Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 308, 4 November 1913 — Page 4
THIS Kll'HMUXD PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY, NOV. 4, 1913
The Richmond Palladium
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Bntarod at th Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, a Second Class Mall Matter. Municipal Elections. Of the many municipal elections being decided today at least three have attracted attention from the county at large New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati. That the whole nation should watch with eager expectancy the fight in some one town is indicative of the position now occupied in the United States by the city. Some years ago few cared how municipal elections might turn out because they had little or no effect on state and national politics. Our population then was almost entirely rural. Farmers wielded the whip and held the balance of power. Today the nation is more than half citified. With the shifting of a majority to the towns the center of gravitation in politics has necessarily changed.
It is also significant that a large number of
municipal struggles are being fought out over non-political issues. The feeling grows that national parties have no right to control local affairs. Where the issues concern the North or the South, or large territories, or the country in its entfrety, party politics are inevitable but there is no possible reason for party politics deciding whether a town should have an efficient mayor, or the streets be paved, or garbage promptly carted away. This is plainly the issue in Cincinnati's warm contest where Mayor Hunt is today doing battle for re-election. This remarkable young executive has made an enviable record for efficiency and has marked an epoch in the Queen City's rather unfortunate municipal history. The lines are clearly drawn between the Cox machine with its long record of 'graft and incompetency and Mayor Hunt with his admirable record for efficiency, economy and ability. Similarly, Blankenburg stands squarely on his record of past success in his appeal to Philadelphia voters. There, as in Cincinnati, the fight is not between Republican and Democrat or Progressive, but between those who hanker for the city's pork barrel, and those who have installed an efficiency system in the city hall New York's situation is somewhat of a mixture. The Sulzer affair has injected an alien issue into the campaign and served to snarl the lines. Mr. Hearst, as usual, has taken a hand in the matter and appeals for his Independence party. The Citizens' Committee, in its alliances with all parties has further complicated the situation. Still, in spite of the complexities, it is everyx where understood that the real fight is between Tammany Hall and all the rest, what there are of the rest. Mr. Murphy has revealed his old time astuteness in selecting Edward McCall as his candidate. Tammany Hall contains no man more capable or more generally liked and respected than the Judge. Many will be constrained to vote for him in preference to the younger Mitchel,,(he heads the Fusion ticket) who otherwise would repudiate Tammany in toto. None of . the parties in the Gotham contest is able to predict the outcome with any degree of confidence, but the betting seems to give Mitchel the preference, even granting him a lead of 10,000 votes. The local contest reveals something of all these conditions. Here too, the people are ousting a Tammany Hall, a Tammany Hall which, though small, has long ruled with Murphy's own methods, and has controlled this community as completely as Murphy has controlled New York. On
the obverse, the contest is also over the issue of
efficiency as in Cincinnati. Here too an aid Cox like machine has run the city's affairs with queer antique methods too confused to stand the searchlight of investigation and analysis. And here tooa young man, full of life and vigor, destined to be Richmond's Mayor Hunt, has stepped forth to smash the machine forever. That he is going to do it nobody has the least doubt. The Mexican Crisis. As to what should be President Wilson's next step in regard to the Mexican embroilment the press of the country has not yet declared itself, but it is in striking unanimity as to its estimate of President's procedure to date. To sum the whole matter up in a brief sentence, He failed in not formally recognizing Huerta as other nations did. The argument everywhere put forivard is very simple: The Mexicans, as their own leaders will confess, are utterly incapable of self government. Among them are 10,000,000 illiterate Indians , who have never cast a ballot, 4,000,000 Mexicans not much better equipped for the duties of liberty, and only about 1,000,000 fitted by education to participate in election, government, or war. Df these last only about 100,000 cast ballots in the Madero election or care or know anything about the general state of affairs. To ask such people to choose intelligently their own law and leaders is to ask the impossible. Therefore, argue the well informed critics of the Mexican situation, the only hope for that dis-;
tracted nation is a strong man of Cromwellian spirit who can manage his people with a rod of iron. Out of the long imbroglio since Madero's assassination there have emerged but two such men, Huerta and Carranza. Carranza has styled himself "leader of the Constitutionalists" and has announced the slogan "return to constitutionalist government and down with the dictator." But in the calmest days of Mexican history since the adoption of the Constitution in 1857, u has always been tacitly understood that the Constitution is very largely a Utopian instrument incapable of application. Where only one man in a hundred and fifty is capable of voting or will vote it is manifestly impossible to give Mexico representative government. Therefore Carranza is looked upon as somewhat of a sentimentalist, who, like Madero before him, promises more than he can fulfill. Huerta alone has revealed the true dictator pbility which promises to give Mexico the one government for which she is fitted. He emerged from the trying times of Madero's downfall as "the strong man" and showed himself capable of handling the situation; a situation very similar to that confronted by Porfirio Diaz, who climbed to power in much the same manner.
The situation is such that one or the other must be accepted as Mexico's ruler. "On the one side we have President Huerta, the man in power," says the well posted Samuel Salinas, of Hid
algo, "on the other side we have Gen. Carranza, the man who wants to be in power. As matters stand we must accept the rule of either of these." Of these two, Huerta alone seems to offer the necessary qualifications. Why, then, did President Wilson refuse to recognize him? Because of pedantic scruples, say the critics. Huerta has been compelled to resort to somewhat violent and unethical measures to gain his position just as all other Mexican rulers have been obliged to do, just as Madero did, who waded through streams of blood to reach the presi dential chair. But President Wilson does not take this into consideration and demands of Mexico what he might alone demand of a really civilized nation. He has been unable to look at Mexico's problem from Mexico's point of view, but has approached it as a New Englander, with a New Englander's prejudices and moral scruples. Because Huerta used violence he has refused to give him formal recognition. As a result of this Huerta has been unable to negotiate the loans which can make possible his rule. With bankrupt treasuries, with famine and lack of pestilence in many states, with a decimated army, and with every department of government demoralized he has been unable to quell the numerous insurrections which spring, up over night in every direction. It is for this the better class of Mexican citizens have so hotly resented President Wilson's course of action. His uncalled for refusal to recognize Huerta has tied the dictator's hand and left Mexico the prey of the bandit and the depredator, they aver. Unable to finance his government and therefore to build up an efficient army Huerta has found himself in hot water, but still has remained determined to bluff it out. His control of the recent election and the summary way he broke up the House of Deputies are parts of this same bluff. Whether, in spite of Wilson's refusal of recognition, he will be able to carry out his bluff is the great question which time alone can answer. All this, as we said, is agreed to by nearly every critic of the Mexican situation, but as to what should be President Wilson's next step
none is willing to say. That too, it seems, must be left to time.
PLAN OP EDUCATION WASTES TWO YEARS U. S. Bureau Proposes That Six Years Be Assigned to Elementary School.
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Craig will talk on innorulating hog with the cholera serum. Lecture will bo given at Boston, Grensfork. Cer.tervllle and Milton.
Egypt's public debt now amounts to $430,534,014. almost entirely foreign held.
AKS DOCTORS TO PRESCRIBE RHEUMA
Rev. Huber's Extraordinary Record. Rev. Conrad Huber, honored Sunday at St. Paul's Lutheran church by a celebration of his twentieth anniversary in its pastorate, has a
most extraordinary record of pastoral activities. During twenty years he has averaged per year no less than 145 addresses. Those who have prepared for public speaking and know something of its ardousness will understand what labors are here indicated. He has averaged 84 meetings each year with his classes in the catechism. He has attended 285 meetings of various kinds each year. And he has made an average of 755 pastoral calls. Besides these strictly ecclesiastical duties Rev. Huber has taken his place in the active citizenship movements of Richmond and has been ever at hand where most needed. No other man in Richmond can show a record of greater faithfulness and hard labor than this. It is remarkable. Every person, whatever view of theological questions may be entertained, will congratulate Rev. Huber on his labors, so long sustained and so noble, and the church in its good fortune in possessing so able and conscientious a leader.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
FEMINIST MOVEMENTS. Atchison Globe. Before she is married a woman's idea of triumph is a man. After marriage her notion of great achievement is to get him to go to church.
MIGHT LET HIM STAY IN TROY.
Troy Record. j There is a possibility that Huerta may yet wish that j he had not been so cross with Uncle Sam: he may want to visit these shores In a great hurry shortly. j
j That there is a waste of at least two ! years in the present plan of Ameri1 can education, is the conclusion
; reached by a committee of prominent ; educators in a report on Economy I I of Time in Education-' just issued b"v i : the I'nited States Bureau of Educa-! j tion. ' , . t l This conclusion follows an jnvesti-1 I gation lasting nearly 10 years by a!
committee of the National Education
Association, of which President James H. Baker, of the I'niversitv nf rw
j rado, is chairman. The committee has endeavored to form a plan that I would do away with the two-year loss. They propose that six years be as- ! signed to the elementary school inj sead of eight as at present; that the j high school period be frontage 12 to j IS, divided into two parts, of four and j two years each; that college work exI tend from IS to 2u, or 16 to 20. according to the method of distributing the
last two secondary years; and that graduate or professional work at a university cover the years from 20 to 24. This would enable boys and girls to get ample vocational training after the age of 12; it would enable those who go on to college to get through their college work at the age of 20; and it would save the professional man from having to wait until 27 to start his professional career. The report insists that the present elementary course is too long: that the ground now covered in eight years can be covered just as efficiently in
6, allowing secondary work to begin at ;
iue age or twelve, to save on elementary schooling they urge: "Choose the most important subjects and the most important topics; make a distinction between first-rate facts and principles and tenth-rate. Confine the period of elementary education to mastering the tools of education. In
clude the last two years of the pres- lodge No
ent elementary school in the period meeting. ! week under the direction of County
or secondary education and begin the Wednesday, November 5 eoo , Agricultural Agent Cobb will be poststudy of foreign language, elementry lodge No. 24,' F. and A. M. Called ; poned until the latter part of the algebra, constructive geometry, ele- meeting. Worn in Master Mason de- week as Dr. It. A. Craig, veterinarian mentary science, and history two years j gree. Light refreshments. of Purdue will be unable to come un-
earlier than at present." ! Thursday, Novemoer o wayne til that time
Emphasis is laid on the necessity Council, It. and S. M.. Stated assemof concentrating on a few valuable Dlvstudies: "The great mistake of our! Friday, Nevember 7 King Soloeducation is to suppose that quantity : mon s Chapter, No. 4. It. A. M. Called and strain constitute education. Edu- i meeting. Work in Past and Most Excation is a question of doing a few j cellent Master degrees. essential things well and without over-1 strain. The college has committed a! EczerTa ar"? Itching Cured, grievous mistake in demanding ever ' P'1"
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WELL KNOWN ARMY GIRL WHO IS SOON TO BE MARRIED. Miss Sadie DeRussey Murray, daughter of Major General and Mrs. Arthur Murray, whose engagement to marry Lieut. Henry Conger Pratt, V. S. A., has just been announced. Miss Murray's father is in command of the Western division of the Army with headquarters at San Francisco and the wedding will take place in that city in January.
MASONIC CALENDAR
Tuesday, Noverrscr 4 Richmond
POSTPONED MEETING
Meetings at which hog cholera was to be discussed and which were to
196, F. and A. M. Stated . have been held the first part of next
Agent Greenburg Showt Faith In Ore Rheumatic Remedy After Six Years Suffering. "3S3i Cottage Grove Ave.. Chicago, 111.. March 17. 1913 For sis year, on and off. just as the weather woull change. I have suffered agony from Rheumatism, the pains In my big toe. left foot, knees hips and groins beins almost unbearable. At such times I hardly dared take a step for fear of another attack. 1 spent many dollars and became thoroughly disgusted with so-called Rheumatic remedies, until I tried IIHKI'MA. I was buying some liniment when your Teorla. 111., agents recommended your remedy. I have since asked physicians to prescribe RHEUMA for Rheumatism. The train crews on the Rock Island Railroad, who saw me limping along using a cane, win verify my statements. Yours most sincerely." J. K. Greenburg. News Agent. Rock Island Railroad. Anybody can afford to pay 50 cent to get rid of terrible Rheumatism. Sciatica. Gout. Lumbago, and that's all RHEUMA costs at Leo II. Fine's, and he says if it does not do all that is claimed for it. money back. RHEUMA costs very little, but it is one of the best remedies you can find to drive Rheumatic poisons from the system and bring back perfect health. Adverttsment
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healthy normal development." The report takes up the problem of saving time in education from the point of view of the college, the school, and society at large, as well as of the individual pupil; and it contains opinions on every phase of the question from representative school men and the general public.
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