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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
RECEIVER OF TAXES

NOR some inscrutable reason the
! Legislature persists in its oppo-
sition to the creation of a receiver
of taxes for the cities of the third
class. 1t prefers to cling to the obso-
lete methods of tax collection which
impose upon these cities great burdens
of expense and inconvenience.
Senator Beidleman has made two
attempts to provide for a receiver of
taxes, but has been circumvented by
those who prefer the patronage to the
economy and convenience of tho
people.
1t is an occasion of surprise that the
important cities of the third class
should endure the old system of tax
collection which conpels thousands of
taxpayers to submit to this expense
and annoyance without justification or
excuse. Instead of some of the fiubdub
of theory which has the approval of
certain officials from time to time they
might better be engaged in promoting
such measures as the one which Sem
ator Beidleman has endeavored to
place upon the statute books. He de-
serves credit for his efforts to accom-
plish this real reform. which must
come some day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
BENEFICIAL RAINS

NITY COMMISSIONER TAYLOR
~ will take prompt advantage of
the present rainy period to or
ganiZe his planting and seeding force
for vigorous work as soon as the rain
ceases. Owing to the unusual drought
of the Spring, it has not been possible
to make such headway with the seed
ing and planting along the river front
and throughout the park system as
was desired by the department. 1t
will doubtless be the aim of Commits
sioner Taylor to protect the new sec
tions of the river park strip from dam
age during the growing of the grass
and planting on the slopes. Every
good citizen should cooperate with
the department in this matter.
When the gravel walk shall have
been constructed along the top of the
slope there will be less disposition on
the part of pedestrians to tramp over
the newly sown park ground along the
river. Thousands of sprigs of the
matrimony vine already have been
planted along the slope north of
"Hardscrabble" and as rapidly as the
grading is completed the remaining
plants will be placed.
1t is the hope of the Department OF
Parks that this planting and seeding
will make a good showing before hot
weather comes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
MIR. HILL AND THE TARIFF

pittsburgh Gazette Times. Rep)
James ]. Hill of the great North
west and elsewhere is much worried
for fear the tariff will be made the
principal issue next year. He urges
newspapers to enter upon a campaign
of education which will avert such a
calamity. He believes that the tariff
should be taken out of politics, as
many others do. although nobody has
been able yet to show just how this
can be done in a country in which gov
ernment necessarily is by parties.
Not to go into that large subject,
however, it may be in place to call
Mr.. Hills attention to the Importance
of getting his premise straight before
he reaches conclusion. He says:
Experience has shown that every
general reconstruction of the tariff,
whether for better or worse, means at
least two years of doubt, hesitation,
bad business"
1t would have been more accurate If
Mr., Hill had said every reconstruc-
ton of the tariff by the Democratic
party" There wasn't any bad busi-
ness" caused by the impending Ding
ley bill or the Payne-Aldrich revision,
nor was there hesitation or doubt on
the wrong side of things. Instead there
was a feeling of confidence that no
matter what the ultimate schedules
might be, industries would be protect
ed, wages would not be reduced, and
the opportunity of American enter
prise would be preserved. Passage of
the Dingley act was followed by re-
markable period of prosperity and the
only fly in the ointment was the
Spanish War, which didn't last long.
Within a year after the Payne-Ald-
rich law was signed there were in
creases in wages of over $500, ,000. 900
per annum, and this standard was
maintained until Democratic victory
of 1912 was assured. All business
doomed 1t was when Inauguration
was in sight that the ebb tide began.
Mr.. Hill belongs to a comparatively
small group of immensely rich men
who. having got theirs" are indiffer-
ent to tariffs; and beside he is inter
ested both ways. in the United States
and outside of 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
THE YEAR OF DEATH
1s14-1s15.

Where ends the fearful flood OF human
Oh. God, Thy wretched children are
afraid
And sick at heart! Shall not this
flood be stayed
Before It crush Thine essence and Thy
breath
From out mankind? Like torrent over
It falls into the precipice of fate.
And leaves the shuddering world all
desolate;
Insatlate, its awful weight would drag
Thine image from the mind, and leave
the race
A plundered shrine. of all its gods
bereft
A garden fair, whose choicest blooms
are cleft
Asunder in a madman's wild embrace!
Torrent and tempest have one living
end.
Fear and dismay are but a nights
wild dream;
am the end, eternal and supreme!
Shrink not from death but see in HIM
thy friend
Calm and unfai1ing, silent. gentle, kind
His Is the hand which gives eternal
rest:
He is my servant. trust Him for the
And sursst way. by which thy Father
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEDGER

1t is perhaps too early to write a
just history of the legislative session
which ended at Harrisburg Thursday,
but 1t is certainly true in this case. IL
it ever was true, that he who runs may
read. Superficially the session mixed
both good and bad as is the way with
legislators; practically it cluttered up
the statute books with a lot of useful
material which even lawyers them
selves disdain. 1t is true that
much good has been accomplished. The
compensation bills and the child labor
law stand out like monuments of pro-
gress in humane legislation. The good
to be derived from them lies not alone
in the actual conservation of human
life and possibilities, hut even to a
greater extent in the spirit they will
encourage and eoster--that in dem
ocracy every man has n moral Cbll-
cation to assist every ether man in the
enjoyment of life. liberty and happi-
ness. In the passage of bills putting
the States 100000 coal miners under
the protection of the compensation
laws a great, though tardy, piece of
justice was done. and in the repeal of
the full crew law 1t must be admitted
that the lawmakers took commend
able stand in needing an unmistakablA
public opinlon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
A PEOPLES WAR

GFrom the New York World
Italy has not been manipulated in
to the war by her diplomacy or by her
government or by her king. She has
been driven in by an irresistible public
opinion which left Rome the alterna-
tive of war or revolution. Morally,
Italy stands on no higher plane than
Germany in respect to her interna-
tional obligations. Germany tore up
the guarantee of Belgian neutrality
because it suited her military pur-
poses, and Italy has torn up the Triple
Alliance because 1t suits her national
istic purposes.
What is in the Italian mind is also
in the Rumanian mind and the Greek
mind. 1t is likely to be in the minds
of other European nations that are
still neutral but that may not long re-
main neutral. A war which in its
origin was destitute of excuse or justi-
fication is slowly but surely drawing
all Europe into the vortex.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
THE SOULS DESIRE

Let me but live my life from year to
year,
With forward face and unreluctant
soul;
Not Fastening to. nor turning from, the
Not mourning for the things thta dis
appear
In the dim past. nor holding back in
fear
From what the future wells. but with
whole
And happy heart that pays it's toll
To Youth and Age and travels on with
cheer.
So let the way be up the hill or down,
Through rough or smooth, the journey
will be JOY.
Still seeking what I sought when but
q boy,
New friendships, high adventure. and
a crown;
1 shall grow old. but never lose life's
zest
Because the roads last turn will be
the best.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
LETTERSI0IHE:ED!T0R
PRAISES FLYING SQUADRON
he Editor Of the T'elesrdph:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
congratulate the good people OF
Harrisburg on having the opportunity,
the latter part of May, to hear the
various speakers of the Flying Squad
ron, In the Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church. The great auditorium of the
church l served last year in Williams
port, was crowded to the doors, almost
every session. when they were in that
city, and a most profound and bene-
fetal impression was made upon the
city and the surrounding towns by
these masters in the subjects they dis
cuss. l do not know when I heard
speakers with such fervid oratory, un-
answerable logic, blood earnestness,
deep spirituality. as characterized the
efforts of the various members of the
Flying Squadron. They carry ,convic-
ton and awaken confidence in the cause
of temperance.
EDWIN A. PYLES,
Pastor Fifth Street Methodist Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22

appointed Following the election of
President Wilson he notified Mr.. Houck
that he would postpone taking the
oath of office until such time as it
suited Mr.. Houck to retire.
Through sixteen years of leadership
In Lebanon county Mr.. Houck held the
arection and respect of even his po-
litical opponents. He was a man of
unquestioned integrity, whose word
was as good as his bond. AS head of
the bureau of statistics of the Depart
ment of Labor he established a system
or recording that has been the ad-
miration and wonder of all who have
seen 1t. He was an indefatigable
worker and not the least of his efforts
in State politics was his advocacy of
the nomination of DIR. Brumbaugh for
Governor. Mr.. Houck had host of
friends in all parts of the State who
will deeply mourn his death.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
WARNS NEW CITIZENS

A note of warning to naturalized
Judge Thomas l. Chatield, who admit
ted twenty=three subjects of the vari-
Gus nations now at war to citizenship
in the United States. Judge Chatfield
said:
"In view of recent events / desire to
impress upon you how solemn pledge
you are making in swearing allegiance
Wilson is not present to instruct you,
the Cover nment has officers like myself
to do that work. In questions involv-
ing the affairs OF this country you are
to leave behind all consideration of
your native land and give to it not
alone your moral support but, If neces-
sary your lives"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
THE ROOT of MURDER

[From the Christian Herald.1
Drunkenness is different from murs
der. of course. But there Is a decided
single days news fails to report the
murder of innocent members OF his
family by some man who asserted his
fright" to be drunk in his own house.
Almost every day we read or MUIR
derers throwing themselves on the
mercy of the court with the one plea;
II was drunk and didn't know what l
These Countless fellows who have
murdered while drunk. and who ought
to know. don't tell us there is no con-
nection between drunkenness and MUIR
der. do they? No, no. In their pleas:
the connection is direct, definite ana
Irresistible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22

lie service and without injury to indi-
viduals. For example, in numerous in
stances where the last administration
had employed special counsel to con-
duct litigation In various parts of the
United States, the present administra-
tion. without any charge of ineffi-
cheney. dismissed the attorneys who
were conducting the cases and en-
pioyed other attorneys who would nec-
essarily have to study the facts and
familiarize themselves with the law,
such attorneys being employed in some
instances at higher salaries than the
experienced men were receiving and
without any apparent reason for the
change, other than that the newly-em-
ployed ones were deserving Demo-
Gratis"
Other men have been appointed to
high-salaried positions in the Govern
ment service with no apparent special
qualification other than their relation
ship to the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary of State and the Secre-
tary of the Navy. Instead of practicing
economy by saving the money paid to
these officials. the administration
chose to make its first move for the
fulfillment of its economy pledge by
taking tribute from the poorest paid
public servants, who are frequently
men and women of advanced age and
in dire need of all the compensation
they receive.
This act of the Treasury Department
has served a valuable end, however,
by calling public attention once more
to the violation of the economy pledge.
This subject received wide discussion
at the close of the last session of Con-
gress when the Democratic chairman
of the House Committee on Appropri-
ations condemned his own party for its
extravaganza and showed that the
excess of expenditures was due chief
ly to the Executive Departments which
had urged appropriations $113, 100000
in excess of the amount Congress ap-
propriated.
This incident has also served a
further good end by forestalling the
effort to set aside all other issues and
secure public approval for the Will
son administration on the ground that
it has not embroiled the United States
in European war. The effort to win
public appreciation because of errors
the administration does not commit
will fail because of its own acts, which
keep before the public its mistakes of
a positive and affirmative nature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
NEW COMMISSIONERS
WILL MEET GOVERNOR
Brumbaugh VIII Require That
They Give Entire Time TO
State Service
SEVERAL WILL RESIDE HERE
Mrs. Roessing Issues Open Letter
to Constituents of Dauphin
County Members

The five new and two reappointed
members of the Public Service Com
mission will meet with Governor
Brumbaugh next Tuesday to discuss
the work of the commission. 1t is be-
lieved here that Secretary A. B. Mil
lar and most of the other appointees
under the commission will be retained.
The understanding here is that the
members of the commission will be
asked by Governor Brumbaugh to de-
vote all their time to the affairs of that
body, and that several of them will
take up their residences permanent
ly in Harrisburg.
Ex-Governor Pennypacker, one of
the reappointed members, filed his
oath in the office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth yesterday.
Mrs. Roessing, president of the
Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation, has issued an open letter to
the constituents of John c. Nissley
and Walter S. Young, Dauphin coun-
ty members of the Legislature, calling
attention to the fact that they voted
against the woman watchers" bill.
The bill, Mrs. Roessing says, was in
tended to assure fair play to the wo-
men when the suffrage amendment is
voted upon. Following is. an extract
from the letter: Moreover, inasmuch
as members of the same weil-organi-
zed lobby that defeated the local op-
ton bill lobbied against the watchers
bill, we are curious to know if their
activities influenced your representa-
tives' votes, or if they voted against
our measure merely on the assump-
ton that you, their constituents, were
averse to giving womenfolk q square
deal. We would appreciate 1t If you
would help us sift the situation to
the bottom. The chances of secur-
ing fair verdict from theapeopIe
on the question of woman Suffrage
has been jeopardized by your repre-
sentatives' votes"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22

TINE death of AL. R. Houck, chief
! of the bureau of statistics of the
Department of Labor and Indus
try. at his home in Lebanon early
to-day. removes from the political life
OF the State one of the staunchest
opponents of Republicanism in the
Commonwealth More than that, he
was a faithful public servant. AS
postmaster of Lebanon for sixteen
years Mr.. Houck developed the mail
service of that city to a high state of
efficiency and was so popular that
when his Democratic successor was
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
TAKING 1T OUT ON THE JANIroR

TINE penny-wise and pound-foolish
policy of an administration that
saves at the spigot and wastes
at the bung-hole was illustrated again
last week when the Treasury Depart
ment made an order placing 1000
1anitors, charwomen and similar en-
rployes on an eight-day furlough in or
der to save a small portion of their
already small pittance. Thus the
Democratic pledge of economy has the
beginning of it's fulfllment. After ap-
lpropriating large sums for new offices
and commissions, urging the appropri-
alton of many millions for dangerous
.ship-purchase scheme, and finding
positions for sons and sons-in-law of
members of the Cabinet. the first step
IN economy is undertaken by cutting
the compensation of the hardest work
ed and poorest paid of all the hundreds
of thousands of government employees.
The order which has been made ap-
plies to every Federal public building
in the United States, for the care of
all of which s2,650,O00 is appropri-
iated. The burden of the saving that
the administration proposes to effect
falls upon those who perform the SER
vice of sweeping. scrubbing and clean
ing.
Naturally. the inauguration of this
discriminating and unfair scheme of
economy has aroused a storm OF criti-
cism against the administration. The
policy is particularly condemned be-
cause the administration has been ex-
travagant in so many other respects
where economy could have been prac-
Eiced without detriment to the pub
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg engines drain
some of tire largest and richest
mines In Mexico?
NO REST FOR THE WICKED

tFrom the Christian Herald.l
But the complacency of sly soakers
who are in the habit of enjoying in
seclusion the comfort that a bottle
grants is shaken by a decision given
by the full bench of the Massachusetts,
Supreme Court. A woman. drunk, but
quietly sleeping on a couch at her
home. was complained against. ar
rested and convicted of being drunk
The Court instructed the jury that
"if they were satisfied upon all the
evidence that the defendant. when
found in the room. was drunk by the
voluntary use of Intoxicating liquor
she might be convicted under the COM
plaint:" Appeal was taken to the
Superior Court and to the Supreme
Court, but both sustained the eonvic-
ton. The offense made punishable by
to the Interpretation by the Supreme
Court, is drunkenness by. the .voiun-
aths pIsce o. where hs9A'fsns tSs oftense e conn @
mitted. whether public or private, is
not an element TO be considered in de-
termining whether an accused person
Is guilty under the law
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD

The Pennsylvania Legislature. which
ended the 1915 session yesterday. be-
haved reasonably well so far as the
facts disclosed indicate. There may
be lurking in some of the new laws en-
acted causes for dissatisfaction, but so
far as disclosed the work was of a
fairly representative character. and
such OF it as has met or may meet the
approval of Governor Brumbaugh ap-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22

One tired official on Capitol Hill de-
serves a rest, but he doesn't know the
meaning of the word. He has been ac-
customed to work day and night so
long that such a thing as a respite
never occurs to him. He is the dynamo
of the State Senate and as It's secre-
tary, w. Harry Baker is parliamenta-
rian. master of ceremonies and first aid
to all of the members as we'll as the
public at large. Let Harry do it, is the
attitude of all those who understand
his tact and ability.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
AN OUTSIDERS VIEW

[From the New York World1
BY prohibiting all unnaturalized
foreign-born persons from fishing and
hunting in the State, the Pennsylva-
MIA Legislature comes pretty near
making it necessary for some would
be sportsmen to go equipped with their
birth certificates, marriage certificates
and naturalization papers. besides any
form of license that Pennsylvania may
require, when they want to catch a
perch or shoot a rabbit
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

George w. Guthrie, of Pittsburgh,
ambassador to Japan, is in Washington
day.
President Pro Tenn. of the Senate
Charles Kline is spending Saturday
and Sunday in Philadelphia.
-Kinley John Tener, nephew of
Ex-Governor Tener, was tapped for the
Bones" at Yale yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
GOOD ROADS DAY
By Wing DinEer

I've got to buy a shovel,
I've got to buy a rake,
I'VE got to buy a big pick
And then I've got to make
Some purchases of clothing,
Some overalls-a shirt
And heavy shoes that sharp stones
And mud and dust won't hurt.
Then dressed in this regalia
A journey will make
Next Wednesday to the country
With shovel, pick and rake.
Out in some lonely district
I'll drop my heavy load,
And If I'm not tired
I'll help fix up the road.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS

The Legislature just adjourned has
creditable record for work perform
ed, expedition in performing 1t and the
absence of anything in its history that
is scandalous or calling for special crit
icism. 1t was a Republican Legisla-
ture and carried out the pledges of the
Republican platform and has given the
State a body of useful measures. some
of them of great importance and de-
manded by public opinion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-22
FOR SCHOOLS AND ROADS

tFrom the Philadelphia Record1
OF the S65, 100000 which the State
is expected to eXpend in the coming
two years 100000 will be for edu-
tion and $9,300.000 for highways con-
struction and maintenance, these items
43.5 per cent. of the total.
This is not a bad showing for the
State. Both it's schools and roads are
constantly improving and are deserv-
ing of the most liberal support