THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1915.
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TZ January 4
Thought for the Day
SUtt4 hy Frank A. FitupmtHeh
"Lov of truth shows itself in
thi$, that a man know how to find
and valas tho good in ovtry thing.
CoetAe.
Hi, there, boys, are you atlll sticking to the
old wagon?
Welcome, implement dealers, for a good
tart in your convention for a prosperoug New
Year!
Another twenty-four hours will tell us who'
who In the Nebraska speakership, handicap
hurdle race.
Yet as badly wounded as civilisation has
been, it can and will survive the war and In
lime be stronger than ever.
Evidently the war of 1812 did not teach as
lasting a lesson about meddling with American
commerce aa we thought It did.
The Memphis News-Sclmltar say "the old
town is all right despite Its calumniators." Yes,
most towns are, Omaha Included.
Really now, no one would miss the coroner's
of rice except the coroner and those who have the
tall to serve regularly on the coroner's Jury. "
"Economy" may he the watchword of thla
deniocratio congress, but remember that "word
are good and only so when backed by deeds."
It seems a man cannot get arrested In
Mexiao for calling another a bandit, although
he might get shot for it It caught off his guard.
Regardless whether neutral nations recog
nise Belgium as German or not,' eye witnesses
report difficulty in recognising it at Bslgium.
i: . .' i.. -j ..it
Those senators who have been doing the
patchwork - on the Immigration bill evidently
want to make sure that President Wilson will
veto it.
Former . President Tart says a man cannot
plsy "good" golf and curse at the same time.
Those chaps who do the cursing, then, are the
loor players. , .
Perhaps If that Tennessee, centurisn had not
eaten hot1 biscuits twice a day and smoked his
pipe almost constantly he might have lived to
a ripe old age ,
. The president denies the existence of any
ill feeling between him and the senate over the
matter of patronage, and the senate Is too strong
on courtesy to enter rebuttal.
When Rudyard Kipling refers to London as
"owe city," he pays an unconscious, but none
theless obvious, tribute to the delicate refine
ment of the American language.
That so-called slow ball bomb," with which
the Germans are terrorising the Russians, must
be an adaptation of the "snake curve" delivery
of some of our American league pitchers.
Some folks are stirring up a fuss over Jim
Patten's, donation of f 16,000, which came out
of his wheat crop. But no one donlea that it
counts for 25,000 perfectly good dollars.
The subject for the evening aermon by Rev. A.
K. Hherrlll. pastor of the First Congregational churoh,
was "An Oriental Tale, and I la Present Lesson."
The church notice for the St. Mary's Avenue Con-
relational church, of which Rev. Wtllard 8oott la
pastor. Includes this Information: "8t Mary's ave
nue car a pass the door, leaving FarBem at 10 S a,
riL and 7:3 p. m-'
The annual election of the Omaha club reeulted
In the choice of thi-ae officers: President. W. V.
Morse; vice president. John T. Clarke; Secretary, W.
K. McMillan; treasurer. John K. Wilbur. It was also
decided to take the lower left-head bos at the charity
tall aad use it as a rlub headquarters.
Twelve persons united with the First Methodist
Kplsropal church this Sabbath. The churcfe Is grow
ing undt-r Ita pastor. Rev. Savtdge, and a large chorus
rhoir Is being organised under the directorship of
Will Hevens.
Tlie death of Arthur, the Infant son of Mr. and
Mia M. Urllmai Is bringing the bereaved parent
mill sympathy.
Attorney Charles Oglen has returned from New
Orleans. Mr. Ogden la a native of the Creole state
and devoted his visit to renewing old acquaintances
suui Heating the txpoalUoi
Our Duty to the Filipino.
Denpite systematic efforts of the administra
tion to minimise the importance of the Filipino
riots committed in anticipation of the pannage
of the Jones bill granting Independence to the
Islands, the Impression grows that conditions
there are deteriorating Instead of improving
under the spell of democratic agitation for com
plete autonomy.
In view of the character of these people, a
large proportion of whom have but the acantest
Idea of the meaning and obligations of self
government, It would be unfair to expect It to
be otherwise. It will not be easy to explain
away the arrest of these fifty Manila Insurgents,
so upset by the delirium of their dreams that
they smite the very hand that proposes to feed
them-
From its earliest occupation the American
government has stood firmly for a constantly
increasing measure of self-government commen
surate with the Filipino's progress. But to
force autonomy on him prematurely, or a dis
proportionate measure of It, as the Jones act
contemplates, risks doing him, as well as our
own government, sn Injury rsther than justice.
The advance along lines of health, education,
business and knowledge of government made
by some of these natives under American rule
Is nothing short of a prodigy. Now to withdraw
abruptly the guiding hand that has led them
In the arte of modern life, Is not only to aban
don them, but possibly to overturn and undo
most, If not all, the great good accomplished.
Without debating the prog and cons of our orig
inal occupation of the Islands, the overshadowing
fsct Is that the American people want and shall
stand by the doty and responsibility assumed
In the Philippines until the task Is done, and it
Is decidedly open to question that the Filipinos
have as yet reached that stage of development
where they can stand alone.
The Net Betnltt.
By the settlement of the sheriff's accumu
lated bills (be fight against the Jail feeding
graft, uncompromisingly waged by The Bee. has
resulted in cutting down the charge from (0
cents a day to 32 cents' a day, a reduction of 18
cents per prisoner per day.- Computed for the
year on an average of 200 prisoners, this re
duction aggregates an annual saving of f 13,140,
which would otherwise have come out of the
taxpayers' pockets and cone Into the pocket of
the sheriff. Let us recall also that In making
this fight, the only support and active backing
for The Bee's efforts to stop this graft came
from the county board, while the various clvto
organizations looked on merely as spectators,
and our so-called reform newspaper contempo
raries actually endeavored to help the sheriff
get away with the goods.
The Comptroller's Eecommendationi.
. Among the recommendations made by the
comptroller of the currency In his snnual re
port several are likely to evoke a good deal of
popular Interest.
. One Is to reserve bank directories for mem
bers who actually direct, eliminating the nomi
nal or strateglo directors, who seldom so much
as attend a meeting of their boards.
Another proposal which, however, Is sure
to be combated by those who object to making
'mere bigness a target. Is tor a law limiting the
deposits of national banks to ten times their
combined espltal and surplus. The nub of the
deposit problem Is safety, and to say that the
safety line Is drawn at ten tlmee the capital and
surplus Is purely arbitrary.
Comptroller Williams disagrees with some
whose business requires the handling of large
quantities of money as to the expediency of the
money-laundering process. He strongly favors
It and wants all signatures on notes and certifi
cates hereafter engraved Instead of written, as
the Ink fades when the money Is washed. Those
who object to the washing say that It makes the
paper limp and difficult to handle, but the
laundry proponents think that all objections are
more then eonnterbalaneed by the sanitary Im
provement effected.
A Sign of Inexperience.
A momentous discovery has been made down
at Lincoln that one member-elect of the state
senate, by his expense account affidavit, admits
having paid out more money than the limit fixed
by lew- This terrible Indictment, It proved,
may subject the culprit to ouster from office.
But still. It may be a matter for argument
whether he should be so punished for telling the
truth Instead of pursuing the usual practice of
making his expense affidavit with mental reser
vations to keep from overstepping the line of
illegality. The only fair Inference to be drawn
Is that any senator who allows himself to get
tangled up in this fashion must be an amateur
wholly Inexperienced In he mazes of the po
litical highways snd byways.
Fashions and Unemployment
And now comes a feminine expert economist
declaring that the whims and vagaries of styles
are largely responsible for the unemployment of
certain workers. Her theory Is that women
who demand new hats, coats, dresses and shoes
each recurring season are the mesas of depriv
ing thousands of men aad women ot work every
year. She explains further by saying that manu
facturers cannot provide steady employment for
their people because they never know until the
last minute what to make.
Perhaps this is sound logic, but It runs
counter of a rather well established view that
exactly the opposite tendency follows milady's
faithful submission to Dame Fashion's arbitrary
demands. Certainly, to the untutored, it would
stand to reaaon that the more changea of atyles,
the more work tor the manufacturers, while, on
the other hand, if women wore the same fash
Ions from season to season, the output at the
makers' naturally would diminish. At least, this
has been the popular Impression. It it is only an
hallucination ot lgaoraace. perhaps, mere man
may have the face to protest harder against foot
ing the bills.
Frank B. Kellogg, who has been held up by
the hosts of Armageddon as one of their Illus
trious heroes, appears In the newspapers of Min
nesota as treasurer ot a new organization, known
as the Republican League of Minnesota, whose
business Is the complete re-lnvlgoratlon of the
G. O. P. In that state, which Is doing its best,
like all the rest, to atone for "helping to put the
democrats In the saddle. '
y TXCTOB aOSEWATKaV.
SOMEONE wsnts to know what 1 rnesn when I
sy that I am to contribute this column "period,
ally." Juat to, relieve possible distress I will
say that I hope to Ulk under this heading at leaat
once or twice a wrek, but that I am not holding
myself to any schedule of fined dsys. If t can con
jure up a desire In anyone to make sure of each ap
pearance. hi will have to keep on the lookout from
daj to day perhaps that Is a reaaon.
Another Inquisitive friend wants to know how I
succeeded In writing so beautifully the heading at
the top. To be, quite frank about It. I didn't. Tho
loitering In In what la called "the library hand," being
the writing preferred for catalogue work In libraries,
because of Its plainness and legibility. In the belief
that the library hand would serve my purpose bst.
and nlso lend a little oddMy. 1 went over to the ul
llo library and asked Miss Hammond to copy the
caption for me, but she modestly recommended Mls
Baumer as the more expert In the art. Miss Bau
mer consented to accommodate, but with the assur
ance that the young woman to whom I had flrt
applied In fact ci me nearer to wr1f.r:g a perfect
library hand than anyone else In the establishment.
In saying that the library hand is preferred for
catalogue work, t may have overstated It a trifle.
It waa once so preferred, but now. I believe, a printed
script In used, or, still more often, a typewritten or
typed card. Of course fashions In writing change as
do fashions In other thing. I rememoer that mhen
I went to school, my teachers vainly tried to mold
my scratches Into a "Bpencerlan penmanship," and
later when I put in a brief term at a commercial
college the aim waa to make me Indite a so-called
"business hand." It was all in the slant and the
shading of the down strokes. Subsequently the "ver
tical" handwriting had the call, and then a modifica
tion that permitted of a slight tilt. I would not be
surprised to live to see the day when handwriting
will have become almost a lost art, except for per
sonal signatures, and when all our manuscripts and
written communications will bo either typewritten,
phonographed or Just talked ever the wire.
While on the topic of handwriting, let me recall
a schoolday incident when I turned in an essay to
my teacher of rhetoric at the High school, a younii
woman who herself wrote In near-hleroglyphlcs, and
had It returned bearing the Inscription, "Composi
tion excellent; chlrography miserable." I went to her
at once and Impertinently asked, "Will you kindly
tell me what you have written on my essay?" She
didn't see the joke, but, fortunately for me, the prin
cipal to whom she sent me did.
Doing to funerals la always depressing, and par
ticipating In the last sad rites over Frank I. El lick
must have made everyone there pause and ponder on
the awlftnesa with which comes the transformation
from warm, virile, pulsating life to the cold. Inert,
emptiness that ends all on this earth. For many
months I was closely associated with Elllck as a co
laborer on the Workmen's Compensation commission
named by Governor Aldrlch to investigate and repot t
on the whole subject, and submit a draft of a com
pensation bill If our conclusions favored the project.
At that time Elllck waa a veritable steam-engine of
human enrgy. Whatever he took up, he went at
with a vim that left no doubt as to his confidence
In its successful outcome, and In this he fumishel
an enthusiasm that more than once saved a dubious
situation. In his own field of business activity he
waa wrapped up In what is known as "the cost
system" of figuring printing jobs, and "the coat
system" literally exuded from Eillck's ' system. He
waa summonded all over the country as a lecturer to
demonstrate the plan, and he had It down to a fine
point with wall charts, blank forms, etc. In every
commercial or social organisation with which he
waa connected he was not only "a live wire." but
ready to sespond with alacrity and good spirit to
every demand for Ms help.
II al.
People and Events
The famous Plymouth church of Brooklyn, where
Henry Ward Beecher once held the pulpit, is threat
ened with a spilt on war Issues, gome of the congre
gation are fighting mad because Preacher Hlllis de
nounces militarism.
Arthur von Wagner is one of the "good fellows"
who has been baited In 8t. Louis after establishing a
relay of wives along his trail from Hoboken, N. J.
Wagner does not know the number, and expressed In
dignation because thi police stopped his good work.
In a contest between professional and amateurs
the latter are handicapped front the start. In Chi
cago the tther day, while six amateurs eagerly
watched the growth of a Jagpot. three professionals
with guns broke Into the session and "swiped tho
kitty."
The chief attendant of a safety deposit vault In
Philadelphia la said to possess a remarkable memory.
With between 4.00S and 5.000 boxes uader bis care, he
never forgets the name of the renter, although he does
aot meet some of them ofteaer than once In three
months.
For the first time since William Pcna gave the
state a handle te Us name, Pennsylvania la enjoying
the spectacle of the State Railroad commission giving
the railroads a slap on the face Instead ef on the
wrist. An order has been Issued cutting the coal
rate from the mines to Philadelphia 40 cents a ton.
Nearly sixty years ago, Reuben Ball and bis wife
took Into their home In Minneapolis Laura Dornian. an
orphan girl of 1 years. Laura became the wife ol
Charles F. Sims, a prosperous business man. At het
death recently, having survived her husband, Mr,
lima beqoreted ttt.MS to the grown daughters of net
early benefactors.
Two bills for 40,0oe each put In by two lawyers
In Brooklyn against the assets of the defunct Union
bank, will dispose of what remains et that Institu
tion, if the court consents. Besides facilitating th
winding up of the bank'a affairs, the bills for legal
services would put an end to the pain of depositors
longing for a dividend.
An era of great reforms la to start with the new
year In the treatment of prisoners In New York s
Blng Sing penitentiary. The Institution Is to be made
a model resort for crooks and a nice residence during
winter especially. Joy rides outside the walla, how
ever, will not be permitted to wealthy guests, because
the last one cost the warden his job.
Twice Told Tales
Ilar te Fellow.
Lady Duff Gordon, the fashion expert, said to a
New York r porter:
"If you see a girt with a skirt aa loose and full
aa a balloon, don't think her old-fashioned. The tight
skirt has gone. The loose, full one has come back.
"It Is very hard for you young men to keep track
of the fashion. A girl said to a young man one
evening :
" "Here I walked through the Row and Piccadilly,
and took tea with you at the Carlton, and all the
tlm the butlona of my Mouse were unfastened at
the back, and you never offered to do them up.'
" 'Well.' said the young man, 'I thought perhaps
it was the newest wrinkle. You sea, I offered to
aew up the slit In a glrl'a skirt the other day and she
told me to mind my own business, or she'd tell her
father.' "
A aehfal Clerk.
A pretty youag woman stepped Into a musiu store
the other day. 8he tripped up te the counter where
aa new clerk waa assorting musss, aad sa bee sweeu
at tones asked:
"Have you 'Kiased Me In the Moonlight'?"
The clerk turned half way around; looked at !er
and answered:
"It must have been the man at the other counter;
I've only beca here a week." National Monthly.
A Happy ew Year for llasnaalty.
NEW YORK flTT. Jan.. I.-To the
Kdltor of The Bee: May the new year be
full of true happiness for you and for
the men who help to make your news
paper a pomer for the good of humanity.
May your ien he mlehty in rebuking
wrong an1 in upholding the right.
May you help to advance the true wel
fare of the people and to cause their de
liverance from the thrallilom of prevent
able diseases.
The power of the in-esa Is enormous.
Jt csn prevail even agnlnt tuberculous,
the most powerful ally of sickness and
death and the most frequent cause of
poverty.
It csn prevail also agafnxt the condi
tion of almost world-wide warfare tte.t
now engulfs humanity. The strong In
sistence of the press of America upon
the crime of war and upon the necessity
for peace may seem an academic method
of silencing forty-two-centimeter guns,
but I beg you not to weary of the task,
for you will win. And In winning peace
for the woild you will make this really
a "Happy New Year" for humanity.
NATHAN STRAUS.
The "linger Staag.
SOUTH OMAHA, Jan. 3,-To the Editor
of The Dee: I note the "slur" you at
tached to my letter In yesterday's Bee.
I have a way of making myself under
stood even If I am no grammarian.
J. O. BLESSING.
A Higher Grade of Fiction.
OMAHA. Jan. J.-To the Editor of The
Bee: In tho Letter Box "J. T." advises
Elaine Dodge to read the Menace. In
telligent readers of The Bee have de
tected In the articles about Elaine simply
the clever advance notices of another
of Mr. Reeves' charming mystery stories.
To "J. T." she Is evidently a real per
son pursued by the ferocious and blood
thirsty Romanists, who exist only in the
columns of the. Menace, and the Imagina
tion of Its credulous readers.
Start the new year right. Mr. J. T., by
giving up such silly nonsense as the
Menace, and read Instead some of the
exploits of Craig Kennedy. You wll
find the latter a much higher grade ot
fiction, and you will sleep better at
WM. MCORMICK.
Throwing a Hat In the Blng.
OMAHA, Jan. S.-To the Editor of The
Bee: The thought occurred to me a few
days ago In hearing some of my friends
discuss possible candidates for city com
missioners that It might be a good plan
to suggest at leaat one man possessing
qualifications such aa would make him
politically available, and above all. an
efficient officer after election. In doing
this. I am suggesting the name of a man
who has for many years come In close
contact with the general public, la thor
oughly conversant with city needs as a
whole, as well as the Individual cltlsen
of our city, it Is with both pleasure and
Pride that I can suggest the name of my
fellow townsman, Mr. J. W, Metcalfe,
M. O. CUNNINGHAM.
Paal's Marital Statae,
OMAHA, Jan. J. To the Editor of The
Bee: A. Moraine of Council Bluff a thinks
If "Layman" would read I Corinthians
7, I and S, he would be entirely convinced
that Paul was a bachelor. I hava read,
reread and studied thoae chapters so
much aa to have a dooe working knowl.
edge of them, though not claiming to
have mastered them. It Is they, with
other parts of Paui'e writings, together
with the sidelight I've been able In years
gone to get on the subject which continues
to make me uncertain as to Paul's being
a bachelor or, at the time of hie Illustrious
writings on marriage, a widower. In my
uncertainty I have eminent company.
A. T. Robertson, A. M., D. D., professor
In the Southern Baptist Theological sem
inary of Louisville, writing that excellent
book of his, "Epochs In the Life of Paul,"
under date of IMS, says, referring to
Paul's part In the persecutions:
The question Is raised at once whether
Paul himself was a member of the San
hedrtn. If one takes the language used
by htm In Acta xxvl:lS ("I give my vote
aalnst them "), literally, then, he was,
of course, a member of this august body.
It must be confessed that this is the obvi
ous and natural way to take the lan
guage. There exist, so far as I know,
no real obstacle In the way of such a
fact' J1 WM voung and yet he was prob
ably 30. If he had to be married, as was
the custom (to belong to the Banhedrln),
we have no evidence to the contrary. Hla
unmarried state later (I Corinthians vll:s)
can be explained just as welt on the
ground that be waa a widower. .
Mathew Henry has been quoted as an
authority for more than two centuries
and he, too, faila to share Brother Mo
raine's dogmatism on thla question. He,
Ilka most other profound biblical scholars
and writers, leaves the matter of Paul'a
bachelorhood unsettled, for the want of
conclusive evidence. The pasaagea our
friend cites which every Bible student
know almost by heart come so far from
proving It as to leave the whole question
just where these theologians and com
mentators leave It. In these chapters
Paul la uader tood to be telling the Corin
thians of the great advantages, not so
much of continued celibacy, as of tempo
rary aingle bleseedness (those who could
properly do so) because of the peculiar
condition of the church at that time. He
waa not pretending to aay that marriage
In Itself was alnful, but simply that mar.
rlage at this partloular time in the young
church's career might be Inexpedient and
add to Its hardships by depriving it of
otherwise more free-handed leaders.
LAYMAN.
Women's Activities
Miss Reah Whitehead hr been elected
Justice of the peace at Seattle, Wa.h.
She haa made a study of social and civic
reform work In the east. Serving under
the prosecuting attorney' as deputy, she
haa had noceseary experience.
Dr. Marj Plerson Eddy Is a missionary
heroine who has been doing splendid and
heroic, service In Syria for a number of
years. Mie has done good work for the
tuberculosis cause and In medical Itinera
tion and la said to have shown skill and
courage In whatever kind of work she
has undertaken.
J'rouahly the first woman towa crier In
England, Mrs. Blaker, has made her ap
pearance at Chertsey In the office tempo
rarily vacated by the holder, who Is serv
ing abroad with the forces. The functions
of town crier of Chertsey have, for sev
eral generations, been performed by the
Blaker family.
suuinr gems.
Wife Mrs. Blank Is veiy extrnvsgntit
In dress. Her husband told her, she whs
cerrylng too much sail, whatever that
means.
Hub He probably put It that way be
cause he has to raise the wind. lliistun
Transcript.
"They have some swell doings in that
house about this lime."
"I o you mean society functions?'
"No: the children have the mumps."
Baltimore American.
"This war ntws Is sn asfravatlon.
The censor must cut out everything a
msn wanta to know."
"Yes. They ought to call him the (li
censor. "Detroit Free Press.
"I told my daughter her outfit was too
light for shopping in this wintry
weather."
"Well, Jld she put on something
heavier?"
"Yes. she changed he.- light earrings
for a heavier pair." Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Mr. Moneybags, what ire you going
to make of your son?1'
"I can't make anything of him. but he's
got a girl, who's making a monkey of
him." Buffalo Express.
"Sometimes," said .Mr. Growcher, "I
wish I were a boy again."
"You wish to share In the innocent
pastimes of youth?''
"Not exactly. I'd like to be able to
go out and handle some of these young-
ater. who throw snowballs, without
looking en undignified. ' Washington
Star.
.-Ill sIva i ,niii.thinr to eat If VOu'll
chop woe! for It."
Yes. laiv. onlv it win oe rneaper to
fryl nv In adv.mce. f'hoptiln' wood
!les mo a terrible apprtlte -Boston
tecord.
"You hfive no children?"
"None."
"TirietiiiHs disn't mean much to a
man without children."
"th, we have p. family pet- It's our
motor car. ? am point; to present It with
new tires throughout, snd my wife l
gn'nit to buy t n new windshield." Louis
ville Coi.ri r-.lournsl.
"The merchants In this town do not
eem to do much sdvertising," remarked
the ralbr.
"No,"rHiliel the editor of the local
I aper. "Home of them are so fsr behind
Hie timfn that they still hve pictures of
Koosevelt In their how windows." Cin
cinnati Kmjuircr.
"I nm one of the most prominent men
In niv co'lcoe," exclaimed the mouse-colored
nonenits'.
"Wnat ca-acltv?" queried the curious
one, who una collecting statistics for the
debating socle t v.
"Pleven rccktalls, nine beers and four
wh'skv Fours." -esti.iKided the collegian,
with the all of a man who may boast of
lielng a full man. Philadelphia Ledger.
SOLILOaUY OF AN OLD SOLDIER.
O. C. A. Child In New York Times.
You need not watch for silver In your
hulr.
Or try to smooth the wrinkles from
your eye.
Or wonder if you're getting quite too
spare.
Or If your mount can bear a man your
size.
You'll never come to shirk the fastest
flight.
To query If she really cacs to dance.
To find your eye less keen upon the
sight.
Or lose your tennis wrist or golfing
stance.
For you the music ceased on highest
note
Your charge had won, you'd scattered
them like sand,
And then a llltlo whisper In your
throat.
And you asleep, your cheek upon your
hand.
Thrice happy fate, you met It In full
cry.
Young, eager, loved, your glltt'rlng
world all Joy
Y'ou ebbed not out, you died when tide
whs high.
An old campaigner envies you, my
boy!
Editorial Snapshots
Washington Post: Ne wonder the ex
ceedingly rare dollar of ISM Is quoted at
a fabulous sum, seeing that the case note
of 1S14 has begun to look like IH8.
Baltimore American: The kings of Nor
way. 8weden aad Denmark have formed
another "three friends" alliance, with
the famous motto: "All for one and one
for all." In good working order.
Washington Star: Some eminent philan
thropist may adopt the view that peace
Is secured by preparedness for war and
leave a fund whose proceeds shall go to
ward the construction of new battleships.
Brooklyn Eagle: If Secretary McAJoo
imagined himself a banking Romanoff,
or a financial Hohensollern, he la unde
ceived by the attorney 'general. He's
only a eoneultlng engineer ta the federal
reserve system. . .
Philadelphia Record: The president re
marks amiably that the United Slates
government la engaged la larger matters
tbaa patronage equabblee. It Is. aad If
the senators neglect the larger matters
te engage la a combination te restrict
the president's right of selection they
will lose the respect ot the public.
IgHIGK VAlIEY
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