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presidential nominees, might be COM
promise possibilities. The further the
campaign goes, the more remote sp-
pears the possibility that Al Smith can
be nominated. If the Smith alliance
can kill Roosevelt. he can have no
hope Of ever getting the backing of the
Roosevelt group.
The closer 1t gets to the convention
and the more clearly the elements of
strength and drift Of sentiment in the
party become, the stronger grows the
Roosevelt candidacy.
It appears almost a certainty today
that Roosevelt will have a majority on
the first ballot. Only collapse Of his
candidacy which alienates delegates
now in line for him can prevent his
having that majority. And the history
Of the party is that no man ever yet
has had a majority on the first ballot
and not been nominated. Two have
had majorities and failed Of nomina-
ton. but not on the first ballot
The Is delegates added to his list this
week in Delaware, Colorado and Utah
give Gov Roosevelt total Of 499 actu-
ally pledged. That count includes so
from Pennsylvania, where the RooSe-
welt forces recently took over control
of the State organization and claim Sc
delegates. It includes only two in
structed from New York, and the poll
ticians here concede minimum of SO
from his home State, regardless of
whether or not he openly breaks with
TammaSy over Mayor Walker
Forty delegates from Louisiana, Ar
kansas. the Philippines and Porto Rico
have indicated preference for Roosevelt
but are not pledged OF the l24 yet
to be elected. close to 100 are classed
as leaning to Roosevelt and are ex-
pected to instruct for him
Therefore, If allowance is made for
extravagant claims Of campaign man.
ayers and enthusiastic supporters. it
does seem reasonably sure that Roose-
welt will 60 well past the ma jority mark
and probably even beyond 600 on the
first ballot.
His opponents fully recognize that to
defeat candidate with that kind Of
lead is a political task of magnitude,
but they are determined to make the
try and will rot give up until the votes
are counted.
tCopyright, 1922
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months to the extent Of approximately
q quarter of q million dollars. That
was early in 1927. A little less than
three years later. after the mayors re-
election, q municipal ordinance was
adopted raising the salaries Of elder
men and common councilmen and
boosting that Of the mayor from $4,000
to $4,000 year. To silence criticism
Of his action in signing the ordinance
the mayor announced that he was 60
ing to give the difference, or $4,000
q yeay, to charity for the remainder Of
his term. total of $4,000. Since
then nothing has been heard about that
charity donation. Somehow or other
1t seems to have slipped from attention.
BY the time this increase In salary took
effect the joint account benefaction
was in its final stages. Were the do
nations to charity suspended after the
mayor ceased to receive his profits from
the stock market transactions Of his
kind friend?
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A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., IL. D,
Bishop OF Washington

It Is an interesting and significant
fact that the great Master Of men on
the night of His betrayal instituted as
q memorial Of the design and purpose
Of His ministry what has come to be
known as the holy communion. He
took the homeliest, simplest form OF
our daily practice and converted it into
q holy ONCE and made 1t the supreme
service of His church throughout the
ages that were to follow. 1t was to
speak to men in understandable terms
of His life and sacrifice. In all the
changed and changing circumstances OF
life through the long centuries this
service has continued to be the focal
point in the worship Of His church.
do this in remembrance Of Me-" was
His parting command. When he gave
the promise of the holy spirit. He said
concerning His mission, HE shall bring
all things to your remembrance, what
soever have said unto you"
To make memory serve its highest
sentiment Of life rich, strong and
profitable, we need to have definite pc
RODS when we reflect upon those in
cidents and personalities that have con-
tributed to the enrichment Of life and
to the realization of its highest and
hottest purposes Our growth. whether
material or spiritual, is conditioned by
q consistent recognition Of all those
elements that strengthen and stabilize
character We should be impoverished
indeed. and lose much out Of our life
were we to forget the rich and fruitful
record Of our history It is true that
our yesterdays largely determine our
todays and that we prepare for the
future by taking account Of the story
Of the past
Thou shalt remember all the way
which the Lord thy God led thee" was
the wise admonition to an ancient peo-
pie. Thus again with loving affection
and high praise we turn to those who
in other days gave Of their best-yes,
of their all-that this Nation under
God should not perish from the earth.
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That Empty Senate Chamber.

Members Of the Senate appear to
have been quite annoyed by the pub
licity given to the fact that on Thurs
day morning last at 10 o'clock the fall
Of the Vice Presidents gavel found the
Upper Chamber Of Congress empty.
Complaint Is made that this news re-
port Of an unprecedented situation
conveys an impression throughout the
country that the members of the Sen
ate are "tardy, Indifferent, unsolicitous
Of the welfare Of the people. with not
SUFFICIENT regard for the public interest
to be present when the Senate con-
venes."
No harm has been done by the publ
cation in question. Indeed, good was
actually accomplished. because the ex-
plantations which it evoked gave the
country fully to understand that the
members Of the Senate were not in fact
negligent Of their duties In the cham
Der, but were busy In committee rooms.
1t is not news to the people at large
that much important work Is done in
committees. Nor Is it news that the
Senate often meets with only handful
of members on the floor. Even when
there Is continuing order Of busi-
ness" which limits the minor routine
to a minimum, the first half hour does
not actually require the presence Of the
fifty per cent Of membership that the
rules demand. But there must be at
least two or three gathered together"
Although the day on which the rap
of the Vice Presidents gavel sounded
to an otherwise empty chamber was the
26th Of May, legislatively the day was
May 8. The Senate has not adjourned
since the 7th, being held in continuous
session. with overnight recesses, for the
consideration Of the tax bill. Every
body knows that the vote on the bill
itself will not take place for several
days Everybody also knows that ample
notice will be given Of the votes on
important amendments. 1t 50 happened
that everybody" but the Vice President
took it for granted that enough Of the
others would be present to effect a
proper session on the morning Of the
26th when the Senate met at the un-
usual hour of 10 o'clock. But that
simply did not happen. and hence the
call for a quorum and the publication
and consequently the explanations. Let
there be no mistake about the fact
that the Senate is working hard The
country's prayer is that it will work
effectively and speedily.
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dollar. It could not be used as general
backing to protect the parity of all
money.
A still further advantage Is that use
Of the Aldrich-Vreeland currency would
provide q market for local government
bonds. State, county and municipal
bonds are eligible for use as collateral
against the issue of Northumberland
currency. A number of communities
have seen their bonds decline some
what in value through lack of demand.
Here would develop strong demand
for two or three billion of such secur-
tiles, and that demand would assuredly
raise their market value. Instead Of
lying idle In safe-deposit boxes, they
would be helping to make available to
the public a currency which is needed
TO raise the price level, bring back pros
perity and get the public debt reduced
to more manageable proportions.
Hoarding Makes Hard Times.
There would be a special degree of
fairness in devoting these bonds to such
a use, inasmuch as they enjoy exemp-
ton from taxation by the Federal Gov
eminent. They would, in a measure, be
paving for the special privilege they
enjoy.
Money has not been coming cut of
boarding a. rapidly as it was hoped the
Glass-Steagall measure would bring it
out. boarding in itself is one of the
major causes of the presence of hard
times. The American people, because
OF a curious psychological stage fright,
have been throwing away about s32,-
100000 OF earning every year. At con-
sentative rates of interest that is the
n ~ al,
would draw in bank interest. This is
not the income on possibly speculative
investments, merely what the banks
would pay for the custody of the money.
Were this money on deposit where it
could be devoted to constructive uses it
would earn for the banks S72 600 600
The borrowers, employing the funds IN
constructive enterprises, would doubtless
add another 500 900 ,000 All of this
money is being tossed away for a within
by that portion of the American people
who fear the Broken specter of still
harder times. Hcarding is one of the
surest ways TO bring about still harder
times
The crux of the situation is that
enough currency must be poured out to
make boarding appear as ridiculous as
II Is. With plenty of money in cireula-
ton, hoarders will speedily feel sheepish
and bring their boards to light, deposit
ing what the rats have not eaten or the
mildew destroyed. A plethora of cur
rency is believed to be the soundeSt cure
for boarding and timidity.
Economists recognize that imitation
can go too far. That is one of the great
advantages Of the Northumberland sys-
TEN. The emergency currency must pay
tax which is graduated upward the
longer it remains in circulation. The
result is. inevitably, that it flows out
quickly when needed and retires with
equal speed when it has accomplished
its purpose. leaving no large body of I'M
redeemed currency in Use
In the matter of this emergency cur
rency the American people are like q
man who is starving because he has for
gotten that he tucked some money away
in an inside pocket for emergencies.
The United States has got more than
$4,000, 100000 tucked away in this
manner.
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which Is to be pushed ahead Of id
vancing troops and Is designed to
catch the bullets from enemy guns.
Unfortunately no specifications are
forthcoming to explain the operation
as q practicable device. This. OF course,
Is merely an armored shield, old as
war itself, but with the merit Of gath
ering for possible later use, the missiles
OF the foe. Another project Is an
elaboration Of the tank, an armored car
with saw blades working In advance
and on the sides to NOV down the
enemy. The height Of daring is reached
in the proposal Of . combination motor
machine gun and pillow, which is urged
as a means Of tilling the soil without
yielding to the bandit.
1t has been said that the next war"
will be too horrible in its destructive
ness to be endured for even a matter
Of days. perhaps Of hours. Hints are
given of secrets Of invention capable Of
slaughter on . scale never before
known. Gases Of far more deadly
effect and devices for their projection
to a distance not before possible are
minated Then there are the so-called
capable Of annihilating life
over great areas without the least risk
to the user. It Is not safe to deride
such suggestions as fantastic and i'm
probable, even though no absolute
novelty Of invention was developed
during the Great War. That conflict
quickened research and led to numer-
Gus discoveries in the laboratories that
have subsequently been applied to
peaceful arts. The electric eye" Tor
example, may play a vital part in any
var that may be later fought.
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New York's Farm Relief"

Gov Roosevelt'S back -to-the-farm
plan for partial relief of some of the
woes of unemployment in the industrial
cities will be watched with interest
throughout the country. 1t is putting
into practice, in small way, one Of
the most widely held theories concern
ing the disposition of the hundreds of
thousands of families left isolated and
destitute in the cities by the receding
tide of employment, who are wholly de-
pendent now upon charity for food and
other bare essentials of life. The plan
local relief organizations, is for the rental
of what are termed Subsistence farms"
the rental paid from public funds-and
for the eventual transfer to these farms
OF what the Governor calls "a sub
stantial portion" of the families left
destitute in the cities.
1t is a plan that can give to some
a foothold and confidence again in a
civilization which has hurled them as
a machine does part Of belt" said
the Governor.
1t might be added, however, that it
Is a plan capable of working terrific
hardship and distress upon the trans
planted families unless it is admins
tered with extreme care. One Of the
precautions adopted at the outset in
New York is to select, in the beginning,
only those families recently come from
the farm and who possess at least an
elementary knowledge of farming. One
of the dangers to be avoided is the
enticement Of city-bred families to the
farm, where they would find themselves
more helpless than fish out Of water.
For while bare living can be gained
from the soil by those who have learned
some OF the secrets of natures alchemy,
it is living gained by toll that never
ends. An ignorant man can be as
helpless on the farm as In the city,
and the establishment after fond
dreams of riches from the earth is more
than often bitter and painful.
There are millions of farmers today
bern and bred on the farm, who are
destitute and bankrupt. They might
ironically inquire Of Gov. Roosevelt when
there will be announced plan for the
transfer to the cities of the farmers
who, by State aid and public funds, will
be given some employment to exc out
bare existence during the time of
trouble. 1t might be argued that If 1t
Is logical to transfer the unemployed
Of the cities to the farms, it would be
as logical to accompany the movement
b. transfer Of farmers to the city.
But it would be unfair to dispose Of
Gov Roosevelt's scheme in that manner
ard to predict for it only failure. The
advantage Of the destitute farmer ever
his destitute cousin of the city is that
the farmer usually has, at any rate, food.
II the great State of New York were
able to institute plan Of State farm
tenantry on large scale, with the idea
merely of augmenting other relief work,
the experiment would at least produce
figures of the relative cost Of sup
porting idle men and women in the
country and in the city.
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War and Invention.

Throughout the history Of warfare
runs a record of human 1nventiveness.
The greatest of necessities, that Of self
preservation, has stimulated the in
genuity of man to the utmost in the
time of conflict. Every war that has
been fought since man began to mass
In onset and defense has produced some
device to inflict greater punishment or
to resist assault more effectively. The
Great War, which lasted longest of all
modern conflicts and involved the larg-
est number of nations and individuals,
yielded perhaps the longest record of
improvements" though very few If any
absolute inventions. The machine gun
was development of the old "Gatling"
and the mitrailleuse. The use Of barbed
wire was an application Of a common
place material in development Of the
ancient abatis and the cheveaux de
frise. The employment Of concrete in
trench making was the use OF the best
possible material for quick-hardening
breastworks in replacement of earth and
assembled stones. Poison gas dated
back to very old times the new device
being the counteragent or gas mask.
Camouflage went to great lengths of
ingenuity and variety, but the prin-
ciple of concealment by illusion is al
most as old as Nature itself. Airplanes
and dirigibles had been in service be-
fore the beginning of the Great War.
and their use was but natural devel-
opment. The star shell had its origin
In the Greek fire." with improvements.
The long-range gun that shelled Paris
from a distance of over seventy miles
was a magnif1cation and not an actual
novelty. The tank was perhaps the
nearest to actual invention of all the
developments Of Great War technique,
and even that had had a predecessor
IN the shield-hung chariot Of the an
Gent warrior, and was an immediate
adaptation of the caterpillar tractor.
Report comes from Toxic that as
result Of the conflict at Shanghai
Japanese inventors are bringing forward
numerous devices for which they ask
the attention of the war Office. One Of
them, as described, strikes the note Of
zeal novelty. It is sort Of funnel
shaped shield mounted on wheels,
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Upon q large sarcophagus, recently
built, that marks the place Of burial
Of George Washington's forbears, Is .
striking inscription which speaks Of
how the effacing touch Of time has
completely destroyed the record of
those who are buried in this sacred
soil. Neglect, carelessness or indiffer-
ence permitted these now ancient
marks to suffer decay and dissolution,
and only recently the generous thought
fuhess Of q group Of citizens, inspired
by the love and devotion Of woman,
has restored this ancient burying
ground and given 1t proper setting.
It Is strikingly illustrative of our
carelessness as people in properly and
adequately maintaining shrines that
recall the lives and deeds of the good
and the great. Beautiful Mount YER
non, with its rich associations. might.
have been lost to us had not a pa
triotic group rescued it from impending
disaster. Recently efforts have been
made to preserve in perpetuity the
homes Of Robert E. Lee. Thomas JEFF
ferson and others Of our notable men
whose names are tndelibly inscribed
upon the records Of our early history.
Life moves so rapidly with US today
that 1t tends to destroy our finer senti-
ment and render us unresponsive to
its strong appeal.
Americans who flock to Europe year
by year are fascinated by the glowing
memorials that are like landmarks In
the record OF national development.
Once q year We very properly set aside
a day for remembering those who gave
their all for securing to us our national
ideals. The value Of such q day. espe-
cially to the growing youth, Is incalcu-
liable We may not. except to our hurt,
forget those who have made and pre-
served US a Nation" To live solely In
the present and to think only in terms
of material satisfaction must issue In
degeneration and the loss of all that
contributes to the highest form Of pa
triotism
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Duties of a Police Chief.

If the superintendent Of police can
make heads or tails out Of the situation
in which he has been placed by the
the so-called veterans. he has at least
won a peace of mind thus far denied
to his fellow townsmen who try to
figure it out.
On Gen. Glassfords already burdened
shoulders seems to have fallen the task
Of feeding the marchers-the funda-
mental idea apparently being that the
prevention Of disorder lies, first. in the
provision Of food. But the chief reason
for fixing the responsibility where 1t
now rests Is that 1t would rest nowhere
else. The city has no money to spend
on feeding the marchers The social
agencies and welfare agencies are fac
ing deficits already. Representatives
of the responsible Federal Government
have been eloquently silent on the mat
ter. The result is that after the su-
perintendent of police went to the
White House to suggest congressional
action, one way or another, on the
bonus bill-a new role for any super
intendent Of police-he attended a
meeting Of veterans, was elected secre-
tary and treasurer of the proposed
mess fund.- and will be the custodian
Of such fund If and when it Is forth
coming. To encourage the raising Of
the needed money he made himself a
sort Of co-promoter ex oficio Of q
midnight burlesque show. to be ar
ranged as a benefit performance and
where the lid, generally speaking, will
be of" and while declining the offer
Of being made master Of ceremonies at
the show, he has said that he might
Introduce the boxers or wrestlers, and
is making arrangements in the mean
time. to build temporary barracks for
the marchers; has scurried around and
obtained the promise of two rolling
kitchens from the National Guard and
has engaged the services of some VOL
untary cooks
At the same time, starting an attack
on another flank, Gen. Glassford is
burning up the telegraph wires with
messages to the Governors Of adjoining
States, to the chiefs Of police of other
cities and to railroad presidents asking
their aid and cooperation in keeping
the marchers away from Washington.
If Gen. Glassford sat down to figure
out the reason why" such activities
should be demanded Of the chief Of
police. or, for that matter, the reason
why the marchers are coming to WASH
ingtcn and expecting to be fed and
housed, he would solve the problem in
the manner commonly associated with
the thought processes of the average
chief OF police, twiddle his thumbs and
tell the boys to get their nightsticks
ready.
Gen. Glassford, however has been
trained in another school, and one that
usually accepts no excuses for failure
to be prepared. He is an unusual super
intendent Of police and, in these DAYS.
an unsual superintendent of police Is
what Is needed in Washington.
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Manhattan Mysteries.

Mayor Jimmie Walker of New York
Is certainly unfortunate. First the
young man who took care of his bank
account, paid his bills, drew his checks
and transacted odds and ends OF his
financial affairs disappeared, and though
he has hunted for him for over six
months he has not been able to find
him. Now the mayors brother is
missing. The other day the referee of
the Legislative Investigating Committee
learned that the brother had received
for medical services-he is a practicing
physicians sum equal to half of
commission that had been paid to one
Of the witnesses on the sale of equip
ment to the City of New York. Judge
Seabury asked the mayor when he was
on the stand If he knew where his
brother was, and the mayor promised
to try to locate him. He has not been
found. The committee has been unable
to reach him either at his home or at
his Office, and his agent has also been
unable to find another physician who
shares the office room with the mayors
brother. Maybe they have just gone
out of town for a week end trip.
Maybe they have gone in search for
Sherwood, the missing accountant who
drew the mayors checks and paid his
bills and banked his money for him.
There was also Judge who disappeared
more than q year ago, and he has
never been traced. That his vanishing
had anything to do with the mayors
financial affairs has not been suggested,
but this disappearance act in connec-
ton with the investigation into the
Manhattan muddle Is certainly becom-
ing suggestive.
An interesting question Is raised in
connection with the bounty Of the
mayors charitable friend whose little
boy expressed his wonder that Mr..
Walker could live on his salary Of
$4,000 q year, and who thereupon
opened joint speculative account from
which the mayor benefited in thirty
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an inch layer will save from 80 to 40
per cent.
In referring to the financial value
added to a building by proper insula-
ton William s. Quinter Of the COM
mittee gives it as his opinion that
the trend toward more complete and
better insulation has already affected
the loan policy Of home financing in
stitutions, claiming that money spent
for insulation is being wisely spent
safer investment that appeals to hard
headed bankers"
Copyright, 1890