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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Tracking the Seditionist Vote

While the shrieks of protest because
"Mayor Mitchell has wrapped himself IN
the American flag" grow ever shriller, the
campaign of his opponents takes course
which must make every loyal American,
whatever his party, wonder why the pro-
testants should protest so much. Judge
Hvlan. Tammany's candidate for Mayor,
was picked by Hearst-the Hearst who is
so good pro-German that his newspapers
are publicly praised in Germany. And now
Judge Hylan has become the "Staats-Zei-
lungs" candidate. All the influence 1t I'M
doubtedly has among disloyalists and pro-
Germans is being used to elect him.
Morris Hilquit, the Socialist candidate,
smashes the desk with his clenched fist
and shouts, 1--WE want peace; we are OPP
posed to war;" And the Irish pacifists"-
whatever they may be-echo him. He ad-
vocates a Socialist victory on the ground
that it would be "heard in the trenches"
and "would hearten the German and Aus
TRAN workers.; and cultural approval
greets the sentiment from East Side au-
diences. This is the same Hillquit who re-
fuses to buy Liberty bonds, preferring to
keep his wealth invested in the stock of a
local coal company-doubtless more lu-
crative security than United States bonds.
This is the same Hillquit whom Russell
Spargo and other prominent Socialists
have denounced, with his fellows of the So
cialist majority, as Kaiser worker.
Hillquit seeks anti-American votes open
lly; they are advised to go to Hylan by a
newspaper which has been their guide and
mentor and chief means of expression
Under the circumstances, the protest be-
cause Mayor Mitchell declares openly that
he is all these opposing candidates are not
that he is too good an American, toe
loyal to the United States, too DESTROYS of
/ promoting the success of our war and the
defeat of the Kaiser, to want one dlsloyal
anti-American vote cast for him-must be
based on a grossly distorted conception of
the facts or be deliberately disingenuous.
Thousands of votes will be cast in this
election with the mistaken view of protest
ing against war in general, or of Americas
war in particular. Whether this is logical
has nothing to do with the case. Pacifists
are going to try to make a show of
strength; seditionists are going to try to
take revenge on loyal American office
holder who has done all in his power to
support the Federal government.
Men who vote for Hylan and Hillquit
may not be pacifists, mistakenly doing Ger
manys service, or seditionists; but they
must have the modification of knowing
that they have been in bad company. Nc
man need feel ashamed to vote for Mayor
Mitchell. There won't be a seditionist vote
cast for him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Success

The success Of the second Liberty Loan,
so far as the total Of the subscriptions TO
it Is concerned, is now beyond doubt 1t
was never seriously in doubt from the be-
ginning; for, given our national resources
and the exigency Of the demand now made
upon them. il would have amounted to an
indictment of our national spirit to think
that a loan for a minimum of $4,000 Oo0,-
600 and a maximum of S5,00O,O00,O 900
could possibly fail
We are Just acquiring the habit of max
ing big loans to the government. We shall
have to make many more of them as the
war progresses. AS yet our wealth is
hardly touched. In comparison with the
other nations at war we have so far made
immaterial sacrifices. Our loan floating
machinery is just beginning to get shaken
down. Next year at this time we shall
probably be looking back with establishment
at the vocal and emotional excitement
which accompanied the first and second
Liberty loans.
These have furnished us q great deal
Of excitement because the novelty has
rot vet worn off our experience with this
sort of public financing. But the deeper
we get into the war the more earnest and
less emotional we shall be about pledging
our wealth for war purposes. Bankrupt
Germany can still float huge war loans on
schedule time When we feel that we have
ANYTHING like as much at stake as the Ger
man people have, we shall put completely
out of our minds the possibility Of indif-
ferent and hating responses to loan ap-
peals.
MANY of US still think mistakenly OF
these Liberty loans as investments. An
investment loan may fail without special
discredit to those who offer it or those who
decline to take it. That is a matter OF
business Judgment. But the Liberty loans
cannot fail without shaming our patriot
ism and staining our national honor.
The nation is not now merely offering
its citizens an attractive investment 1t
is calling on them for a sacrifice. 1t
doesn't want them merely to transfer their
capital from one form of security into an
other. 1t expects them to create the capt.
tai for the war loans to as large an extent
as possible by reducing their personal
expenditure-by cutting off that vast su-
perAuity of consumption for which Ameri-
cans are notorious. Liberty loans offer
an opportunity for honorable retrenchment
for individual self-denial. In that sense
they must appeal to every American
worthy of the name. And when that ap-
peal is truly understood no war loan which
the United States feels the need of offer
ing can ever fail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Let Hillquit Speak at Upton

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: / earnestly plead that you use your
influence to allow Mr.. Hillquit, the supreme
aid of Kaiser Bill, to come out here and de-
liver some of his seditious utterings. I'm
sure he will have an enthusiastic audience.
Yes, very enthusiastic.
Mayhap, we'll sell him some Liberty Bonds
before he goes away. And, possibly, Hearst
and his nefarious gang will be shocked to
learn of the kind of reception scandal mon-
gers and scum would receive at the hands
of the boys. and may decide to go easy on
making up Hylan's speech which he may
want to deliver here.
Have always admired the attitude The
Tribune has taken toward these things and
feel certain that it will influence many a
wind TANNER to use gloves when dealing with
it. Pound, pound to the last minute the
truth of political situations as the present
one. Be assured that your readers are stand
ing back of you. Yes, "lve got my bonds"
HARRY b. HOAGLAND.
Camp Upton, l.. l., Oct. "a, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Town Hunger
CFrom The Chicago TribuneJ

God made the country and man made the
town, but the devil made the trenches, and
the world is so constituted that trenches
avol towns. Any one sick Of town life has
only to put on khaki
And then what? Says a British officer
Before the war delighted in the country,
and perhaps after the war ! shall come to
feel its charm again. But, after three years
of soldering, rural places weary me. In
England there is no parallel for the bleak,
detached life one may have to lead over the
water. You may go for six weeks without
the sight of woman The craving
for sight OF shops and thronged pave
ments must be very common among our
troops. &. For the present l love
towks-all towns, so they be peopled with
living men and women
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
P. S. I65 and the Loan
Or of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Have you ever heard of P 5. 1856?
No school can rival it. That is the opinion Of
the boys and of the principal and teachers,
too. We have been working hard for the sue
cess of the second Liberty Loan. Can you
guess what our total is? Ninety-three thou
sand dollars! How is that for a school? ?
Seven hundred and fifty boys are paying a
dollar week, and are proud of the Liberty
button.
We expected to have parade to-day, but
il was stormy. But we will show our banners
yet. We are anxious to show what the boys
of P. s. 165 can do for their country. If
every school did one-half of what we are do
ing the loan would be oversubscribed.
THOMAS CALAFIORE (7-B-2)
New York P. S. los, Oct. "a, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
For Mitchell to Beat Murphy

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: am registered voter, and was in
clned TO cast my vote for Hylan.
However, pamphlet of the American party
came to me through the mails, and I have
read it. Then the infamy of "Murphyism"
and "Tammanyism" all came back-and con.
vinces me that / must vote for Mitchell to
beat Murphy-and | have made up my mind
10 do il.
II this pamphlet reaches the registered
voters like myself it will reflect Mayor
Mitchell. 1t is the best thing the Fusonists
have done so far.
Many people want to hear Governor Sulzer
speak. VIII you have published in the news
papers where Governor Sulzer speaks,
want To attend some of his meetings and
hear him, and so do many others.
ARTHUR C. ABERCROMBIE.
New York Oct. "a, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Aids to Tammany

From a resident Of Queens Borough
temporarily sojourning in Butte The
Tribune has received the following letter !:
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: note you edtorially question the
good faith Of Mr.. Wall-who was defeated
in the Republican primaries by Mr. Pren-
dergast, and who announces he will run
for Controller independently-and con-
denim him as Tammany aid Al the
same time you insist that Mayor Mitchell
who was defeated in said primaries by
Mr.. Bennett, should run for Mayor indie
pendently. Now, | want to vote for Mayor
Mitchell. but if he Is guilty of bad faith
and is Tsmmany aid, as you say OF
Mr.. Wall, how can / honorably do so?
Can you consistently explain the diff
ference between the actions and their
moral quality Of the two candidates? And
will you do so, if possible, so that | and
others disturbed by your editorials may
vote with the approval of our consciences
to defeat Tammany? TRAVELLERS
"Traveller" starts with the same basic
idea The Tribune holds, that the defeat
of Tammany is essential to the good gov
eminent of this city. The defeat Of Tam
MANY has never been accomplished by
the Republican vote alone and it cannot
be this year any more than it has been
in the past. Anything which tends to
split the union of Republican and indie
pendent votes against Tammany-a true
anti-Tammany fusion-is to be deplored.
Mr.. Bennett won the Republican nomi-
nation for Mayor, but it has been made
manifest that he can command in the
election only fraction of the RepuDli-
can strength He is a comparatively I'M
known man; he lacks experience IN the
handling of municipal affairs and the
problems of government of this city. AS
a partisan candidate, and partisan can
Gidate only, he cannot hope to win the
support of Independent voters and OF anti
Tammany Democrats. Mayor Mitchell
is the record on which the anti-Tammany
campaign depends for its strength. 1t
was announced before the primaries that
whatever the result Mayor Mitchell would
he the candidate of the Fusion Committee
for reelection. Mr.. Benefits candidacy,
therefore, merely subtracts from the nor
NAL total Of anti-Tammany strength, and
to that extent contributes to the election
Of Tammany candidate. Without chance
of election himself, he handicaps a can
didate certain to get the usual indepen-
dent and ti-Tammany Democratic votes
and good proportion of the Republican
votes.
Mr.. Wall was defeated in the Repub-
lican primaries. He, like Mr.. Bennett
has no especial known qualifications for
the Office to which he aspires. His can
didacy is the more unjustifable because
he is not even the nominee of one of the
major parties. He is simply Tammany
aid now, as when he campaigned for
Judge Mccall four years ago.
The Tribune does not care to express an
opinion of the moral quality" of these
candidates actions. 1t merely expresses
the belief that to whatever extent Mr.
Bennett draws votes from Mayor Mitchell
and Mr.. Wall draws votes from Mr.. Prem
dergast, they will be doing Tammany a
service for which Fourteenth Street will
/ be grateful.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Time for the Iron Hand

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | certainly do approve the senti-
ments so ably expressed by Mr.. Alfred E.
Henderson in your valued paper of Octo-
Der 10. 1917, entitled Liberty but Not
License" In reply to the question, "Wnl
we ever wake up to the fact that excess of
liberty breeds license?" | can answer you,
No!
am an American who for the past ff-
teen years and more has stood by while
the government made no effort TO stop the
inflow Of undesirabes among u.s. We, as
Americans, have only ssyselvss to blame.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
What the Farmer Gets
the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As a farmer | protest against the
injustice manifested in Ding's cartoon In to-
days Tribune. Why tag the COW with 10
cent milk, the retail price of the mddlemen,
while corn, wheat and eggs wear wholesale
labels? Is this consistent? Ding may have
thought this cartoon cute and funny as a
medium for justice, but there is nothing cute
and funny in an injustice And was under
the impression The Tribune wished TO be
Just. The farmer gets about cents a quart,
which isn't Is. HOMER H. NICHOLS.
Carmel, n. Y, Oct q, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Diamond Jim" Bradyana

Precious few public personalities has
this mammoth lump of city in which we
live. The dear people pine for them as
much as ever. They cape eagerly at any
thing approaching a community figure.
Mostly they have to be satisfied with such
cosmic heroes as Mary Pickford and
Charlie Chaplin, who belong neither to
Broadway, nor New York, nor even the
U. S. A, but TO Cape Horn and Lisbon
and Vladivostok and no doubt the nearer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27

If we fought so hard in 1776 for liberty,
and think so little Of it after obtaining it
as to hand it out so freely to the Hillquts,
Bergmans, Goldmans and other disconnected
foreign born, then We surely deserve what
they return us.
And if after this war is over the American
government does not remove its kid gloves
and handle this question with an iron hand
for one will be a pretty Disguised Amer
lean. JOHN E. HOWARD.
New York, Oct. "a, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
The Wilhelms
r of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Is it not a strange coincidence that
large number Of the 'henchmeh Of William
Hohenzolern bear his name as their front
appendage? Those occurring TO mind at
random are William Randolph Hearst, Will
lam Hale Thompson, William Bayard Hale,
"W." Scott Nearing Of ! am not MISTAKEN,
and William J. Stone (Stein?) z. NJ. B.
New York, Oct. 2l, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27

signed petition-ask for political equality,
for the vote. They will not be denied by the
voters OF the greatest state in the greatest
Of all democracies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
Unearthing the Unfit

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Why not have Mayoralty campaigns
more often. and thus unearth the rest of our
unfit judges? Some undoubtedly exist, and
one brought to light every four years is a
glow process. PORTER W. SCOTT.
BU0Au, Oct 20. IslL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-27

Tp,---d a ne Pezio-cs New Icrk a. Second Gas
Mail Matter
The day book., 1917-04-10
nn COCHRAN TO THOMPSON lnn
~ ONPUBLIC SCHOOLSANDN
d STHE new SCHOOL BOARD =

VIM. HALE THOMPSON
MAYOR OF CHICAGO
SAY, BILL:
chance something worth while for public
schools religious the tail throw the
back fence like would other dead And
Jake Loeb and throw him
As political dead We're a real
haven't time monkey with phoney Those Catholics
stripes patriots who belong other churches
When Uncle redblooded fighting who willing
sacrifice his life for country Uncle doesn't ask him what church
revolutionary
Charles Carroll of CarroIon by signing
because Carroll happened to be a Catholic.
We're all Americans in the between
autocray and democacynd it's time for quabbng
ourselves. Certainly it's no time for peanut politics.
As mayor Chicago YOU city order
Let's Let's educational system
will deserve confidence
all patriotic American children.
political school board
will ALL ALL pupils
ALL pulling together for the good Chicago public schools
and Of country.
shameful politics school
Loeb the heap of oblivion with him the policy that
sttonal right follow the dictates of their conscience when they
worship
When the American fighting
entire
and dogs themselves pick and flea bites
Bill I bet there genuinely body of citizens
town right than the teachers public schools W
women town would farther for Uncle Sam than Ida Furnan
the 6s teachers who fired by Jake Loeb and his cOway
old school board.
Anyhow nasty scrap Give the boys and girls in the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20

ton to serve their own selfish ends.
Just now their agents are very busy
with various schemes to convert the
American schools into machines for
the production of factory hands and
soldiers. The lords of capitalist in
dustry and finance, the lords Of Big
Profit, need good factory hands to
produce Commodities cheaply, and
soldiers to capture and hold markets
for the commodities produced.
If your ideal is to live merely for
the convenience and profit of the
lords of capitalist industry and
finance, thenry should find no fault
with any plan of their agents to con-
troll your life, but submit to them
most humbly, obey them and ac-
quiesce in everything they do and
say.-Theodore johnson, 1916 St
Paul Az.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20
"TEsT lie -PLANKs NOW

TEST THE PLANKS NOW
Last June Illinois played an impor-
tant part in the making of dramatic
history. In the wind and the rain
the women of the state, with thou
sands of their disfranchised sisters,
marched down Michigan blvd. in or
der to show the Republican dele
gates that they wanted a suffrage
plank in the platform. And they got
it. This is the plank:
'The Republican party, reafirm-
ing it's faith in government of the
people, by the people, for the people,
favors the extension of the suffrage
to women as a measure of justice to
one-half the adult people of this
country, but recognizes the right Of
each state to settle the question for
itself. Adopted at the Republican
Convention, Chicago, June, 1916.
Then the Democrats, gathered in
st. Louis week later, responded to
the earnest and beautiful appeal of
the women, among them many lii
nois voters, and recognized the JUS
tice and expediency Of their demand,
every Illinois delegate voting for the
suffrage plank. They, too, declared
for equal suffrage by state amend
ment, just as the Republicans, when
endorsing the principal Of political
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20

FACTORY HANDS AND SOL
DIERS.-The ruling class has always
desired to keep it's subjects and
slaves in ignorance, because 'ignor-
ance on their part meant content
ment and obedience.
In the middle ages there was no
popular or universal education. Ed
ucation was then an exclusive priv
lege Of the ruling class. This is still
the case in countries where medieval
social conditions obtain. Universal
education has not been introduced
because the ruling class desired to
enlighten the masses for their own
benefit or elevate them generally.
With the advent of industriaism, a
certain degree of education among
them became necessary. Today the
work of the world cannot be done
by slaves unable to read and write.
If it could we would have no schools
for the working class.
r However One-sided and limited the
education introduced by capitalism
has been, it has still served to en-
tighten and broaden the minds of the
masses and to elevate them gener-
ally, in a way that is undesirable, if
not dangerous, to the lords of cap
italist industry and finance. It is,
therefore, but natural that these
same lords should strive ever more
to control and shape public educa-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20
THE PUBLIC FORUM
THE BROKEN CORD
BY Roland Lamar.

The harper's dead-his cords of life
are snapped in twain,
His silent instrument will ne'er speak
for him again,
Yet loves minstrel of the yet-to-be
Perchance will call sweet tunes Of
melody
From out the strings like this one
dead.
IhaVe sung loves song-need more
be said.
Awaken some other player sleeping
on the couch of doubt,
Send Cupid with his dart to call the
dreamer out.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21

hasn't any more money because she
had to pay rent last week. I went
home and came back and gave her 40c
to buy two cans of Eagle brand milk,
but friend that night that infant flew
away to God, and have stood at my
kitchen window and looked down at
the mother cooking corn cakes, and see
her three boys one on the out of the
kitchen door to tell the others inside
whether she would return or not in
order to gain a chance to take the
cakes as soon as they were turned
over. This is a true story, beloved,
and her Oldest daughter was led to de-
struction over poverty. All, men, why
seek to devour the sunshine, the
beauty of holiness from our race and
expect to see our rae intelligent.
Away friends with those miseries and
unite and help the fallen. Care for
the union in a more higher, nobler
and intelligent way. And these boys
became thieves; last l read of them
they weer in Jail for stealing raisins.
The first man, woman or child of
any town, or who belong to any club
or organization whose order reaches
me first they will be notified in order
to get that persons photo, and their
photo will be enlarged and when the
building is erected it snai1 hang in the
main room of the building.
Mrs. Joseph S. Lowe,
1903 Lyon Street.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
EDITORS OBSERVATIONS.

Leaving Des Moines at IL o'clock,
after visiting Rev. J. D. Jessell, who
Wa accidentally hit by a street car,
who was in Mercy hospital seriously
hurt, we first stpoped at Oskaloosa,
an old Quaker town of about 10000
people, the county seat of Mahaska
county. Here lives about 600 colored
people. AT one time when the mining
town Of Muchakinock was here this
county had the largest colored popula-
tion of any county, but not fully ten
other counties surpass it. The colored
churches here are none doing we'll.
They have three and none have a resi-
dent minister. In fact there ought not
to be only one church and it would be
hard for it to thrive as it should. The
names of the churches are the A. M.
E., M. E. and Baptist. No restaurant
or boarding house. They need one.
Mr.. Frank Allen is still in the con-
tracing business, doing we'll. He
owns beautiful home. J. B. Woods
is still in the ice and coal business, do
ing nicely. Mr. A. Hardy still is in
the express business. He is one of the
pioneer citizens and is highly respect
ed. Mr.. A. G. Clark is still running
his tonsorial parlors. Mr.. Moore is
assisting him. Mr.. R. Franklin is
here. He has just gone back to the
mines for winter work. W. C. Cole
man is still working in the Baldoff dry
goods store, where he has worked con-
tinuously for the past twentv-six
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-21
Indians Utilized Irrigation.

The Indian discovered for himself
the science Of irrigation. Many Of the
tribes, such as the Crows and the
Apaches, early made use Of the river
bottoms for the cultivation of their
staple crop-corn. When the condi-
ton of dryncss came they would con-
struct rough temporary dam Of log,
with which they could divert the
course Of part Of the stream into their
lands. There We're primitive bitches
which distributed the water.