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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
THE GlST OF THE CHARTER

TN A few days this city will have what
comes nearer to being a charter than
it has ever had before. The bill now on
its final stages combines into a single
document the provisions that are to regu-
late virtually all of the functions Of the
city government. Some functions will
continue to he performed in accordance
with old laws, but they are comparatively
few
The Bullitt law, Of which much has
been said and written, is not a charter.
1t is merely an amendment in few par
ticulars of other statutes. We have been
governed by lot of separate laws never
concentrated into a single act. The new
charter is a codifcation and modifica-
ton of a large number of old statutes.
The notifications have been radical in
some respects. The Council is entirely
reconstructed Instead of two chambers
containing 145 members it is to have
single chamber of twenty-one elected
from senatorial districts, with one coun-
Gilman for every 10000 voters or con-
siderable fraction thereof.
The city solicitor, who has hitherto
been elected, is to be appointed by the
Mayor. And non-specifiable public work
is to be done by the city instead of by
contract unless the Council orders other
wise.
The other changes deal with details.
The civil service commissioners, for ex-
ample, have been appointed by the Mayor.
They are to be appointed by Council.
There have been laws intended to prevent
the policemen and fremen from taking an
active part in politics. These have been
strengthened. The financial estimates
for the year are to be submitted to Coun-
Gil by the Mayor and the money needed
is to be raised by tax, the rate to be
fixed at such a figure as will yield the
amount needed This puts an end to the
pernicious practice of fixing the tax rate
arbitrarily and allowing deficits to ac-
cumulate from year to year, to be wiped
out by an issue of bonds.
There are other changes affecting the
Department of Health and the purchasing
agent, but they are to increase efficiency
and concentrate authority.
The attention of the voters must be
directed toward the kind of man to be
elected to the mayoralty and to the kind
of men to fill the new Council, for these
men will control the appointment of those
who exercise most of the other functions
and will decide on the amount of money
to be spent, and on whether the streets
shall be cleaned by contract or not.
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SUFFRAGE PROSPECTS

WITHIN twelve days after Congress
~ decided to submit the equal suffrage
amendment to the states it was ratified
by six different commonwealth
nois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas
and New York.
In Michigan, Kansas and New York
the right to vote had been previously
granted to women by amendment of the
state constitutions. In Wisconsin and
v;nois the attempt to amend the consti-
tuition has failed, but the Legislatures
have by statute granted to women the
right to vote for presidential electors.
In Ohio men only can vote.
The Pennsylvania Legislature is now
considering ratifying resolution. An
equal suffrage amendment to the state
constitution has twice passed this body.
When it was submitted to the voters it
was voted down. The amendment passed
this year will be submitted to the voters
Id the fall unless those in authority decide
that the chances for the ratification of
the federal amendment are so good that
il is not necessary to go to the expense.
There are fifteen states in which
womcn vote on the same terms as men.
These states will undoubtedly ratify the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Arthur w. Brown, navigator of the first
airplane to make a nonstop flight over
the Atlantic, was born in Glasgow Of
American parents.
2. The area of England, including Mon
mouthshire, is 50,S74 square miles.
The area of Pennsylvania Is 40, ,126
square miles.
8. The accent in the word cigarette should
fall on the last syllable.
4. Sem Benelli is an Italian poet, now ac-
tive in the political affairs of the city
of Fiume. He is the author of the
dramas, "The Love of the Three Kings"
out OF which an opera has been made,
and "The Jest"
5. A pangolin is a scaly ant eater, found
in the East Indies.
6. Jute is fiber from bark Of certain plants,
chiefly imported from Bengal and used
for canvas, -cordage, etc.
Z. Fay is another word for fairy.
s. The Mississippi was first seen by white
man when De Soto discovered it in
1912.
0. Serbia now forms a part of the Serb
Croat- -Sl0vene state.
10. The japanese is now the predominant
race in the territory Of Hawaii.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

federal amendment. In ten states women
may vote for presidential electors. If
the example of Illinois and Wisconsin is
followed these ten will ratfy the amend
ment, making twenty-five affirmative
states. Ohio is the first Of the non
suffrage states to agree to the amend
ment. This makes twenty-six votes ac-
tually cast or in prospect. Ten more
will be needed and they must be found
among the states east of the Mississippi
river. New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West
Virginia and Virginia would make the
ten, and unless all these consent then
votes, must be found in the southern
states, which are not yet favorably dis
posed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

A LARGE number of persons will be
grievously disappointed by the defeat
of the bill reorganzng the school boards
in this city and in Pittsburgh 1t was
opposed by the Pittsburgh represent
atives and by nearly all Of the represent
atives from this city. There were only
twenty-eight votes cast in favor of it.
The House of Representatives, which
has passed the charter over the objection
of the local legislators, evidently thought
it had gone far enough in one session in
yielding to the demands of the reformers.
Z At any rate those who control the House
did not take the trouble to order the bill
passed.
A more meritoriOus measure might
have met the same fate. The defect in
the bill lay in its attempt to save the
feelings of the present members of the
local board and at the same time go as
far as possible toward legslating them
out of office. It's advocates have fallen
between the two stools.
Every one at all interested in the sub
ject knows what is the matter with the
school board. And every one ;lso knows
how conditions can be improved without
legislation. When the city really wants
different kind of a board it can get it,
for the appointing power is amenable to
public sentiment. The city as whole
seems to be satisfied with conditions as
they are. There must be greater and
more widespread dissatisfaction before
any radical change is likely.
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A BLOW AT PROFlTEERS

-THOSE who have been suffering from
: = the demands of rent profteers are
hoping that the Walker bill, passed by
the House in Harrisburg yesterday, will
be approved by the Senate and sent to
the Governor.
1t provides that a tenant whose rent
has been raised may appeal to the court
against the increase. His appeal will
act as a stay on the rise until the case
has been decided. The judge will say
whether the landlord is justified in asking
for more money.
Whether this plan will afford the relief
sought remains to be seen. There
is an undoubted demand that something
be done to prevent profteering. But
expert lawyers have found it difficult to
propose anything better than the plan of
the Walker bill. 1t makes the court an
arbitrator between landlord and tenant.
But it does not and cannot order a land
lord to rent his house against his will.
Ii the bill is passed the first case under it
will disclose whether it is worth anything
. mr. NOT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
FREE SPEECH IN McKEESPoRT

At A time when serious effort is
4 = being made to enact national legisla-
tion designed to protect the country
against bolshevism, but actually to cur
tail liberty of speech and the freedom of
the press, it will be interesting to watch
developments in McKeesport
The mayor has ordered the police to
prevent open-air union labor meetings
and has instructed owners of halls to re-
fuse to rent them for such purposes.
AS result twenty-four presidents of
international labor unions, now attending
the convention of the American Fedora
tion of Labor in Atlantic City, have de-
cided to visit the Tube City and risk
arrest.
Pittsburgh's busy little sister city
seems determined to emerge from the
smoke long enough to get into the lime
light
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lations with the spirit of the loftiest
justice, might have invested the treaty
with a grandeur which it does not attain.
1t is worthy, monumental and, on the
whole, clean pact, none the less. But
to attack it as impractical and void of
realities simply paralyzes reason and the
English language.
Germany's insane dealism will prob
ably crumble away at the eleventh hour
of the "seven days leave" The nation
will then be face to face with grim reali-
ties. 1t will acknowledge them and affiX
its signatures on The dotted lines.
When the treaty-the real thing this
time-reaches the Senate the last battle
in this particular phase of the eternal
struggle between the real and the unreal
will ensue. 1t is well that the public be
clearly Informed as to what the lineup
is. Those statesmen who contemplate
reputation Of a scheme for policing an
imperfect world are dwelling amid the
thickest fog of utterly irrational ideal
ism which ever settled upon the political
arena.
Their destructive schemes, il executed,
will serve only to intensity the haze.
Imaginative treatment will be fantas-
tically futile if the United States has no
partnership in the world peace and in the
league to preserve it.
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If the Senate has any regard left for
popular opinion concerning its sanity it
will quit its specious attacks on practical
measures for restoring the earth to nor
NAL and will face the solid actualities in
it's deliberations
The treaty is an impressive fact. It's
provisions are authoritative and soundy
practical. Its champions have concerned
themselves with existent conditions. It's
antagonists have flown off upon tangent
of Dangerous idealism." A mockery is
made of logic when they who have scoffcd
at dreams soar off into impenetrable
ncbulae
Facts are the order of the day in
Weimar. They are about to become ex-
ceedingly formidable in Washington.
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THE LORRAINE CROSS


THE silver Cross of fair Lorraine
l. Upon its azure shield,
Worn by our brave boys, safely home
From the dread battlefield, i
Wakes in our hearts such joy and pride
AS tongue can never tell,
Such love for every gallant lad
Who did his work so we'll.
What of the ones they left behind.
Locked fast in Deaths long dream!
Above their graves. through countless years,
The same bright Cross shall gleam!
Each brave young life. so freely spent
For all the soul holds dear,
But bids us love with fonder heart
The ones who still are here.
Our dear brave boys, Who sees their smile
Or meets their dauntess gaze
But visions on each valiant brow
The hero's deathless bays?
May the high emblem they have won
Be Ger their guard and shield
The silver Cross of fair Lorraine
Upon its azure field.
SUB ROSA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
What Do You KnotU?
QUIZ

I. Who was Carranza's predecessor as
president of Mexico?
~. What is the derivation of the word nick
name?
49, What is a cleek?
4. What territory does Germany yield to
Belgium by the peace treaty terms?
<5. What is regarded as the national religion
of Japan?
6. What is the fife rail of ship?
7. Who wrote the story, "Daisy Miller?
As. Is the word strata singular or plural?
0. What is patrstic literature?
10. What American statesman was chiefly
responsible for the Missouri Compro-
mise?
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Though there is evidenC

Though there is evidence
His Whiskers that the operations of
Sometimes Bristle United States cavalry in
Mexico We're necessary
for the protection of American lives and that
their action tended to support the Mexican
government in the quelling of disorder, there
is unfortunately no evidence that Carranza
will view things exactly that way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

were married. They had been married six
weeks when the old man died, and left them
500. 900.
And Godfrey did not even send us an in
vitation to the wedding
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

resolution passed
O. X. and X. o. by the Allied Medical
Association of Amer
lea declares the use of beers and light wines
is absolutely essential in the treatment of
certain medical cases. With the o. X. from
the doctors how can legislators be harsh
enough to give the beverages the X. o.?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

There is an old saying that one may
drive horse and carriage through any act
of Parliament. Investigation OF the Michi-
gan senatorial election may demonstrate IL
such a thing is possible with a. Ford
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

If the United States Senate should sue
ceed in defeating the treaty as it stands, has
that august body any plans, for instance, for
the government of the Saar basin?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

Clemenceau's recapituation of Ger
manys crimes against civilization was
needed not only by the German delegates
but by sentimentalists the world over.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

Lack k of funds and
Three Hold backs scarcity of labor are
blamed for the stop
page of large railroad construction projects.
1t might be possible to make n trinity of
things responsible with bad management.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

Said Premier Cemenceau to the Ger
man delegates, 81 hope l make myself un-
derstood." lie doubtless did. He did not
mince his words.
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Slipped His Mind

T he colored boy of
Slipped His Mind seventeen who has
confessed to many
burglares with a loot valued at $50 200 has
a wonderfully retentive memory. His mind
however, did not retain the short command
mept, Thou shalt not steal"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

Red defenders of Petrograd, having been
forced to raise the white flag, are naturally
feeling blue. Adversely may yet make patri-
OTIS of them.
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One may or may not
Youth and Age

One may or may not
Youth and Age grieve over the fate of
the school ripper"
but one part of it, at least, deserved defeat.
the members of any executive or legislative
body. A man may be old at forty or young
at eighty, and there are hundreds of cases
right at hand to prove it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
Sentimental Reflection

As an OK -commutcr, it has often occurred
TO us how delightful it would be to be buried
in railway station, near the train gate,
where we would hear, lying under our slab,
the footballs of cur former fellows hurrying
for the 5:1S
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40 Unkissed Maidens 40
On Tantalizing Runway

Now that the Victory Statue is gone and
Independence Hall re-emerges from behind
the grand stands, the town really begins to
look as though the war was over.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is ercI1-
sipely entitled TO the use for repubiicotion
of all neirs dispatches credited 10 il or not
othe,tDise credited in this paper. and also
the local ne,cS pHbTshcd therein.
All rights Of republication Of special dis
patches herein are also rSserrcd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

There are men in. Harrisburg who are
determined to get the scalp OF the ticket
scalper il it takes all summer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

The suggestion that Congress give medals
to Alcock and Brown Is an excellent one.
Nor should the heroes Of the three C's bs
forgotten.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
GERMANY NOW FACES REALITIES
AND so MUST THE SENATE
It Is the Antagonists, Not the Support
ers. Of the Intensely Practical Treaty
and League Plan Who Are the
"Oanuerous ldeaiists'

THE nation which carried idealism to
l. pitch of frenzy unexampled in the
worlds history has been accorded seven
days in which to think realistically.
The Senate Of a great republic is
favored with a longer period for mental
readjustment. Until Mr.. Wilson returns
with the treaty the upper house of the
American Congress will be enabled to
think and act as Realistically as it
pleases.
Realities. however. will crowd some
what heavily upon it after that date, just
As they are now pressing severely on
the German people, who dismissed them
50 airily when they invaded Belgium in
1914.
The final answer of the Allies to their
fallen foe and NJ. Clemenceaus covering
reply" are concerned strictly with ire
ducble facts. Both for Germany and for
statesmen Of the type of Borah, Lodge,
Knox and Reed the withdrawal Of the
dreaming privilege is in sight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

TO us how delightful it would be to be buried
in railway station, near the train gate,
where we would hear, lying under our slab,
the footballs of cur former fellows hurrying
for the 5 :1S.
1t is not hard to guess that the section of
the peace treaty dealing with railways was
drawn up by the English. For instance:
new convention for the transportation
of passengers luggage and goods.
Germany shall accept trains and carriages
coming from the territories of the Allied
and Associated Powers. Ger
man wagons shall be fitted with apparatus
allowing of their inclusion in goods trains
Perhaps this un- American language is
one of the things that bothcrs the Senate.
And speaking of the English and American
languages, one of the variations of usage we
do not remember seeing mentioned in Mr.
Menckcn's book on that subject is the Eng
lish loaf sugar for what we call lump or cut
sugar.
The Oliver
(Joyce Kilmer)
He gave. in gentle hours,
A song of faith and flowers,
That all the world might listen and be glad
Then darkness came . and pain
And he! He gave again,
He gave the world the noblest gift he had
JOHN BLACK.
The Lay Of the Newfoundland Hen
Now lay me down to lay
If only the planes will keep away:
For all my oviparous powers flee me
When hear the roar of u Vckers -Vimy.
A friend of ours from New York came to
Philadelphia to look around like Doctor
Syntax) in search of the picturesque He
told us that the first place he went to see was
Bridesburg, as he was attracted by the ro-
mantle name. Apparently he thought Brides
burg was the Philadelphia Gretna Green and
he was disappointed to find no brides in
evidence.
We told him he should have gone to Elk
ton, and we also explained, to guard against
further mistake, that there are no lemons on
Lemon Hill. =
And, by the way, is there a stag hotel in
Elkton?
One stimulant that will continue to be
brewed after the First will be trouble
The other evening we stopped by Ben
Franklin's grave on Arch street, and it oc-
Cured to us that Ben, as a lover of typogra-
ply, would have been pleased with the excel
lent clear Caslon lettering of the tombstone
inscription. 1t is very rarely that one sees
stone cutting so beautifully and legibly done.
Sam Sloth, who must have been wander
ing in the neighborhood of Eighth and Vine.
writes to say that our paragraph the other
day about Clemenceau frisking with his
pupils at that girls school in Connecticut re-
minds him of theatrical poster he has been
seeing. 1t runs thus:
40 Unkissed Maidens 40
On Tantalizing Runway
Now that the Victory Statue is gone and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

And speaking of the English and American
languages one of the variations of usage we
do not remember seeing mentioned in Mr.
Menckcn's book on that subject is the Eng
lish loaf sugar for what we call lump or cut
sugar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

We sometimes wonder if the pilots of the
Camden ferries know how much we envy
them their Job?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

1t is not hard to guess that the section of
the peace treaty dealing with railways was
drawn up by the English. For instance:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

THERE are two men in Congress who are
l. entitled to wear five service stars. One
of them is Florian Lampert, of Wisconsin,
who sent five sons across the water, and the
other is our Pennsylvania veteran, General
Willis J. Hulings, who contributed n like
number of boys to the European war. The
Hulings boys comprise an interesting bunch
of young fellows, every one of whom seems to
have proudly followed in the footsteps of
their Spanish war pater. Garnet s. HUI
lings is a lieutenant commander in the navy,
having had charge of submarine in British
waters; Courtland NJ. Hulings, major in
the 312th Infantry, was cited in orders +;
Norman McDermott Hulings was lieuten-
ant and pilot in an aerial squadron on the
French front Joseph ID. Hulings commanded
the United States transport Westland, and
George s. Hulings was paymaster on one of
the naval transports. When the Hulings
boys get together after this war is over they
will be able to put up a line of talk that will
make the Porto Rican experiences of the
general look like last summers bird nest
maybe,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
RUBBER HEELS

0NE of the real bcncfactors of humanity
" this warm weather is the man who runs
the cardshop at $40 Chestnut street. In his
window he keeps card with the message,
kind Thoughts and Good Wishes,' and a
jolly little picture of snow scene probably
intended as a Christmas card, but very re-
freshing to contemplate on hot day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

The Lay Of the Newfoundland Hen
Now | lay me down to lay
If only the planes will keep away:
For all my oviparous powers flee me
When ] hear the roar of Vickers Vimy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

Perhaps this un- American language is
one of the things that bothcrs the Senate.