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Evening journal., 1915-09-03
EDITORIAL OPINION

gress ought to meet in order to give
The Senate a chance to amend its
procedure by adopting cloture rule
before the business of the regular
session is taken up. That is certainly
a queer reason for summonine Con-
gress to Washington. But the Senator
appears TO be very serious about it.
He tells u, that unless the Senate
can put a gag on debate "the Demo-
Gratis viii not be able to pass anv of
the legislative relief measures thew
have planned"
Isn't this an astonishing confess
sion Of incapacity. considering the
number and magnitude Of the party
measures enacted by the Sixiy-tbird
Congress. with free debate in the Sen
ate! And for more than a hundred
years, from the oginning in fact
Republicans and Democrats both.
nave carried out their programs un-
der the Sonato's characteristic par
liamentary code.
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
Mr.. Bryan's Idea of Progress
CFrom the Portland oregonian.

Mr.. Bryan is at his old game of tell
ing the readers of the. Commoner that
the only true progressives are the
Democrats and those pretended Re
puhlicans VINO assist them. In a
signed article he insists that the Re-
publican party is still divided into
standpatters and progressives. He fur
ther divides the progressives into
nominal and real progressives. A
nominal progressive he defines as a
Republican who is in favor Of any
progressive policy that the Republi-
can party will stand for, but is for
the Republican party whether It
stands for any progressive policies or
not He says the standpatters will
make little effort to sugar-coat the
pill which is 10 be administered" to
the nominal progressives. The real
progressive. he says. lis pleased with
President Wilson and prefers his kind
of Democracy to standpat Republican,
ism" Then comes the old familiar
patter to the effect that the Repub-
lican party is the party of plutocracy
ard the tool Of Wall street. and the
trusts.
The country has had its fiji of Mr..
Wilson's kind of Democracy and is
longing for an opportunity to return
to the Republican diet II had expert
ence with the Republican kind of pro-
gressivism under the Roosevelt ind
TAFT administrations, and it did not
observe any lively satisfaction with
that brand of politics among the plu-
tOcrats of Wall street ana the trusts
1t pas had two years experience Of
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

energy Cannot" 60 into the sea business
as our laws now stand, but it is .heso
laws that hold this energy in check We
have the private capital, and we have
the American energy, but both together
cannot maintain solvent blsness
against competitors who transact the
same business at half our cost. 70 saw
that our government "must" intervene
under Il ese obstructive and ruinous cua
ditions is simply fooling with the quos-
tion. This double cost would have to be
met by the government if il wedt into
the ocean freight business; and man
must be blind in both eyes who cannnt
see tnat there is no difference between
paying this extra cost out of the United
States treasury in the shape of govern
ment t-owned lines or in the shape of sub
sidies TO priyatcly-owned lines. If shese
restrictive laws were wiped out the
treasury would not be taxed in either
shapN end private capital would restore
ths M.trican fag - the oceon ua,lci The
Lat, raj. and sunioent induce1en. Of
so.ns iito business that pro ,ised &c
pay.
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
HOM nISTRESSING!

From the Omaha Bee
How the get-together movement
among Republicans distresses the op-
position is disclosed by the wailng
of our amiable democratic contem-
porary. whose solicitude Is really
pathetic. II goes without saying that
there can he no getting together un-
less Republicans of all factions and
shades unite regardless OF past diff
ferences for forward march against
the political enemy. But this very
unian, Is what the Democrats see
spelling defeat for them II is their
political strategy. if possible. TO keep
the progressives and the regulars
apart by tanning fears and playing
upon ambitions.
The disintegration OF the progress
sivo party as a separate party organ
ization has made it plain that the re-
union must come behind the Repub-
lican standard. and that is what the
Democrats are really afraid OF. II It
were the other way. and IL were the
regulars who were to be brought back
on the reservation, they would be the
ones to have the tender consideration
Of the Democrats. The probabilities
are. however, that our Democratic
friends will have all they can do for
the next campaign TO keep the dis
cordant wings of their own party
working in unison, with little time
left to dispense Establishments to any
brand of Republicans.
KERN AND CONGRESS.
From the Providence Journal
Senator Kern believes that Con-
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PROSPERITY AND JUSTICE

PROSPERITY AND JUSTICE.
From the Washington Post.
Prosperity rather than justice" +"
says William Allen White, Progress
sive national committeeman, is the
Republican aim" Mr.. White. Of Kan
sas, is a well known phrasemaker.
There are times when, i'm his desire to
make good phrases he sacrifices sense
to sound. His present statement il
lustrates the point
What will it profit the American
people If they are given many things
as justice and yet be denied prosper
ity? OF what value will II be TO
them to know that business has been
legislated out of existence in the
name Of Justice if they are denied em-
ployment at good wages. If the larder
is empty, il their families are in
want?
Justice can only be meted ont to
the people of tbe United States with
prosperity in fun swing. The re-
sources of this nation are so great,
the workmanship of the people Is so
fine and the average Intelligence is so
high that the people have every right
to be prosperous.
No political party would be able to
live a day ii Il placed the dollar above
human rights. But an effort TO re-
store prosperity is not Inconsistent
with moral Improvement.
The Kansas phrasemaker, when
he sneors at the general desire for a
complete restoration of prosperity
merely makes capital for the Repub-
lican party.
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
Tnr NINTH EXPERIMENT.

TVHlS years Pan-Amercan conference on Mexican af-
fairs in the ninth phase Of the Democratic Ad-
ministratons method, lack Of method for dealing
with the subject The computation as kept by the
Philadelphia North American, shows that the first
President Wilson's declaration. without warning
and without consultation with any known advisers OF
competence, that this government would recog-
nze fIuertaa high-minded resolve but under the
cumstances, perilous experiment
There succeeded dreary months Of "watchful watt
ing" and the steady pressure moral force without
any tangible result except increase in Mexican
turbulence Secret partnership with marauding fac
tioniss the next device employed
But moral suasion and intrigue suddenly gave way
to armed Intervention Without taking into his conf
dence the congressional committee foreign
affairs the President ordered the invasion of Mexican
territory and the seizure a Mexican city in order to
compel rcparaton for afront to the flag and ito
humanity If find the way"
Nineteen Americans and some scores Of Mexicans
killed In this adventure and the country in
yolyed I'm the beginnings Of needless and worthless
war II extrcatod through the friendly ineryen-
ton OF Argentina, Brazil and Chile, whose offer
promptly and courageousy accepted by President
Wilson
The firth phase therefore, was arbitration The
sixth the furtive and humiliatng withdrawal from
Vera Cruz without the accomplishment of a single
Of the purposes which dictated the occupancy
the demanded salute to the flag.
Almost disconcerting was the next stem which
the deliberate ignoring Of the whole matter in the
Presidents message to Congress Upon the great
problem, the solution Of which had been announced as
the first and most important task the administration
the Chief Executive had not a word to say
But last January, in speech at indianapolis he put
forth plan astounding than any of the others.
! He declared It was none of business how long
the Mexcans took in choosing their government nor
how they went about it, and that while he was Presi-
dent nobody should interfere with their right cut
each others throats.
And the ninth in the series Of experiments. II
proves to be unsuccessful how long will it he before
the mounts to ninety and nine?
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
a SenseIess "Musf"
From the Hartford courant, Rep)

The President says that 'if privafel
capital cannot" 90 into the shipping
business then the government "must."
Private capital can and viii 90 into the
shipping business just as soon as the ar
bitrary American laws which double the
cost 10 Americans OF running ships are
repealed, or, as an alternative, just as
soon as subsidies are given TO American
ship lines equal 20 the extra and un-
necessary cost imposed upon them by
these laws. To talk about what private
capital can or cannot do in this matter
is pure stuff and nonsense. Under our
laws no American ship can make use OF
our ports unless the wages paid and
other costs are about double what Is
paid by foreign-owned ships. Il is w1h
foreign owned ships that the American
ship mnst compete for business, ami ru-
less the American ships can carry on
business on substantially the same
financial basis as its foreign competitors.
private American capital might as well
be thrown into the sea in the first pace.
It is perfectly true that American
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
With The Photographers

The solidarity OF France in support Of the war at the
END Of It's hrst year is notable fact rendered the moro
remarkably by the resclute uncompromisng attitude
Of the powerful French Socialist groups-sprngheld
Republican
From the wilds of Florida comes this nossaro.
Publish me as heartily indorsing every proposition
and sentiment OF Rooseyelts Plattsburg speech d.
Benjamin Andrews" Benjamin. the always denonda-
bic the always loyal and the emphatic!-New
York SUM-
The erection Of tomb to Nancy Hanks does not pro-
coed from overestmation of the Importance of prom
inent horses in the view Of the going public as
well as in the view the breeders the larger pub
lie which has newspaper acQuaintanceship with
tun notables. There will be among the pilgrims to
Hamburg Place many persons who do not own horses
or attend races but who will regard the memorial 10 a
famous trotting rejecting at once creditablo
sentiment toward the mare and right estimate Of
popular interest I'm horses whose speed and stamina
nave made their names household words and contrib
uied 10 the literature of their period synonyms for
qualities valued far beyond sporting and breeding cir
cles.-Lousvle CourieI-Journal
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
A SAD sPENDTHRIFT.

THE Secretary Of state, Robert Lansing is show
ing himself TO be a sad spendthrift wholly OBJ
fuse TO the vast financial possibilities of his high
Office.
Mr.. lansing is missing golden opportunities, having
refused emphatically invitation to go out on the
Chauauqua circuit, having declined to lecture any
where for compensation and having shown unrea-
sonabe disposition TO stay in Washington and attend
to business Furthermore, he or rather his Wife has
announced that at the diplomatic dinners given by
them the usual wines will be served, a thoroughly
reckless proceeding in view Of the infinitely greater
expense of wine compared with grapeiuce
Mr. Lansng's friends fear that at this rate he Will
out Of Office richer than when he entered it, con-
trary to the experience of his predecessor in office
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

When the Republicans in power tho cry of the
Democrats "pitless publicity" Now that through
unfortunate division in the Republican party the
present administration has been ushered in anyone who
tells the facts regarding industrial conditions is called
unpatriotc We ask in the words of a we'll known
Congressman. rs it patriotic for public to keep
silent and sound no word of warming until the whole
country done TO industrial death by academic doctors
and efficiency experts by gowned theorists and scholar
y dreamers by pedantc pundits and learned illusion
ists?"
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

Wilson progress into depression. hard
times and deficits, and the people in
general are for once in agreement
with the plutocrats that they want no
more Of it. The real progressives are
in the Republican party. they COM
pose the vast majority of its members,
and they are as fully determined to
have no more standpat control as they
are to nave no more Democratic rule.
The Republican party will resume the
march of progress forward which was
interrupted by Democratic victory.
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

den the taxpayers, who will show par
tiality neither to capital nor labor,
to sociologists nor socialists, but who
will stand in the old-fashioned way
for the bill Of human rights embod-
led in the constitution of the United
States and in the Declaration Of In
dependence.
The need of the hour is for this
kind of a man. When he appears
above the horizon, there will be a scat
tering of the cheap demagogues sell
fish place hunters. bogus reformers
and imitation. upifters who are oc-
cupying the center of the stage as well
as the tops of the soap boxes and
barrel heads at street corners.
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
LEI Us Make Room for Him
Uohn A. sleicher in Leslie's)

Make room for the political leader
with the foresight and courage openly
to espouse the cause of business big
and little
Make way for the legislator. the
governor and president whose most
earnest effort shall be not to win the
favor Of any class but to reduce the
burden Of the taxpayers, and thus win
the votes of all classes.
Make way for the leader who shall
have the nerve to oppose schemes of
new taxation and to demand that pub
lie expenditures be kept within the
public income.
Make room for the leader who will
declare against every new fad to bur
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
1.-TWO SOULS WIrH BUT SINGLE THouGHrp

tGNHR. cARRANzA and the persons who cooperate
AvA with him Of the profound conviction that il
the American Government would know the true situa-
uon in Mexico it would understand that the only pos
soe just and acceptable solution would be to leave the
revolution to follow its natural course until the com
pete victory Of the party representing greater necess
ties and popularity ity'-carrran5as to the Latin
American Conference
i hold It as a fundamental principle and so do you
that every people has the right to determine its own
form Of government and so per cent
cf the people of Mexico never had looS-n' in deter
mining who should be their governor or what their
Government should be. II is none of my
business and it is none of your business long they
take IN determining it, 1t is of my business and
1t is none Of yours how they so about the business
The country is theirs The Government is theirs The
liberty if they can get -and God speed them in get
ting it's theirs And so sar as my influence goes.
while I am President nobobdy shall interfere with
them Have not European nations taLen
as long they wanted and split as much blood as they
pleased in settling their affairs? And shall we deny
that to Mexico because she is weak? No l sayi'-
Woodrow Wilson's speech at indianapolis
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
nRINKING THE pREGs.

ID UsSIAN troops continue to win victories from the
~ Turks in the Caucasus They not of such a
nature, however, to compensate Russia for
reconcile her to the many disasters to Russian
that have featured the magnificent drive made by the
German and Austrian armies in Poland The Teuton
hosts have simply overowed the Russian defenses and
done damage the Russian army that it will require
months to repair.
That repair work already has begun It is anuounc-
ed THAT new army Of 100000 men is in course Of
formation. From Petrograd comes the further news
that as a result OF action by the Duma the Russian
departments are TO be reorganzed to bring about
greater efficiency, especially IN the matter of supply
ing munitions to the army and navy.
Russia. like Great Britain. was caught unpreparcd
by Germany She is paying dearly for her unprepared-
It is the confident prediction however that when
Spring she viii be in a position resume the
offensive and with the active assistance OF Great Brit
ain, France and Italy, to maintain H. Certainly she
is drinking the dregs Of defeat the present time
Evening journal., 1915-09-03
LEWES TALKS OF PLAYGRorN1

LEWES, Del. Sept 3-Residents of
Lewes are agitating a movement 10
purchase the old block house pond
back of the Lewes Union schools. mi
u IN and make a playground Of it..
lhe majority of the pond is owned by
the town and the remainder by pri-
vale individuals AS the nond is near
ly dry at this time of the year it is
considered a very good time to have
the pond filled in.
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

Senator Chiffon CDemocrat), Of West Virginia adds
his name TO the heightened roll friends of the Ad
minstration who issue statements predicting Demo-
cratic next year because of the countys
veous prosperity" The Senator's home in Charles
ton. which is the city from which, few weeks ago.
came press dispatch telling of a committee OF work
and their wives who had waited upon the Governor
OF the State to tell him that there work. NO
money, no food in their families.
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

Men and women OF an earlier generation have clear
recollection Of backstrap' molasses, byproduct Of
the manufacture Of cane sugar It was comma,
article OF food half century ago but the children o
today scarcely know it even by name But the Euro
pean war has suddenly crented large demand for il for
use IN making denatured alcohol which In turn is used
In making smokeless powder fifty per cent increase
In the price of blscksrap has been great helm o ane
sugar producers and has further impressed upon their
MINDS the fact that the European alone has saved
them from the disastrous consequences Of Democratic
tariff law
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

British submarine has penetrated the Darda-
nelee and hombarded bridge at Galata a suburb of
Constannope That is carrying the war to the heart
OF the Ottoman Empire It is merely hint of worse
things to follow when the British the French and the
Italians have disposed Of the Turkish forces on the
Gallipoh Peninsula and forced the straits.
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

The headline writer for the Washington Times is an
unconscous-or is il conscious ?-humorist On the
day that the President hasened back Washington to
take direction of the Mexican situation, edition Of
the Times put out with this caption spraddled all
the front page in huge type: "NiEXICANs SPREAD
TERROR IN TOWNS ALONG BORDER; WILSON IN
CHARGE AGAIN"
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

George W. Perkins has written a letter to the New
York Evening Post denouncng what Ae calls ~tbe VIII
son tariff" But Mr. Perkins. by his plan TO maintain
the Progressive party organization is the most potent
support the Wilson arin7 has. Which, however is not
saying much
Evening journal., 1915-09-03

Tie AFgotntIon 9I
idverta.
els Ia composed Of
[EfA The Association Of Amer- all Che great adves-
falAt iean Advertisers has tisers Of 'ha eoga
W@W nuined and certified 60 Z w 3 I3s A''oSi oriy
tnc olrcsiaucu ot tnit Peo- such papers sub
henilon. Tho figures Of circulation nit 70 examsa-
oontained in the Aesocation's tion at any aontut
part only guaranteed ana pesuN5f ,pi,S DE-
Association Of American advertisers Tss seoo@psay ns
=. y certificate. No A. 81,
No 415l uniehah nihn n !. w hes beer ilsnot y
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Evening journal., 1915-09-03

an ENcELLENT NIGHToAP.
Hcrsford's Acid Phosphate.
Half tcaupoorful in half a glass of water
on retiring nsures sound. restful sleep.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-20
ARMY MATTERS
Washington Army Orders.

Washington. ID. C., Nov. 20.-Armv or
dcr~:
Captain +. :. Wheeler. quartcrma~ter
corps. IL relieved from further duty III
Texas City and is assignedto duty 1t Fort
Sam Houston. and upon expiration Of
present leave will ION latter station.
Second Lieutenant q r. a. Reinburg.
Seventh cavalry. ~ attached M aviation
section Of signal corVN and will proceed
to tho aviation school at San Diego.
First Lieutenant q. W. Hoop. infantry.
viii proceed 70 Il%arri~onville. No. for tenn
porary duty. thence 10 hi~ proper station.
First Lieutenant W. +. Dunn. Third field
artillery. ~ detailed a. assistant IN Cap
tain Marlborough Churchill, field artillery.
Inspector organized militia.
Leaves ~ absence: Lieutenant Colonel
i. B. Buck. Ninth infantry. one month
Captain Joseph Casper. medical corps, one
month Captain F. II. Burton. Third in
iantrv. one month and fifteen days: First
Lieutenant !. p. k%ccler. coast artillery
corps. until December 80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-20
PEACE DAY WILL
BE CELEBRATED
BY THE CLUBS
BROWNSVILLE W0MAN'S CLUBS TO
HAVE JOINT SESSION AT THE
PARISH HOUSE TUESDAY.
WILL BE DOUBLE CELEBRATION or
THANKSGIVING DAY AND PEACE
DAY-vALLEY WOMEN TO COME

The woman'~ clubs of Brownsville. with,
it i, expected. women from AL parts Of
the Valley their guests. will hold a joint
celebration Of Peace Day and ThankSgiv-
ing Day ut the parish house of the Epis-
copal church on Tuesday afternoon, No
vember %. Committees have been appoint
ed and the program prepared, which will
include a business meeting of the various
clubs 1T $3.50 o'clock, after which there will
be q reception. from / until q o'clock. The
occasion will bc III accordance with 4 plan
heiug observed by women clubs through
out the country.
The movement for this Joint celebration
was inagnrated by the Learners club, and
the invitation was heartily responded to
by the various woman's clubs of the city,
including the Civic league, the Parent
Teachers association and the Self Culture
club. Mis- Anita kowal~ki was named To
direct the musical program for the occa-
sion. and the following other committees
were named Mis- Fon Gentry and Mrs.
II. VI. SHELTON Ia serve On the re%ire-hment
committee and Mrs. III. b. :. Randall and
Mrs. B. l.. Cain. on decorations. all Of the
Parent Teachers association: from the
Civic league. Mr.. J. 4. Canales will serve
ON the refreShment committee, and Mrs.
Chester DcBardcleben on decorations: the
Self Culture club named Mrs. George Ham
ilton to serve ON the rcfreShment commit
tee. Mrs. j. q. George On programs, and
Mr.. Lawrence Olm,tead on decorations.
The program follows:
Business meeting Of the clubs at
3 80 D.. m.
reception from ! 10 4 p. m, during
which refreshments will be served and the
following program rendered
3-Pcacc Anthem. by quartet.
Heading of the peace proclamation.
hy nr. George NJ. MacDoueall.
Thanksgiving Anthem, by chorus.
6-Pcace and Thanksgiving paper. by
Mrs.. W. \. Ross.
chorus. (~clected.)
thanksgiving reading, by Mrs. W. II.
Ward.
9-Peace poem. read by Mrs. George
Hamilton.
lO-Thank-eiying table, Miss Fanny
Mullen.
ll-Song. "Amcrica.' by the assembly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-20
Novel Christmas Tree Idea.

Here il Il novel idea for a Christmas
tree suggested 10y a writer in the De
cember issue of the Woman'S Home
Companion:
1t is not a nidea that can be utilized
everywhere" she saws. 1T belongs 10
the green oak of the Southern Christ
mas Of the evergrecuS of iho North.
'LaSt year an electrician was set Ia
work wiring the oak. not ~%tringing the
tiny bulbs in the uSna, artificial fc>
toonS. but setting them more irregularlv
along the outermoSt twieS where they
were partially hidden by clumps Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-11-20
Fifth Grade Girls.

On November II the grade had \ spell
ing match. Lizzie Nivier and Dorothy
Ferguson were the champions. On Novcm-
her 10 this grade had another spelling
match. The pupils LETT standing were
Dorothy Ferguson. Eleanor Renttro. Laura
Sparks. Beatriz Garcia. LIZZIE Nivier. Nir-
GINA Farmer. Lottie Harvey and Annie
Thicker. The Leaders for next weeks
match will be chosen from these pupils.
The grade had two tests last week. one
in language and one in history.
A program Of songs. rccitationS. and
stories of the first Thanksgiving was given
daughter were welcome visitors.
ELEANOR RENTFRO. Reporter.