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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
GARRIsoN's RESIGNATION

ME resignation of Secretary Car
rison at this critical iuncture
of affairs in Washington is in
explicable. Doubtless the Secretary
of War was provoked to anger by the
sudden change of front of the Presi-
dent with relation to the continental
army plan. but a really strong man
would have stood by his guns in an
effort to save at least some remnants
of his defense program in Congress.
Garrison is an able man, the ablest
in the cabinet, indeed. and his loss at
this time must be u severe blow to the
War Department, especially since he
takes with him his efficient assistant,
AIR. Breckenridge. But if Garrison
thoroughly believed his own plans to
be best for the country it was his duty
as a patriotic citizen to make as good
q fight for them as he knew how, and
the sensible thing tor him to have
done under the circumstances was
10 force a compromise with the OPP
position, as many a statesman has
done before him. To quit in fit of
petty anger because he could not have
absolutely his own way is an evil
dence of weakness that should have
no place in the War Department.
The Secretary's principal reason for
resigning was his belief that only a
n reorganized National Guard, could
be the main military dependence of
the nation. He held that some day
the United States may be called upon
TO defend the Monroe doctrine, and,
iR that event, he foresaw that the Ma
tional Guard might not be available
for use outside of the United States
before the declaration of war, but this
is at best a lame excuse.
Upon the contention, on the one
hand, that the continental army or ul-
timately universal service, was the
nations only reliance and the position,
on the other, that no one plan could
Be enforced upon Congress, President
Wilson and his Secretary OF War part
ed official company.
The acute differences of opinion
which led to the break started early
3n the year, when opposition to the
continental army plan began develop
ing in Congress. There had been in
definite rumors of the possibility of the
Secretary of War leaving the Cabinet,
but they never were given credence in
official quarters The Secretary every
where was regarded as one of the
strong men of the Administration
upon whom the President leaned i'm
the difficult situations, both domestic
and international, which have marked
his Administration, and it is for this
reason that his resignation came as a
distinct shock to the nation. Garrison
could have made a name for himself
and could have sown the seeds for the
intimate adoption of his continental
army plan, should it happen that the
National Guard prove inadequate to
the needs of the nation. had he re-
mained in the Cabinet. There is no
disgrace in being beaten, but Ameri-
cans give small place in history tC
their statesmen who run under fire.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
NOTHING SERIOUS

Senator Gallinger-Of jewelry Ger
many is a great producer and Ger
many cannot send any kind of
jewelry out into the markets of the
world to-day, so that for the time
being New Jersey is finding a mar
ket for jewelry, but it will not last
Senator MARITIME, of New Jersey
If there were no prosperity in this
would not be able to buy jewelry
Senator Gallinger - I think they
probab bly, could afford to buy the
kind of jewelry made III New Jersey
under any circumstances. daughter
on the floor and in the galleries.)-
Congressional Record"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
VIEWS
OF GARRISON'S ACT
[Philadeiphia Record. ]

1t will seem to many observers that
Secretary Garrison might have been a
little less hasty. and, without sacrific-
ing the principles which he held so
dear, might have waited to see wheth-
er Congressional counsels should pre-
vail. But this, of course, was mat
ter for his own conscience and judg-
ment. If his action shall serve to
crystalline the sentiment of the country
and of Congress in favor of practical
plan which will place adequate and
properly trained military forces at the
disposal of the Government and under
its own command, the retirement of
even so valuable an official may in the
long run serve a useful purpose. Bar
ring this, no good can come of it.
The Garrison resignation is deeply to
be regretted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

An exceedingly favorable and en-
couraging sign of the times is the ef-
fort of the national Government, as
we'll as of Pennsylvania and other
States, to bring the man and the job
together through efficient employment
agencies. Heretofore the difficulty in
connecting the man with the job has
resulted in widespread unemployment
in some sections and serious labor
difficulties by reason of lack of men
in other sections. Systematic efforts
are now made to adjust the labor sup
ply to the man and the Federal and
State governments are doing helpful
thing in thus organizing these facili-
ties for this important work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

cerned. More power to him in this
decision. He is maintaining the COR
rect position and while it is not sur
prising that factional leaders are
anxious to have the support of the
Administration in their particular
activities at this time, they can hardly
expect that Mayor Smith Will involve
his administration in a political con-
troversy with which the people of
Philadelphia have no sympathy.
In the outset of his administration,
the Mayor won the favor of his city
by announcing certain constructive
policies which have to do with the
upbuilding and the welfare of the
States metropolis. These policies
have since been reasserted and out
lined in such way as to emphasize
the earnestness of Mayor Smiths atti-
tude regarding the important work
which lies before him.
OF course, political bosses now and
then assume ownership of officials
chosen by the people. They even as
sumo a grieved position and imagine
themselves the victims of rank ingrati-
tude when the servants of the people
do not grovel in the dust at their
feet and wave incense before them.
1t were well officials should give
their nrst thought to the promotion of
the welfare of their constituencies. 1t
does not then follow that they will be
untrue to the party of their choice nor
lack in appreciation of the aid and
support of the party leaders who may
have contributed in one way or an
other to their election. Mayor Smith
is evidently proceeding upon the cor
rect theory that he best serves his
party when he serves his city, and the
very leaders who are now attempting
to make him the buffer of their re-
sentiment will respect him the more
for his courage and good sense in
standing out against their wiles,
His position is not an enviable one
and his determination to treat both
factions fairly and the leaders with
courtesy and consideration adds to
the embarrassment of his position. He
may take comfort in the thought that
he is not the only official in the State
who is privately eXecrating those re-
sponsible for the present party erup-
ton. These, however, may find sus-
tanning grace in the fact that political
history is dotted with controversies of
this sort which melted suddenly like
the winter snow under an April sun.
Perhaps the Philadelphia storm may
pass the same way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

John II. Harris, Bucknell presi-
dent, will speak on Lincoln at Will
Transport tonight.
Herbert P. Worth is the new
president of the West Chester Board
of Trade.
-Ex-Congressman Elias Deemer,
of Williamsport, is In Florida.
-Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia.
SAYS it keeps him busy attending
luncheons and dinners and City Soil
citor Connolly has been called in to
bear his share.
Burgess Madajewski. of Nanti-
ool,e heard that silk mill might
locate near his town. He went out
and secured it and then told the
story.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Georgia lynches FIVE negroes i'm one
bunch. After all, is Mexico so bad?-
Philadelphia North American.
Nobody seems to have suggested
Teddy for the vacant place on the Su-
preme Court bench.-Charleston News
and Courier.
The process of elimination is going
to nail that Persia sinking to Switzer-
land yet.-Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
Up to date the main trouble with
British expeditions seems to be there
is not quite enough expedition about
them.-Chicago Herald.
The Italians seem very much sur
prised to discover that Montenegro has
been unable to whip Germany, Austria
and Bulgaria.-Galveston News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
HOW TO LIVE LONGER

AIR-RuIe 3-No matter how much
air YOU have III the house. 1t Is not as
good as the air outdoors.
Even IL the outdoor air is damp and
foggy. il Is always healthier than stale
air indoors. This is just as true I'm the
city as in the country.
Children who have plenty of fresh
air at school learn quickly and do not
get sick easily.
Learn to stay in the oTen air. If you
do not get exercise while at work. walk
al least part of the way to or from It,
Play games outdoors, if you can.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
LINCOLN. 1865

on this day President Lincoln en-
ters upon his second term amidst the
of all loyal citizens of the
United States. No man in any office
at any period of our history has been
so tried as he. and no man has ever
duty. His temperament. his singular
his infeXible honesty, his
patient persistence. his clear compre-
hension of the scope of the war and
of the character and purpose of the
American people, have not only en-
abled him to guide the country safely
in its most perilous hour, but have en-
deared him forever to the popular
1865
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Samuel r. Montgomery, an official of
the United Mine Workers of America,
who is also a State Senator in West
Virginia, made a statement before the
military committee of the House at
Washington that labor is not opposed
to a National Guard "where it is not
dominated and controlled by the en-
ployers of labor" He also favors a
state constabulary to handle strike
riots. This is a sane view and is said
to be increasingly the policy of intel
licent labor leaders.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

We know of one Garrison that
couldn't hold the fort.
Think little of Lincoln tomorrow
it will do you good.
Many man puts his fortune into
real estate only to find that it is not
the way to enrich land.
New Jersey has a woman burglar.
She is evidently a believer in the
dictum that - woman's Job is the
home"
Justice Hughes. in declining a
Presidential nomination may have in
mind what happened to T. r. when he
refused the Vice-Presidential nomina-
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
ARE HANDS KISSED?

The clinging kiss has been barred by
the moving picture censors of Ohio and
Pennsylvania Hereafter no kiss may
fill more than ten feet of film. A 10
one to the outsider but ten feet of film
whisks past I'm about two seconds.
But what about the hand kiss? Did
man kiss n woman's hand? Not in this
part of the country, at least. But in
nearly every moving picture love scene
the hero bends over the hand of the
woman he loves and kisses her hngefs,
fondly and long.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
THE STKEF FROM DAY TO DAY

Four score and fifty years ago lit
tie shoot sprang up from the earth
on the spot that marks the boundery of
Silver Spring and Hampden town
ships, over Carlisle way, giving evil
dence of the coming tree which has
since developed into a monster oak
measuring four feet through. This
week saw the passing of the 130-year-
old oak, and when it was cut up the
trunk furnished four cords of wood.
The following up-to-date simile was
extracted with difficulty from an even
ing contemporary in the western part
of the State: land just think how
horrible this modern warfare is he
exclaimed, shuddering so fast that he
fiickered like a movie"
What to do with ones husband
when something more important in
terferes has been solved by Mrs.
Christensen, of Beaver, who enter
tanned the other evening at cards, men
being strictly de trop. Hubby pre-
! ferred to read his paper but wifey
wanted the room for her female
guests and so she called in an officer
and had her worse half carted off to
the station, where he spent the night.
Workmen on Mount Penn, within
the limits of Reading. engaged in cut
| ting down trees were surprised short
while ago to see a full-grown deer
sporting itself within q few squares of
a travelled thoroughfare. The animal
| is supposed to have come from Leba-
non and was evidently Injured to the
roar of the city.
The lure of gay Paris was too much
for Faith Chipperfield. who met John
J. Kelly, of Wilkes-Bar in 1918,
while he was travelling through
France. They were married and set
tied down in Wilkes Barre, but after
four months the wife yearned for a
breath of the French capital and she
has not been back home since. That
was two years ago. Kelly wants a
divorce.
If the income of the State through
the Highway Department continues at
the rate at which 1t has been travelling
for the first six weeks of the year, the
situation in Pennsylvania ought to be
very like that in the Pawnee county
Kansas where the worlds record is
held for automobile ownership. This
Icounty has an automobile for every
nine persons it has been figured. As
for PENNSYLVANIA, more money has
been received in this particular de-
partment in the first six weeks o1
1876 than during the entire year o1
1914.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
A TIP TO HUB
By Wing Dinger


Valentine Day Monday,
So tomorrow eve
If you'd be a wise hub,
Get me on this, Steve,
Go out to the florists
Or the candy shop,
Order something sent home
Marked ITO Nom from Pop"
Don't forget the kiddies.
They'll be looking, too,
For some little token
OF esteem from you.
Needn't be expensive
If to kids and wife
You just send post card
Twill put joy in life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
CHRIsT's HUMAN FORM

Wherefore in all things it behooved
him to be made like unto his brethren
that he might be merciful and faith
full high priest in things pertaining
to God. to make reconciliation for the
sins of the people. For in that he
himself hath suffered being tempted,
he is able to succor them that are
empted.-Hebrews ii, II and Is.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
INnNNt Ynrl, SlIn l

BY the resignation of the Secretary
of War the Administration and, more,
the country lose a most valuable
Mr.. Garrison's career has
been marked by breadth and depth
of learning, a maturity of Judgment
and a great good sense that was the
keynote of his signal ability. The loss
to our public service is utterly de
plorahle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
a RARE TREAT

Were you beating your wife, sir?"
the judge demanded.
''Yes. your honor.
How did you come to do it?"
Lord knows, Judge For twenty
years she allus wuz tn one what did
tn beatin', but l jes' happened tor
catch her when she wasn't feelin'
right."-"Case and Comment"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
[PhlIadelphia Public Ledger |

full and careful study of all the
and the causes un-
derlying Mr.. Garrison's decision will
be essential to an accurate Judgment.
but it is clear that President Wilson
will have to use all the power he
can bring to bear upon his party fol-
lowers if he hopes to unite them on
any military policy that will be prac-
ticable and acceptable to the coun-
try, and il he expects to succeed in
securing it's adoption by Congress
without the injection of partisansh hip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
New York World. |

Secretary Galrison's resignation is
the more deplorable. at such critical
time as this, because it is without ade-
quate cause. II cabinet members are
to resign whenever there is opposition
in Congress to the measures that they
advocate, or whenever Congress is on
the point of doing something of which
they do not approve government must
soon collapse.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. IL

Friendship by Its Very nature con-
SiSts in IOUing, rather than in being
goVed: in other words, friendship con-
SistS in being friend, not in hGUing
q frieHd.-H. CLAY TRUMBULL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
rPhiladelnhia Inanirer. |

And so Garrison goes. lie might
have stood the attitude of the COM
mittee and valiantly fought back, but
he could not stand alone without the
hearty support the President. That
support was not Forthcoming. 1t is
Chairman Hay. OF the Military COM
mittee, and not President Wilson who
dominates the situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
LET THE PROBE GO ON

7 EI the PROBE started Dy the Gu
eral authorities at Pittsburgh into
the political contributions made
by liquor interests to help finance po-
IiticaI campaigns in Pennsylvania go
on. There can be no excuse for
pause in the investigation at the very
beginning.
1t has been known for years that
LIQUOR money has gone into politics on
O. very extensive scale in Pennsylvania,
but these contributions have not been
any one party affair by any manner
of means. The liquor men who have
put their cash into campaign funds
have not done so for love of party.
Democrats, Republicans, Progressives
and what not have been their bene-
fciaries under varying conditions. In
not few instances, it is reported,
LIQUOR men have given only under
threats and in fear of consequences.
This being true, any effort to cut short
the revelations at Pittsburgh, for
which the people of the State are
waiting with much interest, will be
naturally regarded as an effort to
shield the Democratic organization of
the State, which was accused in 1914
of running on a dry platform and OF
soliciting wet contributions.
Regardless of those who may be hit,
this probe should go to the bottom,
but no matter what is the outcome
some good will have been accom-
plished, since it is persistently reported
that liquor interests are frightened and
will be extremely careful with their
campaign contributions to any party
next Fall.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg castings are In
use i'm many town improvements
throughout the State?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
THE first public improvement
was getting rid of the Landis mill
dam which had made Paxton
creek unsanitary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11
Ask For It By Name

When YOU see an article ad-
vertised in this newspaper, re-
member the name
Ask for it by that name and
insist on getting exactly what
you asked for.
Good storekeepers never at
tamnt to substitute something
else.
Thev know that there is quail
;+y behind the average advertised
article and that it will please
their customers
They are glad to link the name
~ fheir store with the name of
reputable manufacturers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Philadelphia lawyers are back
ing Chester n. Farr, jr., to succeed
Judge Ralston. 1t is declared by
Philadelphia administration men that
William Fl. Wilson does not desire a
place on the bench, but will remain
as director of safety.
james Gay Gordon, jr., son of
the former judge, may be named as
an assistant district attorney in Phila-
delphia.
Men responsible for the election
frauds in West Chester are getting
stiff fines from the courts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Representative G. G. Corbin. of
Mihiin county is out for Republican
Congressman b. X. Focht is re-
ceiving many assurances of support
since he announced his candidacy for
denomination. The opposition to him
is divided between several candidates
The return of w. f. Rempiis
rampant Berks Bull Mooser, to the
Republican fold, has attracted gen.
eral attention. 1t shows the way the
wind is blowing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

---Prothonotary j. w. Reese, of
Schuylkill county, was yesterday
brought into the st. Clair election
probe in the court at Pottsville, it be-
ing charged that he took a hand in
the work of the election board until
thrown out.
Representative A. c. Stein, one
of the leaders of the Allegheny county
delegation in the House, has an
nounced that he will not run again.
Stein will remove to a new district
and says that the reason he is giving
up politics is because he has married
the best wife in the world and wants
to stay at home at night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

e. ]. .STACKPOLE, Prcs't aud Editorin Chief
F. r. OYSTER, Business Manager
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-11

Mrs. Frances 4. Huston. OF Nc
Clellandtown, has been appointed
postmistress at McClelandtown to
succeed S. f. Guy. who has rendered
his resignation owing to his work as
justice of the peace at that place. She
will assume her duties at once. Mrs.
Huston was census taller for German
township. Fayette county, in 1910.
Her father was postmaster at McClel-
landtown under CleVeland's admins
tration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-10-18

81 u news II - tIue -THa Argos
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-05-13
LILLY VICTORY IN
KANAWHA COUNTY
OVER ROBINSON
COUNTY COURT GIVES GENERA
REPRESENTATION IN NAwlNc
PRIMARY OFFICIALS
THIS ACTION, LILLY MANhcz.
ASSERTS, WILL PREVENT
CROOKED DEALING
THEY ALSO SAY 1T MEANS
SWEEPING VICTORY IN KAN
AWHA COUNTY
Especial to The World

CHARLESTON, May 9.-What H,o.
term the greatest victory of the mr..
mary campaign was won here taa.r
by friends of Beneral A. A. LjIlv s.5
former Governor A. 3. White. who,
they succeeded is securing represen.
alton on the election boards. which
will conduct the primary on June
For more than two months effort.
have been made by the Kanavb,
managers of Judge Robinson to nro.
vent Lilly representation among ea
election officers. The half Of ,bo
committee controlled by the state
house following exclusive power 10
President Smith, banking conimissloD.
er, to name all the election commits.
sioners and clerks for that body.
When Chairman Smith officially
presented the list to the court TODAY
for confirmation it contained only
two commissioners in the entire d
precincts who were thought to he
friendly to General Lilly. objection
was made by o. A. Petty to Y. D.
Scheer, serving as clerk in the noted
Triangle district. Scheer had lust
taken room in the precinct, and
Chairman Smith admitted hat he haa
moved into the preciNct merely to
comply with the law.
The court sustained the objection
and John Worster was named in the
place of Scheer. Under the law the
county court also appoints a com
missioner for the primary. The Rob
inson-Hlte list was presented by
Judge Malcolm and Judge Copenhayer
presented the Lilly list of commission
err, which all gave the Raleigh candl-
date for governor one commissioner
IL every precinct in the couney.
The action of the court in giving
General Lilly representation in the
polling places is thoroughly salts,
factory to the Lilly managers, who
assert that it will prevent THEFT and
primary, to prevent which has been
the main object of the Lilly supper
tiers since the meeting of the county
committee early in March. They also
predict that it means a sweeping vic
torwy for General Lilly in Kanawha
county.
The democratic list presented by
County Chairman Stephenson was =.
dopted without objections.