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BUFFALO PROGRESSIVE CLEAN COPY Every Line Puplished in this Paper may be Read at the Fireside. We do not Deal in Scandal and Believe in Social and Political Replift. mis giaiv This pper is Character of an; Privat Hold ao Brief foe the and Want Service for liit. BUFFALO, N. THURSDAY.

JANUARY 2, 1913 Vol. 1, No. 17 Subscription, $1.00 per Year Single Copies, Two Cents AND SIMPLICITY Com CLAPP NOW WANTS TO GO INTO CAMPAIGN OF 1912 BUFFALO PROGRESSIVE SUSPENDS New York's Governor-Elect Took the Oath of Office Yesterday. PUBLICATION WITH THIS ISSUE DEMOCRATS PLAN SINGLE BOARD FOR BIG FLIGHTS OF ORATORY AT COUNCILMANIC BANQUET Will Try to Have Scope of Committee Investigating Campaign Funds Extended by Senate. i ALBANY, Jan.

2. With sim- pie ceremonies and without the usual I military display. Representative Will- I iam Snl7tr of Vpw Vnrlr itianvnr. PUBIC SERVICE i WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 An effort I to extend the Senate campaign fund investigation to cover the Presidential fight of 1912 will be made by Senator ated Governof New York State at noon Wednesday, when Governor John A.

Djx retired to private life. Clapp, chairman of the investigating The ceremonies took place in the Assembly Chamber of the State Capi- Republicans Will Lose Control committee, soon after Congress recon- venes. ihe investigation has been Alter the oath of orrice was ad Bull Moose Most Prominent In Discourses at Hotel Statler-City Officials Caricatured by Clever Impersonators Mayor Fuhr-mann Delivers Splendid Address Colonel Would Spend More Money. DR. DORR ON CHILD CONSERVATION Under New Bill Now Going to Legislature.

limited by the Senate resolution to the 1904 and 1908 Presidential campaigns and the 1912 fight prior to the nominating conventions. The Senate probably will be asked PT rwrn A Tinn "VITTO to uass an additional resolution en-SlJIAKK A K( I rS I laring the committee's power, unless kjkjajmuui J. b.1 a it is ound possible to go into the re- cent fight under the authority now 'j Li- possessed by the investigating body. Provides fOr lWO Republicans All of the national campaign commit- ministered Governor Sulzer delivered his inaugural address, and retiring Governor Dix spoke briefly. Heretofore the incoming and retiring Governors have been escorted to the Capitol with much pomp.

This year Governor Dix and staff met Governor-elect Sulzer and staff and accompanied them to the Capitol in carriages. After the ceremonies in the Assembly Chamber the incoming and retiring Governors and their staffs held a brief reception in the executive chamber. The customary salute of 19 guns fired by a battery on the Capitol green was omitted. tees filed expense statements this i year, but an investigation of the re- and Bull Moosers Want Representation. cent campaign would bring out many i new features, it is believed.

The National Progressive party has not only established itself as a potent factor in the future political history of the United States, but has also contributed to the history of all parties a new idealism. Its comprehensive scheme of politico legislative activity during the period between political campaigns is a new contribution to political science. It is the duty of every good Progressive, who believes not only in the future of his party, but also in the inherent justice of its programme, to do all that lies within his power to further its work. At the recent conference in the City of Chicago, attended by over 1,800 delegates, representing every State in the Union, one of the most important matters discussed was the establishment of a National Weekly in the interests of the party. After due consideration the National Committee has formulated its plans, and has determined to establish "The Progressive Bulletin" as the official organ of the Progressive party.

Under the plan devised by the National Committee each local organization is asked to assist the National Committee in the establishment of this weekly, within its respective community. After carefully considering the matter, we believe that it is our duty to devote such energies as we have toward the establishment of this National Weekly, rather than to the further extension of the BUFFALO PROGRESSIVE. We have, therefore, determined to suspend the publication of the BUFFALO PROGRESSIVE after this issue, auti to transfer all its subscribers to the mailing list of the Progressive Bulletin, offering, however, to our subscribers the option of repayment to them of a pro rata amount of their subscription to this paper, in case they do not desire to have their subscriptions transferred to the National Weekly, the Progressive Bulletin. THE EDITORS, BUFFALO PROGRESSIVE. GOOD ROADS RAVE HAD EVENTFUL YEAR URGES Governor-elect Sulzer is said to have given his approval to a plan to legislate the Public Service Commission out of existence.

Legislation to that end has already been decided upon by the Democratic leaders in the State. The first moves have already been made and the bill which is to deal the death blow to the present institution is being drawn. It will come UPLIFT III REPORT to light at Albany among the first i Many States Appropriated Money batcn ot measures to be presented Insular Head Asks Congressional for action by the Assembly and sen and Government May Action For Island Inspection. In pJace of the present system ot Follow Plan. two commissions a single body com- posed of seven members, five Demo- CHILDREN NEGLECTED AND rats and ttw Republicans, is to be FEDERAL AID GOOD i brought into being.

Additional now- ROADS CONGRESS BUSY NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL ers are to be given to the new body with reference to supervision over i telegraph and telephone companies WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Approval I and otner matters which experience hoc ri a rck aort Hal rVinf nAiinf mon Council, responded to the call of Toastmaster John Sullivan and gave a brief recital of the accomplishments of the Progressive movement in this country along the line of conservation of the natural resources and the lives and morals of women and children. He declared that the City of Buffalo had awakened to the needs of the people and that it had made wise expenditures of funds entrusted to it, disbursing them for the education of its children, for the enlargement of the parks and playgrounds, and for its hospitals and juvenile court. "All these things tend toward the betterment of the people, and we find that the humanitarian instinct dwelling in the hearts and minds of men will come forth once they are awakened," said the speaker.

"We musX congratulate the city on the intelligence and humanitarianism manifested and the general working out of plans which tend toward making Buffalo a better place in which to live. At last we are brought face to face with true conditions as they exist among our people and we know that the most valuable asset of a community is its men, women and children, and we must bend every effort to conserve that asset." With the introduction of coffee and cigars a playlet written and staged by Howard D. Herr and Dr. Walter C. Goodale, and entitled "A Night in the Park," was presented for the enjoyment of the banqueters.

The time was placed at 20 years hence, when the Bull Moosers control the city government and all the old-line politicians, out of office, are eating snow balls and warming park benches. Prominent city officials were represented by Messrs. Walter C. Goodale, Howard D. Herr, Albert H.

Zink, Chas. D. Stickney, Samuel B. Botsford, Geo. J.

Hare and John S. Embleton. Included in the list of speakers were State Treasurer John J. Kennedy, Councilman Frank John N. Scatcherd and Orson E.

Yeager, president of the Chamber of Commerce. All in all, the banquet was one of the best ever given by the Common Council and reflects great credit upon City Clerk Harold J. Balliett and his assistants who arranged the banquet. The details, as planned, were carried out without a hitch and won the unanimous approval of the 200 men pres The annual banquet of the Common Council, held in the Hotel Statler last Monday evening, was dedicated to the Progressive movement, from the looks of the programme of the evening. With but three or four exceptions, all the speeches bore reference to the "late unpleasantness," more especially when the Republican officeholders arose to speak.

The programme of levity arranged by the entertainment committee carried with it frequent reference to the movement, and nearly all such remarks were directed in serious strain toward the accomplishments of the new party. i ue "Highly Delightful" Dempsey, of Elk-Shriner parade fame, stroked the velvety palm of Deputy Comptroller Arthur B. Christy in a special stunt and bade him fear and tremble over his aspirations for succeeding to the seat of his superior. He averred that he saw in the distance W. J.

J. Kunzie, a probable successor for the office. Even in the obscurity of the semi-darkened room, where the tent of the sorceress was pitched, there were many who believed that the strokings of the massive brow, in which the doughty Captain indulged, were intended to wipe away a copious flow of perspiration. As a fitting climax to an illustrious career, the "Seventh Daughter of the Seventh Son" foresaw an imposing military funeral for the dead hopes of the man who aspires to the high office of City Comptroller. Herr's Impersonation.

In Howard D. Herr's impersonation of former Alderman William H. Crosby he took seriously the plan of the Progressives to watch the city fathers in teir management of the affairs of Buffalo. Mr. Herr assumed that he had been detailed to watch the May5r and to render a report to the Progressive Club; this report he read, and during the course of his remarks declaimed that it was partly on account of his (Mr.

Crosby's) desire to become the official head of the city that he -accepted the assignment. Herr, who is the custodian of the Broadway Auditorium, concluded the burlesque speech of Mr. Crosby vitb long list of the accomplishments of the city, in which was set forth the vast sums of money expended by the city for municipal improvements during the past nine years, or during the tenure of office of Colonel Ward; it was a splendid op The year just ending has been noteworthy from the viewpoint of good roads enthusiasts in many directions. It would be noteworthy if there were nothing else to record than the action of many States In making liberal road of the extension of vocational educa- uJ corporations coming under au tion in the Philippines and the im-! thority of the commission shall be mediate grant of American citizen- promptly and finally dealt with in the ship to those Porto Ricans desiring PUDUC interests. The Progressives have asked that it, constitute the principal features in flwaw New York tops the the annual report of Brigadier-General the new commission.

It is a miestinn appropriations NAVY LEAGUE URGES MUCH BETTER FORCE OF SEAMEN Frank Mclntyre, chief of the Bureau if this will be granted. Their lead- list with the $50,000,000 bond issue, of Insular Affairs In his annual re- ers wil1 make a determined effort to added to its previous appropriation of nort marie nnblic' tndav. Oeneral Mc- smash the programme as planned for an equal amount. Pennsylvania fol- tne two Kepuoncan membersnips. Intyre renews the recommendation Boss" Barnes is bitterly opposing the for Congressional action looking to Progressive demand, the biennial inspection of the insular Patronage, it is explained, will not possessions by a board of visitors be reduced by the new measure.

An made up of representatives of the ex-1 equally large force of engineers, in-ecutive and legislative branches of spectors, investigators, counsel, the Government. i clerks, office helD and exnerts will be lows with a proposed $50,000,000 appropriation, which there is assurance will be favorably acted upon by its State Legislature. In California an $18,000,000 bond issue is now being expended, in Maine Submits to Congress List of Sixty-Seven Reasons Why Steps Should Be Taken to Improve Service Nation Entitled to Best Fleet Commanders When There is Change of Personnel. WANTS BOARD TO PLAN CHANGES Discussing education in the Philip-; retained, but the entire work, as af- i the 82,000,000 bond issue has been The Navy League of the United States, of which Admiral Dewey "and pines and the refusal of Congress to fecting every public service corpora- authorized, to be met by the automo-extend an appropriation to help in tion in the State, will be concen-; bi, fpp nd smallpr annronriations this work, General Mclntyre makes trated in the single body smaller appropriations no criticism of this attitude on the For the New York district alone in otner States all point to a vast bet-part of the National Legislature, but the present Public Service Commis- i terment in the road conditions in the points out that such financial assist- costs $1,500,000. The Board of next few years.

The defeat of the ance might "lead to dependence upon Estimate has alreauy appropriated S50 000 000 bond issue in 0nio ia thp this sourV of revenue and result in this amount for yeai. 1913, but I'00, 7 complications of a more or less seri- this money will equally be available I only dlscouraSing feature of the year, ou character if later this assistance for the new body. and even this, say Ohio good roads were denied." The situation is immersed in poli- i advocates, is certain to be reconsid- Improvements Needed. i tics. The Democrats want the places, ered jn the near future "It is estimated," General Mclntyre but these could not be so readily ob- conventions held dur- continues, "that probably one-third of tamed by any other means than by! the manf contentions held dur the children of school age are now be- th? entire membership of the mg the year two are especially note-ing afforded opportunities to acquire Commission at one stroke.

worthy. The American Road Con- at least an elementary education; and Tner are at present ten Commis- gress at Atlantic City, N. brought while this leaves a vast number still toners, appointed by the Governor together road builders and road users to be reached, many of whom must with the consent of the Senate. The in enthusiastic co-operation. Most uenerai Horace sorter are otneers, has issued an appeal to the members of the Senate and the House of Rep- resentatives.

ursine the reorganiza ent. tion of the personnel of the navy and giving 67 reasons why the United States should possess a strong and CONGRESS RESUMES TODAY Archibald Trial and Money Trust Quiz Start Again. important, however, was the first Federal Aid Good Roads convention called by the American Automobile Association and held in Washington, D. in January, and out of which have already come results far-reaching and which give promise ot greater things at no distant day. The Federal Aid convention formulated the proposal for the appointment of a Congress committee to investigate and report upon the whole subject of Federal participation in highway construction.

The resolution providing for such a commission was ri i.it j.i? rrv.n... 1" (-Am mtccmn The suppression of piracy. The opening of Japan. The opening of Korea. Arctic exploration and relief.

Protection of the fur seals. Pioneer work of coast and geodetic survey. The establishment of lighthouse service. Pioneer work of the Weather Bureau. The work of the Naval Observatory and Hydrographic Office.

Explorations and preliminary surveys for various Isthmian Canal routes. Frequent protection of missionaries and citizens abroad. Frequent prevention of insurrection in the West Indies and the Southern republics. Friendly offices to Cuba, Panama, Santo Domingo, and Nicaragua. Repeated earthquake and famine relief at Messina, Martinique, and San Francisco; in Ireland and elsewhere.

A Peace Programme. Under "Diplomacy," the league points out the force a great navy gives to diplomacy. Naval power is a legitimate factor in international settlements, it maintains, because it "is the evidence of national efficiency." Under the caption "Peace Programmes," the attention of Congress is called to the fact that disarmament and obligatory arbitration are incompatible; that armament may be the instrument to force the arbitration of an adversary, and that the pass their whole lives without the urst ana secona benefits of education, it is no less im- districts each have five Commis-portant that progress along other lines i sioners. The first district comprises contributes simultaneously with the ne Counties of New York. Kings, advance in learning, to raising the Queens and Richmond; the second the standards of living in the Philippines.

remaimng counties of the State. The Improved sanitary conditions, new Commission has its offices in means of communication, that will Albany. The salary of each Corn-open up regions impracticable to missioner is reach now and other public works I uT.ne term, W'lliam Wllcox-are not onlv essential on their own of the Commission of this account but will permit educational i jistnct. expires February 1, coinci-facilities to be supplied here it is nt with that of Chairman Frank impossible to furnish them now ex- Stevens of the Second District cept at unwarranted expense. Commission.

The terms of the other i Commissioners expire in 1914. 1915 450,000 Enrolled. and 1916 The present political com- "Philippine standards of living are plexion and staffs are Republican, only to be raised and Philippine pro- portunity to give out the details. No Watching Needed. In the set speeches of the evening i Chairman George K.

Staples took exception to the plan of watchfulness 1 1 the Progressives and stated that there 1 was no need for keeping the actions of the Aldermen under observation. as "on Tuesdays and Thursdays of each he declared, "the official actions of the city legislators appear hi print in the daily press." i Pryor and Price. i The caricatures of Dr. John H. Pryor and John H.

Price, indulged by Al-1 bert H. Zink and John S. Embleton, respectively, were so well assumed ia voice, makeup and gestures that it would have been hard indeed for a casual acquaintance of either to have told the impersonators from the or- iginals. Dr. Pryor's troubles with the J.

N. Adam Hospital and John Price's i troubles with the bowling and bas.3- ball clubs of Buffalo were set forth in ludicrous manner. The popularity of the Progressives, as represented for the edification of a bi-partisan board, i was shown in both these speeches. i Ward Against Commission Govern- ment. i sea force.

In urging a reorganization of the personnel, the appeal ays that the United States "is entitled to have the best possible fleet commanders, whether they be 45 or 62 years of age." The right officers to choose from will, when the emergency comes, "prove of as much if not more importance than the number of battleships," the league's statement sets forth. The league also suggests that a consistent programme of naval construction should be outlined by a council of national deferlse authorized by Congress. Here are some of the reasons why, in the opinion of the league, we should have a strong navy: Sea Power and History. Sea power was indispensable to the success of the Revolution. The navy fought and won the War of 1812.

The Union was preserved as much by the blockading navy as by the Army of the North. The navy decided the outcome of the war with Spain. ClUVfl-CU UJ VJUUfel COO, LUr III Jll was appointed and is now at work. i gress generally to be encouraged by The Federal Aid sentiment, already strong in Congress, found further expression in the appropriation of for the improvement of rural post roads, and the good roads enthusiasm WASHINGTON, January 1. Both Houses of Congress will reassemble tomorrow-.

in the Senate the impeachment trial of Judge Robert W. Archbald of the Commerce Court will be resumed, and in the House the Indian Appropriation Bill will again be under debate. The House Ways and Means Committee, the "money trust" investigation committee, the Glas sub-committee on banking and currency, the merchant marine committee, which has been subpoenaing witnesses for the inquiry into the so-called shipping monopolies, will prepare at once for hearings next week. The appropriation measures are in good shape for final passage before the short session ends on March 4. For the first time in many years the urgent deficiency bill was avoided during the pre-holiday recess.

The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill has passed from the House to the Senate, and the Indian and postoffice appropriation bills are pending before the House. The fortifications bill, which will cut considerably under the $7,000,000 estimated by the War Department for the purpose, is ready to follow these supply measures. The army appropriation bill is almost completed and only a few finishing touches are needed on the rivers and harbors omnibus appropriation bill, which will run into a total approximatjng $30,000,000. stimulated and crystallized by the A. A.

with the agricultural, business i and highway associations co-onerat- industrial development of the Fili- Y. M. A. BARS SONGS pino people. The Philippine govern-1 DPTVr, A ment has well recognized this, and a KLllNvi VULvjAK notable feature of its education i3 the opportunities it affords for vocational i instruction There is now an enroll- "Hitchy Koo" and "Everybody's ment of about Filipino stu- dents in industrial courses and the Doing It" in the Taboo List Colonel Ward, when called upon to make a speech, declared himself to be against any form of commission general arbitration treaties adopted i opportunities generally for this im- at Washington.

portant instruction compare favor ably with opportunities for such education in the United States." England's navy has given that country uninterrupted peace on the water for nearly 100 years, and her shores have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years. Germany, with an adequate navy, has been practically free from war on land or sea for 40 years. The National Defense. Undefended resources invite aggres- at The Hague Conference failed to prevent the forcible annexation by Austria of Bosnia and the seizure of Tripolh by Italy, the in- LOWERS MORAL TONE English, which is spoken and writ- AND VICIOUS IN EFFECT vasion of Persia by Russia, and the ten. Dv more natives than speak and sion.

conflict in the Balkans. 1 wnte any otner language, according i As "General Reasons" the league 1 to the report, will become the official i calls attention to the unexpectedness crt language on January 1. as it WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 This no-of war, the impossibility of improvis- lonS nas een the official language in i tice was posted at the M. C.

A. ing a modern navy, and the ever-pres- i the other branches of the govern- rooms and dormitory here today ent possibility of any one disturbing ment. Members of the Young Men Chris- etpmpnt nnsinp- hrawi in the famii d- Rin r.i i i tion Association and visitors to the ing, has spread throughout the United States, so that the beginning of 1913 finds the Federal Aid question to be not one of whether the Government should spend national funds upon roads, but as to the form which such appropriations should take. On this point another noteworthy event of the year was the action of the A. A.

A. at its annual meeting in placing itself squarely on record as favoring the construction of a system of national roads, and opposed to the scattering and piecemeal distribution of Government funds for purely local highways, which work properly devolves on the Stares, with County and township cooperation. Even though there is little likelihood of the present Congress taking any important action on the subject of Federal aid, the joint committee is engaged collecting data and information upon which to base its report. All but one of the members of the joint committee have either 1 1 1 A nnnnininn I 1 ,1 1 of nations Gen- rain from playing or singing music eral Mclntyre says it is practically th followine kind in or about tne HIGHWAY OFFICIAL, ASKED TO EXPLAIN, RESIGNS First Deputy Foley Quits His $5,000 Post Reel Says He Will Reorganize Bureau. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IS the testimony ot everyone tammar Association Building: with conditions on the island tern- TIith tcnni CALLED FOR JAN.

7 tory that the desire for it is the un- -Row Row Row deriving cause of whatever political Doing Chairmanship of Foreign Affairs and unr? the i 'When I Get You Alone Other Committee Assignments i lfn Hk 1 1 i "Such songs are suggestive and not wxner committee Assignments shlp nas Deen recommended by the keenine with the ideil of Will be Determined. bureau, by successfve Presidents and fhe association i Secretaries of War, besides being: WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. Commit- nmrniwrt in nnlitial nlatfnrms.

"Tt WILLIAM KNOWLES COOPER, The United States navy has 21,000 miles of coast line, to defend. The United States navy has more harbors with large cities and a larger number of strategic points to defend than any other nation's navy. The navy must defend Porto Rico, the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands and the Panama Canal. It is "better to be despised for too anxious apprehension than be ruined by too confident security." American Policies. The Monroe Doctrine.

The attitude of the United States as to possession or ownership of strat-. gic alien harbors and coaling sta- tions. The neutrality of the Panama Canal, Including its safeguarding when other nations are at war. The restriction of Asiatic immizra- been re-elected to the House or their tee assignments in tne House of Rep-1 is very much to be hoped," he con- "General Secretary." continuance in the Senate is as resentatives made necessary by eludes, "that this grant mav be legis- "The ruling was made," said Secre- i sured. changes in membership will be considered at a Democratic caucus called latively authorized during the current session of Congress." government, no matter in what way it was presented.

He referred to the Progressives as displaying a window full of new goods so that they could dispose of their wares, and upon advice of his counsel. Simon Fleisch-mann, transposed his remarks about "new goods," to designate them as "bargain sale" articles. The Colonel declared that, were he allowed to, he would give the Comptroller all the bills he could possibly attend to, as, he said: "Buffalo is a big and growing city and it is all very well to have the small parks of Councilman Willert, but we need all the improvements which develop the business of the city. We need the things which will develop the business of Buffalo, and any money so spent is for its benefit." No More High Bids. Edward Sperry, the new president of the Board of Aldermen, declared that in the future there would be no more contracts awarded the highest bidder for supplies for the city, but that there would be sufficient time allowed in which to advertise for bids and to get what the city needed at as low a price as possible, and that no man or set of men would be allowed to control the making of specifications for the things required by the city.

Councilman Willert glowed with pride when mentioning his part in obtaining small parks for Buffalo and declared himself against the purchase of lands under water for park purposes. Mayor Fuhrmann's Speech. The gathering was treated to an enjoyable surprise when Mayor Louis P. Fuhrmann delivered an address in which he marked the growth and rise of Buffalo to the importance of a "world city." His speech was a masterpiece of rhetoric and oratory and deserved the respectful attention that it received. He was enthusiastically greeted upon his entry and vociferously applauded at the termination of his SpGGCll.

Greeted by the rousing call of the 'Bulrv Moose," Councilman L. Bradley Dorr, retiring president of the Com for January 7, has been announced tary Cooper, "not because any one I The Governors of all the States has made himself objectionable by have been called upon for detailed singing these questionable songs, hut in formation as to highway conditions merely to insure that the Y. M. C. A.

in their respective States, and infor-policy of providing the best moral n- uion is also being gathered from conditions for the young man should highway departments and other TO FILL HOUSE VACANCIES The chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made vacant by the election of Representative Sulzer as Governor of New York, is one of the important places to be filled, and i tion. i The integrity of China. The rights of Americans traveling abroad, regardless of blood or religion. be carried out in this detail as in Democrats Call Conference for January 4. ALBANY, Dec.

31. C. Gordon Reel, State Superintendent of Highways, has received and accepted the resignation of Charles F. Foley of Lockport as first deputy superintendent. Reel designated James H.

Sturdevant of Watertown, a division engineer, to fill the vacancy, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commission. The first deputy has charge of the Bureau of Maintenance and Repair and it was stated that Foley resigned because it was deemed advisable to have an engineer look after this work. The salary is $5,000 a year. Foley and Division Engineer Spencer J. Stewart were cited to appear before the Commission last week to explain why the work of resurfacing two roads in Westchester County had not been carried out.

Superintendent Reel said that the action of the Commission did not influence him in accepting Foley's resignation, but that he was guided entirely by a determination to reorganize the Maintenance Bureau. The records of the Commission show that a resolution introduced by State Engineer Bensel was adopted, citing Foley to appear and tell why $90,000 was not spent for resurfacing the two roads in Westchester County. Bensel had asked the auditor of the department what had become of the $90,000 and was informed that it was spent for other purposes. navy ineaper i nan war. Under the caption "From the Standpoint of Economics," it is pointed out that battleships are cheaper than bat-ties; that the money paid for the Struetion of battleships goes to American; workinemen and shipbuilders that the navy is a school that teaches I efficiency in many trades, and that I the annual cost of the navy, which is Usome 1130,000,000, is cheap insurance against the cost of war, and repre sources.

As a result tne bixty-inira Congress, when it comes into existence on March 4, 1913, will have "before it a volume of information on the subject of good roads nveer before available, and which will be of vast service in formulating a policy of Federal aid. The second Federal Aid Convention, to be held in Washington simultaneously with the beginning of the new Congress will bring the organized motorists, the farmers and the business men who will be represented there into closer co-operation with Congress on this matter, and undoubtedly will result in speedy action along Federal aid lines. The belief that 1913 will see the beginning of a new national roads policy is strengthened by the fact that the new President of the United States has placed himself convincingly on record in favor of Federal aid. others. "For many years I have noticed a steady lowering in the moral tone of the average popular song.

Formerly street music was derived from the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan; nowadays they seem to come mostly from the burlesque stage. Twenty-five years ago many popular songs possessed considerable merit; today many them are unspeakable. "It is not so much the actual, literal meaning of the words sung that is objectionable as it is the connotation, the idea obviously implied, or that one is liable to anticipate, which constitutes the peculiarly vicious effect of these songs. "Popular music today is at its lo.v-est ebb. But even if it cannot show brains it at least can show deceno and I would welcome any movement designed to this end." it is probable that the place will go to Representative Flood of Virginia, at present acting chairman.

To succeed former Representatives Hughes of New Jersey on the Ways and Means Committee, Representative Ansberry of Ohio is said to have been selected. Of Republican assignments, Representative Green of Vermont is slated for the Claims and Pensions Committees; Merritt of New York, Immigration and Naturalization and Education; Scott of Iowa for the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures andtReform in the Civil Service. Besides these the caucus will award the chairmanship of the Committee on Public Lands, contest for which is between Ferris of Oklahoma and Graham of Illinois. There are a number of candidates for the Fox vacancy on the Appropriation Committee. WASHINGTON, Jan.

1. The Democratic members of the House Committee on Ways and Means have been called to the conference on January 4 to consider the committee vacancies. Its recommendations will be submitted to a caucus of the Democratic members of the House on January 7. The committee, according to the present plan, will recof.mend Representative Flood, Virginia, as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee to succeed Governor Sulzer, will determine the fight over the chairmanship of the Public Lands Committee between Representatives Graham, Illinois; Ferris, Oklahoma, and others and will recommend a member to succeed Governor Cox, Ohio, on the Appropriations Committee. sents approximately the amount of money that Americans spend each year on new tires for their automobiles.

"Outside the Sphere of War" is the captain of another list of reasons. In It these services of the navy are set forth: The suppression of the American slave trade!.