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A COOKBOOK CAMPAIGN.
MIR. LongwOrth and Uncle Sam Write
I'm Philanthropic Effort.

--N--i t--N -llAs4c EclTIe.
Mr.. Longworth IS TOO good A RepubE-
can 70 reduce the price OF food. but he is
humane enough 10 desire TO reduce the
cost Of living. Therefore he will do all
he can 70 assist the community 70 econo-
mize under a Republican regime.
To this end he IS distributing among
his constituents cookbooks They are
publications Of the Department OF Agri-
culture. and II AIT LOngWorth does not
get them free he can al least get them
for the cost or printing plus 10 per cent.
which IS the usual price OF government
publications in quantities larger than
Congressman's allotment II is ou-te nos
sible that the allotment OF these pubE-
cations Is sufficient 20 supply all the
families IN his district. so that they cost
him nothing AT any rate the postage
costs him nothing for public documents 20
under frank. With duty on all food
animals and meats. and with a beef trust
encouraged 10 drive out local competition
and advance all prices. nothing could be
more suitable for a Republican Congress
man 10 send 70 his constituents than a
book, entitled Preparation Of Vegetables
for the Table What could be more
beautiful or appropriate than for a benea-
cent Republican administration 70 foster
the beef trust and supply 10 the people
information regarding the cooking Of
vesetablese
Another publication OF the Department
Of Agriculture which Mr.. Loagwo-t1 Is
supplying 70 HIS constituents is equally
timely: The Economical Use OF Meat IN
the House" The longer the RepubHcaa
party remains In power the more necss-
sary It will be for people 10 economics
in the use Of meats. and our paternal
government which increases the cost Of
meat. kindly tells the objects Of It's soHci-
tude how 10 use II economically. The
third document Mr.. Longworth is making
his campaign on is The Care OF Food
In the House" II is Just as necessary
as the others. We've got 20 be very care
full Of food in the house so long as Mr..
LOngwOrth's party maintains a duty on
meat and keeps Canadian eggs out Of the
country, and fines n New York farmer
$3.50 for bringing q Canadian calf into the
United States and consuming it on hts
own table
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POLITICAL COMMENT.
Is 1t a Democratic Year,

From the Baltimore American.
II is not unusual, OF course. that on
tee verge Of a Congressional election
Democratic newspapers and Democratic
orators should be figuring out In advance
clear majority In the next Congress.
There never was "a gloomy prospect that
looked gloomy TO the eternally hopeful
Democratic forecasters when the election
was three weeks Off. Ten weeks ago
Democratic expectations were based upon
the belief that there would be an ire
parable dissensiOn IN the Republican
party in many States over issues on
which party sentiment was more or less
divided. AS election day approaches
these early signs of discord are vanish
ing In practically every Congressional
district, East and West. But the organs
and the spellbinders are never without q
reason for the faith that is In them. and
the shadowy reason upon which they
are now basing tho forecasts that the
next Congress VIII have a Democratic
majority IL that this is a Democratic
year" In other words, the theory Of the
Democratic promoters now seems to be
that the country has had such a long
run OF prosperity under four Republican
administrations that good times have be-
come sort Of bore; that the people
have grown forgetful and Indifferent, and
that, in short. q Democratic Congress will
slip in because of general apathy.
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The Census System.

Those who have come TO regard the
decennial census as an application Of the
official yardstick 20 our national progress
VIII deeply regret the evidences Of IN
accuracy and unreliability which have
come in from some parts Of the West
When the several volumes which repre-
sent the expenditure OF so many millions
OF dollars and the labor OF a small army
Of clerks Tor so long a time shall have
been distributed. Il is not pleasant 10
think that there Will lurk. whatever cor
receive steps may now be taken, the
feeling that the information Is not 10 be
depended upon for any positive degree
OF exactness. but must be regarded as
only an approximation.
Every one who has given thought to the
work Of taking the census throughout so
United States has been brought TO real
lie that Il is a task almost appalling in
its stupendous proportions. Yet, con-
ceding all of this the manifest lack of
Soy departments. where the detection Of
gross inaccuracies and exaggerations
practiced in one town were melted pri-
marlly through the suspicious excited In
the mind Of one officer, is certain 10
arouse Justihable fears that other smaller
and undetectable errors may have been
practiced which in the aggregate VIII
tend TO vitiate the entire report so far
IS eXactness is concerned.
For years the cities Of China have en-
Joyed among geographers a fictitious
rating among the great elites Of the
world simply because no systematized
taking Of the census obtained IN that
country. The United States has expend-
ed vast sums on perfeeting its census de-
partment. and YET appears 10 have failed
in the very essential OF a check system
that will insure the degree OF accuracy
which the nation has a right 10 expect
from the enormous expenditure. Thar is
clearly the weak point Of the system.
and whether the otherwise eIaboratelv
planned department is to depend upon
the punishment OF the offenders as a SUI
fcient guarantee Of accuracy and fidelity
Of enumerators in the future, or whether
some more adequate and businessIlke
means will be adopted to secure these es-
sentials, is a matter OF much interest
and Of the highest Importance to the ma
ton at large All viii deeply deplore the
fact that so expensive. elaborate. and
seeminsly perfect a system of counting
the nations noses should break dawn
through such palpable, weakness. This
feeling Will come to all who have been
looking forward with deep and loyal in
terest for what they have learned to re-
gard as fairly dependable evidence OF
our material progress and Of the fact
that the form Of government. for which
this nation stands is the best on earth.
There is slight hope that the errors
and wilIfuI Inaccuracies OF this year may
now be corrected 10 any satisfying ex-
tent but the lesson that these instances
OF what IT would be pleasanter TO think
may be the results of only excessive and
overzealous local pride may be wholly
impossible of practice in 1920
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THE WORKERS.

They're giving all of knowledge the teachers nfest
ing this vale you store up your head college gain erdi
ton by mail Alas but in all of questng the thing at most
useful missed the beautiful science of resting put down
the list The people who rustic pursuing the kopek
and yen aonish disgust and conound they're such blamed
industrious men They let up for second all day they
working for gain night when their profits rconed they're
planning another campaign They're planning kimsh
soe ambush they think may be sprung they're older than
Noah forty and die of old age while they're young The
thought of ep funny; suggest it and get rebuff Wen
when have enough money and money surely the stuff
And all through the country you'll find en- for money they labor
and grub though the old Nick behind en- a-toucng EN-
up with club All this may look good the miser who lives by
his big money chest but who cmer and wiser insist
the beauties of rest. WALT MASON
Copyright by Gs1EsM aua)
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The Bloody Shirt.

II the political fight in New Jersey it
has remained for the opponents OF DR..
Woodrow Wilson TO revive the musty and
meaningless slogan OF an elder day. In
this day OF progress in politics, when il
is measures affecting the vitality and
the happiness IF the people that count
far more than men. no raking in the
ashes OF the past is likely to hare much
effect with those who think
The charge is made against Or. Wilson
that he is "a born rebel" and the de-
scendant OF rebels" Some newspapers
take this TO mean that DIT. Wilson must
be a traitor because he was born in
Virginia
The facts in the case are that during
the civil war the father OF Woodrow
Wilson was pastor Of Presbyterian
church in Augusta. Ga After the war
he moved to Wilmington, y. c. and finally
was connected with the PRESBYTERIAN
College in Tennessee. Woodrow VII
son himself was born in stanton, Va.
December IS, 1856. He studied law al the
University OF Virginia, graduated from
Johns Hopkins. and afterward went 10
Princeton. Prof Wilson is the author
Of several books on government. He
wrote Congressional Government: A
Study in American Politics" in 1885; The
State: Elements OF Historical and Prac-
teal Politics" in 1889; Division and
Reunion" IN 1893. In 1886 he wrote
George Washington" and in 1902. "A
History Of the American People" while
in between he was busy writing many
historical and political essays for the
magazines. In all of his political or his
torical writings there has been found no
Southern bias; his views are broad, filed
with sound political philosophy. and deal
In a large way with the historical truths
of the periods they cover.
But even If Ii were true that DR.. VII
son is the son OF a man whose sympa-
thies were with the Confederate cause.
what has that TO do with the political
situation of to-day? From the presi-
deney Of an educational institution, an
office he filled with such capability that
he has become a national figure, Prof.
Wilson has been called TO the field of
practical politics He has been called
not because of what his father was or
his grandfather. but because he himself
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tration, Those who are responsible for
the maintenance OF naval efficiency In its
preparedness TO meet the conditions OF
war will encounter no difficulty In carry
ing out the plans they really find TO be
necessary to that end. The public does
not have 10 be consulted. and Is not
likely to he consulted, when 1t is found
necessary to transfer the feet from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific ocean. There Is,
evidently. some very good reason why
this has not been done, and the fact that
the existing situation does not meet with
the approval OF people on the Pacific
Coast need not necessarily be taken as
sufficient justification for departmental
action. Public opinion. which is too often
based upon prejudice, and not always
guided by a full knowledge Of the inter
national situation. should not be per-
mitted 10 influence the Navy Department
In its policy or defense.
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ROOsevelt's Difficult Situation.

| Mr.. Roosevelt in the past turned many
dimcult situation to party advantage
and in many tight pinch developed and
displayed skill and Tesourcefulness as a
practical politician which, II not always
| inspiring. invariably challenged admira-
| ton.
The element OF luck entered into these
situations largely, OF course. but in his
rise. Illustrative OF the adaee. Nothing
succeeds like success" there was con-
stantly IN evidence a masterful grasp OF
conditions, an accurate sensing of the
public temper, and consistent sort OF
courage that counted heavily IN his favor.
Since his return there has been no such
| evidence. on the contrary, he has shown
lack Of grasp. an inaccurate knowledge
OF the popular pulse, and an inconsistent,
IL courageous. course that has handi-
capped him obviously. And to make the
situation all the more trying and diff
cult, the people are listening to him
questioningly-nOw cooIly Weighing his
D H.
they listened only 10 approve. and impul-
sively followed wherever he might lead
They believed in him implicitly then.
No doubt they want 10 believe In him i'm
pIicltly still But his strange Osawatomle
preachment. suggestive of things IN
dreamed OF by the nation builders; hts
reluctant and inadequate recognition Of
the achievements OF the still new ad-
ministration succeeding his own. and 10
whose fidelity and support he stood
solemnly pledged; his promotion OF dis
content in the West with a tariff which
he extols in the East. and his signal fail
ure 10 make out OF the vanquishiug OF
the Old Guard anything more than a
personal triumph, somewhat vindictlvely
accomplished-an these happenings set
the country 10 thinking, and the appraise-
ment put upon Roosevelt the man Is no.
the high and unreseryed appraisement 50
recently put upon Roosevelt the Presl-
dent
The New York situation he now can
didly admits is unpromising. This but
| feebly diagnoses II. II was unpromislng
before he came home. It became in
/ anitely more unpromising from the mo-
ment he heedlessly injected his own per-
sonality into II by substituting a new
and unsought form Of bossisrn for an old
and Odious bossism. without strengthen
ing in the very least any principle Of
progressive government in the consum-
nation.
His Examinations against the press and
Big Business viii be about as potent 70
save his party in its extremity. we fancy.
as were the self-same outcries from the
other side in former campaigns which
he himself so unsparingly condemned.
Roosevelt may vet possess the skin
and resourcefulness 10 turn this diff
cult situation 10 his party's advantage.
and thus extract himself from it with
profit and glory. but It is doubtful-ex-
ceedlngly doubtful. It has grown more
doubtful with each succeeding deliver
ance on hts part since Osawatomie.
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GETHSEMANE.

In golden youth. when seems the earth
A summer land for singing mirth.
When souls are glad and hearts are light,
And net q shadow turks in sight.
We do not know IT, but there lies
Somewhere yelled under evening skies,
A garden each must some time see,
Gethsemane Gethsemanc.
Somewhere his own Gethsemane.
With Joyous steTs we go our ways,
Love lends a halo 10 the days;
Light soTToWs sail like clouds. afar,
We laugh and say how strong we are.
We hurry on. and EuTying. go
Close 10 the b0rderland of woe
That waits for You and waits for ne.
Gethsenane, Gethsemane
FoTeTeF waits Gethsemane.
Down shadowy lanes. across strange streams,
Bridged over by our broken dreams.
behind the misty care Of years.
Close % the great salt font Of tears
Tee garden lies; strive as You may
Iou cannot miss II in your way.
AL paths that have been OF shall be
Pass somewhere
Through Gethsemane.
All those who Journey soon or late
Must Tass within the gardens gate;
Must kneel alone in darkness there
And battle with some fierce despair.
God pity those who cannot SAY
Not mine. but thine who only pray,
Let this cup pass and cannot see
The plTpCse IN Gethsemane
Gethsemane tiethsemane.
God help US through Gethsemanel
--Authog Unknown.
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From the Indianapolis News.
This is not the first time an expulsion
of religious orders from Portugal has
been decreed In 1884, when the monarchy
was firmly established. all the conven-
tual establishments in the kingdom were
suppressed and their property was con
fseated for the benefit Of the state. 'At
that period" says the Statesman's Year
Book, there existed in the country 632
monasteries and us nunnerles, with
above 1890 monks and nuns and an an
nuaI income Of nearly a million sterling -
According 10 statistics OF recent date. the
total number OF Protestants in Portugal
mostly foreigners, does not exceed 500.
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Public Sentiment and Naval POLICY.

Rear Admiral r. D. Swans, L. S. n.
retired is quoted as possessing consfd-
cradle distress Of mind over the fact that
public opinion has not been stimulated 70
an appreciation Of the necessity for main
tanning large naval force in the Pacific,
and he seems 10 think that It is a matter
Of public prejudice which interferes with
the transfer OF the Atlantic fleet 10 the
Pacific. on the other hand. the Secretary
Of the Navy. addressing the business men
of san Francisco at a banquet in that
city the other night. expressed himself
as in accord with the general movement
on the Pacific Coast for adequate naval
protection" but he stated that he enter
tanned the belief that the feet sbouId
not be divided al this time Bv this ex-
preston Of opinion, II is evidently made
known that the policy of the administra-
ton is not 10 diminish the present
strength of the Atlantic feet. much less
10 send the entire command 10 the Pa
ciAc- Senator Newlands, of Nevada. re.
garding Japan as a dangerous factor.
agreed that It Yves well TO keep the feet
intact but IL was absolutely necessary.
in the interest OF international peace, or
at least peace between the United States
and Japan. TO keep that big fleet on the
Pacific side of the country.
II seems TO us that Rear Admiral Evans
IS on the wrong track when he believes
that public opinion mas anything 10 do with
the location Of the feet II is not a case
Of educating or training American sentl-
ment. There can be no objection to any
policy which is adopted by the admins
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A Mnch-trnNeIed Pnss.

From the Indianapolis News
The Simplon pass, over which Chavez
made his fatal air trip. was a famous
highway Of travel long before Napoleon
constructed the high road. Milton came
home that way from his grand tour, and
so did John Evelyn The latter traveller
went in fear Of his life. not only expect
ing avalanches 10 fall on him, but being
apprehensive lest bears and wolves should
issue from the caves IN the precipices and
assail him. The only actual harm which
happened, however, was that HIS conpan-
ions dog killed a goat belonging to one
OF the peasants, and that heavy compen-
sation had to be paid-''a pistole," says
the diary. for the goat and ten more for
attempting to ride away
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is what he is to-day. a ripe thinker.
student Of political problems. an able man.
willing TO place his talents and his serv-
that the people OF New Jersey have TO
ask themselves Is: Do they want a man
for governor of their State VINO is clean
in record, able. fearless and unselhsh?
Prejudice viii not help them, nor unfair
ness. by 10 stretch OF political chleanery
can Prof Wilson's antecedents be made
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From the phizdaI4hia Record
II might as well be candidlv admitted
that II II were cOncluslvely proven that
Candidate Tener had cracked safe,
set fire % an orphan asylum, and put
arsenic in his Erandmother's ten II would
not cost him one hundred votes in the
river wards Of Philadelphia. But there
are other parts Of the city and State
whose Republican voters are little
more sqUeamlsh about the nominees
whom Penrose sets before them. Many
regular Republicans VIII refuse 10 cast
their ballots al all this fall
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President of All the People.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
President Taft possesses the hearty con-
fdence ana respect Of the best portion OF
the people Of the United States. and he
would cement this hold upon their good
opinion Il he would remember that he Is
the President Of all the people, not the
leader OF q political party. His active
participation On tie New York campaign
would be mistake. It would be expect
ing too much. perhaps 20 have the Fed
eral administration refrain altogether
from attempting % influence the verdict
at the polls. but Nj Taft himself would
strengthen his own position hv holding
aloof from the war OF faction and from
local entangleuents.
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Helm Wanted!

From THE Kansas City Journal
The word "insurgent" is fixed and set
tied. But how 20 speak Of the thing
itself IS causing the trouble. Four Kan
sas newspapers picked up consecutiyely
had four different ways Of saying the
thing Here they are: Cd Insurgism: %
insurgery; C3) insurgentismi ca iasur-
gentry. But the spelling IS not half as
wild as the thing itself
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
NOT COURTsHIP.

The woman shook her curly head
And answered. NO"
Persistently the fellow plead;
He wouldn't 90.
She told him there was little hope:
His tongue still ran.
How could a fragile woman cope
With such a man.
His case he never ceased 10 press,
With voice that shook
and go at last she murmured, Yes"
And bought his book.
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In Favor of II.

From the Houston Post.
What do you think Of my daughters
elocution?''
Fine. Great idea! When is 1t to take
placer
when is what to take placer
your daughters eleCtrocution7-
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Modern Snort.
.ev York Tribune.

From the New AoTk tribune.
The ancient Romans missed many
things-rsces between aeroplanes and au-
tomobiles. for instance. Here is a new
combination Of sports. And 10 think
that in our early circus days we could
grow enthusiastic over a race between a
horse and q mani
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How Far Can n Dollar COT

From the New York Tribune.
But for our respect for the law, we
should be willing TO bet big. red Ore
gon apple that the dollar bill which trav-
eied all the way from Middletown, n Y,
10 England and back again to the cash
drawer of Mr.. Barnett will be retired
from circulation and framed as a curl
osity, If nothing more.
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The Acrobatic John Wesley.

From the Houston Post.
We squawked at the spectacle OF John
Wesley Gaines standing up IN the House
and defending the free seeds graft, but
that was really a painless experience,
now that We have beheld him bell
wether vaulting the fence and nIbbling
weeds IN the Republican pasture.
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Quietfng Down.

From the Philadelphia Public ledger.
Secretary Banlnger has been injured in
a wreck The fact that nobody has ac-
cused Mr.. Pinchot OF having derailed the
train shows that the heat OF controversy
is less fierce than formerly.
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The Census Bureau says that the popu-
lation OF the United States keeps its
equilibrium. II Is only the individuals
who have TO listen to some OF the po-
litical speeches that are likely to lose
theirs
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\ woman paid 500 for q husband in
Washington the other day. But this is
not half so strange as the fact that a
Judge vas readily found who consented
TO perform the ceremony.
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RoosexeIt and Bryan.

From the Ohio State Journal
A Tammany man has come out for
Roosevelt because he says the colonel
has adopted the policies Of Col. Bryan.
People don't usually appreciate this mix
up in politics II is very funny. Bryan
is not and never was Democrat. That
Is the reason the Clevelands. the Parkers.
the Harmons were never for him Most
OF his visionary policies were inspired by
his Authoritarian Interpretation OF the
Federal Constitution. This paper has
said hundred times that Bryan was not
a JeAersonian. He couldn't be and adyo-
cate the things ne did And 80. for If
teen years the Democratic party has been
sailing under false colors-following the
banner Of loose construction and profess
ing d faith II never had.
So we are not astonished that Mr..
Bryan should accuse Col Roosevelt OF
stealing Democratic thunder when the
latter proclaimed new nationalsm. But
you won't hear Alton Parker or Judson
Harmon make any such claim. They
VIII tell you that the true Democracy
hates the new nationaiIsm as the devil
hates holy water