Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 13, 1913, Page 4

I‘-, [ H H I # nother copy of the Lakeland Tele- 'e venlno |e euram gram has arrove. This makes the |fourth in zbout as many months. Published every afternoou from the | \We would be pleased to get it more Kentucky Buiiding, Lakeland, Fla. |regularly, but we are forced to admit that ‘e been able to continue Entered in the postoftice at Lakz {our editorial department, even in its wnd, Floride, ae meil matter of the absence.—Fort Myers Press. we g cless. { Bless you, , we thought you - were getting it rizbt along, and, con- EDITOR. e&idering that you have only had four copies in four monthg, we think you |have been getting out a mighty good The Press is one of our anges and we hope to t the Telegram more fre- we t — rot M. E HETHERINCTON, SUBBURIFLUIUN HATEY: Omg year .. vssaes-$6.00 paper. Iz months 1 Pare¢ monthe . ....... Dalivered apywhbere witnin the guently herealter. t2its of the City of Lakelaud Zor 1t " 8 week fromw the sawe oftice 18 isgued THE LAKELAND LWEWS | iy { In Piz Si7no Vinces! That is the T.\)n an under which the boy farmers ,of Florida, having done such wonder- [f :] thinge with their corn clubs, are # week!y newspaper giving & resume pow invited by the a--reultural de- o local matters, erop conditions |jurtment to £o forth #nd seek new prunty effairs, etc. Sent anywnere woride to conquer by organizing ftor 31 00 per year. ' 1 all over the State. same laurels and pive ag w vin the with corn be lorida wi 2 her own br and The recent grticle in the Teleoran ‘ PR SR or e o £ i Pictures of Lakeland's new $125,- ;"' ; _ {000 Kibler bote) sl a Enlend \ L4 ftructure nd in a dry county and and v 1 6lornio ! 1 ! 2 RPUTS o s st tishiod, ar on or . : : putror tr a3 ) oA Ao th new to e troces m of t c"f‘ MERAINTOEE : { for the touricte ae well ag the and praise under the zhove cantion | i % | rit1zeng, and we ian 't gwap one we renroduce with much .:aut.z;tuun.’ allon of §t for @il (he ved iicker in The Journal ea'&: ‘ 3t. Petersburg “The Lakeland Te ram hag just| B passud its gecond heay., It is dl‘ season for “shop-early” fine, luety younsste nd the Jour-|. the Florida press is now ne B toe now u tie indications are for passed ite teethine period, Nine its [ nd more comme — 0 - vers forteble. and e - TP N % : ‘ t LAZ0R NEWS AND NOTES hizily nutritio e fand” which 4 e X eELary Lo ite existencr Faitor Heth- | ine Jabor the erin ton this anneal to his| guqy gulceritors and odoertirers, which! S will strike a regpousive chord ir I The Frenct ernmant hias dapial br f mauy Fiorida Lewspaper cq to eet te second aerial line Aitore 1 editors Yof the postul service Avd then reproducine our parab) —_— of the row, that paper conclude hi *g @ result of the war department thece words which we commend togaction i witht ng payments, a, our recders at ovinion of vre of | amnlete reoveanjzation of the Ar the capable, s ceessful and dis | kansus National Guard to meet the| cr iting newsparer publishers|requirements of the Lick law, s} and editors in the South, Frank L. |promised. Meayes, who can gize up a paper and Mo its merits with the quick and ac I'enry C, Stnart, governor-elect of | curate expert: “The Lakeland Telegram belongs to| the bLetter babies clase, and certainly, it the people of Lakeland fdea of values they will not let thi s luety youngster perigh . The TeleerdIn Women shou!d be & ribbon winner, and de- serves every ¢ood thing that the peo- ple of Lakeland can do for the en- conravement of its prowth, If it was left to the decision of a committee of Judees composed of the Florida press it would win any number of Better| Tippine has been abolished at the Baby certificates, and they wounld be Union station, Portland, Ore. Pas- redeemable in good coin of the|fen<ers are not only ureed reteto o' realw.” fer them, bnt porters have been for- bidden to accert tirs. To comnen- €ate for their loss of revenue from thig fonree the porters bave recejved judgement of a consummate | Virzinia, is a firm friend of labor and promises the oral impeortant e '$ to improve con- have an|When he is inauzurated, anpearine from the streets of Parig. Six years a-o they numbered fully one hvndred: now there are only six or seven, and of these all but one will soon give up the calling, PRSIESISERSY S . Orange county hag stenped up very | near to the head of the votinz by an overwhelmine majority 0.000 to he procession by | ¥ | & gubstantial advance in galaries. 7 usel & bond iefue of $6 for the congtruction of o | . ! Na woman whn warle {n the State gretem of bard rosds in that county. Florida Sk o L S counties are falline ir 'r- £ ranidly | v 5 A R B L =0 oY work mret Ye poid 00 eontg Pgil good roaus that there secms to Ye nol thik Famo eg must be raiged to peed to avitate the weretion of oley . ney Rrote e of Londe for that pornos z Al e SOVE F¥ AT-Y.D\Y c.?m-r' 1; b almost automatically into a State CREAT SYUTELLE §TOTS good roads gystem A pting ' - 0 1of the showmsg gince the State Senator Mudsan beog shown davs when bitvited himself a sacacions politician in de- “ clolpoted Ving howes, Fxes'sior elining to become a candidute “or theiwith ove rine ord other thinee iy United States Senate to v':vl,' Sen- | nronorties Ton he snre “thoes we=e ator Fletcher. *nd now if Mr. Phil- harny dave” bot times =-n peanle lips can be induced to manifest an have choneed. Moetrs thie, nat eqral sagacity and curb his sena- e 9.Pir Showsg that that Great torial ambition, the present alion- Showmen €{o Qante'la, il pregent ment will remain as it i und we wi') to vou here in Lakeland, Nov. 15, af have a trianeular dvel in this State, te v nl ni~he with Fletcher, Stockton und Gj! Read thelr comnleteness and mae- christ at their respective corners, ' =i ener Aterd to the pesortian ready to shoot like the m: le artil- thev oreunv twn traine in ginapate lery—at all points of the comvuase. feetions. That the nine hireect por that will attract national, perhaps forming Asiatie elenhants in the fnternational, attenion. world sre 2t the hesd of the load — 0 - foat res d ard tame animals The Bagford Herald comnlaing covonge the mana~erie: from the thot the clity campaion «oere jc on- tirely too tame, and with candidateg for mayor neither one has made » gneech dorine the cammaion oys t Man allve, speech makine has gone hanny-family eace. ouvt of fashfon in this da of the Twn hordred pewepaner with its uneqnalled facil- eamect horeoe that ever ¢home-cd a fties for gnreading ta'k thry ok world We have just city campaien in Lakeland 2nd none hundred performers, ¢ of our randidates made Snew-featnre’ ¢l e They did much better by usinz the “‘clogs ™ hosnitahle ecolumns of the Teleram evervthine ahont thie oveot ey Vinely lian. tawry nanther, snatted two live leanard, st=imed hvens and 0!l the rare derizens of farest pnd ecerelade down tn the mon! at oten the head of the hand the it in bhoarness oF voder caddline conelnded a V'andad and with “meeet the ton APed. mact imer to present their views o2nd in that tian jg striet’y ne from the way reached voters they could not tone tn the “Flues™ af 1ha interinr h«_n.’n snnealed to by the o'd moethade Frerythinz rew, bt the bocceg: and of oratory. It takes a bir man to thev are in the re-incarmmation zane draw a crowd there dayg, And mort *-te feavtosnc ang ercomila__pyen eandidates reco~nizin= the /ifien]- the clowns' jakes arel atest. wp-tn- ties of -esembline an avd'ence, do the-minnte ealibre, and orizinality is thelr talking through the press. jat a premfum, | | i the legiclating bodies. , goverument, many interesting results would follow | would be & most desirable and businescli i possible for the people to exercise a direct and recommendation of gev- ditions of working men in Virginia | cab drivers are fart dis-! NOV. 13, 1913. THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LA¥BLAND, FLA. WOODROW WILSON AND THE SHOAT BALLOT How Wilson Organized the Short Eallet Movement Up to 1910 Mr. Wilson's docirine of simplified, re: sponsible government had only cussed in intellectual Every serious writer on American government practice of electing a multitude of them had suggested any con attempt had been made to convince the great American public of their folly; the people were cousidered hope lessly wedded to the motion that electing & multitude of officers is the very essence of democracy. In July, 1909, ap article by Richard S. Childe bad &p- IL been extensively dis circles or later had deplored the But pone No BOC LCETS. re remedies, Woodrow Wilson { peared in one of the weekly magazines in which the evils of the elective system and the obvious remedy was discussed under the title of “The Short Ballot.” This supplied the necessary catch-word which ie always necessary to make an idea “go,” in the popular sense. Later on, the author, with Mr. Wilson and several well known editors, called & Short Ballot Con- ference which banqueted at the Hotel Astor in New York city on January 21, 1910, At this meeting Mr, Wilson explained that the object of the organization was to gain the adherence of as many men of infiuence as possible, of what- ever party, and to interest those actually in charge of administration, so that they might aid by their practical knowledre of affuirs and their influence with “Above all,” he eaid, “we should seck to make the prin- It is not & camw- discugsion. ciples we hive in mind the sgubject of co ipaign of information.” e methods by which we have paign of education we have in mind, but a On the problem itself he said in part:—* sought to establish popular control really dest every office, great and small, elective. We have defined the duties and powers of each office by statute and we bave nowhere united the offices thus set up in it. We have sought to make any coherent, interdependent system. Each officer has derived his authority from particular legislation and his office directly from the people. He has therefore, been in no legal sense subordinate to any other officer, has owed obedience to no one except those who elected him, has been obliged to co- operate with no one except those with whom the gtatute upon which he stood commanded him to co-eperate. It has been a system of executive action laid apart in complete analysis, and each item of the analyzed structure made independent of the rest..........If the great multitude of minor and petty offices were taken out of the elective list and werc trans‘crmed into appointive offices, if the people were called upon to choose only those who ou under istration of any reasonable gystem to be in responsible charge of the adm In the first place, it f the zation ment itself, because it would give it administrative cohesion and a systematic relation of parts, unity and efficiency. would be the re-establishment of popular coutrol, becuuse it would make it What is much more important, it ut control over th vomination and election of the central authoritative officers’ ding of the Short The immediate outcome of this occasion was the Pallot Orgauization, of which Mr. Wilson was elected, a It was he who drew up the vital section in its co The campaign for simplified government to which Mr. W of his great personal prestige will be treated of in the next 1tior MANY STATES MOVE TOWARD SHORT BALLOT, | In the lower house of the North Dako’a Legislature, Reprocentative Snvder has introduced & measure which would apply the St ot to the State government. By the provisions of this, the Governor's e would be extended from two to four years, and he would intment of a Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superinter ¢ Instruction Corumistioner of ! General and one Commissioner of Agriculture and e the app t of Publ 5, and Attorne) rance, three Commissioners of Railioud Latcr, Telegram 10c Week will be wcll=dresscd; tut bow about the diner--3you? If you feel thorkful en November 27th, why rot look 17 You'll le tte l Ficture of eppreciaticnin | Your Thanksgiving Dinner a nice Autumn su:t tail- ored t0 your indivicual mceasurements by EdV.Price&Co Ncrchant Tai'ors, Chicego Order Yours Teday “Tashion Shop Fer Men” What 1t Takes To Fit Your Fee WE HAVE IT We carry all sizes in stock Ladies’ Ato E Men’s B 10 } Chilcren’s Shoes--All Lerthers Choose Your Style, We Guarantee aFj Ii’s a Pleasure to Show Our Goods fhe CHgoy 2w DUTTON-HARRIS CC. AVEILE Fcot-Fitters | Silver Palace | Ice Cream Parlors LRANE BUILDING Q@ Everybody “cerdially invited. 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