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GAGGING THE SENATE.

The cloture rule in the Senate and
the caucus gag in the House will be
the distinguishing features OF the
Democratic dominance Of both
branches OF Congress at its next meet
ing. The administration got along
very well with a majority that was in
clined to be rebellious at times in the
House, but 1t was the Senate that
openly opposed the President in some
Of the nominations he tried TO force
on it, but most notably in the case of
the ship purchase bill, a measure
which the Presidential heart ap-
peared to be peculiarly wrapped up in.
And then there was the rivers and
harbors bill. which was trimmed OF
$4,000. 900 OF wasteful appropriations
through the leadership of Senator Bur.
ton. But there Is to be no more free
discussion in this deliberative and re-
viewing branch of Congress. The lid
is to be clamped on debate through
the application OF the cloture rule.
The President has endorsed the
scheme. and he will thus be enabled
to force through the Senate any legis-
lation he may desire. And these are
the days OF the New Freedom!
There are many reasons for the
Democratic fear OF open discussion.
Measures for increasing the govern
ment's revenues will be considered
by the next Congress. and this will
naturally open the way for the Repub-
licans TO inquire into the causes for
the deficiency. and for which the pres
ent 20 per cent free trade tariff bill
will be held responsible The party
may well be dismayed at the pros
poets OF untrammeled debate on that
proposition. But II the country is de-
nied hearing OF Democratic mistakes
through Congress. It viii be fully In
formed during next years campaign.
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WILL GET NO PROTECTION.

No American enterprise that has
been induced TO engage in the manu-
facture OF dyestufs through hope of
protection by the tariff peed expect to
have that hope realized by any help
from the Democratic administration.
Addressing a New York chemical So
ciety not long ago, DIR. Pratt, chief OF
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce, speaking about the legisla-
tive program which the administration
will advocate az the next session OF
Congress for the protection Of the
American dyestuff industry against
underselling by foreign competitors,
told the society that President Will
sons plan, instead. was to deal with
ruinous underselling through anti
trust legislation. and In no way con-
templated protection by a high tariff.
He aided that ruinous underselling,
according to the administration plan.
would be made punishable as unfair
competition.
The scheme is to resort to the en-
forcement OF the antitrust provisions
OF the Clayton act. which is the same
kind OF protection Secretary Redheld
offers TO manufacturers OF other prod
ucts by a revival OF the anti-dumping
clause that was eliminated from the
original Underwood tariff bill. Just
how this will prevent German dye
stun producers from selling their
products at a lower price than they
can be produced in this country Is not
clear. Germany can do this simply on
account of the lower wages OF her
workmen. No law OF this country can
prevent foreign producer from pay
ing his workmen what he pleases.
Without protective tariff that makes
up the wage difference between the
foreign and American workman there
can be no successful operation Of the
dyestuffs industry in this country
when the foreign operators begin tc
90 business again. No Democratic
expedient offered so far encourages
American capital to invest in the in
dustry.
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CONFLICTING REPORTS.

There is a strange Inconsistency
between some Of the German newspa-
per statements OF the scarcity Of food
and the government reports that Ger
many has plenty to eat" Thus the
Socialist organ. the Berlin Vorwaerts.
the other day was quoted az stating
that thousands OF persons in Berlin
were battling daily for a small guam
|tity OF meat and lard" Crowds waited
|cay by day and even through the night
~ places where there were municipal
|sales In meager allowances. and many
went away with empty baskets. The
Taeglische Rundschau" spoke Of the
pitiless spectacle OF which the Berlin
|depots and barracks are constantly the
scene" where crowds assembled at all
hours and in all woathers 10 get the
'leavings OF the soldiers dinner. pieces
|of TAT meat and bone. bread. potatoes
and table scraps Of all kinds. an IN
'speakabie mess" The food shortage
was said not to BE- confined 10 Berlin.
and evidence Is cited from many other
sources. The "Bhelnische Westfal-
ifcbe zeitungT was quoted az denoun-
cling the bad quality and excessive
'prices Of various articles Of food. IN
'cluding butter and eggs and various
'yeretabies
Naturally the German government
hoes not want any impression 20 20
'abroad that the enemy's plan 70 starve
put The nation is succeeding In the
maliest particular And while 70 may
pot be true that starvation De- facing
b. German population. BE- 81 quite
probable that there Del a large shortage
Df food in the empire. and that unu-
ual distress must necessarily prevail
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DEFENDING MONROE.

a definition OF national policy is the
most necessary element in prepared
ness FOR war. says The New Republic.
II the Germans captured London or
New York II would not be for the sake
OF holding IL, but in order to change
certain British or American policies
TO which they object They would
seize these cities not because they
wanted them, but because they wanted
india or Egypt or Africa or some
part of South America. They do not
strike az England or the United States
but at the British empire or the Mon
roe Doctrine.
The basic unpreparedness OF Amer
lea is our ignorance OF what We mean
by the Monroe Doctrine and the Open
Door. They are the only policies we
are likely to defend against a flrst-
class power. From the point OF view
or the world they are both OF them
aggressive, doubly menacing because
they are underlined. The spectacle OF
the United States standing upon poll
oies which carry such immense pre-
tensions. and arming without declar-
ing the real purpose of the armament.
Is something that may well frighten
the statesmen OF other nations. IL Is
no use to hope that they will believe
that we are preparing to protect our
territory. They will act on the belief
that we are preparing TO defend na-
tional ambitions whose limits havc
never been defined. II our policies
remain vague and Indefinite n we
seem ready TO defend a doctrine which
covers everything or nothing. we shall
rightly be charged with committing
ourselves to a program that has no
limit protected by ornaments that
have no end"
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IKE LITTLE Red nrHBou.

sing. not Of battles nor conqusrors
WIN trophies their ,aIor has won Do
My sons !. The love Of a sby n,u.
who sm.led uron me IN the morning
] Whispered my passion. though cium.i-
win tsar-shinIng iashos she bsedsd
Win tns ii.E u bstrothai begged Tor
The llllle red ribbon she wore IN s.,
Though nov it De- faded
0 picture DO braided.
The way that 90 srImmerrd that rIrhf
on The stair.
ana often 4 kIaa Do
And think bow IU mirr &C.
pc Aiiic req ribbon rH0 wore Ir Der
The ycars have flown Dr. and hsr locks
have nrnwu whittier.
emile vhen shs speaks of tho gray
vhispsf o. Hsf chat her rianses srs
Her di@giss more ui,,bipr than ever
our ioee-Hfs has uItnessed NOR. laugh.
Iuu Cham ueluI.r
We ohs.s WIN fand' sisss, ths foot
But ~ oen iifte eifs never dreams 0
The utus 80 r1ho1 shs gore Ir fer
hair
Though faded and rrInFIeI
ana rImrI.I HUT urIUUI.I
Tie bonnie. .f.rHf LOOPING HaI rIst.
f..I Hu IH..
IHr down Ir m. pocket
20 NrH. HI. H IH...r
Ihs n'us rcd ribbon sus won. .a Der
-peafrorr Wsssis.
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BULGARIA's TREAcHERY.

Bulgaria's part in the European
conflict f. one OF those striking ex-
amples of ingrattude that grows more
reprebensible the more Il Is examined
u is the viper's sting. To two OF the
entente allies she owes everything she
h.. Russia and England. To the cen.
tral powers and Turkey she IL oblI-
gated In no way. In the days when the
Turks we're massacring her people.
Ike the Armenians are being deci.
mated. Germany and Austria looked
on unconcerned Yet she is now hght-
ing with them and becomes an ally OF
Turkey
Every consideration OF ordinary
gratitude should have compelled her
TO AZ least observed a neutral position.
~ was Russia. encouraged by Great
britain. that freed Bulgaria from Turk.
ish rule in ISIS. as the United states
freed Cuba from Spain. Not only was
her national existence a gift from Rua
ola. bot 90 Russian arms. combined
with British good will. che owes her
steady development from poverty 70
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waNed 80 powerful that demo
cracy has as yet failed to dislodge
them. In brief. the political and
social Ills OF Great Britain have
nowhere their origin In democracy
but In governmental abuses and
inequalities against which British
democracy Is manfully struggling.
And the most disastrous OF all
elements OF evil. the war system.
Is wholly undemocratic. IL has
subjugated Europe. not because
democracies are loosely organ
lied. careless and disorderly," but
because compact brotherhoods
which have been welded into fam
ily-nation by the fostering care
and the strict discipline OF a pa
ternalistic government" have be-
come politically so incompetent
that they are driven like sheen
into n war they did not want.
which could bring them nothing
but ruin. and which in its incep-
ton and contamination constf-
tutes the most heinous crime ever
perpetrated in the history OF civili-
zation.
shall learn that the remedy for
the shortcomings OF freedom Is
more freedom. that personal in
itiative counts more even in ma
terial enterprise than any form OF
enforced efficiency. that the ma
tons of the world need not less
freedom but more justice-for
justice sets men free. and that the
worst possible test OF a nations
greatness is found in the mischief
she can do TO her neighbors
through blind leading OF the blind
10 the field of battle. That battle
fields still exist is due to the fail
ure OF justice and therefore OF In
dividual freedom.
IL is true enough that State So
cialism, as Germany is demon
strating, demands the price and
then delivers the goods" But
what terrible goods this system
stands ready to deliver!
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RIVER BILLS
ARE In DANGER
s. o. S. rs SENT OUT TO ALL The
FRIENDS or RIVER AND HAIR
BoR IMPROVEMENTS.
Work on ohio River May Be curtailed
or Suspended-Supreme Court
Divided on Liquor Case.
BY CHARLES BROOKS sMlTH.

WASHINGTON, u. G.. Nov. -
Friends Of river and harbor improve.
ments throughout the country are wor-
ried over the outlook for sppropfia-
lions by the next Congress. and are
setting busy in an effort to bring such
pressure 90 bear that money win be
forthcoming 10 facilitate work On i'm.
provements that are low well under
way
The alarm has been sounded for a
rnllying Of an the friends OF rivers and
harbors In this city December 5. . and
10, which are the dates on which the
National Rivers and Harbors Ccnrrras
viii Do In session. Every subsidiary
and affiliated organization has been
stirred up TO the danger ahead. which
30 is claimed, includes the possibility
or the work on the Ohio river improve
ments being entirely abandoned. at
least temporarily. or 90 hampercd By
r. lack 20 money that work can only
be continued In a desultory sort Of a
way The Ohio River Improvement
Association has been made aware Of
me jeopardy its great proioci a. about
10 be- placed In.
In a statement made BY the officers
~ the National Rivers and. Harbora
Congress. DO On declared that 10 a. cts
dent there o. "a strongly Organized
movement on foot which Be- Intended
90 bring about the stopparc % an m
provrmCnt 81 the Waterway OF tho
United states aud their complete
abandonment al highways OF transpor.
tatlon."
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BOYS
SHOES

It's but a pleasant task
10 select your Boys Shoes
here.
Every Shoe is splcndidly
made with the best of select
eel feathers in both the up-
pcrs and solcs.
Our Boys Shoes are un-
shown elsewhere.
You viii appreciate this
fact If YOU viii take "a look
lat our splendid values.
See Outside Case on Display.
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II has been charged that the ills
which beset England at the pres
ent time are due to Germany's
challenge TO Democracy"
None of the ills from which
England is at present suffering
are due to democracy or to free
dom. but to inherited conditions
ana traditions which British
Democracy Zone of the finest and
most devoted bodies OF men and
women in the world) has been
working manfully to throw off.
These 40 back TO the days-not
yet wholly past-of British I'm
perialism and paternalism. Brit
Ism polity still rests on inequality
before the law. The statute of
primogeniture still thrusts the
hated principle OF precedence into
the bosom OF every family. The
state church still discrfminates
against personal religion. The gov
ernmental effort. not long ago, to
strengthen the landed aristocracy
gave England and Scotland their
unsolyed land problems. Only
very recently has the free school
found root In Great Britain. The
holding of India at public cost for
private exploitation has enriched
the very few at the expense OF
very many. The wars In India
and Africa have exhausted I'm
large degree the British yeomanry.
while those war could not use
have slid down the line OF least
resistance into the slums OF the
great cities. War selection created
slums. In the slums those whom
war could not use have bred gen.
erations of like incompetents in an
atmosphere of drink and vice.
The young men OF parts have been
used and used up by the thous-
and In the colonial service. The
weaker elements have multiplied
while fine strains have been de-
stroyed. The liquor interests have
hled Great Britain and Ireland
with racepoisons and these GRIM
inal products OF aristocracy have
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1915.

In some quarters. The fact remains
that in spite OF governmental assur-
ances OF plenty. there continue to be
reports OF mobs and rioting and break
ing OF store windows in the effort to
get food. The Official response TO the
hostile press" does not seem very
convincing somehow. Why should the
press OF Germany's own leading cities
get up such sensation unless there
is ground for Il?
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economic strength. from ignorance to
enlightenment. from military weak.
ness to power. The Bulgars have been
swept into this betrayal In a measure
through hatred OF Servia, which in
hicted such cruel blows on her army.
her territory and her pride in the
short. sharp struggle OF 1913. And
Greece she hates only in less degree.
Germany. undoubtedly. has made lib
eral promises to Bulgaria. but her
dominating motive is revenge. For
that. the Bulgarian government is
plunging its people into what must be
In the long run. at least. a suicidal
war.
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PROFESSIONAL sEeeARs.

St Louis Clobc-Democrat.
II Is pretty well known that a
great many apparent cases OF dis
tress are fictitious. and az least four.
hfths Of the street beggars are i'm.
posters. but e IS 10 be hoped that
very few benevolent people are so
highly deceived as the lady who re-
Gently investigated the wants OF
some pensioners on her bounty.
where r. the blind man?" she
asked OF the little girl she met al the
door Of the tenement-house.
He's readin' the paper. mum"
All! where Is the deaf NAM"
He's talkin' politics with the dumb
man"
And what has become OF the para.
lytic2"
Hes abed. mum"
That's stfangei He ought 70 be
running a race" said the lady. sar-
castically. "He o. the only honest
beggar IN the house Why Is he In
bed?"
Because he's dead"
Tho Hnrurru rH.r f.vr ~f.rrfs rUu 80 q "A
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Tho actiou of thc United states su.
prone Court IN setting the West Viz.
Rinia liquor cases for roarGumcnt o.
taken 90 moan that the court De- al.
vided No otter construction ran rca.
sonably be- placed on The courts &c.
Ton. which was voluntary Neither
side asked TO be allowed to argue the
cases again. When thcee cases were
up 90 Tho spring term o. the court. tho
arguments we're made bv Commits.
sionor Fred o. Blue. assisted By A..
tornoy General Wheeler. for the Anti.
Saloon League. Mr. blues argument
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UNCLE WALT: Ripping Rhymes.
THE PUMPKIN

The pumpkin uof yellow. beneath
.he cold skies. lf'a luscious and mot
0v. and ready Tor pies H0 trrdruy
bear 30 away from The vine. and slice
d and pare DO and mash De- uD one.
ID. puf in Oh eaDicea. surround 10 win
rust. and then in three frlcor ven
.af 400 We burt. Ny apprIte's DaiEy
'rd dul 81 can b.. most tlanfF f00E
.ocky. forb.ddinR. fO me Away from
Do frlffers J turn With rlFI. flr
.offee'g Ike bittrre. and Halr Is mmco
.ir fhe aDud and ftr uGIah cen
emrf me no more fhry make m. feel
fcgpyugnL 1915. b. q
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was at the time lauded by lawyers
and laymen who heard il as a superior
EFFORT OF convincing force and clear,
logical argument.
These cases. It will be remembered
hinged on the refusal OF the Western
Maryland Railroad Company and the
express companies to accept booze
shipments from Baltimore to points IL
West Virginia. dry State.
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a PROMPT RETURN

baltimore American
Maud f.d Won give chat young
IinrrrH kraf
No. me-. biol took Do. bot ur au
rir1t FOR 7 made bIm give DO uebt
back"
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'afdIrh. fho fourhnutr a bore I'm
Tired Of The puddin. Goa sick of fue
fnneHe. ~ things that taste wooden. OF
rar7nip. and peas. They ElVc kafzen.
Jammer. they weary The eyes. nut
loudly clam0r Tor pumpkin pies 'ue
pina NAT arc golden. we'll seaFons1.
YET mild. from formulas 0ldou. ~
nou1eWiveE complied The GODS on
Dlympuf are ufferlng crira "On.
MORALS. don't fk.mp ua. but send us
hofc ricr' our rruh makes ua b0ny
we're in a blue funE. ambr0HI1 a
phDnF and nectar ia UuHtf
orrs msfthee Adamsg
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Lumber Suffered.

The lumber industry OF West vir
ginia has suffered as much, II moi
more, as a result of the European
war. as any other industry OF the
state. The fact is. that. for many
months after the war began, the lum
Der business of the entire country
was virtually stopped. Lumber is ont
OF our big export items. and the wal
closed up immense foreign markets
everywhere, and there were no ships
10 be had to transport much Of the
lumber that might otherwise have
gotten through. Nor is the prospect
for immediate relief any too bright
although the Department OF Com
merce. which Is working on the mat
ter. has issued another optimistic
bulletin on the subject based on the
Just completed trip OF Franklin n
smith, a commercial agent, in the faI
east, Australia and New Zealand.
where he made an investigation OF tho
markets for United States lumber.
The prospect OF an increased ex
port trade lis alluring." the bureau
states. and declares that through ths
work OF Mr.. Smith. who started Mon
day on a tour OF western cities. A
hopes to supply precisely the informa
ton and advice needed to greatly in
crease this trade
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year. During the month OF May. when
Mrs. cochran WAS planting flowers she
DuIlea couple OF peanuts under the
surface or the ground. The incident
va forgotten until Wednesday wnen
Airs- cochran went to the flower bed for
the purpose OF removing her flower
pants. In turning the ground over she
taine across the peanut plant. A more
careful search revealed several nuts and
when she had finished a quart OF the
peanuts had been gathered Now Mrs.
Cochran has resolved 10 raise the mus
on more extensive plan next wear
East LibcrDOol Tribune.
Wor dhas been received at Granville
or the death OF Mrs. Elizabeth s. Shep-
afdson. widow Of DR. Daniel Shepardson
FOUNDER OF Shephardson College FOR Vo-
men. which ~ now the women's depart
ment OF Denison university. Mrs Shep-
ardson, who was so years old, died in
Nortolk, Va. At the home Of her dauEh-
Ter. She was born az orange. Ohio
Capt. J. g. Morrow. former sheriff OF
" athinEton county, and prominent
citizen Of Marietta. aged 81. Is dead
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Late In December IL the Indefinite an
nouneement OF the Presidents marriage.
and there wont be no Invitations, nuth-
err" Is the definite assurance.
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Charleston has figured out a popuIa-
ton Of $1,000 based on the local postal
service. which beats the census percen-
tage method OF computation.
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Those persons caught in Europe and
financially assisted by the United States
government who can pay. but won't pay,
should be made pay.
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Peace rumOrs persist and 20 does the
fighting.
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Tho administration viii insist on the
application OF cloture TO the United
states Senate. There's a reason.
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According to many financial experts
Comptroller John SHELTON Williams
walks superfluous" on the official
stage.
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George W. Perkins opposition 90 New
York's new constitution ought 20 result
In is adoption.
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China L. taking bad time to relapse
into a monarchy.
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A sapient contemporary observes that
more and more ". J. Bryan reminds 10
Of Observation-Disclosures
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Billy Sunday IS assaiiing the trenches
OF Satan IN Syracuse with his old time
vigor.
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Wei. ladies. you made EN- sit up and
take notice. anyhow.
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The funny thing about this "muni-
tons prosperity is that the Democrats
claim the credit for Il.
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There is more interest in the Thanks
giving turkey just now than European
Turkey
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Mrs. Lewis n. Tavener. who ha,
been visiting her mother In thfs city
Tor over a month. having been sum
moned TO Washington because OF the
illness OF her mother. Mrs. Kraft. Mis-,
Anna Kraft and Chester ID. Kraft. vii
leave for her home tomorrow. The
members OF the Kraft family who sui
Tered with an attack Of ptomaine pois
oning have entirely recovered.
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BY DAVID STARR JORDAN

Chancellor, Leland Stanford. Jr., University
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eggs ln 10 years