The Washington herald., 1913-12-10

When something especially fantastic
not to say foolish, Is projected on the
screen by the differentiation political
people up Pittsburgh way. there is q
cruel citation from the recent report made
by New York experts who have beer
studying municipal Affairs the country
over. While the municipal research bu'
reau back of the experts is chiefly in
terested in learning how city can best
be governed, the agents, after lookinl
over Pittsburgh, felt impelled to remark
few lines on the tendency toward
strong drink and its attendant woes in
the city at the confluence Of the Allie
gheny and Monongahela- The COMMITTEES
comments in distressing tone on the fac
that Il per cent of all arrests in Pitts
burgh are for drunkenness, while ir
New York the percentage Is but l5 pei
cent. New York. with over 100000 popu
lation, had 26,7s7 intoxication arrests, a:
against l5,z4 in Pittsburgh. with $500
population at the last census. The de-
mand of the investigators Is that some
thing should be done out Pittsburgh way
to find out why there Is SO great 9
tendency to drink. but the regular politi'
cal organization folks sarcasticaily re
mark that the opposition methods have
simply driven both friends and foes tS
drink, and no investigation or recommen'
dations will help.
When Gov. Glynn looks over the varied
assortment of newspaper clippings about
his trip to washington he will learn q
lot about his plans for the future that
may amaze him some and amuse him
more. One clipping viii tell him that II
was put up to him squarely. roundly and
every other old way by the national ad-
mInistration that he would have to indi-
cate with some celebrity whether he would
stand pat with the President or "stay
put with Murphy or Tammany. Another
clipping will tell Glynn that he is trying
TO keep from actual alliance with either
side and is much more interested In
building up a personal organization that
would make him the successor Of Sena-
tor Root
Then there was the tale that Glynn was
trying only to be a mighty good governor
with no political ambitions for next year
or until a year when things look better
for Democrats in New York State.
The governor head few hundred
suggestions during his short stay and
made no answer that could be pulled
against him in the future. Both the
Democratic and Republican New York
members Of Congress, who honored him
at a banquet, rejoiced that sudden ac-
cession to power had not turned the
young governors head, and there was a
general concurrence of opinion that he
was acting wisely in not seeking an elec-
tive term as governor a year hence.
There was a marked avoidance of any
reference to the rational administration
in all the open talks with the governor
and an evident desire to talk about
almost everything else except New York
politics. There was cordial greeting be-
tween Gov. Glynn and Senator OGorman.
but there was no less cordial greeting
between the governor and every Republi-
can member from New York, and had
Senator Root been here his fervency of
greeting for the young editor from AL
bany would have been splendidly suffi-
cIent.
The chief result of the Glynn visit to
Washington was that he made a mighty
good impression and didn't slop over.
Capt. Devanney. once an editor in
Michigan and Spanish war veteran, now
watchful for the Republican cause in
New York, happened to mention Sen
ator Patton. of Grand Rapids" the
other night in telling about the su-
perfiuous organization Of Republican
clubs. when did Michigan have Sen
ator in Congress named Patton?" was
the question of a wise statesman who
thought Devanney had stumbled some in