The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-01

I II has been argued ma Philadelphia
+ rs socially weak as measured IN the
American scale.
l Tier original Tory-Dutch Quaker
blood has been treshened hui shghtly.
/ The Tory strain is essentially dlsloynl
/ 10 any common cause During that
awful winter al Valley Forge, while
( Washington and his ragged army were
starving and the hope OF American
! liberty seemed lost Tory philadelphia
was feteing the Bfitish and the town
I Mas "A hothed of disloyahH There $
Va taiH OF the blood leftl
/ Quaker Clement Submissive.
The Quaker element is OF course
noncom5stiye Submissive not
strain 10 graphic with etil which doe,
not directly affect religion. The
Dutch are stolid and phlegmatic, TOO.
often inclined 60 stand for the eNistins
order
Philadelphia has always been and IS
now the typical American city. VITA
many excellent institutions and thou
sands OF splendid people IL il great
commercial city But as the students
OF the subject argue. the progressive
or conscious element has not been
able 10 Offset the influence OF the ap1-
thetic the evil disposed and The gang
system
r 4 Van Valsehhurg. editor OF tre
/ Philadelphia North American, maih.
tains that Caresu. analysis OF the
voters OF any large city Will show that
the public opinion vote rarely, II ever
exceeds 40 per cent OF the total
Electorate
In Philadelphia. ne says. the gans
siavishly served b. all city officers
positively controls 40 $40 per cent oi
the entire vote
( This represents tie vote deliveries
( ley offcenOiders. protected liquor men
coerced aliens purchasable Negroes
Criminals and reporters Therefore
tie gang needs only per cent or -
porant or partisan votes 10 win, and i,
gets from 10 TO 20 per cent OF such
Army Of Shabby GentiIity
There Is gfea, army OF shabby
gentility here For the most part the,
admire Tie gli;tering trappngs II
their rich masters and spend COED
share OF their timC reading and dis
tCussing the doings % the local princes
and princcsses OF fortune. They yoIo
with the rich because they hope, II
des pairinSly. TO soiGe day ride ia a
g.lded coach.
There's a mighty army OF organ
.zed workers WHO I've more or less
miserably in the dirty rows OK little
brick or frame houses which tnlcRiy
fringe the city
( Philadelphia IS one OF the poorest
irnion towns in tAe country. Tie build
ling trades are not organized Eac
morning more than 100000 women an
children 20 TO work in factory Or
office
There's a large class OF very rich,
most OF the money coming from the
wealth laden breast Of the state. They
maintain an aristOcratic circle, more
Exclusive than New York They hoo.
mob with foreign nobility aud marry
into H.
Peter \ B. Widener, originally a
butcher. has probably done more than
aay man 10 perfect gang rule in Phl.a
delphfa lie is worth Sl00, 000 000. lie
is living in SPLENDID. IN his city home
/ on his breast is cross pinned there
lbs Emperor william He deyotes his
time mainly TO collecting art objects
his gallery being valued al $1,000.
000D and 10 a very excellent children :
Hospital which he founded
Widener may or may not know tina
lIalf a dozen little children have bert
shot or beaten IN the streets by the
police, protecting mis- trust IN q
strike