The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-06-08

Guthrie Capital: Watching that
expected naval battle In the East, the
rioting in Chicago and the Philadel.
phia gas fight, is like watching a
three.ring circus. The spectator II
kept guessing in which ring the big
gest stunt is being pulled off.
PUBLIC OPINION WON.
Chicago Review: The abject sur
render of the Philadelphia machine
should be warning to others who are
disposed to cling to a machine al
an essential of success In business ant
politics. No machine was ever more
perfectly organized nor was possessed
of such sinews of war; yet wher
brought by a resolute mayor face to
face with indignant public opinion
the machine went to pieces In day
All that was needed was the light Of
publicity thrown upon the doings o1
the corruptionists. What has hap
pened in Philadelphia may happen in
many other cities. The people are
becoming thoroughly aroused
WORK, NOT THREATS.
Chicago Tribune: The temporary
advantage the decent people Of Phil.
adelphia have gained over the politi.
cal ringsters shows they are not ON.
nipotent. The people have better
opportunity now than they may have
again In years to get decent govern.
ment. They will not accomplish this,
however, by delivering excited
speeches and making threats con.
corning ropes and telegraph poles.
Before they can do it they must OBJ.
literate party lines in municipal at
fairs and organize thoroughly for a
long, bitter, stubborn fight. The re-
spectacle people of the whole country
are hoping they will do 1t.
NOT FOREIGNERS.
Springfield, Ohio, Republican: No
one can point to the Philadelphia
cess-pool and say that the foreign.
born voter did it. In all her corrup.
tion Philadelphia has a population
more purely native than any other
city of the first rank in the United
States. 1t is literally the one great
American city, in the sense that the
old knownothing party delighted to
hold.
THE SHAW PLAN.
Providence Journal: Roughly stated
the Shaw policy is to clap extra du-
ties on the goods for any country
whose duties on our goods are not sat
isfactory to US. What effect this
would have toward making the OBJ.
jectionable foreign duties more &C.
ceptable could hardly be known until
after little practical experience.
But some of the effectslwhich we our
selves might feel can be readily fore
seen. And they are not pleasant ef-
fects that harmonic we'll With the
fundamental principles of protection
to home industry; they are not effects
that accord with the conception of
Square deal"
TEST OF VICTORY.
Chicago Chronicle: Toga's victory
will constitute the true test of Japan
ese equipoise. If any Caucasian ma
tion had scored the triumph of Japan
during the last eighteen months there
would be no living on the same planet
with that nation. The rest sof the
world would have to combine to thrash |
1t because its vaunting and boasting
would be uncomfortable. 1t remains to
be seen whether the Mongol shall rise
superior to the Caucasian in triumph |
as he undoubtedly does in adversely.
HOW GOOD LAWS MAY BE SECURED.
Public Policy: The statement of
he "Work of the Ohio State Board
If Commerce" published In this issue
8 of more than ordinary interest. It
.ives tangible evidence of the value
# the educational method of secur.
ng legislation and affords unimpeach.
Ible proof that money expended In
uch work Is an unusually good In.
'estment.
The method of concentrating effort
'pon few measures to be prepared
or each session of the state legisla-
ure, having such measures carefully
rawn and then submitted, In their
ull text, for criticism and suggestion
o large membership composed of
ractical men owning and operating
usiness investments In the state In
II classes of interests, cannot fail to
esult In making the measures pro.
osed the best that can be devised for
heir purpose. Measures that have
cen perfected by this process of
reparation and criticism are safe
leasures for any legislature to enact
hey are sure to bring honorable.
restige to the members. who intro
uce them and work for their enact
tent and to the party that furnishes
majority of the votes by which they l
re made laws. L
The difficulties In the way of devel- I
ping work on these lines can be q
nOwn only to those who have had ex- I
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