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Evening star., 1916-01-03
CHAIRMAN H|LLES
CALLS CONVENTION
Issues Official Notice of the Re-
publican Assembly in Chi
cago June 7.
EXTENDS OLIVE BRANCH
TO THE PROGRESSIVES
Voting Power of Southern States
Curtailed-District of Columbia
Retains Two Delegates.

A formal call for the republican ma
tional convention in Chicago. to be held
June Z, was issued last night by chair
man Charles D. Hilles of the republi-
can national committee. The call Is re-
garded as an appeal for peace among re-
publican ranks. and an invitation to the
progressives to get back into the ranks
of the old party.
The paragraph which holds out the
hand of peace and good fellowship
was couched in the following terms:
THE republican leaders Of the several
states and the District of Columbia.
Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Philippine Islands and all other cleo
tors, without regard to past political
Affiliations. who believe in the prin-
ciples of the republican party and in
dorse it's policies, are cordially invited
to unite under this call in the selec-
ton Of delegates to the said conven-
tion."
Temporary Chairman Conceded.
The report has spread that the pro-
gressives have been assured that tenn
porary chairman Of the convention, sat
isfactory to them would be selected,
and a suggestion has been made that
Senator Borah of Idaho might be
chosen for this Office as an assurance
that the progressive wing Of the party
would be given fair treatment.
The Chicago convention will consist
of 991 delegates. as against LOTS dele
gates in 1912 and in other previous
presidential years. Six of the delegates
to sit in the coming convention. how
ever, will be without votes. except by
action of the convention itself These
include two each from Hawaii, the
Philippine Islands and Porto Rico.
District Representation.
The District will have its usual two
delegates in the convention. These. the
call provides. ehall be chosen at an
! election to be held under the direction
of an election board composed of
Charles Linkins, Charles H. Bauman
and Jesse H. Foster. resident republi-
cans. The board is authorized to Ak
tho date of the election and to arrange
also to provide for a registration Of the
votes cast. such registration to include
| the name and residence Of each voter
| The reductions in representations ap-
| ply chiefly to the southern states, and
| meet the objections of progressive re-
| publicans. who have contended that
| the voting power of the south should
| be curtailed. in view of the fact that
in that section Of the country there is
no such thing as a republican state
New York is the only northern state
suffering a reduction. In this years
convention New York's delegation will
number 81, az compared to 80 in 1912
Evening star., 1916-01-03

and each and every one emphasizes the
necessity of our immediate develop
ment along similar lines. In this view
am in thorough accord, and earnestly
recommend that the necessary steps
he taken To this end
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ON WITH THE DANCE.

More agony for the prudes.
1t appears that the old-fa shioned
and perfectly proper waltz and the
stately minuet are not to play a re-
turn engagement in the immediate
future in the dancing arena. Indeed.
the members of THE American Society
of Professors of Dancing go so far
as to say that these te-psichorean
tactics will never come into favor
again.
And they announce that the tango,
the turkey trot, the bunny hug, and
the fox run, ct cetera, ct cetera, will
be superseded during the coming
dancing season by new and unique
military steps that have emerged
from the trenches of Europe and with
divers Hawaiian "wiggles'' as side
lines.
In other words the dancing mas
tiers seem to be getting as clever as
the modistes. The oftener they change
the fashions in dancing, the more
business that will come to them.
| Showing something new is the cas-
lest way to separate all classes of
people from their hard-earned money.
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JAYMAWlKER JOTS

Sent in to the Atchison Globe from
Geary City: 1t is easy to shoot a large
fish when the animal is in a hoop
net.
A demagogue is defined by the
Clyde Farmers Voice as a statesman
who hasn't been accepted at his own
valuation by his opponents.
One of the political jottings in the
Alma Signal: At that, however, from
the beginning to the end this has been
more of a you kick me and I'll kiss
you" administration.
Pore Wimmen, they seem always tc
be to blame. laments Mrs. Homer Hoch
in the Marion Record. The suffra-
gette gets blamed for standing for too
much in the way of rights. And some
others get blamed for standing for too
little in the way of evening clothes.
A newspaper, as the Newton Kan
san-Republican says, admires the man
who takes enough interest in his COM
munity and his newspaper to come in
one day with commendatory remarks
for what he reads and just as hon.
estly and friendly makes visit the
next day with a fair criticism.
This was penned by the Athol Rec
ord before the threatened railroad
strike of recent memory was called
off, but the point made by the Record
is just as pertinent now as it was
when it was made whenever we have
great national strike says the Rec
ord. "be it railroad or otherwise" the
common people are always the goats
and their bleats of distress are con-
sistently ignored by both Sides
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THE COMMERCE CONFUSION.

The president of the United States
has no power to dictate to the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, but con-
gress has. pointed out The Annalist.
and it goes on: The Interstate Com
merce Commission exercises legisla-
tive power, not j--1icial power. One
court does not appeal to another to
have its DEGREES enforced, but the
Commerce Commission must go to the
courts to obtain enforcement of its
decisions. Congress did not create the
supreme court; it did create the Com
merce Commission. 1t has become GUS
,tomary to talk of the Commerce Com
mission as tho it were a judicial body
whose decisions could not be dictated
by any other agency of government.
There would be no parallel between
n act of congress overruling a deci-
sion of the Commerce Commission
and a law which would seek to over
ride n decision of the supreme court.
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waited on the porch of the fraternity
house while Phil went to the train to
meet his sister. He heard the engine
pull away. and then watched idly as
the college men and their fair guests
came strolling across the campus.
Suddenly he sat bolt upright,
amaZement in his eyes. for around the
corner of Blair Hall walked Phil
Sharp. and beside him was the mystic
girl he had met at Kingston. He
watched them, half unbelievingly, un-
til they reached the porch.
MY sister, Althea," Phil announced.
Tom took her outstretched hand,
and the girl smiled up at him.
Il believe We have met before" she
said.
I'VE surely have; but you told me
your name was Mary Doe"
81 told you fib," she answered. 81
wanted to surprise you when you saw
me here. Are you sorry?"
| Sorry" Toms heart leaped rath-
err crafty. It's the best thing that's
happened to me. in years. And" he
added thoughtfully. I'm going to ask
Phil to give me five more Dances
Copyright, 1916, bv the Mcclure
Syndicate.)
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the average under the present admin
istration, made appropriations esti-
mated officially at about S6T9,0OO.O 900
The trouble with these figures, how
ever, is that they never include the
difference between postal revenues
and expenditures. The growth in the
governments expenditures is more
easily ascertainable from the official
statements of receipts and d!sburse-
ments of the various government de-
partments. A table which begins with
the year 1905, when Roosevelt was in
office, shows what has been happen
ing. The total disbursements, includ-
ing those of the postoffice department
in 1906 were s763,103,90s- III 1907,
sS1s,541. 147; in 1903. 1924. $50; in
1909, $1,000. 3O3. 04O; in 1910, $780,
795,41S; in 1911, $964,oS5.555; in
1912, s965,273.s7s: in 1913. s1.o1O.-
S12.44e; in 1914. s1,045,60 sci; and
in 1915 they were $1,o65. 0Ss.457. The
present session of congress has already
appropriated $500, 1000. 900, which
does not include a number of very
large items of special character, in
GLIDING $50. 1000. 600 for the purchase
of ships and a number of others of
equal importance. 1t is estimated that
the appropriations will aggregate
finally $1,000. 100000.
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WHY NOT SAME SAUCE FOR ALL?

Why not call a special session of
street railway strike in New York City
with what would be tantarnount to
force" legislation?
If it is within the province of con-
gress to settle or to attempt to settle
the differences between the interstate
railroads and some OF their employees
as to hours of work and schedules of
wages. it would appear that legisla-
lures should act accordingly in the
disputes between intercity railways.
such as the New York City surface,
subsurface and supersurface railway
systems are, and their employees.
What is sauce for the national goose,
should certainly be sauce for local
and state Eanders.
Also, why not a special session of
the Kansas legislature to settle the
differences between the miners and
the operators in the Kansas coal
fields?
A Kansas coal famine for this win
ter is not very alluring, and especially
in view of the fact that the new gas
rates are such that not so many people
will be able to afford to use gas to
any considerable extent for heating
purposes. 1t is possible, tho, that
some really close figuring would show
that gas for heating at 35 cents a
thousand for several thousand feet
might not be more expensive than the
use of high grade coal, and many of
those who use coal have been taught
by experience that the top grades of
coal are cheapest in the long run, and
especially for furnace work.
There seems to be some difference
of opinion as to the prospects for the
gas supply for these parts for this
winter. The local gas distributing
company in its recent circular, which
told of the higher rates going into
effect, stated that it could not prom
Use a larger gas supply for this winter
than was the one of last winter.
Mr.. Landon, the receiver for the
Kansas Natural Gas company, brought
the cheering news to Topeka yesterday
and disseminated it thru Tie medium
of one of those informative luncheon:
for which the Rotarians are becoming
so famous, that there was likely to bt
plenty of gas for Topeka this winter
as the company is already at worl
extending its pipe lines to new am
rich gas fields that are being tapped
with great regularity.
But a big supply of gas for thi
winter or a small supply, a coal strik'
in the western fields that might caus
a coal famine in Kansas certainl!
should not be tolerated any more com
placently by state authority than wa
the threatened countrywide railroad
strike by federal authority.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.



If the ghost fails to walk the end
mans bones cease to rattle.
When a couple are matched but not
mated it's a sort of friction match
A girl likes a young mans love to
have the engagement ring of sincerity.
About the best way to get even
with man is to pay what you owe
him.
It's just as important to watch
your windings as it is to wind your
watch.
It's as hard to impose on some men
a second time as it was easy the first.
If you see one young man laughing
at the jokes of another, the other has
pretty sister.
Don't pay a widow compliments I'M
less you are matrimonially incline
and willing to pay her bills.
When a poor girl who is long and
1anky suddenly acquires wealth she
Immediately becomes tall and grace
full
The poet scars upward after the in
finite, but the practical chap remains
on earth and satisfies his longing with
pork and beans.
1t may not make a young man hap
Ply when a girl returns his love. and
certainly not when it is returned be-
| cause she has no use for it.
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GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison GIobe1

IFrom the Atchison Globe
Read and the chances are you will
read prejudice.
Friendly advice frequently places a
severe strain on friendship.
Mothers cooking has a boys appe-
tite to magnify its excellence.
Don't loaf all the time you are
waiting for Opportunity to knock
The most unusual mother is the one
who dresses better than her daugh-
ter,
A bum digestive apparatus causes
more SleepleSsness than a rebelliouS
conscience.
1t SO often happens that the bore
has plenty of leisure to devote to
bothering busy men.
The men might be less conceited if
they knew how many of them are en-
dured for the sake of the children.
An apprentice who gets the notion
that he is employed to Instruct the
foreman isn't apt to finish his trade
Perhaps hand-painted china is
priced so highly because it is so much
rarer than hand-painted complex
ions.
Many people would rather be i'm
posed upon than indulge in a row
and the impudent ones seem to I'M
derstand that.
Instead Of leading a Wild, Free Life
as the movies might lead you to be-
lieve, a cowboy works hard for TWEEN
ty-five dollars a month
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OUR RECKLESS EXPENDITURES

Not until there is an annual budget,
which will set the income of the gov
eminent and its various sources
against the expenditures and the va
rious purposes of such expcl' ditures,
will the people of the United States be
aroused to the close relation between
the extravaganza of congress and
heavy taxation, writes Thomas +. Log
an in Leslie's. Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania recently remarked that
the United States was spending money
like a drunken sailor. He did not use
this particular phrase. but he made il
clear. for instance, that the Mexican
fiascos, the ventures into government
gance into which the government had
been led in the past two years. had
cost the government nearly $eG0, OOO,-
600. The last congress, he said, had
spent nearly $780, 900, 900 more than
the preceding while the present one
had been the most lavish in the his
tory of the United States. There had
been an addition of nearly $4,000 Of
ficeholders under the present admins
tration, requiring an extra ANNUAL ex-
penditure of $40,0G0.O0O. and the
Mexican ventures total an expense OF
| 1925, 100000. Owing to the strange
method of government bookkeeping
it is almost impossible to tell from the
official figures just how great an in
crease there has been in he appro-
pr,ations. Whereas the appropriations
| of the second session of the Fifty.
ninth congress in 1908 were abou
1856. 900, 900, the third session of the
| Sixty-third congress, which is abou
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MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper PuDhshers
Association.
MEMBER:

In his libel suit against chicago
,avsnaper for a round million dol
lars. Henry Ford is probably seek
ING the vindication or the personal sat
faction to which he deems his honor,
- his motives entitled He surely
isn't after any part or such SUM
that might be awarded MN III uaii-
ages merely for the sake or the money
He has plenty of the latter ana ms
enormous fortune of many millions OF
dollars mas been as honestly earned
without doubt, as is possible in the
accumulation of much money; even IL
there are some theorists who insist
that it is impossible for a man TO
earn honestly and by his own wit and
efforts SO much as a mere mill on OF
dollars during an average span OF Ire.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Absence also sometimes makes the
heart grow fonder of itself.
X X
Almost everybody has a home made
code of rules-for others to follow.
X X Y
EXcellency at anything is seldom
achieved by any one and it is only ap-
preached by incessant effort.
* x X
Inasmuch as there are exceptions
to all rules, not a few silk purses have
undoubtedly been made out of sows'
ears
x X x
Possibly the superstitious people do
not worry as much as those who insist
they are not that way. The portents
in which they believe probably explain
many things.
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Senator La Follette's hold on the es-
TEEN of his friends and neighbors in
Wisconsin seems to be about as strong
as it ever was. His recent victory In
the primary contest for the Republi-
can nomination for United States sem
ator, and which is a denomination for
Mr.. La Toilette, was of rather COM
manding proportions. And this seems
TO toss a monkey-wrench into the ma
chinery of the theory that a man is
usually without honor in his own
country.
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WORK.
There's nothing fills the soul with peace
Like healthy. honest labor.
If thus employed the world would cease
To WELD the sword and saber.
If you engage in pulling stumps
Twill keep you out of trouble
Instead of getting in the dumps
Your joy will more than double.
If railroad irons you will deport
Until you sweat and lather.
IT'S better then to be sport
And do the things you'd rather.
If any chore your gizzard grieyes,
And dares you to begin 1t,
Just grit your teeth. roll up your sleeve
And grab that task and skin 1t.
Harry J. Williams in Farm Life.
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is the foundation of patriotism and
fidelity and purity and industry, and
all other virtues.
Call unto me, and I will answer
thee, and shew thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not.
1.-The most inspiring thing about this
mighty promise is that it reminds us
that God Himself is the Creator of
that which He promises to do. He is
not confined in answering our prayers.
to resources and materials already on
hand, but out of His infinite power
and wisdom He can make the thing
We ask even out of nothing. Surely
this is encouragement to ask the
greatest things and to prove all the
possibilities of faith and prayer.
A. B. Simpson.
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BED T GME TALES
BY CLARA INGRAM ,yUDSON
THE BEAVER COURT

When Father Beaver and Mother
Beaver finally found courage to look
I'D after Policeman Billy had fright
of HALT" they found themselves
standing in front of a half circle of
beavers, big. wise-looking beavers.
who looked at the newcomers very
solemnly.
And, much to his own surprise.
Father Beaver spoke up bravely. quite
as though he had always been used
to courts and policemen and all that,
which he hadn't We're newcom-
ers." said he, as he bowed politely,
land we like your country. We will
be very happy if you will allow us to
stay and live near Crooked Creek"
(And If you want to guess that Mother
Beaver was so proud of Father Beaver
that she felt a warm little thrill run
clear down to the tip of her toes. and
that Bushy Beaver and Little Brother
Beaver felt so comfortable and inn
portant they could hardly wait to hear
the courts answer. If you want to
guess all that, / think you will guess
about right!D
of course after such a nice speech
as that. the beaver court had to he
polite back. You know how catch
ing politeness is. So it's not much
wonder that the biggest beaver. who.
by the way, was so big and fat he
could hardly move 0ikely it was a
good thing he was head of the court
for he wouldn't have been much good
as a regular working person that's
certainD. that this biggest beaver
waved his hand and said Thank You
for your cordial words"
Father Beaver waited for him to
say more. Father Beaver couldn't
help but see that he had made good
start and he didn't want to spoil 1t all
by saying too much. You can see by
that. that Father Beaver was wiser
than lots of folks. can't you?
And while he waited, the beavers in
the half circle, all the beavers mind
you. got up and bowed very politely
and said. welcome"
Now Father Beaver didn't know
just how much they meant by that.
but he thought they were making a
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News reports from Chicago tell that

News reports from Chicago tell that
a federal grand jury is about to probe
the high cost of vegetables there.
They are said to be retailing for just
about twice what they brought year
ago this time. This information is
rather encouraging. Possibly some
agency of the federal government will
insert a probe in the near future into
the high cost of flour. The trouble
Be-, tho, or 1t has been in the past, that
federal probes of this sort seldom &C
complish much in correcting the evils
that they may be directed against.
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SIDE TALKS
An Epidemic of Games.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

In our neighborhood lately we have
had an epidemic of simple games. 1t
all started on a weekend house party.
The weather Gas usual this spring.
was bad and some one had an inspira-
ton to bring, besides the Inevitable
bridge paraphernalia, a small collec-
ton of the games We used to play
years ago.
In the middle of drizzly afternoon,
just when everyone was beginning to
get a bit bored, he produced them,
and you can't imagine what a diversion
they created.
The two most energetic males let off
some of their superfluous energy at
ping-pong.
Four more sat down to parchesi
ana became children again over that
foolish, funny, fascinating old game.
Two sat down to go-bang, which.
on the chance it didn't enter your
childhood, I will explain, consists of
contest to get five counters in a row
1lrst- 1t sound simple but has almost
as much science as checkers
In the evening we all had an anus
ing game of letters.
we mad three rainy days in success
sion, and before we went home every.
one blessed the man who brought the
games.
The aftermath was equally interest
| ing.
We are having a running tourna.
ment or go-bang among the member:
OF the family this summer.
one OF the guests wrote us that sh,
nan started a parchesi tournament a
the Inn where she stopped
sun another introduced the goof
old game of letters to her family. am
1t has given bridge a rest with them
OF course all these diversions ar,
more or less childlike, but who doesn'
enjoy being childlike once in awhile
| They are simple, inexpensive. anus
ing entertainment and as such T cal
your attention to them
incidentally, 1 want to say a WORE
about games and children.
| Games are great educationa
| force. They amuse and at the sam,
time train the mind
| L cannot understand the parent.
who do not play games with thei1
children. In our home life the eve
ming game with the grown-ups. ant
perhaps my beloved uncle used to bs
one of the brightest spots.7
Games teach concentration, the,
cultivate alertness and stimulate am
bition and the competitive spirit
OF course there are dangers in thi.
latter quality, but rightly directed i
is great force, and naturally the wis.
parent will see that it is properl,
held in check by the spirit of tn,
game, the spirit that teaches the chill,
to be a modest winner and a goo,
'oser.-(Copyrignt by George Matthey
Adams.)
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One is impossible under the constitu-
ton, the other would do no violence
to it. The Commerce Commission has
only delegated power; the executive
and courts have power Independent OF
the legislature. 1t is well that this
distinction should be kept clearly in
mind during the discussion @hich must
follow the fixing of railroad wages by
law
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Germany's submarine merchantmen,
the Bremen, which was sighted off the
Maine coast some time ago and which
later was just on the point of enter
ing two or three American harbors at
about one and the same time is not
due to reach United States shores until
ten days hence. But as this informa-
ton comes from London. it may also
prove to be inaccurate.