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Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-24

er vehicles for the delivery of parcels.
Beyond doubt, Chicago will receive the
largest volume OF business in the new
service OF any city. New York, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia have received ap.
propriatlons Of $4,000 each for parcel
delivery.
The Parcel Post Hospital"
Another feature upon which postof-
fee department officials are putting
much thought Is the parcel post hos
pitai." to correspond to the Sead letter
Office. One example OF an office In
London Is cited. A clerk had sixty-one
loose address labels and these were
the articles which had lost their ad-
dresses: Ten geese, nine ducks, six
rabbits, four dolls. six boxes Of cigars,
one tin trumpet, one ostrich feather.
two powder puffs, one toy locomotive,
three Jars of Jam. one plum cake,
plum pudding, one ~wbeelbarrow, one
seed cake. one bottle of gin and two
bottles of whisky-Bfty articles and
sixty-one labels.
All trouble might have been avoided
had the public packed their articles In
diligently.
Express Rates to Be Changed.
The express companies are meeting
the rates In effect under the parcel post
Jaw. They will compete for the par
cells that come within the scope Of the
Bourne act. 1t is the purpose Of the
express people to try to hold their busi-
ness in the towns and cities. They
cannot deliver their parcels In the ru-
raj districts.
II the express companies cut their
rates to compete with the parcel post
law, starting with New York as n cen
trail point or basis, the following re-
ductions must be made: From 20
cents on a one, two or three pound
package, within fifty miles Of New
York, to s, 8 or II cents; from 30 eents
on Il four or five pound package to IA
or II cents, and from 30 cents on a
six, seven. eight, nine, ten or eleven
pound package to 20, %, 26. 20, 80 or
50 cents.
Six pounds, about the medium weight
for a parcel, viii be carried by the
p~ostof1ce department 80 miles for 20
cents, 100 for &c, 200 or 800 for 80, 400
or 500 or 600 for SO cents and 1000
for A. For the same service the ex-
press companies would charge: One
hundred miles for 30 cents, 200 for As.
300 or 400 miles for so, 500 miles for
SO, 600 miles for so, 700 or 500 or 900
for 10 and 1000 for 80.
The parcel post package annot weigh
more han eleven pounds, but one can
send ~sixty-six pounds In six packages
fifty miles for 1920, for which the ex-
press companies charge S305. A COM
parison Of aggregates shows that the
express companies charge $51.50 fos'
what the parcel post will charge $3S.2S.
The parcel post rate reduction from
the present express charges is 25.67
per cent.
In order to meet the competition bet
ter the express companies will increase
their delivery force and employ the
most modern equipment. The contest
is to be spirited.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-24
SIMPLIFY LIFE.

1t is astonishing as well as sad
how many trivial affairs even the
wisest mas thinks he must attend to
in a day, how singular an affair he
thinks he must omit. When the
mathematician would solve a diff
cult problem he first frees the equa-
hon Of all membranes and reduces
it to its simplest terms. So simplify
the problem Of life, distinguish the
necessary and The real.--Thoreau.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-24
He Was Afraid.

stairs In the dark last nlght2" asked a
woman of her little son recently.
Yes, / was a little afraid" answer
ed the boy.
But what were you afraid OFF,
asked the mother. Him." said the
boy. IL was afraid there wouldn't be
any doughnuts KANSAS City Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-24
YOURSELF.

If you wish to be miserable you
must think about yourself. about
what you want, what you like, what
respect people ought to pay you.
and then to you nothing viii be
pure. You will spoil everything
you touch. you will make SIN and
misery Tor yourself out Of everything
which God sends you. and you
will be as wreiched as you choose.
Charles Kingsley.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-24
Each Has Lifehoat Ticket.

The Togo Kisen Kalsha Steamship
company of Japan has introduced a
new feature in the direction of provid
ing for the safety OF its passengers.
To each ticket sold is attached a cot
pom representing q certain seat IN a
lifeboat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-24
Maybe Not.

BIobbs-Good thing Methuselah was
"A man and not a woman. Slobbs-
Whyi Biobbs-Well. II he had been q
wonan we would never have known
how old she really was.-Philadeiphia
Record.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
Welcome, Christmas.

Christmasl 1t is. almost here again.
The star which led the wise men to
the manger throne is rising in the same
sky it made glorious near 1000 years
ago. All the universe is watching for
the radiance which warns our hearts
and lights our pathway. What an event
it was in Bethlehem to grip each new
million souls as they come upon the
earth with the passing centuries and
lead them to worship on its anniver-
sary.
How much we have to be thankful
for on this Christmas OF 1913, in ma
ton, in city, and in individual home.
Peace and plenty, freedom and health.
Isn't it enough to make those more
fortunate in the possession of material
things to open their hearts and purses
to the poor?
Here, in the Capital, year after year,
the Christmas spirit glows and spreads
afar its warming, cheering benehcence.
No danger that the call of the needy
will not be answered in Washington.
It's busy time for all our charitable
organizations, but their task is not laid
down until every want has been sup
piled. There is no tagging this year.
People of means are seizing upon the
fourteen opportunities to do real,
permanent good offered them by the
Associated Charities; merchants are
planning their annual gifts of warm
clothing and food; societies of good
fellows" are preparing to carry joy
to hundreds of homes that might pos
sibly be overlooked by others.
Best of all, no one is too poor to
have a share in the delights of max
ing others happy. A little act of kind
ness, a cheering word, costs nothing.
1t may inspire and uplift a despondent
one or dispel a crouch. The Christ
mas spirit is in the air. Let's well
come it all together.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

paradoxical position of extracting hap
piness out of gloom.
Nearly every one had sad story to
relate of business depression and in
the same breath was predicting that
long before the next Presidential cleo
ton the country would be literally
crying aloud for the Republican party
to come back into power. 1t was no.
ticeable that there was very little per-
sonal criticism of President Wilson.
The fault-fnding was entirely with
Democratic policies.
The talk of the committeeman, the
utterance of Representative Mann, and
the speech of Representative Hum
phrey, of Washington, in which he
gave a list of lumber mills already
closed down in his State, shows that
the Republicans have united upon
program of making political capital out
of such untoward business conditions
as the country may unhappily expert
ence. The role of a calamity howler
is not pleasant one, and whether the
Republicans will gain anything by their
declared policy will depend altogether
upon the truth of their assertions.
They must know that this country is
too sensible and has too much at stake
to be talked into season of hard
times, nor will the American people be
convinced that the commercial atmos-
phere is heavy when they know by per-
sonal experience that it is bright and
clear.
If, which heaven forbid, distress
should come, the Republican orators
will not have TO proclaim the fact
from the housetops. If prosperity con-
tinues, pessimistic speeches will fall
upon deaf ears. The prophets of evil
must be sure of their facts before they
go ahead, as otherwise their doleful ut
terances will be as idle as the wind.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
DANIELS PAYS TRIBUTE
TO DEAD NAVY OFFICER
Secretary Issues Statement on Death
of Capt. F. M. Chaplin, Former
Commander of Wyoming.

Secretary of the Navy Daniels yester-
day made public the following state
ment concerning Capt. Frederick VI.
Chaplin, L. S. N. who. until his death
at the Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, on
Thursday. was in command OF the flag
ship Wyoming:
The death of Capt. Chaplin removes
one of the ablest and most resourceful
Officers in the navy. He lived long
enough and served in positions Of such
responsibility as to write his name high
on the naval temple of fame.
1T had been my good fortune to come
into close personal relation with Capt.
Chaplin on his ship. My admiration for
his high qualities as an officer ripened
into warm personal regard, and my
deepest sympathy goes out to his family
and to the navy in the loss Of a brave
officer and a noble gentleman. An Of
hcer of the Wyoming will be detailed TO
accompany the body of Capt. Chaplin to
Erie, as a representative of the navy"
Owing to the death of Capt. Chaplin a
reassignment of commands in the battle
ship fleet has been made as follows:
Capt. James H. GIennon, recently
ordered to command the Florida, will
command the Wyoming. Capt. William
r. Rush. who had been assigned to the
North Dakota, will take the Florida
Capt. Charles P. Plunkett. who has been
in com<aand of the South Dakota, will
take command OF the North Dakota.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
With the Political Procession.
By y. D. @.

made that Indiana, without a Republican
member OF Congress in House or Senate,
had no member of the Congressional COM
mlttee. Then It developed that Chairman
Woods had given attention TO that matter
long ago. and had asked the regular or
ganization out in the State 10 name some
one for the honor and hard work, some
one resident in Washington preferred. but
citizen OF Indiana who was careful In
going home to vote and in watching
affairs throughout the State. Chairman
Goodrich, of the Indiana State organiza-
tion, who is also the member OF the
national committee. was consulted some
time back about the vacancy, and with
the true Indiana caution he submitted
list of three or more able Republicans
fitted for the job without indicating his
personal preference. Senator Hemenway
was equally cautions in advising Chair
man Woods, who was told only OF each
mans special fitness, so that the Iowa
statesman can make his own selection
and the Indiana leaders can avoid friction
or responsibility. 1t is evident that the
Woods committee will give unusual atten-
ton to certain Hoosier districts, and the
member chosen will be given work enough
to do from the time he Is picked as the
one able TO deliver the goods.
Senator Hemenway remarked Incl
dentally but with evident satisfaction
that Senator Penrose had taken hold OF
things in Pennsylvania in the good. old
way that promised a return of the good
old Keystone figures that alwaysSgave
Joy throughout the Union on election
night The Indiana statesman was re-
Gently in Pennsylvania on business and
did not overlook the political proposition
as he went along. He rejoiced TO ind the
Penrose organization softly and deftly
taking hold in every school district In a
way that would make Quay and the old
guard gasp with envy and admiration.
To the Hemenway mind the Penrose
methods calls for the more admiration
because there is no OVERRIDING II, no fam
fare OF trumpets or declaration-simply
showing into harmonious juncture Of once
discordant elements and a general jack
ing up of languid ones for a battle front
next year never equaled- in the best days
Of the Camerons, father and son, or
Quay and his retinue in more recent
years Hemenway observed that the
Penrose hand was guiding things, and
could not fail TO put Pennsylvania in the
forefront of the Republican procession
long before the 1916 campaign. The post
script of the Hemenway comment was a
fervent wish for a similar stirring up and
result in Indiana.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21

Roy Waugh, one Of the few remaining
Republican Federal officials In West Vir-
gtnia, came in from the modest village
of Buchanan. in Upshur County, for
general going over of matters, political
with Capt. Avis, Howard sutherland, and
other West Virginia party leaders now
doing business in Washington. Waugh
is United States attorney for the north
ern half OF his State and is calmly await
Ing the White House action on Senator
Chilton's designation of Stuart Walker
for the appointment. The administration
has not been hasty in selecting Federal
attorneys in any States, and they have
usually served out their terms, so Waugh
has no complaint to make and wonders
only when Walker will ask for the keys
OF the office. As a. young man, Waugh
can expect a considerable future In West
Virginia affairs, and he took pains to
talk over every section of the State with
Republicans In or out OF Congress who
happened to be in town during his stay.
With Senator Con- at the age of seventy
and the blum old leader, Senator Scott,
also past the three-score-and-ten mark. 1t
Is apparent that the young Republicans
like Davis Elkins, Attorney Waugh, and
those of the House delegation are goins to
run things from now on, and they are get
ting ready for It.. First of all. they will
make sure of Republican Congressman
from the First District, which includes
Wheeling. the largest city in the State.
A special election two months ago
sent Democrat, but care will be taken
next year to pick Republican candi-
date who will restore the normal ma
jority. W. E. Wells, the long-headed
head of a big pottery corporation, at
the very apex Of the famous Pan
handle, is the one most favored by the
regular Republicans. who, in recent
years. have learned to value the Wells
way of doing things. He is a new
citizen Of West Virginia, having moved
across the river from Ohio. but FIVE
years residence is considered enough
for political acclimatization in any
State. and, besides, Ohio sent both
Scott and Elkins to West Virginia, that
they might be Senators. II Wells is
the nominee for Congress a year later
he will give the district such a stirring
up as it has not known in a genera
tion, and. from the Waugh observa-
tions. 1t seems quite certain that the
pottery magnate will be a powerful
factor in next years affairs, whether
he reaches for the Congressional honor
or not.
During the Hemenway- Woods going
over OF things the other night remark was
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
POLITICAL SITUATION.

There is to be a change in the syS-
TEN of representation in future Repub-
Hcan national conventions.
The meeting of the Republican Ma
tional Committee in this city last week
assures this fact. The States in which
Republicans have chance to win are
hereafter to have larger share in the
selection of a nominee for the Presi-
dencv. OF course, this is as it should
be. No longer will it be possible for
the delegates from the Southern States,
which are solidly Democratic, to play
such a prominent part in the selection
of a Republican candidate. In the
event that there are several asplrants
in the field, these Southern delegates,
provided they are unanimous in their
choice, may hold the balance OF power,
as they have frequently done in the
past but in the future this contingency
is exceedingly remote.
Briefly stated, the new scheme, IN
accordance with the time-honored Gus
tom of the Republican party, recognizes
the Congressional district as a unit,
but gives one delegate to each district,
instead of two, as formerly, and also
adds one delegate for each 1900 Re-
publican votes. This means, of course,
a very material reduction in Southern
representation, no less than ninety-two
votes being taken away from ten States
in the so-called solid South, leaving
their representation at 10 per cent. The
total membership of the national con-
vention will not be greatly changed.
but will approximate oSS delegates. II
the system now proposed, with Hawaii,
Porto Rico, and the Philippines Topped
off, had been in vogue in 1912, Tafts
strength would have been reduced Io9
votes. 1t is even a greater reduction
than was proposed by the Republican
Congressional committee.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
Accepted by the South.

There was, of course, some protest
from the national committeeman from
Southern States. They could not be
expected to agree to a reduction of al
most one-half the numerical strength
of their delegations without objection.
At the same time, the antagonism
was neither serious nor prolonged. In
the very nature of things, it could not
be effective The Southern Republic
ans realized that the events which oc-
Cured at Chicago last year had every
thing to do with the revolt against
President Taft and fthe consequent
Democratic victory. They also knew
that until conditions were changed
there was no chance of a return of
the Republican party to power. Under
these circumstances, they were willing
to be sacrificed for the practical rea-
son that it is better to have Offices
than delegates. They have made some
SdCIllSS, II Is IIuS, Uul II Is not as
much as some of the more radical
members of the committee would have
desired There were radical PROPOSE
tons under consideration, but they
were compromised upon basis which,
in the end, recognizes the Congress
sional district, even though that dis
trict may be eternally Democratic.
The fact that the convention idea
was abandoned and that the South was
not entirely ignored is a tribute to
the leadership of Senator Borah, of
Idaho. Senator Cummins, of Iowa,
notwithstanding an earnest and elo-
quent argument, failed to impress his
advocacy of a convention upon the
committee. If, in the future, Senator
Borah should appear as Presidential
aspirant it will be found that he i'm
measurably strengthened himself among
the party leaders by his dominant in
fluence in the proceedings of the gath
ering here last week.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
WHO EVER HEARD OF SUCH THINGS?

Cranberry j. Dec :Whn colony of damned the outlet
a and resto wnn
we're
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The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
On the Brandeis Order.

Efficiency measurement is the fad
of the day. 1t may be developed into
such usefulness that it will become an
accurate and permanent institution in
our economic and social life At the
present, however, the batting average
by which the baseball player is valued
is a criterion unknown in any other
avocation. He is known by his hits.
How generally used the standard is
Chicago judge has demonstrated. A
shortstop was defendant before his bar
on a charge of larceny of an over
coat. Without facetious commentary
upon the possibility of the sturdy in
fielder before him having developed
kleptic tendencies through stealing
bases, this judge asked merely:
What is your batting average?"
The shortstop named .2S7 as his
figure; and the wise judge discharged
him; for, said the judge, you can't
be very bad with batting average like
that"
When those of us whose participa-
tion in the national game is vicarious
and vocal, being that of the jealous
observer and gratuitous counselor in
the stands, have business with the po-
lice Our efficiency ratings are deplor-
ably generalistic. Beyond the introduc-
ton of evidence from character wit
nesses" as to our reputation for truth
and veracity, for sobriety and honesty,
in the estimation of a public that usual
ly doesn't care enough about us to
know whether we have or have not any
of those compensating virtues, We have
nc testimony as to our usefulness or
to offer in our behalf.
Perhaps if when we found ourselves
facing stern justice as a result of some
peccadillo we could say that we had a
bookkeeping average of .oo6, or had
fioorwalked above BOO for two seasons,
or had a win record of over 700 in
the physicians league, there would be
less difficulty in estimating our de-
serts of good and evil.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
A Referendum to the States.

The proposition to refer the resolu-
ton adopted by the National Commit
tee to a referendum of State conven-
tions was first suggested in these COL
umns several weeks ago, when its ad-
vantage, economy, and effectiveness
were fully commented upon. 1t was
adopted as being essentially progressive.
The work of preparing "an address"
setting forth an explanation of the
action of the committee has been in
trusted to a subcommittee, consisting
of Warren of Michigan, Hatfield, of
West Virginia, and Hadley of Mis-
souri, 1t is not without significance
that all of these men were either per-
sonally identified with the Roosevelt
movement OF 1912, or are from States
which declared for Roosevelt in the
preference primaries. This address"
will be read at each Republican State
convention next year, and when the
resolution has been ratified by two
thirds of the normally Republican
States it will be recognized as binding
upon the party. There is no arbitrary
rule as to how these conventions may
be brought together, but the idea is to
have them as representative as posi-
BILE of the rank and file of the organi-
zation. There is no doubt now as to
the solicitude of the Republican leaders
to give the fullest expression to the
popular will AS many of the con.
vention delegates will be elected by pri-
maries, this result will be accomplished.
In the meantime, there will be a
campaign of education among the vot-
ers. This will hardly be necessary.
Nine-tenths of the Republicans through
out the country, irritated over the con-
ditions which led last year to the re-
nomination of President Taft, want
change The fact that there is pro-
posed to be a reduction in Southern
representation and an increase of del
egates from Republican States is suffi-
cient. The conventions will ratify the
resolution adopted by the National
Committee as soon as they know its
purpose, without caring in the slight
est degree for the details by which the
change is to be accomplished.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-21
Not Downcast Nor Forlorn.

The Republicans who gathered for
the meeting of the committee were
neither downcast nor forlorn. The
large attendance was in itself signifi-
can't Members of the committee came
to Washington from almost every
State and thus gave evidence not only
OF practical devotion to their party, but
of belief that its future is not hopeless.
Even in the palmiest days of Repub-
lican power the percentage of attend
ance was not larger. Optimism was
rampant Everybody seemed to be I'M
bued with the belief that it was only
a question of a short time before the
Republicans would again be in control
of national affairs. The party was said
TO be reuniting from the bottom up
ward under the pressure of the neces-
sity of delivering the country from
Democratic rule. Rightly or wrongly,
every eve looked through rose-tinted
spectacles. In olden times, Democrat
was regarded as the most hopeful of
human beings. Today the Republican
takes his place.
Coupled with this optimism was the
disposition to make every possible con-
cession to the progressive sentiment in
the rank and file of the party. Nobody
can say in the future that the Repub-
lican party is a boss-ridden organiza-
tion, with lot of standpat leaders
riding madly in the saddle. There
never was, in all the history of the
party, 4 set of men so anxious to do
the popular will as the men who gath
cred here last week. Barnes and Borah,
Crane and Hadley. and Smoot and
Hatfield worked together. Believing
that there is demand everywhere for
the recognition of State primaries, the
committee agreed that hereafter when
a State elects delegates to a national
convention, the action shall be regard
ed as binding, even though it does nor
coincide with the idea of the Con-
gressional district as the unit of rep
resentation. Last year there was much
resentment at Chicago because two
of the delegates elected by California
in Statewide primary, were not al
lowed to take their seats, preference
being given to two delegates who had
been chosen, under the regular call, by
a Congressional district convention
This was perfectly proper at that time
because party law had not been changed
and those who had obeyed it were en-
titled to recognition. Party law is
now to be amended so as to give prec-
edence to State law, and delegates thus
chosen cannot have their title ques-
toned by the National Committee when
it makes up the temporary roll.