Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 253, 1 September 1913 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN -TELEGRAM, MONDAY, SEPT. 1, 1913.

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Zimmerman's Position and Chances The action of the Republican city committee in rescinding its order for holding a primary on September 8, at which the various candidates for city offices on the Republican ticket should be nominated, is perfectly plain and reasonable. With but one candidate for each of the places to be filled by nomination it would have been needlessly expensive to have held the primary. Under such conditions a convention will do very well. What the Palladium can not understand, however, is the why and wherefore of all this alleged enthusiasm on the part of the Republican city committee over the outlook for victory

for the Republican ticket in the November election. As the Palladium interprets the signs, they are all against success for the Republican ticket. In the first place take last fall's election. The Republican vote in this city dwindled to a mere handful. Where formerly a large majority of the voters of Richmond supported the Republican party here, less than 900 remained with it last November. At the same time the Progressive vote in this city was over 2,400. In the second place, disregarding past events and confining attention only to the present, what is the meaning of Mayor Zimmerman's being assured a renomination on the Republican ticket without any opposition ? Is it that his chances of being elected are so great that the party bosses will not risk the danger of losing with a lesser light? Is it that Mayor Zimmerman is THE boss of the local Republican machine and therefore is dictating his renomination in a rule or ruin spirit? Or is his lack of opposition due to a feeling on the part of other Republicans who would be qualified to ask for the nomination, that the Republican party's chances locally are so dubious that they do not care to waste the time and mony necessary to making a fight for such a nomination this time? The Palladium believes the solution of the problem lies in answering the last two questions In the affirmative. The Zimmerman organization comprises the great majority of what is left of the Republican party in Richmond. He controls the Republican city committee. His men sonstitute a majority of that board. At the open

ing of political activity this year. Mayor Zimmerman announced himself in favor of a primary "for selecting the Republican candidates. The city committee complacently carried out the mayor's desires and ordered a primary to be held on September 8. Then he saw that without opposition to his own race and with candidates for the other positions having to be drafted, a primary would be a farce, as well as a useless expense. Consequently, taking the latter as his public excuse for changing front, the mayor announced his willingness to be renominated at i convention. And just as complacently the city committee cancelled its order for a primary and held that a convention was in order. Mayor Zimmerman is THE boss of the Republican party in Richmond in the days of its desadence and dissolution. As to the bright outlook ahead of the Republican party in this fall's municipal election, why were not men of the caliber and standing of Judge Comstock or Judge Rupe brought out for the nomination for mayor? They have both had long and honorable careers of service and have shown that they are capable. That such men as these were considered by the few anti-Zimmerman men on the city committee who really have at heart the best interests of their party is undoubtedly true. Particularly so when it is remembered that Demas Coe was asked to make the race for the Republican nomination for mayor and declined, saying, "I can not. I am a Progressive !" The men who might have made the race for the mayoralty nomination and did not, were politically wise. They knew the Republican candidate for mayor would have a thankless and dubious task ahead of him in the face of the overwhelming Progressive sentiment of Richmond. And this feeling has extended to all the places on the Republican city ticket. From city clerk on through the list of councilmanic candidates, almost all the places have been filled by drafting. Mayor Zimmerman alone wanted a nomination and wanted it badly. He trusts to the Goddess of Fortune. Something, somehow, may turn up to enable the Republican candidate to win at the polls. A turn of the wheel, a lucky throw, and fortune may smile upon him for just one more time. The gambler in any walk of life always takes one chance too many. Mayor Zimmerman, unless the Palladium is sadly mistaken, is taking his last and losing chance. The time is ripe for change. Not a capricious change engineered by Dame Chance, but a complete ov

erturning founded on a clearly conceived idea of the people that they want a more efficient city government. And Mayor Zimmerman is not master enough of emotionalism to sway a set and direct thinking body of voters. In other words, the people through the Progressive party are "banking" the game Mayor Zimmerman is playing this year.

FAMILY PROBLEMS

BY MRS. FRANK LEARNED Author of "The "Etiquette of New York Today." 'in our households we might find, or ought to find, much more than we are looking for. "Often we look to the ends of the earth for that which is very near us. We should try to find the very best in one another if we would live hapily together. We know the faults and foibles of our families, but we take no trouble to find out the virtues, the subtle traits of character worth discovering. We take no trouble to understand the others and do not allow them to understand us. "I am confident," says a clever writer, "that existence is maintained at a much lower level than it should be, simply because those who are bound by the closest natural ties do not know how to make each other happy grudge the time that should be given to the arraying of the soul." Day after day we sleep under the same roof, meet at the same table, live side by side, and yet touch each other's lives only in a superficial way. It is not that we do not know how to make each other happy; but we do not try. We grudge the time given to the "arraying of the soul" the bringing out, decking, cultivating the best that is in the others and in ourselves just for the joy of it or the duty. We are so busy giving our best selves to the thousand and one calls of rushing modern life that wc

have no time to know our families. In fact, it may not occur to us that they are worth knowing. Sometimes we do not imagine that there are natures which are shy, or sensitive, or do not find expression an easy thing, and need to be drawn out. Bad manners and making things unpleasant at home are from absolute selfishness, and it is cruel of parents to allow their children to grow up to be selfish. It may be said by some reader, "I am not selfish, not ill-tempered, not without kindness. This is not for me. I do not make things unpleasant at home." On the other hand, one may question one's self, "Do I try the positive and not the negative rule of living? Do I try to show my best self at home, the best of my mind and soul and help the others to show theirs?" All things should be shared in common at home if we are to have contentment and happiness. Every pleasant experience ought to be shared, whether It be an incident of the day, a book we have read, friends we have met, a journey we have made. Of course all this may be claim ed to be on the surface of things, but it is an aim toward the intimate living and sympathetic companionship which helps us to open our hearts to one another. There is hardly a better bond to hold together the family life than the maintaining of courtesy and cheerfulness at the table. Here is an intangible something which helps toward serenity, poise and happiness at home.

LOVE OF LIFE

Love you not the tall trees spreading wide their branches, Cooling with their green shade the sunny days of June? Love you not the little bird lost among the leaflets, Dreamily repeating a quaint, brief tune? Is there not a joy in the waste windy places; Is there not a song by the long dusty way? Is there not a glory in the sudden hour of struggle; Is there not a peace in the long quiet day? Love you not the meadows with the deep lush grasses; Love you not the cloud flocks noiseless in their flight? Love you not the cool wind that stirs to' meet the sunrise; Love you not the stillness of the warm summer night? Have you never wept with a grief that slowly passes, Have you never laughed when a joy goes running by? Know you not the peace of rest that follows labor? You have not learnt to live, then; how can you dare to die'.' Tertius Van Dyke.

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ILLUSIONS MAY HELP SOME. Springfield Republican. The philosophers of the Ohio State Journal observes: "Another pathetic little feature of everyday life is the way a man will announce in a largo way that he welcomes criticism and then gets fighting mad when somebody takes him at his word." Still one has the illusion that he is a generous-minded fellow, and that helps somewhat to mitigate the friction of the world.

$3,200 FROM ONE TREE. Popular Mechanics. What is probably the most valuable tree in the world is an alligator-pear tree at Whittier, Cal., which netted its owner a profit of $3,20t in one year. This tree was planted in 190o and began bearing in its fourth year. In 1912 it bore 3.000 pears, which sold for $1,300, while the sale of buds during the same year amounted to $1,706, making the total given above. The tree is a seedling, the seed having been planted with a quantity of other seed which had been imported, presumably from Mexico. Another tree which was planted at the same time, and which stands close to this phenomenal bearer, has never borne more than 50 pears in a season.

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Congress' Domination By Wilson Is Shown By His Recent Act of Blocking the Senate's Plan for a Recess Keeping Congress on Job Is a Popular Move With Business Men of the Capital City.

EDDIE MAZIER With Neil O'Brien's great American minstrels, at the Gennett theater Saturday, Sept. 6, matinee and night.

At the Murray. Week of Sept. 1 "The Battle.'

The Melting Pot. After reading over many plays Mr. Francis Sayles has selected for next week Walker Whitesides play "The Melting Pot." This company has presented this play before and it has always proven to be a great success. The production will be complete and the members of the company will be seen in different kind of parts than they have ever appeared in during the engagement.

Palace. "The Ward of the King," a two-part Thanhouser film being shown at the Palace today, is a masterpiece of shadow drama, correctly costumed, supurbly acted and elaborately set. The story deals with the exciting days of the Fourteenth Louie of France, when a noble could not contract marriage without the king's consent. A young noble falls in love with an orphan heiress, but being in disfavor at court, could not openly marry her, and their subsequent adventures prove very thrilling. On the same bill is shown the Fred Mace comedy, "One-round O'Brien's Flirtation."

ROCKING-CHAIR AS A BAROMETER. I Atchison Globe. An observant Atchison woman says she can tell from the way a woman rocks on her front porch what condi- j tion the house behind her is in. If she sways back and i forth with a floppy, comfortable motion, plumping both feet down in a relaxed sort of way, then everything about the house is absolutely clean and neat. But if she rocks ! in little nervous jerks, tapping her feet down at short and ! irregular intervals, it signifies that there are unmade beds ' behind her and stacks of unwashed dishes and dustv I

floors.

Minstrel Show. Neil O'Brien and his "Great American Minstrels" will be the attraction at the Gennett theatre Saturday, September 6, matinee and night, presenting for his second annual pilgrimage, a brand new entertainment from first part to concluding feature. Encouraged by the brilliant success and wonderful favor with which his first season's tour was greeted, Mr. O'Brien promises his many local admirers a performance of minstrelsy this season even more classy, refined and enjoyable than his splendid show of last year, which was conceded to be almost perfection in minstrel production. With a complete new outfit of scenery, wardrobe and other paraphernalia, almost an entirely new roster of singers, dancers and comedians, two new comedy acts by Neil O'Brien, and

a big dancing feature staged by Pete Detzel, the O'Brien show evidently intends to live up to its avowed policy of presenting "everything new'' each season. Several of those of last year's organization who made pronounced hits, have been retained. Notably popular are Eddie Mazier, the jovial rotund end-man and comedian whose infectious humor lingers pleasantly in one's memory. Pete Detzel, the eccentric dancer is also along this year, also the diminutive Major Nowak, All Fontaine, the basso; Walter Lindsey, the impersonator of feminine characters, little George Hagen the boy contra tenor, George Faust and Dorand and Strong, all of whom are now identified with this attraction. But there are many new faces among both the principals and chorus. For the monologist Mr. O'Brien has secured the very famous and popular Eddie Ross, one of the highest salaried and best known corkologists in the world whose subtle wit and originality was one of the big hits of the London season the past year. As a special vocal feature Ward Barton the yodler has proved a veritable whirlwind success. Joe Carey, tenor, Arthur Blake, baritone, are among the soloists who have made special hits. The orchestra of fourteen musicians will again be under the direction of Frank Fuhrer. For the olio, Mr. O'Brien has written two new sketches, one for his own use entitled "Parcels Post" the other for Eddie Mazier and Major Nowak, called "Who's Boss, or Taming the Militant." Mr. O'Brien appears as the typical good for nothing, but always funny darkey of the levees, . who forsakes chicken stealing for the greater opportunities offered in government position.

I MASONIC CALENDAR Monday, September 1. Richmond Commandery, K. T., state conclave. Tuesday, September 2. Richmond

lodge. No. 19G, F. and A. M., stated j meeting. ! Thursday, September 4. Wayne j Council, No. 10, R. and S. M., stated assembly. Saturday, September 6. Loyal Chap

ter, No. 49, O. E. S.. stated meeting.

A modern beet sugar factory is being built in Harbin, Manchuria, at a cost of $825,000.

By JONATHAN WINFIELD. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1 President Wilson recently eave new evidence of his domination of congress by blocking the senate plan for a recess. The Democratic senators practically had decided to recess after the passage of the tariff bill. Hut President Wilson sent an envoy in the person of his private secretary. Mr. Tumulty, to the halls of congress and Tumulty advised Democratic senators that the president was opposed to the recess. The senators capitulated and it therefore seems certain that congress will con tinue the present extraordinary session until the convening of the regu-, lar session in December. j President Wilson, by this action. ! scored another point in gaining popularity in Washington. Business in- , terests, especially hotel and shop men want congress to remain in session i and they greeted the news of the j president's triumph over the wishes of ; the weary senators with applause, j There are almost innumerable reasons why the business men of Washington j desire that congress shall remain in I session and this desire by the business"

faction is reflected throughout the city. It Makes a Difference. Washington, without congress, has been described by the word "dead." Washington, with congress in session, is very much alive and wiggling. It is simple to understand, therefore, why there should be great rejoicing among the members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade, when the president virtually hands down n mandate that congress shall not take a rest but must "stay on the job" throughout the rest of summer, autumn and winter. An alleged humorist once unkindly described Washington as a country village when congress is not in session and as a country village with a county fair when congress is In session. Whether this be a knock at Washington or at congress, is Irrelevant, but the observation is in a way important because it is descriptive of the National Capital, although somewhat adversely so. The description might be criticized as unfair, or to be blunt, untruthful, but at the same time no bona-fide resident, or real, dyed-in-the-wool native can deny that the description contains an element of truth. Also, it

cannot be denied that "business picks j up" when congress comes to town. All kinds of business picks up and the : hotel men and shop keepers, without ; the aid of newspapers or heresay, can tell when congress is in session mere-1 ly by a glance at the total of the day's i receipts. j They Keep on the Job. Of course, even though congress be j not sitting, the executive and judicial : branches of the government are at , work and the executive branch, which j keeps plugging away almost constant-' ly, furnishes the National Capital with a big share of its activity. The executive branch, with its ten departments, employs thousands and it is these thousands of clerks and other employes who really keep Washington on the go and business on the move throughout the year. The treasury department alone, with its thousands of employes, would support a small town and the departments of State, War and Navy are equally as large in the number of employes. . Even the littie department of Iabor, which was created at the tag-end of '-, the last Republican administration,!

has as many parsons working for It as are employed by a big factory. If congress did not sit for . number cf years, Washington wouldnt disappear from the map. but congrvss contributes the lious share in keit Washington alive. When congress is not In session the social 'whirl slows down and is not so giddy; hotel quests diminish rapidly; restaurants have plenty of vacant tables; shop clt-rks have time to arrange their attire and talk baseball; I'nion station looks comparatively deserted and in short, the whole schema of things slows down and become more calm. Hut when congress convenes things begin to bustle. Washington shakes off what might be railed its "no-session lethargy" and is a wide-awake, noisy, hurrying city. The hotel registers bulge with names from all over the country and the hotel desk clerka put an incoming guest into a room before it is cleared of traces of the departing visitor. Station a Lively Place. Union Station teems with life and the incoming and outgoing throngs include thousands. The street throngs by day and night are larger and louder. Moving picture shows reap a harvest, restaurant and lunch room men have enough trade to say they are doing a "land office business" and shop men of all kinds, from the cloth ier of the common garden variety, to the picturesque dealer In antiques, smile as profits mount. Therefore, the humorist, who compared Washington to a country Tillage and congress as a county fair must be credited with a certain degree of truth, for the incoming senators and representatives with their hosts of Continued on page seven

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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN MISSOURI St. Joseph Observer.

An antediluvian denizen of Butler has a theory that .motor cars are responsible for droughts. He says that j there used to be plenty of rain before the pesky things i

were invented, but now they raise so much dust that the moisture is all soaked up before it has a chance to reach the earth.

ENTIRELY MISSING. Public Ledger. When Murphy gets through with Sulzer there will not be much left of Murphy.

UNIVERSAL. New York Tribune. An eminent clergyman avers that slit skirts will never get to heaven. They seem to get everywhere else.

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