The remedy for many defects is found by modern experts in the county manager, who is merely the city manager transferred to a rural environment. He is to be "hired and tired" by a small elective commission, and his sole duty is to get the work of the county done as economically, as efficiently and as promptly as possible. To many countians, of unfortunate experience, such a prospect seems almost too good to be true.

It remains to be seen whether Roosevelt will be only a side show at Chicago, or the whole circus.

Strengthen the Army!

If there ever was a time, short of the actual presence or imminent approach of war, when the military service should appeal to the young men of the country, this is that time. The situation on the border makes the dispatch of larger numbers of troops imperative. The attack on the little detachment at Glenn Springs—nine men, commanded by a sergeant, was made possible by that detachment's weakness.

And yet enlistments in the regular army are now on the border, and it is not advisable, minor purposes to attain which it is now being employed. These considerations make it obvious that some readily available reserve must be supplied. The National Guard ought to be placed at the service of the President whenever he needs it. The provisions of the Senate army bill for a force or Federal volunteers should receive prompt acquiescence.  No Possible means of strengthening the regular establishment, in time of special need ought to be neglected. 