Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 145, 29 April 1913 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1913

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New York Representatives Payne ft Young, JO-34 West 33d Street, and 29-35 West 32nd Street, New York. N. Y. Chicago Representatives Payne 4- Young. 747-748 Marquette Building. Chicago. lit The Association of Amos $ I icnn Advertisers baa ex amined and certified to the eircnlatiaaef this nIh licalion. 'Thm figure of circulation contained in tha Association's report only ere guaranteed. . Asssdation of American Advertisers No. 169- .Whitehall Bids. N. T. City FORUMOFT HE PEOPLE Articles Contributed for This Column Must Not Be in Excess of 400 Words. The Identity of All Contributors Must Be Known to the Editor. Articles Will Be Printed in the Order Received. A recent article in the Palladium on "Team Work" had the spirit which is quite appropriate to "Cleaning Week" activities. The party addressed is asked if his town has reason to be proud of him. He is not to let his youthful enthusiasm lag when there's room for an army of town workers. He should enlist in the "Encouragement Ranks." Declare yourself" says the writer, "make your ward what it deserves, the best. Give the campaign for town betterment, such an impetus by team work, that success will be insured. Cities stand still forever from sheer indifference, from waiting for individual citizens to shoulder the duties that belong to all, and that too in your town where all else seems supplied but the "get together" habit. In Richmond co-operation is lacking in regard to civic Tightness. Some critically question the honest effort of those disposed to keep abreast of a world-wide endeavor for high grade citizenship. The years have been few since three "R" proficiency in a school curriculum constituted the ideal liberal education while today the National Education association of America includes in its catalogue a course in "Good-Will" requiring ah equal amount of devotion to "Regard For Civic Beauty," as to perfection in other departments. Heavy centure falls here as elsewhere upon city officials for any remissness in law and order, the mayor, the police, the city council, the Board of works are expected to have a thousand eyes when in truth public opinion should make itself a public eye, watching and expecting faithful performance of duty and unfailingly insisting upon it. To the citizen belongs the correct control of public service. Let him pass the time he employs in denouncing the city government, in using his influence for right measures and in reporting violations to the proper authorities. Let him "put himself in the "other fellow's place." Above all let him cultivate a sweet-tempered municipal spirit recognizing good intentions, crediting worthy motives. "Each man wheel with steady sway, Round the task that rules the day, And do his best." Be A Booster. Do you know there's lots of people Sitting round in every town, Growling, grouchy, always grumbling, Knocking every good thing down? If all things don't run to suit you And the world seems going wrong, Why not take a hand at "boosting Just to help the cause along? Keep a-boosting. Keep a-going Tell the world your city's fine Take your stand with honest effort To improve in every line. Mrs. F. W. Stephens. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT. MAYOR. E. G. McMAHAN. Candidate for Mayor, subject to the Progressive nomination. CITY CLERK. BALTZ. A. BESCHER, Candidate,for Clerk, subject to the Progressive nomination. HAGERSTOWN ! HAGERSTOWN. Iud April 29. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Coniff entertained Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Abel and son Burnell, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Abel at dinner, Saturday evening. Mrs. Allen Fouts spent Sunday with her parents at Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Waltz have as their guests Sunday at dinner, Mr. ! and Mrs. William Keever and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Abel and son. Miss Gladys Barr of Blountsville. will be the guest of Miss Eva Hoover, during commencement week.

The Next A dmin ist ration. There is no city in Indiana which stands any more in need of reforms in its municipal government than Richmond. The Palladium is not charging that graft has figured in the administration of this city's affairs in recent years, but it does most emphatically state that for some time there has been mismanagement in various departments of the city government, and the necessity for relief from a number of evils which have been fostered by past administrations is imperative. Dr. W. W. Zimmerman is again a candidate for re-election, whether as an independent or Republican is not known, but there are excellent reasons why he should be defeated. This statement is not made in a spirit of malice or because it has any political "grudge" against the mayor, but for the absolutely impersonal and unbiased reason that Dr. Zimmerman has failed to "make good." In the Republican primary campaign four years ago the Palladium opposed the nomination of Dr. Zimmerman for the reason that it did not regard his previous administrations as beneficial to the city. Following Dr. Zimmerman's nomination i forjmayor he promised this city "the best business administration"" ever had," which promise won for him the support of the majority of his fellow citizens. During the past four years we have witnessed the city being led deeper into a financial quagmire instead of being guided out of it ; we have seen most unjust discrimination practiced by the city's failure to pay its street lighting bills, shouldering this expense on the faithful patrons of the municipal light plant ; we have witnessed the action of civic organizations taking traction disputes out of the hands of the board of public works and bringing about prompt and satisfactory settlements for the relief of our business interests; we have witnessed spectacles in city court, over which the mayor presides, which would rival a burlesque comedy, and we have witnessed the forced resignation of a president of the board of public works. In the fall of 1909 the mayor issued a statement that it was his "ambition to again fill the office of mayor to the end that by a successful administration of it I might silence the voice of adverse criticism" and for the sole reason that he did not fulfill his promise of "the best business administration this city ever had." Doctor Zimmerman has had his opportunity to make good and he has failed to do so, so let us have a new deal. At the present time there are four candidates for the Progressive nomination as mayor. These men are capable, honest and reliable, and what is equally important, they are members of that new political school which has for its cardinal principles, efficiency in government and the management of the various units of government for the masses and not the privileged few. The primary fight will be cleanly conducted and the victor will be a man more competent to fill the office he aspires to than the present incumbent, who has never regarded his high position seriously enough to devote his entire attention to its duties, which all the. Progressive candidates are pledged to do.

Old General War Scare.

Old General War Scare is having a strenuous time these days, dashing madly from the Balkans, through all of Europe, thence to the Mexican border and on to Japan, via Sacramento, California, where Mr. Bryan, state's rights champion, shivers for fear California will decide it has the right to involve the United States in a war with the Japs, who have been carrying chips on their shoulders for some time, which the Californians have been aching to knock off. While old General War Scare has gotten the Europeans in quite a nervous state of late, the American people have not yet taken him very seriously. In fact about the only war news they appear to care for right now is found on the sporting pages of the newspapers, where appear graphic accounts of the championship battles in baseball leagues.

Causes of the Social Evil. While minimum wage laws for women are to be desired to improve the standard of living, the arguments advanced that such legislation is required to place an effectual check on immorality among women do not appear to be well taken. The cause for the social evil go back further. The great women's reformatory in New York state, where a most scientific study of fallen women has been conducted, reports that but few of the women received there became prostitutes because they did not receive living wages. Lack of education and depravity caused by environment are responsible for the majority of cases received at that institution.

the guest of Miss Nellie Brant this week. Miss Inez Bright of Richmond spent Sunday and Monday here. Mrs. Charles Foland of Newcastle, visited wiht her sisters, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Fritz and Mrs. Hunt over Sunday. WESTE 'IMl PILtO THEO. N. VAIL, THE WESTERN UNION

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i EDITORLAL VIEWS. I HEETER'S CASE. (Fort Wayne, Ind., News.) There are excellent reasons for believing that Superintendent Heeter, of the Pittsburgh schools, is the victim

of one of the most villianous political conspiracies ever framed up by con scienceless scoundrels. Indeed, evi dence to that effect is overmastering when presented to intelligent and un biased minds. But for all that there should be no question whatsoever of the gentlemen's retirement from the office he holds. The public schools are maintained for the public, not for the individual, and there is no disputing; the fact that Superintendent Heeter's retention makes for discord and demoralization. Any man in the church or in the schools who has been placed under accusation serious enough to warrant indictment and trial has had his usefulness in his position nullified. While it is probably true that the same evil forces that brought about Heeter's indictment also promoted and financed the "strilke" of school children, it must be realized that the agitation has created a condition that renders Heeter's continuance in office absolutely incompatible with the welfare of the schools. In the minds of thousands of ignorant, biased and suspicious persons he is condemned forever and no evidence or argument can remove the malign impression that has been created. The morale of the schools under his administration is destroyed and cannot be restored. He should step out, and he will do so if his love for his work is greater than his own personal interests. This is a harsh judgment, it is true, but it is one which is inescapable. A few years ago in the general conference of the Methodist church charges were made that the secretary of the Epworth league had wilh the aid of a noted evangelistic singer exploited a song book for the personal profit of the two, the secretary making use of his office to promote the enterprise. The charge was the sensation of the conference, and the climax of the investigation came when the secretary, a gifted and man eloquent man, arose to speak in his own defense. His explanation was an ingenious one and his plea for his honor was an impassioned cry that simply swept his auditors off their feet. It appeared that a complete triumph was to be his until Dr. Buckley, the great church editor and Warwick of the episcopacy, arose and, addressing himself directly to the accused man, said in tones as cold as ice: "Your explanation, sir, is a notable one and, to us before you, a convincing one. We accept it. But you must resign! No minister who has been under serious charges of dereliction and has had those charges believed by thousands can thereafter fill his position as it should be filled. A millstone is about his neck. Sir, you must resign and resign at once! And the man did it, too, all acknowledging that his action was distinctly in the interest of the Epworth league, which could not afford to have it said tnat its secretary was a crook who had been whitewashed by the general conference while under the spell of his matchless eloquence. It is so in Superintendent Heeter's case as well. He may be as pure as

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ice and chaste as 6now, but Pitts-) burgh is divided on the question and his very presence at the head of the j schools is a blight. He should resign and if he will not resign he should I be removed, not as a guilty man but,' as one whose continuance in office j is against the public interest. I

REGULATING THE NEWSPAPERS. (Washington. Ind., Herald.) The Washington Democrat insists that the federal government, in addition to the federal laws now in operation in regulation of the press, should require all publications to charge a fixed rate for subscriptions. We presume our contemporary means that newspapers and other publications should be prohibited from offering any "inducements" for the purpose of increasing subscription lists through discounts, the tendering of premiums, the giving of prizes and the like. That could mean nothing K-ss than an acknowledgement of the right of the federal government to fix arbitrarily the subscription rates of the newspaper of the country, which, we believe, is absurd. One of the southwestern states, we think, has tried to bring about what the Democrat suggests by a statutory enactment. But it is a ridiculous and an indefensible assumption of state authority over a private enterprise. If the federal government is to control the subscription price of the newspapers, then it follows as a logical and inescapable sequence that the federal government must likewise control the advertising prices. Therefore we should soon have the governmental supervision of the press of the country in a most abhorrent form. There would be there could be no such thing as a free press under such conditions. STREET STORIES The "case" of Prosecuting Attorney Reller against Attorney John Robbins i was compromised yesterday and ' will not be heard in the circuit court. ; The defendant wagered a turkey with Doughnuts and Crullers The kind that melt in

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