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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
JUST LIKE A PICTURE

Seems JUS little biz ago that an h'
trees was green: seems jus n little bIt
aEo Miss Summertime was queen. and
now. jus llke pictur. m hills are all
nEiow with red an WELLER colors an %
makes purity show. sorta seems like
NANNY Naturs Dol gold an crimson
gown. JUS % devil grave OF Winter.
fore IN snowfall settles down.
Seems jus a little bic ago We raIIopcd
on an way. seems Iuq "a little blt ago
We quit an path aornewny. an now Jus
Ike a. pictur ~ or ridge we're All
nfiame with an yellow streak o. sorrow
an the scarlet blush o. shame sorta
seems that Mothers rayIn' ln her grave
an tender way. the vaIo %. tears ].
yonder. jus across th garden ray
Seems jus a little Die ago. We didn't
understand. seems jus little bic ago
We idled through dreamIand. an nov.
JUS Ike pictur' We Gee pleasure
streaked with pain. Tor The blossoms
that have withcrcd can not live a-i
bloom again. sorta seems like Gods Boa
Heaven on that nlra we'll hos ON EARTH
aa We turn 90 face or winter When.
we're Judged b. what we're worth
vrUu
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

supervision Of the State committee.
which has been holding a series Of
meetings in various portions OF the
commonwealth. where Il is reported
the enthusiasm displayed has not been
equalled since 1858. when BENJAMIN
Harrison first headed the Republican
ticket In addition. a series OF dol.
lar banquets' has been held. and al
each there has been an attendance
which crowded the tables and taxed
the kitchens
Republican leaders are more than
pleased with these results. because.
they say. the large crowds Indicate
the intense interest that the people
Of the State ara taking in political
matters even thus far ahead Of the
1916 election. They contend that IL
b. sure indication that the Repuhli-
cans are alive and awake and ready
for the coming battle.
In addition TO the great crowds they
turn out for the meetings. another
feature % the situation that the lead.
ers point out as an Indication Of Re-
publican optimism Is the large num-
Der ot candidates for State nomina-
lions. " there were no chance 20 win
there would BE- no candidates. but
there b. a contest on for every Repub-
hcan state nomination. There are no
contests FOR Democratic state nomi
nations. This b. the case In West
Virginia. whore there are many an.
nounced candidates for the various
Republican nominations 70 be made
g. The June primaries next year. while
there has been but single definite
Democratic announcement. that Of
Senator Chiffon. who was forced to
make some show OF aggresslyeness
Tor his partys sake.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
KITCHENER AND MCCLELLAN
analogy Between the Tasks of the Two Between Condit
England and the United States
By FREDERIC L. HUIDEKoPER.

That history repeats itself Is
demonstrated In remarkable
fashion by the present European
war. The struggle against ideas
considered as detrimental. is not
dangerous. to the progress OF the
human race is the counterpart OF
n similar contest at the beginning
OF the last century, the nations in
volved being almost Identical. al
though the alignment II necessar-
lily different. Then II was Napol-
con who was held to be the men,
ace; today II Is Germany. In 1905
the advantage OF preparation lay
with the French; in 1914 IL was
on the side of the Teutonic powers,
and in both instances England
found herself woefully unready In
spite of the signs OF the times.
Not less striking is the analogy
between the conditions in the
United States in 1861 and those
in Great Britain at the outbreak
OF the present war. In the first
case. so Indifferent were the people
OF the North to national defense
that. except for hlliputian army
OF 1857. we possessed no troops
meriung the name OF a military
torce. During the first two years
OF the War OF the Rebellion the
Union acted with inexplicable IA
tuity upon the theory OF a confed-
GRAFTON. whereas the Confederacy
abandoned state sovereignty
where IL confiicted with military
wisdom, adopted the republican
nTfnRInNn that
man owes military service to his
country. and summoned to the
colors all white men between the
ages OF is and 80. As a result.
the Federal Government soon
found itself confronted with a task
which threatened the dissolution
OF the Union. and in November.
1861, called upon General McClel-
Ian TO rescue its military organiza-
ton from chaos.
The present war found Britain
almost as unprepared. compare
lively speaking. Obsessed with
the conviction that somehow or
other England could "blunder
through as In the past. the Brit
Ism refused to make ready in time
or peace to defend their heritage
against a rival whose interests
were bound TO clash with theirs
and whose preparations were I'M
mistakeable. Lord Roberts re-
iterated warnings fell upon deaf
ears. and. when war came. Lord
Kitchener, their greatest military
organizer. was summoned to save
theH from their own military
shortsightedness.
In one respect the task OF Nc
Clellan and Kitchener are notably
dissimilar. Luckily for the for
mer. the Confederacy was no more
prepared than was the Union. As
a matter OF fact, the opposing
forces learned the trade Of the sol
der by fighting and developed at
ABOUT the same rate. Kitchener.
on the contrary. was confronted
at the very outset by an adversary
whose gigantic and thorough pre-
paration has never been equalled
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
EUeENIcs RUNNING WILD.

rhnadsiphia Lcdre-
With Chicago specialist in on.
Eenics and hyFicnica telling girls that.
while "figrlinE' may lead them and
me young men they Try % on 90 per.
diton. sincere flirting has q "nfeh
moral value" and with a similar kind
ot specialist in Rev York sending n
trio of sclfllbcicd dorclicts paradInF
In sandwich fashion through Wall
ironi Co prove thoir unntnoss o. faith.
Gre. 10 looks as though the social ro.
Generators were running rather wild.
Tn the name ~ Helen OF Troy. what
Dr. sincere nirtinE.F anyhow. az dia.
tnruished from that precise form of
irrefOluio rlslhlo stiffness that Ie
described az 'Figgiing." and IN the az
crciae OF which feminine accomplish.
ment The Chicago lady sees such nIf.
falls Tor imprcafiouahlo malcsY Why
trls austcrity by the shores Of Lake
Mirhirluf 70 was oliver Wendell
Holmes who described an afternoon
Tea as case OF "r'rFi.. rnbtIr. cob.
Die and rit'. but in ao do.ne ho was
rurpoerdly expressing q more or less
masculine dIFdaIn Tor that Kind ~
feminine diversion. and. specialist and
psychologist aa Do was hr would
hardly fro any more lure in the "rIe.
go Than no would In Che "rabhIc" or
fho Eobblc' or thc Sitting Uut Oh.
raronuy they order these things dIf
iercntly out in chicago. as they 90 .n-
deed m Ncw York where anything
20 point dubious moral or to teu au
improved tale seems to bo allowed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

In other respects their tasks are
strikingly alike. The Union in
1861 and England In 1914 were ex-
traordinarily unready. Both were
Immediately plunged into dire
straits-one by the Decentralization
resulting from the FIRST battle OF
Bull Run. the other by the havoc
in the ranks OF the first British
Expeditionary force wrought by
the German onslaught until Il was
checked on the Marine. FORGET
ful OF the causes which had pro
duced McDowell's disaster the
North clamored for hasty action
by Mcclellan. but he declined to
bulge until he considered that his
troops had been sufficiently
trained to undertake active opera.
IONS with fair assurance of sue
cess.
Kitchener was equally obdur-
ate. and subsequent events have
abundantly justified his refusal
to permit British territorials to
participate in Churchill's madcap
expedition TO Antwerp. or TO be
sent TO join Joffre until they had
received proper schooling. At the
end of one year so great was the
dissatisfaction against Mcclellan
that he was superseded. while
Kitchener had not been the head
OF the war ONCE twelve months
before an cutlery was raised
against his alleged failure. and
such pressure brought to bear
against him that he may yet be
forced TO resign. While the char
acters Of the men are diametric-
ally opposite-for Kitchener
would never hesitate to be the first
TO cross bridge designed BY him
self, and Mcclellan never staked
BIS dice on such a risk as Paar-
deburg-both effected a military
organization without which the
generals in the field could have ac-
complished nothing. Both were
expected to be magicians. to
achieve results which nothing but
long years OF thorough prepare
ton can bring. about. and both
have been roundly censured for
their failure to accomplish the
impossible" That the tasks i'm
posed upon them by sloth OF their
respective nations were too great
is manifest from the fact that In
1858 the North was compelled to
resort to the draft, and that there
is every indication at present that
England will have no alternative
save TO exact compulsory service
from every able-bodied man.
kitchener's task differs from
that OF McCellan's in magnitude
and degree. but not in kind. II he
fails. England will fail unless she
produces a General Grant. And un-
derneath IL all lies the fundamen-
tai lesson which Il would seem
that neither the Americans nor
the British have learned. namely,
that no nation can plunge unpre-
pared into long and bloody war
without unnecessary loss OF life
and imperilling its very existence.
or without eventually being
forced 10 resort to conscription.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

The Nsw York Tribune has been de-
plotting Ir cartoon American history az
if would Dol Dr. Interpreted ir terms of
present day currency lr politics Tho
FIRST cartoon represented George wash
lnrf0u refusing command of the Donti-
mental army herausc He WAS "t0o proud
i' urhf and other subjects are pat-
r..H Horny delivering hig famous speech
Give me liberty nr give me strict ac-
cDIntahiify benjamin Franklin in
forming George 900 chat the Declaration
~ ind'rrndrura vra for horne con stump
InI onIr. General Grant writing bite
memorable dispatch. o. Intend Co. TAX Dc
out nH hIr UuH % It takes at summer -
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1915.

more the question becomes involved
with legislative interference the
more resentful will become the people.
Ohio. to-day. from a prohibition stand
point may be said TO be decidedly
more hopeful to the advocates Of that
measure than depressing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
REPUBLICAN ENTHUSIASM.

The results OF tho recent elections
are markedly encouraging 20 the Re
publican enthusiasm that is ln evil
dcnco in every part Of tho country.
Perhaps In Indiana. according 10 70
Dors from that State. 30 o. taking on
a more systematic revival under The
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
SOME CLASS

I....F.IIa DUurIHr.I Journal
Thcn you have no castles in Amer.
IrlF"
.Not yet
YOU mean things are tending
that way-
Well it seems to me sometimes
that some people ore trying to classify
own"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
A RUN ron HIS MONEY

Boston Transcript.
tusiomer-Look here these weren't
fast colora Do this shirt you sold me.
saIcsman SO D Fco. but you ought
to Do satisfied
Customer Why aOr
Saleaman You Eot a run Tor your
mrrrf.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
UNCLE WALT: Ripping Rhymes.
MARRIED PEOPLE

Young Holio and Alice rot married
at year. and then ln tho palaco began
heir career. Prom r0ifmltha and
'uflera they'd laid In n store. they'd
Ootmen and buffers and servants "a.
0re. They'd darhshurdE and poodle.
/ pDaroi The beet. and autos. and
Bodice The family crest They had
|rvery blessing that mortaia pursue.
'but-thfa ia diafres sing-thay'd moth.
i nF M dof Alas f0r The bridal ~ PEG.
be Ike thcset FOR folks who are Idle
b. fortune can please So Alice and
tolio-a matter Of course. such THINGS
foopynEhL 1914. o. q
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
LONG WAY TO MORNING

10 I'M the Archie regions tho NIGHTS
are or months Ions remarked tho
Extensive Traveller
rhassor' said the fnebrIated one
Gee Think of a crowd OF Eskimos
singing We Won't Go Home UnW
Morning
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

often follow indulge in divorce. Oh.
Reuben and Bridget R0t married Iaat
Mhy. their rO0ll was midget hn
worked by the day They rented a.
cottage ~ tumbledown sort. their f0d
ger vac potiare at the cents O. quart
hcs earning bic wages along with %
yang HnnH canning green fagea Boo
.hat cheap ehebang And neither VIII
hdf't Tor thlngs out OF reach Tor Reu.
Den loves bridget she thinks he's r.
peach And indoient raises no cloud
pa lheir Wow they're busy az blazor.
with plenty fo Do
orEs Mafthss Adamab
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05
ovERcRowoEo MENTALITY.

WaehiuafHn STAR
They say your friends won't be-
able Co explain a iot of things On your
record
- won't ask en- TO-" replied sona.
tor SORGHUM. in fact. 7 couldn't ~
member The explanations OF some %
'tm myself"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

1000 Finley. ohio Democratic State
chairman. saya the result of the cleo
uHH la o. demand for coxH third rardi-
darE MIaf Dol rrmethinE wrong With
HIuH reading glasses
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

IL begins TO look as II Banker Thomp-
sons financial skies were clearing.
which Will be an equally pleasant pros
poet for his creditors
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

But. suppose Governor Walsh had been
reelected In Massachusetts. would that
not have been n vindication OF the Will
son administration
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

Looks like ciotIre vas meant to nur.
fie VICE Presiden, Marshau aa much as
anything else
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

ritimatums are flying around Eurors
like Christmas presents.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

Russia warns Persia To watch her foot
70 avoid being tripped by Germany.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

Take courage ladies'. The Republican
party began with as few votes as you
have.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

West Virginia has shut I'D shop al
the san Francisco Exposition.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

The Democratic PARTY would like to
apply cloture to Bryan. too.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

The New Freedom does not take kind
ly 20 the liberty OF speech
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

Western Pennsylvania done noble.
for woman suffrage
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

money just little matter Of billion
dollars
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-05

a woman may have high ideals and
sfiIl wear q low.Crt rovn
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-26


in the morning. Much to my sur
prise, however, when Kitty came to
the breakfast table after dressing in
Aunt Mary's room, he rose and placed
a chair for her with the utmost cor
diaIity.
MY dear Kitty" he said, you are
certainly as sweet as a June morn
ing"
Kitty rose to the occasion beauti-
fully and ignored the fact that she
had=seen him the night before: 4
can't help resembling a June morn
ing, Dick, when l bask in the sun
shine of your presence" and then she
murmured in an aside to me, after
this interchange of bunk we|wil pro-
coed to enjoy our early morning
meal"
During the entire breakfast Dick
was so attentive to Kitty that l was
really afraid she would suspect he
was making game of her. In fact
know she did suspect something was
wrong for she asked me about 1t
after he left for the Office.
DO you know, little book, l think
men are just as hypOcritical as are
women. Here was Dick telling me
the night before that l must not be
seen out with Kitty and making her
feel like his long lost sister the next
morning and l venture he will joke
with Jim about last evening the next
time he sees him.
believe that much of the oppro-
brium which women have had to SUI
fer on account of their heartless
treatment of members of their sex,
who for some reason have been sent
to coventry by Mrs. Grundy, is be-
cause their men have said to them:
You must not treat such and such a
woman decently. l won't have you
seen with her, while all the while
thew themselves were making the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-26


charms.
Here was Dick almost making love
to Kitty in his frantic attempt to be ;
agreeable but expecting me to find I
some excuse to break with her.
l may as well confess to you, lit I
tie book, that l shall do nothing of
the kind. l am fOnder of Kitty since
she married than l was before. 1
know she is woman capable of great 7
good and by the same token of great I,
evil. have always believed that the /.
greatest sinners are capable of being
the greatest saints and that virtue is
Outlines only a product of circum-
stance.
The interrupted woman is not Vir-
tUOus-Only ignorant, and that Kitty
did not succUmb to temptation makes
her a much bigger and perhaps bet
ter woman than am. l have really 7
never been tempted and do not
know if would be strong enough to
resist if I were.
1 am glad am saying this to you,
little book, and to no one else, for
you will not misunderstood me and
almost every other man or woman
would. What I mean is that some
thing that might tempt another woTn-
an greatly would not appeal to me at
all, but something else or some other
combination of circumstances might
be my undOing.
Gautier says in one of his admir-
able stories: ''The temptation that
does not appeal to me is the least
temptation of all"
Personally, 1 care very little for the
restaurant and modern night life that
fascinates so many women. If DicIf
would stay with me I'd be very glad
to stay at home most of the time. I
love to dance; love to talk with peo- +
pie who have something to talk
about; love to go to the theater, Oc-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-26

t, 1915, by the Newspaper Enterprise Associ;
h 4 cid I ,rnc unr-u little indiccrntinnc rrnrn
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-09

do in time of peace. Their theories
are now put to the test and found
wanting. During this last year our
export trade has nearly doubled, our
import trade checked even far more
than their highest tariff ever checked
it. Further, immigration of the So
called pauper labor of Europe has
been entirely shut out. Their ideal
condition is here now. Why have
we not prosperity? Why this beating
of toms-toms to nurse it back to life?
Why this universal discomfort and
army of unemployed?-RaIph Nash.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-09
DISCUSSING THE POLICE.

all uOI sure IudI ILLS Is Tie DGSL IlIuG
to expose the police department, with
view of bringing about a change in
both the personnel and the system,
and agitation on any other lines is
worse than useless.
The 'coppers" are no worse now
than they have been under former
mayors. They were as ready in the
past to play their hirelings' part as
they are now. Time and place make
little difference to them, for, with
here and there an exception, they
are hirelings by nature.
l speak of the rule and not of the
exceptions, and as a rule a copper
is much like a dog. He will chase
and bark and bite at the command of
his master, no matter who the vic
Tins nor how sacred the cause in
which they are engaged.
The American boy 'despises the
Hessians, but does not stop to see
that the Hessian was only cop"
apd the ''cop" only Hessian. In
fact, the cop is far more response
BILE for his moral shortcomings than
the Hessian was, for the Hessian had
no alternative except to turn on his
princely master, while the American
copper" can at any time resign and
turn to honest, decent labor.
There is no moral justification for
the copper obeying the command:
Go break the strikers heads. Yet
coppers do these things and most of
them are so absolutely ignorant of
and equity that they do not
realize the extent of their crimes.
One reason for this is that our po-
lice system recognizes bone and mus
Gle as the fittest test for applicants
instead of gentleness, alertness, in
telligence, education.
Avoirdupois counts for more be-
hind a Hessians' club, in the eyes of
our predatory master class, than in
telligence, and this class dictates our
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-09

we not prosperity? Why this beating
of tOms-tOms to nurse it back to life?
Why this universal discomfort and
army of unemployed?-RaIph Nash.
BUT WE CAN'T GET 1T! We
have heard the cry, Money short
age" for years. Statistics of Chica-
go national banks just issued show
that deposits in these institutions
have increased over $41, 100000 since
the last of June. Loans and dis
counts show an increase of but Sill
100000, leaving surplus of $3O,OOO,-
900 lying idle in the vaults of these
various banks.
BE optimistic" is the watchword
of the well-fed plutocrat. Optimism
does not buy ton of coal, neither
does it wipe the frown from the gro
GERS face when you ask him for an
other months grace on your bill.
Despite prosperity parades and ex-
positions, Chicago still has it's army
of unemployed. You have heard the
hired booster loudly proclaim: EN-
ployment may be had by all who wish
to work" The crowd that packs the
corner of Fifth av. and Madison st.
each day waiting for the early edi-
ton of the Daily News bears me out
in my assertion that this is a deliber-
ate falsehood. Almost every emotion |
from hope to despair can be seen
on the faces of this army of the I'M
employed.
Why must the working class, the |
creators of wealth, walk the street |
day after day, seeking employment, |
while $3O,OOO,OOO lies in the vaults |
that could be used for constructive
purposes, thus giving employment to
all?
Is there a solution to this problem? |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-09

Was money coined to be boarded in
vaults or to be kept in circulation
EdW. Freeman. .s.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-27
MILDLY HINTING.

Henry Fords sales manager has
hiulcd. aud q hint from the Ford Mo.
tor ear company Is megaphunic This
Nrndur iu.chief " a thousand automo.
bile, % lal has left with this city the
impression that ne favor, the estOb.
n,hmeut here NJ Ford assembling
pOur Tu anyone who has tried to
assemble even so much Of an automo
bile us would 20 In thimble to-wit
one bolt, one nut and one cater pin
the task Of assembling one only and
complete motor ear opens n field for
figures. How many men would I've
employed In the setting up Of five
thousand automobiles annually
George Fitch, writing In Golfers not
long ago, worked out some such prob
lem covering the entire field Of auto
mobile construction IN the United
States After he had reduced n part
ot the exercise to terms " curtain
buttons with efficient IN the bll
lions, he gave up, declaring the tasl
futile M Ford had already thrown hi,
button calculations Off some million
by having built 10000 cars since he
Fitch, had closed his files ON data.
A. furious industry this automobil,
business that clogs our arithmetic. Al