Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-09-08

P~4N DiN"NiS' SSh INC PiOuuSe'
and the city takes a good profit. In
Hutchinson the First ward would be
kicking because they didn't like the
head brewer, the Sixth ward would
demand reduction on the price Of
beer and the Third ward would make
the candidates pledge themselves to
another beer garden in the south part
Of town, where 1t would be poor bust
ness The final result would be that
Mayor Vincent and DIR. Winans and
the rest Of the commission would be
charged with favOritism and defeated
for reelection and their successors
would make beer at loss and no
body would be satisfied. The curse
Of American municipal affairs is this
playing of politics with every petty
question while the Germans take the
wiser method of cutting out politics.
selecting their best men for public
office, and giving great respect to
them personally and accepting the
laws they enact. When the mayor of
Dusseldorf comes out for a walk ev-
erybody he meets takes off their hat
and salutes. In our country every
body the mayor meets has a kick
about something, and as for taking Of
his hat to the mayOr-the American
citizen would see him in Halifx first.
A Kansas man, Clarence Price, OF
PittSburg, stirred up all kinds of trou
BILE in the German empire recently.
Price has a moving picture show,
travel scenes and such, and is in Eu-
rope to get some of the best and will
local color. He thought 1t would be
fine thing to compliment the Ger.
man army with a picture, so he had
his machine at one OF the forts Of
Berlin taking views of the drill Of an
artillery squad. The police saw him
and he nearly spent the night in the
Hotel de Jail. 1t was all the Ameri-
can Consul and the Associated press
could do to save him, for the Police
believed he was a French spy and as
they could not understand the Pitts
burg language and Price could not
talk their German, it was only with
difficulty tina he got word to his
friends and was finally released. A
German Jail is not fitted up for pleas
ure and comfort but to make people
sorry they get there, and as the pic
ture machine had been confiscated
there was not even the consolation for
the Kansas Snowman of being able Ia
present the American public with the
sight of German justice administered
on the spot.
Everywhere in Germany the load
the people are carrying is militarism.
The young men of the country lose
several of the best years of their life
in the army service and heavy taxes
burden business and industry. The
people are patriotic and this army is
necessary, for there is always the
prospect of a war and of course they
want to lick the other fellow. But the
newspapers are praising Taft and
urging that arbitration and disarma-
ment are practicable if the course
marked out by the United States is
followed. 1t makes an American real
proud of his country and his PTesi-
dent when he hears the praise that is
everywhere bestowed on both for TAX.
ing the lead in the most important
movement of the times. There has
been a marked change in sentiment
toward Americans among the educated
and upper classes the last few years.
The poor people always were strong
for us. But the business men and tht
newspapers as well as the brass col
lars, sneered at Americans as mere
money makers. Mckinley brought the
change when the United States Jump
ed into war with Spain to help Gu
ba. Dewey at Manila pounded it in
to the heads with language the Eu-
ropeans could understand, Roose-
velt's dashing policies and his stand
for peace between Japan and Russia
impressed them wonderfully. And nov
Taft's policy of arbitration instead Of
war is receiving the commentator Of
uppes and lowers and they recognize
the craftsmanship in the treaties. To
use one Of Rooseveh's favOrite words
It is bully to be an American and
travel in Europe Just to see how
much better it is at home and to feel
the respect paid to our great nation
and its leaders. W. Y. MORGAN.
A VISIT FROM Mr.. CLARK.
ElWood Clark. who lives eight mile