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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05
sry.sHooTERs AND OLIVE BRANCHES

TT is doubtful whether the hanging OF
J. Leon Trotsky on the old gallows or
Moyamensing Prison or the tying OF VIII
liam Hohenzollern 70 a whipping.post in
front of the Statue OF Liberty in Penn
Square would create more Overwhelming
demand for tickets OF admission than ola
the Joint appearance last night In New
York of President Wilson and ex-President
Taft, appealing from the same platform
90 the American people to bring permanent
peace to the people OF the world by their
sanction Of the covenant for the league Of
nations.
Perhaps never for any public event of
the kind in this country has there been
such q vivid eagerness to look upon and
listen to two great men as that which
was revealed last night. No greater lottery
has ever been conducted on this side OF
the Atlantic than the allotment Of 1000
tickets of admission from applications
which easily exceeded 100000. Had some
one removed the roof of the Metropolitan
Opera House the sky would have been
darkened with hosts of disappointed spirits.
Did all these persons indulge in mental
retrospect which confded TO them that
here indeed, was a scene more benign than
the death of an erstwhile East Side Red"
and less requiring OF physical effort than
the rawhide lashing of an ex.emperor?
Maybe they did remember that seven
years ago Theodore Roosevelt tore In half
the Republican lifebelt of William Howard
Taft and let him sink in the waters OF
political defeat. Yet the other day that
hac b., eli MI
grave of the great American.
Seven years ago Woodrow Wilson de-
nounced the principles that Mr.. Taft be-
leved in. Taft then witnessed Roosevelt
himself sinking beneath the Wilsonian cur
rent and the victor seated in the minority
saddle OF the Democratic donkey. Yet last
night that same man gave strength to the
rich ldealism of the American President
with the gift of his calm logic and the
briiancy of his analytical powers.
BY the stand he has thus taken in the
furtherance OF that covenant which has
sprung from the wisdom of an international
mind, Mr.. Taft has deliberately and know.
ingly confident in his own firm judgment
and high motive, drawn upon himself the
Ire of a distinctive group of powerful Re
publicans.
Even as he waved the olive branch of a
common purpose above the nonpartisan
heads of his listeners, senatorial six-shoot-
ers were being aimed at the well.protected
| heart Of our only living ex-President.
And yet, who would be surprised if, a
| little while hence, this same big Bill
| Taft" as all Yale men affectionately love
TO call him, we're once again to shed the
| magic smile of his simple self-forgetfulness
over the shining barrels of the congres.
| sional six-shooters and effect such q
camou1age of olive branches as to drive
from every electoral mind the memory Of
the weapons whose triggers were really
| never pulled?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05
with municipal landing places for al

With municipal landing places for air.
planes and dirigible balloons, the city may yet
find itself independent of railroads and boats.
And. by the same token. with the development
Of air service, Pittsburgh or Butte. Mont.
may easily become receiving ports for trans
atlantic commerce. There's a measly little
nverm in every blooming budf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05
NANCY MAUDE.

The SNOWY helmets and uniforms The
Germans prepared for their triumphai entry
into Paris will be used to help the Victory
Loan campaign IN New York. This is one
of lfes glorious ironies. :"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

Victims of Hun ruthlessness might look
with equanimity on growing chaos in Ger
many " It were not for the fact that Ger
many cannot hurt herself without hurting
others. .>...
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That the Azor

That the Azoresns should desire to do
honor to President Wilson Is not due alone
to admiration for American idealism. 1t is
also due to appreciation OF the worth and
strength OF. the American navy, which used
Portugai's westernmost colony as a base.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

The other day we printed on this page a
very clever pseudo-classlcal ode under the
title, III Horace Had Been an Advertising
Man" We asked who was the author, and
find to our pleasure that It should be cred
tied to Mrs. Corinne r. Swain. of 64s North
Fifty'sixth street, whose delightful verses
are familiar to many magazine readers.
Swift Newton Is home from service in
France with the Johns Hopkins Hospital
unit, and tells us that George Wheeler, son
OF Associate Superintendent George
Wheeler, Of the Board of Education, served
in the same unit. He adds that George
Wheeler discovered a medical preparation
to be used in the treatment of wounds that
the army doctors of England and France
had been looking for since the beginning
Of the war. He was told to work out the
formula IL possible, and did so in half a
day. in the laboratory Of Base Hospital 1s.
We have not had an opportunity to
verify this by reference to the English and
French medical STATS. but 1t sounds inter-
esting, and 1t also sounds like a Wheeler,
George being the younger brother of Guy
Wheeler, wi1o has the reddest head and the
quickest wits of any member Of the Elec.
trio Chairs official family. Guy is in the
aviation service and we expect to see him
almost any day. We haven't answered any
OF his letters in the last six months, and
he Is probably so incensed that he will
! shortly be home to tell us what he thinks
| of us.
! The shattered city Of Ypres at the re-.
| quest of the Belgian people. is to stay in
ruins. ito stand for all time as a monu-
ment to the futility OF hate"
| The scene in the Senate yesterday, IL il
could only be perpetuated in bronze or on
canvas, might serve the same purpose.
And we can't helr seeing a rather ap-
pealng pathos in the statesman turning,
for one brief hour. into the grandfather.
| What welcome relief from the realm of
endless vituperation and unthanked effort
must have been that little excursion into
the privacy of family affection.
| s. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

Womankind. of course. has an abiding
interest in Mr.. Wilson's efforts to find indorse-
ment for the League OF Nations but II is
secondary to interest in Mrs. Wilson's gowns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

Tho hlibuster does something more than
kill time and bills. He kills public conf
dence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

The absence OF La Follette's name from
the list Of signatures to the Lodge resolu-
tions seems. on the face OF Il. q pathetic
eysrsight az
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

II a mad dog could reason and talk. its
remarks would probably reflect the courage
and tho fatalism of Clemenceau's assailant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

The danger of Bolshevism is lessenlng
in England with the return OF shIpyard
workers tc their jobs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

Wounded soldiers need sticks seno q
cane. IL you are able. to the Jewish Wei.
fare Board.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

When l. w. w. members fall out. bomb
plotters II ly get what's coming L, them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

Civic bodies continue to demand that the
burglar and the highwayman be taken out
Of politics
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

What is West Philadelphia going to do
about that street called Vintage avenue?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

There are many who will love the cit,
charter bill for the enemies II has made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05
To Senator Sherman


"Gentlemen. Mr.. sherman has the floor
And in that session. tragic and absurd,
, Men heard him piling word on futile
Lawrence Y. Sherman: What does Y.
. stapd for? ..
For Yawn. perhaps? You should have
heard them snore.
Men sat with heavy eyes. and ached and
stirred.
And talking. talking, talking undeterred
That Senator, half zealot and half bore.
Against deep-moving tides Of human will
This sodden schemer sets his futile plan.
Aye, but a wave shall break to cleanse and
spill,
Aye, but a wind shall rise TO purge and
What humorist holds votes from women
still
And gives them-pause for laughter-to
this man!
Well, the Senate has proved itself a very
present hindrance in time Of trouble.
We can't help thinking that if Senator
sherman WOThcu All al ohSc Nouiu DS
the fellow who is always borrowing
matches = "a
We hear thai the seventeen-year locusts
are expected again this summer. We also
prophesy some seventeen-year jokes about
the time that convention Of newspaper hui
morists meets here in June.
10 hao mil 10 Anu
again. ..
Mark Antony in Washington
If you haye votes. prepare to cast them
now,
You all do know this covenant: I re-
member
The first time ever Woodrow wrote it
down;
Twas only lately, in the Murat Mansion,
That day he overcame the Bolsheviks.
Look! In this place ran Knox's dagger
through:
See what rant the envious Borah made:
| Through this the flibustering Sherman
stabbed.
| And, as he droned the morning hours away
| while statesmen snored and mumbled On
their desks,
And viewing all that mass of legislatons
Shouted. They shall not pass!w
The gavel sounded. and the gable ceased.
And then. that so-called robin, that round
| robin.
! PeclSing the senile husks of old reaction,
| That resolution of the thirty.seven
| (At midnight stalled, Of midnight dulness
| bred)-
| That was the most absurdest thrust Of all!
For when the noble Woodrow heard Lodge
bab,
stupidity more strong than German arms.
Quite vanquished him. Then burst his
sense Of humor,
And in Tumulty muffiing up his face
Even at the sill of those committee rooms
Which all the while ran talk, great Wood
row laughed.
But when that gavel fell.
o! what fall was there. my countrymen;
Then /, and you. and all OF us fell down,
While flibuster fiourished over us
But most Of all fell down the thirty.seven
Who had a chance to play noble role
In freeing all the world. and could see onIy
A petty party issue.
OF the two attempted assassinations-
Csttin's attack roa clemencesu ana III
A. $4,000 n n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

The tide in Irish affairs was taken at
the Flood valuation in the House.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

But We venture to think that the re-
cuperation Of the second victim will be
Just as speedy as that of the first.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05
CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S
LETTER
Inside Story Of the Republican
Speakership Caucus The
Sherlock Holmes OF
Philadelphia
Washington. March 8.

NOTHING more interesting than the
~ speakership fight has taken place in
Washington for many years. The Repub'
lcan conference--although some Repub-
licans are now willing TO admit It was a
caucus. a term much derided in modern
politics-was an event to which the Demo-
Gratis OF Congress would gladly have paid
a liberal price OF admission, tax included.
II had been talked about for many months
and was expected to develop first-class
row. What 1t did develop was worthy OF
the pen of "Marse" Henry Watterson. 1t
was as much like a national convention as
anything we have had in recent years.
Almost everybody conceded that Mann, the
faithful but plodding House leader. had
earned the speakership. No one questioned
his ability. but influences outside the
House Of Representatives had made them.
selves felt In the interest of Gilett and.
whether he knew 1t or not. much manipu-
lation and some gumshoeing was done in
his name. The Mann forces were not organ
ICED with the clever thoroughness mani.
tested by the Gillett managers. Mann
stood almost alone relying upon. his rec
ord and that hope of appreciation which
he had a right to expect would be his re-
ward. As often happens. however. the
manipulators overplayed their game Some
of them saw great power and influence
ahead and they worked upon Senators ana
through National Chairman Hays until 1t
looked as II those who dared to vote for
Mann would be swept out of existence.
Senators Lodge and Penrose and Watson,
of Indiana, and other Senators were ac-
cused Of attempting to influence the House
organization, and Uncle Joe Cannon finally
broke loose. calling spade a spade and
denouncing foreign interference" In the
Houses domestic affairs. Those who stood
by Mann when the vote was called in
cluded Butler. of West Chester; Moore. Of
Philadelphia; Griest, of Lancaster, and
Porter and NORM, of Pittsburgh. Darrow.
Crago and McFadden were a sort of steer
ing committee for the state delegation, the
latter being an aggressive Gillett man, who
was suspected of carrying the Penrose In
fuence to the Gillett band wagoners.
After the Pennsylvania delegation had
selected Moore to represent it on the COM
mittee on committees, McFadden's name
suddenly appeared along with that of sew
eral Gillett insiders on the celebrated com.
mittee slate.
This so stirred the delegation that Aaron
Kreider. of the Dauphin-Lebanon District.
was Immediately advanced as the choice
of most of the Pennsyvanians TO combat
the mysterious influences that had in.
jected McFadden into the fight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

Chief Mayer finds comparatively little
idealism in the meat business
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

Philadelphas most popular flower yes
terday-the Woodrows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR

senate's attack on the league of nations
we hardly know which was more un-
worthy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

We arc off on the Lenten voyage bound
| for tho port OF Easter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

The l. W. w. idea is that to labor is 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

THE introduction of that slate by Wins
L low, of Massachusetts,, the "big whip"
OF the CiiIlett forces, was what SPILLED the
beans" The campaign against Mann had
succeeded Gilett had been selected for
Speaker and Winslow was flushed with
victory, but that slate was so clearly in
tended to take care of the personal inter-
ests of those who had departed from Mann
for Gilett that the whole body OF the con-
ference was instantly in uproar. Winslow
went down like a flash. Mann stepped
forward with his substitute resolution
lberalzng the committee on committees
and It went through with a whoop. From
that time on Mann made the motions,
taking what was good from the Winslow
program and eliminating that which was
undesirable, but each time carrying his
point with the case of a Matt Quay or
Mark Hanna. 1t was the queerest re-
versal Of political maneuvers that most Of
those present had ever witnessed. 1t upset
the apple cart of those who were banking
upon high place and power and helped to
restore the equilibrium If not the good
humor of a much-exercised convention Of
representative Republicans. .r
.Gillett will be Speaker and Mann will
continue to be an active force in the
House, although he has declared he will
not under any circumstances continue to
serve as floor leader. He had hoped to
wind up his career as Speaker, which
would have relieved him of the fearful
drudgery TO which he had been subjected
and which has broken his health. But
that day has gone-some are charging it
up to the "ingratitude of nations"-and
while he is likely to figure in parliamentary
proceedings. it is expected he will now
take life easier. While the management
of House affairs will remain largely with
those who assume charge in committees
under the Mann plan. most Republicans
are hoping for harmony and are expecting
| no untoward aftermath of the, great fight
| that was so disappointing to some.
JLTOULD any one who recalls George
w Barton as secretary to Yves Thomas
| Collector of the Port, believe he haC
reached that stage where he could boas
| of having two sons in the army and on,
daughter a nurse? Yet the facts are a:
stated Herbert Barton, Georges oldes
son, was a graduate Of Temple University
| and after passing the state law exami
| nation was recently admitted to practic,
| at the Philadelphia bar. Another son
| George Barton. Jr., Is with the Pennsyl
yania Railroad studying engineering. Ma!
the boys hew close TO the Barton line al
IL has been laid down by their daddy whom
some regard as the Conan Doyle OF tn
Quaker City.
an HIS way home from Milwaukee
~ Charles Elmer Smith. Of PHILADELPHIA
and Barnegat City. stopped over in Wash
ington. He had some business with tn
Postmaster General. Charles Elmer ha
been secretary OF the National Association
OF Builders Exchanges Of the Unite
States, but retired from Office along wit
pra
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

The Golf Stream is beginning to flow
again. &C.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-05

an HIS way home from Milwaukee,
~ Charles Elmer Smith. Of Philadelphia
and Barnegat City. stopped over in WASH
ington. He had some business with the
Postmaster General Charles Elmer had
been secretary OF the National Association
OF Builders Exchanges Of the United
States, but retired from office along with
John r. Virgins. the president. also OF
Philadelphia. Those things for which Mil
waukee was once famous seemed to have
no attraction for Virgins or Smith. who.
having put in hard year in the interest
Of the national body. were glad to lay
down the offices they held. with or with.
out rsfreshmsnts,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-10

Harry Hammond and. F. @. How
ard have declined to Qualify was,
received.
4 resolution by Mr.. Fletcher that
a joint session OF the. common coun-
ell and Board of Aldermen be con-
vcned at the next meeting 3, to fill
vacancies on the school board was
adopted.
A resolution appropr!ating one
hundred and fifty dollars $3.50. 00)
to prepare temporary quarters for
the health department in property
owned by the city, was passed,
ayes, II, noes o..
A resolution that when council
adjourns it, be to meet on the sec
ond Tuesday Of January. 1920; was
received from the Board of Alder
men and their action was non-ccn-
currred in. So.
The Board then ;lioulned,
Tcstc. H. R. Burke, President.
Daniel r. Stansbury, Clerk
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-10

.sAmerica is rich in raw mate
rials, but today, authorities estimate
that we are behind our normal needs
Il 100000 homes. 100000 factories,
5000 hotels, 5000 schools and
institutions, $4,000 apartments, 12O
freight TERMINALS and $4,000 rail
road stations and freight sheds.
ats big order and no work
shirker or industrial obstructionist
can be permitted to block the way
"Five hundred thousand men, or
less than ono half of one per cent OF
the country's' population, refuse to
mine coal.
eff they remain idle much longer
they will force a complete tie up OF
American industry.
"It's not Il case of five hundred
Thousand mine workers on one SIDE
and few hundred mine owners on
The other, but it's five hundred
thousand men refusing to work on
me side, and nation of a hundred
and ten million people, with their
tight to work and live, on the other.
"The mine workers and owners.
IRE a minority and it is not within
heir province to decide that they
IAN bring industrial stagnatlon,
sickness, suffering and even death
tself, to the people of the worlds
greatest nation.
ono group Of 100000 people has
ho right to inflict suffering upon
10000 900.
Suppose for instance that the
.ountry's water supply were private
V owned and operated by half
million. men who said, "lou can't
ave water because We won't work.
GLOW many children would we let
lie Of thirst? How long would
W listen to the argument of "the
light to strike?"
"Work and the right to work must
.ontinue without interruption-pro-
uction must be increased to take
are of our ever increasing needs
nd the mailed fist of concerted
american opinion should brook no
nntrary thought.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-10

the mixing Of. .hydrochloric acid
with the wood is involved, ,3
1t is claimed that the process
produces sufficient sugar to make it
commercially practicable, and to
prove, this conclusivelys experiments
on large scale are being carried
on in Mannheim.
The promoters say that most Of
the technical difficulties have been
overcome, and they agree with the
scientists, in their belief. q means
for overcoming the sugar shortage
in Germany. has been found.
Sugar is practically unobtainable
here except in the larger hotels and
cafes. These establishments are
said to obtain at through illicit
channels.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-10
PAPERS THEN AND NOW

Recently while scanning several!
copies Of the Alexandra Gazette
published during the fiftles OF the
last century. the .aact THAI :advertis-
ers required bat short space IN
which to inform the public OF what
they had to sell set us comparing
the old with the new era. The aa-
vertisements averaged about two
inchs each. and an announcement
extending to quarter column, was
rarity in days &C old. At present
many advert sers ere not SATISFIED
with less than page. and some re
quire two pages.
We remember in our youth how
impatient we became when compeEl-
Ell to handle the triple sheet OF
the New York Herald. Ordinarily
the Herald consisted of eight pages,
but at times, when greater demand
was made for advertising space, the
publishers were compelled : to print
four additional pages. which COM
prised the ''trip,c sheet.
At rrcsci; twelve r:%cs would be
looked upon as child's play were
the journals of the larger cities
compelled to contract their pubica-
tions to such a limit.
Discontinuance Of publication of
the St. Louis Republic. one OF the
oldest papers in the West. estab. >h-
ed in 1873. is symptomatc of TIE
unprecedented conditions that con.
front the newspapers Of the coun-
try-conditions that are causing
publishers everywhere to walk the
floor.
What has happened in the news
paper world is that the cost of pa
per upon which they are printed
has advanced to unprecedented
height and at a time when demand
for space fer advertising was never
SO great There is very we'll
dcfind belief that the whole news
paper situation will be materially
improved b.. adoption of some plan
that Will reduce the tremendous
amount of blanket sheet advertising
that has grown so rapidly during
the past decade and by the substi-
tuition of a less eXtravd@art dis
play. Ely reducing the size of the
papers expenses. will be materially
cur. While keaders are bound to find
relief from the constantly in
creasing bulk of the publications
they now get twice day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-10

peaceful. :. It is a long rest cure
after the nerve strain. Of lire. 1t is
described !. as. a place of JOY and
laughter. and games, and sports, and
peopled by those who are without
deformities or bodily weaknesses.
Let no woman mourn her lost
beauty. Let no man sorrow for his
lost strength. All is waiting on the
other side. Every earthly thing has
it's equivalent. !scoffers have
guffawed over alcohol and tobacco,
but if all things are reproduced it
wouli be flaw if these were, not
reproduced also.