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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
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THAT POLICE BILL AGAIN

CENATOR PENROSE seems to be con-
~ fident that his metropolitan police bill,
falsely so called will be passed by the
Legislature and approved by the Gov
ernor.
The purpose of the bill is to take the
control of the police of Philadelphia from
an official appointed by the Mayor and
place it in the hands of an official ap-
pointed by the Governor. The term
metropolitan" is used because the bill
permits the municipalities adjacent to
this city to place their police under the
direction of the official appointed by the
Governor if they choose to do so. But it
is mandatory for Philadelphia. This is
confession of its intent.
The Governor is committed to home
rule for cities and it is inconceivable that
he can be bought off from his frankly ex-
pressed opposition to this measure by so
cheap a price as leaving the Delaware
county communities out of the scope of
the measure.
The bill should be killed, for it is bad
in principle, however expedient. 1t is a
fiagrant trespass upon the rights of this
city to manage its own police force sup
ported out of its own funds. 1t cannot
be defended for an instant by any one
who believes in home rule for cities. The
pretext that it is proposed in order Ito
take the police out of politics" will de-
ceive no one. 1t will merely make the
police the plaything of political factions
and bring about the decentralization of
the whole force
1t is up to the Governor to kill it before
!. its passage if he can, or after its passage
by courageous Veto
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
A FlRST-CLASS VETO

THE dangerous Jail delivery flagrantly
- designed in the Walker bill has been
indefinitely deferred. That iniquitous
measure, undoing the work of the crimi-
nal courts, crippling the functions of the
Board of Pardons and enabling any Judge
to order the release of any prisoner who
had served one-third of his sentence has
expired under the keen edge of Governor
Sprouts veto ak.
AS this newspaper recently pointed out,
the passage of the bill by both legisla-
tive branches at Harrisburg constituted
an extremely serious menace to security
and justice. The whole operation savored
of a scheme to release some prisoner or
prisoners with "pull."
Governor Sprouts sense of justice re-
voted at such suspicious and perilous
methods. He has summed up the situa-
ton in his veto, which declares that "the
Judge who imposes the sentence with
relation to the character of a crime can
determine better than the Legislature
how the minimum and maximum sentence
should be apportioned" This is excel
lent sense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

when three of the Entente powers and
Germany sign the treaty, of which the
league-of-nations covenant forms so i'm
portant part.
If the minimum number Of members
necessary to give validity to the CO.
operative enterprise desire to meet in
Washington nothing but special immi-
grafton laws or the rating of the dele
gates as dangerous aliens can stay their
coming.
1t is always illuminating to remember
that this country was partner in the
war with Germany. She may withdraw
from the firm in the peace making, but
that will not render the other members
helpless to do certain amount of busi-
ness on their own account
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
THE REGISTRATION RIPPER

THE Daix-Brady registration board bill
81 is largely a repetition of the existing
act with reference to registration pro-
ceedings save for the clause empowering
the Governor to throw the present COM
missioners out of Office within ten days.
4. Violent methods of this sort are sorry
evidences of reform" 1t is a logical
deduction that the power of appointment
carries with it the right of removal. A
new law is hardly necessary to establish
this legal commonplace.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Courts re-
cent ruling against the Registration
Commissioners action in striking off the
list the names of voters on the eve of an
election is warning to the board against
high-handed politics and also testimony
that existing channels may be utilized to
secure justice.
Governor Sproul can dismiss the mem
bers after a formal hearing if proved
guilty of malfeasance in office. The pub-
lie deserves honest administration on the
part of board whose highly important
hlnction is to authorize the right of fran
4kIse. 1t can be obtained without re-
<ourse to specious reform which goes
oFef old ground except for sanctioning
The Governor to make speedy and hastv
*1lean-out" of commissioners without
<emperate inquiry and rigid impartial in.
gestigation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
TALK

TALK is ordinarily cheap. But the talk
= that proceeds in a steady flood at
Washington nowadays is expensive. The
Senate has been talking for three weeks
about the league of nations and it has
let not a single glimmer of new light
upon the subject. 1t is frankly killing
time
Every senator who talks has an au-
dience whose members are each paid
seventy-five hundred dollars a year to
listen to him. He has the Congressional
Record, in which his speeches are printed
at considerable expense to the country
He uses the mail system to circulate free
copies of the Record. One speech some
times requires tons of paper for its publ
cation throughout the country through
the Government Printing Office
The Senate has bored itself with the
league of nations. Now it will turn to
suffrage. There is a majority of votes in
the Senate for the suffrage amendment.
But the Senate must talk. 1t may talk
for weeks about suffrage-to no end, to
no particular purpose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
MEXICO AND A CONGRESSMAN

CPEAKER GILLETT'S address before
oa convention of Americans interested
in the industrial development of Mexico
is significant though far from inspiring.
1t is known in Washington that the
War Department is preparing for trouble
south of the border and doing so as a
matter of mere routine. Mr.. Gillett's
speech is of the sort that makes that sort
of preparation inevitable and necessary.
There are likely to be great many more
speeches of the same sort before long.
The theory that America should pacify
Mexico by force is being Systematically
revived, but it is odd to find it broadly
suggested in speech by the speaker of
the House of Representatives.
The United States doubtless could
pacify Mexico and set up the sort of gov
ernment it desired if it were willing to
endure the various strains of ten-year
war. Business interests in Mexico would
be benefited. Returns from concessions
would be surer and larger
The first result of American invasion
of Mexico, however, would be the aliena-
ton of sympathy for the United States
in all Latin America, the revival of sus-
picions and the ruin of all that has been
accomplished in the last ten years to
unity political opinion and to establish
friendly cooperation among the peoples
of this continent.
Villa has plenty of money The State
Department ought to know where he is
getting it. If he has friends in America
the people should know their names.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

tion has been to extend the protection of
the laws to the workers and to compel
the employers to shorten their hours Of
labor and to compensate them for any
injuries received in the course of their
employment.
If the laws are not satisfactory there
are orderly and established processes for
changing them. 1t is not necessary for
man to go into court with an automatic
pistol leveled at the head of the Judge in
order to get justice. The logical con-
clusion of such a course is illustrated by
the bomb explosions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
Self.ScrutlnY

oCII-
When we sample ourself (as a powerful
thinker has observed), and sample deep
enough and get down to the true stuff, it
occurs to us that we have a spiteful nature.
For instance. We were once one of the
commuters, and our breast is tender to their
woes. And yet, now that we have passed
into a more glorious incarnation as a town
dweller, we are shocked to find oursef little
callous toward the distresses of our old
companions. On a vary warm afternoon
recently freight car jumped the rails near
Overbrook and sprawled across three out
bound tracks. For an hour or so Main Line
commuters sat simmering in the sun of the
West Philadelphia tropics. We, passing
merrily inward on an unimpeded train, saw
their hopeless caravans lined up like sausage
links cracking on a kissing pan.
And did we offer up a prayer for their
unhappy souls? Did we feel a gush of
humane and Christian pity? Did We wan
der whether their paper drinking cups were
holding out and whether they were reading
over their evening papers for the third time
for treasures of thought? Not we. We
glanced upon them with cheerful feeling
of superiority and thanked our stars that we
were bustling in toward the jolly old city,
toward soda fountains and movies and the
boom of the evening trolleys.
We have friend who says that whenever
he feels melancholy and depressed he has
only to turn his mind toward us, grinding
away here on our typewriter, to be relieved
and exhilarated by the thought of our pangs
of travail. We fear it is only too true. For
while no one enjoys seeing fellow humans in
distress, there is certain humorous resig-
nation with which we contemplate them
coping with the annoyances and perplexities
of every day.
On that same voyage through West Phila-
delphia we saw bright orange -colored Pull
man car. a sight that stirred US strangely.
We don't know what railroad II is that
paints its cars ycllow-is it the Chesapeake
and Ohio o?-but once In our extreme youth
we were taken somewhere on train Of yell
low cars (but probably not In The RuiInan)s i
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
EFFECTIVE ANTI-LEAouE LOGIC

THE impression, said to have currency
in Washington, that the league of
nations will not hold an October meeting
n that city indicates highly inflated
conception of the effect of congressional
IMPOSITION to the peace treaty.
While it is perfectly true that the SEN
nse ran withhold its assent to the docu-
ment and thus preserve, as long as it
1-fcs. theoretical state of war between
ne United States and Germany, it cannot
Icyent The fupetionins Of the internax
>aH' peaes paet' That win be secured
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
AFTER DARK
FINDER the blue sky,

FINDER the blue sky,
~ And the white clouds sailing high,
Where the gallant wind went by, u
A bird sang On-sang on
Till the day (too soon) was done.
And the daylight died
From the field and the hillside.
And the moorland bare and wide
But the bird sang on-sang on
Long after the light was gone.
Like voice that said:
ooh, you who weep your dead,
Be comforted-be comforted
For the deed lives on-lives on
Long after the life is gone!
&C. FOX SMITH, in "Sailor Town"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
Grown Thrill proof

A one stop trip across
Grown Thrill proof the continent is the
latest aviation jour
ney planned. The plane used will be able to
carry ton of freight or dozen passengers.
The fact that we are able to absorb the news
with only a minor thrill is evidence of how
far we have travelled emotionaIly during the
last few wears
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

Though the leading roles in the drama.
Austria Taking Her Medicine" were per-
formed with smoothness, there was evidence
that some of the supernumeraries were not
sufficiently rehearsed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

Pennsylvania suffra-
First Under the Wire gettes have started
lobby to the end that
the Keystone State shall be the first to ratify
the suffrage amendment if it passes the
United States Senate. Rivalry for first
honors has aforetime made sporting propo
sition of the most serious subjects.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

The fact that bomb outrages broke out
simultaneously in Philadelphia, Washington,
New York, Boston and other towns isoeyi-
dence OF directing head with brain storm
inside Of il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
Telegram Just Received

PLEASE ASCERTAIN TACTFULLY IF g
POSSIBLE WHETHER REV DIR MUTCHLER
WOULD BE WILLING BE ELECTED
HONORARY MEMBER OUR ASSOCIATION AT
COMING CONVENTION IN YOUR GREAT
AMERICAN PRESS HUMoRIsTs ASSOCIATION
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
Perhaps He Means a Sausage Link?

The manner in which Alsace-Lorraine
is now treated will decide the future peace
of the world. From an apple of discord 1t
should become a link between the two
great nations which in the future will be
even more dependent than before upon
friendship with eac~s other,-Brockdorn-
Rantzau, in the Deutsche Algemene
Zeitung.
One of the things we would like to see
would be Brockdorff explaining to Clemen-
ceau how dependent France has been on
Germanys friendship.
Our laughter rang little hollow the other
day when we saw Pullman car in the West
Philadelphia yards named Economy.
Was this Il joke of the late McAdoo!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
BOies

When you read the
Boies accounts of Senator
Penrose's activities at
Harrisburg it is impossible to avoid the con-
viction that the senator knows precisely how
William Penn felt when he landed from Eng
land and surveyed his responsibilities in a
new world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
The p. o. Needs

Postmaster General
1he r. U. Needs Burleson is determined
when Philadelphia re-
sumes its pneumatic tube mail service il
must start again from the ground up. He
has written the local company that if the
work of the removal of the tubes is not
accelerated he will assign force of post
office employees to finish it. Tish. tush an
idle threat. He will need the extra p. o. EN-.
pIoyes as hostlers and grooms for his stage
coaches when he starts them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

Inhabitants of Mayence and Wiesbaden
were evidently of the opinion that if they
were to avoid having republic thrust upon
them they must strike, and strike quickly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
Refused to
Cough Up

Northampton Mass,
Refused to has had a municipal
Cough Up theatre and now il
has not. 1t was dis
continued after Common Council refused to
make good a deficit of $6144 incurred during
the influenza epidemic last year. Literally
sneeZed out of existence!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

Bomb outrages draw attention to the
trusm that one fool can undo the work of a
thousand good men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

Austria not only eats willingly, but is
prepared to demonstrate that she really likes
her humble pie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

The man who wants a job absolutely
free from all monotony should apply for
position as head of the league of nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
Literary Note

Our friend Willard Connely, now Of Cali
fornia, is seriously considering settling in
Philadelphia. We think it should be known
that Willard is the author of that very en-
tertaining book, The Letters of a Self made
Widow"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

In the matter Of the league Of nations
there is possibility that the United States
Senate may stand on its dignity SO long that
it won't have a leg to stand on.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

1t isn't surprising to
The Source OF find Austria pleading
All Troubles for mercy. If there
was any fight left in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

The framing of a ilt-edged charter
calls for the use of many hidden wires.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
Cooking and
Government

Irish stew will understand the clamor of a
reader who strode coldly from a dining ear
at Broad Street Station yesterday and rang
us up to suggest that Mr.. Hines is irving TO
rehablitate the railways of the country with
money wrung from the diner service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

General Humidity has made his first big
attack of the summer campaign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
EARL AND SUNSHINE
Girls Of Today and Yesterday

In regard to our bathing suit, we hope soon
to do just what the sagacious moths have
been doing all winter-get into it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

Is the weather man also trying to be
terrorist?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

One of the cruelest cuts we have ever seen
lies edged and whetted in theatre nd we
find in a Worcester, Mass, newspaper,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

QUIZ
1. Who is attorney general of the United
States?
.. Name gifted modern composer who was
Czecho Slovak. ~
3. How quick a flight across the American
continent does the army air service
plan to make?
4. Who wrote "Samson Agonistes"?
5. What kind of tree is bullace?
6. What was the Bundesrath in the former
German Empire?
Z. What is a moraine?
8. What kind of drink is perry?
o. Who was Maecenas? =
10. Where is Philadelphia, New York?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04
SUNNY SIDE UP

and it made a lasting impression. The train
went somewhere where there was a smell of
salt water; we believe it was taken over
ferry at night time. 10 this day we cannot
see one of those orange cars without strong
sense of romance and adventure.
1t occurs to us that some one NAV sug-
gest that the train in question was the
famous Barnum & Bailey special, which we
recall is tinted yellow. But we were not
born in circus troupe. No such luck!
We wish some one would dig up law of
1904 against Swedish matches.
Our friend Mr.. A. Edward Newton is
learning that there are penalties attached
to successful authorship. Three newspapers
in different parts of the country have written
inviting him to conduct their literary pages.
0. Henry died nine years ago tomorrow.
and already there is hotel named for him
in his native state of North Carolina. An
probation is trailing genius pretty hard these
days, and before long it may be possible for
a great writer to find soda fountain named
after him while he is still alive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

We are scongratulating ourself on NOT
having bought our straw hat yet. We still
have something to look forward to.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

In regard to our bathing suit, we hone soon
to do just what the sagacious moths have
been doing all winter-get into it.
We are scongratulating ourself on NOT
having bought our straw hat yet We still
have something to look forward to.
Petrograd keeps on falling, but it doesn't
seem to have touched bottom. Perhaps il
only falls in the same way that prices do.
What will the governor of North Caro-
lima say to the governor of South Carolina
after the LIST of July?
Speaking of sodas, why is it so hard tn
get maple soda? 1t seems to us the most
delightful favor of all, and yet we ask for
it again and again in vain. Sometimes the
officiating marbletender says he can give us
a soft feminine contraption known as maple
nut sundae, which we spurn; but the true
maple ice cream soda is hard to find.
G.. II. Il. sends us from the Frankford
High School Chinese drinking song of the
twelfth century b. c., which is supposed to
be the Oldest known specimen of this de-
plorable species of lyric.
1t occurs to us TO remark, however, that
the Chinese poem is still in circulation,
whereas our drinking songs, however recent
wilbbe out of date within a few weeks.
The A. d, in A. ID. 1919 obviously stands
fes America pry. SOCRATES,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

We wish some one would dig up law of
1904 against Swedish matches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

Any one who has ever
experimental with the
| nited States rail-
road oIp,;p
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

Petrograd keeps on falling, but it doesn't
seem to have touched bottom. Perhaps il
only falls in the same way that prices do,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

2 The A. ID, in A. ID. 1919 obviously stands
fof America DRY. SOCRATES,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-04

What will the governor of North Caro-
lima say to the governor of South Carolina
after the LIST of July?
The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1919-11-11
We are in the market for country h e butter :: @ Funderbk

The John Foster Chapter Of d.
A. RS will meet with Mrs J. NJ.
Blair Thursday afternoon at four
o'clock.
AIR. ]. 4. Little. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. I. Little of Goose Cree-l
township. and Miss Winnie Baucom.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs ]. L. Bau-
com, of the same community. were
married sunday at the home of the
officiating magistrate. Esq. C. j. Bras
well, The groom only recently re-
turned from service overseas. and
he is Young man of character and
ability. The bride is an accomplished
young lady, and they have the we'll
wishes of hundreds of friends.
An artillery platoon. from The
Srd provisional platoon OF the 5th
field artillery brigade. commanded by
Cart James Patterson. arr eucamped
on he Houston lot. facing Fowler 4
Lees stable. in the interest OF the
recruiting service. The guns of The
platoon were drawn from Fayetteville
by big ton caterpillar tractors. and as
they moved slowly along the road. al
iraeted much attention from cotton
pickers in the fields. The platoon
leaves Monroe Thursday morning for
Charlotte, and from there it will 80 to
the western part of the state. Many
men in the platoon saw overseas SER
vice.
The following names We're not
included in the honor roll published
last week: First Grade-Ashe Ben
nett Skies. Johnnie Laney. Elizabeth
Redwine. Martha Wager. Dick Lee.
Wager Medlin, Cecil Pruett. seventh
Ercel Terrell. Virginia Car
roll, Marion Lee. Martha Adams.
George Browning. Eighth grade
Mary Austin, Florence Redwine. Mil
dred Lee. Whiteford Blakeney. Abram
Crowell, Gladys presson Ninth
grade Grace Williams. Elizabeth
Morgan. George Tucker. Ola Cornell.
Mary Rotter. Frank Jordan. Tenth
erade-Christine Gordon. Lois Laney.
Mary Deane Laney. Berta Allen Hous-
ton. Lucy Lee, Ruby Williams, Mildred
Plyler. Eleanor Armtield. Eleventh
Helms. Emmett Griffi. Byens Helms.
Rachael Armfield, Mary Frances
Dwight plyler William Ridge. John
ID. stewart.