THE ProcresstvE Party in Massachusetts is practi- 
cally bankrupt after a few years of erratic and destruct- 
ive work. It is going down before the inevitable law of 
supply and demand. The demand for the party was 
based upon personal ambition and not principal. As en- 
ergetic and patriotic as its pretensions have been the 
party has, neverthless, been the source of more political 
unrest and chaos than any other organized form of poli- 
tical work in three decades. In the other states the 
progressives, so-called, never attained the success that 
has been attained in Massachusetts and the failure of 
the financial interests of the organizations in Massachu- 
setts is consequently significant. Now there is a talk of 
a fusion of the progressive party and the republican party 
in the State of New York. The proposal is both probable 
and reasonable. There is every reason why such an 
agreement should be attained. And if such an end could 
be attained, it is not reckless to think that “Teddy” him- 
self would smile benignly. 
THe Sarery Frrst Camparcn has already yielded 
great results. A saner campaign was never launched, 
nor conducted with greater success. Unfortunately ped- 
estrians have not awaked to the fact that they, too, are 
factors in the new campaign of education. 
ple rules will contribute much to the Safety First cam- 
paign. Pedestrians should never step off a sidewalk with- 
out looking. A pedestrian should never cross a street in 
the city except upon a cross walk. A pedestrian should 
always cross a road at right angles to the sidewalk. An 
oblique course across a road gives the pedestrain a view 
of the road ahead only. A course at right angles to the 
road gives him a view of the road in both directions. 
Hence the folly and risk of an oblique course. Safety 
first demands that the pedestrains should take no chances. 
Ir Has Now Bren Demonstrated that the Smith- 
sonian air-ship, so maligned and discredited, was a practi- 
cal apparatus after all and it was the first successful 
heavier-than-air ship ever constructed. It appears that 
its efficiency was never demonstrated because of its launch- 
ing apparatus and that scientifically it was a success. How 
ironical fate is? What a pity that the director could not 
have lived to enjoy his success! 
Tur New Haven WeatTHERs one gale only to run 
into another but it is a staunch craft and can go through 
the present light winds. Massachusetts and New Eng- 
land will live to recognize its colossal blunders in deal- 
ing with its railroads. 
Now rr 1s NAucuty Santo Dominco. Uncle Sam 
is having no end of trouble with his young wards; first 
Cuba, then the Philippines, then Mexico, and now Santo 
Domingo. Patience, Uncle Sam! 
THERE 1s A BumpER Crop, but where is the revival 
of business that was assured by the campaign orators of 
two years ago? Men have plenty of time to hold their 
hands out for it now! 
. labor. 
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Tue Mexican Dirricuvty has held the foreground 
so long that our labor war in Colorado has been under- 
estimated. As a4 matter of fact to date the number slain 
in Colorado has been larger than the number slain in the 
United Sates and Mexico embroglio. The problem of 
labor has not yet been solved in America and the Colo- 
rado situation should set thoughtful men to thinking. 
Labor has rights that are inalienable and just; but has not 
organized capital a right that must be recognized? It 
is a great fallacy of public thinking in these days to make 
labor and its interests personal and capital and its inter- 
ests impersonal. There is a human side to injustice done 
capital as there is a human side to the injustice done 
All the owners of stock property are not million- 
aires. The Colorado situation is tense; and who knows 
the way out? 
THE WoMAN’s SUFFRAGE QuEsTION will not down; 
it must be faced. It has been treated as a joke, but 
that time has long since passed. Suffrage for women 
must be settled on its merits not on a question of chivalry. 
But to win its day the “pros” must meet the arguments 
of the “antis.” Can they, effectively? 
Boston University has made great gains in the last 
decade and beginning with the new year its financial ad- 
ministration will have a stability that has not been enjoyed 
for years. The University has grown so rapidly that its 
trustees have had some clear thinking and hard work to 
do té keep up with the demands made upon it. 
Over A MILLION Dotiars have poured into the City 
of Salem from all over the world. For generations Massa- 
chusetts has been in the fore in sending aid to stricken 
districts little realizing that its own need would come 
some day. But the country did not fail to respond. 
Selfishness is not King after all. 
Mexico Has:A Director ProsiemM. What will it 
do with its ex-ruler Huerta? The United States is 
troubled over the question of what to do with its ex- 
Presidents. Mexico has a short way to such problems, 
but perhaps ‘Huerta will be able to break the rule and 
manage to save his life. 
DANVERS SENT A REPRESENTATIVE to the general 
Court last year. It appears now by the announcement of 
the candidate himself that he is more of a Beverly man. 
Something wrong somewhere? Was Danvers taken in 
last year? 
Ir Is ALREADY ADMITTED that over fifty-five per cent. 
of the population of Massachusetts is foreign born. If 
this be true what will another decade do for the New 
England States? 
Now THE PANAMA CANAL presents problems, but 
not so serious as the problems that existed before its 
construction. . 
