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Herald. LISHING COMPANY. oprietors \ew Britain - HERALD PU Suea d at He ily (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., 11d Building, 67 Church St. the Post Office at New Britain econd Class Mail Matter. elivered by 4 by cartier to any part of the city for 15 c nts a week, 65¢ a month. bscriptions fop paper to be sent by mail, payable in advance, 60 cents a month, $7.00 a year. pe only profitdble advertising medium in the city: Cireulation hooks and rress room always open to advertisers. e Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling’s News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, At- lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPH usiness Office ... ONE CALLS. Bitorial Rooms ... . .| 925 926 NO PLACE FOR POLITICS. Partisan politics should have ace in the city government insofar the operation of the various boards pd commissions are concerned. An | ftempt to flairs was made puncilman May bmmon g no bring about this state of last night when introduced the which in Council a resolution ed at the very base of fair govern- ent. He would have all boards made | Hap- Councilman Landers saved the pmmon Council from taking a yea of bi-partisan membership. y fid nay vote on the question. all consist claimed that boards and sions should of odd pmbers so that the party in power, this could | introl all the votes and thus claim sponsibility. Quigley pick to tell the Councilman from the | case the Republicans, Mayor was rst just where responsibility rests its ad. ‘the shoulder of the administration. st It has a favorite abiding place as in national government the esident must the blame b his Congress does, or ils to do, so in city government the an at the helm must the end ke the blame or the credit. The bards can better reach | if their membership made up of equal factions. Party es can and should always be sev- take what in be able to ir conclusions fed when the good of the city is con- rned, and no good Democrat would and in the way of progress, ould a good Republican. Although parties are elected because certain = fundamental nor k principles | ey advocate, the lines are not drawn clearly in city government. The | en at the head of any administra- | should be far more important an the organizations to which they blong. Once the fight for election is er, once the victor has been given pn e seat of honor, the aroma of poli- | s should escape through the near- t window. The good of the city | hinds ever and always above parties @ only evil can result if every ac- | bn of an administration is based on purely partisan political plane. In | js day and generation rise | bove the level of partisan politics | ion they have assumed duties and ksponsibilities by which they will be dged in the light of the future. men AN ISSUE IN 1920? Exactly one week after the elections, filliams Jennings Bryan visited New ork and there gave out an interview fat promises food for thought and | during the The erstwhile ate said, among other thing: cussion ter. approaching | Secretary of that | | were added to the list of dry states | Dakota and | ment providing for probition; Alaska, | of the TUnited States, an able man who was seen in New Britain during the campaign, new high mark for his party this year he gathered into the fold the total sum of 350,000 votes. That represents the total from every state in the Union, and yet four new states set a when this year,—Nebraska, Michigan, South Montana,—none being carried by the Prohibitionists. There of course, which adopted methods of enforcing prohi- bition with are other states, later prohibition importation on, as Oregon a amendment into the state of intoxi- cating liquors as beverages; which adopted a constitutional amend- Arizona, which went completely dry. Political parties may come .to the point where they will want to adopt Frohibition as the main issue in their national campaigns of the future; but prohibition need never fear for its future if political partles neglect to do this. In fact, Prohibition seems to be better off when it is disassociated from political parties. A party that has made this its one great issue and yet has failed to poll half a mil- lion votes has little hope of throw- ing the nation dry ina single day, by an amendment to the Constitution and yet the states are gradually falling into line. It would seem therefore to be a local issue all through. Each and every state in the Union knows whether it wants prohibition or not, electorate sooner or later will get a chance to cast an honest vote on the question. The state of Virginia, which went into the dry. column on the first of November held its elections on this question long before a presidential campaign was in the air, and the Pro- hibition party as a national party had little or nothing to do with the out- come. ' Tt was a question that the citizens of Virginia had to decide and they did it under the system of local option, gradually reaching the point where every county went dry. They would resented interference from the voters of other states, be- cause most of them believe even now that this is a question that must be settled by individual states. The na- tions abroad that have gone dry since | the war began have done so because of a different situation than that ' and its have prohibiting | the government of Spa submarine which has proved capable of averaging 15.36 knots per hour on the surface and which has a cruising radius of 8,000 of the way around the i in and built a | miles,—one-third arth. ACTS AND FANCI Now that Miss Jeannette Rankin has been elected to congress, the old women who have been there for years | will feel more at home—Pittsfield News. All the election prophets are doing | as well as could be expected and it is | believed most of them will recover in time to resume prophesying about the 1920 election.—New York World. Recalling a recent date, it seems to have been republican weather on a democratic day.—Brooklyn Eagle. This ought to be a pretty good time to buy a second-hand drum.—Norwich / Record. { The republicans should blame them- selves and, most of all, Mr. Wilson, not Mr. Willcox. A different republi- can party, not a different republican chairman, is what is needed.-—New York Times. The need for republican reorganiza- tion is as great now as it was follow- ing the election of 1912 when reor- ganization was only partially effected —in the opinion of many was not ef- fected at all.—New York Globe. The Colonel, of course, is “men- tioned” for 1920. He won’t talk about it, for he doesn’'t ‘*‘discuss i dreams. But he cannot so convince that the bee is not huzzing— pringfield Republican. The demand for copper and the in- creased use of the one-cent piece “have conspired to create a shortage of this humble coin.” Possibly. But the one-dollar bill is scarcer still— Providence Journal. Villa bandits are’ reported marching toward American forces in Mexico. | Considering the time they have been advancing, according to reports the past few weeks, they should be pretty near their destination by this time.— Middletown Press. In Defense of Ministers’ BoOys, (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) Who in American history were the sons of ministers. Of the famous Emerson, Holmes, Parkman, Sloan, writers there stand Lowell, Bancroft, Gilder and Henry which exists in America, and there is no way of drawing a comparison. In | a republic it would be difficult to get a sweeping order against the use of intoxicants; but once let all the states in the union go dry of their own voli- tion and no power on earth will ever , secure an amendment to the Consti- | tution rescinding the will of the peo- ple. Once America is dry it will be dry forever. A BLUNDER. i Palitical hostility in the Canadian | capital has resulted in the resignation ' of Sir Sam Hughes from the cabinet as minister of militia and defense, it | being intimated. that the fight was | made on Sir Sam because he and Pre- | mier Borden could not agree on questions of armament. Hughes wanted his men equipped with Cana- dian rifles, Borden insisted upon the 1egulation British army gun. Observers outside of Canada, little interested in the internal politics of the Dominion, will want to see jus- s work during the next four years | ould be to contribute whatever he | puld toward making the natlnna\} dry, that Prohibition | Jromises to be the one big issue in 20 and since both great parties will for something new it that the party in power ! That is what | thinks. For | pany years he has been one of the | host ardent workers for prohibition | the country and when he left Mr. ilson’s Cabinet there was some talk emocracy looking t' right ampion the cause. Bryan is personally running him for the Presidency on e Prohibition ticket. Now that half the states in the Union have gone 'y Mr. Bryan is more than optimistic pr the future. No one will dispute Mr. Bryan in pntending that Prohibition is a vital fsue. He will, however, find many ncere men, among them Prohibition- 8, who will disagree with him on e proposition that either of the two Jreat parties will be able to muster heir entire forces in a fight for this Siie on a national scope. The Pro- bition party itself has not made as lany converts to-the cause as other borkers in the fleld. State by state fie nation has added to the dry list, d the reason many states have done 0 is not that any one party advo- ted prohibition, or opposed it, but ause of local conditions. The louthern states did not need the Pro- ibition party to stir them to action. Jhe Presidential candidate of that party, Chafin, in 1912 polled only 147 fotes in Georgia one of the foremost ry states south of the Mason and Pixon line. Figures from other states i the Union that have gone dry show fhat the Prohibition party, while it § its ardent supporters, has not peen in the main responsible for all tice done to the great military man whose reputation was first won in the Transvaal in the Boer War. General Hughes has always lived up to tradi- tions that are in keeping with the military policy of the United States rather than those of Great Britain. It was solely through his efforts that Canada put into the Furopean battle- fields trained soldiers to the of 200,000, These men have good accounts of tnemselves, they have fought as bravely as any set of men sent into the war by England { herself. Nor are they the last allott- ment that the | genius can send. card Canadian He yet has another pack. There are 75,000 men undergoing training in the in the military camps of Canada, and these { with their brothers already over the tary recruiting campaign. That Sir Sam Hughes must step aside after doing such great work for England merely goes to show that the British government is still sus- ceptible to blundering. There have been some grave mistakes made both in England proper and the colonies,, but the case of Sir Sam Hughes stands forth as one of the greatest made out- side the realm. When America sets out seriously to compete with any natian on any basis it usually comes .out ahead. Past history proves American ingenuity to be remarkable, as witness the great inventions of the world. Now Yankee genius has directed itself toward the jmprovement of the submarine. Tt has a mark to make because of the records established by marines. At Quincy, the first big result has Peen achleved, There American manufacturers and German sub- Massachusetts, he work. Former Governor Hanly, inventors got together on an order for | James. | the United number | given | military | some | sea were gotten together in a volun- | In politics the answer to the roll call is equally impr ve. Sons of ministers include Henr Clay, Presi- dent Buchanan, President Arthur, Senator Quay, Senator Beverage | Senator Dolliver, . President Wilson and Justice Hughrs, Then there is ‘he immortal Field family, embracing Cyrus W., who laid | the first Atlantic cable; David Dudley the renowned lawyer, and Stephen J. States supreme court justice. And equally renowned is. the Beecher family, which includes Henry Ward and Mrs. Stowe, author of | “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” The father was a preacher. Agassiz and Samuel F. Morse in- ventor of the telegraph and Mergen- thaler, inventor of the linotype ma chine, were' sons of clergymen. The list is inexhaustible and in it blaze such names as Oliver Goldsmith. Tinnaeus, the naturalist; Jenner, the father of vaccination for smallpos | Ben Johnson, the poet Cowper, Sir | Joshua Reynolds, Charles Spurgeon, { Lyman Abbott. Addison and Presi- | dent Grover Cleveland. Tnstead of being amiable vaga- bonds, the sons of clergymen come pretty close to the rank of topnotch- ers in every field of human progress. Blaming the Committee. (Springfield Republican), The predicted has happened. | | | | sages from all parts of the country have been received at the republican | headquarters in New York, and Chair- man Willcox is quoted as saving that Mes- many of them were “complaints of every kind.” If a national committee | happens to be on the winning side it | is overwhelmed with praise from the | members of its party, but if it is on | the losing end of the game it may be | sure of getting a seemingly endlesy | succession of kicks, At the same time politicians of large experience hold that the repub- lican party was not strong in its cen- tral organization. This may have i | been due to the fact that there was | { more than the usual struggling for | position and recognition on the part | of contending elements. During the early part of the campaign George W, Perking and those who stand with him were much at the front. This was the period during which Candi- | date Hughes was raking President Wilson’s record fore and aft, and could see no good thing in it. The admirers of Col. Roosevelt were cer- tain that he was putting needed “punch” into the republican fight, and there is melancholy disillusion in the discovery that his oratory was almost everywhere followed by a trail of defeat. During the last fort- night of the presidential contest Mr. Hughes settled down to making the tariff the important thing, and there he seemed to do his most effective | work. There are republicans who hold | that if the candidate had paid as much attention to the organization of the campalign as he did to its oratory he would have done better. There is a certain melancholy inter- est about this aftermath, but it does not get anywhere. The fact remains that President Wilson, by virtue of his record in office, obtained a majority { was the spokesman JOHNSON oF CALIFORNIA. First Governor of Golden State Who Succeeded Himself in Office, A little over six years ago a short, pudgy man, clean shaven, came for- ward in California as a candidate for governor. Although the son of a man who, as a member of congress and in other capacities, had been and still of Southern Pa- | cific Railway interests, the newcome gave vigorous utterance to views against that corporation’s domina- tion. People were loath to believe that the son of Grove L. Johnson could be serious in his opposition. The late Robert J. Burdette ,preached and former paragrapher, expressed a quite general opinion when he quoted against the candidate the Biblical query: “Can any good come out of Nazareth” ? But Hiram W. Johnson carried on a campaign in his own way, regard- less of sneers, and made a platform for himself in the talks that he gave. He traversed the state in an automo- bile driven by his son and spoke at crossroads and at any other places where he could find listeners. Al- though having a notable command of language and heing especially effec- tive in caustic invective, he was no orator in the usual acceptation of the term. His appearance was not striking, and his gestures were most- ly confined to a movement of the forearm like those of a carpenter wielding a hammer. But there was no mistaking the earnestness of the man, and his sincerity was obviou Wherever he went he carried convic. tion with him. He promised, if elected, that he would drive the Southern Pacific out of the domination of the state, which had become absolute through many vears of misrule under both republi- can and democratic administrations Judges favoring that company had sat on the bench and had given de- cisions that had nullified the provi- slons of a constitution adopted at the time of a popular uprising against the railroad and other corporate ty- rann; Proscecuting officers in many counties were merely tools of the railway monopoly, and officers were its willing agents. In the days when the great San Joaquin valley was a wheat-growing region, the prices the farmers got for their yield were fixed by the Southern Pacific. Every re- volt against the power of the ma- chine had been a failure up to the time when Hiram W. Johnson inter- jected his personality into the fight. By dint of persistent hamimering | Mr. Johnson won votes and became governor. Then, to the amazement of those who did not know the man, he went on to do as he had promised. Before his term—of four years had | ended, the power of the machine w completely broken, and iron-clad pro- sions have been put into the con- | tution of the state to prevent any i resumption of the old domination. At the end of the term Mr, Johnson | came hefore the people as a candi a for re-election, basing his aspiration on the fact that he had fulfilled the pledges he had given. He was again | chosen, being the first governor to be his own successor in office. When he announced himself as a candidate for TUnited States senator he flew in the face of precedent that had almost the for of a law, | that the two senators should not come | from the same part of the state. The rule had been to have one senator from the North and the other from the South. This was one of the ar- guments used against him at the pri mary, but it failed in his case. Al- though a progressive, he won at the republican primary against a regular and popular republican opponent from the southern part of the state. Fis election at the polls was assured because the people of his state had reason to trust him. This, in brief, is the story of Hiram W. Johnson and explains why his plurality will be near 300,000 a state which refused its vote to the head of the ticket on which he ran. in JONSIN’S LAWMAKERS. Forty-three Farmers and Only Five Lawyers—The Other Occupa- tions Represented. (Milwaukee Sentinel). democracy of American poli- tics is shown in the personnel of the Wisconsin Assembly. If the members of the lower house suddenly returned to their trades and professions in private life the assembly charter Wwould hum with the noise of machin- ery, hammers and saws, the talk ‘nr insurance agents, the confidential tones of clerks and solicitors and real estate men, and what not. Over in one corner a barber would be busy shaving lawmakers. In an- other corner more lawmakers would line up at a lunch counter. If any- body were suddenly taken ill a phy would be present to give fi | aid. If the members wanted ente E tainment there would be a II)(I'~i\‘| picture show to go to. If somebody became unruly - there would be a | deputy sheriff present to take care | of him. The offender could be hustled to court and tried. And if the members grew weary of every thing else, they could buy a railroad ticket to at least two summer resorts. Tawyers, farmers, insurance men, clerks, solicitors, tradesmen, com- mercial travelers, editors, building | contractors and many others will tak their places in the assembly when the legislature convenes in 1917. Every walk of life will be represented by lawmakers, with farmers predom- | inating. Following is the cosmopolitan com- plexion of the assembly: Five lawyer: one judge, 43 farmers, 8 insurance men, 3 editors, 2 bank 2 summer resort owners, 11 business men, 1 brower, 1 deputy sheriff, 2 clerks, 2 machinists, 2 commercial travelers, 1 saloonkeeper, 1 real estate dealer, 3 manufacturers, 2 printers, 1 mason, 1 barber, 1 mason centractor, 1 build- ing contractor, 1 restaurant keeper, The sician Gf the votes. Inquests never result in giving the subject of them a chance to try things over again. Death and defeat have to be accepted, and the | more philosophically the better. 1 sewer contractor, 1 solicitor, 1 rail- road agent, 1 physician and 1 motion picture manager. Who would this is not the land of opportunity the land of democracy! | boiled ! problems | wearer. | can shirts do not appeal to the Latin | pose AMERICAN SHIRTS ABROAD. Some Reasons Why Foreigners, Espe- cially Spaniards, Do Not Take Kindly to 'l'hcm..' S (New York Sun.) That intimate and practically uni- versal garment the shirt is ever the subject of argument. The more man has tried to develop it from its earli- est form, the more he has been criti- cised. America, emancipated from that snowy armor known as the hard shirt, still struggles with the of stripes and checks, starched cuffs and soft, pins and pasteboard. When the shirt maker does his work well the laundryman often wrecks the joy of the possessor. The war has not spared the shirt His 16-34 comes from the laundry with a bluish taint in the white parts and a starchy stiff sheen on the cuffs, reminiscent of the '80s. The laundryman explains that because of Burope he cannot get right kind of soap, starch, bluing or labor. Be- vond that he in as good condition as ever. As for the pins, the paste- board spine and the gloomy little collar button, he says that they are necessary for the preservation of his art in the transit of the shirt from folding hoard to chiffonier. The great American shirt is being frowned at in the markets of the world; not because it is not advanced, but because it is. Recently there were complaints from Spaih that the American shirts offered for sale there were all of the coat pattern. Young America demanded this style so that he could brush his hair before put- ting on his shirt. Olq Castile wishes still to pull+his shirt on over his head. Our consul-general at Rio de Ja- neiro, Mr. Gottschalk, informs Wash- ington that Brazil also regards the coat. shirt as “fantastic.”” Also, he s, the Brizalian haberdashers com- plain that the American shirt is un- reliable as to size of collar and length of sleeve; a cry not unknown in America. Another reason why Ameri- Amercan is the absence of the little tab which used to be placed at the bottom of the bosom. It is supposed to be buttoned to the trousers drawers and thus keep the shirt from in billowy majesty. The Aus- Italian and Portuguese shirt makers supply this tab, avoid the or | GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED Battery Flashes, " Balck Sheep, by J. K. Mackenzie. “Unusually interesting letters, written, to her father by an American woman, a missionary on the West coast of Africa- Rather impersonal, impres- sionistic, they tell little of the work, for whom the author had a deep sym- pathy and whom she loved.”—A. L. A. Booklist. by “Wagger.” . . e % Conquest of the Great Northwest, be- ing the story of the adventurers | of England known as the Hudson Bay company, by A. C. Laut. « % . Confessional, and Other American Plays, by Percival Wilde. “They are good reading plays, of one act, each one of which deals with a subject of present-day interest.”— A. L. A. Booklist. d . Friends of France: the field service of the American Ambulance de- scribed by its members. .o | Marxian Socialism and Religion, by John Spargo. “Analyzes the fundamental con- ceptions of religion and the philo- sophic basis of Marxian socialism and attempts to show ‘““that there is noth- | ing in the Marxian theories or in any | of their necessary implications which | the essential principles of religion either explicitly or implicitly oppose or deny.” A careful and candid study which should be of interest to all pro- gressive thinkers in the fleld of so- cial science and theology-’ Boston Evening Transcript.—A. L. A. Book- list. | . * .. | New Wars for Old. by J. H. Holmes. “A statement of radical pacifism in terms of force versus non-resis- tance, with special reference to the facts and the problems of the great war.”” Whether the reader agrees with all the author’s statements or not, he will be interested in reading | this very clear analysis, which makes ‘pacifism a vital regenerative life- force in the world crisis.” "—A. L. A. Booklist- ¥ Fiction. Agony Column, by E. D. Biggers. . w coat pattern and put the Yankee shirt to rout. As an American shirt com- mands in Brazil double the price that | it brings in New York, the loss to our export trade is large because we do not give the South American what he wants. The Portuguese maker fol- lows the wishes of the trade so closely that he “puts little buttons over the biceps so that the sleeves may be pulled up and fastened.” If South Americans want to roll up their sleeves, let us assist in the true Pan- City Planning. (New Haven Journal-Courier.) It now the state of Indiana which is giving city planning its serious at- tention. The movement extends the entire state and has for its pur- the simplification aof city ganization. An organization has been formed which sends forth its speakers to the municipalities of the state to educate the people, and the president who has just returned to Fort Wayne writes: “Since returning home from the tour, T have been fairly amazed ta learn the resul{s achieved in ad- vancing towards thes two objects,” the enactment of a statute creating a city planning ' commission and the education of the people. This month there is to be a conven- | tion held at the city of Springfield, M at which among other subjects relating to community life the subject of the city manager will be discussed by city managers who have success in the field of local adminis- tration. The meeting will be so close at chinery does not exist for sending a formal delegation from this city to stop, loak and listen and then make a report with recommendations to the city fathers here. While we have had some excellent results from the form of local government we have fn opera- tion here its frequent amendment in the past shows that it has never been | wholly satisfactory. Tt has never been satisfactary because-the principle upon which it is founded is not sound. We have grown to whatever state of excel- lence we have by constantly shedding manifest absurdities and seeking a more simple organization. We have never sought a solution of the prob- Jem by tackling it from original ideas that have been subjected to severe tests In practice, cvery reason to believe that the results which have heen achieved clsewhere, in increased economy and efficiency, can be achieved here if tha «imple commission or city manacer nlan is adonted with confidence. is_very desirable that it should adopted in order that the imbrov ment in the public service which obhviously demanded may he granted: that is to say, that we shall have hetter government from every point of view at a lower cost. Apostzte Rhode Tsland. (New York Times) There was an earthquake in Rhode Tzland and Providence Plantations Tuesday. The Ark of Protection was rent grievously. The Hon. Peter Goe- let Gerry. democrat, was eclected a senator in congress. He beat the present republican senator, the Hon. Henry Frederick Lippitt. bv 6.800 votes. Mr. Hughes carried the state by 4,800, the republican governor was re-elected by some 13.000. but Sena- tor Lippitt, the chief representative of protection and protected interests in the senate Nelson W. Al- drich Teft it defeated by a “free- trade” democrat! What is the coun- trv ‘coming to? dinner npail will contain anvthing but husks here- | after? A Rhode Teland nntrne to a ° high wrotective tariff was hardly con- ceiv: even tn the most romantic imasination. €ha clune to the farifr Aivision of tha democrats in 1824, natianal republican (Whiey | since is Whose | hle to | or- | achievead | hand that it seems a pity the ma- | i be | A detective story with an original ending. v e | Casuals of the Sea; by Wm. McFee. |~ “Mr. McFee is not a Gorky. He is i much more a disciple of Arnold Ben- IN INSTITUTE’S LIST THIS WEEK luxuriant emotion he has, the love of the sea. .- . Casuals of the sea wa¥ written for the most valid possible reason—to reproduce human dess tinies sincerely. Its sincerity is proe found.”—New Republic. & P ! Chapel; the story of a Welsh family, by D. M. Lewis ‘“Written in three parts, the book shows how the Chapels were restored to their homestcad and ancient placa of honor. For readers who like good character study which is not too an= alytical.”—A. L. A. Booklist. LY Circuit Rider's Widow, by Cora Har- ris. “This book was published serially under the title of ‘The thorn in the flesh.’ Miss Harris' new novel might also be called a sequel to ‘The Cir- cuit Rider’s Wife.’ "—Publisher’s* Notice- . David Blaize, by E. F. Benson. “A story of English school boy life which follows the career of David for several years. His work, his play, his teachers, his friends, and his few enemies are all pictured with clear- ness, but as though seen through adult eyes.”—A. L. A. Booklist. ... Hausfrau Rampant, by J. E. W Stinde, “A fresh translation and a conden- | sation, by E. V. Lucas of famous Buchholz family, which gives a good idea of middle class family life in Ber- lin forty years ago.”—A. L. A. Book- list. 4 .. June, by D. B. Delano. “Story of a little southern girl Whul is left an orphan and is adopted into a distant relative’s family in the North where there are a number of other children. It is a pretty, wholesome story with just enough romance to make it interesting.”—A. L. A. Book- | 11st. . | T.eatherface, by Baroness Orczy | “Leatherface is a thrilling historical® {in the days of Alva and the Prince of Orange. Belgium, Holland and Flanders form the background.”— Publisher’s notice. . Rainbow’s end, by Rex Beach. P Western Warwick, by S. G. Blythe. “A retired politiclan writes the story of how in ‘the good old days’ he made a president. The methods of successful politicians, the scheming and graft are revealed in a detailed .. .. | nett. He has a hard brightness which | illamines the path he is traveling. One ! narrative style’—A. L. A. Booklist. English Prisoners of War | Honored German Aviator ‘{ Washington, D. C., Nov. 16.—Osna- bruck, the Prussian city from which English prisoners of war are report- | €a to have sent a wreath for the cof- | fin of Germany's most daring aviator, Captain Boelke, who was killed re- cently, is the subject of the following war geography bulletin issued from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic Society: “Situated on the banks of the small river Haase, a tributary of the Ems, Osnabruck lies 135 miles in an air- line due east of Amsterdam, 65 miles southwest of Bremen, and 83 miles by rail west of Hanover. The industries t this town of 75,000 inhabitants are ous and varied, but perhaps its textile mills are best known, because it was in them that the coarse linen fabric which bears the city’s English name, Osnaburg, was first made. “Osnabruck is one of the most ven- erable towns of Prussia. In the clos- ing years of the elghth century Charlemagne designated it as the cap- ital of a bishopric, a distinction which | it enjoved without interruption for ! more than a thousand years. In 1803 | the see was suppressed, the last bishop being ‘Frederick, Duke of York, son of the English Hanoverian monarch, George IIL. In 1858 the city was restored to its religious cmi- nence when it was again made the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop. Osuabruck, German Prison Camp. “It 1s on account of her share in the preliminary negotiations which led to the epochal peace of Westphalia that Osnabruck is famous in history. In ! 1644, after all central Burope had ! heen devastated by the great struggle ! which eventually became known as | the Thirty Years' war, representatives | of Sweden, the German Empire and German Protestants met here, while in the neighboring city of Munster, 20 miles to the southwest, delegates | from France, Spain, the German | Catholics ,and the German Empire gathered. The negotintions extended over a period of four years. In | October, 1648, both groups of con- | ferces having arrived at a common hasis of settlement, the Osnabruck | diplomats repaired to Munster, where, a few days later, the peace was signed which guaranteed the sovereignty and independence of the several states of | the Empire, and which forbade re- ligious persecution throughout Ger- many. It was this peace, in which Osnabruck played such a vital part, that put an end to religious wars in Europe. “As early as 888 Osnabruck ws granted the right to establish its own mint, but it was not until the fifteenth | century that the city reached the crest of its medieval prosperity. Following the decline which was necessarily in- | cident to the ravages of the Thirty Years' war, it enjoved a second era of growth, ] “The two most impressive architec- | tural piles in Osnabruck are the spacious cathedral, dating back to the twolfth century and representing a combination of the Romanesque and Transitional styles, and the roval palace, built in 1662 | | | “Among Osnabruck’s industrial in- | chines. ‘ior to knows no limfit. ) terests are its iron foundries, its ma- | chine shops, tanneries, tobacco and textile factories, its boiler works and ! musical -instrument manufactures, . The Westphalian hams of this districte are famous, and the cattle and horse fairs enjoy. great popularity.” A Stubborn Aristocracy. (Bridgeport Farmer.) New England has an aristacracy of cotton mill owners who have inherited for two or three generations. The ancient industries, constructed by gifted men of democratic ideals, have fallen into the hands of heirs, who, lacking contact with the real world, know little of it. Thus these aristocrats by inheri- tance attempt to impose their arbi- trary notions of statecraft and policy upon the people of the nation. They are barely successful in New Eng- iland, and not at all in the country Their day is done. They are now but impediments to the progress of New England. Regarding themselves as they as an exclusive class, ordained to be rulers of a working population fresh from the soil of Europe, they demand for themselves and their privileged institutions, concessions which no free government can give. They have already forced the west and south into combination, and they have made New England of litfle con- sequence in the tounsels of the | United States. New England cannot enjoy her for- mer eminence until she casts out her reactionaries, beginning with Lodge in Massachusetts, and ending with such & senators as McLean and Brandegee in Connecticut, and such congressmen as Hill, in the Fourth District The time is not far distant when the purging will be an actuality. Lippitt was beaten in Rhode Island. McLean had a close shave in Connecticut. In this whole state only 'Fairfield county gave the Bourbon majorities of the former day One has but to do, look at the coun- try to see that it is astir with the business of a new age. The New England unconscious of the change. In a cer- tain limited way they do know that industry, to succeed, requires modern machinery. But here their capacity for provision ceases. They do not know the necessity of modern social machinery. They are fatuous enough to be- lleve that a society can get along with outworn laws and customs better than it can get along with outworn ma- They make the less super- the greater. Their stupidity Bourbons are In this election New England peo- ple did what they could, and almost ¢ succeeded. Maine, Bourhon by a small plur- alit. New Hampshire, free; Ma chusetts, close, and Connecticut Bour- bon by the results in a single count The future is bright with promise of better things in New England A Pretty Safe Prediction. (Utica Observer.) The next time we elect a president, Europe will neither be at peace or ob= literated