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Palisadian., 1924-08-15
Village Postmaster
Is Political Plum

There is much misapprehension on
the part of some as to how a post
master is appointed. Because a civil
service examination is given many
think that the one receiving the high
est mark is appointed. This is not
necessarily so.
A case in point is found in Closter,
NJ j., where an examination was given
and both the present postmaster,
John A. Lindemann, and David C. Bo-
CERT took the test, and both were re-
ported as eligible to Congressman
Perkins, but neither was appointed,
and a new examination was called.
The civil service board gives the
examination simply at the request of
the post Office department and the
averages are reported. Any one of
the three highest may be appointed,
or none of them if the congressman
does not care to make the appoint
ment, in which case a new examina-
tion is called, and so on until can
didate that meets the approval of the
congressman or the district leaders
to which he refers the matter comes
out on the eligible list. The postmas-
tership after all is a political plum,
and the present system makes II al
most impossible to appoint a post
master under the civil service rules.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15

out and show himself and talk. They
set much store on letting the voters
see for themselves the cleavage be-
tween Coolidge and his party, on re-
calling to the voters the record of the
recent session of Congress, in which
Coolidge pulled one way, while the
Republican leaders and the Republi-
can majority in Senate and House
pulled together.
The Democrats want to make the
voters realize that if Coolidge is elect
ed President this fall, the country
will have four years Of even worse
strife and chaos in the government
than existed last winter; for the
Democrats claim, with good deal Of
ground for it, that even if Coolidge
should be elected President this fall,
the lower house of Congress at least,
and possibly the Senate, will either
be Democratic, or else will be of an
even more yaricolored hue of differ
ing kinds of Republicans than was the
case last year.
The Democrats, in short, are going
to try to get into the public mind
message, which in effect, shall say:
ELECT Davis and the Democrats and
you will have party and govern
ment that functions"
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
'sBE SQUARE"

William Byron Forbush has recent
ly published a new book. 1t is lit
tie, SS-cent affair, but it is one of the
most significant and pregnant publ
cations of the modern moment.
The theme and plot of the book
is dishonesty and its price. Its moral
is its title, "Be Square"
Stock frauds, land frauds and con-
fidence games cost us. each year, Mr..
Forbush shows, $4,000, 100000, burg.
larry and theft $525,0OO,0OO, embezzle-
ment and defalcations $125,000,0
graft and looting of public domain
$200,000,000, fraudulent bankruptcy
and credit swindles $100,000,000, bad
debts owing merchants $150,000,000,
forgery and worthless checks $125,-
100000, piracy and seaport robbery
S75,000,000-a grand, gloomy total OF
So, 300 100000
Add to this the 100000 we
pay for police, courts, jails, prisons,
ETC., and we know that dishonesty
costs US sS,3O0, 100000 a year, a sum
sufficient to pay the current expenses
of any three goyernments-enoug to
thoroughly educate every child in the
country,
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
Captain Darby,
In Europe, Tells
Of His Travels
Hotel Continental, Paris, July %

Hotel Continental, Paris, July %.
My dear MI. Logan:
After a delightful stay of ten days
in London arrived here last Saturday
by airplane, and the official activities
here in honor of the American Bar
Association begin this afternoon by
a reception at the Administration of
Justice, followed by another rendered
by the city of Paris. Tomorrow we
are to be received by the President
of France, and other interesting en-
tertainments, lasting for four days,
have been arranged, including trip
and dinner at the Palace of Versailles,
where the great treaty was negotiated
and signed. We had full week of
entertainment at London, including a
garden party rendered us by the king
and queen of England at Buckingham
Palace. There were nearly 5000
American lawyers, with their ladies,
at the royal garden party. The king
and queen, the Prince of Wales, his
younger brother, the Duke of York,
and his bride and the kings uncle,
the Duke of Connaught, were among
those who entertained us. All of
these joined in strolling among the
American visitors, shaking hands and
conversing with us in very pleas
ingly democratic fashion, which quite
took every one of the visitors by sur
prise. Am told that this was the first
occasion of that kind that has ever
been experienced in all history 1t
was indeed privileged honor for me
to shake hands and chat with the
king and the young Prince of Wales.
They both seemed to enjoy the unique
experience of the afternoon immense
ly, and 1 found them to be quite in
terested in the small talk of our coun-
try and apparently well posted on
current events. They were both very
keenly taken with the feat of the
globe circling airplane men of the
United States, who last week passed
through London ON their transatlantic
part of the trip.
The airplane trip from London here
was one of the most interesting
events of my trip. We were two
hours and twenty minutes in the air,
travelling at height of 5000 feet and
at a speed of 80 to 100 miles an hour.
In five minutes after leaving the
ground we had attained an altitude of
1000 feet. The Handley-Page ma
chine was large two engine affair,
with a cabin seating fourteen passen-
gers beside the pilot and also carry
ing all the baggage of the party. The
panoramic view which was spread out
below us was magnificent. l shall
never forget the thrill Of it all. Am
expecting to go to Berlin next week.
trust all is going we'll with you.
With best regards to Mrs. Logan, Miss
Henrietta and yourself,
Sincerely yours,
CAPTAIN S. e. DARBY.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
THE DAVIS SPEECH

Whatever else may be said of the
Davis speech of acceptance this week,
it at least set the country to think
ing, and also 1t caused public recog-
milton of the undeniable fact that
another great leader had arisen. Pos
sibly he may be the new Moses who
will break the shackles of political
slavery and make nations emanci-
patton absolute, for heaven knows we
have been tied hard fast with the
chains of unrest, to put it mildly. 1t
is q great relief to come face to face
with the heart of a man that throbs
with ennobling and inspiring leader
ship. After all leadership is the one
positive force in all advancement.
It does not matter that Republican
administration is the victim OF crit
icism in governmental mismanage-
ment, unfortunate though it be. The
evil done by men high in party posi-
tion has been acknowledged but not
vet punished. The outstanding
thought for .he moment is to try and
get rid of all wrongdoing, all favorit-
ism Of interests and all corruption,
whether in protecting blocs or in en-
riching classes at the cost of the
masses. Mr.. Davis sees nothing
through glass darkly, calls a spade
a spade, and though using no names,
he pillories the administration by in
ference because the hands OF the
party have been tied by the Old
Guard.
Every issue before the country of
Importance was touched upon by Mr..
Davis in mild and clear handling.
The things he would like to see
cleared from the political horizon he
designates and he would dump them
into the sea of oblivion where they
deserve to go.
In the beauty of it's phrasing, Mr..
Davis address of acceptance was, as
the Herald-Tribune says, in "the
smoothness and rhythm of the style
reminiscent of Mr.. Wilson's at his
best" And why should he not emu
late Mr.. Wilson whose leadership,
whose craftsmanship and whose
great and over willing abilities are a
beacon light in world history, and
whose achievements have no coun-
terpart in works that have exalted
the ideals of mankind?
1t was Mr.. Wilson, also, who said
that Mr.. Davis was the best-equipped
man in America for the office of
President. He has given the country
a refreshing something to think
about, for he has power, skill, initia-
tive. Three cardinal virtues in a
statesman, proving him a worthy sue
cessor to Tilden, Cleveland or Will
son-and his are worthy shoulders.
The speech as a whole is attacked
by the Republican partisan press as
misfit, but that isn't true. They know
that Davis is great man, with the
ability to execute his pledges. The
country may not accept him, but he
has made the whole world take no.
tice. Honest opinion of the Davis
speech, even among many of his op-
ponents, ranks it very high.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15

Appalling figures, but they do not
tell the whole story even at that
Dishonesty is increasing.
Before the war the insurance com.
panies estimated that there were
three burglaries to one fire; today
there are seven. In 10 years, the
ratio of automobile thefts to the total
valuation has increased over five
times.
Surety companies today are paying
six times as much for embezzlements
and IL times as much for burglaries
as was true 10 years ago.
And, think of the worthless goods
sold, the thousands of articles lost
and found that are never returned,
the cheating in examinations at
schools and colleges, the vast, vast
number of petty deceptions that are
practiced in all the walks of life and
which are not tabulatedi
Depressing? Yes. Depressing
enough to invite reaction-to chal-
lenge men and women and children
to revolt and battle for right.
o"eh VI c'CAy ohohoo, ohoi ISom
ing, crime, one or all, there are hu-
man beings. aftermath of war;"
movies" prohibition and all the
other stock explanations for evil
movements and conditions are piffle.
They are resorts, not causes.
There is sorrow, of course, and char
ity, but there is no mitigation for dis
honesty, no extenuation for being a
cheat.
The easiest, most natural and very
finest answer to all the demands and
problems of life-the answer that
best meets all moral questions of hu-
manity--is, "Be Square,"
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
A PRIZE FIGHTING FRAUD

The case of one Norman Selby,
known as "Kid Mccoy" the prize
fighter, is one of the most revolving
in the history of crime. All of his
life he has been a cheat, utterly lack
ing in principle and unworthy as the
filthiest cur From the published
records of the man he was from the
beginning of his career false to every
ideal of even prize ring rules of fair
ness. The arraignment he gets at the
hands of the Big City press has been
warranted, no doubt. So long as he
could fake some one, he was in his
element. His record is one of shame
full indecency. And from the fact
that he has been married ten times,
three times to the same woman, is
evidence of the low order of his NOR
ais. Press reports of his killing his
last affinity in California are still a
tangled mess, but there is sufficient
known that proves his depravity as a
man who allowed desire to disgrace
his sex.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
LAW MAKING MANIA

Uncle Sam is afflicted with the law,
making mania. His case is the
worst in the history of the world.
The output is so large that the law
Libraries cannot house it, the lawyers
cannot digest or assimilate it.
1t is said to be fact that the forty
eight state legislatures enact more
laws than are even proposed by five
great nations.
The ratio before the law was fifty
new laws in our country to one by
any great nation Of Europe.
1t takes $50 large volumes to hold
in printed form the Supreme Court
opinions on questions of constitutions
ality.
The law library of Columbia Uni
versity contains 100000 volumes and
increases at rate of 5000 year.
Why not stop manufacturing so
many laws, try enforcing some of
them and repeal some of the others
A small legislative output would be
an evidence of political sanity.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
DOWN HON e"

The old friends and neighbors oil
John w. Davis, of Clarksburg, w. Va,
elected him to be President of the
United States last Saturday. They
didn't issue the commission to the
Office, but uncovering his long and
really great career, it seemed natural
to these good people that Mr.. Davis,
already a candidate for President,
should end the whole thing then and
there. What was the necessity of a
long and tiresome campaign, anyhow? ?
John" "Our john" he was and is.
So even a Republican judge said that
even If the formalities of an election
had not been enacted, what difference
did that make? There they were, his
old friends and playmates, all were
gathered to give him the most warm
hearted, wholesouled welcome that
any man ever got, and he was all
choked up with the emotion of the
kindly tribute and couldn't say any.
thing much-it was all so tender and
true and kind and all that, and a
whole lot more besides-so why not
just call the election off and make
Our John" President then and there
That was the real heart of the big
commotion they created at Clarksburg
for John w. Davis when he went back
to be informed that the big convention
at Madison Square Garden had nomi
mated him as its unanimous choice for
the biggest Office in the world!
Mr.. Davis may we'll be proud of his
hometown welcome. 1t was the sort
Of honor that real man deserves, and
whether he Is victorious next Novem
Der is no sign that his own people dc
not honor him as the salt of the
earth. Maybe that Clarksburg recep
tion will awaken the natives to 6
fuller appreciation of John w. Davis
who seems to grow upon acquaint
ances, and who seems to be made III
of the right sort of stuff after all, not
withstanding his modesty has beer
keeping him out of the limelight al
these years. 1t somehow looks al
though Mr.. Davis has grown il
stature these last few weeks, and tha
he is really worth while. Maybe his
honest government" ideals will bt
caught up and sent on so that he will
be even larger in the public eye thar
he was a month ago when people
didn't know so much about him
That's the way Destiny has of crown
ing her children who have proven
worthy to wear the diadem. 1t was
at least refreshing to read about what
happened at Clarksburg last week
and any man could afford to sink his
politics at moment when thu
hour seemed to be one of consecratior
on merit alone.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
Largest Floor Space

Largest Floor Space
With 10000 square feet, the Fifth
Regiment Armory in Baltimore is said
to have the largest floor space under
one roof in the world.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
Marini Starts
His Campaign

Mayor Joseph w. Marini of Cliffside
Park has begun his political cam
paign and he was indorsed by the
Bergenfield Women's Republican Club
at meeting in Bergenfield last Fri
day.
In his address to the Women's Re-
publican Club Mr. Marini emphasized
the need of economy in county ex-
penditures which is the means of low
er taxation.
Friday evening Mr.. Marini attend
ed and addressed a meeting in Tea
neck, where there were many other
prominent county and state Repub-
licans present who made political
speeches.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
Brothels in Bergen County

Prosecutor of the Pleas Hart's
office was not established for the
purpose of raiding and closing dis
orderly houses. Such work belongs
to the local police, who, in some
of the towns in Bergen County have
very little else to do most of the
time.
But the Prosecutor, in the name
of common decency is compelled
every now and then to take action.
He did so last week in Carlstadt,
where he charges, the police are
crooked and where they evidently
are crooked, and the week before in
Hasbrouck Heights.
Such places, as Outwater Inn
ought not to be allowed to exist in
any decent town. But there are
a good many similar places scat
tered through Bergen County.
They are not hotels, they are not
restaurants, they are saloons, or
brothels, or both.
They are the kind of places which
turned America to prohibition. In
them disease is bred and murder
planned and sometimes committed.
This county is now being put to
great expense to run down the MUIR
derer of the owner Of Outwater Inn.
In his raids of last week the
Prosecutor acted to some extent up
on the complaint of the State Board
of Health, which has a bureau
charged with the duty of tracing
to their source communicable dis
eases. These complaints led to some
of the disreputable roadside resorts
in this county.
Everyone Of these places is
known to the municipal officials and
the police. They ought to be
wiped out. They are not wanted
in America, especially in the re-
spectacle sections of America.
Every one of them could be
closed in a month if honest Mayors
would pick out trustworthy police.
men, plant them in front of each
of them and make a raid now and
then.-Evening Record.
Nine-tenths of our social troubles
can be traced to the many fool laws
that are enacted and never en-
forced. Many really good laws are
negatived by others that are put on
the statute books for this very pur-
pose. Almost anything nowadays
may be evaded technically.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
BUSINESS BRAINS

Most Of the quarter horses on life's
track excuse themselves by saying
they lack business brains. And all
of them are right.
1t is lack of business brains that
causes the long list of business
troubles" printed in the daily news
papers. 1t is a shortage of business
brains that keeps the courts con-
stantly appointing receivers for bank
rupt concerns.
But to think that business brains
are inherited, like a talent for draw
ing or music, is a mistake. Business
brains are built up by observation
and attention to business.
1t is true that some men have what
is called the trading instinct and some
do not. But the youth of average in
telligence who has a job in any in
dustry can cultivate business brains
by doing his work carefully and keep
ing his eyes and ears on the alert.
In every Main street in every city,
town and village there are many
stores which do prosperous trade
and which will continue to do pros
porous trade as long as the men who
conduct them are alive and on the job.
The business brains that direct
these concerns were not inherited.
Trace back the men at the head of
these various enterprises to their boy
hood and you will find that they were
ordinary boys, fond of sports and
hunting and all the activities that ap-
peal to youth.
They did not think in terms of
business when they were young. But
they did have active minds and when
Palisadian., 1924-08-15

they transferred their thoughts from
play to work their minds continued
active. When they got into business
as clerks they took enough interest
III what they were doing to find out
all there was to find out about it.
They were not afraid to work after
hours or to put in little extra time
out of hours learning something more
about their duties. Their lives being
cast in business lines they developed
their minds along business lines.
And because they did this the bust
ness brains lust grew"
Palisadian., 1924-08-15
BHHHHH
FRIDAY. AUGUST IS. 1924

/ do the very best l kmoao
h0av, the very best l can,
and / mean to Keep doing
so till the end; If the end
brings me out all right,
aUhat is said against me
wcn't amount to anything.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Palisadian., 1924-08-15

Honeymooning in Smekmonad
The Swedes have pretty word for
the phrase honeymooning." They
call it smekmonad, or the caressing
month.
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COMING EVENTS

March 19-Christian Civic League OF
Maine, annual meeting, Watcrvillc.
March 1y-20-Maine State conference
Of ID. A. r., Bath.
March. 22-23-A conference and scho9i
of officers of Infantry, staff 43d Dr.
vision c. o., etc, Portland.
March 24-City election, Oidtown.
March 2S--Kennebec County s. S. In
stitute for ChiIdren's Department
supts. and >. S. sup.s.. Augusta,
Conference, Augusta
March Sl-April Annual Farmers
week at the College of Agriculture,
University OF Maine. Orono.
April 2--Annual meeting Maine Fed
Grafton OF Agricultural Association
April s-Maine State Republican con-
vention. Portland City hall. 10 A. Nj
April 7-City election. Calais.
April S-14-Maine Methodists annual
conference, Portland.
May S--W. &, y. ". Jubilee, Portland.
May 9-W. 6 IT. u. Jubilee, Augusta
May 9-10-Kennebec w. c. 7. U. con-
May 11--W. G. z. Y. Jubilee. Bangor.
May 12-W. c. 4. U. Jubilee, Calais
May 21--Kennebec County Sunday
School Association annual conven'
tion. Baptist church, North Vassai-
May 22-23-Maine Library Association
annual meeting, Senate Chamber
State House, Augusta.
May 22-24-Interstate vocational con-
ference. Bangor.
June .11--National Republican conven-
ton, Cleveland. Ohio, ii A. NJ.
officers school. Fort Wright. Long
June is.si-Fieid sArtillery school,
Pressure Isle.
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Editors Table

New because of its age. "Redburn,
His First Voyage" by Herman Mel
VILE, written IS years ago, has q ro-
mantle appeal for all lovers of trav-
ell stories, particularly those of the
sea. The recent centenary of this
writer has created new interest in
his work and this book is without
doubt one of the finest Stories of the
sea that has ever been written as
well as one of his best works.
"Redburn" treats of the actual life
OF the author on n four months voy-
age to Liverpool and hack TO New
York in the DAYS when ocean COM
merce was carried on largely by
great sailing vessels. 1t describes
conditions as they existed at that
time upon the ships of our merchant
marine as we'll as upon the ships of
ether nations, and the book brings
out in vivid contrast, the changes
which have taken place in ocean
travel since that~timc.
Tpe opening chapters tell of the
youthful romancing of Redburn be-
lore he found it necessary because
of reduced circumstances to ship be-
fore the mast, and of the way in
which he secured O berth on the
Highlander
The happenings of the eastward
voyage, when as a green young boy,
he came in contact with an entirely
new class of companions and with
work such as he had never before
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done, are chronicled with great clear
ness and the description of his work
and companions give an excellent
idea of the conditions under which
the sailors of the first half of the 10Th
century were compelled to labor.
While the ship was locked in Liv-
erpool, Redburn was able to visit
about the city and he took delight in
looking over the different vessels
locked there. many of them coming
from far countries. He gave very
fine description of these craft and
their crews. In his Journeying about
the streets of the city he has several
adventures and gives q vivid descrip-
ton of the conditions prevalent in
that city nearly 100 years ago. Some
of these conditions We're very pic
turesque while others were deplor-
able in the extreme.
After an eVentful voyage home,
Redburn receives another shock,
when upon coming up for his paS
he is informed by the' hard hearted
master that he owes the master
money, instead of the master owing
him money.
The book is copyrighted in 1924 by
l.. G. Page and Co, Boston. 1t is es-
pecMlly attractive both as story
and as a ~book. being bound in blue
with small cut of {. square rigger
upon the front cover.