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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
CHOKING THE STATE

IMMINENT judges who are able to
II see clearly do not hesitate to
say in private what they think
of the encroachment upon the judi
ciary by the legislative department of
the Commonwealth. Instead of allow
ing these chosen Interpreters of the
law the latitude that common sense
would suggest there has been an in
creasing disposition at every session
of the Legislature to bind the judges
hand and foot, AS result of this mis-
taken tendency the courts are now find
ing themselves checked and thwarted at
every turn by acts of the Legislature
which should never have been placed
upon the statute books.
For instance, bureaus of the State
government are now exercising judi
cial functions and interpreting laws
IN their own way, without regard to
the ordinary rules of judicial practice.
We seem to have run mad in recent
years in accepting as wisdom the vag-
aries of alleged reformers who have
precipitated the Commonwealth into a
whirlpool of ill-digested and perni-
cious statutory regulations which are
bound to cause increasing trouble and
expense to the people.
OF course, the first thought will sug-
gest the election and ballot reform
laws, but aside from all this body of
experimental clap-trap there are other
phases of the matter quite as serious.
Any study of the several schemes of
regulation which have been adopted
by recent sessions of the General AS
sembly will demonstrate how prone we
are to follow the pied pipers of reform
to our own undoing.
There is much to do in Pennsylvania
in the way of real reform which should
engage the attention Of strong men
with the ability and courage to root
out the weeds that have grown up and
are choking that which is best in our
system of government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
Passing of a Senator's Pants

If Senator Blair Lee of Maryland can
hold up his trousers till March next
his colleagues in the Senate will
breathe easier. On that date. SO the
primaries have decreed, either Repre-
sentative David Lewis, Democrat, OIL
Dr. France, Republican, will take his
place.
Senator Lees trousers are a contin.
ual cause of anxiety to the calm and
cultured members of the Senate. Lees
trousers are hyphenates at variance
with his coat If he wears suspenders
they are not doing their full duty. and
the wonder is that he has kept them In
place since 1914.
In the name of all that is noble and
dignified in the annals of the UniteG
States Senate. let US fondly pray thai
Senator Blair Lee can avert a fall in
pants till March next. - Art Young In
the July Metropolitan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
Cupid Is Popular

There is nothing in creation
That will interest US so,
Or throughout the human system
Radiate so warm a glow,
Or to which SO much attention
BY the world at large Is paid,
Or that has such appreciation
AS the counting of maid.
Father Adam first began 1t
Back in Eden, it is said.
And as fast as countries peopled
The contagion to them spread;
And to-day there is no region
Found beneath the shining sun
Where a maiden is not courted
And q maiden is not won.
Cupid has a long engagement
With the hearts of human kind,
And will even shoot an arrow
At an animal. I find;
While the birds are special victims
Of his all embracing darts,
And the rascal never misses
In the cunning after hearts.
Not living thing escapes him,
High or low, or bound or free,
In the palace, in the hovel,
On the ground or in the tree;
And the world is only happy
And contented. have found,
With a dozen Cupid victims,
Full of arrows, standing round.
Jake II. Harrison, Springfield Re
publican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01

dustry in operation, and repair, in this
fertile land, the ravages of war. His
services as civil ruler were as judici-
Gus and far-sighted as his work in the
neid or battle had been COURAGEOUS
and glorious. With the capture>of the
capital Scott's military career in Mex
leo substantially terminated.
For short time Santa Anna went
roaming around Mexico hither and
thlther, with some 1000 troops, prin-
clpally cavalry, and a few pieces of
artillery, announcing that he intended
soon TO do some wonderful things. His
troops fought several battles in the
vicinity of Perote, Puebla and other
adjacent points upon which l cannot
dwell in, detail, Suffice to say that in
each one of them Santa played his
accustomed role of a Vanauished man
The principal of these minor engage
ments were fought with General Lane
VINO was advancing from the Gulf
coast with a considerable body of ad-
dltional troops. In the most import
ant of these engagements, fought at
and near Atlixeo, the Mexicans lost
2le killed and 800 wounded, while
General Lane had one killed and one
wounded.
A previous engagement at Huaman-
Tia was featured by charge of the
Continued on Page II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
LITTLE MILITARY
TALKS
BY Capt. Geo. F. Lurnb
WOMEN IN WAR

1T is not the part of every woman to
become a red cross nurse or to be
in the limelight of publicity by
ostentatious charitable gifts. If every
mother, every sister and sweetheart
could be brought to realize what a
world of power they have over their
men they would be spurred on to
noble efforts in the cause of National
Victory.
Every man is cheered and encourag ged
by smile of approval or an apprecia-
tive word from one of the other sex
that he knows and honors, to a far
greater extent that he would care to
admit.
Women with their wonderfully keen
intuition often see the right thing to
do before the slower reasoning of the
man arrives at a conclusion. By a
feminine suggestion empires have
neen wrecked, aye and saved, noble
oeeds have been wrought by men until
the history of the world may well be
sald TO have been changed by woman's S
approving smile.
1t is said of the Japanese women
that when their nation is at war thev
CriVe off their men with the injunc-
ton to come back victorious or
don't return"
The Anglo-Saxon man cannot be
driven by his woman but he will serve
her merest fancy, fight for nod of
approval and die for her honor.
Mothers! Sisters! Wivesi We need
you as never beforel Strike us where
we are weak! Shame us in our follvI
Let the devotion of Betsy Ross and
Molly Pitcher illuminate your daily
conduct. Help us to be MEN!
n. H.-Through n clerical error
in yesterdays article ON the proner
way to stand at "AttentiOn" ct was
stated that the feet. turned out
equally, should form with each other
an angle Of about 60 degrees, The
correct angle is 4S dagrees
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01

ness. Instead of the enthusiasm which
should characterize the attitude of the
people toward every important meas
ure for the betterment of the COM
munity the present system of admin
istration has had exactly the opposite
effect.
Without discussing men and with
no desire to reflect upon our present
officials it must be manifest to the
average thinking citizen that there is
something radically wrong. The Tele-
graph is convinced that it is the sys-
tenn the so-called commission
scheme. We believe that almost any
other plan would be an Improvement.
Under the existing arrangement we
have FIVE men running the municipal
ity. It's a big job under the best con-
ditions and calls for the broadest and
most constructive endeavor to the end
that the city may grow and prosper
and maintain its place as a leader in
civic affairs. But, so long as we have
five heads. each giving his attention
to his own department and with no
general vision of the city at large, just
so long shall we have the unsatisfac-
tory atmosphere which seems to cloak
the new system of municipal govern
ment.
No scheme of administration that
contemplates log-rolling and the L
Observation-Disclosures policy of
procedure can long endure without
serious injury to the community.
Other cities are awaking to the fact
that the structures of the Telegraph
upon the commission experiment are
not without reasonable basis and II
would not surprise us to see a general
protest submitted to the next Legisla-
ture demanding repeal of the law or
such amendment as will make its op-
GRAFTON optional with the cities con-
cerned.
1t has been suggested that a way
out of the difficulty lies in the adop-
ton of the single-council form of ad-
ministration, comprising seven or nine
public-spirited men, who would con-
stitute the legislative and administra-
tive authority of the city and serve
without compensation. This body
would have power to employ the heads
of departments and likewise to CO.
ordinate all the work of the city.
But the particular plan is not so
important as a recognition of the fact
that there must be a change without
delay If we are to avoid further
lack of confidence and public interest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01

required to recruit it to war strength
shown us very clearly that there is
much to be desired in that line. Gen.
eral Stewart is not to blame for this
condition, nor General Clement, nor
yet the War Department. 1t is the
system, or lack of it, that is at fault,
and the dearth of appropriations at
hand for quick use for war purposes.
After the war of 1912 the very
faulty militia system was improved.
After the Civil War it was brought up
to a still higher standard and as a re-
suit of the Spanish American war the
present Guard was developed TO a
standard far surprising anything in
the history of the State. But still
more is required. We are infants in
arms when it comes to the rapid mob
ilization of a fighting force of even
insignificant size, as compared with
the armies OF Europe.
Before the necessity for the services
of the Guard arose we were talking
much about preparedness and doing
little. With Carranza's armies massed
across the border we have realized as
never before our weakness and there
is now very little talk against a change
in the system that will give us plenty
of soldiers as soon as we need them
Perhaps after all carranza may 60
down in history as having taught us
more about protecting ourselves than
all of the preparedness advocates in
the country combined.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
COMMISSION SHORTCOMINGS
VXTHEN Mayor r. W. speer re-
w tired as the head Of the city ed-

TXTHEN Mayor r. W. speer re-
wv tired as the head Of the city ad-
ministration IN Denver about
four years ago he never expected TO
return to public station. But in his
case the recall has operated to re-
store him to public usefulness instead
of driving him into retirement as in
the case of some other public officials
out of favor with the people.
When the commission form of gov
ernment proved unsatisfactory In Den
yer the people called upon their for
mer Mayor to prepare q charter
amendment abolishing the commission
system and concentrating all the ad-
ministrative work of the city in the
hands of the Mayor. This proposition
met with the approval Of the people
and Mayor Speer, now back on the
Job, Is devotipg his attention to re-
organizing the several departments on
a business basis. He finds, as in most
cities, that there are too many heads
Aand not enough workers. Denver was
$3.50. 900 in debt at the beginning OF
: this year and Speer is determined to
have no deficit at the close of the year
To accomplish this task, he is now cut
ting out unnecessary timber.
The Telegraph has frequently re-
ferred to the splendid executive quail
ties of Mayor speer and his success as
an administrator. We know the mar
and his own fellow citizens have put
the seal of their approval upon hi
work after once permitting him-ir
response to the howls of his politica
enemies-to quit the helm.
So it is in any city where a usefu
public servant is rejected; the peopl,
do not long continue in their blindness
to the virtues of capable official He
may pass into eclipse for a shor
period under unjust attack and base
less criticism, but it is usually only 6
..short time until those whom he hal
served with an eye single to their bes
|Sinterests discover their mistake anC
restore him to the place of authority
AS the commission form of govern
ment has passed in Denver and Il
passing in other cities, so it will pas
in Harrisburg and Throughout Penn
sylvania. 1t has been tried and founs
wanting in many vital respects. N,
scheme ever devised has done so mucl
here and elsewhere to deaden tn,
public interest il the public's bust
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
Senator Cranes Achievement
North American ReyieW,)

But the kingpin of the whole affair
was Winthrop Murray Crane. Many
months ago we directed attention to
the exceptional sagacity and wide vis-
ion of this extraordinary man. OF all
the conspicuous members of the So
called Old Guard, now happily shorn
of power, he alone read Alright the
signs of the times, shaped his course
accordingly and emerged from a most
difficult and delicate situation, master
ed by himself with consummate skill,
with immensely enhanced prestige and
without the loss of a friend. Since Will
liam C. Whitney successfully withstood
the desperate efforts of the Hill-Gor-
man alliance in 1892 there has been no
such exhibition of courage, determina-
ton and tact as that by Mr.. Crane
which in the early hours of the morn
ing of Saturday, June 10, made sure
the calling of Mr.. Hughes upon the
next ballot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
The Hope of Peace
IN. Y. SUM-


The surrender by the Provisional
government of Mexico of the United
States soldiers taken in the fight at
Carrizal relieves a tense situation
and war has been for the time being
averted. There will be no clam0-
now to make Carrizal a cause frr
armed intervention, since |; is diff
cult and may never be possible to
fix responsibility for what occurred
there; but the question of the fee
dom of movement of General PCrsh'
ing's troops in Mexico still remains.
It involves their presence ans the
period of their stay In that cointry.
If they can move only north il the
direction of the borler in snail as
well as in large detaehments they can
do no effective polite duty, AID it is
to clear northern Mexico of the ban
dts who are a merace. to citizens on
the American side Of the bopder that
our troops are in Mexico.
Mr.. Wilson must either insist upon
freedom of movement for American
patrols in the discretion Of General
Pershing, or his brce mus be with
drawn altogether 1t certainly can
not be ordered back to American ter
ritory so long as bandits are allowed
to continue their depredations by
General Carranza'sI garrison in Chi
huahua and Coahula.
A considerable mobilization of
troops in the norh by the provi-
sionaI governmentiince relations with
the United States became strained
proves that Mexico has the resources
to police its own territory. If Mr..
Wilson can male the provisional
government undertand that the ex-
peditionary force will not be with
drawn unless nd until we'll
equipped army OF Mexicans is placed
on the border to leal effectually with
bandits. then thee will be a tangible
hope of peace beween the two coun-
tries; not otherwise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
EXTITH the dawn of morning, Sep

~
wv tember IA, 1S47 Scotts brave
army entered the city of Mexico
and marched into the National Plaza
III the center of the city, and, as the
bands played Yankee Doodle" the
Stars and Stripes was unfurled from
the National Palace and every public
building.
As the different columns approach
cd the center of the city, the troops
were fired upon from windows, scat
folds and the tops of houses by a mob
of several thousand of the city's out
casts, called Leperos, and by the
criminals that Santa Anna had turned
out of the jails. American artillery
and rifiemen were detached against
them with considerable effect. Still
the firing and assassination of our SOL
diers in the streets continued all day
ard was resumed on the following
General Scott then notified
the civil authorities that, unless they
prevented any future outrages of that
character, he would blow up every
house from which a gun was fred.
That curt and premptory threat did
the work. In an hours time the city
was quiet and orderly.
Scott was now virtually supreme
governor of Mexico, and most wisely
he exercised his immense power to
restore order, put the wheels of in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

Writing paper and stamps are said
to be rarities at Camp Brumbaugh.
Well, the latteR is at least one staple
article whose price cannot be affected
by the war.
In accordance with it's usual GUS
tom, the Millersburg Sentinel has an
nouneed that its sheet will not be
published next week, at which time
the office employees will take their
vacation.
A postal card mailed in PHILADELPHIA
on November 16, 1877 to Crosby and
Grown, lawyers of Cory, reached its
destination a day or so ago, having
been N transit for 80 years, more or
less. one of the members of the firm
is still living and received his belated
epistle.
THE Stars and Stripes" says the
West Chester Record, ARE foating
from many homes and they bid fair
to remain out in sunshine and storm
until the boys come marching home
again"
Harry X. Thaw who at one time
loomed as big in the public eye as the
flatiron Building to the visitor from
tho country, has been in and about
Wellsboro and Pine Greek, where he
visited former Governor Stone, his
erstwhile counsel. Thaw was the cen
ter of curiosity wherever he went
The Mayor of Norristown has lifted
the lid on a safe and sane Fourth" ;"
because he has an idea that the kiddies
enjoy firecrackers and similar means
of working off patriotic energy. Per-
haps he feels that the subject is de-
veloping too cranky characteristics
and has some cure for tetanus. We
really conceive secret admiration for
the Mayor, however.
Margaret Ann Drake, the pride of
Mercer, will enter high school next
Fall at the age of eleven. Margaret
Ann has our hearty respect.
The Mayor of Columbia, at Gretna
with the troops, has been appointed
captain. The Mayors ability to give
orders has evidently been carried over
from bench to field.
AS the American flag is raised to
the breeze across the Gateway of the
Alleghenies," just east of Tyrone,
where in the summer of 1898 the
largest American flag in the world was
unfurled to the breeze, the Tyrone P.
r. r. Shop Band, one of the best in
Pennsylvania, will pitch high the key
o: patriotism.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
Railroad Strike Threatened
Digest. }

With the failu,e of "the most inn
portant conferenle ever held by rep
resentatives of clpital and labor"
tie-up of every Important railroad in
the United Stateshooms as a possibility
SO ominous that the organs of public
opinion implore he representatives OF
the railroads and their workers to arr
rive at some agreement There are,
however Socialists and labor Journals
which would Welcome the issue, as
would a few "cApitalisticp Journals
which hope it would bring about a de.
eisive manifestation of public wrath
against the striktrsi perhaps bearing
lfruit in a compulsory ryarbitration law.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
cARRANzA A BLEssTNG2

mod moves in a mysterious way
NJ his wonders to perform" and
sweet arethe uses of adversity"
are quotations which may illuminate
the thought that perhaps Carranza
and his defiant attitude toward Amer
leans in Mexico are blessings in dis
guise.
The delays and confusion in mobiliz-
ing the National Guard and the effort
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
General Hancock's Widow

New York, July 1.-The public fund
raised by subscription in 1886 short
ly after the death of Gen. Winfield
Scott Hancock for the benefit Of Gen.
Hancock's family is the subject of a
suit filed in the Supreme court yester-
day by Louis D. Pieot, executor un-
der the viii of Mrs. Almira r. Han
cock. widow of Gen. Hancock, against
the Guaranty Trust company, now Gus
todian of the fund. The executor asks
the court to determine who is entit-
led to hold the money. now amounting
to S47471
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
The Owneship of Land

"I believe" wpte Emerson, lin the
spade and an gre of good ground.
Whose cuts a sthight path to his own
bread, by the hip OF God in the sun
and rain and sirouting of the grain,
seems to me al universal workman.
lie solves the Toblem of life, not for
one. but for allmen of sound body"
In addition D this, is the political
interest which the state has, that as
many as may ID of it's citizens shall be
directly intereted in the land. Es-
peclally with popular institutions is
there a strong assurance of peace.
order. purity, std liberty, where those
who are to male the laws, to pay the
taxes, to rally 10 the support of the
government aglinst foreign invasion
or domestic vioknce. are the proprie-
tors of the sol
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Colonel AYERS he is out of poll
tics; but we suspect he has ordered
more.-Boston Herald.
Indiana, mother of Vice-Presidents
this time presents the country with
twins.-Chicago Daily News.
To quiet Santo Domingo, why not try
Government ownership of watermelon
atches.-Minneapoli journal.
Wall Street thinks 1t is promoting a
Russian loan, but the real promoter is
General Brussiloff.-New York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
OUR DAILY LAUGH
CONSOLING
THOUGHT.

I thought you
were going to
complain about
last months bill
for light.
No; I'm going
to sit quiet and be
thankful that I
don't have to
burn gasoline to
see by.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
The Better Wav

Apparently the Germans have con-
cluded that Austrians are more eff
feotive against Russia as prisoners
who must be fed than as allies who
must be financed and protected
Florida Times-Union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-01
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY

lQuestions submitted to members OF
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza-
tion's annual Municipal Quiz."l
What percentage of pureness do the
tests show?
Daily average for the year 1915.
1894 per cent