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EncampmeHt Odd Fellows.

:. Regular meeting of Indianola En-
: 'pment No. i |. o. o. F. will
q ID tonight at 1870 o'clock.
A |. r. MASON, G. p.
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All parties having business with
me will kindly call at Randol-
Ditzler Dry Goods Co. or phone S25.
29-1m L. IL. GUILLOT.
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NO CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
Kansas Election Board Delays Issuing
Election Certificate to Hodges.

Election Certificate to Hodges.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 29.-The Kan
sas state board of election canvass
ers failed to issue a certificate to the
governor elect today. Attorney Gen
eral Dawson filed a motion to have
the supreme courts restraining order
raised. This will probably be done
and a certificate issued to Hodges to-
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The Weather

New Orleans, La, Nov. 29. y
The weather forecast Tor y
Oklahoma for tonight and Sat .
urday is fair. Cooler tonight .
!, in western Oklahoma. .
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New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.

The important thing 10 remember IN
connection with the running OF a big
municipal government is that, as far as
public money is concerned, far moro is
wasted than stolen. The efforts OF my
Office apart from the question OF graft
have been directed at this problem or
waste more than at any other
Waste is a striking feature OF munic-
;pal government, not only in New York.
but in every American city. Our public
moneys leak through channels made pos
sibe by our failure and our inability TO
enforce business standards in the conduct
of our public work. This condition has
been so thoroughly exploited In the last
few years that it passes as matter OF
course with the average citizen, so mucn
so that II is often conceded that extrav-
agance and ineff1ciency are inevitable in
the management of public property.
"The average municipality, in relation
to its disbursements. is like a man who
spends 50 per cent OF his income with the
lavish prodigality OF an intoxicated sailor.
He treats his friends; he tips extrava-
gantly his money flows through his
fingers like sand, or is abstracted from
his pockets by soberer hands than his.
But I'm the expenditure Of the other %
per cent Of his income he assumes the
caution and conservatism of a thrifty
business man. He attempts to make II
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
Continued from fourth page.

court come from the congested quarters.
The children grow up in the BELIEF that
the policeman is their boss their master
In the Children's Court. according 10
numbers, children OF parents born IN
Russ,a come first Italians second ana
those with parents from Austria ana
Hungary third.
II the process of Americanizatioh Is at
tended with so many difficulties, the very
Instruments themselves apparently aiding
the process which destroys the parental
Guidance which has been relied upon in
Tho mast to continue the orderly develop
r,ent OF ideals, what is to be done 10
check the evils which grow out or the
,,herty which is one OF the foundatoh
stones OF American life?
pr. Moskowitz offers these suggestions;
..rha immigration problem has not been
., nv Americans. There must be more
;notruction in morals in the schools The
schoo, should be the meeting GROUND De-
.n,..n the young and the old. The Key
-. should be the fifth commandment
ri. chief function of the school should be
.hot Of interpreting the generations 10
sacb other. The first duty OF the teacher
- ,ha, OF making the parents Interested
- .ho children. The school should be II
.,., centre aiming to hold the falnily
,ogetber In its interests. II has missed us
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
CRIPPLED BY WASTE.

The average municipality is amply sup
plied with funds TO meet all possible de-
mands of a reasonable character. II they
do not meet such demands it is due not
to graft but to waste" asserted the COM
missioner.
eft is as IL we were trying TO turn out
railroad spikes with a defective machine
The spikes cost usz$5 keg. when they
should cost us 50, and yet year after year
we figure in the inefficiency OF the ma
chine as part Of the true cost OF the spikes
What the spikes ought to cost us we nave
never stopped to consider. because we
have never applied the standard OF an
efficient machine.
I'm 1909. for instance, the Bureau OF
Highways, Borough of Queens, city or
New York, spent approximately s6oO,OOO:
in 1910. Ss21, 900; In 1911, $4,000, and
I'm 1912 an equal amount Each OF these
appropriations was granted upon the
basis Of the amount expended during the
year previous. Whether that amount was
excessive or otherwise In proportion to
the results 10 be obtained, no one was IN
2 positon to determine, because no stand
ard of efficiency had ever been applied.
"The cost Of the work as IT could be
done under modern methods, with efficient
organization. has not yet been determined.
Until that cost is determined through the
establishment Of definite efficiency stand
ards no real economy can be effected In
the city's budget"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11

great opportunity. In recent years only
has there been any effort TO bring parents
into contact with the schools.
"Many Of the gamblers and pimps have
been made such because they have not
been trained for a trade and did not get
the discipline that comes from doing
special work and getting money Tor IL.
The important thing In an Immigrant
neiehborhood is vocational education.
The majority OF the children are Obliged
to leave school at the age OF fourteen ana
they get into blind alley occupations by
the time they reach twenty they are earn
ing so little that they are willing to take
the line of least resistance. The educa-
tional system has neglected them at the
most critical period Of their lives. Go
into n schoolroom, with its refined atmos-
phere. and you will wonder how any OF
these girls could go wrong. But after
ward when they go out into the world
and in the factory they begin to think
n, how they can have good time. The
great majority of the children or immi-
Grants drop out OF the schools at the end
OF the sixth grade
.orbe moral dangers to the child I'm the
transitional period Of rapid changes are
serious, because he can develop into
nerson devoid of deep loyalty This is
serious danger in any environment in a
constant state Of fiux. This Is one OF the
threatening moral dangers OF city life,
with it's tenements and flats. Living In
a fat not infrequently results In fiat
living All the finer fruits Of civilization
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
Pavement Schools of the Slums

have come from a people who have time
to anchor. We must prevent the child
OF the immigrant from becoming a moral
nomad by connecting him with his
parental past, by inculcating In him a.
reverence and a loyalty for those fine
social and moral traditions that counter
act a too pronounced individualism In the
younger generation. We must I'll him
with mission to contribute the best OF
that heritage to the America of the fut-
ure.
"The parent, too. is not free from an
obligation TO recognize the new surround
ings. the new world OF ideas. His insti-
tutions. his churches and synagogues
must translate the precious moral and
spiritual traditions in terms of the child's
experience. There are, happily. signs OF
such intelligent adaptabillty i'm church
and synagogue. A new Talmud school OF
New York was recently opened, and 1t
has playground attached. And the Jew
ish Community Of the City of New York
is revising its system OF religious In
struction on a more modern basis. Ethi-
cal craftsmanship demands that We make
a connection between the precious tradi-
tions OF the parent and the newer ideals
of our young democracy. What we must
do is to conceive OF the future American
as a blend, a person combining the past
civilizations OF the Old World with the
finer fruits Of our new civilization. This
IL the challenge OF the ethical statesman
ship involved in the rearing Of tha immi-
grant child"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
THE TESTING LABORATORY.

"The public has read good deal con-
cerning the effective working Of the bu-
reau Of efficiency which you established
in your department in December. Have
you made other radical departures from
the old methods In trying TO make the city
spend its money with some slight display
Of intellgence7" asked the caller.
Yes, we are tacHiing the problem OF
waste from another angle" the Comn1is'
sioner went on. I'm connection with the
bureau Of efficiency we organized a stand
ard testing laboratory to analyze the pur-
chases made by the thirty or forty suDdl-
visions Of New York's city government.
In many respects this laboratory Is
UNIQUE. It's purpose is TO fix definite
standards 70 which various commodities
must conform. Previous to the establish
rnent of this laboratory purchases were
made in a haphazard way. Coal. for eX-
ample, was purchased by some fifteen or
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
AN APPLIED DEFINITION.

e. Trowbridge Dana, grandson OF the
poet Longfelow, who was recently mar
ried in Cambridge with beautiful ritual
OF his own composition, said the other oay
TO a reporter: A..
'If all couples gave to marriage 'ne
nrofound thought and reverence that my
s,ifo and give to It there would be FEWER
mismatings. .,...
"The average married pair, u soHie''"'e'
seems to me, are like the blhkses'
pa said little Tommy sinks one oa''
what's a weapon .a
"a weapon, my son. Binks answered.
is something TO fight with.
'"Then, pa said little Tommy i ''''
your weaponT"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
THE EXPLANATION.

Al 4 crab supper in honor OF lHonlaS
q pvan during convention week in Bal.
timore a Congressman said, apropo' "
Mr.. Bryan's attack en- Mr. Ryan
81, for my part, am against TINS iiiuon o.,u
rok,ng and mud singing. Why should our
public men be kept continually under '''e
lash?" ,,r
There was a murmur Of approval MI.
RYAN held up his hand 10 quiet H. 'he'
smiled and said IT,.
"After all. gentlemen. IL you are IN inc
public eye you must inevltaoiy "e ''''0'
the lash"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
PUTS 1T UP TO THE PEOPLE.

What We need as citizens Is somebody
TO translate for us-translate our graft
into tuberculosis, because there is not
money enough to check 1t; translate our
padded payrolls into increased infant MOI
tality: translate Pittsburgh's Common
Council into the appalling social condl-
tions Of Pittsburgh. And then we have.
on the other hand, the opportunity 10
translate efficiency and honesty and al
able administration not necessarily into
the terms of a decreased tax rate, but
into broad, constructive social measures
which mean life, health and comfort 10
the people.
II thoroughly believe that IL we clearly
understood just what the appalling COS,
OF misgovernment is, II somebody could
translate for us from the cause to the
real effect, and If We could see the In
evltable and relentless connection between
inefficient government on one hand and
intolerable social conditions on the other
I believe We have enough pent-up moral
indignation In New York and in every
other city in the land to make efficient
government not a matter of political Jug
glery, but matter of stern necessity ur-
der the compelling hand of the people"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
foolish Waste and Foolish FugaIy in City Affairs Says Fosdck
He Dissects for The Tribune the Various Kinds
of Graft, and Says This Ancient Bugbear Is Dis
appearing fromNew York's Municipal Life
A Few Words Upon Gordian Knots He
Has Severed with an Axe.

twenty departments under fifteen or TWEEN
ty different kinds Of specifications.
To-day there is one uniform specihca~
ton, and instead of paying for any grace
of coal which the contractors may care
to furnish, we are literally buying thornnl
heat units. We pay for heat value, not for
bulk. Every barGeload Of coal is sampled
and analyzed before delivery is made.
"The saving which has been effected In
the city's purchase Of this one Item has
more than covered the entire expenses of
the laboratory since its establishment
amounting to $4,000 a month
Are there many other commodities
analyzed In the bureau besides coal?'
was the next query.
Coal is only "A single item out OF ore
hundred and fifty which are continually
being analysed" was the reply. "Sponges'
dynamite, foodstuffs, paint, paper-any-
thing. IN fact. that is susceptible Of
physical or chemical analysis forms
legitimate object of examination. The re
suits are sometimes astonishing.
For instance vast quantities or oats
ARE purchased by the city for the hun
dreds OF horses In use in the different
departments. Previously any oats thari
looked clean were accepted. To-Day the'
laboratory rejects large percentage usu-
ally because the commodity is found TO bs'
Of an inferior grade. bleached with sui,
phurfc acid
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
a DISTINCT vERNACULAR.

The baseball reporters English is
weird and wonderful, and spropos OF II
there is a story about tho great Ty Cobo'
In a New York hotel two college pro-
fessors watched Ty Cobb bent over
newspaper
Look at the poor fellows frowns and
mutterings," said the firstA professor
with that journal"
yes" said the other, he can't make
it out, you know"
cant make 1t out, eh? can't even
read! I knew they were an uneducated
lot"
ooh" said the other "Ty's educated
all right enough but that's the baseball
page he's got there"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
LoPraG OFF THE ENDS.

Robert Henri, the noted artist, was
talking at dinner IN New York, about
the over-finished and banal work OF
painters Of the Bouguereau type.
Leighton, the English Bouguereau,
met Whistler" said Mr.. Henri, "one day
in Piccadilly. The two men sauntered
through the Burlington Arcade talking
art.
but, my dear Whistler said Leigh
ton, you leave your work so rough. so
sketchy, My dear Whistler. why do you
never hnish?'
whistler screwed his glass into his eye
and gave a fiendish laugh.
my dear Leighton he said, why do
YOU ever begin'?'
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
Retiring Commissioner of Accounts Thinks Aver.
age Municipality Spends Half Its Income Like
Drunken Sailor" and Then Finds Itself
Forced to Retrench in Expenditure
of the Other Half.

the selling Of projections the thing
which municipalities all over the land
must fight the hardest"
What do you think should be done in
New York to bring victory out Of such
a fight?"
The trouble here lies not with the
officials, but with the citizens" was the
reply. 1T is the citizen who wants to
get something TO which he Is not entitled
that constitutes the chief difficulty. A
man who wants a privilege which under
the law he ought not TO get, or protec-
ton in the conduct Of some illegal busi-
ness, is willing to pay the price, with the
result that a weak public official succumbs
TO temptation. We need to reform our
citizens as much as we do our public
officials. After all. the moral level OF
government will never rise above the
moral level OF the citizens behind IT, You
cannot have efficient and honest govern
ment until you have efficient and honest
citizens"
What measures have YOU adopted since
you took Office TO stop leaks and prevent
dishonesty" the reporter asked.
in my Office during this administra-
ton we have been particularly interested
in developing the business side of the
government, so as to eliminate the pos
sibility Of money leaking from the public
treasury through dishonesty. We have
also, to a certain extent, tackled the other
side of the graft question-that is. the
selling of privileges and concessions and
protection for a price. our force is so
limited. however that when it comes to a
proposition like the Police Department we
are greatly handicapped.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
MODERN BOHEMIA.

Addison Miner. the man about town,
lamented al roof garden supper In New
York the decay OF bohemlanism.
"Thc bohemiansm OF Murger-where is
it?" he said Nowhere. Search the
Boulevard des ualiens, search Piccadilly'
search the Great White Way-you'n find
nothing but cold, calculating. mercenary
hearts.
"In a lobster palace, over woodcock
and bottle Of champagne, I once heard
a mlddle-aged wldower say srdently 10
beautiful show girl:
"Tt Is true that 7 am slightly older
than yourself, but you must remember
that a man is as young as he feels, and
as for me-
"But the show girl interrupted codly.
"'Oh. don't caro- anything about
that she said The only thing that In
terests me is whether you are as rich as
Won look "
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
A LIB Ell.

Chairman Ollie James, al dinner our
ing the Democratic convention in Balti-
more, praised the South.
ut is a libel on the South to deem ~
sleepy" he said. Indignantly INC
sleepy South forsooth. Why. 7 believe
that there are certain untravelled Ameri-
cans who actually believe there Is some
truth in the drummer's yarn about Nola
Chucky.
"A soap drummer you know, declared
that on a hot August afternoon he pene-
trated into the back room OF a Nola
Chucky grocery, 10 find the blinds down
and the grocer taking nap upon a heap
of dusty potato bags.
Colonel said the drummer, there's
two customers In the store
SSH said the grocer. putting his
finger on his lip Ssh, Keep quiet.
Make no noise. They'll go away again,
unthIe'"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
BIG CHANCE FOR SAVING.

"The Importance Of laboratory OF thisl
kind can be estimated when IL is reailzeo
that the city Of New York expends ar-
proximately 100000 a year for the puf-
chase of supplies. Prior 10 the esta5-
ushment Of the labora tory these materials
were obtained for the greater part under
vague and Inadequate specifications which
left their acceptance or rejection to the
Judgment OF a man who might or mlghr |
not have accurate knowledge OF the com
modities purchased"
How does this waste appear In the
departments Of our own government mere
in New York;"
There is not enough money TO 60
around" the Commissioner said. I'm
spite OF the huge sums expended an
nually by New York we are always poor.
Our public treasury is always low. For
example. the budget of New York FOR
1912 approximates the huge sum Of $3.50
COO 900. This sum represents expenditures
for current needs.
Gwen with this amount OF money New
York is unable to care for it's eighty thou
sand school children on part time in It's
public schools. It had to refuse adii-
Department and food inspectors in the
division of food inspection. It was un-
able properly TO take care Of the ambu-
lance service and could not handle the
! requests for more inspectors of the milk
supply.
| 1T was unable TO grant the request OF
the Commissioner OF Public Charities for
new hospital facilities. with the result
that our public hospitals are pronounced
| by experts 10 be twenty-five years le
| hind the times. II left untouched the
penal institutions. with their overcrowied
| and often unsanitary jails and work
| houses. In spite of its slso0oo0D budget
New York is poor. There is not enough
| money TO go around"
did you find plenty of work to be done
when you first opened up as TIE eye Of
New York's taxpaying multitude" the
reporter inquired.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
OUR FEArHERED FRIENDS.

Rose Pastor Phelps Stokes, during a
recent visit to Philadelphia, told at a
charity society country week story.
Under an old apple tree" she said i
gathered a half-dozen little country week
ers about me one August afternoon, and
holding up book, l said
Now. children, I'm going to read TO
you This is the book. 1t Is called our
Feathered Friends Who are our feath-
cred friends? Does any ono known
The urchins on the grass regarded one
another doubtfully; then little chap
piped in shrll key:
"'Angelsv"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
COMP ROMIS Sc.

Champ Clark, during the Baltimore
deadlock. told a reporter a compromise
story.
"Compromisos." he said. always strike
ono as UNPLEASANT and unsatisfactory.
There was once In the Ozarks a boy
vino, on reaching the age Of fifteen. in
sisted on having a watch TO wear. But
his father refused him the watch. Cant
AFFORD no sech foolshness,' lie said.
"'Then, by heck. I'll leave home said
the lad, and he went up TO the attic and
began TO pack his carpet bag
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
A NATURE STUDENT.

The late John r. Arbuckle, the coffee
merchant, who lett an estate Of $1,000
900. often said that part Of his success
was due to his knowledge OF human
nature.
"In selling coffee" Mr.. Arbuckle once
said TO n New York coffee broker, you
should exercise the samo keen discretion
which the druggist showed.
"a woman. you know, a woman well on
in years, entered druggists and said:
"'IIave you got any creams for restor-
ing tho complexion
"Restorlng, miss? You mean preserv-
ing.' said the druggist heartily.
And he then sold tho woman sl7 worth
of complexion creams"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
NONE TOO HONEST.

Ex-senator Chauncey Depew was dis
cussing IN Washington the methods OF a
certain corporation.e
"such methods" said Senator Depew,
may not be considered dishonest by some
people, but they remind me Of the reply
OF the debutante of 1900.
"'Does your fiance know your ageT a
girl friend rather cruelty asked this de-
butante. as they sat on the beach mend
ing their bathing suits.
'Wef-partly,' was the reply"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
A HERCUlEAN TASK.

Plenty doesn't express H." said Mr..
Fosdick. zone who starts out TO clint
nate waste in municipal government
finds himself confronted with a herculean
task. Ii is popularly believed that any
honest man of medium ability can run
tho business of a city.
'"rhe head Of a large commercial hous.
said to me only the other day: You dom.
need scientific principles to cut out waste
in city government; any intelligent
office boy can do It with an axe.
"A statement of this kind is vide OF
the mark. Municipal government is
big, complex machine It's functions are,
intricate and involved. Its relations 10
health and progress are vital. II n
combination Of diverse businesses. II r.
so far above the comprehension Of IN
Office boy that even college president
sometimes make bad business OF II. snt
men Of wide experience in other lines 80
far afeld IN trying to run II.
Not only is the subject intricate and
difficult, but Il presents obstacles with
which a private concern is utterly un-
acquainted. Our ingenious political
scheme OF turning things upside down.
every two or four years makes systematic
plens for the steady and consistent de-
velopment of municipal work almost TN
possible.
Our civil service regulations, serving
as they often do TO keep in Office men
who are unfit for the positions they hold,
constitute an almost insurmountable bar
rier to efficiency. Our official red tape.
sometimes so difficult 10 circumvcnt: the
frequent confusion of our laws, the rigid !
ity Of our budgets, preventing reward
where reward Is due-thcse are some of
the factors that promote waste in public
work by making the path 10 efficiency
hard These are the stumbling blocks for
those who seek TO apply business stand
ards TO governmental problems
How can this be remedied and the
money that is wasted directed into chan
nels where il will benefit the citizens who
supply it?"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
TURNING THE TABLES.

Ripley Hitchcock, the literary critic ana
adviser, OF New York, was talking at the
Century Club. about well-to-do author
whose work was falling off.
His case" said Mr.. Hitchcock re-
minds ME OF a young landscape painter.
Yes the young man said to me at
studio tea-he was devouring lettuce
sandwiches ravenously at the time-yes,
get bad pay for good work. but never
theless I am content
"Content in your love OF artF IN
quired. ....
"Crushinr a handful Of macaroons into
his mouth. he answered.
"'Content in the thought that II i've
long enough Iii get good pay for bad
work "
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11

with an ample income ne is bankrupt.
He either does not understand. or pro-
fesses not to understand, that his poverty
is due to his prodigality, and that his
failure to meet his full obligations as a
householder and citizen is attributable
not to any lack Of funds, but to waste In
their spending"
Then you believe there is no reason
why city cannot be run with perfect
efficiency so far as the amount of APP
preparations usually allowed is con-
cerned?"