Putnam patriot., 1912-11-22
Editorial Scraps

Editorial Scraps
President Taft issued a pfoclama-
ton fixing the rates that the foreign
shipping Of the world shall pay for
passage through the Panama canal.
The proclamation, made under author
ity of the canal act passed by Congress
in August, establishes merchant YES
sci rate of 81 20 per net ton Of actuul
carrying capacity with reduction Of
DO per cent on ships in ballast. Amer
lean coastwise shipping is exempted
frop toll payment by congress.
Horrifying tales Of atrocities perpe-
trated on both sides in the war in Tur.
Key are beginning 10 appear, and more
may be expected Some will be true
and some will be false.
With 81 .090 contributors 10 his cam
palgn fund of 81 100000, Gov. Wilson
easily leads his two rivals for pfesiden-
tial honors IN the matter of popular fl
nancial support. The money came
from all sorts Of people in all sorts Of
circumstances, and nothing like ii was
there ever before in presidential cam
/. paigning
A correspondent of the London M
ton expresses to his eountrymen his
establishment at the order of our presi
Dental election. lie says there is "lit-
lie of the sustained tumultousness
that marks a British general election
no platform stormed, or meetings
turned into riots, or speakers howIed
down, or heads consistently broken
He says that "the good humor and
fairness of the ordinary citizen make
of the election of the chief magistrate a
most decent and impressive proceed
ing, far more decent and impressive
than the election of a British parlia-
ment.n
Hereafter the governor of New
Hampshire will be elected by plurality
vote instead of a majority vote, As at
present. An amendment providing
for this change in the constitution was
adopted by the voters at the election
made public by the secretary OF state
al Concord, n. II.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson announced
at New York Friday night that imme.
diately after his Inauguration as presi-
dent of the United States, he would
call an extraordinary session of con.
eress, TO convene not later than April
10, for The purpose of revising The
tariff. The president-eleet sailed foI
Bermuda at O'Clock Friday Afternoon
for vacation and will return on De
eember 10,
George Glover fl led in the Merrimac
n. H., superior court "A petition tol
leave to amend his bill contesting The
validity of the S3,000,o00 left to the
Christian Science church by his moth
er, the late Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy
The petition comprises seven printed
pages and alleges that the practice Of
Christian Science has been grievously
harmful to the health OF The people OF
New Hampshire and Will continue tC
be harmful SO long MS IL is allowed tc
20 OH
Quoting from j. Hampton Moore
president of the Atlantic Deeper Wa
terways association, at the annual
meeting of the state board of trade
Senator +. W. Hooker said; "There il
more real business along the Connect
cut valley than there Is on the entir,
Mississippi river, 1000 miles long. 1eI
Notwithstanding that millions of dol
lars have already been spent in canal
izing the rapids OF the Columbia rive
in " Washington and Oregon, farther
from the ocean than Springfield i,
from The sea the rapids Of the Connec
licnt have been SO formidable that
probable cost of = 600 900 To overcom,
Them has made congress afraid 10 tao
kIe the problem.
The man of the hour IS Ferdinand o
Bulgaria. II is his well trained army
which has whipped the Turks and pen
etrated almost To the gates of Constan
tinople. Ii is believed that his ambi
tion is TO rule over much of European
Turkey, united 10 his own Bulgaria, a,
Gear Simon II. Ferdinand was 4
Prince of SaXe-Coburg and Goths
when he was selected TO succeed the
Battenberg prince who had abdicated
Senator Mclean says: "If the demo
cratic party redeems its platform
pledges in its revision of the tariff,
republican congress will be elected in
1914 and a republican president in
1916, provided the republican party
can rid itself of its present suicidal
mania. To do this its leaders, repre-
seniing both factions, must prefer the
trophies of reason and patriotism 10
those OF revenge and personal amhi-
fion.n