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WHEAT TARIFF UP TO PRESIDENT.
Slowly the cast is waking up to what is taking
place in the west. Evidence is ample, however,
that the exact situation ha* not yet been fully
sensed, particularly in congress, where the passage
of the Williamson hill, to lay a duty of 50 cents per
bushel on imported wheat, hus been held up by
eastern representatives. This puts the matter up to
the president, who has power under the law, on ad
vice of the tariff commission, to increase any duty
schedule by 50 per cent; such an increase would
raise the duty on wheat to 45 cents per bushel.
Mr. Coolidge is aware of (he farmers’ plight, as
he showed by his'recommendations in his message
to congress in December, and further by his special
message to congress last week, in which he proposed
that the War Finance corporation be authorized to
make loans to the end of this year. He also urged
that railroads and bankers make concessions to the.
distressed farming sections, to relieve the stringency
as much as possible.
It is now squarely up to the president to do
something more that will be helpful. He should use
his power to increase t|je wheat tariff as soon as
the report of the commission is in his hands. Con
gress is not in position to act. Therefore the presi
dent should. The tariff commission is aware of the
emergency, and will undoubtedly advise the execu
tive of the need for the increase. Prompt favorable
action on such a recommendation will be of untold
v^lue to the central west.
Relief through the War Finance corporation, the
Federal Resefve bankj and other similar agencies
does not remove the cause of the disease. The
farmer can be tided over by the loans proposed, but
he can not be saved unless he can sell his products
at a price that will give him a return for his labor.
Additional tariff on wheat will do this.
An appeal is now being made to the White
House from a great section of the agricultural in
dustry. Relief that is urgent is asked for. The
wheat farmers of the west responded to the call of
the country for food when we were at war. Now
that the wheat farmer needs help, he should not be
forgotten. That is why we believe the president will
extend the aid that is asked for by using his au
thority to increase the tariff on foreign grown wheat,
and aave the home market for the home farmer.
NO POLITICS IN PROSECUTION.
President Coolidge’* decision to proceed against
the oil land grafters as criminals is only what the
country might reasonably expect. He has shown his
high quality of moral courage in other trying situa
tions. The man who took the oath of office as pres
ident in a little farmhouse sitting room, by the light
of a kerosene lamp, with his own father, a notary
public, pronouncing the solemn words, is not likely
to falter in face of duty.
And the country has need of his stern New Eng
land conscience just now. Out of the war has come
a long aeries of transactions more or les* question
able; the oil acandal is merely the last, though, per
haps, the most notorious. In the letdown that fol
lowed the cessation of war activities came such a
relaxation of the general morale as amounted to a
lowering of public morals to an incredible depth.
Men who were trusted and placed in high position
have proved themselves unworthy of trust, have be
trayed the people, and have robbed the government
under the convenient guise of war practice carried
into peace times.
This taint has spread through all grades of so
ciety, into every ramification of business, until the
social structure is threatened. It is time that the
cleaning-up process were started. Actually it was
begun under Mr. Harding, when the prosecution of
war profiteers was commenced. Mr. Coolidge will
?arry on and sec to it that the public justioc and na
tional honor is amply vindicated.
For those purblind partisans who seek to derive
political capital or advantage from the situation as
it stands, only profound pity can he felt. If one
party had a monopoly on private honesty, and the
other possessed all the crooks, then the case would
be clear enough to the people, and the pleas that
come from partisan sources would he unnecessary.
President Coolidge ha* asked that the prosecution
of the great offender* he carried on not as a party
issue, but as a high civic duty in which all good citi
zens are concerned. Maintenance of national honor
should not be a factional undertaking.
We believe that the American people have
confidence in Calvin Coolidge and believe that he
will do what i* right, regardless of any consideration
of political expediency. We also believe that those
who are trying to stir up factional strife by partisan
appeals in this crisis are making a mistake. This is
not a party question, but one that affects the entire
United States. Such flagrant misconduct as is laid
at the door of Fall, Sinclair, Doheny and others
transcends ordinary crime, and surely deserves the
sternest of justice, and this we believe the president
will sec meted out.
NATION LIKES ITS WORKOUTS
In distinct contrast to other drives for college
stadiums and sport Helds is that being carried on at
the University of Arizono. Down there a day has
been set apart on which the faculty and student
body will devote the time to the preparation of the
Held whereon the sports of the institution are to be
carried on. Learned doctors, masters and bachelors
of arts, letters or science, doffed cap and gown and
donned overalls. Along with the cocky freshmen,
the superwite sophomores, the studious juniors and
the sophisticated seniors, co-eds and all, they will
dig post holes, mix concrete, remove superfluous dirt,
level the grades and get everything ready for the
first meat.
It Is good to note this. One thing the war did
‘
for America was to revive interest in physical ex
ercise. We had, as a nation, come to e place where
we were taking our field sports vicariously. Snappy
young men were employed to play baseball for the
edification of a multitude whose exertion was con
fined to the seventh inning stretch. Other sports
were assimilated in the same fashion. Golf alone
pulled people out into the open, and, whatever else
may be said of it. the game has that one great
service to the othwise sedentary.
Then came the war, and millions of proud youth
found themselves unfiit for service they would like
to perform because they were physically undevelopd.
Those who did get in had to undergo a rigorous
course of. setting up and the like. Hut it made bet
ter men of them. Now the whole nation is getting
some good of the awakening, for more than ever in
the history of the land people ore doing something
for themselves in the way of physicial exercise.
Proceedings at University of Arizona are but a sign
of what is going on everywhere.
POLITICS IN PLENTY AT HOME.
Nebraskans meed not look to Europe for politics
any longer. We have plenty looming up right at
home... Two events of last week insure a really in
teresting period between now and primary day in
April. One of these is the formal entry of Iliram
Johnson as a presidential candidate contesting for
the delegation to the Cleveland convention. The
other is the announced candidacy of George W.
Norris to succeed himself as senator.
Both of these events had been anticipated. The
campaign could not be fairly said to have opened
however until the hats were in the ring. In con
nection with the Johnson declaration interest turns
on the selection of Senator Sandall of York county
to be chairman of the committee that will look out
for the Californian’s interest. Frank Harrison,
who has heretofore led the Johnson hosts in Ne
braska may or not figure in the contest. Sandall’s
presence supports the promise that it will be a lively
one.
The Norris announcement indicates that the
senator has resolved his indecision in decision, and
that he will try to establish a precedent. No roan
in the history of Nebraska has ever held a third
term as governor or as United States senator. Some
very able men have sought a third election to the
senate, always to be defeated. Senator Norris may
fare differently. He has not been bound by other
precedents or rules, weitten or unwritten. There is
no good reason to expect that he will submit to that
which has hitherto denied the third term to those
who have served in the senate.
Charles W. Bryan’s determination to run for
governor forecloses the nomination contest op that
side of the fence. His wavering did not especially
embarrass anybody, for the quest of either office
to which he aspired is not an especially attractive
one in Nebraska this year. Close as the state may
be in a general way, republican prospects were never
better than now. With Mathers and McMullen aspir
ing to be governor, and Sloan contesting with Norris
for the senatorial plum, the state ticket is certain
to have strength at the top.
Organizers of victory are at work in all camps,
aspirants for office are coming out into the open,
and everything points to a program that will enter
tain the voters until the last (J^.v of the primary
campaign. May the best man win!
BONDS FOR RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
If Omaha is ready to contemplate another bond
issue for the purposes of making great public im
provement, the one to establish the riverside
boulevard should be favored. The plan is not a
new one. When Ed Cornish was member of the
park board, a quarter of a century ago, he advocated
the building bf the drive. Rome Miller, when he
was on the park board, also championed the work.
Our boulevard system as it how exists is largely
due to the efforts of these men. Vet they did not
see their work prosper to completion for lack of
public support.
One of the conspicuous services of the city
planning board has been to complete a survey for
the proposed riverside drive. It contemplated the
condemnation of certain strips of property along
the east side of the present street, to afford room
for the winding road that will follow the contour
of the hills and*ravines, providing a path for those
who drive for pleasure. The main thoroughfare
would be left open to those who are in a hurry when
they go out for a ride. Iraneus Schuler, chairman
of the board at present, is heartily in favor of the
drive.
All who are familiar with the location know
how lovely the prospect is from any of the bluffs be
tween Riverview park and Child's Point. Experts
who have overldoked the route say no more beauti
ful vistas arc known than open along what ought to
be Omaha’s greatest pride, Kansas City spent roil
lions to acquire what is available to Omaha for only
a few thousands.
The only point at issue is one the voters must
decide, whether it is good judgment to vote the
bonds now. One thing is sure, the drive will be a
great acquisition to the scheme of the city beauti
ful, and it will never cost less than at the moment.
“Does the public know what it wants?" queries
the New York Independent. Maybe not, but it does
know that if It did want anything it wouldn’t be very
likely to get it.
The democratic convention two-thirds rule mere
ly means that the lesser candidates make it a battle
royal, the real objective being to eliminate the main
contender. •
Now Uncle Sam will take a hand in trying
to cure Claude Hossie of the desertion habit. The
Mann act Was created for those who fail to act the
man.
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Among other reasons nbt given by Governor
Bryan for his decision to run for governor and not
for senator are George W. Norris and Charles Sloan.
If congressional tergiversation were commercial
fertilizer, Muscle Shoals could be wiped off the map
without resultant loss to agricultural interests.
Do^eney admits he loaned Albert M. hall $100,
000, but says it was just a friendly transaction.
Wonder is that he can recall such trifles.
If Mr. Doheney treats all his friends that way,
he ought to have little trouble in extending his
list. Line forms on the right.
About the first evidence of statesmanship Magnus
Johnson has offered is his declaration that, “we have
too many doggone laws now.”
This is the season of the year when we are ex
pected to worry because baseball stars refuse to
sign contract-', but wo don't.
Peter the CreHt made a city in a swamp; Lenin
i lado a swamp of the city. Maybe that is why it is
now to be called “Leningrad."
The trouble with several starters on the presi
dential track is that they lind too many bloc system
signals aet against them.
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' “The People’s N
Voice”
Editorial* from reader* of The Morning
Bee. Reader* of The Morning Bee are
invite., to use thit* column freely for
expression on matter* of public
interest. _J
Strong for the Bonus.
Sih'er Creek, Neb.—To the editor
of The Omaha Bee; 1 am for the
bonus because It's simply justice and
there need be no other argument in
Its favor.
There are quite a number of us
bonus seekers- in tills state and nation.
We haven't Wall street's money but
are a factor juRt the same. If you
would like an honest man's opinion
of the bonus read the speech of
January 1«. in the United States sen
ate by Senator McLeun of Connecti
cut.
Senator McLean, it might lie re
marked, is a republican and a conser
vative. His natural alliances and
sympathies are with the big business
interests that are conducting the
antibonus propaganda. He is not
playing for re-election us *his term
doesn't expire for several yeurs. Ho
is simply taking his stand for com
mon justice.
The republican party needs more
man of ids caliber in office and the
unpatriotic ex service men with the
help of their wives and relatives will
no doubt see that they get there.
M. J. YOUNOSTRUM.
From the South to Western I-arms.
Omaha.—To the Kditor of I lie
Omaha Bee: Owing to the migration
of many people of color from the
south, and which migration seems
destined to continue as long as Jim
crowlam, lawlessness and poor public
school system exists In Dixie, it seems
befitting that a word about the adapt
ability of these people might be men
tioned. *
The great majority of these people
are farmers by nature and by train
ing. They love the farm and would
gladly resume the farmer's life If a
feasible plan could be effected; that
is. a provision for their entrance upon
the farms, etjual to the provisions
made by industrial centers. Because
of the unbearable conditions surround
ing southern form life, many of them
leave the southern farms, drift Into
the nearest towns, cities and public
works, save up their railroad fare
and bid Dixieland adieu.
They come as a blessing to the
north and to the west. The docility,
faithfulness and adaptability- portray
ed in the jockey of Barney Google's
Spin k Plug are not without founda
tion. The colored m.en’s physical fit
ness. Industry and ability to absorb
new Ideas Is unsurpassed by any peo
ple. He has made good with the in
dustrial centers, and in time the in
dustrial centers will become over
crowded. The influx, from this source,
adds large numbers to the consumers'
list, and but a scant few to the list
of producers. Very soon this condi
tion must receive the attention of the
north, east ahd west. If a tinanclal
crisis like the one of 1S93, or even as
in 1913, should come, one can easily
imagine the plight of great industrial
centers of the north and west. On
the other hand. If a large percentage
of our colored migrants can be lo
cated on the alluvial farm lands of
the west, a crisis or other disaster
may be greatly minimized.
As one who was born and reared
on the plantations of the south and
has studied characteristics of the col
ored farmer, 1 can safely say tha’ if
the people of the north, east and west
do their bit in locating the colored
people on the farm, they will benefit
all concerned, and the nation under
God will sccelerate Us strides along
the highway of prosperity and move
onward and upward in a genuine
democracy such as the world has not
known heretofore. .1. D. CItl'M.
Assistant Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist
Church.
Parting Salute to Lenin.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee; "I read in the “People's
Voice” column a letter entitled "A
Tribute to Lenin.” and I wondered
what manner of man would utter
such blasphemy. I have heard and
read some outrageous .screeds, but
coupling the name of that unspeak
able butcher with that of Christ, the
man of sorrows. Is unspeakable and
should cause flie ghost of every mur
dered priest, minister and bishop,
every ravished woman, every starved
child to rise from their beds of quick
lime in some cellar of bloody Russia
and call out to a Just God for ven
geance. • i
Lenin waa sent to Russia by Ger
man Intrigue after the egnr waa over
thrown by a comparatively bloodless
revolution, and at once managed to
overthrow a moderate government^
Then he proceeded to complete hla
bargain with Germany 1-T the In
famous treaty of peace with entente
which allowed Germany to withdraw
a million soldiers and swing them on
the western part.' loiter he broke Ihe
chain by whl^-h Germany* beld him
and proceeded to gl\e an exhibition
of a mad dog run loose.
Nero of Rome, Attllla the llun. the
blooody commune of trance, the
Spanish butcher of Cuba, nur lluerta
Of Mexico ever equaled his awful
crimes, perpetrated not on opposing
enemies, not on an Invading army,
but on his own suffering people.
God allows such Mends to work
their will for a time, and has through
all ages. Why. we do not know, but
on all he has placed “the mark of Ihe
beast." Nero, Attllla. Murat. Herod,
Weyler. Huerta, all alike are crimi
nals. W| A. McCOOL.
Iilurabd—What * For?
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Dec; When I was a small boy
watching my father's hired men
working. I used to think then: k' pat
would those men do If nobody hired
(hern? And thought on: What an
awful position they would ho in
Now my curiosity Is being aroused
to the fact that my iwee little mind
thoughtl Is being fulfilled.
The more T see of tills world the
more turbulent It seems. I have
traveled extensively and have asso
ciated with aft kinds of people. In
studying human nature, my experi
ence snd observation tells tpc: “What
good Is an education to a man or
wonian when they are not allowed to
use It?" When 1 see men ami women
around me, well educated, i. m, they
"claim to he" educated, out of a
Job. Every day I can pick up "
paper or magazine carrying ndver
iisement reading be this—be that —
Torn in ulr so much I Hi It made that
much, arid you can do the same.
Makes roe think human tieliiK" are n
lot of dry land suckers “to he"
caught, t can sum It up In one
word, “graft." merely fur money.
My education Is very limited, fifth
reader In a country school, hut I nano
date with the bed of I hern, and they
all' understand me, and I hold as
good a position as any of them hut
don't'know how I" plat football, bas
ket ball, smoke chew drink, dance
and use dope I hale hist out on
these things
I do believe In scientific education.
Illlt that Is not the education they
want In our schools toils* I
nomlc.nl snd sociological Instructions
are forbidden! "Why?" Because the
old man Is In It. Rascality, servitude,
Ignorance and oppression “seem In
be" the lessons of today.
I know several man and women
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Teapot Dome_
Says Sy, "It beats dumation
How them secrets got about,
Just think of all the millions
That man must go without;
An’ he is sorely stricken—
Might have to sell his home
Because he’s got to lose his hold
Upon the Teapot Dome.
"It’s pretty tough, I tell ya;
It’s orful hard to meet,
It gits a man an’ topples him
Completely off his feet.
I had a punkin failure—
Not any wheat to sack,
‘ It took me several seasons
To git my courage back.
You see, a feller can’t fergit
His grief fer quite a spell;
He does a lot of broodin’,
An’ ain’t exactly well;
An’ bein’ one who’s knowed despair
From cultivatin’ loam—
It natural like fer hie to see
The tears on Teapot Dome.”
ROBP1RT WORTHINGTON DAVIi:.
f LISTENING IN 'j
On the Nebraska Press ^
Editor Carlson of the Aurora Re
publican may hereafter tie expected
to attend religious services via radio.
He has discovered radio religious
services do not include taking up a
collection.
• • •
Editor Westervelt of the Scottsbluff
Republican asserts that President Cool
idge has made more friends by keep
ing his mouth shut than any other
man can make In six months of wind
jamming.
• • •
Noting that Dempsey and Gibbons
are to meet In the squared circle
again, the Bridgeport News-Blade
heaves a deep sigh and admits that
the dear pee-pul are about to be
separated from another million dol
lars or so.
• • •
Frank Kimrnel of the McCook
Tribune asserts that it is tin.o to get
careless with a few gobs of dynamite
when the movies begin presenting pic
tures for "women only" and "men
only."
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After looking about the neighbor
hood the Fremont Tribune editor Is
convinced that the man who never
trusts his neighbor Is the first to get
mad when his word is questioned.
• • •
Edgar Howard writes from Wash
ington to his Columbus Telegram that
we know so little about our neighbors
and all the while trying to know so
much about our faraway neighbors
across the sea. He says he likes the
elogan, "See America First," but
likes "Know America Better even
more.
• • •
Lew Shelley, who loves to economize
time so he will have longer hours in
which to do nothing at all. remarks
that people who are so all fired busy
they haven't time to stop at railroad
crossings, should bear in mind that
other people are too busy to attend
funerals.___
who are well educated, but they don't
dare to use it; but, on every hand,
they challenge the old man and do
use it. Some are di-ai^s of colleges,
some are mechanics, some are
journalists. These are only a few of
the many who dare to use and expresa
what is real education.
So! “What good Is an education
to a n^n or woman when they are
not allowed to use it?"
WILLIAM J. BODA.
Darwin Ail Wrong.
Council Bluff*—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Mr. Arthur Brisbane
says the proof ia overwhelming that
our modern hen le the direct de
scendant of the ■'dinosaur.'- or some
»uch creature and calls upon Mr.
Bryan to note the fact.
The proof I* no more convincing
than is the evidence that the great
great grandfather of Mr. Brisbane,
or further back, ns he may wish to
place It. was a monkey or a jack
ass. In fact I can with some re.idi
ness believe tho latter hypothesis,
but Mr. Brisbane overtaxes his mem
ory when he recalls events of 100,000,
000 yesrs in the past. As Bill Nye
said. "The older scientists do not u*e
the tracks of the hydrosaurlus and
the cornucopia to obtain their data
a* to the age of the world. They only
use these things to refresh their
memory.”
The wisdom of nun is foolishness
with Clod. "The weakness of <iod Is
stronger than men. and the foolish
ness of <iod Is wiser than men." the
Scriptures truthfully state.
Of all the pitiable, wretched Idiocy
of lost humanity the Darwin idea
of our origin ranks flrstr Any really
sane person, who would allow his
Clod given understanding to speak for
one moment must know that the
whole Darwin theory as to origin
of mankind Is utterly absurd. foolish
and Impossible. I'nllke and opposed
absolutely to any anti everything
which any human being ever saw or
felt or knew.
The so-called scientist who recently
reported his great discovery was far
wiser than our modern "evolution
ists." He claimed that by crossing a
silk worm with a gait»r snake silk
gaiters were produced.
Infinitely more sensible Is this than
the Idea that man sprang from a
monkey. At least In this Instance iif
have something definite ns a starting
place. i’lllnble Indeed is the person
who can think of himself gs » de
scendant of the monkey or the agio
family, hut sin caused man to lose
the knowledge of O.od. and this
modern Idea Is the supreme degrada
tion to which lie has descended since
the tragedy of tin separated him from
his creator,
The newspapers give too much
space to this Idiotic doctrine, and I
feel like suggesting that The Bee
would he gi-eatlv Improved hy ellm
Inatlng It to r great extent, If not a!
together _T,. II MOS'iid E.
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“From State and
Nation”
—Kditorials from Other
y^ Newspapers^—_j
The Oil I*ease In I’olificv?».
From the Washington Star.
Jt is evident from current develop
ments that the democrats in congress,
with approval and active aid of the
democratic national committee, are
setting out to make a live iiolltical
and campaign issue out of the leasing
of naval reserve oil in the Teapot
Dome field to private Interest!. Scan
dalous and corrupt acts of officials arc
alleged In congress and echoed by the
national committee through its pub
licity bureau, while democratic news*
papers ail over the land are taking up
the subject.
Everybody re m*1 rn tiers the disaster1
to the republican party indirectly and
directly resultant from the Ballinger
Pinchot controversy over conserva
tion. The democratic camxiaigners are
bringing In conservation as another
angle to the current undertaking. In
addition to the charges of scandal
they seek to attach to the leasing.
It would seem to the layman In poli
tics that if there is foundation for
these charges It were part of politi
cal w isdom for the republicans to have
anticipated the democratic drive which
Is now on by declaring for the fullest
investigation of the allegations with
an authoritative announcement of the
government's intention to prosecute
the guilty. If Buch there be.
The case should not be made the
football of politics. The whole coun
try Is Interested In It from the view
point of public morals.
Peace After a Strike Year.
From the N»w Tork Melt.
The cost of the strike method of
settling industrial disputes is made
manifest in the report published by
the New York state labor department
on the losses.of 1923. It appears that
during the year 122.179 persons were
involved in such troubles and the
number of days that they were Idle
mounted up to 1,009,520.
This is an average of about nine
dava' work per person, and no matter
how low we rate the pay that was
forfeited. It must have been a serious
handicap to all. while the grand total
would l>e staggering if put into fig
ures. Besides this loss, there is the
loss to the employers on the turn*
over of their labor, on idle machinery,
on capital unemployed
The year waa rather a had one.
There were 109 strikes as against 90
In 1922. It ended with Improvement,
however. December was a month of
Industrial peace. The better state of
things continues in the present month
and the outlook for 1921 ts favorable.
There is no strike now in effect and
none In sight: the building trades have
one by one l.een signing two-year con
! tracts and peace seems to le in the
air.
A report of the Federal department
on a survey of the states confirm*
other reviews of conditions recently
made. There is quite an unusual con
dition of steady employment and the
outlook for 1921 la specified as being
excellent. No pessimistic word came
from any slate.
, The only sign of trouble now recog
nisable is the unsettled rendition
among the soft coal miners. Hopes
are strong that tills will be settled by
negotiation. Indeed} a eyrie of peace
ful adjustment scents to have devel
oped In the labor field. It is to t*«
hoped that no unreason will disturb
It* operation for a long time to come.
"Studying Conditions in Kurope.**
G. K. Phillips in Ths Nsw Republic.
The wind of nationalism which ha*
raced over Kurope since the world
war lias maintained the reputation of
alt ill winds by blowing at leaat on*
good: it haa given Kurope a price
leas amount of publicity and thareby
”aoM" It to Americans, the most
profitable victims of the wanderlust
In history. The "See America First''
movement has simply gone to pot !
among those who ran psv f"i s trims |
atlantlc tour. It is an established fa< t j
that Kurope « teeming with dirty '
ignorant, radical, backward, degener
ate, low atandard-of-livlng. low In
tolllciuice quotient, |,quoi drinking
foreigners without a saving drop of
Nordic blood or a redeeming lota of
reverence for the constitution. Still,
thiS part of the vv rid has had a
fascination to which all Americans
with money in the hank have yielded
Shamelessly in the last five years.
Before lfllt, all that th« returned
taxpayers of the good old i nlted
.States of America had to talk about
was auch dull stuff as Shakespeare's
home, Napoleon’s tomb, St. Some
body’s cathedral and the tears that
come to the eyes (Ah, friends, the
lump that swells the throat) upon be
holding Dear-Old Goddess-of-Elbert y
God-Bless-Her-Heart once more. The
war has changed all that. Instead of
collecting musty items of morbid,
an American history, one now "stud
ies conditions In Europe" and Is
hounded for opinion on same by all
and sundry.
Studying conditions in Europe is
manifestly a more satisfactory prac
tice than mere sight-seeing. It has
an important, business-like sound and
provides opportunity to use such
phrases as, "the social, economic and
political aspects of the situation."
“Studying conditions in Europe." The
words, unlike "sight-seeing," carry
no connotations 9t wasting a lot of
valuable time and good sound dollars
for the frivolous purpose of traipsing
around * among king-worshippers.
"Studying conditions in Europe"
sounds almost like an official mission
It gives the traveler a purpose. And
wliat is life without a pu^JOSe? Also,
a person of any standing at all in his
community who studies conditions in
Europe Is certain of an opportunity
of addressing at least one civic or
ganization on the subject, persons
of genuine importance can count on
say nothing of generous spare in the
newspapers. What red-blooded, two
fisted, up standing he-man ran resist
such a privilege to contribute bis por
tion toward saving civilization and
making this a bigger, brighter, better
world in which to build up a nice
business?
Assaults on Judicial Safeguards.
From the Chicago Dally New*
In an address before the New York
State Bar assoeiatinn Albert .1. Bev
eridge, former I'nlted States renator
from Indiana, dealt most opportunely
with the attacks directed in congress
against the principle r.f judicial re
view of legislation. It is. in truth, dis
quieting that certain senators and
representatives have attached to va
rious dubious bills clauses which, if
passed, would specifically forbid the
lower federal courts to pronounce
them unconstitutional and would also
forbid even the supreme court to give
adverse decisions except by votes of
at. least S to 1—that is, with virtual
unanimity.
As a matter of fact, the constitu
tionality of such proposed restrictions
and prohibitions is itself open to s»
f Abe Martin \ ^
Thinps that used t’ be with
reach of all are now “comparative
cheap.” It must be awful t' try
find a present for a rich wife.
Copyright. 1821.
rious question, so far, at any rat'
the supreme court Is concerned. };
such proposals to shackle t
Judiciary are symptomatic of a da.
gerous state of mind in Insurgent ■
radical circles. Mr. Beveridge <
well to direct attention to them in ec
nection with the vicious tendency •
overlegislation and overreguiation t
bureaucratic agencies.
It should be borne In mind that,
the record shows, the federal supren*
court has exercised great cap
passing upon the constitutionality %
legislation. It has evolved the doctri:
that if the validity of a bill be in d
that doubt should be resolved in fa\
of congress and the legislation sbe:
ire sustained.
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