DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
GENSUREJHE KING
LIBERALS OPEN FIRE ON THE
BRITISH MONARCH AND HIS
ARMY POLICY.
TfiRONE IS DEEPLY INVOLVED
Action In Summoning to Palace Field
Marshal Roberts and Gen. Sir Arthur
Paget Considered a Slap at Demo
cratic Government.
WTMtern Nwutr Unlet) New Hrrlc. ,
London. Westminster continues to
be a soothing caldron ovef what the
liberals now denounce as the "mutiny
of the army aristocrats" against the
democratic government.
The fact has been established from
all obtainable evidence that Gen. Hu
bert Dough and the other officers of
the Third cavalry brigade domanded
and obtained written assurance?,
which had been drafted by a lawyer,
that Jhey would not be ordored to fight
Sir Edward Carson's Ulster volunteers,
and that theso nssurances wore ob
tained largely through tho personal
Intervention of the king.
Before they left London they sent
messages to their brother officers In
Ireland that they had found support
"from the highest quarters."
On their nrrlval at Curragh they
were welcomed by a guard of honor
cheers and relntod the outcome of
their summons to the war office.
The throne, which has traditionally
kept out of party controversies, both
because of aloofness and as a point of
honor with public men and newspa
pers, Is Involved In tho discussion as
It has never before during King
King George's reign or that of his
most diplomatic father. The section
of tho liberals who opposed what they
denounced as a surrender to the mili
tary oligarchy, aro criticising tho king
with the greatest freedom. They re
sent his action In summoning to the
palace Field Marshal Lord Ilobers,
who, In his speeches, advised the of
ficers that they might properly refuse
service In suppressing tho Ulstor lr
reconcllables nnd criticise his majesty
for dealing personally with Field Mar
shal Sir John French, chief of tho
genoral staff, nnd Gen. Sir Arthur Pag
et, commnndlng tho forces In Ireland,
who should havo been dealt wtlh, they
think, only by the secretary for war In
accordance with customary official rou
tine. 8U3PENDS A MINISTER.
Rev. John R. Ellis Found Guilty of Im
moral Conduct.
Indianapolis, Ind. The Rev. John R.
Ellis, former pastor of tho First Pres
byterian church at Bloomlngton, Ind.,
has been suspended as a minister of
tho church In tho United States by u
commission of tho Indiana presbytery.
Ho was found guilty of charges which
concerned a number of women of
Illoomlngton. Neither the nnmes of
the women nor tho exact nature of tho
charges wero mndo public.
In tho verdict tho commission rec
ommended that Mr. Ellis spend a year
In recuperation out of doors, Indicat
ing tjint It was tho commission's opin
ion (lint Mr. Ellis was guilty of such
conduct us might be caused by a
nervous or mental collapse.
After the charges were filed Mr. El
lis resigned his pastorate and spent
sevoral weeks In a Now York sanita
rium. Ho denied the charges.
. It was Bald Mr. Ellis would appeal
to the synod.
Escaped Convicts Return.
Jollot, 111, After escaping from tho
Illinois penitentiary and spending a
night riding over Chicago boulovnrds
In Wnrden Allen's automobile, Edward
Smith and James McGoe, serving llfo
sentences, returned to prison volunta
rily. Tho men said thoy carefully
planned the escape nlid the Intention
was to abandon the nutomobllo in Chi
cago. They say thoy later thought
their escape might lntorforo with tho
good treatment accordod other honor
prisoners and decided to return
To Watch for Karluk.
Seattle. All tho steam whalers. In
tho Arctic ocean next summor will
keep ti sharp lookout for the exploring
ship Karluk, of the Qtefansson expedi
tion. It Is the undorstandtng hero,
however, that the Canadian govern
ment believes tho chances are in favor
of the Karluk being safe In tho ico
and Stefansson himself is known to
take that vlow.
"Radium Lobby" Jolted.
Washington, D. C Glfford Plnchot,
president of the National Conserva
tion congress, in a statement hew as
sailed the "radium lobby" and tho man
"who aro preventing tho rellof of hu
man misery to make money out of It"
by attempting to delay congressional
legislation to conserve and regulate
the production of radium from- public
lands.
Police Seize Books.
Boston. All tho books of tho Henry
Siegel company of thts city havo beon
Tselzed by the police on orders from
District Attorney Pelletler. They aro
being examined with a view to tho pre
sentation of ovldcnce to tho grand
Jury.
Over Dozen Penons Drown.
Koepenlck, Germany. Fifteen per
sons wero drowned hero whon a tug
rati into and sank a small ferryboat
crowded with workmen and their
wives.
Wisconsin's Oldest Woman Dead.
Maultowoc, Wis. Wisconsin's old
est woman, Mrs. Kathorlne Chudsln
Bkl, died at tho age of 109 years. Sho
possessed a remarkable memory of
Incidents Which happened in her girl
hood. Motion Made In Thaw Case,
Concord, N. H, Counsel for Harry
K. Thaw announced they had filed a
motion for an extension of time for
completing tho finaltbrlef In the extru
dltfon proceedings before theftdercl
WASHINGTON TO GET
Tho U. S. S. Constellation, the second ship built by tho United States
navy, will probably bo taken to Washington and anchored In tho tidal basin
In Potomac park near tho statue of Admiral John Paul JoneB, where It will
bo seen by the thousands of tourists who swarm to tho national capital. Rear
Admiral Victor Diuo started tho movement to bring tho historic old fighting
craft from Nowport, nnd tho house naval affairs committee reported on it
favorably. Tho whlto oak sides of tho old vessel hold tho lead of the French,
with whom she grappled in 1798; of tho pirates sho fought In tho Tripolltan
war, of tho British gunboats in 1812 and of tho fighting craft of tbo Confederacy.
BOY SCOUTS' ORGANIZATION OF UNITED
STATES IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD
American Who Was Lost In British Capital Strongly Impressed
With Idea as Conveyed to Him by Youngster Who Rendered
Him a Service Possibilities of the Plan Appealed to
Western Man and He Introduced It at Home.
New York. Somowhnt moro thnn
four yoars ago an American man found
himself lost in tho streets of London
ono night Ho was going to dlno .it a
private homo In a quiet neighborhood
and when a thick fog settled down ho
became confused, wandered this way
and that and finally stood still on the
pavement wondorlng what to do next.
Then ho saw somo ono coming toward
him carrying a lantern. Nearer and
noarer carao tho light and soon the
American porcoived that it was borno
by a lad wenilng a uniform, who
stoppod, saluted, and snld:
"I bog your pardon, sir, but can I
bo of eervlco to you?"
"Indeed you can!" tho Amorlcan ox
claimed and quickly explained bis
plight.
"That's all right, sir," tho lad re
sponded. "If you will stop this way
I'll show you whoro you want to go.
tt'e only a short distance."
Tho American thanked his young
guide heartily and arriving at his des
tination trjed to pny him for tho trou
bio ho had taken. But tho lad de
clined. "Much obliged, sir," ho said, "but I
can't take money for doing a good
turn. That's what I am out for this
foggy ovoning."
"How do you meant" asked tho
Amorlcan, instantly Interested and
forgetful of Idiom.
"Why," tho little follow replied, "It's
ono of my dutloB all Boy Scouts havo
to do a good turn to somebody ovory
day. If thoy don't thoy fall to keep
tho scout'B oath and havo to quit,"
Tho American forgot his dinner in
vitation and all else for tho noxt faw
minutes, for at once ho grnsped somo-
Gen. .Sir Robert Baden-Powell and
Wife Reviewing. Boy Scouts
In London. ,
thing of tho possibilities latent in Uio
Idea of bringing up thousands of boys
tto perform somo good turn, day after
day, during their moBt linprosslonablo
yearo. What might logically happen
as a result of this cumulative habit on
tho part of forty or fifty thousand lads
In one oouutry almoBt stunned him.
Ho fired question after question at
tho llttlo chap In uniform, who stood
there, lantorn in hand, that drizzling,
foggy night Ho learned that a scout's
first duty Is forgotfulnoss of solr and
service to others, especially In time of
dnngor. Ho learned that tho corner
stono was truth and honor, loyalty to
God, to family, country and all placod
In authority; that a scout learns how
to drive out evil thoughts and desires
by systematic exerclso which hardens
his muscles, by cool baths, by proper
food and suitable clothing, and, espe
cially by kooplng his mind occupied
by doing things that are interesting
as well as being what older folks call
SLAUGHTER DEER ONE A DAY
Despite He Heavy Population, Alameda
County le Good Field for
Hunting.
Oakland, Gal. Although It has a
population of mora than three hundred
persons to the squaro mile, 420 door
were killed In Alameda county during
1818, an average of considerably more
than one a day,
Despite the boavy population of the
JfftuntYi there are parts of it, among
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THE CONSTELLATION
worth while. And finally tho Ameri
can learned that nt the hend of this
wonderful organization of English boys
was Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell.
The Amerlcnn went in to dinner; bis j
young guldo saluted and went on IiIb
way. Next day tho American sought '
uon. Baden-Powell, nnd before long
had so absorbed tho spirit of tho scout
movement that ho hastened homo full
of tho idea of organizing a correspond
ing movement for American lads. And
that is how the Boy Scouts of America
camo to bo started.
SInco tho time when it was placed
on a permanent footing, Just four
years ago, thb Boy Scouts of America
havo grown by leaps and bounds. To
day there aro moro than 300,000
scouts in tho wholo country, but only
7,000 scout masters, and the need for
moro men to help develop and guide
boy llfo is growing keener month by
month.
Tho activities of tho scouts nro most
varied nnd comprehensive. Work in
gymnasiums, hikes in tho country, ex
perience in building shelters In tho
woods, lighting fires with ono match
and without any mutch at all, cook
ing plain food, finding edible roots,
borrles, etc., when food supplies aro
lacking; Instruction In swimming, div
ing, llfosnvlng, rosuscltntlon of per
sons apparently drowned, fighting
fires, rescuing persons from burning
buildings filled with smoke and llnmes,
Bknti"s, snowshoelng, building tempo
rary bridges,. 2leanlng up dirty neigh
borhoods, exterminating (Ilea, abolish
ing mosquito pests, all tho principal
forms of llrBt aid to tho Injured, stop
ping runaways, handling small boats
In heavy seas, carrying messages with
utmost accuracy across short or long
stretches of city or country, running,
Jumping, guarding game and fish,
845 CHINESE STUDENTS HERE
New York Leads, With 140, With Cal
ifornia Second and Illinois
Third.
Ithaca, N. Y. Eight hundred and
forty-flvo Chinese students aro attend
ing educational Institutions In tho
Unltod Statos, according to statistics
published in tho Chinese Studonto'
Monthly for February. Of those 45 nro
registered In Cornell university, which
ranke third among tho larger schools
of the nation in regard to tho number
enrolled. Columbia has moro than 70,
tho most that any slnglo college can
claim. Thoy aro nearly all graduate
siuaents, however, whllo thoso of Cor
noil nro principally undergraduates
and vory active liv university llfo. Of
tho total number 149 aro studying In
wow York state, which leads all oth
ers In tho numbor of undorgraduatcB.
California runs a close second with
145. Illinois has 108, while tho rest
aro scattored throughout 25 other
states.
Of tho first fivo ontiraon. In whloti
tho largest numbor of Chlneao stu
donts nro enrolled, four deal with en
gineering. Civil engineering leade with
48, mining 40 nnd olectrioal engineer
ing 89. Following thoso In order are
Economics, 35; chemistry, 31; medi
cine, 30; education, 27; commerco, 22;
politics, 21; naval architecture. 15;
law, 13; toxtllo manufacturing, 4; rail
way administration, 2; physics, 2;
army, 2; navy, 1.
Only One Ego Broken In Crash.
Huntington, N, Y. A bobaled carry
ing 21 persons crnshedjnto a deliv
ery wagon loadod with eggs, Several
persons were hurt but only one egg
was broken.
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tho hills bock of Oakland, whoro the
doer for most of tbo year aro unmo
lostod, and thoy como within a close
dlstanco of tho city. During tho few
weoks of tho open season this hill dis
trict is scoured by the hunters, and
many fine bucks ore found within easy
welkins' dlstanco of a trolley lino.
Vote or Pay $50 Fine.
Albany Voters who fall to reglB
ter or voto In a state eloctlon must
pay a 50 fine, It a bill Introduced In
the legislature passe.
training dogs and horces, setting up
nnd working wireless apparatus in
town or open country theso aro only
a few of tho mnny features which en
tor into scout work. And at tho basis
of all Is that slnglo principle of self
control and service for others which
Includes rigidly tho rulo of "one good
turn every day."
In Massachusetts, Doy Scouts aro
now mnklng n ceusuB of trees, descrlb
ing tho species, size, growth and loca
tion, so a record may bo compiled by
tho forestry commission. In several
states thoy act as deputy game and
fish wnrdens. In other localities they
aro regularly enlisted as aids of the
olllcial fire wardens of grnrH forost
tracts. In city aftor city, especially
In tho mjddlo west, thoy have carried
out campaigns of cleaning up neigh
borhoods. Philadelphia has enlisted tho co
operation of Boy ScoutB In protecting
tho city squares nnd parks. William
II. Ball, chlof of tho bureau of publio
property, declares that they can do
far moro than regular attendants In
preventing othor lads who nro thought
less from destroying Bhrubbery and
damaging fino trees.
Governor Donoon of Illinois enlisted
tho Borvlces of Boy Scouts in helping
the public safety commission of Chi
cago nnd Cook county. Tho Job of the
scouts is especially to help other chil
dren understand and avoid dangers lu
the streets; to guldo very llttlo folks
across crowded highways and show
them how to keep their heads when
unexpectedly caught in a mazo of ve
hicles. Each of these scouts had boen
furnished with a safety commission
button, so that othor children and
adults, too havo no hesitation In call
ing on them for assistance and advice.
Scouts of Texarkana, Ark., havo
been kind to a woman who waa In
great need after tho death of her hus
band. In all probability she thanked
the boys, but she also wroto a lettor
to headquarters) in which she told
ScSiSSSSSSS'SSSBESSi
Boy Scouts in Action,
of the material help tho lads gave her
whon sho was without means of sup
port and how their cheerfulness and '
brightness gavo her more courage j
than anything olso. j
Tho list of rescues of drowning per-
sons saved by scoutB is a long one,
and tho iustanceb como from almost ,
every part of tho country,
Ono of the most widespread duties '
rendered by scouts last year was lm
connection with the county fairs held '
at various places throughout the coun- i
try. At fnlr after fair, where country
people gathered by thousands, alert
llttlo follows wearing scout uniforms
acted as guides, cared for persons
overcome by tho heat, found lost chil
dren nnd restored them to distracted
parents and In other ways showed
that thoy could do things worth while.
LIBELED BY TALKING HORSE
German Spinster Picked Out by Ani
mal as Woman Most In
Love Sues Circus.
Berlin. Butzow, In Mecklenburg,
has the distinction of being tho first
town where an inhabitant has beon
libeled by a talking horso. Recently
a talking horso connected with a trav
eling circus wns Instructed by Its
trainer to select from the audience
the woman who was most In lovo.
Tho Intelligent animal sought out an
elderly spinster who was present with
hor flanco, whereat shouts of laugh
ter arose from the audionoo.
Finally, the flanco. loslnsr hin tnm-
por, drow a rovolvor and flrod a shot,
which ho merely intondod to frighten
the Jesters. Tho bullet struck and
Bllghtly wounded a married woman
who was somo distance off. The vic
tim now claims damagos for assault,
while tho spinster sues tho circus
proprietor for tho insult perpetrated
by the talking horse.
Find Boy In Suitcase.
Chicago. Patrons of Blgglnl's sa
loon wero startled to see a suitcase
on tho floor of tho barroom begin to
wriggle, rock back and forth and emit
lusty cries. Investigation showed
that It contained a flv-days'-old boy.
Tho pollco are hunting the young man
who left tho sultcosh
Oat Goes "Music Mad."
New Yorks Just ub Mrs. August
Junod's daughter, Elsie, began playlns
the piano tho family cat wont music
mad, and bofore it was killed bit Mrs,
Junod, Elslo, a cousin and a police
man. MMMMMWMMI'
Queen Mary's Phone Conneotlon Cut
London. It waa reportod that be
cause sho held up tho telephono line
to Parle half on hour, King George,
who wished to use the instrument, has
cut off Queen MaryB long distance
talks with the French capital.
Thief Get $10 In Chlckenn; Lotos $M,
Smyrna, Del Chorlos Carey, a
farmer, had '$16 worth of chickens
stolen. Tho thief, however, dropped
a wallet containing $90 In tho coop
Carey would like similar visits
I
Making Tomorrows
World
By WALTE-R WILLIAMS, LL.D.
(Dtan ej tU School c fouinalhm qflht Ui.ttnllu aAIUxmrl)
"ONE MAN,
Milan, Italy. Is moro democracy
tho cure for democracy?
Certainly tho trend In European
countries Is toward tho trial of the
proscription. Tho demand for an ex
tension of tho suffrage Is confined to
no nation, but may bo hoard from
Oreat Britain to Greece, from big Rus
sia, where tho deslro is for a dumo
chosen by a gonulnely popular voto,
to llttlo Portugal, where tho slight
semblance of a republic seeks to hold
power by permitting all men to voto
who vote tho ticket of tho republic.
Italy Gets Manhood Suffrage.
In Italy, whoro this letter Is writ
ten, tho most coloBsal experiment in
tho extension of the suffrage is hav
ing its first trial. Tho electoral law,
passod by tho lato chamber of depu
ties, raises tho number of voters In
Italy from 3,319,200 to 8,762,250, an
Increase of more thnn five million.
Undor the new law Italy has prac
tically manhood suffrage for the entire
nation. All males thirty years of ago
and over, and all males twenty years
of ago and undor thirty who can read
and write, or who hnvo performed
military service, aro permitted to vote.
Illiteracy and non-performance of mili
tary duty alone exclude from suffrnso
and theBo only where tho age of the
prospective voter Is under thirty
years. It Is an experiment, which,
though paralleling It In some degree,
far surpasses oven tho war measure,
which thrust unprepared tho colpred
men of the United States into poli
tics. Tho questions as to the extent
to which the Italians heretofore ox
cludod will avail themselves of the
now privileges and tho manner In
which thoy will exerclso their right
of choice, can not now be answered
with any degree of accuracy. Tho In-
: OP j i LHBr1 1
Scene In Italian Chamber of Deputies.
dlcatlons tonight, at the close of tho
first day's voting for members of tho
Italian chamber of deputies or parlia
ment, aro that at least 60 per cent of
tho electors have voted and that tho
relative membership In tho chamber
of the principal political parties or
groups will bo only slightly changed,
tho clericals and radicals each in
creasing their vote and gaining a few
seats.
The Latest Election.
The election today In Italy was for
508 deputies In tho parliament. Tho
candidates numbered moro than 2,000.
Tho political issues wero somewhat
vague. Slgnor Giolitti, tho prime
minister, appealed for an endorse
ment of his past achievements with
out any dofinlto statement as to his
futuro policy. "Hero Is what I have
done," said, In substance, Italy's most
poworfql statesman, "I havo carried
on with success tho Libyan war, 1
have perfected tho stale monopoly of
Insurance and glveu other social re
form legislation and now I glvo uni
versal suffrage" The opposition, led
by Baron Sonnlno, urged that Glollttl ?
glvos no assurance aB to tomorrow.
"Program? Why I am tho program 1"
Such, urge his oppononts, is tho
Italian premier's roply. Without nny
moro dofinlto statement, however, and
despite the coldness, not a character
istic Italian trait of Glollttl, the first
day's balloting gave him an over
whelming majority of deputies chosen.
Balloting Done on Sundays.
Elections In Italy, as in other coun
tries on the continent of Europe, aro
held on a Bundny. In Italy, If tho
candidate for deputy does not receive
nt tho first ballot a majority of oil
the votos cast, a socond or supplo
inontnry ballot takes placo on the fol
lowing Sunday. At tho second ballot
voters muBt chooso between the two
nameB for which tho highest numbor
voted at the first ballot. In this way
tho candidate selected Is really tho
cholco of a majority of tho doctors,
not, as is froquontly the caso In elec
tions In tho Unltod States, the choice
only of a minority. This is particu
larly desirable In the final ballotlngs
whero tho candidates have not been
selected or nominated lu a popular
convention or primary election.
The scenes at preliminary meetings
and today at voting places In Milan
resemble the scenes at an election in
the United States, with somo differ
ences Making the rounds of tho poll
ing places with reporters from tho
Carrlere del Sera, Italy's most widely
. iTulitel newspaper, was not unllko
v' the polls, with Amorlcan ro-
n a congressional election
; r rxrlted crowds, tho
ONE VOTE"
hired helpers circulating candidates'
circulars, tho ono or two pollcomen to
preservo order, the voters In line to
cast their ballot it was not unllko an
American election.
Candidates Fight By Posters.
In two or threo particulars tho dif
ferences wero notable. The multi
colored posters on tho walls of pub
lic buildings, on monuments, on tele
phone and telegraph posts, every
where, extolling tho merits or de
nouncing tho demerits of candidates
aro unknown In American politics.
These aro posted up days before tho
election nndon election day. A mani
festo on bluo paper praising candi
date A Is posted on eloctlon morning.
An hour or two Inter candidate B's
frlonds post a manifesto on rod paper
declaring that candidate A is not a
patriot but an enemy of the people
and should not recelvo the electors'
support. The public places in the
towns are lltorally overvholmed with
theso election posters. Tho effective
ness of this peculiar campaign method
may be doubted. Tho candidate whose
posters were most numerous and most
conspicuously gorgeous In Milan was
fourth in the Hat when tho votes
were counted. Tho custom has pic
turesqueness, however, to commend it
and It must afford some profit to tho
printer, it Is traditional in Italy, for
political appeals carved on tho houses
in Pompeii In 68 B. C. havo Just boen
discovered. Tonight tho Socialists
aro parading the streets In this capi
tal of ancient Lombardy, a metropolis
of modern Industrial Italy, cheering
tho success of a favorite. At one
election booth In the Piazza del Scala,
a smiling woman had distributed dur
ing the day, appeals for "votes for
women." In tho nowspaper offices tho
election returns aro being compiled,
analyzed, propared for publication.
Political Bosslsm to Increase.
In making a Greator Italy, what
will bo the results of universal suf
frage? Thomayor of an Italian city,
returning for a day from a holiday In
Switzerland, that ho might catt his'
ballot for a Liberal deputy, "a sup
porter of the great Glollttl of the
school of Cavour," exprossed ono
opinion: "It means tho Immediate
awakening and going forward of
Italy." Another opinion was ex
pressed by a Milan merchant: "It
will sot back Italy a half century by
giving votes to this great mass of
ignorant men. The elections will bo
dominated by priests who wish cleri
cal deputies chosen or by professional
demagogues who care nothing for
Italy's real needB." Perhaps a more
well-considered vlow was that of Dr.
M. Borsa, a Milan Journalist, opposed
to tho Glollttl policy, but sympathetic
with progress: "For a timo tho effect
will bo to glvo strength to what you
call bosses In America. Theso men
will, to a greater or less extent, con
trol elections for Bovoral years. This,
howeVer, will not continue for .gradu
ally, Indeed swiftly In northern Italy,
tho masses will learn to appreciate
their own power and will support men
and measures of geunlno value to the
nation. Tomorrow Italy will be not
only freer politically, but stronger ag
riculturally, industrially and commer
cially for universal suffrage. Hut this
will take tlmo,"
Socialist Demands Moderate.
, Two elements enter Into a consid
eration of Italy's tomorrow, concern
ing which prophecy Is vain, tho So
cialists and the Clericals. The Italian
Socialist, led by El Secolo, the Milan
Journal, Is In the main more moderate
In hlB alms than the members of po
litical parties bearing the same name
In tho countries of northern Europe,
Tho reduction or abolition of tho corn
duty and tho transfer of the burden
of taxation to Inheritances and In
comes aro among the chief planks In
his platform. With Increased power
he may demand more, ns indeed now
do tho few .extreme Radical Socialists.
Clerical Party Develops; King
Democratic.
The other element which Is big with
significance In Italy's future Is the
Clerical party. Gradually, In an elec
tion constituency horo and there, the
doctrine of "non expedlt," enunciated
by the great Popo Leo XIII, has been
tacitly abandoned nnd a party formed
which Is devoted first of all to tho
Interests of tho Catholic church. Glo
llttl has been able to hold together
In coalition two groupB bo widely dif
fering In views as tho Clericals and
Socialists. To ono ho promised that
no law should be enacted permitting
dlvorco nnd thnt religious instruction
In tho schools should continue; to tho
othor ho promised certain social re
form legislation. Should either ele
ment gain sufficient power by tho com
ing of unlversnl suffrage or otherwise,
the coalition will fall to pieces and
tho conflict for dominance will como
between a party which holds church
interests supreme and a party which
holds church Interests secondary.
Secret Ballot In France.
In other European countries tho
same trend townrd democracy may
bo found. Franco, under tho popular
president, Potncaro, has Just substi
tuted tho secret ballot for tho ballot
voted In publio In an urn, Uiub giving
to democracy a chance to oxprcsa it
self without outside knowledge or In
terference. At tho noxt general elec
tion in Franco a system similar In
principle to tho so-called Australian
ballot, now general In tho United
Stales, will bo employed. "It Is esti
mated that 100,000 Isololrs which Is
the French word for polling booth
wtllbe required In Franco whon tho
systom comes Into operation," said a
French Journalist. "And thoy will
cost 15 francs each (about $300,000),
an enormous and unnecessary ex
pense," said a Conservative. Tho
comment suggested the argument of
cost onco employed against tho adop
tion of tho secret ballot In tho United
States
Sdffrage Reform Promised In
Germany.
In Prussia and somo other Gorman
states, whore tho election conditions
aro little removed from feudalism,
only the strong arm of monarchical
authority has kept back reform. Tho
growing opposition to the illiberal
"three class" systom In Prussia by
which ono-thlrd of tis.s BO-called popu
lar house of tho Prussian parliament
is elected by 200,000 voters, one-third
by 900,000 voters, and ono-thlrd by
6,000,000 voters, has become strong
enough to compef a promise of re
form In a speech from the throne.
Mecklenburg is worse off than Prus
sia but here, too, reform la Imminent
Saxony recently modified Its system
by adopting manhood suffrage and tho
secrot ballot, though giving two votoB
to the possessors of Incomes of moro
than $400 a year, while Incomes of
$550 a year entitle to threo votes and
certain standards of education, certain
professions and incomeB of $700 a
year to four votes. Baden has gono
to the extromo of liberality for
presont-day Germany and provided
in Its constitution for manhood suf
frage, secret ballot and "ono man, ono
vote." In all tho German states the
most casual looker-on at tho things
political finds a movement, which can
not long bo denied success, In favor
of a modification Into a more demo
cratic systom of the present inheri
tance from feudalism under which, as
a Munich Conservative mildly point
ed out, "tho advantage It somewhat
too largo on the side of brains, casto
and money."
Plural Voting Doomed In England.
In Great Britain .the Liberals and
many Conservatives are supporting a
bill which will abolish thore the
archaic systom of plural voting. Under
this system it is possible for electors
to ,be on tho voting lists of several
constituencies, with the results that
the residents in localities havo been
swampod by outsiders possessing
votes becauso they happened to own
land in those divisions or in ndjoin
Ing constituencies. If tho system pre
vailed in tho United Statos, a voter
might cast his ballot for congressman,
for example, In Columbia, Missouri,
in Kansas City, in Chicago, and in
Louisville, if ho owned property In
or adjoining theso constituencies.
There are tens of thousands of Brit
ish voters who aro thus entitled to
cast their votes In moro than ono
constituency and at least 50,000 uni
versity voters who can voto more
than once. It is a remedy for this
condition by giving "ono man, ono
vote," that tho new election bill in
England provides. It will doubtless
soon become a law.
Officialdom the Plague of Europe.
It Is perhaps tho official in Europe,
pointed out Henry W. Nevlnson,
rather than the crown, tho aristoc
racy or oven tho plutocrat, who now
most endangers liberty. Bureaucratic
interference with personal iife, long
tho plague of most European capitals,
threatens t& Infest the world. Wo aro
called upon to accept "tho expert"
as our controlling guide and "ef
ficiency" as tho final toBt of govern
ment. Many of the perils of mon
archy or any other government from
above lurk In such ndvlco. Bees and
ants are officiant, but their progress
appears to have stopped stoppod
dead, as we say; or, if you want ex
pert government watch tho law and
order of sheep before a dog. Offi
cials, oven in tho best countries, usu
ally govern badly, because they
naturally magnify their office and rou
tine above life, regarding tbo In
trusion of reality as an unwarrantable
disturbance to their habitual toll or
leisure. But that Is not the worst of
it, ns the- traveler through Europe
soon learns Even under the most""
efficient officialdom, the governed suf
fer a degrading loss of personality.
It Is disastrous to maintain order,
however mechanically perfect, or to
organize virtue and comfort, however
Judiciously proportionate, If personal
ity and variety are gone
Self Government Gaining.
It is the increasing sense that "self
government is hotter than good gov
ernment" to quote tho forceful
phrase of a British statesman that 1b
promoting tho movement for democ
racy, for political liberty, and for Its
expression by ballot at tho polls,
which Is so pronounced in Europe,
and of which Italy's experiment In
universal manhood suffrage Is the
most recent and significant result
Yet this movement finds indiffer
ence, It not hostility, In unexpected
quarters. "Wo havo too much voting
in my canton," said a SwIbs univer
sity profosBor yesterday. "I am fined
If I do not vote. And there .have
been throe elections this year Voting
Is getting to be a nuisance'"
(Copyright, 19U. by Joseph B Itowles )
The Cause.
"You say It's environment that gives
Brown such a bad disposition'
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