New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 20, 1917, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917. Britain ‘Herala. R PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. (Runday excepted) at 4:16 p. M., Bullding, 67 Church St. tiie Post OfMce at New Britain pond Class: Mail Mattor. carrier to any part of the city cents a week, 65 cents a month. mé for paper to be sent by mail, ‘advauce, 60 cents a month. in fofitable. advertising medlum v- irculation books and press open.to advertl e 1d° will be found on sale at Hota- News Stand, 412nd St. n?('l Broad- i New York City; Board W alk, ¢ City, and Hartford Depok. TELEPHONE CALLS. Office Rooms of The Associated Press. e Assoclated Press is exclu- entitléd to the use for re- cation of all news credited or not otherwise credited in lpaper and also thedocal news shed herein. The Battle Line. b one who is not blind can fail pe that the battle line of pcracy for America stretches v from the fields of Flanders very house and workshop e, toiling, upward striving and women are counting reasures of right and justice liberty which are Dbeing ptened by our present ene- —WOODROW WILSON. PAYING THE DEBT. pn ‘a son of our his brother there ent that thout all have been, e, first parents was set a followed azges. Murders murders there until men and all has been the and we suppose, eventually evacuate for his mundane sphere. Britain's tragedy, on the public in the hours . of :to the fore an e Wages of Sin is Death. ng motive -behind this crime ar different from that which led Cain when he leveled a blow t Abel. Here we have a lesson as the hills,! As You Live, So You Die. pight be well for the mothers ny young girls to study oral, that may be drawn from braid expose’ of two lives f by this ghastly affair. Proper ce in Youth safeguards against temptations and pit-falls of vears. Early training is half attle of Life. biologists -are -wont to say, En- ent makes-the Man. We adad, of Environment, of the right fin-makes the Woman. I half the world is ignorant of the other -half does. That not be Atue, of course, if all orld adhered to just a few of ndamental principles of. clean The Ten Commandments need b smashed, even if circumstances o the breaking of them once in fle. takes gruesome crime to open ves of mankind, and womankind, o often. Iuman nature has a ncy of living for the present failing to look ahead. No one er contracted a debt but what d to be pald, fler. Life has its and the Bitor generally comes around [rime. OD-BYE, GOOD-LUCK, GOD BLESS YOU. latest en- streets yesterday morning old religious The well re- in me way or bills, rs? course, there were tears. ths ? Sre were iles? faans of smiles there were. eers? %t of all, there were cheers of bragement for the boys who went sighs, here and there. ! this morning; and waving {and bunting and handkerchiefs. ¥y words there were all fine of march. a word, j§he men who will shortly be in P8ing for the new National Army p Devens. So far as the parade it it should was concerned, sincere. Just ’ was E as be. fa for the line of march. 15 just as well have taken Rin streets in the North End. in part of the city. gbly never will' know. lhe railroad officials. ey have gone. Nature, Never of the occasion. was in | of along it was a grand send-off simple le might have been other arrange- Tt A number of the boys came from Why they were llowed to ‘march past their old ping grounds,\ no one knows and It may be ed, for want of a better excuse, triends, ives, all added to the auspicious- there a more perfect day.” Never was there a greater crowd on the streets of New Britain. There they were banked all along the line,—mothers, sisters, brothers, wives, Mothers with babes in their arms. Little mothers, crying as if their hearts would break. And the boys went by with brave hearts and true, ready for any service the coun- try might demand. How could they be otherwise but brave with such motherly love and affection showered upon them? This serious business, the ending of young men into training grim warfare. If anyone doubts let the scene of this morning be Particularly reflect upon the attitude of woman-kind. Yet we, in encouragement, must remind the mothers and other women who watched their loved ones go by that the boys have not gone forever and a da There are some who believe in their this is the last time New Britain will ever see these boys again. That is not so. The mere fact they have gone for training in a military camp is no sign they will return. The shores of Europe are a long way off.—three thousand miles or The battlefields in France are far away for these boys who have, as yet, no knowledge what- of military tactics. Uncle Sam is not the man who will send the flower of his nation ‘:to the trenches of KEurope without proper preparation. And these boys must be prepared for the ordeal. They must -undergo a rigid system of drills and drills and drills. They must be taught the duties and other necessary requirements of soldier life. These cannot be learned in a day. 8o, it may be a long time, and probably will be many months, before our boys are ready to sail the deep blue ocean. Not long ago the Committee Public Information gave out a state- ment concerning the number of vol- unteers in the United States military and naval service. This showed that on September 7 the army had, in- cluding officers and enlisted men, 819,881, and the navy 254,265, mak- ing a total armed strength on that date of 1,074,146 men, ail of whom are volunteers. These volunteer en- listments have continued until today the number is even greater. For the most part, these men are trained. At least the best parf have undergone sutficient drill to place them far | of the men who left New today under the Selective | Law. There then proof ) fathers, sweethearts. l is a for it, recalled. hearts never more. soever on ahead Britain Service is positive that our boys will not be sent the immediate future. it is a word of away within At the same time | encouragement to those mothers and_ sisters and wives and sweethearts who fear lest they shall never see their men folk again. The boys have gone to the colo They have taken the first step for the training camps. They will soon be engaged in the business of be coming soldiers. With them go the best wishes of each and every man in this city, the prayers of the women. The boys have gone to the colors. They went while a united populace joined in the American fare-well “‘Good-bye, good-luck, God bless you. . THE NEW RATE OF FARE. Calling attention to the lack of sufficient revenue to properly run its lines, the Connecticut Company an- nounced in yesterday's Herald that on October the first its rate of fare will be increased to six cents. There will be many murmurs of issatisfaction against this ruling. r¢ will be much grumbling among those who after that date may have to dig deep in their pockets for an extra penny to add to the customary five-cent piece. This much must be remembered: If the Connecticut Company aid not have facts with which to back up this move it would not dare take its present course. Upon the petition of a nominal num- ber of persons an appeal from this decision may be taken to.the Public Utilities Commission of Connecticut. Reversing the order usually followed for the public utility to aet first and then undergo a hearing before the Public Utilities Commission. In the event the Connecticut Co. is ordered to appear before the Public Utilities Commission, to show cause, it must make good its assertion that the higher rate of fare “is necessary because of the alarming in- crease in the cost of performing trans- portation service as well as the need for increased revenue to enable the company to finance the increasing de- mands for improvements of all kinds. Without holding a brief for this cor- poration, we can easity see where the Connecticut Company will have little, if any, difficulty in bringing about the consummation of its new desire,—a higher rate of fare. Those who know railroading have looked for this very thing and have wondered why the Connecticut Com- pany has not attempted to increase its rate of fare sooner than this. This in other states, the procedure here is | corporation, unlike many others, burdened with a triple taxation. To begin with, it must pay somewhere near four and one-half per cent. of its gross receipts to the state. Then, it must bear its share of expenses in all pavements where its are laid,—on state highways and in city streets. On top of this, the General Assembly in 1915 passed a law which compels the trolley company to pay one-third of the cost of all bridge construction where its lines do ser- vice in communities of less than ten thousand population. Considering these things, it is veadily seen that with the Connecticut -Company all is not beer and skittles. There will be great inconvenience to the traveling public In the payment of this six cent fare. To somewhat ameliorate this condition the Com- that it will sell seventeen tickets for one dollar. At present twenty tickets can be pur- chased for that amount and all such tickets bought hefore the high rate goes effect will -he redeemed under the new arrangement. Should there be a run on_the ticket office the company will give privileges to all those who express a desire to pur- chase tickets and issue same at a later date, the rate being, specified, seventeen for one dollar. As in other things, the public will get used to the new fare if the Public Utilities Commission allows it to be enforced. Having grown used to every- thing but hanging, the public will take the change in rate of fare with a cheerful countenance and merely smile at the conductors who must handle the extra penny. At the same time the patrons of trolleys will pray that the six cent fare will suffice; that it will not eventually give way for a seven cent one. is tracks pany announces into as FACTS AND FANCIES. Sometimes it seems as if Russia had been given us as an ally just to test our faith in free institutions.— Ohio State Journal. What the Russians seem to hanker for is a separate war—not a sep- arate peace.—Bridgeport Post. It's a mean trick the newspapers play on a man sometimes when they print_exactly what he said.—Pater- son News. Latest entry in the Kerensky fight- ing record: *“Gen. Korniloff, knocked out, one round,’—Springfield Daily News. The board of strategy is the you get at a poor boarding Paterson Call. kind house.— A monarchy is as rotten as the king and aristocracy, while a democ- racy is as punk as all the people.— Don Marquis in the New York Eve- ning Sun. It is really in Germany, where the twilight of the gods is becoming an imperial fact, that Wagner should be a musician non grata—New York | World. Our own conclusion is that if a man must pay $10 a week for the privilege of fighting his fiance, he might 2s well be married to her. A careful man can figsht a wife for nothing.—Capper’s Weekly. TO THE FIRST GUN. Speak, silent, patient gun! And let thy mighty voice Proclaim the deed is done— Made is the nobler choice; To every waiting people run And bid the world rejoice. Tell them our heaving heart Has found its smiting hana, That craves to be a part Of the divine command. Speak, prove us more than ease or mart, And vindicate the land. Thine shall the glory be To mark the sacred hour That testifies the free ‘Will neither cringe nor cower. God give thy voice aivinity, That Right be armed with Power. Thou art not lifeless steel ‘With but a number given. But messenger of weal Hot with the wrath of Heaven. Go earn the right to Honor's seal— To have for Honor striven. Lead us in holy ire The path our fathers trod; The music of thy fire Shall thrill them through the sod. The smoke of all thy righteous choir Is incense unto God. And when long Peace is found And thou hast earned thy rest, And in thy cave of sound The sparrow builds her nest, By liberty shalt thou be crowned Of all thy comrades, best. Robert Underwood Johnson. Correction of High Prices. (Wall Street Journal.) Since the Liberty Loan issue, the investment return from corporation bonds has steadily increased until it is now higher than since August, 1914, Canadian government and all municipal issues have become less ro- munerative and commercial money costlier. Add to our gold export posi- tion domestic production and flotations already testing almost the maximum mobility of our currency resources, and we may look to rising money prices for the true corrective of high commodity prices where they have been in fact toa high. | Schoolmaster of the Great City, | _NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE | Five-Minute Shop Talks, by H. Luccock. “Terse, pointed talks on practical ethics and religion, addressed to work- ingmen.”—A. L. A. Booklisf e Gems of German Thought, Compiled by Wm. Archer. . ox E. . Luther in Light of Recent. Research, by Heinrich Bohmer. “An academic, critical and schol- arly work. . . The illustrations are numerous and are quite remarkable.” —A. L. A. Booklist. * v ow Martin Luther, The Story of His Life. hy Elsie Singmaster. “A brief, popular, inexpensive bi- ography called forth by -the four hundredth anniversary of the Refor- mation. The volume contains no original material, but is intended to serve as an introduction to the longer, richer and more scholarly records.” —Preface. . ow o Provocaton of France, by J. C. Bracq. “The author describes the events in the relations between France and Germany during the last half cen- tur . From the French point of view, of course, but temperate and supplied with reference to sources.”’ —A. L. A. Booklist. * . Red Cross in France; ville Barker. “Mr. Barker has produced a human book, in which, without any attempt at ‘fine writing; he gives a vivid idea of the hospitals, ambulance trains, ruined villages, and suffering bravely borne seen in the course of his jour- neyings.”—Athenaeum. e and Living, by H. Gran- Education Bourne. “The author indites the formal ‘un- conscious’ methods and urges thos which will more closely relate educa- tion and living, as does the public school system of Gary.”—. L. A. Booklist. by R. 8. ... Gary Schools, by R. §. Bourne. “Gives the community setting; then describes the hool plant, its func- tions in directing the work, study, play of the child, the organization curriculum, and discipline.”—A. L. A. Booklist. - German and English Education, F. DeHovre. .. by How to Produce Amateur Plays, by B. H. Cyark. .. Indian Games and Dances, with Na- tive Songs, by A. C. Fletcher. ““A book planned for boy scouts and camp fire girls.” « .. Industrial Arts Design, Varnum. “A technical work fully covering the subject and more complete than other books.”—A. L. A. Booklist. e s Reveries of a Schoolmaster, by F. B. Pearson. by W. H. PR by Angelo Patri. “A piece of autobiography and a study of educational conditions as they exist in New York city today. The author came to America from Italy when a boy.”"—Book Review Di- gest. It has the rare gift of unfolding, without consciousness, the real char- acter of an uncommon man”—Nation. oo Soldier-Doctors of Our Maud P. Kimball. Army, by PR Story of the Automobile, by H. L. Barber. .. Years of Childhood, by akoff. “The first English translation of a Russian classic published. The author recalls vividly and describes with intimacy and freshness of detail the nature, the people and the life he knew in his happy childhood, the life of a prosperous Russian coun- try family of the late eighteenth century.”—A. L. A. Booklist. e Serge Aks- Young Tdea, by Lloyd R. Morris. “An anthology of opinion concern- ing the spirit and aims of contem- porary American literature” title “The editor has done his work well, and has grouped the thirty let- ters, written chiefly by our younger poets From cern hectic search for form and to find what is interesting or profound in ordinary human life today.'"—A. L. A. Booklist. N Drills and Story-plays « ¥ Dances, for Lamkin. “Very expl ers of the grades.” « % . Development of the Young People's Movement, by F. O. Erb. “This book points the way to the achlevement of success in the work with the young people of the church or community. . . The most signifi- cant part is a study of the psycholo- gy of adolescence.”—Publisher’s note. e Should Students Study? by Foster. Some Essentials in the Teaching of Music, by F. Damrosch. e ox Special Days in the Sunday School, by Marion Lawrance. PR What You Can Do With Your Will Power, by R. H. Conwell. “A ‘success’ address which may prove inspiring.”—A. L. A. ‘Booklist. N W Fiction. 3iddy Mrs. Goodyer. by Mrs., Horace Tremlett. v o Inner Door, by Alan Sullivan. .o ox Martie, the Unconquered, by leen Norris. v Sube Cane, by E. B. Partridge. “Sube Cane” is a typical American boy, who, despite his many pranks s a _ lovable character.”—Ppublisher’s Note. Kath- l Sub- | it all one may ‘dis- | the determination to avoid the | Every Day and Holidays, by N. B. | it directions for teach- | Understood Betsy, field. { “‘Understood Betsy' is the story of a little girl so thoroughly. ‘under- ; 5l00d’ by a devoted aunt that she had scarcely done more than breathe for herself until transplanted to the Put- ney Farm where self-reliance is the watchword."'—Publisher's Note. P Library War Service, Bulletin No. 5. Good books are coming in for the soldiers every day. We expect to send a box and several parcels of | magazines off this week. .. At the request of the United States government the American Library association has undertaken to pro- | vide libraries for our fighting men. | This will be made possible by a $1,- 000,000 Library War Fund. One of the hcaviest items of ex- pense at the bezinning of this work is the erection of the Mbrary build- ings at the various “cantonments throughout the country. Plans for these have already bech made. Bach building will be 40x120 feet in size one storv high, and will have accom- modations for ten thousands books, ! newspapers and magazines, and liv- ing quarters for the staff. In each camp it is planned to have a library headquarters with hooks and peri- odicals for reading room use, to- gether with a complete system of distributing agencies, affording to the soldiers a first class public library service. Without this character of service any library would be a use- less thing. “The morale of the army is the hidden force which uses the weapons of war to the best advantage, and nothing is more important in keep- ing up this morale than a supply of really good reading for the men in their hours of enforced inactivity.” —Henry Van Dyke. by Dorothy Can- A WILLOW-FRINGED RIVER. The Connecticut Goes From Its Appa- lachian Source Through Four States to the Sound. As we follow the beautiful Con- necticut river valley from north to south, winding along toward the sea, we find a continuous succession of at- tractive scenery. The uncommon beauty of its banks covered with rich verdure and here and there fringed with bushes or cov- ered with lofty trees, or now and then a projecting hill, rude bluff or shaggy mountain, creates a most delightful landscape. Springing from mountain pools and rivulets on the ridge of the Appala- chian Chain, the Connecticut river winds and curves down valley through four states, three hun- dred and sixty miles to the Sound. River, and valley, and hills consti- tute nearly a continuous succession of delightfu] scenery. The fountain head of this beautiful river is in a remote region, at the top of a mountain ridge near the Canadian line. 1t is surrounded by a dense growth of evergreens, so this region is rarely seen. As one passes south along the river side, now and then, a tall bird may be seen walking along near its banks, evidently looking for fish, or food of some kind. This is probably a great, blue her- on, and if startled will rise slowly, spread its great wings and fly awa One day while watching some birds in a swamp near Montebello, Ver- mont, a bird, much smaller, though similar to the great blue heron, was seen with its young wading through a | swamp. It became alarmed and flew toward the river growth, when it was seen to be the little blue heron with its family, a bird not often found even in this region. I have often seen the great blue heron, in the vicinity of Lake Wil- loughby, Vermont. All along the banks of the Connect- fcut river for many miles, its borders | ars beautified by tall elms, maples, and many kinds of evergreens, also huge bluffs, well fringed with willows, which in a way help to adorn the slopes, and may be seen on either side of the stream nearly to its mouth. The Franconias and Mt. Moosilauke on the opposite side of the Connecti- cut river were snowcapped September 13th.—Anna E. Cobb in the Provi- | dence Journal, Steady, Boy! (Meriden Journal.) Consider the horse. First thing in the { horse is hitched up. Then the driver climbs in back of the reins. All day lang the horse goes where the driver bids. He stops when the driver shouts, “Whoa,” and starts again when the driver vells, “Geddup.” The horse attends no movies after work- ing hours. He just sticks around his stall and rest up for the next day's work. Some people when they horses get awfully sentimen waste a lot of sympathy on t What the horse really should but admiration. the chief aim the only aim, and the horse do a blamed thing but serve. Are you tired of serving? | Consider the horse. morning the consider They horse. have is of life, doesn’t Piffle! Profits in Mackerel-Fishing. (Albany Argus.) | Each man in the crew of New Eng- land mackerel schooner has receive | $1040 for twelve weeks work. Makes | a fellow who has paid out about that { amount for a couple week’s fishing {in the Adirondacks feel mighty like I a boob, Supply of Whiskey. (Dallas News.) One wholesale liquor merchant de- clares that there are only about 200,- {000,000 gallons af whiskey in the | United States, But probably he is | only an alarmist. l The Von Tirpitz’s Possible Future. (New York Sun.) Von Tripitz a Chancellor? Has it become necessary to consider irying frightfulness on the German people, its luxuriant DOING HIS BIT | LLOYD R. M. LINTON The above picture is of Lloyd R. M. Linton who is training to be a sailor and help man one of Uncle Sam’s ! battleships. He enlisted in the Naval Reserves at New Haven in April and is now stationed at that place, having been called out about six -weeks ago. Linton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Linton of 213 Maple street. He received his education at the New Britain Grammar school and attended the local high school for two years. At the time he received his call to report for service he was employed at the office of the Stanley Rule and Level company. A brother, Russell, is a member of Company I. THE PINCH OF HUNGER. Not Only the Allies, But Folk at Home May Suffer From .Farmers’ Tactics. (Chicago Evening Post). Is the average American farmer a dollar patriot? We have heard a lot about the profiteers and speculators and hoard. ers of foodstuffs. Some of the un- favorable criticism may be true, and some of it undoubtedly is unjust prejudice. But the case of the farm- er, who is popularly supposed by American politicians to be sacred, has received little attention. But because of the farmer some of America’s allies are likely to go hun- gry this winter—and the hunger of America's allies gives much aid and comfort to the enemy. If the Amer- ican farmer continues his tactics, it is even possible that many good Americans whose misfortune it is to live in cities may feel the pinch of hunger. For the American farmer selling his grain. The government has fixed a price for wheat. It is a high price, certainly, one that vields a big profit to the farmer. It is | more than twice as high as the farm- | er got before the war. The government has limited the profits of the commission man and cut out all speculation. It has even forbidden the miller to buy for his known future needs. But the Food law as passed does not operate to force the farmer to sell. But the farmer, not satisfied with this double price that has been ai- lowed him for his wheat, is helding it back for a treble price. He alons is allowed to hoard it, and he is doirg so. Receipts at the termina: mar- kets are less than half what they were a year ago, though the crop is larger and the harvesting weather was ideal. The result is that the visible supply is lower this year than has cver becn known before, and exports have fallen off to about a third what they wors is not wheat to export. The policy of the farmer is enfo ing privation on England, France 1 Italy---allied nations ali--just as surc- ly as the allled blockado !s far Germany to suffer. More than that, Chicago ard New York face a whent and bread famine today The government may woil take {he remedy into its own hands. Higher prices would but tempt the profiteer- ing farmer to continued holding of his grain with the idea that there would be even a higher bld for his product. Lower prices offer tho cure. If the government should announce that after Oct. 1 the maximum wheat price would drop from $2.20 to $2.15 per bushel, that after Dec. 1 it would be $2, the wheat would be rushed out to a hungry world. The remedy may seem harsh, but it 1s effective and it fits the disease. It forces cupidity to undo the sin which cupidity is now committing. England’s Woman's Army. (Burlington Free Press) The latest number of the London Times to reach this office speaks of the recruiting of a woman’s army in Britain. Evidently*the Russian girls are not the only ones ready to fight for their country, if need be. The London Times says: “Mrs. Chalmers Watson, the chlef controller of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps stat- ed yesterday in conversation with a representative of the Times, that the corps is entirely military except on the financial side ‘The pay s on a civ- i1 basis’, she =aid. ‘We had thought it might have been possible to have the women recruited on exactly the same terms as the men, with their army pay, the separation allowances where necessar, but this was not considered advisable by the financial authorit: at the War Office. We want it widely known that great care will be taken of the girls overseas.’” Jhicago Enterprise. Waterbury American) The Chicago papers are tumbling over themselves to get a picce of Mayor Thompson’s libel suit to use ‘tor advertising purposes, last year, simply because there is ro ! BARNEY BARUCH. What a Man Has Done Who Wag Known in Business Simply as a Speculator. (Syracuse Post-Standard). The Wal] street stockholder has be- come the world’s greatest purchasing agent. Bernard M, Baruch was a clerk in a Wall street office 20 years ago. He went into business for him- self. He has had a desk, a couple of stenographers and a messenger. He has traded in stocks so successfully that he is worth $10,000,000. He i1 now buying $100,000,000 worth of goods for the government and, un- like his better knowr colleague, Juliug Rosenwald, he never did any hu of goods before. Securities were line. The New York Annalist 2. him: “‘His name is not in ‘Who's Who In Amerliea,” nor even in ‘Who's Who ia New York': ke does not hold a lina in the directory of directors. He has never heen called a captain of indus- try nor a genius in organization. All that the worid at large knows of him is that he used to he a big specula« tor.” Baruch is 47 years old. He is son of a distinguished surgeon. He has been a backer of Wilson since Wii- son entered politics. Wilson #ums< moned him to Washington to become a member of the advisory council. He shut his desk and 'went. The An- nalist continues: “Baruch is tall—he standy over six feet—spare, and quick-moving. Hig hair is black, with broad streaks of gray. He has an engaging personal- ity, talks emphatically and interest- ingly on any subject, and speaks his mind freely. He numbers some of the biggest men in New York among his close friends, and lunches with them every day when downtown. His offices on the seventh floor of the Trinity Bullding are characteristic of the man. The main room, looking ouf over Broadway and the old church- vard, is filled with trophies of the hunt. The hallway is lined with mounted specimens of big fish. Ha has no customers but himself, and nearly all his work is handled by twa women secretaries, in both of whom he puts ahsolute confidence. There is no ticker in the room in which he works. “Barney Baruch enjoys as high a reputation for scrupulous honesty as any man in the street. His concep- tion of honesty sometimes puzzles ‘Wall street. Two years ago he was allotted a large block of stock in & new industry company at the under- writing price. When he got his no- tice the stock showed him a profit of nearly half a million. He returned the stock with the explanation that as a member of the advisory councll he could have nothing to do with it. - * “Baruch has demonstrated a won- derful ability for getting things done expeditiously without becoming en- snarled ined tape, and as this qual- ity is edsditial above all others at this critical time, it is likely that he will justify the expectations which tha administration has of him.” v Revenue Conferences. (Washington Star) The conference on the revenue bill may be warm, but the mercury is not likely to rise as high as it did {n some former conferences on questions of revenua. In 1897, although the Ding- ley bill was an out-and-out protec- tlon meazure, the House Republicans and the Senate Republicans differed sharply ag to ce 1 rates and sched- ules, and wrestlod s them vigors ousiy in conference. They setiied th> dispute to sdva ge, bevnuse, as lair, the moastire scored an extraordinary stuccess for both the party and tho country. Largely as the result of that achievement the party remained in power sixteen years. Tn 1902 the Republcans differed even more sharply na to the Payno bill, and went intn confsvence on It in an ugly moes They reached sort of agreement. But ft satisfled neithor fuction: and the next year, in the firet appeal on the new law, tha voters dociared against it overwhelnr- ingiy. Thn Republican memborship of the House then elocted was reduccl j1e & compuratively small figure. But the huskiest conference in point * of tme consumed and bitterness en- gendercd took pince !n 1804, when the Democrnts of the Senate, uifder the loadership of Mr. German, locked horns witi: their brethren of tho House, under tho leaderskip of Pres- ident Cleveland, over the revenuo measure that had just boen passcd, Neither Mr. Gorman nor 2Mr. v land was, of course, a sitting rcembor & of the conference, but hotli were pros- ent in spirit, strong-wiiled aaa de- termined, and pulllng the strings on their respective sides. Political Washington vocked under the contention. A deudiock resulted, and a failure looked likely. A fallurs was advocated by some of the Demo- cratic protectionists would cause de- =€ feat at the coming congressional eiec- tions, then ouly a few months away. But a compromise was made. Mr. Gor- man getting the big end of it. Mr. Cleveland would neither sign nor veto the bill, and the next House was Re-" publican by a large majority. Those conferences were over revi- sions of the taril carrying number- less items and affording bases for bitter controversies. High tariff and low tariff men were in action over nearly everything. The present con- ference has a much simpler matter in hand, although there is so much mon- ey in the bill and such new questions involved that differences of opinion are heing expressed with emphasis. Any Method Will Be Popular. (Toledo Blade) Loyal Americans will not ask fur a referendum to decide whether traltors are to stretch hemp or be backed up against a wall and shot at o ise. Any method that pleases the Gov- ernment will be popular. Hyphens in Bad Odor. (Cleveland: Plain Dealer) There's something suspicious about a person of foreign birth who pro- claims himself ‘“pro-Aiucrican”: stead of just plain American. Hyphons are still in bad odor. .