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Evening journal., 1915-09-20
DEMOCRATS AND SPECIAL PENSIONS.

ffTvVHE Democrats have made a shameful record Of
Il carelessness in the enactment of special pension
bills and Will have lot TO answer for"
This vigorous protest was uttered by a Grand Army
veteran who recently arrived early in Washington to
attend the annual encampment next week.
"A number Of my comrades for whom special pension
bills had been passed died want said this old sol
dier. "They did their special pension be-
cause the Democrats had made errors in the wording
Of the special laws and death came before the errors
were corrected"
Examination of the special pension legislation by the
Democrats furnishes scathng indictment shocking
ineficiency
Scarcely an omnibus pension bill has been passed
since the Democrats power that is not honey
combed with mistakes which blocked the payment Of
pensions to old soldiers.
These mistakes could have avoided by the exer-
else Of the simplest degree OF ordinary some
instances when the bills drafted the of the
soldier was misspeed the wrong initials given
In others the but an error was made
in describing the company in which he served; and
in other cases name and company right, but the
regiment of the soldier was wrong
Either fatal to the payment of the pension
Congress had awarded the bill did not exactly
correspond with the official records OF the Pension Of
hee The commissioner was therefore unable legally
70 put the name of the soldier the pension rolls.
When the pension officials discovered these errors
they we're reported 10 the Invalid Pensions Commit
tees Of the House and Senate Attempts then
made 10 correct the faulty laws by the passage Joint
resolutions in which the mistakes described and
reothed But their passage delayed for weeks and
months. and then of the corrections we're
inaccurate
Meanwhile death thinning the ranks Of the old
soldiers at rate estimated above forty thousand a
year. with the result that large percentage Of the
veterans in whose behalf the laws we're enacted died
without receivng the recognition which their govern
ment had declared was due them
In striking contrast 10 this Democratic record. the
history Of special pension legislation under Republican
rule shows that Of this rarely If ever oc-
CURED.
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specious arguments in the recent
statement Of the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce dealing with
commercial conditions expected after
the war are not likely to go unchal-
lenged by the business interests OF
the United States.
The statement holds that the result
Of the war viii be a very material adj
dition 10 the manufacturing plant Of
the United States; that part of this
plant will be simply anticipatory Of
the normal growth of the country's
mechanical equipment; that part
must lie idle in times Of peace but is
distinct asset in preparedness
against attack. while the remainder
furnishes at once products needed in
the healthy expansion Of the chemical
industry Of the country.
The bureau takes il upon itself to
advise business men that the present
time affords unprecedented opportuni-
ties for the extension Of foreign trade
because II IS not believed that the
cost OF production will be lowered in
the warning countries. but that it is
apt 10 be higher after the war. with
higher interest rates. higher wages and
higher prices, giving America a strong
grip on their new markets"
Unless the Department Of Com
merce is prepared TO say that it will
use IFS influence TO obtain a protective
tariff for new industries. the encour-
agement that is given in such argu-
ments Is clearly intended to be merely
psychological. Business men in the
United States have invested some of
their money in the dye industry, but
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give pause to overzealous government
officials.
Aside from the economic aspects Of
a government-owned merchant ma
rine, the international political situ-
alton at the present time is so deli
cately adjusted that complications
with foreign governments are likely to
ensue If the United States embarks on
the enterprise. We seem to be in suf
hciently serious controversies at the
present tir1e. concerning the rights of
neutral shipping on the high seas,
without further cOmpliceting the situ-
alton by injecting the element of state
ownership When any one of tn ships
of the proposed government-owned
lines might be sunk by q belligerent
warship
The administration has alreedy err
ed grievously in the matter of Ameri-
can shipping by the passage of the So
called II Toilette Seamen's Act. The
State Department has already been
compelled to serve notice on the coun-
tries whose treaties are violated by
the provisions Of that law, informing
them of TIE necessity of abrogating
certain parts of present commercial
treaties. Any of these nations may
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
Short Trains and Iona
Trom American Industries)

Petty nagging Of the railroads Of
the United States apparently is con-
tinuing unabated. Scarcely a month
passes that some new form of rail-
road batting does not come TO light.
Certainly II may be said with rea-
sonable accuracy that scarcely a
state Legislature meets that some
legislation is not proposed that would
hamper railroads If enacted. For sew
eral years so-called full crew" laws
have been the pet method Of labor
agitators for harassing the carriers
Lately, however this particular kind
Of law seems to have fallen into popu-
lar disfavor.
The people Of Missouri administer
ed a severe rebuke to it's proponents
at the last direct election held in that
State. On referendum the law was
decisively defeated. but observe the
resources Of labor unions in their af-
forts to extract more wages for less
work from the already overburdened
railroads.
I'm Illinois a law has been intro
duced to limit the length Of trains to
fifty cars. This proposal like the
full crew" laws is urged in the in
terest of safety. Railroads, It is
well known. find It profitable to run
freight trains frequently exceeding in
length iifty-car maximum Under
the new law, IL passed this would be
impossible. Observe the effect A
train formerly of fifty-fve cars in
length would become two trains OF
twenty-five and thirty cars respective
ly. Two engines would then be re
quired TO do the work formerly per-
formed by one Two engineers and
two fremen would be employed doing
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
With The Paragraphers

Surely n the country prosperous OF the
mushroom development of war orders" that prosperity
ought show itself for the benefit others than the
OF Spectators in "war stocks. ."-Northwood
Anchor.
Attacks upon the motives and character of the VIC
Tins Of submarine warfare have not been helpful the
German propaganda and the suggestion that Americans
who sail British ships do so 10 earn the smiles OF
the British aristooracy are merely absurd-spr!ngheld
Republican.
Another arson trust which involves OF the in
surance men Of the West has been unearthed by the
police Of and startling disclosures have
already been made One Of the great problems before
the insurance companies today is to eliminate the
crooks who sell fire insurance and then combine with
lawess to plot the destruction Of insured prom
erty This is easy problem but its solution is
sary the of the fire insurance business and
that the public large may regain confidence in the
insurance corporations offering policies for sale Mean
time hre prevention should get more attention-Waer
bury Republican.
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
PROF IN THE PRECEDENT.

PRROF IN THE PRECEDENT.
From the Omaha Bee.
"The Omaha Bee suggests the advis-
ability of appointing Republican to the
position of United States district n,dge,
made vacant by the death OF Judge
Munger Can The Bee point TO the ap-
pointment of a Democrat to such a posi-
tion under a Republican administration,
Not on your life, when a Republican was
in sight" t."-Plattsmouth Journal
If the journal insists upon taking q
joke seriously. 1t must be up to The
Bee to meet the issue. We have never
known time when there were not plenty
of good Republicans in sight for every
appointive Office to be given out by a
Republican administration, Just az there
are always dozens of deserving Demo-
Gratis waiting for every piece of pie. Can
The Bee point to an appointment of a
Democrat to a judicial position under a
Republican administration The Bee GER
tainly can without even going back FIR
ther than the last preceding Republican
President, as witness this partial list:
Supreme Court Edward ID. White, Of
Louisiana, Democrat, promoted to be
chief Justice; H. H. Lurton, of Te ines
see, Democrat; Joseph K. Lamar Of
Georgia, Democrat.
Circuit Court--Julian W. Mack of u
linois. Democrats John f. Garland, Of
South Dakota, Democrat.
District Courts-H. 6. Connor, Of
North Carolina, Democrat; II. A. NJ.
Smith. of South Carolina, Democrat; !;
Gordon Russell, of Texas Democrat,
Despite this fine array Of precedent,
however, no one expects President Will
son to name a Republican for the vacant
iuugeship in Nebraska, and so far as we
know. no Republicans are applying.
Though they prate loudly about Their
devotion to the principle of a nonparti-
son Judiciary. Democrats cannot be held
TO the practice of their preaching when
life Jobs are within their reach.
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the work formerly done by one. and
corresponding increases would be
made in other departments Of the
train crew. Two jobs would grow
where only one grew before.
This, Of course, is in the interest
OF public safety. Perish the thought
that any commercial desire tn in
crease the number Of railroad en-
ployes could have inspired the PRO
posed law In fact a postal card has
been circulated showing exactly the
number Of persons killed on railroads
in the United States yearly. from
which the conclusion is drawn in
some mysterious manner that the
shortening Of trains would be con-
ducive to greater safety.
Facts. however. are contrary 10 this
conclusion. OF the 594.359 accidents
on American railroads in one year
1851 resulted fatally. Hfty-one per
cent OF those killed were trespassers
who had no right on railroad prop
erty. twelve per cent. killed were
travellers on highways, three per cent.
we're passengers and only thirty per
cent. we're railroad employees.
II cannot be shown that any Of
these accidents we're due to the length
of trains. Contrary TO reducing the
accident risk by shortening trains II
would be increased. To shorten the
length Of trains means 10 increase
the number of such trains. and an
increase in number means CORE
spending increase in traffic with the
attendant increase of accident risk.
The proposed Illinois law is merely
an example of labor union influence
in State Legislatures. which Is con-
stantly seeking TO hamper large cor
porations and industrial enterprises.
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
GEMS OF THOUGHT

through the law am dead to the law. that might
live unto God.-Galations, h;19
It is great thing to know the season for speech and
the for silence-Seneca.
:--.-:-.
What know we greater than the soul? On God and
Godke men we build our trust-Tennyson
s-s-.-.
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are
merely making sacrifice God of the devils leayings
Swift
s-s-.-.
Every man feels nstinctively that all the beautiful
sentiments in the world weigh less than single lovely
acton.-Lowell
--.-.-.
Trade increases the wealth and glory Of a country;
put IT'S rea strength and stamina to be looked for
among the cultvators OF the land-Earl of chatham
Evening journal., 1915-09-20

England has divided this country into four areas for
the procurement Of horses. -Four firms have com
mssioned to do the buying and the prices paid by
land are higher than those paid by the French Ita
ians contract has been made with the South Omaha
Horse and Mule Company for 500 horses a week. and
at the same point the French Government has just
placed $1oOooOo order which requires that at least
5000 Of the horses must be delivered within 90 days
Up to date South Omaha has sent $40O0OO0 worth Of
horses to the Allies and it IS expected that the business
will be doubled within the next twelve months Ar
rangemens also being perfected for the purchase
5000 horses a month at Des Mones orders for horses
and mules began to come in month after the out
break Of the European and for the period septem
ber 1914 TO June 1915 exported them to the value
of S63S165OO compared with expectation less than
SS00OOoO for the similar period 1913-1914 Exports
of mules for the 914915 period valued at s12-
100000. compared with s5sooOO for the similar period
19is1914 The life Of horse in the European
war is estimated eight days.
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
MADF IN CANADA

GONE time ago, when it was announced that Chas. NJ
~ Schwab about to ll orders for submarines and
for the Allies in this country such pressure
brought to bear him by the Administration and the
his plans
We now learn that the Electric Boat Company in
which schwab interested has contracted TO build 500
high-powered gasoline launches at $4,000 EACH and
these boats are to be constructed in Halifax Thus
contract calling $4,000 600 is to be filled outside
the United States and part thereof win to Ameri
can labor Moreover, had this contract been carried
out in the United States would soon have the ma
ohinery and the capacity TO turn out submarines and
submarine antagonists-the purpose for which these
launches are to he usedgreater than that Of other
country in the world
This is another illustration Of the Administrators
Observation-Disclosures
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refuse to ebrogatc part of q treaty
without abrogating the entire contract
and at the present time it would seem
almost impossible to accomplish this
task, so discrsanized are international
affairs.
But the administration which pass
ed the Seamen's Act in its wisdom can
not be expected to heed such petty
Evening journal., 1915-09-20

matters. The cotton of the South
cries for export and this consideration
apparently outweighs all others. But
will government-owned ships bring
the relief desired? We think not. For
even II temporary relief is obtained
by providing cheap transportation to
South American ports, in the long run
the proposition will not pay.
Evening journal., 1915-09-20

The Democrats took their campaign issue in 1912
the high cost Of living. which they blamed to a pro-
tective tariff They promised lower prices for com
modtes to follow their slash in the tariff rates Ac-
cording to Economic Bulletin No IS Just Issued by the
Department Of Agriculture the oyster has not advanc-
ed In price Everything else has On this subject the
Democrats have taken the oyster their example and
they keeping mum
Evening journal., 1915-09-20

The net balance in the Federal Treasury the close
Of business Saturday September A. s51.9229s2 as
compared with halanace OF sisO0SSSoo on the same
date two years ago when Republican revenue laws and
appropriations st in force The deficit for the
FIRST two months Of the present fiscal year amounted
to SsO0o3152.
Evening journal., 1915-09-20

"I saw Cuticura Soap and Ointment
advertised and wrote for a free sample.
The sample did so much good that I got
some more Soap and Ointment In four
months 1 was entirely well. (signe0
Peter Lands. Broadway. Meyersdale. Pa.
Feb. 10. 1918.
Sample Each Free by Mail
with s2-p. Skin Book on request Ad-
dress postcard ''Cutieura. Dept T, Bos-
tom Sold throughout the world
Evening journal., 1915-09-20

instead Of only itching it
began by forming little pim-
pies as large as the point Of
a pin. and II left alone they
would enlarge and puff up.
The pimples were hard and
red and itched and panied so
piercingly that 1 could nos
expect to have a night Of
rect h,,t a niof,t of misery
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
sTRIPPING CRRMANv.

GREAT work is being done by the British and the
- French colonial forces against the German col
onials in Africa AT the present time nothing remains
to Germany in the Dark Continent except German East
Africa and small part of the Kameruns The vigor
with which the several campaigns there are being
pushed indicates that in few months the German flag
viii have disappeared entirely and perhaps forever
from Africa Il is recognized part Of the policy Of
the allied nations to strip Germany Of all her colonies
and to wreck her plan of colonial expansion.
4 Tic Japs British Australians and New zeaianders
already have destroyed German sovereignty in Asia and
the Pacific The British and French coonials Africa
have done remarkable campaigning. at times under
transportation and other dincultes that were very
trying. There will be cessation OF the work until
the fun plans Of the Allies have been carried out When
that has been accomplished Germany viii find herself
in colonial sense, stripped to the bun
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
A REAL YELLOW PERIL.
From the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo Express.
Tacoma hears that the Osaka Stalm-
ship Company of Japan has ord ssei six
additionl Il. 600 ton steamships built at
the Osaka Iron Works. Each ship Will
be used in the transpacifc service, fol
lowing next years rearrangement Ct
Japan's mail subsidies. Passenge- ao-
eommodations will greatly exceed those
of any japanese steamships now oper-
ated to Puget Sound. With the with
drawal Of Pacific Mail steamships. the
Japanese lines must handle the bulk Of
the transpaciic passenger traffic. All
lines are confronted with a heavy de-
mand for fall and winter passenger ac-
commodations. The Osaka Line now
operates six steamships to Tacoma. 1t
has Just completed two l2,0CO-ton boats.
This will be good news for the propo-
nents of the La Toilette law At last
they have driven American commerce of
the Pacific ocean and put the carrying
trade into the hands of Japan, which,
strangely enough. some OF these same
agitators used to accuse of having sinis-
ter designs on this country.
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
WAR NEWS OF ONE
YEAR AGO T0nAY.

7
Count Won Bernstorff announces
Germany has made no move for
peace and no offer of separate
terms for Belgium.
President Wilson regrets un-
founded stories of his peace
plans. French and German war
Offices each claim advances in
France, latter saying German
army has been forced back seven
miles. Servia, admitting evacu-
alton Of Semlin. says strategic
reasons prompted.
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
TARIFF.sIAsHNG THE TROUBLE.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
The problem that will confront the
administration from the very mo-
ment that the Congress convenes is
serious enough OF itself and will be
still further complicated by the de-
TERMED demand Of the nation for a
higher degree Of military and naval
preparedness. The administration
will have to choose between raising
more revenue either by retention of
duties about to be abolished, by spe-
cial taxes which are today sufficient
ly onerous. or by issuing a loan.
No unthinking partisanship should
be allowed to embarrass It. but the
fact remains so clearly that Demo-
cratic ingenuity cannot conceal It.
that the source of the present Treas
ury trouble is found in the ruthless
slashing Of the tariff. IF to strength
en- the Treasury the administration
decides to retain the sugar duty as
1t is that cheap breakfast table"
around which we we're to gather every
morning viii have its appearance in
definitely postponed.
Evening journal., 1915-09-20

For the six months ending June 80 1914 the value
Of exports to the United States from Plauen Germany
was S2,474774 During the corresponding six months
Of 1915 they fell to $S99454 This was the effect of
The war the Pauen campaign the capture of the
American market
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
EDITORIAL OPINION

intellectually pitiable tLan the state Of
mind of certain people who have op-
posed the consistent policy of two new
bsttleships a year. while willing to COM
promise on one ship--their motive being
that they did not lie the navy and did
not really want any shipsl The navy
is an intolerable burden and expense,
unless it is useful and valuable kind
of insurance of our national peace and
dignity, and unless IL is a positive help
to us in the maintenance of what we
believe to be a beneficent international
policy. If we are to have submarines, 10
is ridiculous for a nation of our great
population and vast RESOURCES not to in
vent and build the best possible subma-
rines, in numbers adequate TO serve the
ends We have in view in building any
submarines at ALL And the same prin-
ciple applies to battleships and other
members and adiuncts of a suitably
balanced modern navy.
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ITCHING SPREAD
ALL over BODY
Formed Little PimpIes. Hard
and Red. Burned. In
Four Months Well.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT

About eight years ago itching started
at my feet. and to my surprise found that
Evening journal., 1915-09-20
WHY NOT7

From the Chicago Tribune.
Two Americans killed in Haiti Why
not? In Mexico an American is cheaper
than a clay pigeon. What must we ex-
pect but lack of respect for American
rights of life OF liberty in any Latin
American country or in any other coun-
try that has watched our policy of ex-
cessive restraint and short sighted COM
placencv IN MeXicog
II is well enough to respect the rights
of others. but that has not been deemed
inconsistent with respect for our own,
until this sorry Mexican experiment. The
price Of its unwisdom win be paid by
many an innocent man for many a year.
It has paid us nothing but the contempt
of Latin America, the contempt and
suspicion Of people not given to senti-
mental humanitarianism or incorporate
altruism-as we ourselves are not when
we are normal
Every man who kuews the Latin
American. every man who thinks of nor
NAL humanity, has disapproved our fail
IRE to enforce a decent respect for the
lives and rights of our people in Mexico.
We are a bvword now, hated profoundly
and defed. But the time must come
when we shall have TO compel just con
sideration Of our nationals and our ma
tion. and then at last it will be realized
that our policy of passivism has been
kind neither to ourselves nor TO the
people we have encouraged to hold us in
contempt.
A NATIONAL SEA POLICY.
Il II
There has never been anything more
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AN UNPARALLELED TRAGEDY.

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lief that this article represents the policy
of the Germans. Numerous things can be
pointed to now that clearly go to prove
that Germany's intention from the start.
was to rule or ruin.
She has derided Americans time after
time for selling munitions of war to the
allies, saying that we cared more for the
almighty dollar than for human lives.
The mask has now been torn from this
hypocritical nation and it stands branded
as having demonstrated that commercial
supremacy was at the bottom of the war,
and no other reason can or will be accept
ed by the world.
The cold-blooded manner in which Ger
many dismisses the subject by saying that
ample warning was given proves that human
life has no value in her eyes. The civil
liked world, in its widest conjectures of the
horrors of war, could not imagine SO mon
strous act as the sinking of ship contain
ing innocent children without moments
warning. In no sense was this act justi-
fable and the odium of it will rest upon
Germany as long as the world stands.