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VOL, XI Deer 3571013 No. 49 
WHEN CONGRESSMAN GARDNER sought and received 
the nomination and election as Congressman from this 
district he entered into a contract with the county of 
_Essex to serve his term and if he seeks release from that 
obligation his constituency has a right to express an 
opinion. Congressman Gardner should serve out his term 
and become a candidate to succeed himself. He lead the 
Republican party valiantly in the recent battle and won 
the respect of his party in the state. He did well to en- 
deavor to rally the widely separated wings of the party. 
No candidate that the party could have selected would 
have been able to have won under the conditions that 
prevailed during his campaign for governor. For the 
good of the party in the state-Essex County was willing 
to take a chance on the’thew man for Congressman and 
would have been honored if Gardner had been elected 
governor. The situation now, however, is different, At 
this writing there is no real hope of a coalition of the 
Progressive party and the Republican party and if for 
any reason that coalition can be made it is unlikely for 
obvious reasons that Gardiner will be tendered the nomi- 
nation of both wings. Without such a nomination, de- 
feat a year from now is as certain as it was this year. On 
the other hand if Gardner withdraws from Congress it 
will necessitate a new election in the district. There are 
enough elections now without another for a Congress- 
man’s unexpired term. It is as essential that this district 
have an experienced, level-headed veteran in Washing- 
ton as to have the party win in Massachusetts. By hold- 
ing the office Gardner will care for the interests of the 
district and keep it regular. Iit is not certain that this 
district can, with the divisions that exist, send back 
a Republican in his place. It is at once apparent that, in 
the event of such an election, a hot fight will be waged 
in the district and that both the Progressives and the 
Democrats will put up a fight-to-the-last-ditch campaign 
and they would be lacking in judgment if they did not. 
Gardner should reconsider his decision and serve out his 
ele and spare the county and the party from another 
Oss. 
AFFAIRS ARE RIGHTING themselves in the railroad 
world. The New Haven is considering the abandonment 
of the Albany lease. A probable increase of five per cent. 
in freight rates will help the B. & M. Tie railroads are 
worth much to the country and the government and the 
public should give them a fighting chance, 
THERE Is No AuTHoRITY that can teach nations the 
art of self-government save experience; but experience 
is a slow teacher and a severe one. That progress has 
been made in the science of democracy is undeniable, but 
it is nevertheless true that all governments are in the 
process of perfection and have not yet reached that happy 
state, as suggested in Roger W. Babson’s talk before the 
Manchester Men’s Brotherhood, Monday night. ‘Three 
serious efforts at self-government now have the arena; 
but China and Mexico are the two countries most serious- 
ly rent by internal dissension. At present Cuba is having 
a rest and is giving this country a little respite. Peru is 
having difficulty with its financial affairs and its autonomy 
is embarrassed by its monetary needs. In Mexico the 
harsh hand of Diaz no longer rules and strong differences 
of opinion are expressed regarding the suitability of 
Huerta as his successor. Unbiased and competent men 
who have been in residence in Mexico are bitterly de- 
nouncing the government’s policy, but there are other 
equally unbiased and competent men who are commend- 
ing the president for his judgment. The country at least 
may be grateful that Wilson has not precipitated: war by 
a careless move. If mistakes have been made by the ad- 
ministration they have been minor and lack the tragic 
quality of a mis-move that would have caused a conflict 
of arms with Mexico. In China the new republic is pass- 
ing through serious days. By a coup d’ état’ Sun Yat 
Sen who had served as provisional president and a party 
of three hundred men have been expelled because of 
their efforts to limit the authority and power of the pres- 
ident. In swift succession to the established policy of tol- 
erating Christianity and separating the question of poli- 
tics and the beliefs of religion comes the bold attempt to 
revive Confuscianism and make it the established religion 
of the state. China will have to learn in the school of 
bitter experience as the nations of Europe and the New 
World have learned that there must be a separation of 
the church and the state. Even in America the problem 
of government still remains to be completely solved. ‘The 
nations of the earth are working out the same difficulties 
only here in America we are a little over a century ahead 
of China and Mexico, Progress is being made and when 
America has settled the problems of city government it 
may then be impatient with China and Mexico. — 
THE Proposep Error to transfer the telephone sys- 
tems from private to national ownership should not alarm 
the public or the stockholders. The acquirement of the 
parcels transportation from the railroad express compan- 
ies is not analogous. There are many things to be said 
for government ownership and much to be said against 
it. Whatever the merits of the ultimate ideal it is now 
evident that the time is now ripe and it is equally certain 
that the measure proposed will be deleated in the lower 
branch of Congress. Whatever the issue may be the 
stockholders of the corporation have nothing to fear for 
a just purchase price given by the government will more 
than square the individual investments, 
At Last the dwellers in Beverly Farms and Man- 
chester having business in Beverly may return in the af- 
ternoon at a convenient hour. The afternoon express 
from Boston leaving at 4.28 will make a stop at Beverly 
instead of running express to Montserrat. This is a pub- 
lic convenience and the Board of Trade and the mayor 
of Beverly will receive the just praise of many people 
for obtaining this concession. Incidentally it will present 
erat an alternative of going to Beverly or Salem to 
shop. 
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