Putnam patriot., 1911-11-24
Editorial Scraps

third class Postal Savings Banks, and few more are to be added during De cember. After that the fourth class of fees will be taken up, The Postal sys- tenn has now been proved paying and successful undertaking.
 It is practically settled that the next National Republican Convention to nominate Presidential candidate is to be held in Chicago early next year. President Taft will mo doubt be re nominated The ProRressiSes are eX= pected to hold q National Convention to nominate separate candidate. Who it will be is not yet settled.
 The Sparta, Wis, Board of Educa- tion has pronounced basket bail for girls immoral. Evidently the female sparlans will have to go back to tat ting.
 The lady Mayor of New Thought, N. Y., says that within ten years every woman in this country will have a vote.
 The United States Is a nation of hunters, according to the biological survey, which estimates the number at "almost 1000 000"--a number greater in proportion to population than in any other country in the world.
 The "W atchmann of Boston, Bap- tist paper, has made statement that is certainly surprising. "At all times, 1t says, "one.half of the Presbyterian ministers are out of the pastorate, and one. fifth have no employment at all ]" About 62,000 Los Angeles women have registered for the December elec- ton. The "Tribune'sn correspondent reports that surprisingly large num- Der of the women declare themselves socialists in their politics.
 Two Chinese women, born in this country, have registered as voters In Oakland, Cal, and they show their DO litical taste by registering as republi cans. But China may soon be repub lie and then all the Chinese in tht world will be republicans,
 There is one nightmare, in connec ton with the negro question, from which the federal census can deliver us. One can imagine the alarm thai would be shown in certain quarters i it were proved by the count of heads that negroes are increasing more rapid ly in this country than whites. Tha the contrary Is true should reassurt every apostle of white supremacy north of the Rio Grande.
 The start being made to teach sel hygiene in the Chicago public schools through special courses in "sane physi ology,' is probably one of the beneici al effects of the report of the Chicag, vice commission on the social evil,
 New Mexico's two new senators vii be republicans, but there was an eX ceedingly close shave in electing Legislature with republican majori ty. On the issue of state officers tn, democrats swept the field.
 Mir. Carnegie's money was not mad, ethical, perhaps, than Mr. Rockefel ler's, but he has succeeded wonderful ly in distributing the vast accumula tion-his total gifts now amount |, S20s, ,255, ,eo0-without tempting people to call him a rohber. The bulk of thii enormous treasure has been given [, worthy causes and along reasonabl, lines of philanthropic activity.
 Postmaster General Hitchcock Ina. rescinded the order suppressing Sant, Claus letters.
 The 1850 0ooo0O jury" in Judg, Owens insanity court at Chicago i, speedy al all events. It disposed of 3t cases Friday in l-2 hours-at about the rate of one in six minutes. Incl. dentally il favored the neighboThood with fine show of costly automobiles Altogether it was quite a Chicago in cdent.
 Some notion of the magnitude of tn, transportation problem in New Iorh may be had from the figures just given out by the public service commission for the year ended June 30, The Met ropolitan railroad system carried 265,. lSs, ,l2s passengers paying full fare, ,ano 7,l45,57o on transfers.
 The war between Italy and Turkey begun by the latter seizing Tripoli, i, not going to be settled 50 easy as Italy imagined. The atroeious tbaroarities of the Italians on the inhabitants ot Tripoli has aroused the British govern, ment and people to high state of in- dignation, and also the Arab hordeS in and around Tnpoli, and now Turkey has appealed to the United States gov ernment to interfere and put a stop to these barbarities and end the unJusliti. able war. With English and Ameri- can sympathy the Turks will be en- couraged to continue the war against Italy to the defeat of the latter.