. sir. th" thinn is settled both
In Maine and elsewhere. We've got
'em. sir: got 'em dead to rights!"
Good, easy gentleman, he believed
what he said. Things looked just that
wax to hln>. lie knew nothing about
Maine, and had talked only with demo
crats. who. knowing his bent and his
?wished, had filled him with the con
f.Pnc- he desired. His whole ex
perience having been in Podunk. where
there ts but one party and therefore no
politics, properly so-called, at all. he
was easily persuaded that every man
w ho had come to hear him was a demo
t tal. He knows better now.
I'hamp t'lark was the exception. (
When he returned from his visit, he j
refused to make a prediction. He had 1
addressed large meetings, but being
from a state where real politics is
known, and being himself a real poli
tician. he declined the role of prophet,
lie had heard the talk in Maine, but as
st Missourian wanted to be shown. And
election day showed him. Through
his experience, he makes a better figure
today than <*ol. Noodle.
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr Bryan are on
the stump, drawing as strongly as
mustard plasters, and Woodrow Wilson
will soon be. And many \isiting
atatesin* 11 here and there are contid
inp predictions to enterprising re
porters. All very Interesting. But
wait.
The Holding Company Fallacy.
T:.e failure of the big automobile hold
ing company in New York may be regarded
tt> another example of the fallacy of at
tempting to control industrial conditions
through the organization of non-produc.ng
corporation*. The holding company is al
most invariably an overload of charge
upon the business, it interposes another
series of profits thai must eventually
come out of the trade, ostensibly dc
smied to suppiy wot king capital, the e?
sentiil object of a holding company is to
make money out of manufactories that
have been organized by others, it is a
manifestation of the trust principle in
t ut! the ^VKitieial autonomj of each of
the component parts of the system is
destrowd Half a dozen prosperous con
ems. h capable of earning substantia!
tliviib tids for its sio- Uholders. may
ji; o\*e to t?e unable, though \tit?i no
? : 1 an^e .n t'iade contlitions. to earn
eno.u: 1 niotie", to > ieltl dividends to a
hoitiiiiK company. w t.i its m.n*h larger
t a? itaiiz ition than t >? ombined ? apital
of ail the units. There scarcely been
an instance of holding-company trouble
lit t i> that has not been due to
comiltioil. 1'i.i "t.c.iilv .ill of them
a.- ovei ? apitalized, are! the excess of
? aplt.-l. 1 on \\ 11:? :t d.v;d?!.d? are expect
ed. i ?-presents in tno-t eiis?-s promoters
. ?. ? ? T1 j ~ 'indet w rnei s' commissions ami
witii. a: fees taken out in the process of
? i'rM. xatioi:. In anot iei feature the cor
joi.ition now ii trouble is similar !<?
ot 1 rs ' 1st' ha\? pre? eded it along tins
10.id of Jinan- al difficulties. Those who
efft ? ed t ?? . raani/. ? lion k"t on the
Kt ' .ri<l r'o >? .t, terms of bonds. havitiK
1; . | . opi> v. iio furnished tlie greater bulk
i.f - . tj tn! to t;ike stoi'k on which it
v. ent.iin t? ? le extremely difficult to
, <1. . ulend- Tl .? experience is oill>
? if 11 tn ei mis ca-es in ? h!rh innocent
J .slots ha\ ?? neen fooled b glowing
1 . > ,-?? and refi ences to the undeniable
> r 'h>" omponent industrial
p a-ts t -at ar> taken into the combina
tion. if these holding companies were
flnar.rs-d m?ind!* . without water in the
sfo.k ?nd nitiiout excessive pro
j i .tcrs' ;,t fits ? epi es'-nted in first mort
,. i::.- beini-. tti re would no objection
to this ti!,.nue. ft' incrcaslne the efficiency
f t indcrt: ial entei prise*.
S'i <! v tiv wisdom of tlie plain peo
ph will a - ;e:'* itself so effectually that
e-i ry family will reoognizt tlie desira
biH'o . m ile:* certain conditions, of boiling
t):. ?i"ink n:r water.
Engaging a Spellbinder.
< f>'. Jo-i-iii Wlioof.emup bowed low and
5n---sen ted his "kyard" to the statesman
?Jn "harge of ti..- spellbinding bureau.
I'm i.appj t ? meet you. colonel, ite
seated Mr. Smith toid ru" yesterday
> u'd call."
?'\s t?: i:';uw 1'rn Feeling an ensage
' A ? H*tv. > ,-)! had a;:y experier.CB as
r. > :-e:?
"Not as -i poll"'c*! sp?dlh;n -?r. Tht* !a
to he my fr.-t aaer.pt in t?.a| l:r.e. Eu
I'm a criminal lawyer, and I have a rec
ord at the bar."
"Clear 'em every time?"
"Nearly every time. Recently I lost a
rase, but tinder circumstances that a li
st; red me nobody could have won."
"Flow was that?'"
"I had only a few weeks before freed
two tough fellows charged with murder
and probably guilty, and when my third
client came on to be tried the community
denianded a victim, and I lost him to the
hangman. Poor fellow: I regarded him as
innocent!"
"Well, as you have power over twelve
xapiuads in a jury box you ought to be
able to handle a crowd."
"That's my idea. I'd do my best. If
you'll give me h trial."
"What are your views on the tariff?"
"I'm for a tariff for revenue only."
"But you don't attempt to explain what
that is?"
"I should say not!"
"And currency reform?"
"I'm opposed to the Aldrich bill."
? Why?"
"Because Mr Aldrich is the fatlier-in
Ihw of the son of John D. Rockefeller."
"Good! Now about the trusts."
"1 don't know a thing about them."
"Honest enough, colonel, but in spell
binding honesty is not always the best
policy. The spellbinder must often affect
knowledge where he has it now. t'ould
you muster a few views on short no
tice?"
"I think so. I'll try."
"Now. about your party record. Have
you ever shifted your foot? Kver been on
one side in one presidential contest, and
on the other in the next?"
"No. I've always been on the same
side. Why do you ask?"
"It makes a difference in the matter of
salary* and advertising. First-class con
verts are quoted at the top figures. They
are the hcadliners. Protean artists?men,
say, who spoke for McKlnley in 18!#?,
Bryan in 15)00, Roosevelt in 1904. and
Bryan again in 190N?are next in line. An
old-fashioned man like yon. with a color
less record of consistency and conviction,
draws the smallest pay."
"Well, am I engaged?"
"You are engaged, colonel."
"Be particular, please, and steer me
clear of the big guns of the other side
and challenges for joint debates."
"Rest easy. I'll keep you as far away
from the big road as possible." .
The Maryland Race Track.
1'iider an act passed at the recent ses
sion of the Maryland legislature a race
track has been established at Havre
de Grace, which is now the chi^f source
of ]?oolroom supply in the east and is
rated as a distinct revival of the race
gambling industry, which has for some
years been under the ban in this part of
the country. So openly Is the game
played there that Maryland has fallen
under serious criticism for permitting the
revival within its boundaries of a form
of gambling that most of the states have
suppressed. Now conies Gov. Golds
borough. who has been severely scored
for signing the act of the legislature,
with a statement which explains the cir
cumstances under which he came to give
his approval. He said that, recognizing
the danger of the revival of racing in
the state, he had put the bill on his
veto tiles for disapproval when prominent
citizens of Harford county represented to
him that the measure was designed to
save the county fgur at Belair from dis
aster and was also for the benefit of the
farmers and others interested in im
proving live stock breeds. Induced by
these considerations, the governor signed
the bill, although the track was located
I at a point some fifteen miles by air line
distant from Belair and much further
than that by rail, and Inasmuch as the
count}' seat is on a different railroad
line from that at Havre de Grace. Strong
arguments must have been used to cause
the executive of the state to see the ben
eficial effect upon the county fair of a
race track which was located' with par
I ticular regard for Philadelphia, Balti
more and Washington traffic.
Nothing can be done now to put a stop
to this fraudulently established gambling
center short of the repeal of the act
which gives it legal existence. The next
j regular session of the Maryland legisla
j ture will be held a year from next Jan
l uarv, and so if an extra session is not
! called the race track, costing the public
at large an immense sum of money in
I gambling losses, will run for at least fif
teen months to conic. It is quite well as
sured that it will operate almost con
tinuously. certainly during the greater
i part of the year. In the circumstances
lit would seem to be Gov. Goldsborough's
duty, in the light of his discovery that he
| was deceived by those who Induced him
i to ?ign the ac t. or who were themselves
j deceived by others, directly interested In
the re-esiab'.ishment of tace track gam
bling in Maryland, to call the legislature
; together in extra session for the purpose i
of repealing the act whi< h he signed uii- j
der a misconception of its purposes and
effect and which carries in it so much of
harm to the public welfare.
Bankers agree that the country is due
i for an era of great prosperity that is
even more reliable than Japan's eia of
great righteousness.
Agricultural conditions will call for a
Thanksgiving proclamation written in the
precis^ spirit of the customs of the fore
fathers.
A great many of the hull moose pro
gressives insist on flaunting their trans
fers in the eyes of the band wagon con
ductor.
Many diplomatic protests are in the na
t ?.?' polite formalities intended to grat
ify an alertly sensitive pojjulace.
Biitish Political Conditions.
There are signs that the British politi
cal coalition which sustains the present
ministry is weakening, not merely before
the country, but in its terms of alliance.
Krc.ni time to time seats fall vacant and
contests aic caused, which demonstrate
a steady drift toward the unionists.
The late>t instance of this character is
tue capture of the Midlothian seat by
the unionists. It is a traditional liberal
stronghold, and since the union of liberal
and labor forces it has been regarded
as one of the certainties of party assets.
It is usually represented by a member
of the government for whom it is neces
sary to provide an easy constituency.
The late Incumbent was the Master of
Klibank, which is the formal title; of
Right Honorable Alexander Murray,)
whose party rank was that of "patronage J
secretary." This is one of the most im
portant and influential positions in the
English government, and usually leads to
a peerage for the holder of it. even as
he himself is the usuul channel through
wh^ch titles and honors are obtained by
faithful party workers. In consequence
of his efficient service* along these lines
Mr. Murray has recently been given a
peerage on his own account, and thus
the Midlothian constituency was vacated
and the election has just been held. A
lib. ral-labor majority of 3,157 at the pre
vious election seemed to assure Murray's
succession by a man allied with the minis
terial coalition. To the dismay of the
liberal party !eade:s, however, the laltor
ites decidcd io put a ticket of their own
in the field. In pursuance of a new pol
icy they have just adopted, of contesting
every possible seat by the nomination
of a candidate in all conaituencles where
there are large numbers of workingmen.
As a result of the splitting of the vote
the unionist candidate was elected by a
plurality of .12 votes, .".W b?<ng cast for
the liberal. 2.413 for the la borate and fi.021
for the unionist. Had the coalition voted
as a unit this time, as heretofore, the
seat would hare been saved to the gov
ernment by a niapority of 2,381. This,
however, would have been a loss from
the preceding liberal-labot majorit> of
7Tt? votes. The declaration of the labor
partv that it proposes to contest all
seats in working districts may foreshadow
the ea.lv failure of the ministerial ma
jority. The overturn of the government,
however, is likely to come as a result
of a general election not precipitated by
an unexpected adverse vote in the com
mons- that at the next election of this
character the unionist party will be com
missioned to organise the government is
the present general understanding and
expectation. If this means a checking of
the socialist!'- program that has been
worked out under the liberal auspices
during t lie past few years serious results
are likely to follow through the growth
of dissatisfaction on the part of the work
ing classes.
Unclean Grocery Stores.
The issuance of'warrants against local
groceryinen for the maintenance of dirty
?tores is not to be taken as a sign that
the clean city movement has failed of
effectiveness. On the contrary it is a
token of the maintenance-of higher stand
ards of sanitation. Many of these places
now officially rated as unclean have been
discovered through the activities of the
children enlisted In the anti-fly crusade
originated by The Star. Possibly there
are others than those named in the war
rants. to he later detected ami their own
ers made to realize by court proc eedings
that the health regulations of the clty
have been written to be observed and not
ignored. Rather is it'to be hoped, how
ever. that through the publicity given to
these cases now in ham! every grocer in
Washington will promptly see to his own
premises and insure immunity from offi
cial molestation in the future. It will
take perhaps some time to teach the piir
veyors of food stuffs that it is bad busi
ness to neglect the laws of sanitation.
Occasionally a rising attorney who un
dertakes to cross-question a man of
exalted financial or political .standing is
regarded as doing very well if he does not
get stage fright.
The "Paris mob'* has become so mild
and obscure an institution that T^ondon s
"militant"' suffragettes wQl probably be
unable to arouse it to any demonstration
worth noticing.
While waiting for the medals he says
will be bestowed on him IJeut. Becker
is perfectly willing to take advantage of
any technicalities that may postpone his
vindication.
England has been having early snow
storms and is wishing that people en
gaged in violent demonstrations could be
persuaded to use snowballs instead of
bricks.
It will be necessary for the airship to
prove of very great benefit to civilization
in order to compensate for the toll of hu
man life it has taken.
Mexico is unfortunate in being unable
to keep its immediate quarrels from
breaking forth in demonstrations involv
ing outsiders.
John D. Rockefeller rides a bicycle
while playing golf. He is the master of
combination in sport as well as In
business.
The announcement that the backbone
of summer is broken is always due for
several repetitions before it becomes con
vincing.
Thomas F. Ryan is to enlarge his New
York house, but the plans do not mention
a front porch for Prof. Wilson's especial
use.
SHOOTING STAES.
BY ritll'ANDKR JOHNSON.
Discussing the Chances.
"Do you tiiink you can support my
daughter in the style to which she has
been accustomed?" asked -Mr. Cuuirox.
"I hadn't 'thought of the matter In ex
actly the light you suggest." replied the
nervous youth. "You see, I'll be leaving
a pretty good home myself."
Doubtfnl Melody.
"A bird that can sing and won't sing
must be made to sing," said the ready
made philosopher.
"Yes." replied the practical person, "but
anybody who would be satisfied with the
result of that experiment must have a
mighty poor ear for music.
No campaigner who advocates limiting
a working day to eight hours dares to
set the example in his own affairs.
The Belligerent Statesman.
lie couid not quite keep up the pace.
Which dazzled the beholder.
He would quit sawing wood to place
A chip upon his shoulder.
Welcome Arrival.
? i don't think we had better lose any
time about calling on our new neighbors,"
said Mrs Mainchanee.
"Why?" inquired her husband.
"1 have watched them unload the mov
ing van and they have a lot of things we
, will want to borrow."
Deftly Turned.
"This isn't like the bread mother
makes." said the young married man.
"So you arc going to start that, are
you?"
"1 was merely congratulating you.
Mother never was a very good ifread
maker."
Avoiding Obscdrity.
"Your constituents are blaming you for
a lot *?f legislation you never had any
thing to do with!'"
"Let 'em alone," replied Senator Sor
ghum. "Taking the blame for things he
never did has made a man seem more
Important than lie really was."
Instruction.
By hard experience we learn.
Whatever our position.
And pay. whichever way we turn.
Right dearly for tuition.
Before we walk we have to creep;
We rise with many a tumble:
Before we learn life's road to keep
How often must we stumble!
Ere we can learn to think we grope
Through nuioU fantastic folly.
Our smiles of friendship and of hope
Are earned through melancholy.
Atid so it is with every man,
IAnd so with many a nation;
It is a part of nature's plan?
Compulsory education.
Through constant familiarity, that little
commodity, the postal card, has become
so conunonftice as not to
A Billion receive a passing thought
a Year froni t,le majority of people
who use it as a means of
transmitting small messages. The postal
card, nevertheless, figures to a consider
able extent in the scheme }f things gov
ernmental. and its production is by no
means a trivial matter.
I'ntil about three years ago the postal
t-ards used in this country were printed
by outside printing firms under contract.
At that time, however. I'ncle Sam began
to do his own work in this connection,
and the government printing office was
called in to produce results.
Annually the American people consume
almost a billion of these oblong pieces of
cardboard, tin* work of producing them
requiring a special force and special ma
chinery at the government printing office.
Four different kinds of postal cards are
printed, three in red and one in green.
Three of those kinds are of one size, that
most commonly seen, ."i'-i bv ~>\i inches.
The other size, the Lincoln card, is
slightly smaller, and was nade thus for
the purpose of fitting into standard index
tiling cases?the intention 'jelng to make
it j*?ssible tb send messages bv postal
which could be filed without the neces
sity of rewriting. Tlie postal card which
is more commonly used than any other
is the McKinley card. The heads of
George and Martha Washington are used
on the reply postal card. Martha Wash
ington's head appearing on the card for
reply purposes. The ether card printed is
the international, or two-cent, postal card
and has Grant's head on it.
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In considering the making of p.-stal
cards the first thing which impresses
one is the care that Is
Great Care taken. T'nlike the bureau
Taken ?f ensrav,n^ and printing.
where all otter postal sup
plies having an actual money value when
complete are printed, the government
printing office Is equipped with no steel
cages or iron-barred windows. And yet
the work is done in such a way that the
postal cards are perfectly secure from
the grasp of any one defiiring to steal
them. One of the ways in* which this
safety is maintained is by not admitting
visitors into the room where they are be
ing printed. Visitors are, in fact, less
welcome here than in almost any gov
ernment bureau, and it is only with the
personal escort of Public Printer Don
nelly that the postal card room can be
visited.
When it is realized that each dav 3,500.
'?00 postal cards can be printed, the
equipment and force seeir small. Only
two printing machines are used, while
U1!?"" fortj" People are employed In
all. The term machine is more accurate
in this instance than the word press
v. ould be. because the apparatus is more
tlian a mere press. At ore end the big
1.00?*-pound roll of cardboard enters and
passes under the cylinder, which with
each revolution makes ninety-six impres
sions and has a capacity of sixty revolu
tions a minute. After the cardboard has
passed the printing cylinder and has re
ceived the impression, it runs to a series
of knives, which cut it Into eight parts?
the cylinder having a width of eight im
pressions. Four of these ribbons run
down to a series of knives again which
cut them into separate cards, while the
other four are similarly cut by another
set of knives. The reason for dividing the
work in this manner is that by the meth
od employed all eight ribbons do not leave
the machine at once, Instead they are
dropped out by fours.
* *
Connected with each set of knives is a
device which causes a set of fingers to
drop each time fifty
Counted by cards have been cut.
Fifties 'hereby causing the ma
chine to deposit the cards
in four neat little piles of fifty each. An
other device for binding these separate
piles together is also connected with the
machine, but is not used. Instead girls are
employed for this work, eight being at
each machine, four binding the cards
and four more stacking them in boxes,
IijO to a box. With two machines, each
with eight girls and two pressmen, it
can be seen that the 3.500,000 postal
cards can be turned out in one day by
twenty people. To do that the girls be
come experts in catching up the little
piles of cards an they drop before them,
and they not only keep up with the work,
but do so with perfect ease. Many of
the girls connected with producing post
al cards here were similarly employed in
Maine and the other places where the
cards were printed before the government
took over their production, having been
installed in the printing office after a
civil service examination.
The postal cards are shipped from the
printing office direct to their final desti
nations. Two methods are employed. Kor
transportation by water thev are packed
in Wooden boxes, while for Inland trans
portation they are packed merely In
st raw board cgrtons. The curds come from
the machines in piles of flftv, which are
bound, and then placed in a cardboard
cat t on which contains ten such piles The
size of the order to be filed determines to
a certain extent the way thev are packed
after that, but ordinarily thev are packed
10,000 to a box.
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The majority of people fail to realize
the importance of the post card, especially
In connection with the role it
Storage plajs in the business world.
Booms /A vi8it lo liie p?stal eard
storeroom, however, changes
this attitude. Piled high Jn a long row
stand several hundred boxes, long, wide,
but shallow. These in no way resemble
the other bcxes of postal cards, yet that
Is what they contain. In these boxes the
postal cards are packed in uncut sheets,
forty-eight on each, a box containing
1:1,000 cards. 'This method is employed
for the convenience of large business
houses, a mail order establishment, for
example, that uses thousands of postal
cards annually. By securing the cards
in this manner they can be sent to the
printer and tur.ned into a printed blank,
or form. Many of these forms the gen
eral public is more or less familiar with
on second thought. The transportation
companies use them in notifying persons
of the arrival of an express package,
large firms use them in notifying custom
ers regarding commonplace matters
while others use them as blank forms
with which to obtain Information alons
stereotype lines.
As a matter of fact the postal card can
be said to be a business necessity. As far
as the ordinary person is concerned the
day of the picture postal has so far ad
vanced that It is much more prev
alent than the ordinary government
card, while in business the reverse is the
case. Hundreds of dollars are saved an
nually through the savin* of merely the
one cent which Is the difference between
POSTAL CARDS!
the cost of a postal and a stamp for a
letter, while the amount of time thus
saved is beyond computation.
m
* ?
All told, the average output of the
government printing offic* each year Is
about 880.000,000 postal
Sureettire cards, that number in
of Z ?" the different
Statistics. k(rH)s printed. Taking
that figure as a basis, it is seen that the
distance these cards would cover, if
laid end to end, taking the average
length as five itiches, would be 4.400.000,0ft) j
inches, or more than 3#6.000.000 feet, or
over 21,212 miles, a distance sufficient
to encircle the globe nearly three times.
The weight of a year s production is
enormous, being more than 4.000.060 tons.
It is estimated that 1,000 postal cards
weigh more thfln five pounds; the reply
cards, of course, weighing just double.
If these cards were all taken f^om the
government printing office at the ?an**
time 142 freight cars would be required.
If they were to be stored away at tne
printing office practically 230.000 cubic
feet of space would be required. If
they were made to form a wall, it
would be possible to make one Z30 reet
long. 100 feet high and ten feet thick.
The paper from which postal cards are
made costs each year more than
500. This expense is the greatest in
connection with their production, as
with a working force of less than fort}
and need of few other materials, aside
from ink. the remaining cost is com
paratively alight.
The two machines which turn out
these postal cards and their equipment
represent an outlay of practically
$45,000. The working day at the print
ing office is seven and a half hours.
With each machine making sixty revolu
tions a minute, and ninety-six impres
sions each revolution, the maximum out
put for a day is slightly more than
, 5.000,000 postal cards- The speed at
! which these machines are run. h?w?J*r
i is set according to the size of the daj s
I orders. The stock on hand is kept
| within a certain limit, and whatever
i amount is necessary each day in excess
l?of that determines the output for that
dav. An average day's work is about
3.500.000. A roll of cardboard weijens
1.000 pounds, and will take about 1"'.
000 impressions. The number of rolls
of cardboard used in A. year varies, but
is in the neighborhood of 5.000.
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One interesting feature in connection
with the production of postal cards
is the way in which these
Waddling huge rolls of raper are han
died. The room in which the
P*PCr. postal cards are printed 1*
the basement floor at the end of the H
street side of what is calls*} thp
building, or that on the corner of North
Capitol and H streets, while the paper Is
taken in at the North Capitol street en
trance, several hundred feet distant. A
platform has been constructed from the
entrance to the printing room, and by the
tine of pulleys the paper is rolled, down
wtth comparatively Httle trouble. The
platform will hold 280 rolls, or 280.000;
pounds, at one time. Once in ^ print
ing room the same pulley device isus*d
to swing the rolls into position to be
nut on the presses. . ,
In printing postal cards there is leas
danger than In printing
stamps?that Is. from the standpoint
of money losses. The output for an
entire year being about
their face value is $8,800,000. That Is
a sufficient amount to tempt any r??
ber. but when their wf^S^t is take
into consideration, about 000,000
pounds, the danger Is Plac<?
below that of possibility let alone
orobabillty. Consequently, postal cards
can be said to be their own P^otect^n.
as by taking away all he could Pos
siblv carrv a man would have but a
amount far too small when compared
^ust* as with stamps, the po?ta' cards
are distributed to about OO.SOO P??t
offices all over the United states and
her possessions. In_P?Parl?*
acres for shipment wooden boxes are
tvsed only in the case
to the Philippines or similar Places.
Cards are sometimes sent by water o
Jacksonville, Fla.. and San Francisco
??* well as other coast cities. Aoom
m per cent of those shipped. h?w
-o in the . ordinary ??**?
board cartons, belngshlpped *>'
Both the cartons and the wooden boxe?
are made at the printing office, th
cartons In connection with the vast
amount of cardboard work done there
and the wooden boxes from the wooa
on hand as a result of ?????!??
ments in boxes and other material.
This is merely one instance o' the |
=.
which many hundreds of dollars are
saved annuall>.
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While the postal cards are the onl>
things printed at the government print
ing office which have an
Valuable actual face value upon
their completion, there are
Products. otjier things which are
nevertheless valuable and have to be
printed with the utmost ^re. such as
the money order blanks for the Po*t,
Office Department. These, when th
have been filled out by a clerk at |
the post office, can be turned into cash
for whatever amount is specified on the
J blank, and are therefore valuable. These
are printed by the hundred thousand each
vear and sent direct from the P^tlng
office to their destination by registered
mail. .
Money orders are made auo books of |
! 9-, luo and blanks each. The
Total number of books made In an aver
age year is about GOO.OOu. Two presses
are used in printing these forms, though
one being recently installed, the older
machine Is less frequenUy used- TMs
machine prints on both of the
n?n?,. and cuts and perforates tne
Lenarate blanks. Money order blanks are
exactly alike, with two exceptions: they
must bear in red Ink the name of the
city in which the post office is 8""?^
and a serial number. A high point in
Inventive genius has been reached in the
machine which prints these blanks, as
the machine automatically numbers each
blank. The capacity of this machine is
almost 0.000 an hour, but as the
bearing the name of the city have to be
inserted bv hand, the daily output Is re
duced to fci.000 a day. The paper used
in money order blanks Is extremely thin,
but even so the amount used In a year
weighs more than .'500.000 pounds and
costs more than 156.000. Money order
blanks are issued, as are the postal
cards, to all the post offices In thl* coun
try The average order Is about five
' books, but many of the smaller offices
: will use only a single book of 100 In an
? entire year. On the other hand, New
I York orders about four hundred books, of
' two hundred blanks each, on an average
of every four months. Chicago also or
ders about the same number.
THE TROUBLE IN MEXICO.
From the Sail I.ake Herald-Republican.
Something wrong with the revolution
business in Mexico. Juarez hasn't been
captured or evacuated for a week.
From the Richmond Virginian.
If Diaz is not saying "1 told you so" his
self-restraint is remarkable.
From the Detroit Free Presa.
There is a suspicion abroad that Mexico
is beyond the spanking age. and that the
job of whipping her would involve more
or less of a stand-up tight.
From tbe St. I.ouia ront-Dtapaicb.
The proposed Mexican invasion looms
iargv in one aspect?as another possible
pensions assault on the I'nited States
Treasury.
From the New Orlesns 'J'imea-Democrat.
If it is true that the Mexican guerrillas
are raiding the Texas rattle ranches, the
Kovernor of that commonwealth should
mobilize the Texas Rangers, arm them
with a few buckets of water and authorize
them to take such measures as the condi
tions, in their judgment, demand.
From the Detroit Journal.
The bloodthirsty Washington corre
spondents who declared war at least
thirty times against Venezuela are now
announcing the in.vasion of Mexico every
few months.
From tbe Cleveland New*.
No harm is done even if Gen. Zapata
shows himself a close student of the art
of war according to Gene. Fabhis and
McClellan.
From the Detroit Free Press.
By tho use of proper herding methods
the bull moose might easily be persuaded
to do some of his rampaging in Mexico.
From tbe Concord Rrenihg Monitor.
We don't want to give Mexico any les
sons in the art of preserving ?rdir, but
we can 80 it If necessary.
FIFTY HEARS AGO
IN THE STAR
After the second battle of Bull Run
there were military operation# in the
neighborhood of Washington
Accused which caused considerable
anxiety here, but there was
umcen. stl,j opportunity for an in
terested discussion of charges which grew
out of that engagement. In The Star of
September 8, 1862. is the following:
"In his report of the recent operations
of his army in failing back to the fortifi
cations in front of Washington. Oen.
Pope, it is currently said around us.
makes grave charges against a number
of his brother general officers, accusing
Gen. ffgel of cowardice, Oen. Fltz John
Porter of refusing to obey orders and
Oena. Franklin and Griffin of Intentional
ly delaying the movements of their so\ -
eral commands so ss to prevent the suc
cess of his (Gen. Pope-*) operations. We
apprehend that the rumor that he also
brings charges against Oen. Helntaselm&n
is entirely unfounded. It appears to he
understood that on receiving this report
all the officers (with, perhaps, the ex
oeptlon of Oen. Sifren who are subjects
of Its accusations were about to be re
lieved from duty until their conduct
could be Investigated by the court of in
quivy?consisting: of Gen?. MinsflfW. (. ad
walaAer and Casey?which meets here to
day, having been summoned in response
to Oen. McDowell's prompt demand for
aueh a court to Investigate his conduct
upon the retreat. The exigencies of the
occasion, however, made it absolutely
necessary, we apprehend, that they
should be continued in their several com
manda, leaving the question of the action
to be taken upon Oen. Pope's charges
against them to be determined wholly by
the result of the court s investigations.
Judge Advocate Holt mill doubtless make
a thorough Investigation of the whole
matter. Gen. Pope was on Saturday or
dered to the command of a new north
western department?against th* hostile
Indians of Minnesota at presentee hear
?with his headquarters at St. Paul."
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After every battle near Washington
this city showed the effects In not only j
the hospital congestion
Military that immediately resulted,
_ . but in the presence of
numerous stragglers on
the streets. In The Star of September 8.
1862. Is the following paragraph touching
upon this condition:
"Since Saturday morning the provost
guard has sent to the different regiments
nearly 1.000 stragglers. On Saturday the
city was flooded, but by the judicious and
energetic action of the provost marshal
comparatively few remain. Many of these
stragglers were really worn out by long
marches, but others skedaddled from their
regiments as thej* passed through, and
were soon found in the low groggeries,
from whence they were taken and treated
to a shower bath at the guardhouse. As
soon as they appear in the streets or in
other places they are collected together
and sent under guard to the commanders
of their respective corps. The same is
tbe case with the officers; all fit for duty
and not here on orders have been sum
marily sont to their commands. Special
guards are actively engaged in patrolling
the streets "day and night, visiting every
conceivable place where a soldier or offi
cer may be found. For the j?ast two
weeks the provost marshal's %ffice has
been open for business at all hours, day
and night."
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The effect of the impressment of hack
drivers for ambulance service left the
jehua of Washington in a sad
Scared State of nerves, as evidenced
_ , by the following paragraph in
JellllS. The star 0f September ft, 1W52:
"The hackmen have been twice im
pressed into the government service to
go upon the field of battle to bring the
wounded. As this involves a long mid
night ride and any quantity of accidents. It
is a business which the drivers don't
ache to perform and would escape if pos
sible. Reasoning thus, a gentleman who
had a bone to pick with the 'whips' last
night whispered to them that the provost
marshal was about to send for them. In
a minute the stand at Wlllard's was de
serted by its double line of carriages,
1 which disappeared tumultuously in a
cloud of oaths and dust in the direction
of the Island; and, the alarm spreading, in
a short time Kirkwood's, Brown s and
the National were without hacks and a
number of persons anxious to pay big
prices for traveling in dusty vehicles were
disappointed."
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The school children of Washington took
part In the care of the wounded in their
small way in the course of
Children the civil war- as the fol~
lowing paragraph printed
Helpers. jn The Star of September
11. 18A2, indicates:
"Upon the recent call being made 1>>
the surgeon general for lint and band
ages the German Aid and Relief Associa
tion of this city, with its wonted prompti
tude. immediately set several schools to
work making the articles called for, and,
in order to stimulate the children to re
double their exertions in this act of love
and patriotism, premiums to the amount
of $2.30 were offered in each school for
the largest quantity furnished. Primary
School No. 1 of the third district, upon
taking a vote whether or not to accept
?bountv' for what was to them an oppor
t unity of doing good, decided unanimously
that the premiums so liberally tendered
by the German Aid Association would be
accepted by the children only on condi
tion that they be permitted to offer the
amount as their mite to the volunteer
fund of this city. This was. of course,
gladlv acceded to by the delegate of the
association and he was. at once, deputed
to hand the amount over to Mayor \\ai
lach for the purpose specified."
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Washington was keenly iuterested in the
progress of the street railway construc
tion half a century ago. as
Street Car such Items as the follow
ing in The 8tar of Septem
Progress. ber 12, 1962, suggest:
"The first trip of the passenger railway
from the railroad depot to Georgetown
was made about 10 o'clock this morning,
car No. 14 having the honor of being the
pioneer. Hereafter the cars will be run
between those points from VJ0 minutes
past o to 8 o'clook and until 12 o'clock
to the Capitol gate. The company have
now twenty-six cars on the line and at
present are running on four-minute time,
but will shortly run every three minutes,
thereby giving increased facilities for the
public travel. The work on the branch
roads Is now progressing finely, the wood
work on the Navy Yard line having been
laid to the navy yard gate and the rails
to the corner of 8th street east and the
Avenue. The 7th street line Is progress
ing slowly, but surely, and the company
anticipate running both on this line and
thtf Navy Yard line about the "-id instant.
The company have been disappointed in
getting their cars as fast as they could
wish, and also their material?the rail
road line having been so blocked up with
government freight that only at intervals
can any private freight be brought
through."
THE QUIET HOUSE.
There'* a hush is the desolate dwelling;
The mother un tiptoe steals
And the heart In her bosom U ??elling
?he lonca for the discord of soond,
Oh, She longs for the whoop and the lsugiiter
The honae la aa still ae * P??'L
Kor the rooma are ao desolate tftfr
The children go back to the school.
There are tear* in the eyes of the mother;
She thinks of ilk* petulant *ord.
Of the ssger she tried haitl to smother
The depths of her conscience are stirred
There are phuntoms that romp through the
dwelling ... j ? i
With bund* that sre
And the heart of tiie lone one ia swell u; -
Tk- i-hililres hare pone hack to school.
The children Bare t _clvveUnd p,MD De,ier.
I
BALKANIC AND TURKISH AFFAIRS
The proposition of the Austrian minis
ter of foreign affairs. Count Berchtold. to
the power* sug
Count Berchtold'f they
__ ... submit their sev
Froposition. eral view* *in ad
vising Turkey to grant "administrative
decentralization" to some of the Balkanlc!
states has been received with general
curiosity and unusual interest.
Count Berchtold's proposition has been
accorde<] generally a good reception, but
it Is charged that the proposition Is vague
| and uncertain and hence unsatisfactory.
It transpires that during the day of the
14th ultimo Count Tomssich. charge J
! d'affaires of Austria-Hungary at Paris,
transmitted in person to M. Paleologue.
director of political affairs at the French
ministry of foreign affairs, the communi
cation of Count Berchtold. The .Austrian
minister asked the views of the French
cabinet upon the two points following:
"First, counsel to be given Turkey in j
the sense of a "progressive decentralisa
tion' In favor of all the small '^.ates of
the Ottoman empire.
"Qecond, counsel to all fne Balkan
states to maintain tranquillity."
The first impression of the interested
European powers, for ail alike received
the same note, was surprise and a feeling,
perhaps, that Austria's self-imposed mis
sion was a selfish interest. None of the
powers, and least of all Russia, had for
gotten the certain sudden communication
made from Vienna in 1U08? in which the
Austro-Hungarian government notified
Europe of the annexation of Bosnia-Her
zegovina. The second Impression was a
more agreeable one, for Austria-Hungsry
was actually. In demanding concerted ac
tion, taking her abandoned place?aban
doned since WO#? among the powers of
that old Europe which Austria recognised
could only solve the question of the ori
ent. at least of the near orient.
The won! decentralisation without
doubt caused the different receptive cab
inets some hesitation and doubt as to its
signification and application, but the hesi
tation was momentary, for It was recalled
that in connection with Turkey's politics
this word decentralization was the counter
word of that centralization policy prac
ticed these recent years by the Young
Turks?by the committee of union and
progress.
The new Ottoman ministry is obliged
to make very important concessions to |
the Albanians. Why should It not
make like concessions to Bulgarians,
Macedonians. Servians and Greeks? Have
not all suffered, do they n<?t still suffer,
from that excessive centralization which
Count Berchtold, with a sense of good
ness and justice, would have Europe
counsel Turkey abandon to the profit of
all theae states?
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The policy of the committee of union
and progress having .failed and the new
Turkish ministry being ani
Timely mated with a liberal and
_ . generous spirit. Count
Proposal. Berchtold's proposition is
most timely. The Turk is proud, high
spirited and patriotic and can be Induced
to do many things If his pride and amour
propre are consulted. The Vienna gov
ernment and press have taken great care
to precede the announcement of the
proposition by the declaration that the
government does not seek to interfere In
the interior policy of Turkey. It Is true
Turkey has had a sad experience in pro
fessions of this kind.
The correspondent of the Gazette de
Voss at Vienna is perhaps the best in
formed authority on political questions
at the Austrian capital, and he writes
explicitly because of the general apprecia
tion of governments that Count Berchtold's
proposition seems most fair to all. but
that it lacks precision. The Voss, mani
festly Inspired, explains: Count Berchtold
proposes to the cabinet of the powers to
exchange their views on the subject of
the kind of counsel which should be of
fered the Turks. This counsel would have
the effect to fortify the status quo In
Turkey, and ameliorate the Interior situ
ation of the Ottoman empire. Austria
Hungary may give the Ottoman govern
ment the benefit of her experience in the
matter of "administrative decentralisa
tion" In their provinces in which there
are so many mixed languages.
Constitutional Turkey, adds the Voss.
cannot dispense with recognizing certain
rights of minorities. The small nations
of Austria-Hungary are protected, by au
tonomous rights, and by administrative
decentralization against the violent op
pression of other nationalities. It is a
question to achieve and perfect the or
ganization of provinces In Turkey in in
troducing such organisation as part of
the constitution.
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In the matter of counseling the Balkan
states to be calm, Russia has already
taken the Initiative in accord
Russia's with the powers. Russia's
_ .. policy has been unjustly sus
PollCy. pec-ted, for If none of the
Christian states of the Balkans has
broken the peace it is largely due to
Russia.
The German press is inclined to be
critical and has shown some ill temper
over Count Berchtold's proposition. But
then tills Is typical, for the German press
invariably shows displeasure at any In
itiative taken by Austria. The English
press is hesitating and non-committal.
The French press is curious, the Italian
press suspicious and reserved.
The Austro-Russian relations, it is re
called, were Jarred to the breaking point
in lt*W. The two governments exercised
a dual control over the Balkans from
18S?7 to ino7, and their civil agents repre
sented the sum of i?u?*opean action in
Turkey. Russia, absorbed by her Asiatic
enterprises, reposed confidence i'\ her
colleague, bound only by a negative en
gagement called by the the Italians a
"promesse dl noil fare." or promise to do
nothing. Russia was worsted in her far
eastern ventures aJid was temporarily
shorn of her authority in the east and in
Europe.
In 1908 Count d'Aelirenthal declared
Austria's decision to construct the Sand
Jak railway. Then followed the interview
at Buchlau, where M. lsvolski and M. !
d'Aehrenthal discussed such questions as
the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgarian Independence, the Austra-Ser
vian conflict, etc., while the triple entente,
which feigned to resist, did not resist.
Finally Germany Interfered?threw her j
sword in the scale?and Austria annexed
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
These events left in Russia the most
bitter impression.
Since the death of Count d'Aehrenthal
the relations between Vienna and 8t.
Petersburg have become quite correct
almost normal. But Russian public opin
ion remains nervous and distrustful. The
Russian government, however, will And
in the form given by Count Berchtold to
his proposition an overture for peace not
only In Turkey, but peace between
Austria and Russia.
M. Philippe Crozier. former ambassador
of France at Vienna, has addressed a
letter to the Temps, which is commented
upon, and Its importance emphasized.
M. Crozier maintains that Austria placed
herself on a European basis at the be
ginning of the Italo-Turkish war, when
Italy and Turkey had announced the con
ditions under which the re-establlshment
of peace might be effected. M. ^rosier
cites Count d'Aehrenthal as writing:
"Italy has spoken; Turkey has spoken:
all the world speaks. But when will
Europe speak, old Europe? She has her
word to sav. It l? nectary certain!*
that she will take conscience of her self;
but believe me that therein only Is safety;
safetv only in the ensemble of the live
non-belllg< rent powers which will havw
sufficient authority to make themselvf
heard whan the moment comes to re
establish peace and avoid the terrible ad
venture of an angry reopening or the
i question of the orient.
M. <-rozier'a revelations as to the P*'11"'
of Austria-Hungary is <?nlv important.
1 important at all, as showing that < l,ul.
d'Aehrenthal was Inclined to accept
February. It**, the idea of a conference
las proposed by M. Isvolski l*he ua,J| *'
1 cohesion in the triple entente l
| Germany to interfere and with the hi a
of force avoid the solution which Austria"
Huncary desired The point mad> b> jr
?'rozier is that in that Hff?tr of tuW^
which brought Europe face to fa ee mil ?
war Germany was more to blame than
Austria-Hungary.
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\n eminent Ottoman statesman whosa
iname is withheld has confidentially .on -
rnuntcated his views lit
Two Currents interview concerning
. tile effect of fount
of Opinion. R^rchtold's pi??j?ositl<?n
at Constantinople There arc i?o currents
of opinion, said the speaker. < bie. that
Count Berchtold is animated bv the lu-st
intentions toward Turkey, which is ev
plained by Austria's desire to avoid any
thing which might change the status qn<?
while digesting the big morsel, liosnia
Hereegovina. while renewing her artillery'
material, and reorganizing her finance*'.
Th? other current of opinion maintain*
(that the different nationalities in the H.i -
kans, encouraged by the tlrst concession*
made, w ill demand more than it is possible
to accord.
1'nfot'tunately. added the ottomai
statesman, Count Herchiold is not cleat.
He would give counsel to the small
Ralkanlc states and also to the Turkish
government. This latter counsel i-- full
of danger. In the first place, it deprive*
Turkey of her proper initiative, Trtrkrv
having already declared herself paitisau
of decent!allzatlon In the next place. It
compromises her prestige in the eye- o"
her Mussulman populations; the conces
sions which she would make would have
i all the appearance of being Imposed bv
the stranger-. Now, when one reflect*
' that It was foreign intervention whlcu
I precipitated the revolution of the Young
? Turks it cannot be denied that there Is
I danger. ... ..
If Count Berchtold's proposition is well
intentloned. continued the Ottoman states
man. the form under which It has been
presented Is most clumsy. The general
opinion In political circles In Constanti
nople is that if the Austrian government
had wished sincerely to facilitate tin
task of the Turkish government nothing
wa? more simple than to communicate
Its proposition quietly and discreet lv
i through diplomatic channels, and in the
! same way warn the Ralkanic stales sev
erally that no intrigues would be tol
erated.
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On the contrary, the Austrian miniate
of foreign affairs, whose secrets aro
usually well guarded, ha*
Publicity hl" proposition th.?
widest publicity; the news
Given. waa given to the press be
fore being communicated to the embas
sies. When one knows the habit* of the
Austrian ministry these facts are sig
nificant. _ .. ....
Briefly resumed. Count Berchtolfl -
proposition, on the one side. Is consid
ered in Turkish political circles, despite
its amical appearance, as an a<-t of hos
tility, on the other as a "clumsy etfoi t
There is another current, however,
which shows that there are Turks who
are alive to the changed political situa
tion whiph menaces the empire. This
current of opinion is represented by th*
former Deputy Luftl-Flkri. who writes
in the journal Tanzimat that the proposi
tion of Count Berchtold constitutes for
Turkey a warning. Turkey should take
heed and accord at once to all the Euro
pean provinces?the Balkanlc states-a
regime of decentralisation without expos
ing herself to the pressure of the pow
GI*s
Lufti-Flkri affirms that the largest de
centralization cannot exercise other than
a favorable Influence upon the unity ana
integrity of Turkey.
A correspondent from Vienna telegraph*
that in view of the general criticisms of
the press and of governments < ount
Berchtold lias followed his proposition by
an explanatory note. <"ount Berchtold
does not pose as a European leader. Im
pressed by the course of events in Tur
key Count Berchtold felt it his duty- in
the* interest of peace to do as he had
done, nothing more, nothing lea*.
It was necessary to sustain 1 ur.it1>
showing her that all Europe was decided
to do its possible to maintain the status
uuo. Tt was necessary to encourage the
new ministry in the way it had taken In
according concessions to nationalities, aa
in the case of Albania.
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The Turkish government could now with
the aid of Europe resist more easily th
revolutionary attitude of
Turkey's the young Turks. The
- Bulgarian government did
Troubles. desire war with Tur
key. but it was obliged to struggle
against a very strong popular current
that did. ff the powers undertook the
consideration of questions affecting the
aspirations of the Balkanlc. people the
Bulgarian government could there calm
public opinion and resist the w arlike ? ur
rent. . .
It was not a leturn to the pulley of in
tervention. Count Berchtold explained
This had given very poor results, nor 1*
there a question of the reunion of a con
ference to excite the susceptibilities of
; the Turk: there was no thought of the
dismemberment of Turkey. It was neces
sary to find a way to satirt'y the legiti
mate aspirations of the non-Turkish na
tionalities in the Ottoman empire in order
that the Balkanic states shall no longer
menace Turkey with war. And I'ounc
Berchtold la quoted as saying in furtner
explanation; . . , .
"No one will pretend that Austria *
initiative will be agreeable to all th?
powers. Austria's Initiative marks in
a certain sense Austria's Influence m
the levant and should reinforce con
siderably her prestige there. But pi. -
ctsely for that reison the other powers,
a ?? artlcularly Russia, should not stand
ash Austria has never occupied a
ati< .^cr situation in the Balkans and in
Tki ey. With Italy absorbed and lin
ing lzed In Tripoli, with Russia still oc
cur' J with her military and naval reor
ganization. and besides hypnotized by
the problems In China and ^""sla. Aus
tria for the moment is the arbiter of the
,eThese are bold declaration* and tliey
will be contested, flrst by Russia an
second by Italy, which Is In no humoi to
accept Austria, her rival, as the arbiter of
the levant. cH C11A u ^e-LONO
THE RESULT IN IUINE.
From the Syracuse Herald.
"Maine apparently wishes it distinctly
understood that she will not be a party
to starting a landslide for any candidate
t.ils year. It is too dangerous to life and
limb.
From tbe Coluinbus Ohio Stste Journal.
We note by the observant campaign
managers' clarifying comments on the
Maine election that the tide has now set
in unmistakably in three different direc
tions.
Frouo tbe Pittsburgh Gazette-Time*.
The republican majority in Maine isn't
as deep as a well or as wide as a barn
door, but the democracy finds it enough
for the time being.
From the Pittsburgh Pre*?.
As Maine goes, so goes the Union, but
the "dems" probably insist that 1012 is
tiie exception that proves the rule.
From the Xew York F.veiling Sun.
The results In Maine and Vermont show
that the bull mouie isn't the omnivorous
beast he pretends to be, but a critter that
feeds simply on raw republicans.
Fiona the St. Louis Times.
The bull moose woke up this morning to
discover that the a remains in Maine.
From the Boston Herald.
The recovery of the Maine senator.ship
Monday Is. after all. the greatest piece of
republican good fortune. This lasts for
six years.
From the New York Mining Telegram.
Leaders of all factions declare the elec
tion In Maine pleases them immensely,
but they don't look it.
From the Rochester Herald.
The republicans in Maine very wisely
postponed their Kilkenny e?| exhibition
until after the September election.
From tbe Memphis Xew-SHmetar.
The election in Maine reminds us otiea
more that the politicians propose and lbs
people dispose.