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T. Taggart's Mission Smiling T. Taggart of French Lick Springs, Ind., ig in Washington inquiring into the delay on the part of President Wilson in passing out the pie to clamoring Democratic patriots. "I will confess," said Mr. Taggart, "that I am one of those old-fashioned Democrats who believe that to the victors belong the offices, and I am convinced that there is in the Democratic party'such an abundance of talent and such a wealth of administrative ability that the President ought not to encounter any serious difficulty in finding Democrats to man the government in all its branches and departments. "In regard to the question of local appointments in the various States there seems to be some little disappointment. I have found this to exist in Indiana, and during my brief stay here today I also have found it among the Democratic representatives from the various States in Washington, who have expressed themselves freely to me since my arrival. "ir I might "be permitted to whisper a secret out of school, I would even say that I have found a number of members of Congress of my political faith who are timid about returning home lest they be devoured by the hungry applicants for fourth-class postmasterships and places as rural carriers, and rather than take any chances they are staying right on the job at the national capital. Aa'the Duke of French Lick suggests, the president would find no difficulty in securing enough Democrats to fill all the offices in the federal service, and the country now awaits with much interest to see whether Mr. Wilson is also an "old fashioned Democrat." t The several millions of people who are not

seeKing xo auacn tnemseives to tne iederai payroll are inclined to believe that the president does not belong to the antiquated Taggart school of Democracy. They have no objection to the weeding out of incompetent Republican office holders, appointed under a farcical administration of the civil service, but in the event office holders, fairly and honestly appointed under the merit system, should share the same fate of the incompetents, there certainly would be a most vigorous protest registered. President Wilson can render a splendid public service if he will place the civil service on a solid basis once more, correcting the abuses it was subjected to under the Taft administration. Probably belief that the president has such a plan in mind was the motive for Taggart's trip to Washington to preach the gospel of "to the victor belongs the spoils." The Price of Good Government "Boss" Cox of Cincinnati has been dethroned by the people of that city; Abe Reuf, erstwhile over lord of San Francisco, is now in the penitentiary and a large number of municipalities have adopted the commission form of government, or modifications of that plan. Now that the nation-wide reform movement is under good headway there are a number of very short-sighted people who fondly and complacently imagine that the results desired will be easily obtained. Fortunately for the nation there are a number of people who are not so gullible as to entertain for one moment the belief that restoration of popular government in cities, states and the nation is to be accomplished without eternal vigilance and effort on the part of the masses. They do not underestimate the resourcefulness of the exponents of the old school of corruption, incompetency and treachery; they know the gangsters will contest every inch of the field before they yield the spoils they have been permitted to fatten on, and that the fight will not be won if apathy in the reform ranks begins this early in the contest. To those mistaken individuals who are fondling the illusion that machine government is on its knees to an outraged public begging for mercy, it is only necessary to call attention to the following editorial from the Philadelphia Times : The killing of the bill allowing five-year garbage contracts, so earnestly advocated by Mayor Blankenburg, was only one step in the campaign which the McXicbol-Vare crowd have waged in the legislature against the Blankenburg administration. Here are some of the other things they have done: Killed the bill, backed by Blankenburg. providing that councilmen could not hold lucrative positions under machine leaders while serving the people. Mutilated the municipal court bill, backed by Blankenburg. Killed the smaller councils bill, backed by Blankenburg, Slapped Blankenburg in the face by amending the sealers of weights and measures bill so that mayors of other cities could appoint sealers, but taking that power away from Blankenburg. Amended the Walnut bill, taking away graft in the

register of wills office, making it work to the benefit of the gang. Killed the bill giving the right to the department of public safety to make rules and regulations governing traffic. Smashed the bill allowing the department of public safety to regulate billiard parlors, many of which are dens of vice. Mutilated the bill allowing department of health to regulate keeping of animals, by cutting out pigperies in the interests of the Vares. Killed the bill to provide for an annual occupancy tax on all buildings other than dwellings. Killed the Walnut smoke nuisance bill. Passed the Campbell bill regulating the temperature

of milk and cream. This was a slap at Director Neff, and ties his hands in the regulation of the milk business. 1 Killed the Smith bill to provide for the proper storage of petroleum and gasoline. In the state senate they killed the Mcllhenny bill allowing navigation commissioners to investigate accidents In Delaware river.

Passed the Vare bill validating the appointment of 1400 patrolmen and firemen, which Porter contested. Killed the Daix bill providing for the election of board of revision of taxes.

Refused to report from committee the Mcllhenny bill allowing mayor of Philadelphia to appoint board of revis-j

ion of taxes. This bill was introduced at instance of Blankenburg. Have refused to change fire marshal bill, which puts Vare and McNichol Jobholders in state employ into Philadelphia against wishes of Porter and over his head. Are holding up the Williams state civil service bill.

which will put state employes in Philadelphia under civil service They intend to kill this bill. Mayor Blankenburg was elected on a reform ticket and there was great rejoicing among the sturdy fighters for civic decency in the Quaker City, for generations a hotbed of corruption. As may be gleaned from the Times editorial, however, citizens of Philadelphia failed to realize that the roots of corruption extended farther than the city hall. The case of Philadelphia aptly proves that the overthrow of "invisible government" can only be accomplished by a fight all along the line, state and nation, as well as municipality.

UNDERWOODISM? by WILLIAM LEAVITT STODDARD

THE EMPORIA CURFEW.

From the New York Post. , Curfew is to blow again in Emporia, Kas. To be sure, curfews ordinarily ring, but in Emporia they blow. Rather, they used to blow. For once there was a curfew whistle which sent Emporia boys and girls scurrying to bed at 9 o'clock, but now for some years there has been no such whistle, and the young Emporians have become very wild. This interruption in the nightly activity of the curfew whistle was due to the fact that the whistle used for this purpose fell into decay grew prematurely old, as it were. No one took the trouble to put it into repair, or to agitate for another. But these are progressive days and the manager of the plant which gives Emporia its electric light, heat, power and street car service has answered the invitation of the commission for Emporia is one of the 247 or more commission governed cities by appearing before it and offering to blow the whistle every night at any hour the commission might designate. (This implies that the plant has a new whistle, or has done something to the old one.) Right here came into evidence the advantage of commission government. One of the commissioners immediately presented a resolution, which was promptly adopted, that Emporia at once procure a chime whistle and have it placed on the electric light plant, the whistle to be blown every evening at 9 o'clock and to be used for curfew purposes only. Hereafter, youthful jollity will vanish from the streets of Emporia.

OZYMANDIAS.

I met a traveler from an antique land, Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half-sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive stamped on these lifeless things The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear;, "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my words, ye Mighty, and despair! " Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. Percy Bysshe Shelley.

A SMILE OR TWO.

Greeble "Is that your baby?" Crawdon "No, sir; the possession is on the other side. He is not my baby I'm his father." Christian Register.

Bill "I'm afraid that goat will be sick. He's eaten up a lot of newspapers." Jill "I guess he'll be all right. The last thing he ate was the Literary Digest." Yonkers Statesman.

Lady "Why, you naughty boy. I never heard such language since the day I was born." Small Boy "Yes, mum; I a'pose dere wuz a good deal of cussin' de day you wuz born." Tit-Bits.

Prof. Wiser "What effect does the moon have upon the tide? Sweet Co-Ed "None! It affects only the untied." Judge.

"How about that girl who married the duke?" "She has entered suit." "For divorce so soon?"

"No; against the company that guaranteed his title."

Pittsburg Post.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Twt men stand in two aisles of the House of Representatives. One is a solid, almost a burly man, whose face is red, and whose whiskers are griizly; he nervously jerks his right hand as he talks, half-settled against the arm of his Beat. He Is ex

plaining to Speaker Clark that the

Republicans are not being treated fair

ly in the matter of the distribution of time in which to consider a certain bill It is Minority Leader Jim Mann.

The other is tall, and his neck is so

short that he seems to be round

Bhouldered His face is smooth and

colorless. His right hand toys that is the only word for it with his watch-

chain. When Mann concludes what he is saying, the tall Representative

drawls: "I am afraid, Mr. Speaker, that

I shall have to insist." Whereupon both sit down, the gavel bangs the House into attention and the members prepare for the two, five.

or nine hours of debate insisted upon

by the smooth-faced and persuasive gentleman, certain that at the end of the period the bill will pass or not pass according as the smooth-faced gentleman wishes. He is Oscar W. Underwood, the man who runs the ma

chine in the Democratic House of Rep

resentatives the House that is revising the tariff in the direction of

gravity.

The fact is that, although Uncle Joseph Cannon is politically dead, yet

the power which made Uncle Joseph

the Czar of the House still lives on

after him. The famous rules fight of

Murdock, Norris & Co. did not break or destroy that power. It merely transferred it to new hands. The precious sovereignty of the House today belongs wholly to the iloor leader: it has descended to Underwood of Alabama. Should he misuse it, the American Dictionary of Politics will contain a fresh word to replace "Cannonism." This word will be "Underwoodism." If the country thinks that tyranny is dead in Congress, the country has fooled itself. It is not. The House, which during the coming two years will be the storm-center of the new administration, is still controlled by the caucus, which in turn can be controlled by a minority of the party holding the caucus, and this minority, in turn, can again be controlled by half a dozen powerful men, who, in the last analysis, will usually be headed by Oscar W. Underwood. That this machine may be run for the public good is not to be disputed. Nor is the fact that it exists and that it is capable of doing great public

harm to be disputed way it works:

Early in the session just preceding

the 1912 elections, Charles A. Lindbergh

surgent from Minnesota, introduced a resolution providing for a special committee to make a full investigation into the "money trust." Immediately it wab felt in Congress that a project of

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importance had been launched; the Aldrich scheme had not been meeting with popular approval, and a substitute must be drawn. The resolution was referred to the Rules Committee, a body which need not act unless it wants to. What happened is told by Lynn Haines in his study, ' Law-Making in America": "The Democrats (in the caucus)

were divided. One hundred and !

fifteen voted with Underwood, Fitzgerald, and Clark, who might be called the caucus cabinet, to have the investigation made by the Committee on Banking and Currency. Sixty-six voted with Henry and the progressive Democrats in favor of conducting the investigation through a special committee not composed chiefly of bankers or bankers' attorneys. The sixty-six, being outvoted in the caucus, became completely enslaved and submerged in the 115. When the question later came before the House, their votes were joined with those of the caucus majority. "That takes us another step. The 115, by controlling the caucus, at first with only their own votes, nullified in advance any different action that the other 27S members might have taken on the floor of the House. But this control of the whole House by a majority of a caucus, or, more truthfully, by a majority of those voting at a caucus, falls far short of expressing the iniquities of the system. . . . "After the caucus had acted binding all its members, hand, toot, and mouth, the next proceeding was to gag the Republican minority. The Rules Committee, in a privileged report, brought the Pujo resolution into the House, limited debate, and shut off amendments. Cannonism never conceived and carried out anything more unrepresentative than that. Members had absolutely no opportunity to do other than vote for or against the Pujo resolution. The Lindbergh resolution was buried, away from the House. Probably more than half of the House would have preferred to vote on that, or to propose some change, but "The caucus not only decided the issue in advance, but also the exact form in which it should be voted on n the House." Now the quesition is not whether it was better, in this particular case, for the House to investigate the money trust by means of the regular standing committee or by means of a special committee or whether it was wise to make the investigation at all. The point is simply that the mechanism of the present House is such that legislation can be controlled by an unofficial body, which in turn is easily con trolled by a powerful minority simmering down to one or two men. Cannon is out and Underwood is in. Look at the way Mr. Haines deadlyparallels the old and the new:

UNDER CANNON. The Speaker was supreme and omnipotent. The majority caucus was rarely used or needed. The Rules Committee, dominated absolutely and arbitrarily by the Speaker, made the rules, and was a law unto itself.

Standing committees were appointed by the Speaker.

Standing committees were wholly free from control by a majority of the House unless the Speaker interposed his arbitrary power in behalf of the majority. Standing committees kept no public record of their acts. The floor leader was a figurehead.

UNDER UNDERWOOD. The Speaker, excepting in one comparatively unimportant particular, is shorn of power. The majority party caucus has become the dominating element. The Rules Committee, dominated by the floor leader and the caucus, makes the rules and retains all its old powers. Its reports are privileged, its acts or omissions subject to no higher authority. It is a steering committee and can control the fate of all legislation. ' Standing committees are appointed by the Ways and Means Committee, of which the floor leader is chairman. Standing committees are today even farther removed from control by the majority than when Cannon was deposed as Speaker. Standing committees still act in secret. The floor leader is supreme.

IN A B1GPAGE ANT Added Interest Given Spectacle Because of the Camp Site. (National News Association) NEW YORK, June 9 Seventy-five Iroquois Indians from the Lake Erie reservation this afternoon participated in the opening features of a paaont founded on Longfellow's wellknown "Hiawatha." in the open park on the estate of E. C. Dela field, near Rivc-rdale, at the upper end of Manhattan Island. The pageant which will continue for a month is given under the auspices of the Woman's Municipal Ia;ue of

New York City, who. by presenting an artistic spectacle, hope to raise funds to further their cause. Their chief aim is to interest women in the affairs of the city and to aid the estab

lishment of permanent good government for greater New York. All the actors in the pageant are full-blooded Indians and the manner in which they played the parts assigned to them this afternoon shows that they are not devoid of histronic ability. The spectacle is absorbing from the time that Gitchie Manito,

the Indian God exercises the as

sembled tribes for warring with each other, until Hiawatha, standing erect in his canoe, resolutely sails to the land of the sinking sun to join his beloved Minnehaha, who dies during the famine. Added interest is given the spectacle, because the site of the present Indian camp, where the pageant Is given, is the one which the Indian tribes of Manhattan, three centuries ago, stood, as they watched Henry Hudson sail his half Moon up the river. Included in the committee of honor for the pageant are Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Low, President John H. Finley of the College of the city of New York, Dr. St. Clair McKelway and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Delafield, at whose country seat.

Tteldston," the spectacle is given. The wigwams and setting were designed by Mr. Deeming, the painter of Indian pictures.

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MIGHT WORRY ALONG. Indianapolis Star. It was quite a fall for the New York woman who asked for $78,000 a year alimony in her divorce suit and was granted only $15 000. Still, even a woman with a "social position" ought to be able to worry along on the latter sum.

Gifted with a personality which so far has made his tyranny pleasant. Underwood has "got away with it" with admirable skill. Perhaps he would have forced the House to do what it has done since it has been under his thumb, even if he had not had the machine to help him. Maybe without a machine no legislation could be passed in a chamber containing so many diverse elements and if this is not a Government by parties, then, pray, what is it? And if a party does not work in harmony, then, please, how can it work? The aim of this analysis is, not to

pillory Underwood along with Cannon, not to damn the Democrats in advance of their first chance of running things in sixteen years. The aim is merely to show what really makes the wheels go round in the lower branch on Capitol Hill, so that in case they cease to turn out the grist which the public wants the public may guess the cause. Here's hoping the Democrats will run their machine well, not recklessly over the rights of the people, and here's giving Oscar Underwood a kindly word of warning not to joy-ride in his powerful car the way J. G. Cannon used to do. June Everybody's Magazine.

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JUSTICE SHOULD BE FREE, BUT ISN'T. Kansas City Star. It cost Colonel Roosevelt about $10,000 to vindicate himself by means of the lawsuit in Marquette, Mich. Justice is supposed to be "free" but in reality it is one of the most expensive commodities in the world.

NAVY GOES "DRY" Kansas City Times. "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest; Yeave ho ho, and a bottle of rum." That may do all right for pirates, but not for the navy. "Don't touch liquor," said Secretary Daniels to the Annapolis graduates.

DOESN'T INTEREST EDITOR. South Bend Tribune. Says the Laporte, Ind., Herald: "Watch your $5 bills. There's a counterfeit abroad." Having carefully exam

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and it is for her. Mr. Tu-ber-cle Bac-ill-us, the most powerful bug in the world, bit her one day and pretty soon the doctor said she had con-sump-tion. The doc-tor told Johnny's papa that she must quit sleeping in the stuffy little bedroom or she would die. He said that before long pa-pa

must find a bet-ter place to live or else Johnny and his pa-pa would have con-sump-tion, too. But he

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