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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28
FORMING THE WAR PARTY"

TNHE period Of the great war is smash
l. ing and rcaligning party formations
I'm every country I'm the world, just as
our Civil War period revolutionized the
party system in the United states. II
can hardly be doubted that the new and
tremendous tides in social and industrial
life started in this country by it's par
ticlpation in the world war will carry
much farther the changes which have
already taken place in party lines.
Elihu Root, Republican, former Secre.
tary Of state, Is Mr.. Wilson's special
envoy to Russia, perhaps the most i'm
portant ambassadorial post i'm existence
today. Philander c. Knox, Republican,
also a former Secretary of state, is max.
ing speeches in the Senate supporting n
Democratic Presidents measures, and in
cidentally putting to shame Democratic
politicians who are placing local pref.
udices above national policy. These are
not accidental features of the crisis.
Every vote in Congress shows the same
tendency, i'm some cases half the Re,
publicans and half the Democrats vot.
ing AYE" with the Noes" equally ap.
portioned between the two parties. What
is happening is that the best men in both
parties are drawing closer together every
day in the formation Of a "war-to.a-finish
party" which may or may not develop a
new name and organization. But the
name will not matter; the fact is all that
need be considered,
In this city partisan spirit on the
old lines shows signs of dying out, but
occasionally there is a burst of the party
mongering habit An example is the
rumpus over the appointment of T. Henry
Walnut, Progressive Republican, as an
Assistant United States Attorney. The
Job, according TO Harry d. Wescott, a
Democratic leader, should have gone TO a
deserving Democrat. Ignoring the fact
that men Of all parties admit that Mr..
Walnut's record as reformer has been
one Of the bright spots in Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania political history in the
last few years, the aforesaid Wescott in.
sists only on seeing this appointment as
a process OF bargaining" between the
Democratic organization and Senator
Penrose. He solemuly records that Mr..
Walnut opposed Mr.. Wilson's reelection,
as II that had been treason. The fact Is
that District Attorney Kane picked the
best man he could find TO do a particular.
ly difficult piece Of work connected with
the recent army registration.
Men who are big enough TO attune their
mental processes TO the swing of new
age are not questioning the political align.
ment OF those who are doing things.
Who is worrying about the politics OF
Pershing, Edison, Goethals and Hoover7
Who, for that matter, is worrying about
the politics Of Wilson and Root? The
men who win this war for us will be the
leaders Of the majority party evolved by
the big events of the times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Count Terauchi is Premier Of Japan.
2. Joan Of Arc occurs as q dramatic character
In Shakespeare's Henry VI"
3. "Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish,
give my hand and my heart to this
vote" was said by Daniel Webster In
prOnOuncing a eulOgy on ThOmaS Jeher'
son and John Adams In August. 1925.
4. Prague is the capital Of Bohemia.
o. ChunE-Hqa Mln-KuO is the Chinese namo
for China.
o. Lepidoptera is an order OF insects that in
cludes moths and butterflies.
2. Roman law, coming through tho Code. Ma
DOleOn, Is the basis Of Louisiana jurts-
prudence.
g. Sir Christopher Wren was a famous Emf.
lish architect. designer of st. PauIs
Cathedral. London. His dates are 1882
o. The Tichborne case was a celebrated Eng
llsh trial in WHICH. In 1874, Arthur Ort0n
was convicted of perjury. OrtoD claimed
70 be Roger Charles Tichborne. WHOSE
death at sea he denied. Had the pretender
made good his ASSUMPTIONS he would haye
fallen heir to rich English estate The
trial created great popular excitemenk
and OrtOn had many supporters.
10. Juneau is the capital Of Alaska.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28
FRATERNIzNG WITH SUMMER

Mo PHILADELPHIAN. who could af
- ford TO move. used TO be on speaking
terms with Philadelphias summer. IAN.
rual exodus" was overworked in the head.
lines. and although some variety OF word
nlg might have been welcome. there was
10 denying the truth Of the expression.
But hot weather exits are not so easily
made these days. Uncle Sam is debating
.ne departure tactics OF many thousands
q his citizens, while another large pro.
nofIIon Of the public has excellent rea-
Irnn gqr staying al home. Sea trips are
..0It|ally out % favor Thc-s sssre even
I|4||1 stals who thought tsi- nnnnted
|N&44 4.s "A no ssashers
AZ 1&I 'te s.ae must te apeeFely
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. The British soldiers declare that their
French allies are constantly using eX-
pressiOn that sounds like ina poo"
What Is the DOilu really sayingf
2. What Is a cedilla?
3. What Is the great locomotive building center
of France?
4. What extensive colony in Africa Is under
Belgian rule?
8. Who was in command Of the cruiser Olym.
Dla at the Battle of Manila Bay?
@. What is ambergrls?
I. When do the "dOE days" come?
&. Who Is King OF Serbia?
0. What two American ex-Presidents died on
the Fourth of July, 1926?
10. What famous singer was presented in
America by T. T. Barnum?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28
MORE LIBERTY LOANS

Another loan will have TO be tsla,, .-.,.,
the next three or four months ana "lthln
have TO keep on issuing new Iosns shali
extent probably OF $4,000 OOO. .ooo - me
OOO,oOo,OoO year, and the country 80. Sio,.
necessity absorb them. must or
the campaign for broadening the ,n,....
or Oh rns people OF the whole country in tbese
undated energy. and men who s,ss eu with
mere pittanee for the Liberty I,osS l .lned
% apamed, y no other way 1. es,e,,l..st must
mle 9 subscription ID Keeping Min ~ ple,
.2I me e-1rsNg loans. Mannsa sns's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

Pacihsts will find no arguments to
answer the Belgium commission when it
tours the country to tell OF frightfulness.
1t will be a case Of I'm not arguing with
you; I'm telling you"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

A MORNING contemporary reports:
Walnut $50 got a call yesterday from a
man whose voice attested his earnestness
and indicated the query was not intended
for a joke Who is the United States
consul in Milwaukee, he asked"
The inquirer had probably been read
ing the New York Herald of the daY be-
fore, which. IN it's obituary of Digby
Bell, the actor, said he was born in
Milwaukee Wis, and came to this coun.
try when five years old"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

In one week on a fivemile front
the British fired 100000 shells, the
Germans not nearly so many. The Brit.
ish have often been accused Of wasting
shells. The important fact is that they
have shells to waste.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

The English are publicly and saw.
agely advertising the fact that they mud.
died sadly in the Bagdad campaign The
Germans are unable to criticize them.
selves in this way. That is the chief rea.
son why Germany cannot win.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

Safety requires that our soldiers
receive no cheers or farewell mention
when they leave our shores. But the
unnamed French port which received the
nrst Arae-s>>r t->Ssehip made up Tor Il
BY frenzied welcome which even the
crowded cables could nos lsnese
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28
Rome's Great Departure

Rorne's tale furnishes the other side of
tbe medal. Beginning merely with the
seven-hilled city itself, the Roman Repub-
Il, as much responsible for the essence of
our laws as is Athens for Cur culture, ex-
handed until It embraced almost the whole
NJ tho Italian peninsula. But this develop
ment was still purely domestic internal.
Carthage. the Prussia Of her time, more
akin TO Imperial Germany than any nation
IN the book Of history, threatened Roman
security by her exploitation OF Sicily. Rome
cber,shed her Monroe Doctrine. The con-
csnt,on Of fighting for liberty abroad was
startlinP in the last degree. No man could
toreteu the result Of treading an untried
nath The republic was unprepared, much
as ours has been. The Senate hesitated
hut the enlargement of democracy was at
length decreed.
The struggles did not end until Rome had
crushed the city of Dido. "Delenda Car
thago est" Carthage must be destroyed)
was seen 10 have been not mere rhetoric, but
authentic prophecy Roman civilization was
saved and with It the worlds For nearly
700 wears thereafter Roman democratic
ideas ruled the world. Toward the latter
davs before the fateful fall in ATS A. D., the
sternal concepts had become perverted. But
their mighty spiritual sway could not be
effaced even in the dark days when the
empire was sold at auction or when an
"Tmperator' was lawlessly elevated to that
dignity by the all-powerful Praetorian
Guard
centuries look down upon you" declared
Napoleon TO his soldiers before the Pyra-
mIds, Centuries look down upon us on
these solemn days of our great departure.
The turning point in our history foreseen
~ course when war was declared has now
dehnitely arrived. The shell OF our isola-
tion IA shattered by the tread of our armies
In France. our freedom, so superbly won
Al home. is 10 be made manifest abroad.
We are confident Of a redeemed world. our
homes are based on the soundest survey of
facts Nevertheless, without a scintila OF
faltering we must confess them hopes.
But the indissoluble certainty is that we
are enacung the most momentous scene IN
| our national life. We are one OF the tri-
umvirate Of republics We play the an
| clent roles Of Greece and Rome. Our pride
l In the snlendpr pf this part can he leKlti.
maieIy wlthheld BY no man * 4. G.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

w w. HANNA took fifteen minutes
of our time yesterday morning and gave
us in exchange fifteen minutes of his.
We are that much richer. Between us
we settled the Irish question, but we de-
cided that the public is not yet quite
ready for our message. Mr.. Hanna
having labored in his early, is now en-
abled to loaf a little in his late youth. To.
day he goes to Swampscott, Mass, for the
summer. We asked him to take us with
him. That" said he. us almost what
jarvey who ran a side car in Dublin
asked me to do for him. Are you from
Ameriky?' sez he. I am sez 1. oh,
man dear, SEE he, wish you'd take me
tell out o here wild you"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

SAYING WHICH, we come naturally
to the consideration Of a paragraph from
an article in Light, which is published
monthly in the interests Of the Flatbush
Gas Company Employees Associations
who can forget the famous part Of
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address:
You can fool some of the people some
of the time most Of the people most
of the time, but you can't fool all the
people all of the time.'?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28
Tom Days Column
WE ARE THEREi
There tCdS something due today


There tcdS something due toddU
As the Yankee farmers Sdy,
'Tt0os "tccdther-brceder," ttH Of things
to come.
Redly shot the sun hts rays
Through the early morning haze,
And the cduerncd thunder beat a distant
drum.
In the street the throbbing heat
DuHed the tUiH and Slored the feet,
Made a nest Of broodino omens IN the air;
But 1cith afternoons ddUdnce
Like the HgbtpingS HUid lance
Came the message ont OF France: WE
ARE THEREH
Then the fdg that huoged the pole
stirred TO Htc and found its soul
And the brccsCS tossed IT'S joydnce to the
SEW
FOR II caught the iCord from france
Where its kindrcd banners dance,
And II thrHlcd tbrough all its ripples to
rcpiU
ont Of space the Hghtuiuqs race
wan the sari1g aUord ot grace
AMI the uriH acclaim Of France Is on the
air:
"Wc hare trdited for you long"
BUt, huHdrcd thousand strong,
Rims 0ur oiTU cJUltdnt SONG, WE ARE
THEREH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

SOMETIMES when we speculate upon
the strange disappearance of a once very
public servant we fall TO wondering II
the sales of grape Juice have fallen of
proportionately.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

THERE ARE those who, with some
reason, were rather surprised to find Sen.
ator Knox advocating the passage Of the
food bill. Those people would have been
particularly pleased IL they had been per-
mitted to catch in the bulldog edition Of
one Of our morning contemporaries this
pleasant slip Of the types:
"In conclusion the Senator strongly
urged that the fool bill be promptly
passed"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

II was a warm, and somniferous after.
noon. The man in the smoking car was
half DOING. The brakeman. as the train
slowed up, called out "Moranville" The
sleepy passenger jumped and rubbed his
eyes. 'where2 What?" he began. The
brakeman laughed, SO he smiled. Il
lsstoher he said and kot on. Il vas
Huntingdon street Station.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

Potatoes seem TO have been
Hooverized from s1O.25 to $3.50 in spite
OF delay in passing the food bill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28
whOse God. YouIs Or ours !

was permitted conversation With a. oflcat
OF the pruaslnn Guard afief fhe n,i,,eS ~,
reaiaiance % noehe e2ppler-attack c6nn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

WHEN we were n clerk in the Record
Office it seemed to be the habit Of the
follows there about once n month to
take out a Complete Letter Writer" and,
after finding the proper form, address
to the general manager an application
for a raise in wages Mostly nothing
came Of these careful writings one day
when we were too busy TO he formal we
wrote to Mr.. James S. Mccartney, treas
urcr: "I have an idea that I am worth
more to the Record than Sc per week
Has that idea ever struck you?" The
next morning we were called to the front
feeling very much as described in the
Atlantic Monthly. Our letter was handed
back to us, and when we had pulled
ourself together we read at tho bottom
Of it: IT'S a good idea and worth n
dollar week. j. S. McC."
Then we saw the humor Of it 1--WE had
had no intention of making our own
letter funny or smart, but merely bust
nesslikel and we showed Mr.. McCart-
neys joke TO the chief clerk and the
other boys in the office. A couple Of
again. The boss asked what we had
done with our letter and had we shown
It to anybody in the office. We admitted
that we had. He handed us another
letter, which read: Dear sir-I have an
idea that | am worth more than Sc per
week 70 the Record. Has that idea ever
struck you? MORRIS II. BLANK"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-28

N "The Contributors Club" in tho
July issue Of the Atlantic Monthly
there is a helpful article on Asking for
n Raise II begins: "Tiavo you ever
asked for "A raise in salary If YOU have
not. there is something coming to you
i'm the way OF n brand-ncw feeling-I
mean tho sensation you experience while
approaching the boss on this quest II is
not just like seasickness; It is not exactly
the same as dropping ten stories in an
elevator; yet there are points Of similarity
to it in each of these.
AS much depends on your approach
to the boss as does on your approach
to the Grccn to use an expression in golf.
You must not shoot too far; neither
should you foo2le and have to make an
extra attempt. But 20 right in as IL you
belonged there. Never mind speaking
about the weather as a sclf.starting de-
vice; say what is on your mind. He
can find out about the atmospheric
conditions by looking out of the win
dow ."
The Coconino sun., 1917-01-26
CRAwFISHING OUT OF IT

Now that election is safely over, the country saved and every one has for gotten why we went into Mexico, the administration is planning on gently extracting the punitive expedition from the waste places of civilization and place it again in its native land.
 The one man this expedition was send out to corral is still at large and from late reports is planning on talk ing Juarez. However, for all that has been accomplished by this anti-wal propaganda the troop would have been kept in better shape at far less expense had this move been made many months ago. But such things as drawing an invading army from hostile territory might have effected the result of the national election al that time.
 The way it stands now we cant catch Villa, Carranza don't want hin and we are backing up to squat on th' border and await another raid from this disturbing member of Mexico which will furnish excuse for another chase across the border, with it's at tendant rumors of war and calling fol National Guardsmen.
The Coconino sun., 1917-01-26

tions in the market. The world short age constantly grows more acute and only the tendency to abstinence to- gether with harsh measures in Europe against normal use of meat have kept the price from further soaring. In this favored cline cattle are never fed, as they must be in northern Nevada and all of Idaho, Oregon and Montana for two to four months in winter. Only a very few of the weakest old cows and some out of season calves receive hay in the latter end of the winter. Tanks are distributed all over the hills and mountains round about and the winter snows have placed the range in very promising condition for a prosperous season.
 The Wingfelds are cattlemen to the manner born and the fortunes of this thrifty family of the Verde valley comes from that source. Their pros- poets for the future are greatly en- hanced by the proximity of a great consuming camp like Jerome, together with smelter cities like Clarkdale and the Extensions townsite below, and they best of all are the ones that know it.-Jerome Sun.
The Coconino sun., 1917-01-26
59 HORSES EXECUTED BY
 ORDER FEDERAL AUTHORITY

Fifty-nine head of condemned horses were destroyed Tuesday and Wednesday of last week under the direction and supervision of govern ment and state veterinary officials.
 The animals had been kept under quarantine in pasture under the care of State Quarantine Officer W. w. Freeman of Snowflake.
 An official report of the destruction follows:
 The destruction of dourine react ors commenced Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 3:30 p. m. The diseased animals had been condemned by U. S. Government authority, after positive result of test of the blood had been made by the Government Laboratory at Wash ington. The execution of the animals were completed Wednesday at 1850 a. m. and the work of destruction was performed by Dr. L. F. Schneider, in- spector in charge of B. A. l., head quarters at Albuquerque, N. M., Dr. w. E. Severns, state veterinarian of Phoenix, Dr. V. A. Dennis, inspector for Apache and Navajo counties All animals having been previously appraised by Dr. V. A. Dennis, repre-. senting the Government; W. W. Free. man, for the S. Q. L. R.; and N. A Brimhall, acting in behalf of the own. CTS of the animals.
 The question of re-embursing tho owners of the condemned animals nov comes up for settlement. Last sprin, the Government agreed to be respons ible for one half of the expense in cured and the Government is read, to pay that one-half of the indemnit, providing the State of Arizona vii enact legislative measure to pay tn other one-half.
 The U. s. Government having mad such a provision for -embursing tn owners of the condemned animals, is now up to the owners of the animal to take the matter up with their Ter resentative in the State Legislatur from Apache and Navajo counties i order to get a legislative enactmen that will meet the U. S. Governmen half way and pay the other one-hal of the amount of appraised value o the condemned animals.
 Under the direction of the Govern ment officials, W. W. Freeman nov has the big job of burning the car casses, and this task is causing Mi Freeman considerable concern, as is a mammoth undertaking.-Snow flake Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1917-01-26
THE BOND ISSUE

Regardless of the efforts which have been made to slave it off, there is no other way out of the present deficit in the national treasury, except through an issue of bonds. We have experienced the imposition of "war" taxes in times of peace, we have wit messed the abandonment of the former tariff law and 66 per cent of our im- ports are coming in duty free, we have seen the abandonment of the plan to put sugar on the free list be- cause the $5O,000,0OO which would have been cast aside by so doing was necessary to help out the government finances. In addition to these acts there have been changes in the federal taxation laws for the purpose of in- creasing the revenue to eliminate the waste through the pork barrel"
 It is true that some consideration has been given to the necessity of providing for the nations defense. Il has resulted in substantial appropria' tions and the bond issue which is tc be authorized will be charged up to that reason, regardless of the fact that the administration long ago abandoned tariff policy which would have prevented the country from get ting into its present predicament.-- Norwich Bulletin.
The Coconino sun., 1917-01-26
THE DENATURED DOCTRINE

The Monroe Doctrine and our other peculiarly nationalistic doctrines are not guarded" or "preserved' in Pre- sident Wilson's peace note. The Mon- roe Doctrine may be moribund. It may have received it's death blow in this world war, which has so com pletely destroyed the illusion of Amer ican isolation.
 We cannot be sure about that yet There may be revival of nationalism in the United States which will com. pei a reassertion of the doctrine, al least so far as the countries to the south of us down to Venezuela and Peru are concerned. But it is evident from Mir. Wilson's peace note--if that note is to be taken at it's face value that for the purpose of this Admin stration the Monroe Doctrine has beer already denatured. And there is little to choose between denaturation and death.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1917-01-26
BECAUSE WE ARE so RICH

Secretary McAdoo looks cheerfully forward to heavy taxation this winter because the country is so rich. He even expresses the pious hope that next year the country will be more economical. We must issue lot of bonds to care for recent expenses or proposed expenditures, but there is still the jolly prospect of nearly s2OO,- 100000 to come from new taxation.
 Secretary McAdoo gives no suggest ions as to how this is to be done. He puts it up to Congress. For a party which came into power pledged to economy, retrenchment and a reduc- tion of taxes the exhibit is amazing. Doubtless in the end chief reliance will be placed upon increasing the in come taxes. These were to large ex- tent doubled for the present year and are paid by one-third of one per cent, of the population. It is easy to rob the rich, but it isn't the rich who suf- fer. It is that large number of thrifty persons who have managed to secure incomes from s3OO0 to s10,000 year.
 And again we remark the singular fact that in the late political cam paign scarcely anything was said about national extravance which has become one of the most vital questions of the hour. The States which voted for Wilson will feel happy in the knowledge that they will have to pay little of the extra taxation. Republic an Commonwealths will have to put up.-Philadelphi Inquirer.