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THE EVENING STAR,
With Sunday Moraine Bdltlon.
WASHINGTON.
SUNDAY November 17, 1912
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Mr. C7ark.
The Speaker ha* arrived in Washington
in rood health and ready for the winter's
fray. His Part !n the presldent'al cam
palm was conspicuous and valuable, and
reflected credi' on h'ro both as man and
partisan Puttlne a?ide his personal dis
appointment. which must have been
great he fore-ot. if he d'd not foreive. his
enemies and canvassed for the Baltimore
ticket with all the vigor of a trained
stumper. Ffe spoke In many states, and
evervwhere to larere and appreciative au
diences. and helped roll up the plurali
ties which have made Mr. Wilson's suc
cess at the pol's notable in such contests.
It is a record o' whi--h Mr. Clark's friends
are. and of right should be, proud.
Some talk?at no time persuas've?has
been current about opposition to Mr.
Clark for re-election to the speakership.
Suddenly it has died out. It is clear now
that the Speaker will have no opposition
for a second term By every considera
tion he is the one man for the place His
success In it has been highly creditable to
him and serviceable to his party, and the
business to come before the next House !
will be even more important than t' at |
which the present House has beer ?; .led j
on to handle, tricky is his partv. iml*-d. t >,
have a man of his ability and experience !
to preside over the deliberations of that.
branch of Congress which in the matter
of taxation?now so important?is charged
with the initiative.
What speculation has connected Mr.
Clark's name with a cabinet appointment
has been based upon the notion that the
speakership shorn of the power over com
mittee assignments has lost its place in
our governmental scheme; thai It is no
longer next to the presidency. That is a i
mistake. The power lost was consider- 1
able, but that remaining: also is great. A
man in the chair In the House altogether
equal to its duties has much weight in i
shaping the program. He Is often con
sulted. and his advice is pondered. And it
is still in the province of the Speaker to
leave the chair when his interest in meas
ures suggests, and take part in the debate
as the representative of a constituency.
And in another aspect of things the
speakership should appeal to Mr Clark
more strongly than a cabinet place. He fc
not out of all presidential calculations. In
15*16 he will be but sixty-six years of age?
still young enough to aspire to the presi
dency. The manner of his defeat at Bal
timore brought him much sympathy. His
carriage in the circumstances Increased
the number of his friends. If, therefore,
the democratic party scores in office, Mr.
Clark should get a third term as Speaker,
and that will show him with the gavel in
bis hand at the time the next democratic
national convention assembles.
The Melted Sword.
During the Boer war in South Africa
the English generals at the front had
frequent occasion to send to London of
ficial statements beginning, "I regret to
report." The phrase became known the
world over, for there was much of a
regrettable nature for the British com
manders to report. X&zim Pasha, com
mander-in-chief of the Turkish forces,
strikes a new note in the matter of of
ficial announcements of disaster. He
sends this word to Constantinople re
garding the conditions at the front:
"My sword has melted in my hands."
One cannot feel otherwise than a sense
of commiseration for Nacim Pasha. He
has fought valiantly, as Turks can
fight. and has been faithful to his trust.
Before him has advanced an army of
size equal to that of his own, and in
spired by a sense of many wrongs to
be righted, many grievances to be
avenged. Behind him were disorganisa
tion, dishonesty, inefficiency. The fire
that melted the sword in Naxim Pasha's
hands came not from military in
adequacy, but general governmental in
competence.
The Turk has finished his course as
a power. He may perhaps, through the
ontrivances of continental politicians,
prolong his stay in Europe somewhat,
but not for long will he retain a foot
'?old west of the Bosphorua. The sword
that has been melted In the heat of bat
tle will nevef again flash as a menace.
Those energetic American heroes who
are constantly setting the kingdom
straight and marrying princesses did not
:igure for even a paragraph in the news
?.f actual events in the Balkans.
If Washington succeeds in preserving
political peace where several eminent
democrats are concerned it will deserve
a reputation equal to that of The Hague.
It is expected that the extra session
?will be managed with the expertness
!!?- essary to prevent new problems from
putting the old ones In the background.
A state of affairs may yet arrive that
will give Constantinople hope of at least
organising a safe and satisfactory mu
nicipal government.
Irr. Wilson and Chairman McComta.
'?naiman McCombs of the democratic
national committee is mentioned for a
? abinet pla-e, but is uncommunicative
when interrogated on the matter. Just
now he Is concerned about his health,
which was never robust, and gave way
under the strain of his pre-conventlon
activities for Mr. Wilson. He came Into
the campaign itself late, and after the
work had been cut out by others, but he
bore a hand after Baltimore, as he had
done before, and earned a good deal of
reputation. He Is now scheduled for a rest,
and will then answer Inquiries about the
future.
He is a lawyer, and some of his friends
have coupled his name with the attor
ney generalship But his experience at
the bar would hardly warrant the ap
pointment. At thirty-five he is without
distinction in practice, and the successor
of George W. Wicxersham, n* resenting
in administration pledged up to the hilt
about the trusts, which have the pick of
the bar in their service, should be a law
?
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yer of large .experience and widely rec
ognized ability. Richard Olney was a new
"find" when he came to the oJlce, so far
as the country at large was concerned,
but was sixty years old and the ablest
corporation lawyer in New England. But
even Mr. Olney failed with the trust
question.
However, there are the Post Office De
partment, the Interior Department and
the Department of Commerce and Labor,
in any one of which Mr. McCombs would
probably be well placed.
But Mr. McCombs may not care for
office. He may be better suited as a
member of the kitchen cabinet?every
President has one?and occupy himself
without official responsibility in offering
suggestions to his friend. Mr. Wilson is
saW to be very fond of him, and they ap
pear together in a recent photograph,
with the right arm of Mr. Wilson thrown
around his campaign manager, the hand
resting on th? far shoulder. The picture
tells the story of their attachment for
each other. ,
It likewise recalls the story of the at
tachment that existed between Stephen
A. Douglas and Beverley 'fucker of Vir
ginia. Mr. Tucker was one. of the most
untiring advocates of Judge Douglas tor
the presidency, and one evening as a
party of Douglas supporters was break
ing up Judge Douglas threw his arm
around Mr. Tucker and saic: "Bev, if I
ever am elected President, what shall I
have the pleasure of doing for you?"
Mr. TucKer, all admiration, beamed
upon his friend, and replied: "Notning
in the way of office. Just put your aim
around me in some public place, as you
are doing now, and call me Bev."
Mr. MoCombs may be satisiied with the
photograpn taken, and leave office to
otners.
The Udsmeas xugu aciiooi i'upil.
Merit is ooviousiy to oe msceinect in
the plan that has just been iaii oeiore
tne sciiool authorities by the principal
of the business High School, who pro
poses that when pupiis in tnat institution
are engaged in any line of business occu
pation outside of school hours, as, for
exampie, in helping their parents in shops
and offices, they be given c. edit in their
schoo. marks and study assignments for
whatever of merit they display in these
occupations. It is a fact that many pupis
of this school start their business careers
beiore they graduate, chiefly as what
may be called home helpers. Inasmuch
as the chief purpose of the Business
High School is to fit boys and gins for
commercial pursuits it wou.d seem to be
altogether reasonable to encourage them
in diiect application of their knowledge
and special training. Principal Davis'
suggestion is, for example, that if a pupi.
is successfully applying bookkeeping,
stenography, typewriting or general busi
ness training in the evening or on holi
days he be allowed to d.op a study in ,
which he has become sufficiently profi- :
cient for his practical purposes and for
reasonable requirements of mental de- ?
velopment. This, of course, is in the di- ;
ection of specialization. The Business |
High School it is itself an institution of '
specialized training, just as is in a large '
measure the Technical High School. In j
the case of such an Institution outside i
work along the lines of studies might
profitably be encouraged, just as home
study of academic subjects is encour
aged and even required in general scho
lastic institutions. But here arises an
important question. How far should the
pupil be permitted, or even encouraged,
to use time and strength in outside en
deavor while engaged in school pursuits?
This question is first to be considered,
affecting, as it does, the physical and
mental welfare of the boy or girl. If
the Business High School is to be strict
ly a place of special training for a par
ticular line, it perhaps might be success
fully developed along lines of what is
known as "extension education." with a
diminishing amount of school attendance
and class work as the course pr ogresses
toward completion, the pupil thus enter
ing gradually into business affairs and
relations as he nears the time of grad
uation. Undoubtedly in many cases this
would be of material financial assistance
to parents who now are put to some
straits to give their children a commercial
education. The plan should be carefully
studied.
Presidential Minorities.
Comment on the fact that On. Wilson
appears to have, been named for the pres
idency by a minority of those who went
to the polls on election day is necessarily
more or less modified by the fact that the
exact figures are not available for pur
poses of comparison and analysis. In
their absence it is idle to institute com
parisons between the "minority Presi
dents" of the pa>?t and the latest re
cipient of a majority of the electoral
! votes. Yet such a comparison has been
undertaken by one who seeks to
show that Gov. Wilson polled a popular
vote of 48 per cent, approximately as
great as that given to any of the Presi
dents who have failed to secure an abso
lute majority at the polls. From 1820
onward there have been, not including
this year's election, ten "minority Presi
dents." polling the following percentages
of the popular vote: John Quincy Adams,
.10 per cent; James K. Polk, 50 per cent;
Zachary Ta>lor. 4*> per cent; James
Buchanan, 45 per cent; Abraham Lincoln.
40 per cent; Rutherford B. Hayes, 48 per
cent; James A. Garfield, 48 per cent;
Grover Cleveland (1884), 40 per cent; Ben
jamin Harrison, 47 per cent; Grover
Cleveland (18iri), 40 per cent. The latest
obtainable figures are that the outside
estimate of the total vote cast on the
0th was 15,300,000. Gov. Wilson's vote
was approximately 6,200,000, or 40>? per
cent. Thus the estimate of 48 per cent
for him. which would place him up with
the leaders in this class is evidently much
too high. It is quite probable that when
the figures are all In hand the Wilson
vote will he found to be little if any
above 40 per cent.
A lingering summer season of course
inspires confidence that the amount of
coal piled up at the mines will be suf
ficient to guard against any shortage in
the fuel supply.
The Cook-Peary discussion is now
remembered as a mild conversational
zephyr that preceded the campaign
whirlwind of 1912.
The Kansas suffragists who made bon
fires of bonnets will of course have the
bills for new ones 6ent to the usual office
addresses.
Like a prudent man. Gov. Wilson takes
!a vacation whiie he is sure that circum
! stances will render one possible.
Campaigns of Education.
The publl" is advised that another "cam
paign of education" has been lnaugurat
j ed. Courts and court procedures are to be
! reformed, and voters must give attention.
| Time was too short in the recent cam
paign for a full explanation of the plans
and purposes of those who would free
the bench from the strangle hold of the
'interests." But during the next four
years the whole subject Is to be discussed
in the press and in the lecture field, so
that by 1916 voters will be able to ap
praise the glories of true progress!veness,
and record themselves that year accord
ingly.
This is the third "campaign of educa
tion" inaugurated in the last forty years.
First came the proposition of a tariff for
revenue only. That was put forward
rather modestly in 1872, but very aggress
ively In 1878. Its advocates contended
that the people only required enlighten
ment on the subject to knock protection
Into "a cocked hat," and they set about
providing the flood of light. But somehow
the illumination has not worked. Here we
are in the year of grace 1812, with thsj
democrats celebrating a victory based
in part on their tariff contentions; and yet.
they are certain to recognize protection
in whatever tariff revision they put
through next year. The hat has not yet1
been cocked which is to receive the dead
body of protection.
Then came the "campaign of education**!
on the money question. Gold was de
scribed as the pub.ic enemy. Let it be
put down. An unlimited iasue of green
backs would save the people from op-*
pression. This remedy was in time,
changed into a demand for the free coin
age of silver at 16 to 1. Let the people
?be educated, and then the power of gold, <
wielded by the New York money ring,
would be broken. But here we are resting
securely on the single gold standard, and
not a chirp is h<>ard from any source de
manding a change. The old greenback
leaders are all dead, hnd not even Mr.
Bryan among the silver leaders is ex
pecting Mr. Wilson to try to undo what
has been done for gold.
Shall we see a like result in this mat
ter of the courts and their procedures?
Will the "campaign of education" pro
posing curbstone reviews of Judicial de
cisions and curbstone recalls of judges1
bear no better fruit? At the end of forty
years will our courts, profiting meanwhile
by wise and conservative suggestions
about their procedures, still rest, as they
now do. on the foundations laid by tha
fathers and unshakable by gusts of pop-*
ular clamor? What more likely? Whajt
contributes more to the confidence of both
the political and the business worlds in
our institutions than this feeling? A real
"campaign of edu?ation," indeed, is a
strange provision for loosening a corner
stone of good and free government. Edu
cation shou.d, and probably will, make (
the government the stronger.
Warring Against Noise.
If these Maxim men keep on much longer
they will stop most of the noises that
now afflict the ears of people dwelling
in and near large cities. First came the
Maxim device to silence the sound of a
pistol or rifle shot. It unquestionably has
had an influence upon the noisiness of
warfare, although that does not greatly
a fleet the public. Pistol shots are not
frequent in the course of city life, even
though the pistol laws do remain so lax
and loosely enforced that gun carrying is
common. But the principle of the Maxim
gun silencer is now being extended to
other sources of noise, and there is hope
for the nervous and those who depfcore
the present tendency of community life
to loudness. Motqn-cycles, stationary en
gines, rock drills and locomotive safety
valves have in turn been Maximized,
which means that their noise-making has
been minimized. Now comes a motor
boat silencer, the effect of which is to
prevent the emission of sound audible
thirty feet away from the craft. Now one
of the Maxims is working on a silenoer
for noisy street cars, and he will have
the good wishes of millions of peoplo in
this research. Something that will pre
vent the shrieking wheel flanges at curves
will do very well for a starter. Noise is
the chief nuisance of modern life and
most of it is unnecessary.
In April a large number of enthu
siastic statesmen expect to show their
constituents how easily and quickly
a tariff can be revised by people who
are not experts.
Europe thinks that an lateroceanic
canal should belong to the world, but
that art treasures, in spite of certain
arguments to that effect, do not.
Mayor Gaynor has come ideas about
the metropolitan press that ought to
make him a very interesting lecturer
at a school of journalism.
SHOOTING STABS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Elimination.
"Never mind," said the disappointed j
boss; "there will be other elections; and
the next time we will win by hook or
crook."
"Yes," rejoined the henchman; "but
what's the use of wasting time with the
hook?"
Thanksgiving.
Oh, gratitude's the safest g>lan.
No matter what your lot;
It's easier bein' thankful than
Explainin' why you're not.
Practical Suggestion.
"What is your idea of the way a man
ought to talk when he is being inau
gurated as President of the United
States?"
"Well," replied the experienced ob
server, "if he takes my advice he witl
talk from behind a good solid barricade
of overcoat, vest and chest protector."
The Epigrammarian.
"What," inquired the man who strives
for verbal precision, "is the plural of
the noun bull moose?"
"Is it a noun?" replied the man whose
Ideas of grammar a e hazy.
"Certainly. Why not?"
"I didn't know a noun could be active,
Irregular and in the past tense."
A Generous Attitude.
"Doesn't it annoy you to have a mem
ber of your congregation go to sleep?"
"No," replied the patient clergyman. "I
take it as an evidence that he has profit
ed by my previous instruction and has a
clear conscience."
No Upheaval.
We're feelin* purty cheerful down to
Pohick on the Crick.
At first the town was" iookin* fur soma
unexpected trick
Such as Fate likes to play on folks that
gets well satisfied
In order to prevent 'em from the ways of
too much pride.
We thought that the election was a-galn'
to turn things loose
j An' leave us In a state where nothin'
wasn't any use.
I Each said that if his party was defeated
in the fall
Us ordinary people wouldn't stand no
show at all.
But there isn't any sign of an excuse
to be forlorn.
The stock ain't lost their appetites fur
oats an' hay an' corn,
An* peop.e keep on eatln' jest as in the
other days,
Creatln' a demand fur everything thet we
kin raise.
An' I've noticed it was much the same
in 'lections of the past.
We always got a skeer which proved
without a cause, at last.
Although a governmental change sets
rumors flyin' thick,
We keep on goln' jes' the same at Po
hick-on-the-Crick,
RECLAIMING THE WASTE LANDS
People of today no longer watch for the
possible rediscovery of Aladdin's lamp
In fact, they are usually so
Modern prosaic that they scoff at
- __ . the idea of modern conjur
M&glC. jng, ^n)j yet out of the
waste places of the west have come cit
ies; orchards have g:own up where be
fore wu only barren land; thriving
towns have appeared where once only
the sand lay, and human beings move
in a world of flowers, trees and nature's
products. No lamp was rubbed to bring
this about, nor was it accomplished in
the twinkling of an eye. Still, the fact
remains that out of the waste places
have pome life and growth.
Instead of a lamp, the force which
b: ought this about consisted of strong,
determined men, money, work and pa
tience?always work and patience. In
stead of the name Aladdin, we find the
words reclamation service. Seventy mil
lions of dollars has been spent during
the last ten years to reclaim arid lands.
Thirty projects have been undertaken;
some have been finished and some are
still to be completed. A report of one
year's work shows that 826,000 ac es
were made irrigable, almost 7,500 mi.es
of canals were constructed and fifty
three tunnels were dug, having a total
length of over 110,800 feet. Approximate
ly 1000 bridges were built, with a total
length of 61.000 feet. Nearly 800 build
ings were erected, 625 miles of road
made, over 2,000 miles of telephone lines
put up and nearly 850 telephones install
ed. More than 91,000,000 cubic yards of
material were excavated.
Arid lands were reclaimed in twenty
states. The three highest dams In the
world are among those constructed by
the service, while the dam being con
structed at Arrow Rock, Idaho, will be
even larger than any of these.
Each month approximately $1,000,000 is
spent. The working force of the service,
executive and field, numbe-s nearly 10
0<X). while the correspondence received at
the headquarters here ranges from 1.000
to -4.000 letters every month, practically
all of which requires to be answered.
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Estimates vary in regard to the area
of arid lands possible of reclamation. One
conservative estimate
Possibilities Places it at 30,000,000
acres, but more sanpuine
Estimated, experts say it will be
possible to water from 70.000,000 to 100,
000.000 acres. The total number of acres
already reclaimed Is aoout 2,000,000. The
value of the crops prouueed on these Irri
gated lands In one year amounted to fl
000,000. As a result of the work of the
reclamation service land values have
creased more than ,^.000.0o0. Approxi
mately 16,000 families are now residing on
farms which are being watered ^ gov
ernment canals. Not less than 25.000
people have been added to the population
of the cities, towns and villages, as a
rect result of this work.
The reclamation service is
arid government lands by .
to them. That may mean ean
a few miles of canal or It may m?*"
dlinrintr 150 miles. It may mean building
a comparatively small re^rvolr or it may
mean constructing a huge dam. Once tne
land is made Irrigable, it is plo?e<l off
into farm sites, usually from forty to
eighty acres each. The total c?st ' .
claiming the land is then fl?ored and the
total Is divided equally, according to the
number of farms Under t\^ ^ec'^ any
act. similar to the homestead act. any
citizen with sufficient money who is the
head of a fam.ly can secure one^of the.e
farms. The only cost is that of the
?water right," that being the an?u?f
due for making the land irrigable. ^*1?^
three years, provided half of the land haa
been cultivated, a patent Is granted and
the land lasses from the hands ot tne
government to the individual. _The cos ,
per acre, ranges from $30 to $98, accord
ing to the extent of work necessarj to
make the land irrigable.
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Reviewing the history of the reclama
tion service as a whole, its maximum ac
tivity and expenditures were
Annual ,n 1U07. In 1?02, which year
marks the establishment of
Work, the service, lees than $100,
000 was spent. In 1908 the expenditures
amounted to less than $1,000,000 Then
came a steady Increase, until in 1907
$14,000,0u0 was spent. Since then the an
nual expenditures have decreased, until
$7,000,000 can be taken as an average.
Among the several large projects, one
ia the dam recently completed In Wyo
ming, the highest In the world, be.ng
328 feet from base to top. That means J
tnat this Flatiron building in New York
wculd fall short of reaching the top b>
47 feet, and that the top of the dome
of the Capitol itself would fall short 21
feet. When the spring showers and sun
shine fall upon the snowy peaks of the
eastern rim of Yellowstone Park a thou
sand streams rush down to ftll Shoshone
river This composite torrent, when
checked by the dam, wdl form ala*? *^
feet deep and covering ten square miles.
When the crops are thirsty the dam gates
are opened and the water Is released into
the river below. There another dam. a
low concrete structure, diverts the water
through a three-mile tunnel and into> a
forty-mile canal which passes along the
upper edge of a valley containing loO.OOJ
acres. Four years ago this land was
desolate. Today It contains more than
250 farmhouses and three thriving towns,
while 10,4300 acres produced crops In a
single y ming eight projects have been
begun, two of which are now completed.
The total area of land Is about 1,130,000
acres In the southern part of the state,
whir. tt? North Pl.lt. river flows Into a
deep canyon, another masonry dam has
been Constructed. It rise* 215 feet above
bedrock, and back of It is a lake ^th a
capacity great enough to cover Rhode
Island a foot deep. This dam is situate
forty-five miles from the nearest railroad
conseauently it was necessary to transport
an maewnery. cement and Pulsion sover
the desert during its construction. Manj.
miles down the river another structure
turns the stored up water into a nlne.y
five-m le canal, through which it is car
ried to the valley. When this project was
undertaken only six farmhouses could
be counted. Today there are more than
?50, while more than 1,500 families are
living In homes of their own.
It remained for Colorado, however, to
be the scene of the most spectacular
project which the reclamation service has
accomplished. Of all the vallejs o
the western slope two _ in ^0l0"
rado, Uncompaschre and Grand, have
focussed the attention of the entire
country. S-tuated on the main transcon
tinental highway, in the midst of the
.most wonderful scenery on the continent,
no section of the west Is better known.
From an agricultural standpoint, how
ever, Its value has only recently been
realized. It is in the Uncompajhgreval
ley that the government accomplished the
spectacular. For several years two large
forces of men burrowed day and night
through a mountain 2,000 feet high and
six miles thick, excavating a tunnel one
portal at which Is in a profound oanyon
3,000 feet deep, and the other at the up
per end of a broad and fertile valley.
September 23. 1909. President Taft pre
sided at the formal ceremony whion
opened this great project. He placed a
gold bell on a silver plate and the elec
tric connection released the pent-up floods
of the Gunnison, and its waters, passing
through the mountain, flowed out upon the
Uncompahgre valley to fructify a thirsty
desert. The tunnel i* lined with cement,
as well as the main canal for several
miles. The irrigable area of the Un
compahgre valley is 140,000 acres, of
Which 36.000 acres were public at the be
ginning of the work.
The Grand valley project consists of
rrvRklpg Irrigable 53,000 acres, of which
35.000 are public. To bring this about
means the construction of a diversion
dam of masonry, with a movable crest,
450- feet long. It also means building
seventy-one miles of canals and 12,000
feet of tunnels.
The work done in Idaho is best describ
ed by C. J. Bianchard. the statistician of
the reclamation service.
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"In the spring of 190*," said Mr. Bianch
ard, 1 "I camped for the night on the
banks of Snake river, Ifla
Idaho ho. My companion, the en
__ . gineer, confided to me bis
Marvel, plan* for a great work In
this section which was to create In the
desert a garden covering twenty-five
Bquare miles. He drew his plans roughly
in the sand as we sat by the campfire.
'Here,' he said, *1 shall build a dam to
turn the waters Into huge canals on
either side.' When I returned another
year the dam was finished. Pointing to
a landscape of desolation, whose outer
ends touched the sky. and on which there
was no sign of habitation, he said: 'This
desert will one day become a show place
?a garden, rich and productive, and sup
porting in comfort a thousand families.
"Three years ago, standing where 1
had before, I realized that the engineer's
dreams had come true. Look where 1
could in any direction I saw no desert.
Cu.tivated fields, with harvests ready for
garnering; pleasant little homes on each
40 and 80 aczes; children playing in the
sunshine, sturdy and happy; the garden
crops being gathered for winter storage,
gave abundant evidence that the soil
was productive $nd, when watered, gave
generous rewards to the farmer. Twenty
two hundred families are living there to
day, when only a short time ago there
was no sign of human life. Four pros
perous towns, soon to be cities, have
sprung up along the new railroad. This
is a transformation to make you rub
your eyes with wonder and amazement."
The largest project is at Yakima, in the
state of Washington. A number of lakes
have been acquired by the service and
are being used as storage reservoirs to
supplement the stream flow. The land
being irrigated lies in the Yakima valley,
on the eastern side of the Cascade moun
tains. One interesting feature of the
work was the construction of the Tleton
canal, which for several miles hugs the
edge of a precipice several hundred feet
above the river.
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This is a cement-lined ditch, and the
placing of the lining was a particularly
difficult task. Cement forms
Hard made in the valley near the
m v stream were carried up the
steep canyon side on cable
ways, or by means of cars, and then set
in place. More than two miles of the
canal is in tunnel. In the Yakima river
a concrete dam has been built which di
verts the water into the Sunny side canal
and irrigates 43,000 acres, but It will
ultimately supply 94,000. This valley
probably contains some of the most valu
able agricultural and fruit lands In the
world. It is a region of small farms in
tensively cultivated. A crop census of
the lands irrigated by the Sunnyside
canal In 1909 showed a gross average
yield per acre of $70. Some of the crops
show the following amazing yields.
Strawberries. $150 to $400 per acre;
cherries, $150 to $350; peaches, $200 to
$1,000, and apples, $200 to $800.
When, in 1910, the Yuma, Cal.,
project was thrown open to the public
there were ten applications for each of
the 174 farms. This land was made Ir
rigable through means of a dam nineteen
feet high, 4,780 feet long and 200 feet
wide, which diverts the waters of tlie
Colorado river. Through a unique ar
rangement at the headgates of the canals
the waters of this muddy stream are
drawn off comparatively clear.
A different method has been carried
out in the Garden City, Kan., project.
Instead of dams and tunnels, a pumping
system is used for the recovery of under
ground wavers This water is delivered
into a conduit leading to an old distribut
ing canal known as "The Farmer's
Ditch." The plant consists of twenty
three pumping stations, each driven by
electricity from a central power station.
There are 10,677 acres of irrigable land
in the project.
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In earning on such a work as that
toeing done by the reclamation service
one of the most necessary
Value of adjuncts is publicity. A
"D 1*1* "+ special branch of the
rUDllClty. Washington office here
has charge of that particular end of the
work and is kept continually busy. When
a project has been completed the public
must be notified before the farms can be
inhabited. That is done in many ways.
The newspapers, magazines and mails
are called Into use and thousands of
notices are sent out. Many regular cor
respondents also receive notices.
While the United States government is
not trying to make money through this
work, It is not, at the same time, trying
to give the people something for nothing.
That seems, however, to be the opinion
of some, if their letters can be taken as
a fair example Many of the letters
which are continually flooding the office
are from people who have practically no
money at all, who yet desire to secure
one of Uncle Sam's farms. In some in
stances, however, the note of pathos is
so evident that It is hard to have to send
a negative reply. Work weary people of
the cities, hearing the cry of the open
country, write to know If they can
own a little home of their own with a
little garden. And sometimes they write
that although they have no money, they
will work hard to get such a farm.
In addition to this general publicity the
Reclamation Record is a monthly bulletin
which is published by the service.
The reclamation service is a branch of
the Interior Department, and was for
some time a part of the Geological Sur
vey. The director of the service is Fred
friik H-nnep Newell. The portion of the
country in which lands are being reclaim
ed Is divided into five parts, each under
the charge of a supervising engineer,
while each specific project is in charge of
an engineer. The chief engineer at Wash
ington is Arthur Powell Davis.
ECHOES OF THE TURKO-BALKAN WAX.
From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
Reports from the Balkans and Con
stantinople indicate that war does not
improve.
From the Port Huron Timea-Herald.
Probably if Abdul Hamid is within
reaching distance of a telephone he has
ere this called up the palace in Constan
tinople and emitted the horse laugh.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
What the Balkan region needs is ap
plication of the merger principle to the
numerous sma'.l states.
From the 8c ran ton Tribune-Republican.
The King of Montenegro is said to be
a poet. That may account for the war
enthusiasm. Perhaps the people would
ratheF fight than read his stufT.
From the Syracuse Herald.
Servla now has a "march to the sea"
also, which is worthy of being the theme
of a good, lively song.
From the Rochester Post-Express.
"It is doubtful if the Bulgarians h*v?
the qualities most essential for success
ful attack," writes Baron voa der Goltz,
the celebrated German strategist, in a
current magazine. Evidently it is Just
as dangerous to write war predictions
as it is to write election forecasts.
From the Kansas City Star.
Under the circumstances, it can hardly
be referred to at present as the "sub
lime poi te."
From the Denver Times.
Evidently it is almost as dangerous to
battle at Constantinople as at Armaged
don.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
It begins to look as if the expression
"Terrible Turk" would soon be in the
same class of humor as "white hope."
From the Bnffalo Evening News.
Others complain of Austrian hoggish
ness in the Balkans, and they are right.
Austrians complain of the utter selfish
ness of their neighbors. And they are
right, too.
From the Kansas City Times.
It is usually the impregnable places
that fall. Next to Gibraltar, Constanti
nople has been taken more times than
any other*
FIFTY HEARS AGO
IN THE STAR
Orders for the relief of Gen. McClellan
from the command of tb* Army of the
Potomac were Issued
McClellan's from the adjutant gen
.. , eral's office In this city
Jteiief. November 5, 1862, but
were not received at the headquarters of
the army until late on the night of the
7th. Word did not reach Washington
until Sunday, the 9th. and thus the issue
of The Star of November 10, 1862, carries
the first announcement by this paper. It
was naturally a subject of universal com
ment at the capital, and The Star of
November 10, besides printing the dis
patches. publishes a long discussion of
the causes leading to this radical action
by the administration. The Star was in
clined to take Issue with the government
in Its decision to make a change in the
command of the Army of the Potomac, in
the light of Information then had regard
ing his relations with the War Depart
ment and to defend him from the criti
cisms held against him on the score of
bis dilatory tactics and unreadiness to
carry out the orders of the military chiefs
of Washington. It is evident that a vig
orous controversy waged between the
local papers on this subject. The Star
paid tribute to Gen. McClellan's patriot
Ism and military sagacity and besought
his friends to accept the action of his
superiors in command as a thing accom
plished. "to be made the best of to secure,
with the command of the army in other
hands, the glorious decisive victory for
the good cause he would surely have
achieved within but thirty or forty miles
of the point at which he had arrived
when ordered to retire personally from
the field."
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In The Star of November 12, 1862, is an
article commenting on two orders issued
by the War Department.
Important Which were regarded as of
/v , exceptional importance, af
uraers. fepting not merely the wel
fare of Washington, but the fortunes of
the war:
"The country will doubtless join us in
thanking the War Department for issu
ing, yesterday and the day before, two
orders evidently destined to have the
happiest effect upon our future military
operations. The first is the order direct
ing all officers of the Army of the Po
tomac then in Washington to rejoin their
respective commands within twenty-four
hours. Already it has entirely cleared
Pennsylvania avenue and the Washing
ton hotel halls of more than half the offi
cers who last week swarmed them; those
left being invalids, paroled prisoners and^
staff officers, quartermasters, commis
saries, surgeons, etc., the latter neces
sarily here on duty. The Instant return
to their respective regiments of the large
number of officers thus hurried to the
front must serve greatly to Increase the
efficiency of the Army of the Potomac.
"The second is the order decree:ng that
the government railroad service shall
hereafter be efficiently managed, pro
nouncing the penalty of instant dismissal
of those who fail to expedite the dis
fiar es of freight, etc. It may not be
known to the public that very much of
the difficulty between the late commander
of the Army of the Potomac and the War
Department concerning the alleged failure
of the latter to comply with the former's
requisitions for supplies grew out of the
distracted state of things In the manage
ment of the rovernment's affairs on the
railroads, recognized in this order, and
thus abated by a single stroke of the
Secretary s pen There can be no doubt
that with the exception of horses nearly
all articles called for by Gen. McClellan
for the service of his army, were in
stantly ordered to be forwarded to the
front by the chiefs of the branches of
the service to whom those orders were
directed. In most instances they were
forwarded with admirable promptitude.
But once loaded in the railroad cars, they
were lost sight of in a sea of confusion
for weeks and weeks, at times. Trains
upon trains of wagons were sent to the
railroad to convey the supplies to the
front, and were forced to return empty
because, though duly shipped, no tidings
of the goods could be obtained. This,
as remarked above, is the key to much
of the unfortunate misunderstanding be
tween Gen. McClellan in the field and
the authorities here, on this point. The
department's announcement that all un
der its control who hereafter fail to do
their best to secure prompt delivery of
such freight shall instantly be dismissed
from the service will doubtless promptly
cure this evil."
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At last the city's street car line was
finished, at this time fifty years ago and
in The Star of November
Car Lines IS. 1862, is a paragraph
ym* . ? j telling of the accomplish -
Finished. mentt ^ f0:iows:
"The work of laying the rails on the
city railroad throughout was finished
yesterday afternoon, and now, with the
exception of finishing some of the
switches and turnouts, the road Is com
plete. This afternoon a ear conta'nlng
the officers and a number of invited
guests is riding over the whole length of
the road. Tomorrow It is expected that
every branch of the road will be in opera
tion, although, as a sufficiency of stock
has not been got, a limited number of
cars will have to suffice the public for a
few days. It is the intention of the com
pany to run on all the branches from an
early hour in the morning to 12 o'clock
at night, and to put cars on the different
routes as follows: From High street,
Georgetown, to the Baltimore depot, 35
cars; navy yard to 7th street and thence
to N street, connecting with smaller cars
to the park, 16 cars; from Baltimore de
pot up Pennsylvania to New York avenue,
to 14th street, out to Massachusetts ave
nue, where they will connect with smal.er
cars for the Boundary. 12 cars, and from
the Baltimore depot by way of 7th street
to steamboat wharf, 10 cars. At present
all transfers are made at the corner of
7th street and the Avenue, one of the
busiest places in the city, but in a few
days different points of transfers will be
established,?viz., at 7th street for pas
sengers going to the park or steamboat
wharf; corner of New York avenue and
15th street, for passengers on the 14th
street line, and at the corner of New
Jersey avenue and B street (Capitol Hill),
for the Navy Yard passengers."
DR. WILSON CALLED.
Dear Doctor Wilson:?When you ran
A great big lot of folks assured me
That Just as soon aa you begun
Yon would not atop till you had cured me.
So. Doc, I'll tell you all toy woes,
Enumerating: every symptom
I can recall, though 1 suppose
I'll later find that I have skimped 'em.
Dear Doe, I've coalitls bad;
It makes me go on something sinful
When I reflect how much I've had
To pay to get my winter's biu full.
And my assimilation's weak?
I can't absorb all my expenses.
I'll not say more, for when I speak
Of thia my wicked wrath commences.
Doc, when I purchase thinara to wear
1 sometimes think I'm going dotty;
The prices give me such a s< are
That sometimes I make speeches naughty.
And. Doc, please fix me up a dose
Of something that will cure my feeling
Of fast becoming comatose
When eggs ana batter hit the ceiling.
Doc. here's another symptom which
My wife and daughters say Is hofrla;
They say they cannot buy a stitch
Unless I speak in accents torrid.
Well, Doc, don't wait too long a while?
I'll put a brake upon my passion? .
But won't you Hi it w the style
Will for a short time stay in fashion?
Dear Doctor Wilson: There is mofe,
But my intention rather falls me.
I have been bumped until I'm sore?
Perhaps you'll figure out what alia me.
Please do just aa you advertised
And put me in a cheerful hnmor.
I'm waiting now to be advised.
(Signed)
Yours,
The Ultimate Osbsumct.
?Wilbur D. Ne#bit, la the Chicago Evening Post.
MOVING FOR PEACE IN TURKEY
Amid th? clash of arms and the confu
sion consequent upon a defeated and flee
ing army that overflows
Fall Of Constantinople the fa'.l of
Mitriatrv the m,n,stry on th? 301,1
*' ultimo passed almost un
noticed. Kiamil Pasha, who was presi
dent of the council of ministers, suc
ceeded Ghaai Moukhtar Pasha as grand
vizier in the new cabinet, which is large
ly composed of the old.
Ghazi Moukhtar s retirement was vol
untary. The hero of Plevna was scarcely
the man to meet the humiliation of de
feat and its heartaches, and he resigned,
to give place to Kiamil Pasha, whose
temperament and wide experience titled
him for the ungrateful role that is his.
A word concerning the retired vizier is
in 'place and a just tribute to a truly
great^ man and soldier?a real "grand
Turk The hero of Plevna was high
commissioner of the imperial government
, t ?-ro, K^ypt, in l.sjio. and it was there
X roet and admired him in the ungrateful
a"d futile mission with which he was
charged?that of maintaining intact the
of Turkey over Egypt, men
aced by the British occupation.
Ghazi Moukhtar accepted .the portfolio
of grand vizier barely three months ago,
and because of the reign of the party of
union and progress.' which required
a strong hand and the talisman of a great
name to intimidate, if not suppress. In
terviewed recently, he said:
. 'The Toung Turks have ruined our
army. Formerly part of the officers
came from the ranks and the rest from
the military schoo s. The Young Turks
changed that. They pensioned or found
other situations for the men who had
risen from the ranks and replaced them
by youngsters from the military acad
emy. During three years about l.5?K)
Joined in this way. but all of them were
too young and inexperienced.
"Our battalions of infantry, which are
800 strong had only seven oftice s each
at the outbreak of the war, whereas in
the past they always bad sixteen or sev
enteen. What could you expect our brave
soldiers to do without officers and with
out food, for we had no commissariat
department? They could do oniy one
thing?they fled."
Kiamil Pasha was named grand vizier
not only because he was hostile to the
party of union and progress, but this
time It was a question of saving the face
,?T. ^he Turk-aye. even the government
itself?Turkey in Europe being menaced
oy ruin and annihi ation. By tempera
ment. and experience with men and with
diplomats, he was perhaps the only Turk
notwithstanding his eighty-four years,
capable of dealing with the situation.
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Kiamil Pasha's first act was to reas
sure the foreign ambassadors in Con
stantinople of his in
Aeassurance tention to maintain or
bv Kiamil der" "Do not think "
Dy iuamii. he added ?that eUher i
or the sultan will ever abandon Constan
tinople. My sovereign will await death
in iiis palace and I. in my office."
Noradounghian Pasha, named minister
for foreign affairs, lis eighty-five years
old. He Is reported to have said: "Twen
ty-seven treaties concluded du. Ing the
past century by the natives of Europe
have guaranteed the integrity of the Ot
toman empire!"
This is perhaps quite correct, but manv
honest and inte ligent Turkish official's
have protested against the misrule which
would inevitably create the storm that
has come in Macedonia.
At this moment ten days after the for
mation of the new ministry the Turkish
army that was relied on to do away
quickly with the armies of the Balkans
has been defeated and routed at every
point and the allied armv is at the gates
of Constantinople. A Servian army has
captured Uskub and, marching westward
! to the Adriatic across Albania, has taken
possession of the posts of Durazzo and
S S. Juan de Medua. Monastlr Is besieged
Adrianople is hopelessly invested by the
Bulgarian army and Eskl-Baba. Demo
tlka and Tchorlu have been carried by
the irresistible Bulbars. The beaten and
demoralized Turks are endeavoring to
gather up the uncertain fragments of a
proud army in the fortifications of
Tchatalja. Nor should it be lef* unwrit
ten that the Greek forces, under the
command of a valiant crown prince
marching from victory to victory finally
have captured and occupied the Impor
tant stronghold of Saloniki.
A dispatch from Paris, referring to
Austria's attempt to interfere with
Servla, say8:
That all Europe should be plunged
in'o war simply because Servia shall
nave or shall not have a port on the
Adriatic is s'mply mons'rous."
Prime Minister Asquith emphasized
^ neiand s standine on that issue in h's
speech at the Guildhall on the 9th instant
Referring to the instructions of the Aus
trian ministry to its representative at
Belgrade that "he should point out to
Servia that Austria was determined un
der no c'rcumstances to perml* Servla to
occupy Durazzo on the Adriatic," Mr
Asquith declared: "Upon one thing T be
lieve the general opinion of Europe to be
unanimous, that the victors are not to be
robbed of the fruits of what has cost
them so dearly."
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|'For the moment." continued the prime
minister, "his majesty's government dep
^ recated the raising and
English pressing of isolated ques
Pnai+Jn-n tlons, which, if treated
rusinon. separately and at once,
might lead to divergence and should be
hoid up for a wider point of view In the
general settlement."
The language !s sufficiently clear. Eng
land did not desire war. She wou'd use
all the efforts of diplomacy to prevent
It. But all the world might read between
the lines of Mr. Asquith's speech. It
was manifest that Austria would not be
permitted to exclude Servia from the
Adriatic and thus take from her the
Just fruits of victories which had cost
her so many lives on the field of battle
Mr. Asquith and Mr Churchill, first lord
of the admiralty, declared that the Bt t
ish navy was prepared for any emei
gency.
There is little cause for anxiety, for
Austria-Hungary will not find Europe in
the same mood as in 190X. Least of all,
Russia could not suffer this biow at the
Slav. That Eng'and and France would
support Russia there is no question. Just
what action Germany will take in the
matter is not certain, but at this writing
she is loyally standing by the concert of
Europe.
Public opinion in England, which stood
by the government in its predilection for
the Turk in the beginning, has been
turned completely in favor of the Balkan
allies, whose remarkable campaigns have
won public sympathy and even enthusi
asm.
The reasons assigned in a recent arti
cle aa to the depreciation of the Turkish
soldier have been made the theme of a
writer in the Grande Revue of Paris.
The author of the article writes:
"The incorporation of Christians in the
Turkish army became the source of im- I
mense weakness. It certainly taught the
Moslem soldier that his Christian brother ;
. CABINET MAKING.
From tbe Toledo Blade.
In insisting on naming a cabinet him
self, Gov. Wilson lays himself open to
the charge of being undemocratic.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
AH the amateur carpenters are at work
on Gov. Wilson's cabinet, and no two ot
them agree.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Dr. Wiley Is not looking for a cabinet
position. But benaoate of soda is not to
be encouraged by this advance declina
tion.
From tbe Bridgeport ETening Post.
A cabinet made up of disappointed as
pirants for the presidential nomination is
suggested.
From the Buffalo Express.
A woman's organization in Colorado de
mands that Mr. Wilson take a woman
into his cabinet. Nominate Maude Ma
lone for Secretary of War.
From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
No, Champ Clark la not one of those
who are seeking a cabinet position.
was, after all. not a had follow, and this
fact set h s slow mind at work, and per
haps quenched his fanaticism. When th??
order for mobilization was piomuigatei
from Constantinople. Greeks. Bulgarian*
and Servians fled, and it is not impossible
that the Turks, who as Ghazi Moukt
tar declares, "had no commiManat,' lb I
also."
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As for the "djehad," or holy war. Ash
mead Bartlet. English correspondent,
writer that he does not bc
Holy lieve the holy war, If
t*t preached, would affect thw
soldier one way or the
other. "The Turkish so'dier not long ag*>
lost his former religious fanaticism. H*
asks for bread, not benedictions. Hi /
wants shelter, not salvation. He want*
something tangible in this world, and n? t
paradise and forty wives in the next."
It is recalled that the Ottoman arncv
staff announced officially that they oould
place in lino 1,1t.O>o men. For these a.
budget was constituted of more than
I $ou."U0>>00. They wanted a solid army ar?i
j fleet Germany had not voted so much.
; There was much said by the German of
! fleers in Turkey of what they wou d d<?
I with "setting up" the Turkish so'.dier.
The German officers doubtless provided a.
commissariat for themselves, but forgot
to provide one for the soldier.
A writer In the same Grande Revu<*
writes on the economical po nt of view of
the war whi?-h has tried th?- nerves .if
financiers and diplomats quite as much
as the nerv? s of the soldiers.
At the inception of the war. before th?
fires had been lighted, cap tal e*i er -
enced all the horrors of shock and panic.
! The first week In October would not b*
marVed by a glorious page in the histor ?*
of money mark?:n Rarely was such
panic. Bondholders asked in trepidation
i what of their coupons? In Serv'.a th^
I Skoupchtlna voted a moratorium," or
j extension of three months, and doubtless
; the other Balkan states have done Mke
i wise Money in the orient .s not always
jso urgently necessary as in the Occident,
"bokra," or tomorrow, is a familiar and
j effective response of governments as of
| individuals who cannot meet their t'nan
I cial obligations. The Turkish government
lis reported at this moment by the cor
respondent of the Gazette de Frankfort
at Constantinople a.- having in the im
perial treasury the tnod?st sum of 50.<*??
j Turkish pounds, less than s iii.om Th*
! government actually lacks pounds
j to meet urgent expenses. To go to war
I under such circums:an *es will appear
?marvelous to the o-ci lemal but it will
be intelligibly to the European who has
lived a long time in the orient.
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The fever of patriotism which has
swept over the Ba,k:n states will permit
the depleted treasuries of
Patriotic allies to go on without a
p piaster if need be until the
xGVCr. fever is over and the obiwt
of their dream atta ned.
A correspondent from Belgrade tele
graphs on this subject: The patriot.c
?war fever has taken hold of the Servian
i nation, man. woman and even young
: girls. Among the peasant*, as wej as
the patricians, there reigns the same
exaltation of patriotism; all afllrm that
! they would be chagrined and humiliated
at any intervention of the powers tend
ing to interrupt the "crusade" in which
they were engaged. It w-aa 'impossible for
them to halt midway: they would show
to Europe what the ittle states, hereto
fore disdained by Europe, may do. When
!an entire people sacrlfi es with Joy Its
; property and lives for the lMwsratlon of
jits brotheis and the glory of country It
; challenges admirat on.
The Servian people note with astonish
ment and bitterness the lack of sympa
thy the Europeans show them. The
Samoouprava expresses Inclination that.
France and other nations keep their sym
pathies for the Turks alter so many
massacres of Christians and would se<*
the Christian popu at on of the Balkans
remain under the yoke of the Turkish
barbarian. If the powers employ force
to perpetuate this rule, the peoples of th*
Balkan states will have the suprame
honor of fighting for their liberation and
to perish to the last man. Tn?> Samoou
prava, however, adds that Christian Eu
rope will not subscribe to such monstrous
action.
The Novoie Vremia writes of a very
marked change in the attitude of Aus
tria-Hungary, explicable not only be
cause of the victories of the Balkan
armies over the Turks, but also because
of the effervescence provoked by those
victories among the twenty-five mM'ion
Slavs of Austria-Hungary.
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The explanation given by the porte of
Turkish defeats hits ere'ted much ill
humor among Austrian
Turkish journals. The porte de
?, clares that in the first
?XCUSC. combats the soldiers sent
were for the most part Christian. Bul
garian. Servian and Greek "riyaks." or
subjects of Turkey. These fai'ed to flght
against their brothers end sur endered
or fled. That justification caused the
German element of Austria to reflect that
00 per cent of the Austrian army is com
posed of Slavs who would doubtless imi
tate the example of the Christian Slav
soldier of the Turkish army. And the
Xovoie Vremia sententious'}- adds that
"Austria-Hungary would have more
chance of success against Germany, for
example, than against one of the Slav
powers."
The war. begun but little more than a
month, has been conducted with mar
velous precision and rapidity, unti' now
it is at the gates of Constantinople, and
the proud Turk is suintr for peace.
The powers h?ve apparently abandoned
the possibi itv of maintaining the "status
ouo" and admit that they mav not rob
the victor of tlie Just fruits of his vlc
The powers still cling tenaciously to
the Mea that the maintenance of the Ot
toman sovereignty in Europe 's indis
pensable to the re-establishment of a
durable peace. No less an authoritv
than si Franc's Charmes. in the Revua
des l>eux Mondes, reiterates tha' prin
ciple, which apears to be the syllabus of
the pol'cy of the powers.
The victorious all'es will refuse peaoo
on the basis of a policy that ha- never
mafn'ained peace, but war in Europe,
arid massacre in Macedonia. Bulgaria
cannot ferret these h'deous facts Con
stantinople, to the shame of Christian
Europe, lia-' been the center of political
intrh'ues which foren'ed s'rKe and
armed the Moslem against the Christian
To tell the man from the Ralkans that
the sovereignty of the sultan should b?
maintained for the pi-ace of Europe is to
tell him an oft-to!d, bu' idle ?ale. Scutari,
on the ea?tr-rn side of the BoFphorus li
the logical capital of the defeated Turk,
who has forfeited forever his right to
reside in Europe.
The Balkan empire is the best guar
antee for the durable peace of Europe,
and Constan'lnople is the lo?r'cal and tra
ditional capital. CH. CHAILLE-LONG.
SUFFRAGE VICTORIES.
From the Nashville Temiesseeaa.
Judging by the fact that ten states now
have woman suffrage In effect, the cry of
the corrupt politician that "women must
keep out of po itics" will be relegated to
the discard, much to the politicians' dis
comflture.
Ftora the Birmingham Ledger.
No doubt the suffragettes feel good over
carrying four more states for their causa.
It looks as if It is only a qestlon of tlm<*
before the women can vote in most of th*
states if not in all of them.
From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Michigan Is preparing to contest th?
woman s suffrage e ection victory in that
state. Evidently the Michiganders don't
want the Michigeese in the government
places.
FYotn the Providence Evcninic Bulletin.
The suffragettes of New Tork are say
ing things that show Gov.-elect Sulser
made a mistake if he thought to avoid
criticism when he ran away rather than
walk in their Saturday march.