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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-21
Wanted: A Barnes Conscience
i'm Philadelphia

DOL1T1C1ANs are thin-sldnned in New
l. York Mr.. Barnes has played the game
a long time He has hung more than one
scalp to his wgwam and more than one
Governor has been his intimate. There have
been phases Of his career not good to look
upon. The charges brought by Mr. Roosc-
welt during a hot campaign voiced a general
belief among citizens Of New York Proof
of them is another matter. There are many
things that are true which cannot he proved,
and the public's conclusion in matters Of this
sort is generally correct 1t may be doubted
If registration frauds in Fayette County
could he established in a court Of Justice, or
the conspiracy between certain Republican
leaders and the liquor ring, yet there were
frauds and there was conspiracy.
But in Pennsylvania what do iovial roll
tctans care about publication OF their uera-
rious deeds? They thrive on exposures. They
rejoice when croollcduess is imputed to them.
They revel in impious alliances. Now and
then one rises to say that it took him many
months to line up the saloons behind the Re-
publican ticket and he is not going to per
nit the Governor or anybody else 10 alien
ate them ON the whole however, they de-
pend for publicity on friends Of good govern
ment who ondeavor to arouse the electorate
by publication Of the facts.
There is, by common consent, no libel in
accusing these men of bipartisanship, cor
rupt alliances. barterng Of power, pillage of
funds, exploitation in franchises, etc The
charges have become matter of course
after years of iteration. 1t is one of the big
assets of the Organization that it has
trading sign out as efficient a fence as
was ever caught with the goods. See "the
boys higher up" is the motto, and "the boys
appear to be perfectly willing to be seen.
What a fine thing it would be if one Of
our own statesmen developed a Barnes con-
science! 1t would prove moral progress If
nothing else
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VILLA is not proving himself to be the
V hope of Mexico even il he were for a
time the hope of the Administration at
Washington When Obregon whipped him
at Celaya his prestige as the unconquered
destroyed. His followers have been
driven back from Queretaro on the east of
Celaya and from Guadalajara on the west.
Carranza, with the aid of Obregon, seems
TO have a pretty firm hold on the district
between Ceaya and the capital.
Villas star is on the wane But it will he
much better for Mexico if he keeps his army
in the field than If he should disband it,
Every time Mexican revolutionary army
breaks up it forms itself into score of
robber bands, which live on the country and
make the prevailing state of anarchy more
acute If it were possible to combine all the
armies into one all responsible Mexicans
would welcome the combination with a sigh
of relief, for then they would have to deal
with a single eXtortioner instead Of half a
dozen. But no such desirable outcome is in
sight because the Mexican revolutiOnists are
fighting for loot rather than for love Of
their country.
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Foss as a Barometer

THE chief use of Eugene Noble Foss, of
L Massachusetts is as a barometer to tell
the state of the political weather He tried
vainly to be elected to Congress as n Repub-
lcan believing in reciprocity. When he failed
the last time he announced that he Il
Democrat and ran for the Governorship on
a reciprocity platform and was elected. He
detected the signs of a sentiment favorng a
lower tariff, or high protective system miti-
gated by reciprocity for the benefit of the
consumer and producer, and proited by his
foresight.
Now this barOmeter-it would he unltind as
well unjust to call him a weather. cock
has announced that he is a candidate for the
Governorship on the Republican ticket this
year and that he will run on a dry" plat
form. Once more his instinct has disclosed
to him the drift of popular sentiment, and
he is willing to get political profit out OF
his ability to feel approaching changes in
the political weather. If he is elected he is
ready to seek the Republican nomination for
the Presidency, in the firm belief that he
can ride into office on the water wagon But
whether or not Mr.. Foss can continue to get
votes enough to elect him, ii is certain that
the next President, whoever he is, will come
nearer to standing on a dry platform than
on a platform framed by the liquor inter
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SETTING BATS TO FIGHT FEVER

foremost sanitary expert of the world, said of
Doctor Campbelrs work:
1T seems to me this field has great poss-
bllities. and would gladly recommend 1t in all
cases Of malarial work.
Doctor Campbell is now in communication
with the Australian and japanese Governments
and with North India nation called srlnagar
The Austrian Government was about to con-
tract with him for one years work at 1000
when the broke out, breaking off the plans.
The Italian Government has published his pa
pers in full.
Doctor Campbell believes firmly that his
discoveries mean the saving OF countless null
titudes Of human lives for there are many
Ills which are fastened upon people only after
the body Is weakened by malaria.
tuberculosis is one Of the most familiar OF
these The germs OF consumption quickly fnd
a chance TO multiply in a body that Is the host
OF malaria germs The mosquito Is known 10
b the one carrier of malaria"
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Can,t club Inspiration Into a Man

THERE will be no conscription, says Lloyd
i George, speaking for the Government and
that ought to settle the matter 1t is a war
which has attracted volunteers in all the
belligerent nations. Few stories of back
wardness have made their way into print
To be sure, recruiting was rather slow in
England during the early weeks of the war
but that was caused by a misapprehension
OF the situation.
So long the public was led to believe
that a handful of Belgians were successfully
resisting the advance of the great German
machine few men felt it neco airy to enlist
When the truth leaked out, however, and the
real power of the German arms became ap-
parent hesitancy was out of the question
An army raised by conscription is seldom
good army, There must be inspiration be-
hind a battle line and inspiration Is some-
thing that cannot be driven into a man with
a club
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GAN ANTONIO protects bats by law. From
- this example 1t seems that the housing and
protection OF the domestic bat may develop into
a civic activity elsewhere. For DR.. c. A Camp
bell of San Antonio, says that the bat is an
enemy OF mosquitoes and other pests and is
one OF the best possible aids in the fight against
malaria. Colonel Gorgas, Of Canal Zone fame
believes the doctor is right
San Antonio has gone ahead and established
a municipal roost." 1t is a monster shelter
set upon platform 80 feet high The Houston
Chronicle in connection with the announce
ment OF a lecture by Doctor Campbell on his
novel plan for eradicating the mosquito, says:
Doctor Campbell does not come as a faddist'
or crank He has spent Il years ana 5000 in
scientific investigation OF the bat and the mos
quito problem-and mosquitoes mean malaria.
He has been indorsed by the San Antonio Board
OF Health, the Scientific Society Of San An
tonic and the San Antonio Academy Of Medl-
cine,
General w. c, Goggas. Of Panama fame. ths
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THE most polite thing ED" Ware ever
L did was to get on the Brumbaugh band
wagon early in the last campaign Since
then he has on several occasions arrayed
himself on the side of good government He
can very materially increase his prestige
and do himself and party a good turn
through sticking to the Governor.
Some political support has in it objection
able features similar to those urged against
the use of tainted" money, but a good deed
is good deed matter by whom per-
formed. Local option will be no less de-
sirable If it is won through the support Of
the South Philadelphia Senator, and that
gentleman can afford to have a star some
where in his record.
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What 10000 Cars Mean

AN ORDER for 10000 freight cars, such
n as has just been given by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, seems to the person unfa-
miliar with the enormous freight business of
the country big enough to provide cars to
carry almost all the products of the East.
1t is a big order and the capacity of 10 900
cars is great If the cars were all coupled
I'm one train they would reach from here to
New York and the first car could be un-
loading in the freight yards the other
side Of the Hudson before the caboose had
pulled out Of West Philadelphia.
The train could carry 6,6OOOOO bushels of
wheat, or four times as much wheat as is
raised in all New Jersey in a year. 1t would
barely suffice to carry 100000 bales of cot
ton, or more than the total Alabama crop has
averaged in recent years. If two automobiles
were placed in each car the train could ac-
commodate 10000 motorcars, or the product
of the Ford factories for 90 days,
The country is big and the demand for
transportation is beyond human comprehen-
sion We may read the figures, but they
mean nothing because they are so large An
order for 10000 cars may have little effect
upon the ability OF the railroads as a whole
to carry freight, but the fact that they are
needed to take the place of worn n-out equip
ment of a single railroad and that their
manufacture will put $40 900 900 in circulation
should make every business man rejoice at
the Frightening business prospects,
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A Crucial Test for the War Machine

TTTHATEVER may be the ultimate out
w come of the war every impartial OBJ
server must be marveung at the wonderful
perfection of the German military machine
1t has stood up under the severcst mag
Unable strain for more than eight months
and II still seems to he working smoothly.
No German expected that his country would
have to fight practically all Europe. The
army was not built for any such stupendous
task. But 1t has thus far been equal to 1t,
and It has been able to force the fighting
into the territory Of the enemy and keep 1t
off German soil The French have been in
Alsace and Lorraine and the Russians have
made incursions into East Prussia but Ger
many itself has not had It's fields laid waste
nor It's cities destroyed.
AS the Allies perfect their armies and put
them in the field the German officers will
find their task more difficult than it has been
to send men to the relief Of Austria who
were needed to defend German territory and
the Russians are just hurrying 100000
soldiers to the Carpathians to drive back the
German reinforcements and force their way
to Budapest And while the Russians are
pilng men on to their southwestern front
Kitchener's millions are getting in line on
tory to a great offensive move which they
hope will be strong enough to force the Ger
mans to fall back
How long can the German war machine
stand the pressure?
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AFTER THE WAR

We kept the peace, though East ana ~
Worn out, held forth golden stots'
We have endured the acid test;
Having. We have not grasped TOT me- ~,
Our sword has not been drawn loI ~
Our soldiers have not passed the sals'
For us, today to write the seorei -,
God. keep our Judgment clear ana s'4''
The world Is PROSTATE at our fest'
No question of the ruler now
Supreme the army and the neeti
Before our might the nations DOW
For US the task OF saying how
our ruling is inviolate. ,.,,,.
None 10 gainsay ". so, Gut lh
Oh, make our vision fair ana slralsHN
When, crushed and mangled' troop "
The battered nations drew away .,,,
When conquest lured-we did NOT ss. ~ 4
Right fought with might and won ''
We did not bid the tempter stay
We dld not rob the slaves OF Fate
Victors without blow, we pray, ,-al,
Goo. make our course run true ana go
Master, the world Is az our ieeli
Greed with power may seek 70
Domains allure-but honor's sweet ,@4I
Make Thou our judgment elsat 80 ..a
---Willsaa a. Ac0aFEf, II rs
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gress. He forgot that he was a Republican
in a Democratic Senate but remembered only
that he was an American citizen with some
practical knowledge of banking, and he gave
to his colleagues the benefit of all his Snowl-
edge and experience in framing the bill lie
recognized that it was not "A perfect measure
and he was well aware of it's defects, but
1t was much better than the law which 1t was
to displace and so he voted with the Demo-
Gratis for the new banking law and shares
with them the responsibility for whatever
good there is in it. In discussing the meas
ure in the debates he spoke with perfect
frankness and with persuasiveness and al
ways with that sweet reasonableness which
concliates and Convinces with the clear in
sight of a trained business man he went
straight to the heart of the question and
discussed 1t on its merits. And he did not
talk unless he had something to say.
Winning Attention in Congress
And it was because he had something to
saw that he won the attention of the House
the first time he got up to speak. The bill
to prevent hazing at Annapolis was under
discussion there, and Mr.. Weeks who had
first arranged to have the Speaker recognize
him, said:
Mr.. Speaker, am a graduate of Annap-
ois"
There had been the usual disorder, with
members talking to one another while the
debate progressed, but soon as this new
man announced that he was a graduate of
the Naval Academy, they all knew that he
must know much more about hazing there
than any other man on the floor, and they
listened And it was the first time in years
that the House had even cared whether
new member said anything not The at
tenton which he secured then no has held
ever since 1t did not take his colleagues
long to discover that he was a man to be
reckoned with.
Every one who knows him admits that ne
is of presidential size. Whether he Is of pres
idential availability or not is another ques-
tion.
He is in the prime Of life, as he was born
in New Hampshire in 1860 He was raised
on n farm and was graduated from the
Naval Academy in 1881. He served as a
midshipman for three years and resigned to
become an assistant land commissioner for
the Florida Southern Railway. In 1883 he
entered the banking firm of Hornbower &
Weeks and retained his connection with 1t
until he entered the Senate in 1913. He started
his political career as an alderman in New
ton, a suburb of Boston He held that office
for three years and was then elected Mayor
He was a captain in the auxiliary naval
force on the Atlantic Coast during the Span
ish war and was first elected to Congress In
1904 He is a member of the Society of the
Cincinnati the Sons of the Revolution and
the Society of the War of 1912, and is one
of the most popular and respected citizens
in Massachusetts,.
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Collapse of Railroading for Speculation

TIHE primary purpose of railroad is to
i carry passengers and freight II the
American railroads had been used for no
other purpose they would be in much better
eondition today. and they would not be COM
PEELED TO fght hostile legislation in almost
every State as well in Washington. But
Spectators have secured control Of railway
properties, not to do a legitimate tTansporta-
ton business, but for the sole purpose OF
manipulating the shares of stock on the mar
ket and for reorganization, recapitalization
ana rebondihg 10 make new securities to float
upoR An innocent and gullible public. The
property Of the honest investor has been dis
-laated, and confidence IN the honesty OF
sallFoad financing has been destroyed so that
ne heoeztly managed railroad company has
fae saner With the specpiatiYely managed
eerapans. and has been compelled 70 go 10
asat trouble and expense 10 persuade the
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governmental commissions that, when it says
II needs to earn more money II It Is to keep
out OF bankruptcy, 1t actually does need IL
for legitimate purpose.
The complete collapse Of the Chicago and
Rock Island Railway Company is the latest
Illustration OF what happens when railroad
securities are used for purposes Of specula-
tive promotion The shares Of the company
sold for 2O7 in 1902, before the spectators
began to play with It. They sold yesterday
for PAY, but the property. which was earning
enough to Justify the high value of the
shares 10 years ago, is still in existence and
there is business for IT, But 1t will have
to be put in the hands of railroad men
interested primarily in the railroad business
before il can he rehabilitated
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THE NARROW DOORS

The Wide Door into Sorrow
Stands open night and day,
with head held high and dancing feet
| pass 1t on my way
l never tread within II.
/ never turn TO see.
The Wide Door into Sorrow
IT cannot frlghten me.
The Narrow Doors to Sorrow
Are secret, still, and low;
swift tongues of dusk that spoil the sun
Before l even know.
oh. stranger than my mdnights
OF loneliness and strife
The Doors that let the dark creep In
Across my sunny life!
Fannie Stearns Clifford, in The Atlantic
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the death of the
great Ohioan, he
was putting on rec
ord something moro
than praise for the
Junior Senator from
Massachusetts,.
Victor Murdoch is
a radical. He was
one of the original
Progressives and he
has long been an op-
poncnt of the thco-
ries and practices Of
the g o n s g rv0tive
wing of the Repub-
lican party.
John w. Weeks Is
a conservative. He
MnrlSed in hnnrtN
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PRAYER

Prayer is more than the mere outburst o.
desires or sorrows of the soul seeking
satisfaction or consolation which IL does
find within itself. 1t is the expression OF
instructive or reflective, obscure or clear
erlng or steadfast. in the existence tns
ence. the power and the sympathy OF ws
ing to whom prayer is addressed.
The universal and insuperable insllncs
leads man to prayer is In harmony win
great fact; he who believes In God eahno,
have recourse to Him and pray TO Hln--o'
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JOHN w. WEEKS
FOR PRESIDENT
Victor Murdoch Thinks That the
Massachusetts, Senator Is Second
McKinley-He Is a Courageous
and Conciliatory Statesman.
BY GEORGE W. DOUGLAS

WHEN Victor Murdoch, in moment of
w enthusiastic admiration, said that John
w. Weeks was more like William Mckinley
than any other public man who had emerged
from the mass Of inconspcuous citizens since
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inal"
(2) Harpers neutrality-suspicious. Easy
Chair
(3) New Republic-"Prisons as Pleasure
Resorts"
(4) Century-"Maggi Martins Friends"
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Friends with Extremists


SO Wnen the Kansas radical says nice
things about the Massachusetts conserva-
tive he is putting ON record the important
fact that Kansas radicaism is less extreme
than IL used to be. and at tho same time he
Is paying a tribute to the ability of Senator
Weeks to make friends even with extremists
without abating one jot or title of his own
conservatism.
As there are mon who say that the West
crn speaking tour on which Senator Weeks
Is nov engaged ia for the purpose of letting
the citizens Of that part of the country take
his measure so that they may know what
he is like when they asked to favor his
nomination to the Presidency next year. It
becomes important that the rest of the coun-
try should know the kind of man he is.
1t has already been said that he was a
banker and broker. He entered the banking
business i'm 1883 as the Junior member of the
firm Of lIornblower e Weeks of Boston. The
business of the firm has grown, until Offices
are maintained in New York, Detroit and
Chicago, as we'll as in Boston. While Mr..
Weeks was a member of the House of Rep
resentatives he retained his interest in the
firm and was not ignorant of what was done
in the Washington branch, maintained for a
while, even If he did not superintend it in
the hours when he was not occupied with his
public duties But, Curiousy enough, Mr..
Weeks has not suffered politically because
of his business connections with the stock
exchanges as a banker and broker.
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sympathy with Speaker Cannon while he
was member OF the House Of Representa-
tives He was for years banker and broker
and has made a fortune through his Connec-
tion with what the Kansans like to call the
money trust.
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Frank Is technically guilty. but what III
Phagan.
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The Governor is accused Of using the big
stick" which is a synonym for public opinion.
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Hurting 100000 Russians into the Carpa-
rnians or anywhere else is not such a mighty
ta-k. In these days that Is a small army
PosslBls Il WIN be used as an advance guard.
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Every time a Japanese sneezes some jing
imagines that he is secret powder maya
zine.
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A Good Word for Cannon


And he did not suffer, either because of
his support of Cannon at time when all
the radicals We're denouncng Cannonism in
unmeasured terms. In the midst of the fight
he went to Newton, his home city, and in
the course of talk to a church mems club
on the manner of doing business in Wash
ngton, he went out of his way to say a good
word for Cannon lie insisted that the
Speaker was not the monster that he had
been painted, and that if any member of
the House had a bill the passage of which
would serve any public end Cannon would
help him to the fun extent of his ability but
that if man were merely trying to play
politics and occupy the time of Congress
without any public end in view, the Speaker
would turn him down. And, said Mr. Weeks.
most of the denunciation of the Speaker
came from the latter class of Congressman.
This said at a time when in some sec
tions of the country it was unsafe to say a
pleasant word about any characteristic of
the Speaker But Mr.. Weeks said it in such
frank, honest and sincere manner and he
made it SO plain to his hearers that the
Speaker but the agent of the ma jorty
of the House in the transaction of business
which had to be DONE that he did not pro-
woke even a murmur of dissent If Victor
Murdocll means that Mr. Weeks has the
same skill in discussing controversial topics
without provoking hostile criticism that Nc
Kinley manifested, his skill was certainly
shown that winter night in Newton "a few
years ago.
Mr.. Weeks took the big view of the Speak
ership controversy, and not the petty per-
sonal view. He recognized the necessity OF
having some authority in charge of legisla-
tion with power enough to see that business
was done Under the rules the Speaker exer-
cised that power and Mr. Weeks did busi-
ness in the way that experience had proved
was good, lie was under no illusion when
the power was taken from the hands OF the
Speaker and put in the hands of a commit
tee. because he knew that the change meant
simply the transfer of power and that the
business would still be done in the same old
way, save that a Congressman would have
to deal with a committee instead of with a
single man when he wanted to get his meas
ures advanced.
1t is the habit Of this man to take the big
view Of questions. He was one of the few
Republican Senators who voted for the cur
renCy bill. But he had worked hard % i'm
prove the measure while 1t was before Con-