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The Irish standard., 1920-02-07
Americas Friend
and Americas Foe:

of amphitheatres, of gladiators, Of
wild beasts, or burning Christians and
all the other amusements Of the jaded
old Romans. We ought to be obliged
to people who undertake at such q
sacrifice to relieve the tedium of civil
lized existence"
"The Americans" it concluded, "are
breasting the waves of the Atlantic
in the very maddest attempt that ever
wearied mad men,"
And Mr. Roebuck, an English Mem
ber of Parliament, writing of the
North, said that from the very COM
mencement they forgot Christianity
and made themselves spectacle to
the world of cruelty, and corruption,
and horror"
"Barbarians and blackguards, thus
wilfully rushing down the path that
leadeth to destruction" were other
choice epithets hurled at the men
fighting to preserve the Union.
During all this time Lincoln was
being lampooned and caricatured and
he is thus described in the London
Morning Herald, November %, 1864:
EngIand's Insult to Lincoln.
"And Bishop Simpsons mission
ary' is Abraham Lincoln, the mouth
er of stump speeches, the buffoon
Of the battlefield (after the battle
is over), the concoctor of humorous
State documents upon questions of
awful import to mankind, the swim
dler Of the American constituencies,
and the Judas of his country"
Further on, the same journal, COM
pairing Americas civilization with
that of the Red Indian, wrote:
Their own (the Indians barbar-
ISM is eclipsed, the civilization
which was to supplant them is al
ready extinct. 1t is a savage and
shocking degeneracy Of the human
race. The world has witnessed
spectacles equally startling but
where? Nowhere except in China,
Hindostan, Egypt and Tartary."
| And OF course everyone is or should
be familiar with the celebrated state
ment of the Times on another occa-
sion: ',. }.s
"Shall England, the proud mis-
tress of the seas and dictator of the
maritime law of nations, be driven
from her proud eminence by a piece
of striped bunting, flying at the mast.
heads of few f1r-built frigates.
manned by handful OF bastards.
and 0utlaws?"
England was openly hostile to this.
country when she saw no danger by
being so. She has long since found
that it is not politics to be so any
more. Consequently she 1eigns
friendship which bears close watching
indeed. What she failed to accom-
plish by open hostility and coercion
she now seeks to accomplish by d.
plomacy and intrigue. Both phases
of her enmity are equally dangerous
and equally malign.
Today Ireland stands where Amer
fca stood in rs. 1t is we'll known
where Ireland stood then. Where will
America stand now? With those who
were her friends when friends were
indeed needed, or with those who
sought her destruction whenever an
opportunity arose?
We know where Americas Presi-
dent stands. Where will stand the
American people? Their honor and
good name are in the balance. Do
they wish these sacred and priceless
possessions to be thing Of scorn and
shame? They are bound up irrevoc-
ably with the recognition Of the Irish
Republic. What viii be Americas
The Irish standard., 1920-02-07
Heard Him Make Stump Speech
That captivated the Then Demo.
cratic Candidate For Governor.

Heard Him Make a Stump Speech
That captlvated the Then Demo.
cratic Candidate For Governor.
Joseph Tumulty was born in Jersey
City, N. j., May 3, 1879. His people"
were well-to-do folk, his father a vet
eran of the Civil war in the Union
army The son was to be trained as
a lawyer, with side squint at poll
tics. He was graduated from st. Pet
er's college in Jersey City in 1899 and
Immediately started in to read law.
By 1902 he was ready to hang out his
shingle and practiced for eight years.
He ran for the legislature and was
elected, serving from 1907 to 1910,
when Woodrow. Wilson, governor of
New Jersey, appointed him private
secretary and retained him in this
confidential capacity when he came to
Washington as President of the United
States. And here is how Mr.. Wilson
came to take him on:
Fred Kissam, known far and wide
in Jersey, was in charge of the Demo
crat Speakers bureau in the state
campaign of 1910. Kissam was work
ing tooth and nail for the election of
Woodrow Wilson as governor over
Vivian M. Lewis.
One Friday Kissam received tele-
phone message from Wilbur Beecroft,
former sheriff of Monmouth county,
asking him to get speaker for a
meeting to be held at Lakewood that
very night. Get me a good speaker"
Beecroft urged "Wilson is going to
speak, but he will be here late and we
must have good speaker to hold the
crowd until he comes. :. Don't send me
any dubs."
The Irish standard., 1920-02-07
How Wilson First
Met Joseph Tumulty

He warmed up as he went along
and was in full stride, carrying the
crowd along with him with cheers
and laughter, when Mr.. Wilson came
to the door, Just as he stepped across
the threshold Joe had loosed away at
the Republicans with a high-eXplosive
shell of great velocity which exploded
with crash that attracted the atten-
tion of Mr.. Wilson, who paused in the
operation of shucking his overcoat
and listened for several minutes be-
fore proceeding to enter the hall.
who is that young MANI" inquired
Mr Wilson.
That's Joe Tumulty, from Hudson
county," replied State Chairman Mug
ent, who had come down with Mr..
Wilson from Toms River. Mr.. Wilson
made few other inquiries about him.
"Umm," he said, bring him around
to the hotel after the meeting.
want to talk to him."
After the speaking" was over Mug
ent took Joe around to the Laurel
House and introduced him. They talk
ed until way into the night.
Nissan had booked Tumulty to
speak at Long Branch Saturday night,
but Saturday morning he received a
telephone message from Mr.. Wilson
telling him to cancel all of Joe's en-
gagements. He wanted Joe to go along
with him. And Joe has been going
along with him ever since. He finished
the campaign with him, and his knowl-
edge of affairs and Of political condi-
tions in the Legislature was of in
estlmable value to the candidate.
When Mr.. Wilson was elected gov
ernor he asked Joe to come with him
as private secretary.
Who's got to listen to the bores
Who ooze in through the White House
| doors,
And hear all of the kicks and roars
Tumulty.
Who's got to open all the mail
And answer letters without fail,
And send regrets out by the bale?
Tumulty
Who's always got to be polite
From early morn till late at night,
And never lose his temper quite?
Tumulty.
Who's got to read the proofs on all
OF Woodrow's speeches, great and
small,
And bear the brunt of every sQuall? ?
Tumulty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
UNIFORM TRAFFIC RULES.

The vanishing point of geographical
state lines is being brought nearer by
a commendable move of the council of
national defence which is conducting a
campaign to secure uniformity, the
country over, of rules and practice in
control of road traffic especially in the
cities The desirability of such move
is evident to all, as reckless operation
of an automobile is just as dangerous
in one state as another and automobiles
are not restricted to state lines in
their operation.
Nationwide application of safety
rules benefit the public and operator
alike-the public from the reckless dri-
yer and the operator of the car from!
local regulations of which he is ignor.
ant. Further the council is trying to
spread instruction about the rules of
the road among pedestrians as well as
among drivers. This line of instruction
has been largely given locally and in
Washington there has been a great dim
mutton of street accidents as a re.
suit.
The council is receiving endorse
ments of its plan from all classes of
people, state and municipal officers.
heads of industries, college presidents
and members of grand juries. 1t is said
that residents of three-fourths of the
states and the District of Columbia
have endorsed the plan and we may
reasonably expect within a short time
a uniform and sane regulation road
traffic throughout the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1920.
AN INDUSTRIAL oUACK.

The feature of most quack remedies
is the claim of their proprietor that
they will cure SO many ills. Often
times it is claimed ills as widely sep
arated as the head and feet, chills and
fevers, lassitude and abnormal nervous
ness may be cured by equal doses of a
single nostrum. The quacks who would
cure industrial ills often make as ex-
travagant and conflicting claims for
their "bill' they want enacted into
law.
State Senator Augustus P. Loring of
Beverly, Mass, is the latest proposer
of an industrial cure all, who has in
troduced in the Massachusetts, legis-
lature bill giving employees an oppor-
tunity to buy stock in the corporations
I for which they work. Under the pro
visions of the bill the employer is au-
thorized to put out special issues of
stock, selling at par value of So to
so a share this to be taken by the
worker and held by him while in the
employ of the company or by his
: widow until she remarries. The holder
OF one of these S. shares would have
the same voting power as man hold
ing a $1,000 share.
/ The object of the bill is said to be a
practical method of meeting the pre-
I e i 4
trial unrest, 1t sounds very well, but
/ it looks to us as though granting
equal voting power to the holder of a
! little share with the holder of large
share would give employers an over
/ dose of radicalism and labor an undue
force in the control of industry. It
has more ear marks of a quaek than
of an industrial physician.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
How to Act in "Flu" Time.
Chicago Evening Post.

In these "fu' days it is duty you owe
society to take care of yourself. If
through some folly of exposure. overwork
or pleasure you invite the lurking
germ to fasten upon you, it is not alone
yourself you iniure but many others who.
for their own health, depend upon your
keeping on your feet and bearing your
share of the burden.
You endanger those who must care for
you while you are ill.,
You endanger those who must do the
work you ought to be doing and who are
driven to overtax themselves in doing
double duty.
You put added pressure upon doctors,
hospitals and nurses, and deprive other
sick of care they might have had if you
had been less rash or indulgent.
And let everyone remember the over
strained workers in the stores, the offices
the telephone exchanges and like places
of public service. Save them all the la
Dor and worry you can. Put off the I'M
necessary demands upon their toll until
a more convenient season.
Don't monopolize your party line in
long, gossipy conversations. Remember
somebody may need the phone to call a
doctor
Keep well yourself and help others to
keep well.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

to disappoint Vermont people bitterly.
When state is trying to hold its own
IN population in the face of marked
Withdrawals because of the war s drains,
it Is rather disheartening to learn that
whole sections have been missed, let
alone the many individuals who, very
likely, have been overlooked for some
reason or other. It was found in Ben
nington that many names had not been
counted, and vigorous campaign was
lnaugurated to get those names in. As
the result of the campaign more than
100 names have been added to the list
and the effort is still being kept up.
Here in Barre an invitation was ex-
tended by the census supervisor of
the district to report names if there
was reason to believe they had been
skipped in the rounds of the enumer-
ators. Inasnfuch as the census bureau
In Washington is inclined to allow a
certain degree of leeway in reporting
the names because of the unsatisfac-
tory climate conditions in Vermont
while the census was being taken. it
would be well for every community
to continue the practice OF reporting
such names as may have been over
looked. Vermont must have everyone
counted if it is to make decent show
ing in the census.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
I oday's Events

National holiday in Mexico in celebra-
ton OF the anniversary of the constitu-
ton.
John Walter Smith, United States SEN
ator from Maryland, celebrates his 10Th
birthday today
Simeon f. Baldwin, former governor of
Connecticut and at one time mentioned as
Democratic presidential possibility, is
SO years old today.
The conservation of Rev. James NJ.
Morris as Episcopal bishop of the PAN
anna Canal Zone viii take place TODAY
IN Grace church, Madison, Wis
Frank 0. Lowden, governor of Illinois
and announced candidate for the Repub-
lean nomination for President, has ac-
cepted an invitation to speak today at
the Michigan Agricultural college.
Directors of the Bankhead National
Highway association meet at Birming-
ham today to receive the report of com
mission named to determine the route of
the proposed highway from Ell Paso to
California.
A large party of American business
men is scheduled to leave New York bv
special train today for Mexico City,
where they viii attend trade conven-
tion to be held under the auspices of the
American chamber of commerce of Mex
leo.
Delegates from Bible Institutes, Bible
colleges and Bible training schools of the
United States and Canada will meet in
conference at the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago today to consider the adop.
ton of declaration of faith on which
all such institutions can stand.
Many Democratic leaders of national
prominence have accepted invitations tC
attend a banquet to be given in New
York tonight in honor of Homer s. Cum
mings, chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee, by the National Demo
cratic club.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
BE PRETTY! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Try Grandmother's Old Favorite Re
cipe of Sage Tea and Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lnStre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way to
get this mixture was to make it at
home, which is mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays, by asking at any drug store
for Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound, = you will get a large bottle of
this famous old recipe, improved bv
the addition of other ingredients, at a
small cost.
Don stay grayl Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another APP
lplieation or two, your hair becomes
! beautifully dark, glossy and attractive.
4--Adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Little Rennv's
Note Book
ExIEE DADE
BY LEE PAPE

My sister Gladdis came home this aftir-
moon with little wife paper bag the
shape OF candy bag, me seeing her come
IN with it and saying, Watts you got in the
bag Gladdis?
Carmels, but there are ony 3 left. so
there's no use asking, sed Gladdis
Aw gosh, q, aw Gladdis, Jest give me
one, watts one out OF | sed
There's no use carrying on about It. Won
herd wat | sed, sed Gladdis.
And she started to go up stairs. me
saying Well jest give me half of one.
then, l can chew a half one as most
people can chew hole one.
Don't tawk nonsents, sed Gladdis And
she kepp on going up, me calling after her.
Wy IS 1t nonsents? If you know so mulch,
| bet you II you give me a half peece Ill
take as long to eat it as wat you take
with the other and half peeces, do you
wunt to try it?
Don't make SO mulch noise, Gladdis
called down.
Aw go to the dickins, | called up. WITCH
jest then ma came out of the dining room.
saying, Benny, stop that, wat kind of
langwidge is that?
Wy dickins amt swearing. is it, ma?
sed, and ma sed, Its practically the same
as swearing, and l sed, Well how about
Charles Dickins, its all rite to say Charles
Dickins, amt it, ma?
Serteny, don't be foolish, sed ma. And
quick yelled up stairs, Gladdis, Gladdis,
Gladdis, Gladdis, WITCH after l had yelled
it about 20 times Gladdis called down, For
hevvin sake, stop that hullyballoo, wat do
you wunt?
Go to the Charles Dickins, yelled. and
quick ran out before she had time to yell
enything back.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Todav,s Birthdays

Sir Horace P. NJ Rumbold, British
Minister to Poland, born 81 years ago
today
Maxine Elliott, a celebrated actress
of the American stage, born at Rock
land, Me-, AZ years ago today.
Simeon Baldwin, celebrated iurist and
former governor of Connecticut, born
in New Haven, so years ago today.
Mahlon Pitney, associate justice of
the Supreme Court OF the United States
born at Morristown, n. J., 90 years ago
today.
William A. Rariden, catcher of the
Cincinnati National league baseball
team, born at Bedford, Ind, 80 years
ago today.
Rt. Rev. Henry Beard Delany. suff-
ragan bishop Of the Episcopal diocese
of North Carolina, born at St. Mary s.
Ga, 50 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
In the DAVIS News.

John Walter Smith. United States
senator from Maryland and a promi
nent figure in the national councils of
the Democratic party, is in line for
congratulations today on the occasion
of his seventy fifth birthday. Senator
Smith is a native and lifelong resident
OF Worcester county, on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. After finishing his
schooling, about the time of the close
of the civil war, he embarked in the
lumber business and in the course of
time he became one of the recognized
leaders of finance and industry in his
home state. Banking, manufacturing.
the oyster industry and other lines of
enterprise have engaged his attention.
His first experience in public life was
gained as member of the MARYLAND
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

some excellent suggestions for its pre-
vention. They are given below as
equally applicable in any town or city;
0) Defective chimneys and fues.
CD Defective electric wiring.
(3) Carelessness, use of kerosene and
gasoline.
"a Carelessness with matches.
(5) Carelessness with cigarettes.
CO.. Carelessness with cigars.
(7) Accumulation of trash and rub.
bish in Easements, attics, closets and
yards.
Clean up your premises; be safe
Your fire department asks your active
aid in their fight for:
% Better and safer buildings.
90 Proper fre-fighting equipment.
(3) Cleaner premises.
~ Safer school buildings.
(5) Fire prevention in the home
(6) Fire drill in schools, hospitals
and factories.
Act yourself and tell your neighbol
to act. Aid US in the prevention OF
fires.
P. S.-Do not thaw out your water
pipes with torches.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Uncounted Vermont.
Barre Times. J

It has been discovered in Bennington
that considerable section of that town
outside of the village had been skipped
by the census enumerators. For some
reason none of them had understood
that this district was included in the
territory assigned TO them. This is
something that might happen in any
town and it is imperative that thor
ough canvass be made of the state for
reasons which have been explained be-
FORE In Bennington because of the
agitation on the subject, over loo per-
sons have been reported who had been
overlooked. Brattleboro should have
similar Observation-Disclosures Re-
former.
If there are many such chunks of
Vermont s population that have not
been counted, Vermont's position in
the 14th decennial census will be likely
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Today's Anniversaries

1S10-Ole Bull, world famous violinist,
born at Bergen, Norway. Died
there Aug. II, 1880.
1Sl3-The Massachusetts Society for
the Suppression of Intemperance
was instituted at Boston.
1S46--Initial issue of the Oregon Spec
tator, the first newspaper printed
on the Pacific coast.
1s87-Thirty' persons killed and many
injured in railroad accident
near White River Junction, Vt
1S92-Emilia Carlen,. celebrated Swed
ish novelist, died at Stockholm
Born Aug. 8, 1907.
1S94-The first woman 5 suffrage or.
ganization in the Netherland.
was formed at Amsterdam.
1895-National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union met in annual
convention at Raleigh, n. G.
1917-United States senate passed the
immigration Bill over the Pres
ident 5 veto.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

After a two day conference of the
clothing trades and the officials of the
department of justice the clothing man
ufacturers warn the public not to ex-
pect lower prices for the present. They
always bring up at the same spot after
every convention and conference, and
the same explanations are given. Some
day the consumer is going to ask for
an explanation that really explains.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

The extremely heavy icicles which
hang from many buildings as winter
advances have proven many times to
be a dangerous thing, especially if
they overhang a travelled path or side
walk. Some of them are so heavy that
one would kill a child if it struck
squarely. Property owners should see
that they are promptly removed as a
safety first" measure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

Daylight saving ordinances have been
enacted by both New York and Phil
adelphia, becoming effective the last
Sunday in March and continuing until
the last Sunday in October, and be-
cause of this the Pennsylvania rail
road will run its trains between the
two cities under this daylight saving
schedule. If other cities 60 back to
daylight saving other railroads will
have to combine forces with them. II
is a good idea to have the public works
of any locality use the same schedule
otherwise things might become sadly
mixed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
Must Be the Real Thing.
(Rutland Herald. J

Amid the deplorable mass of propa-
ganda that comes daily to the desk of
an editor, one cleaning jewel can be con-
densed as follows: "Are you going to
talk, theorize, confer, spend, speculate
and strike some more or will you work
produce and save more? There is no
substitute for work"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim of the management IN secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation of
subscribers to that end Prompt reports should
on the morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
edy Immediately applied 1t 10 only BY this
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
One Year Ago Today in tn. War.

Bremen captured from the Reds by
German Government troops after a
heavy battle.
Severe losses inflicted on Bolsheviki
by American forces, according to re-
ports from Archangel.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-05
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