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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
CONGRESS
TINE Congress which adtourne

TINE Congress which adjourned
= yesterday is reckoned by Presi-
dent Wilson as ''one of the most
important in the history of the conn
try'-yes, and one of the most
extravagant and disastrous. AS ex-
speaker Cannon said, 'It did those
things which 1t should not have done
and left undone those things which it
should have done"
Without going into a long review of
Its acts of commission and omission.
1t IS dificult to understand why Demo-
Gratis are inclined to be boastful over
the program enacted. They violated
pledge after pledge. from economy to
the tariff, and they accomplished al
most nothing of great benefit to the
people the initiative of which rested
with them. Most of the important
measures enacted may be traced to
Republican agitation in previous ses-
sions and in nearly every instance
when the administration did father a
really meritorious measure it had TO
depend upon Republican votes to get
it through.
The Democrats pledged themselves
to economy and passed appropriation
bills of the most extravagant nature.
They promised to lower the high cost
of living and it has gone steadily up.
They denounced the protective tariff
principle and then sidestepped in an
effort to meet public opinion and voted
to recreate a tariff commission such
as the President threw out when he
took Office and adopted protective
+. tariff provisions where they thought
protection would help them win votes
They denounced excessive taxes and
passed laws that will take $20O,000.00C
year from the taxpayers for the mex,
two years
They boast of their navy and arm,
bills. but 1t will not be forgotten thai
the President persisted in declaring
our defenses adequate until the voice
of the nation compelled him to bacl
track or lose the support of thousand.
of voters Of his own party. Even ther
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
Chameleon or Weasel?

Correspondent of the New York Sun
makes these extracts from the earlier
writings and speeches Of President Will
son:
The first Is from his speech at a din
ner in the Waldorf Hotel on March is,
1907:
I'VE speak too exclusively of the
capitalistic class. There is another US
formidable an enemy to equality and
freedom of opportunity as 1t is, and
that is the class formed by the labor
organizations and leaders of the coun.
try"
The second is from his letter Of
January IL. 1909. replying to an invita-
tion to speak at a banquet of antistrike
and antiboycott advocates:
II am a fierce partisan of the open
shop and of everything that makes for
individual liberty, and I should like to
contribute anything that 1t might be
possible for me to contribute to the
clarihcation of thinking and the forrfia.
ton of right purposes in matters Of this
kind"
So much for our worthy chameleon!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE

MYTH the development Of new
Wv residential districts the i'm
portance of planning for the
future is becoming more evident every
day in this city. Fortunately for
Harrisburg, the public-spirited men
composing the City Planning Commits
sion are devoted to their task and the
study which they have made already
Justifies the prediction that thousands
Of dollars will be saved to the taxpay-
ers hereafter through a proper con-
sideration of street lines and grades
and other matters which enter into
cost in the making of city.
The recent controversy between the
City Planning Commission and City
Council over the construction of an
overhead bridge on Seventh street has
served a good purpose in drawing the
attention Of the community to the
splendid work which the official plan
ners have been doing in a modest yet
effective and permanent way. This
commission is not obsessed with any
vain-glorious idea of its own superior
Judgment but with clear-sighted vi
sion it is looking forward to the city
Of the future in comprehensive plan
ming for the present.
What Is everybody's business Is no.
bodYs business is an old axiom. 1t
is this very situation which demands
the careful study Of planning problems
embracing housing and grading and
sewer conditions, so that the errors of
the past may not be repeated at the
cost Of the people.
Harrisburg has paid a big bill for
the things which might have been pre-
vented had there been some such body
of broad-ninded and public-spirited
men to guard against the very things
which this commission is now earn
estly endeavoring to avoid
There was no personal feeling in
the action of the Planning Commits
sion with respect to the overhead bridge
on Seventh street; it was simply the
performance of a duty to the COM
munity and there can be no doubt now
that the people are having their eyes
opened to the necessity of some such
safeguarding of the public rights.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
THE STATE FROM DAY ODKY

cum chewing teachers in the coun-
ty schools were called down by Super
intendent Taylor of Scranton for talk
Ing and otherwise working their jaws
during institute. Corporal punishment
is not permitted, and anyway the
superintendent would have a big
order on his hands.
The Mexicans which the Pennsyl-
vania railroad imported and transport
ed to Reading are proving to be excel
lent laborers. The P. R. r. pays in real
money, while Villa currency is rated at
three cents pound. 9. E. D.
Mary Jerke. housekeeper for Far
mer John Deuche, of Dayton, Pa, de-
clined to be put off on the buggy ride
which had been promised her, so Just
to show that she hated postponements
she shot the farmer in the head.
A contemporary soliloquizes that
girls seldom tell the truth, while boys
nearly always do. The girl is likewise
credited with being more clever than
the boy. And you will never find a
boy who would rather be a girl and a
girl is too proud to admit that she
would rather be boy, SO there you
are.
1t costs $3.50 to throw a bottle on
the streets of Tarentum. judging from
the fine BILL Simonski had to pay
the other day. Bottles should only be
thrown at ball games anyhow.
IF folks in the neighborhood have
anything to say about the noise we
make as drum corps in practicing,
why don't they come to us instead OF
scolding about the matter?" Thus the
famous Doylestown corps makes
known its complaint Who was it that
said "A drum by any other name
would sound as stentorian???
A Reading mans divorce from his
wife on the grounds OF her belief in
witchcraft brings to light the fact that
the wife had everything marked with
an X. Looks more like matter for
algebraic solution. Perhaps the wife
was forgetful and wanted to keep
track of the unknown quantity"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
INsINCERE, AS USUAL

TINE Wilson administration can
not play fair even with its most
loyal and devoted friends.
Newspaper reports from New York
city. backed up by unmistakable evil
dence, show conclusively that National
Chairman Mccormick, who has been
one Of Wilson's sincerest friends since
the New Jerseyite loomed above the
horizon of national politics, was fooled
into accepting the national chairman
ship. He was led to believe that the
President wanted him to plan and
conduct his campaign for reelection
and he accepted the high honor be-
yond doubt at no little personal sac
rifice and undertook to lead the fight
along the same vigorous lines that
marked his own lively, if unsuccessful
contest for the governorship of Penn
sylvania. But instead of support
from the President and his advisors he
finds himself checkmated at every
turn, while McAdoo, the Presidents
SON. n-law, and the mysterious Colonel
House are given full swing. They
placed in the humiliating position of
having to hand them out-of posing
as the mere mouthpiece of a politician
ambitious to build up his own per-
sonal machine under the guise of
friendship for Wilson and of the
masked marvel from Texas whose in
f1uence over the President has never
been satisfactorily explained.
All too late Chairman Mccormick
awakes to the fact that he was used
as a bait for progressive votes, and it
is little wonder If he IS angry and dis
gusted. But he might have known
what was coming to him. Wilson,
McAdoo ct al. did the same with
Chairman McCoombs. McCoombs did
more for the nomination of Wilson
than any other one man. He was
given the national craftsmanship and
permitted to do the drudgery of the
campaign--but it was McAdoo who
was the power behind the scenes and
it was McAdoo who was given the
credit for the victory after it was won.
The President tossed a few crumbs to
McCoombs as sop to his future
friendship, which McCoombs subse-
quently tossed back and came as near
galloping off the party reservation as
was possible for a Democrat of his
dyed-in-the-wool stamp.
Now Chairman Mccormick is getting
a big dose of the McCoombs medicine.
His friends are wondering how long
man of his spirit will continue to ac-
cept without protest the embarrass-
ments heaped upon him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
Try It Again
I admire the chap

/ admire the chap
With the smile on his map,
Though Fortune has dealt him a
.thunderous rap
And knocked him clean down on the
rear of his lap
Whose only remark is, Gee whiz,
what a slapl
I'll try it again.
I'm there with the guy
With the CLEAN in his eye.
Though Fate has let loose a stiff kick
near the thigh,
And has scattered his pride all over
the sky,
Whose only retort is, "Doggonit if I
Don't go ye agin.'
I'm strong for the brick
With the courage to stick,
Though Failure has bounded him like
the Old Nick,
And has camped on his trail through
thin and through thick,
Whose happy comeback is. I'm on to
the trick:
Let's do it agin." ."--Phila. Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
BY the REV. DIR. EDWIN A. PYLES
Pastor OF the Fifth Street Methodist
Episcopal Church


TINE possibilities of the Pennsyl-
vania Convention of Methodist
Men to be held in the Capital
City next November 1928 are bound
less. The great Indianapolis conven-
ton in 1913 was to many a Pentecost
in power and inspiration. The Boston
convention held in 1914 was to all
New England radiating center of
light, information and knowledge. The
gave a mighty impetus to the work
of the church in all the great State
of Ohio. And now the Harrisburg
convention will do for Pennsylvania
Methodist men what Columbus did
for Ohio; Boston for New England; !;
Indianapolis for the nation.
Think of the personnel of this great
gathering. Methodism has always
produced great leaders, and the best
the church now possesses will be here,
to be vehicles through whom the
Spirit of God will find access to the
heart of our great church in this fair
State. The delegates will be men who
love the Church of God, who will come
mere because of their conservation to
the Kingdom. to learn as they sit at
the feet of our leaders, how to solve
every, question that confronts every
church, great or small, in this mighty
Commonwealth. Three thousand
strong, the Pentecostal number, wait
ing together for power to help win the
old Keystone State for righteousness
and God. 1t stirs the powers of the
imagination as we think of the flower
of Pennsylvania. Methodism in her
mem bership mingling with the great
leaders of the church leaders as bish-
ops, missionary workers. editors of
our great religious periodicals. min
listers and laymen brought here with
their fund of information to WELD
their influence upon those who seek
the best for the church-and all for
the salvation of men and the exulta-
ton of Jesus Christ.
Think of the possibilities that flow
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

1t was Republican congressman who
came to his rescue when the big pre-
paredness measures were at stake and
Democrats stood back when their votes
were needed.
To be sure, worthy bills were en-
acted, but not by Democratic votes
alone, and where teeth were extracted
from dangerous measures-as the ship
purchase bill for example-the den-
tistry was performed by Republicans.
The whole record of the Democratic
Copress has been one of extravaganza
and expediency. The President and
his party have swung like weather
vanes in the gale Of public opinion.
Their convictions have been subordi-
mated to their political necessities.
They have played to the galleries and
now with their act concluded and the
curtain down they find the galleries
silent and the applause mainly coming
from the darkened stage. The Demo-
Gratis in Congress have heartily &-,-
proved their own record. The voters
will register their verdict at the polls
in November.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

That man Frank H. Buhl has again
aroused the admiration of the people of
Sharon. where he resides. Not contenl
with giving the town fine country
club and grounds, the children modern
Fairgrounds and equipment, a Hand
some club building for the people on
Y. NJ. c. A. lines. and doing lot OF
other big-hearted things without fuss
or feathers, Mr.. Buhl has just sent
letter to the independent military COM
pany. of Sharon. wiping out mort
gage for $4,000 which he held against
the companys armory. Bully for Buhl.
and may his tribe increase!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
TELEGRAPH PERIScOPf

1t is about time for the Kaiser
to decide to eat his Christmas dinner
some place or other. Paris and Pet
rograd being impossible, we suggest
Berlin.
But then. it must be recalled
when Henry Ford said he'd have the
boys out of the trenches by Christ
mas" he didn't say what Christmas.
-Marconi believes the United
States could not be invaded, but with
big Cotton capacity Zeppelins pointed
this way we are inclined to believe
that Marconi is a better inventor than
he is a prophet.
New Workers will take little
consolation in their street car strike
worries from the fact that walking
is wholesome exercise.
Why all this mystery about the
blonde Eskimos? 1t is perfectly evil
dent that they are nothing more nor
less than the ancestors Of our chorus
girls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
Japan and China
kansas City Starl

kansas City start
It is too bad about China, Of course.
But as Kipling says:
1t is always a temptation for q strong
and agile nation
To call upon a neighbor and to say,
I'VE invaded you last night and are
quite prepared to fight
Unless you pay us we'll to go away"
Nations that flo not want callers of
that sort must also be prepared to fight.
and China is not. So probably her
caller will stay awhile.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
EVERYTHING GLOOMY!
By Wing Dinger

'Taint no use for me to try to
Write about a bloomin' thing,
Cause a chap in my position
Nothing has bout which to sing.
Life to me is sad and gloomy:
All Joy has been put to rout
Since doc told me that I had to
Cut all of my smoking out.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY

tQuestions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza-
tions annual Municipal Quiz."l
What provision is made for teachers
retirement? How Is fund raised?
A pension fund has been created
for this purpose. One-half is con-
tributed by the teachers and one
half by the School Board. Estab-
lished IN 1908. Twenty-Five teach-
ers are now on the retired List,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Judge David Cameron. of Wells
boro. who retired from the bench last
Spring, is again practicing law. He
of the most active men in the county.
Congressman Kreider returned
home last evening from Washington.
.-Ex-Governor William A. Stone
has spent most of his summer at his
cottage on Pine creek, in Tioga county.
Harry Thaw was his guest for a'few
dayS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

Some hundreds OF Democratic states
men left Washington yesterday to re-
construct their political fences at home.
Their little day has ended and the coun-
try breathes a sigh OF relief that one
menace to its prosperity and reace has
been for a time removed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

If anybody imagines that the Susoue.
hanna Basin is. not to be made usable
by the people. he may just as well get
that thought out of his mind. After
several generations of indifference to
a noble river and a wonderful COM
munity asset. the people of Harrisburg
are at last awake and they are going to
insist on their bath houses and beaches
and boating facilities. More power to
them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
DO YOU KNOW
That the Harrisburg silk mill site
has been used for the nlanufac-
ture of textiles since 1880? ~
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

In 1s25-6-7 there were five military
companies in Harrisburg, the Dauphin
Cavalry, the Harrisburg Guards. the
Pennsylvania Guards, the Harrisburg
Junior Guards and the Harrisburg
Union Infantry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

1t is pointed out that 45 per cent. of
the exports of this country go to Grea,
Britain. Once commercial retaliation
is begun there is certain to be a counter
retaliation. and that it will cost Ameri-
can interests very dearly is not doubted,
The impression is growing that Presi-
dent Wilson will be subjected to strong
pressure from various interests to use
the retaliation as a club on behalf or
their grievances against Great Britain.
Secretary Lansing served warning that
the retaliatory measures were loosely
drawn and would likely cause no eno
of trouble. But what is trouble for
millions of people compared with tn.
personal ambitions of the present occu-
pant of the White House.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

Also English working men are de-
manding a protective tariff. English
labor would likewise restrict cheap
goods produced at low wages and under
poor conditions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
EDITORIAL. COMMENT
(From Bellefonte Republican,

(From Bellefonte Republican,
President Wilson's speech of ac-
ceptance was beautiful piece of
reading. So were his frequent and nu-
merous notes to Germany.
Correspondent in an exchange has
suggested the Wilson Waltz" 1t is
'one step forward. two steps backward,
side step and hesitate" 1t can be
danced to the tune of He walked right
in and turned around and walked right
out ain."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

Meanwhile, we trust the dust is being
brushed occasionally from the Donate
statuary in the warehouse where 1t re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

poses as a silent rebuke to the official
niggardliness which prevented the set
ting up of this remarkable group on rno
River Front.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
Those thousands OF taxpaxers uno

Those thousands OF taxpayers. upon
whom the Democrats at Washington
have just laid new burdens. will not be
ready to accept the superficial explana.
tions of the administration, but will
delve deeper into the causes which
brought about enormous appropriations
on the pretense of national pepared-
ness. Millions for defense. but not one
cent for the pork Barrel and the enter
prises which are hidden behind the de-
Tense program.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

The splendid success of the Kipona
this year has encouraged the people of
the city to believe that New Orleans.
with its Mardi Gras, and other cities
with their popular celebrations, will
have nothing upon little old Harrisburg
hereafter. When the Greater Harris
burg Navy meets next Monday night
definite steps will be taken to MAX.
permanent the Kipona, and to carry
forward the work of preparation dur
ing the winter to the end that the
burden may not rest upon the few at
the eleventh hour. Every loyal citizen
must be interested in the perpetuation
of the Kipona on broad and increas-
ingly constructive and artistic lines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
Our Daily Laugh
HARDLY THE
THING

IHlNG.
Why did she
break the en-
gagenaent?"
Seems he mailed
her a love. letter
In one of these
envelopes with a
glass front.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 9

Correction that is prGyed for becomes
. means OF grace; it is receiued in the
right spirit because asked for in the
right spirit; but to accept 1t dunn bly,
suIlenly, or in the spirit of tdtetulness,
is to lose the advantage OF chaStise.
ntent.--JosEpH PARKER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09
MOBBING THE
UMPIRE.

What's the trou-
Bile over there,
Kid
Nuthin' much.
only the visitin'
team won the
game.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-09

E. j. STACKPoLE. Prss't and Edifor-in-C Chief
F. r. OYSTER. Business Monoger.
GUS M. STEINMETZ, Manoging Editor.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-14
HUGHES in LEAD,
POLL OF nation
SHOWS WATCHERS
Race Will Be Close. Democrats
Say. But Republican Can
didate Has edge =.
-FOUR STATES HOLD. KEY
TO SUCCESS NOVEMBER 7
New York, Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio Will Swing Majority OF
Electoral Ballots

Four states now placed in the
doubtful column" by Republican and
Democratic national campaign man
ayers will decide the presidential cleo
ton on November z The four are
New York, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois,
with total electoral vote of lib.
In all of these states the Republican
candidate, Charles f. Hughes, appears
TO be gaining strength. In fact, the
only nation wide canvass OF the field
so far made-by the New York Her
aid few days ago-gives Mr.. Hughes
slight lead all over the country
except, of course, in the Southern
states. The lead Is not large enough
to Justify declaration OF triumph by
Republican managers. ....-
For the week ending September %
the New York Herald's countrywide
straw vote" showed Hughes in the
lead in 2S states. The ten southern
states were not canvassed, since they
are solidly Democratic.
Out of a total Of 31,60S votes gath
cred in "a states--C California, Arizona,
New York and Nevada exciuded-Mr.
Hughes leads the president by ma
jority of 275 or the states which ap-
pear in the tabulations, Mr.. Hughes
leads in 10, the president in nine. Two
weeks ago the president led in seven
and Mr.. Hughes in 10. Only % were
included in the recapitulation at that
time
The 10 which leaned toward Mr..
Hughes last week are Maryland,
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, Nebras.
ka, California, Nevada, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado
and Indiana. ."-#
The nine which favored the presi.
dent are New York, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Massachusetts, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma and
Arizona. ...... -.
The total straw vote taken in some
of the states Is small and not vet rep
resentatiye of the whole nation in
some instances. This is no doubt true.
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