Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 19, 1920, Page 4

iorturch Gulletin wnd Gnu?i:? i24 YEARS OLD Jtivn gk (28 & wedk; 506 4 mokth: $4.00 :mm 'r‘m At Nefwien, ~am, & Telephzae Catha durkéun. Byaness O T PR woows wx Bullstin s35% Offes 35-2. ®tttmante ORce 23 Chitea St TeiAone (95 ! | Norwieh, Saturday, Jane 19, MEMUER OF THE ASSGCIATED PRESS. fuy Kuwaciiiéd Prals (4 einsisety < w4 use for repalleation of all wews Cemel " siedlic o 1t or mat susermise ccod " e wesi Cols pul Aerein, All penia of remiblication of sieclal dewpatch = Neeln are e © icuaion | WEEK ENDING JUNE 12th, 1920 HAT JOHNSON WILL DO, gardless of the efforts that gre be- made by & certdin féw (o establish hird marty there is believed to be little nd for the hope that Hiram Johnson 1 be influencéd 1o give it his support.! Jolingon hds on a previous occasioh ipated in a bolt. He fully under- nd§ the effects of such action and just what it inflicted upon the country. In conméction With his campaign for the republican nomination for president he made 4t clearly undérstood thdt he would not resort to any such action in case He should not bLe successfal, but on the othér hand would give his support to the Chicago nominee. There is nothing what- ever to indicate that he Wil fiot stick by he has said and do his best to see the republican ticket is elected in Novémbér. That is his duty as a re- publican even though he rates himself as a progressive republican. That is just What he would have expected from every ather candidate for the nomination had he Chicago convention sélected Hiram as its standard bearer. by ne means surprising that Sen-| Johnson is disappointed over hisj to get the nomination. That is natural considering the effort he but he knows that only ofte could From the votes of the dele- was conclusively shown that his wha Johnson It i made. he, ch gates it ances were never as good as those of others and he gets certain satisfaction from the fact that those against whom he made the hardest fight failed, even as He did g to what he will 80 is indicated by of congratulations to Sen- g immediately after the nom-| ion was made. Had he had any idea| bolting or joinifig a third party hei ~ouldn’t have consisteritly sént that, and there is no reason to believe but what the California senatbr will be found like other defeated candidates practicing Golden Rule In the campaign which will ensue from now uftil next Novem- Ber. DEMOCRATIC POSSIBILITIES. There is mote than a WeeR before the| roérafle hiltlonal cohvéfition will open ‘ranéisco. The gang hak of begun to gather and the pos-| selection 1§ already belng widely | ussed. The demotrate cannot fail| nderstand how {he party stands be- the country &8 the fesilt of the icies of the présent administration so t it is not surfrising that there is no new of a third term, That handi- to_the party is g0 gredt that there 1s stfohg opposition even to the naming liam @. McAdoo. New York may the entire convention buy it stronig influence and Tamman; is tore Adoo while regarded by many as the man .available has just de-| at he wil| riot accept even if he nominated That seems to eliminate MeAdoo. while the chandes for Hoover disappearsd declared himgelf a republican. remain of cour: Attorney General . Govefnor Cox of Ohio, ex-Am- QGerard, Ambs dor Davis ginia, Governor Smith of New vk, Champ Clatk, who hdvé been more € kepnt to the front as possibilitie: here 1= the ever ready Wi m Tensings Bryan who only needs to be “tlled to have him make another sacri tee for t Vice Présiderit Mar- hal ¥ in a much better light oefore party and country than he did a ‘ew years ago, because of the contrast he offers to the president and his policies, he has declared that he ie retiring om politics. Strong efforts dre being made in behalf of the Ohio governor, with the idud of vjtting him against a man from his own state although work of no inconsidera- ble amount has been done in behalf of Ambassador Davis. Thus far it does not appear 1o b naway contest, except that the an- wuncement by Mr. McAdoo taat he will 0t take the nomination under any eir- :umstances eliminates one of th> strong- »st possibilities removes one of the ob- ttacles for Tammany and reduces by one hose who are scoring the pole position. a Deplorable in every way is the affair [ tmouth college’ where troubls over U quantity of liquor resulted in the jeath of a senior and the holding of (e self confessed slayer for action by the srand jury. Not only has this affair wroused much indignation because of the ancalled for killing but it has uncovered, # reports are true, that smuggling and bootlegging have been practiced for some tme by the accused. The apparent determination to disre- gard the law and to take the life of ah- sther because he had apparently man- aged to get away Wwith some liquor with- out paying for it Is hardly what o.s would expect to be revealed In the stu- dent body of a New England college. mouth is bound to get a lot of bad out of this affair. To have| nad studerts engaged in the practice of bringing liquor into the country in the ole smugglers and later dispose of to the students is bad enough but to| have it followed up by the fatal use of firearms in which the alleged smuggler wus the assailant furnishes a climax thdt calls ‘for the application of punitive measures in keeping With the decd. Thete may be a certain latitude al- lowed college students and they unques tionably would be less subjected to sus- plelon than others in {he matter of vio- Bekn very slight provoca- tion' he can hardly expeet that the law will do othefwise than take 1t8 Gourse: It cah hardly be believed that the slayer is to b8 conside; i the class of 4 gun man biit rather that his act was the result of being midde sc mall that he didn’'t realize. what he was @6ing. That, however, will not réstore thé fhan who was killed or eliminate the penalty that the eorime calls for. ” FIGHTING COAL PROFITEERS, _ Almost on the evé of the dethocratic: national convention Attorney General Paimer orders a drive on soft coal profit- eers. The prices of soft coal have been high| for a_ considerable period of time. It was realized that sufficlerit was beihig re- ctived By {Hé operators in the WAy of pricés that théy eould absdrb &tich an advance in the way of increased pay for! the mifiérs without being permitted to increasé the price o thé consumer. when u“‘: first increase was allowed the min- & ¥rom Mr. Palfner's statement it would appéar that the action that has beer ordered fesults from complaints whizh have been mdde by buyers rather thar action initlated by tiie departmen: of justice. 1t is to be récognizéd that the charging of exorbitant prices for coal of any eommoditles should be checked and When it is claimed by the attorney wen- érdl that it oSts the operators but $2.79 & ton to proddce bituminous coal it can be appreciated that the charge of $7 to $10 at the mined is far il éxcéss of what it should be. Under prevailing condi- tions it is to be expected that prices il bé higher thin they wéré tnder pre war conditions, bt there is no justifica- tion fof the gouging of the piiblir at any time. The consumer knows he must shoulder all increases @nd he Is willing to pay a fair price and smile, but when it comes to piling an unwarranted bui- dei upon him it can be éxpecled that he will kick. What suecess Mr. Palmeér will ‘have ¥ prosecuting the soft coal profitiérs no one cdn fell. Just at presen: he is shak- ing his finger. Whether he Will feally use his fist remains to be seen. It is evi- dent, however, if profiteering is actually being irddlged in that they have hot been detérred by similar anti-profiteer: ing opérdtiohs which -havé besti cirried on by the att¥rney general. In fact it may be due to the number who have been making enormous prolits tinjustly in other lines withott heing molested that the coal operators Have felt free to do likewise. THE LOAN T0 CHINA. Progress is being made in perfecting the details leading up to the meeting of the représentatives of th: banking groups from the fofir powers—The United States, Great Britaia Japan—who with the bac respective govériments are to the loan that China needs in Franee an order to meet its needs In the wiy of hew devel- opments. The annouricement to the cffect that the first tive meeting of these s is to be held in representa country is quite in contrast to what misht Have been expected a half dozés yesrs fizo. In fact it was about that tims that thi§ government indicated its ‘diszporoval of any steli idea, but otr positton as to finances has chdrigéd sifice the war. We occupy 4 few position and it cahnot fail to be redlized that the aftitude of tii€ administration has uiidergone marked improvement relative to the extension of finaneial assitsance to China. While these countries dre giving their moral sunpott to the efforts which are being made to help China ahd to main- tain the onen door policy there, it will develop upon the finaneidl interésts tol work out the plan by Which this loan car be put to the best use and at the same time be probérly protéeted which it is working for the best interests in the faf east. THere i indicated under the arrdrnge- ment as thus far perfected a clear un- derstdnding of the situdtion in that part of the world. Japan's leadership thers is of course recognized but under the| joint particination every faclilty should be afforded for the accomplishment of the desired industrial development with- the danger of stifriig up friction he different nations. This at s the aim of the undertaking. How it will work out remains to be seen but indications are tHat it will get a most favorable start, and if {he same good judgment prevails as is sought it should work out to the satisfaction n8t only of those inivolved but of the entire world. EDITORIAL NOTES. Jume, seems to be making adequate provisions against a drought. From now on the oulja boards w busy picking the wifiner at San Francis- co. Colonel House has probably gone to Europe for lack of an invitation to go to San Francisco. It has taken the attorney generdl a long time 5 reach the conclusion that there are soft coal profiteers. Hiram Johnson krows the effects of past mistakes too weil to be led into heading a third party again. Fven if he hasn’t been officially noti- fied of his nomination Senator Harding isn't letting any valuable time slip away unused. jewels afd liquors, but they can' get away with the Carufo voice uniess it's canned Possibly that bicycle deiivered at the White house is for President Wilson's use in determining ‘the boundarles of Armenia. Jack Dempsev got away from tliat draft dodger charge Without a mark. Time will tell wheéther Carpentisr will let him off as easy. With Italy alone demanding over twelve billion war indemnity Germany Will be more certain than ever tnal the way Oof the trinsgressor iy hard. When Brmma Goldmdn siys that the bolshevik government has taken away the freedom of tHe people it can't be the same Emma that left America. When Mr. McAdoo declares that he hdas made up his mind that he would not dcoept @ presidential nomination, he sees the handwriting on the wall for the dem- ocratie nominee. Tnat littl€ dpat betweén Nicholas Mur- ray Butler and General - Wood doesn't déeni to bhyo done anybody any good, and of course the chance to de harm was ull over at Chlcigo. How the trolley roads are lating the law fregarding prohibition, but wheh a yoting man engaged in encourag- ing’ drinking among his fellow students hds 5o little regard for human life tHat W is willing to snuff it out on WHAt H i v Thieves have been stealing the Caruss| S0 2tion Of money | the closest scrutiny, counterfeits ereep in?{ the tion h: B guence of his veto. But is it giving the ably the méjority of our people feel t e propéf thifig fof ihih. m&? S e done wis the adoption of the peASE tfeaty. As con; that war was at an end. The - dent’s veto, then, puts us in &0 had o The Dominion’s first problem of social|eyes afid sanely with a deté “Square deal” to our entente allies? Prob- | ynrest was ‘cou prove équ ously me! afi e to all: intelligent courage and politi it not create a loophole for Germany to | cal standards Which seem in advance’ o escape from her indemnity obligations?] ours. This attitude of the president in &on- stantly blocking the heels of eon| popularity with the peovle at large. When we come right down to brass tacks, exactly what have we ga e war? Our young mien by the sand§ sieep in French soil; déat) diseasés and from wourids exceed those Who were killed in battle; a number were maimed for life and will be handicapped ih getting a living. The expente was enormous, and the resultant a high cost df living that has brought about general dissatisfaction. But have we gained | what we set out for? Has the world been “mdde safe for democrdcy” and civilization saved fcom aiother atfempted assassthation? What will be the agency of protection? Not the league of hations with the United States left o When dur senate turned the Versailies document down, England, being vastly more inter-! ested in resuming trade reldtions with Germany than in_prbtecting civilization, took her cue from us and is now de- manding a modificatioti bf the pedce terms. In GCofisequence Frifice, without | the support of Russia, which she had in t of post- In vietw of these and other equally pertinent facts, one cannot help askifig, what have We gained by the 1914, is rhade to beéar the bru war conditions. war? Flizabeth Staart Plelps, in that de- lightful little volumé, “Béyond the Gates,” devotes one chapter to the symphony of This at first seems to be a rmixed color. metaphor, for the word “symphony” meéan: hdrmony 6f gound and has nothing in it But there is such a thing as harmony of color, and color may be called “loud.” Colors in perfect expressive of color. be so pronounced as | It is_true that pléasi combination have “just the same effect upon us as harmonious sounds. In color Nature gives ds choruses, solos, duets, trios, quartettes and thus on. With lit- tle imagination we can liken pines, sprices, fits, hemlocks arid cedars to the heavy bass voices or. instruments. Eims and early maples with lighter shade may remind u§ of the lightér or Daritone voices. The apple and the birch will cor- respond to second tenors; and finally the white oak amd walnut to the first tenors: But now and {hien we have the poplar, at this season ‘of the vear a shimmering mass of white, Wé may liken to the mezzo soprano, or the birdlike trills of a Nor- dica. When all are Seen in one land- scape it has the concert effect upon us. This is what Elizabeth Stuart Phelps saw “Beyond the Gates.” There is no religion in making oneself uncomfortable. The main object of re- ligion—and. of course, the Christian re- ligion is here meant—is to’ glorify one's Maker, and the second object is to let religion glority us. That is, let it bright- en, enlighten, dignify and inspire our - Compdte Her action with the state- ment of a meriber of our American con-|zlements ih our citizeriry. sional action will not tend to increase his | gress that the proper course to pursue as| altogether wanting to tef of 4 United Stafes senator Wh ' her ‘mew revenue|her revenue on a substamtial foundation, oré demon-| and to recognize the justice and practical | to dispose of her post- a adva of us. While to improve- | 8hé i&, nevertheless, | her problem in ctive leg- B 3 *writes @ ostilities will not be resumed in conse- | Charles' E. Lord in the New York Times. | refuse to meet otir intelli- | first insist upon an ecoromical seems on ¢ way to mifhistration of our government ong lines 1ikély to| tures; next, a basing ef our revenue Heér problem of | upon what is suré, stable and productive ; s did not, the only!taxation and -djunfifit o:h f::m"r“}::: ;r;nr,en levying of taxe§ that 8 i w in s lar - el e e N Tt Jeast| o siors than # Jest in the Guery: “Why | fifther, & feeiaf &¥d | not move to Ofpada?” position with the rest of the world. Does | shown an She has at least hé presént févenue la¥W ds it standa|sense, {is an Abomination, and is a conspicuous|are seeking to be rid of > of taxin as well i e Sl at least shbwh an ab far we, I reg: 4k a practical Tk, s Tk o . Prachen sifnilat problef to mical ad- it will inténded to fall; #nd, £ of initiative and ehtsr- Pprise, togeter with a restoration 8¢ com- petitive forces which have been in the past the occasion of our rapid growth and de- velopmént, fiot ofily physically biit in the increased well-being and happiness of all Sigtia are not ow that such an they are | Tegards taxation is recognized but that|awakening to civic consclousness dnd the . people, particularly the farmer and ousn the, laborer, must be educated to approve it {n advafice before congress will act; of | m | wri practical common sensé are at hand. If these signs mean anything, théy ean that we are beginning to appreci- ©|ate the results of our présent camouflage taxation, and that Ametican comrmon practical habits and intélligence the rhakeshitt illustration of the legislative product of|war taxation and find a practiéal, sotind gress charged with the duty of rais: l‘fl;o e 3 on' the one hand, 1 an public displez pression s i camouflage our i appear on thé enormous revenue, Americin way of meeting otr obligation, recognizing that we do riot regrét the oc- d painfully ‘nprehensive of an aroused|casion for these taxes, that we went lies “The people rfectly willing to accept without ques-|sarilly fo the burdeh. tioh afy stheme of taxation. howéver op- pressive to them which, on the face of things, seems to be | spend instéad of what they sa otherwise. in uitimate resuit long subject to indirect|in a thanner just to ail 4nd W | taxation through our tariff laws, seem | plication which pe: “When they do becoffie conscions of the fact thdt theirs {s the burden under dny form of taxdtion, and that such bur- den is aggravated under a system like ours, we may hope for a sclieme of direct taxation more equally distributed and therefore more equitable and just.” Thé thought bick 6f such statement i8 ppafently our familiar dictum “Safety rst,” partictlarly individual safety -and the party and political safety which feels that the pill of tdxation must be gilded before the people will swallow it, under- rating both patriotism and intelligence, and stréssing the spirit of envy and cu- pidity which may be led to believe that a proper way to meet odr individual re- which will find ex-|wiliingly into the war in deféhse of our at the polls. We; therefore, 0| honor and principles, have paid the prics !gl'alazkm asd to make it|in blood, the most priceless thing we things that only|have, and wotild not shirk the money | thost possesséd of éndfmotis wealth and|price. and that it is pot a question of { large incomes are unduly burdened. the obligation but of how it shal] be met, 1 an ap- i1l not add unnéces- Can such a 2 way be found? Certain- ly. When we begin to tax what people , we are on the right track. All the physical ac- tivities of life are refigctéd in buying ana selling, and a tax ofl tha tufnover of commodities is baséd on someéthing more substantial than a tax on incothe or profits. intended to fall, and does not lend it- self to concealment or a shifting of the burden as doés the taxing of endeavor and risk through taxing income and prot- its. It will take the place & so much of the present taxation as is directed at those elements and reduce the high oost of living because the 16ading of prices to meet an untertermined tax, régarded as contributing 25 per cent. of the pres- ent inflation of prices, only a portion of s, ‘which added pe: sponsibilities to bur government is to at- temnpt each one of us to shift our share of the burden to some back and to déhide ourselves With belief that in so @ding we are not, each one of us already bearing a larger bur- den than is at all necessary to accom- plish thé purpose of financing the gov- erniment’s reeds, Grave college professors, learned and painstaking, impressed with the beauties of abstract theory, but as usual under- estimating the element of human nature, have _seriously treasury department and revenue measures based on deavos preciatioh of tlie unpopulari have gla@ly experimented with a method which might seem to the unthinking to plage the burden of taxation upon a lim- ited fiumber of as it does the selfish instinet other fellow’ recommended to to ; and. legislators, with : eople; carrying. of the own lives. Bodily or mental discomfort has directly the daposite effect; it tends to bedim and déiden and discourage. Discomfort has the same relition to spir- itual betterment that disease has to phy-| sical health. There are cases, of course, where it comes to one 4§ a shock, bring- ing him face to face with tie grim real; ty of his conduct. Even here it is only a reminder and not a good in itself. If there was some positive good in making | oneself uncomfortable one wotld natural- Iy expect that the fakirs of India would be highly perfécted belngs. From all ac- | counts they are not models of moral and spiritudl excellence. The bodily tortures to whi subject themselves are al- most incredible. - Thus-far they have not proved to be the pathway to holiness that any of us would accept. To believe in the efficacy of discomfort s to endorse the theology of the medicine man and the witch doctor. Certain ideas like certain diseases rage as epidemics. We are tliankful they are not with spicuous political fortunes. has, to an extent, subordinated such con- | siderations and has.had the courdge to apply a measure of taxation on consump- | tion, relleving fome of endeavor, even if she has only gone part | way and not vet reachied the full measure | of sound legislation at which she will in | gnq certain ot all probability eventusilly arri ha at least made the attempt to control and define her exnenditures, income enotigh to meet them without add- ing a floating debt, to base special benefit 4l the great arias that|on business have been written It is to the credit of Canada that sh the the the congress taxing en- keen ap- of taxes, ith it, | 'ascinating possibility of appealing to the least worthy and most voter—instinets mote or less common in all of us and upon which have been based many con- burden on She to provide | a portion of | so-called luxury taxes. Teentage reaches the gov- ernment; will be replaced by a definite tax whichi in its most cumulative form from prodicer to consumer will rarely reach éveri 3 per cent. on the final re- tall price, all of which goes to the gov- efhment. If we admit that it is desirable to adopt @ miéthod of taxatioh which will free endedvor, release the operation of natural laws, rest where it is ifitended t fall and definé the taxpayer's liability so that he may understand it, and it we recoghize that having adopted an income tax amendment to our constitution wa are committed to a taxation of incom then it seems as if the solution lies in a proper adjustment between income and consumption taxation which may be ac- complished by (1) a base tax resting upon consumptiori in the form of a tax of 1 per ceht. upon the turnover ot com- modities from producér to consuriér; col- lectable monthly or quartetly: from the vendor upon his gross sales a8 recorded upon his books, compelling the keeping of a propier record, and leaving it to him I to absorb the tax or pass it along as an | addition t6 his invoice ; (2) A normal tax {:n a fixed rate upon corpofrate #nd indi- €| vidual incomes above # definite examp- : (3) surtaxes upon unearned income as measured by the capital which pro- | duces the incomé and allocated by & de- {finite formula; (4) certain excise taxes, uch as the existing tobacco taxes, sup- | plemented by customs duties on fmports her special taxes, but elim- | inating the present excesk nfofits tax on | corporations, the surtaxes on earned in- ome and certain of the most objectiol {able and least productive of the present | tio: since the da Just ¢ reached the climax she as sh Jeriny Lind. Dr. idam Clarke b oked up to see the boss himéelf stand- gued very learhedly that a: a | ing back of the otheérs watch! ng her. immortdl. Personally I'm not dn author-| For # mimite she was speéchléss. — Thet fty on the subject, but hope he is right.|just as the others saw him she gig- | gled both nervously Sunday Morning Talk GOD WILL INSURE YOU. and mirthfully as | the ‘others awed watclied the boss go to } ate office. And then oné of the ! jold employes tobk her to task for gig- | ull the time. Irruptions of | .God promises to insuré you. We Lave|gling. “Honestly, I believe you would the body and of the miid hop, skip and; Withessed the experience of those who|laugh at a funeral” she ended. jump through the decade. If it isn't{have beén insured by Him, and we have| Tle ‘mimic smiled, “Ain't [ just prov- smallpox then it's eugenics. If the times | ascertaihed that He has kept every|img I would?" she returnéd. ‘I felt the are unusually calm then some outside |Promise made and never failed fo be|minute 1 saw him that it Was my fa- saint startles the world with a magazine | true to His compact. The insurance He ! neral. article on “What's the Matter With the Church?” Just at present the alarmists are working overtime on _thé, marriage relation. Onc great journal offers prizes on the following themes: “What do you think is the matter with marriage?’ “Why so much marital urifest?" about war hrides, divorces?” riage I8 4 failyre. that where one unfortunate marriage wriggles itself fnto publicity there are ninety and nine couples who have never asked man to “part asunder what God hath joined together?” Tt will be day after tomorrow, at least. before the dog- fmas of bolshevism will frighten us, that the institution of marriage will soon fol- low in the wake of dead civil govern- ments. . From the tohe of many published arti- cles today it would seem that writers are either looking for perfection or something to growl at. Suppose we should con- demn God's natural world as a failure becaues it is not all arable land and flower gardens, but hds swales, swamps, quagmires and malaria; or the animal kingdom because it contains besides man and the domestic animals such pests as gnats, fleas, mosquitoes and rattlesnakes. Why not condemn the coinage and eir- becanse, in spite of Is it quite fair to condemn the Y. M. C. | A, because it limped under impossible conditions, or is it quite just to brand the wiole institution as crooked because under the pressure of great haste a_good many crooked sticks got into it? Of course it is too bad—for the growlers— that God didn't make us saints, but as a matter of fact He has made the average man about half way between the devil and an angel. There are times when he séemns to be swinging back again to the devil, and then he crosses the cquator and ap- proaches the angel. On the whole, I think he is slowly gaining in the angelic direc- tion. : Have you ever notieed what apparent impression the services of Memorial day make on the miore ifitelligént part of our foreign neighbiors? 8 writer was i several good positions to study tHe faces His first impression was tite relative provortion of foreigh facks, deep interest they of the crowd. and secondly, the séemed to take in the day. 1 watehe the faces of some Jewlsh boys #nd girls while Thé Star Spangled Banner was be- ing sung. Unconsciously they weré mak- ing a distinct contribution of intelligence and devotion to the Services. ha greater lessori' in Americanism haé our country to give than'the hofior it pays to its nobie de#d! - ? Those Wwho redd thése Talks of mine— and possitily one in_every, hundred. does —will remeriber that I Hdd something to say a few weeks ugo about a little wren that abéde in an apple tréé heneath which 1 frequently §at. heavy gale cafne along one day and while it did not suffering these days i§ Hlistrated by the abanden- mefit of tlie freight service by the trol- leys in eastern Massachusbits jdst at a time When better freight service is manded in most sections exactly raise the Tent of that tree, it did raze the tree itself to the Bround. My little wren whose singing had 8o delighted me suddenly found its home e desg- late. Wheré the bitd went to I Knew not, but on Memorial day it came back, or at least discovered me and sang for iy offers you is life, tontine, endowment co-| operative, all in one. your children will benefit by it in th It is life, because | Bat it wasn't. he contfidence and esteem of their f=llow-| LE1TERS TO THE EDITOR men ; ous interést on the investmen tontine, because it gives marve you make, | “What | trial marriages and | The inference i that mar- Do we stop 4o realize and all the opulence of Heaven is pledg- ed to its payment, while all the ‘affluence of earth is but a drop in the ocean of the asséts of God. It is endowment, 1- Some Time Before Suffrage i Consigned to Oblivion. Mr. Editor: Uncle Billle's response |to Annie B. Austin’s letter in Tuesddy's bechuse when you miost meed it in-weak- | ness, in any kind of distress, least capable of helping can driw on the treasury of Christ for your daily food, and for all that is nec- essary to you. cause your interest and engages the hearts of n misery, in failure, in povert, vour self, It is co-operative, it enlists every child of God all Christians in your affairs. poor vitality / shaustible] vontion, which gathered in Chicago on fountain_of His blood. and makes, ou ! jiic T iy destined o split the party ! :::::"e' o o TorEir own ewke, | Quite as’ the later 1912 convention split ! Have you children whom you love withi u be poor, you may leave them wealth, such as no un-| righteous prince may compass—a policy which the Lord has pledged Himself to| pay. ! may devotion? It you are on the road to Heaven, you canniot travel without this msurance. All who have entéred into the straight gate, have first taken out a policy in Christ. Do not fear that He will examine you| too closely, and find you diseased. knows that all who come to Him are leprous with sin, but He promises to re- store them to health, and to give them! of His owir pure unvitiated life. No oth-| er insurance ecompany can do that. Their; medical examiners will feel your pul indtiire into.your genealogy. i nohé of these things, but replenishes vour | inexhaustible | Christ do from the Even though 3 You may leave them wealth. vanish, teach them contented. when you are you be- He righteodshess. Leave them a policy taken out ‘in Christ which you Have paid for in coin of Chris tian hofjor, and then you may die- with sonigs of angels in your ears, and pass td the land beyond smiling, happy and | You wiil leate bdhind you no spiritual will to be conhtested, and no property in- to which your childrén cannot enter till a long course of litigation hae diminish- &d its value. As you have entered into the inheritande of Christ so will your childreh eriter irito yours, for the right- epis hdve mever been forsaken and their children have néver been obliged to beg in d Bulletin calls for comment on_Uncle Bil- lie’s judgment conoerning suffrage and selfishness of women. 1 would therefore ask Uncle Billie of Eagleville, who but unselfish women have given to the world ouf best men, our men who have, and now, fill the eficient walks of detivity, including presidents. matesmen, senators and officers of worth and talent? 1t will be some time Uncle Billie before suffrage will be consigned to oblivion. ELLEN E. FISKE Norwich, June 18, 1920. 3 in SNAP SHOTS OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS Copyrighted by G. M. Adams Service on] The Convention of 1896 The 1896 Democratic National Con- i republicanism. The Issue upon of sfiver in the famous ratio of “i6 to 1": and the new democratlc whom the occasion mdde, was Wiiliam Jennings Bryan—then only 36 years of age—who was destined to dominate sub- sequent party faiths for 20 years, | From the moment the gavel first féll, the convention fight raced around “free silver.” and from the first to last “free silver” won. The National Comrhittée had proposed Senator David B. Hill of New York for temporary chiirfiian. He was promptly unhorsed by a vote of 586 1to 349, when the conveation substituted riator Johin W. Daniel, a “free silver- ite.” from Virzinia. The committee an credentials thien decided all contests in favor of the “free silverites,” and thus augmented their Conventlon control. Thé resolutions committee then report- It their bread. ed a straizht-dway “fre: silver” pla-k which, after a terfiffic debate. was sus- were strolling but said: Stories That Recall Others From a Schiool Teacher. Two girls preparifiz to be ong teache: The Gther girl 1d the others ain't at.” ing dictation but in impérsonating doing a stunt before the office force. was especially good boss Thought the Efd Hid Come. A stenograpber not only clever at in mimicing and she was showing up while long the river bank andious speech which concltided il these burmc admired a row of odd little coliages. One of thé girls refharked: “1 would just love to live out here, but would like a more exclusivé spot.” agreed love to live out there, ould want 4 cottage Where b out tained by = vote of 626 to 303. It was in this debate that Bryan—who got ffito the convention on'y when the credentials committee unseated the “go'd delegation’ from Nebraska—spranz ifito whitesheat TS| popularity and dominion with that fam- ing Words—"We shall answer theif de- mand for the gold standard by saying to them: you shall nst press down ufion the brow of &'l labor this crown- of thorns; you shall hoi crucify mankind {upon a cross of gold!" The silverites” were now 80 complete- ly in the saddle that the “gold standard” delegates realized they were helpless to prevent a “free-silver” nominatjon. ecen under the two-thirds rule. Ther did not withdraw from the corivéntion at the time, but 178 delegates refiised to vote o rést i | 1 1 which | the division came was the free coinage | chiéftain | V Discount Sale —NOW GOING ON— Make Your Own Deductions From Our Low Prices Such a tax rests where it is| the presidential calis. Richard B. Biand of Missouri led the first ballot, with 235 to Bryan's 119 votes in a_total fleld of 14 candidates. Robert E. Pattisdn of Pennsylvania (95) vestigated thoroughly. Particular attention is being giver to the location of old trading te mainly by the Hudson Bay and the Northwest Fur Trading companies. lorace Boles of Iow@ (85) and Joseph S. C. Blackburn of Kentucky (83) were the othér principal contenders. On the sec- ond and third ballots Bland still led. On the fourth ballot Bryan went into first favor, and on the fifth ballot he had 500 2 short of the necessary twe Before the result was an- nounced, 78 delegates _transferred to Bryan and he had won his first of three présidential nominations. Joseph C. Sibléy of Pennsylvania led for vice president on the first ballot in a field of 15. Among these 15 were four who had ended with Bryan for first place. Bland led the sécond and third ballots (just 4s he had done in the pre- ceding presidential voting). Joseph R. McLean of Ohio led the fourth ballot. But Arthur Sewal! of Maine led the fifth and last ballot with the necessary two- thirds vote. Two week Inter i+ Ponu'ists aléo nom- inated Bryan but linked Thomas E. Wat- son of Georgia witn uim for second place. ational Silver party however adopted both Bryan and Sewall. Then, on_September 2, the revolting “gold dem- acrats’ ‘gathered in Indianapolis—with 41 states and three territories represented— and nominated John M. Palmer for pres- ident. on a sipgle bailot, and General Simon E. Buckner of Kentucky for vicé president by acelamation. The result of thi campaign was the first slection of Presiden' McKinley. To be continid Mowdny whi the story of ihé Convemtion of 1500 HISTORICAL TF‘lADfNG POSTS SOON TO BECOME PARKS Sites of historical trails, camps and battle grotnds In North Dakota will be marked by parks and monumental tablets, according to the plans of Bis- marck patrivtic organizations. Dr. Meélviti R. Gilmore, curator of the North Dakota Historical Soclety, recently announced the acquisition of additional tracts: made famous by pioneering expeditions. The sites were pufchased by communities in which they dre located, Dr. Gilmore said, and the historical society was made trus- tee_for them. He said this procedure was followed by communities as rapidly as new sites wete foutid to be of unugual value his- torically. The state itself has made no purchdse of this kind. The ditbs aré being improved by “state pdrks” frofn time to time, large- 1y by community subscriptioh, but with occasional staté aid. Bventually, ac- l | The sites already acquired include the following: Fort Abercrombie. south of Fargo on the Red river, Fort Pembina, two mile¢ {rom the Canadian boundary, in the nofthwestern corner of the state; Walhalia trading post and mission, near Pembina on the Pembina river; Fort A. Lincoln, 2 short distance southwest of Bismarck on the west bank of the Missouri riv- er; Fort Rice, between Mandan ané Cannonball on the west bank of the Missouri; Fort Clark, south of Mandan on the Misosuri, and a village site of the Mandans two miles from Fort Clark, through which Lewis and Clark passed. The program of the Daughtets of the American Revolution also provides for better preservation of the original cab- in of the late Theodore Roosevelt which now stands on the state capitoi grounds.—Cleveland Plain Dealer, Wife Of Secretary Of State cording to Dr. Gilmore's plans, each park will contain a plot of ground in which only the native crops, plants and grasses of the Indians will be grown. 1t is planned also to provide each with specimens of the animals and wild game which formerly ranged the plains of thig section. 1n addition to the historical society's projects, the local Daughters of the American Revolution contemplate plac ing stone tablets with appropriate in- scriptions on a humber of the sites. Among the historical fihds recently protured have beeh Fort Ransom, near Lisbon, on the James river, in the eastern part of the state, ahd many points a]oni canips and battlés: The paths of such expeditions as those of Lewis dnd Clark, Sulley and Fiske are being in- the Sibley trail marking. | Mrs, Bainbridge Colby, wife of the Secrétary of Stite. The fieW cabinet hostess is a handsome woman with a particularly gracious and charm- ing manner and her receptions in the beautiful home they have taken are marked by a good deal of inormality and a genuine spirit of hospitality. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA w E take pleasure in announc- ‘ing that Mrs. Anne Dolan has accepted a positon with The Boston Store Apparel Shop as assistant to the buyer.