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GETTING THEIR NAMES ON PAGE ONE.
Instructions by Calvin Coolidge to tile acting at
torney general that he immediately bring proceed
ing against members of congress who are mentioned
in the evidence against Charles R. Forbes surprise
no one. Such action was expected. The president
has shown all along that he is determined to deal
with the offenders according to law. No man will
escape against whom any charge can be sustained.
It is, we repeat, a line thing for America that at
the head of our government is a man who can keep
cool. The present demands sober judgment of a
man who can and does reason. In whose integrity
absolute confidence may rest. To whoSe courage no
question can be raised. With congress undertaking
to usurp the functions of the executive and judiciary,
to be judge, jury, prosecutor and executioner all at
once, a wise, firm, prudent and courageous president
is not only necessary, but his presence is a blessing.
Calvin Coolidge resolutely declines to get excited.
When he acts it is with celerity that assures the
country he will be faithful to his trust. That he
will “defend, protect and preserve the Constitution
of the United States.”
Meanwhile the house is hurrying to join the lynch
ing bee. Rather to start ono of its own. Garrett of
Tennessee, democratic floor leader, has introduced a
resolution demanding an inquiry. He expresses sur
prise that no republican offered such a resolution.
Special Prosecutor Crim has declined to submit to
members of the house on their personal demands the
transcript of testimony taken before the federal
grand jury at Chicago. He has refused to divulge
the names of the congressmen who are accused of
participation in the looting of the Veterans’ Bureau.
He is right in his refusal. Certain congressmen,
however, are imbued with the idea that it is up to
them to run every department of the government.
The Garrett resolution will probably be adopted, and
the house chamber will ring as has the senate, with
speeches denouncing right and left all manner of
persons, whether guilty or not. Our system of gov
ernment is so arranged that no member of congress
may be held legally accountable for any utterance
made inside the chamber.
This beneficent provision, designed to protect
free speech in discussing public business, has been
twisted from its purpose. It now serves to guar
antee immunity to any member who feels inclined to
assail anybody, from the president down. Scandal,
libel in its most vicious form, is daily indulged. The
character of private individuals is wrecked day by
day, simply because there is no way to call to ac
count those members who are indulging in the orgy
of abuse that prevails under the dome.
* * * .
We do not have to seek far for the reason. Elec
tion is just ahead. Every member of congress and
one-third of the members of the senate seek re-elec
tion this year. Most of them want to be sent back
to their present seats. Therefore a new sort of
campaign method has been adopted.
Not so many years ago sessions of congress were
ended in June, that the members might have time
to get home and look after the fences. Under Taft
this practice fell into disuse, and under Wilson con
gress was in practically continuous sesion. Mem
ber seldom got out to meet constituents, and cam
paigning for re-election was mixed with attention to
business in Washington. This continues to be the
rule.
A definite program of legislative work was laid
before the congress in December last, but it has
been given scant attention. Instead of getting
through with pressing business, that adjournment
might be taken late in May or early in June, the
members have given theii; almost undivided effort
to the manufacture of campaign .thunder. A desire
to break into the news columns, to get front page
space in the home town paper has become the rul
ing mania.
, Pursuit of corruption in high places is approved
by all. What has been actually disclosed by the
senate’s inquiry is both a shock and a warning to
the nation. Hardly more so than the effect of the
wild disregard for all the diginity and decencies of
that body. The president has been alert. He an
ticipated the senate by ordering suits started. He
asked that he be given special counsel to prosecute
those suits. He beat the lynchers to it, just as he
moved swiftly and surely in the cases when certain
house members were accused of corruption.
This observance of duty and orderly procedure
does not square with the plans of the politicians in
congress. They simply ignore the fact that the
president is moving as swiftly as good sense and
sound judgment will permit. The lynchers are out,
and victims must be found. Campaign material
must be trumped up. They ace egged on by the
encouragement of men not in official life, who in
dulge in strange hallucinations, tell big stories, and
then admit under oath they do not know what they
are talking about.
All this hysteria will suddenly subside. A reck
oning will have to be made of the damage done.
When the storm has blown over, it will be found
that the executive at. the White House has really
performed a great service to the people of the
country, while the voluteer executioners have prin
cipally made political harangues.
BLIND GODDESS WINS AGAIN.
Another setback for the gunman and the gang
warrior is noted in the conviction of William Welter.
He is the second to be tried for the slaying of Henry
McArdle, who wus killed in the course of a fight
between gangsters.
Again is County Attorney Beal to be congratu
lated for his vigorous and successful prosecution in
the name of the people. He and his assistants have
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successfully withstood the ingenuity of the defense,
the reluctance of witnesses to testify, and other ob
stacles thrust in to tum aside the law in its course.
A few more convictions, even for manslaughter,
will probably have a deterrent effect on the youth
who goes forth armed. Using a gun in a street
brawl, regardless of who may or may not be hit by
the bullet, is a practice that has become very popu
lar. When the heads of the unruly youth absorb the
idea that trial, conviction and punishment await
them, they may think twice before shooting. Up
to the present, the practice has teen to shoot first.
This is what Henry Beal is doing his utmost to
break up.
Juries still show considerable tenderness for the
gunmen. Some day twelve men will enter the box
who will regard murder in the light of the law. Judge
Fitzgerald is sufficiently well balanced to know what
value to place on a recommendation for extreme
leniency, made by the jury in this case.
What the public is most interested in is the effort
the authorities are making to put a stop to the orgy
of shooting that marks the quarrels between boot
leggers and other outlaws, who presume to settle
their differences in their own way.
COLONEL BYRNE’S LATEST SERVICE.
Omaha is soon to have its new building for the
branch Federal Reserve bank. It will be centrally
located and convenient for all who have business
with it. For this we ure largely indebted to the in
defatigable Col. Thomas C. Byrne, who has been a
director of the Tenth district Federal Reserve bank
from the beginning. Colo'nel Byrne has pressed for
and secured the establishment of the branch bank
in Omaha, a service which is not to be over-esti
mated.
Having secured this advantage to the business
of the city and its contiguous territory, the next
step was to provide for its permanent housing. The
old First National bank building, at Thirteenth and
Farnam streets, has served very well as emergency
headquarters. It is open to the same objection,
however, that induced the First National to move
further uptown. Business has steadily moved up
the hill in Omaha for thirty years, and the bank’s
needs'must keep close to business.
Colonel Byrne’s persistence has brought success.
The Omaha branch of the Federal Reserve batik
will be shortly be accommodated in a structure that
will typify the strength of the government as well
as provide for the needs of the customers. Seven
teenth and Dodge is an appropriate and accessible
location. Just off the main retail thoroughfare
within a square or two of the business heart of
the city, across the street from the main federal
building, and adjacent to the great banking insti
tutions. The site announced as having been chosen
will bring the bank very close to those who use it
most.
We congratulate Colonel Byrne on this latest
achievement in the job of making Omaha.
TURKS SEPARATE CHURCH FROM
GOVERNMENT.
One more step toward a modern form of gov
ernment has been taken by the Turkish nationalists.
They have expelled the caliph, or titular head of
Islam. By this action they have definitely terminated
the relation between church and state as a political
entity. The caliphate, in which originally was lo
cated both the temporal and spiritual control of
Islam, has for a long time been but a nominal in
stitution. Abou Bekr held it first, ns successor to
Mohammed. Following him comes a long line, some
great, some insignificant, most of them ambitious
warriors who added to their military glory whatever
of weight might come from the spiritual authority,
to which they made pretense. One emir after an
other seized the office of caliph. The caliphate at
various times has been set up in Medina, Bagdad,
Cordova, Cairo and Constantinople.
In the' Sixteenth century the office was seized by
a Turkish sultan. As head of the greatest Moslem
state, the sultain has Since retained it. In Novem
ber, 1922, the Turkish national assembly at Angora
passed a resolution deposing the sultan, Mohammed
VI, declaring the office of caliph vacant. Mohammed
VI took refuge with the British, who offered him
sanctuary at Malta, where he now is. His cousin,
Abdul Mejid Effendi, was then elected caliph. In
turn he has been evicted from Turkey. The shiek
ul Islam, really the spiritual head of Islam, remains
in Turkey.
Feisal, king of Hejaz, has made some claim to
the caliphate. The importance of his kingdom rests
on the fact that it holds both Mecca and Medina,
with the shrine of the Kaaba, the holiest of all
tfoslera centers of faith. Cairo will, for the present
•it least, house the homeless caliph, whose hold on
Turkey is so rudely broken by the act of the gov
ernment.
What this action principally shows is that Tur
key is indeed a republic. It is to be governed for
the time at least by its people, without interference
of church on the one hand or foreign governments
on the other. Whether the incident is so serious for
the British as might appear on the surface must
await the issue of time. Mohammedans in India
may note the incident, but only as indicating the in
dependence of Turkey and Egypt. It may be that
the English will be held responsible, but that is only
i remote contingency. Islam is broken now into as
nany jarring sects as old Omar referred to. The
rivalries between them that have lasted centuries and
longer still bear the old bitterness.
Bagdad, Mecca, Medina and other holy places
may revive their efforts to secure the presence of
the caliph and the sheik ul Islam, so long withheld
from them by the Turk. England will doubtless be
content to let them settle it for themselves. Ram
say Macdonald is not the man to invite a serious
muss over anything so unsubstantial as the caliphate.
THE PURPOSE OF SPRING.
How glad the little fellows are for Spring Is on II* way,
They scamper out upon the porch and shout ami romp
and play,
Around the hmlse they .swiftly go in dream* to realm*
of fun.
About the place they play until the ninny day Is gone.
Their voices ring with ecstasy that shows sincere dr
light,
Their honest eyes bespeak tlielr joy, (heir smiles are
pure and bright.
The Out-of (loop s ( alls unto them they know not how
nor w by.
But answer It with Jubilance as cuiee did you and I.
They do not know that Springtime means to us whose
youth has tied;
They are not thinking of the tasks and cars* that He
ahead,— ,
Put as we see them blithely play rind henr them sweetly
sing
Wc know what find maiin season* for—and why the
first Is Spring ^
“The People’s
Voice”
Editorials from readers of The Morning
Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee are
invited to use this column freely for
expression on matters of public
interest.
Questions on Egg Production.
Arlington, Neb.—To the Editor ot
The Omaha Bee: I am a reader of
your paper and I am certain you al
ways try to publish a “real news
paper” worth reading, every copy.
Now in your Monday morning copy
there Is an article entitled, “Two Cents
per Egg Is Farm Profit." I know
you have not got the time personally
to look up each and every article, so
I would be very glad to have the
"agricultural extension service man”
of Nebraska please explain just how
to raise a pullet to laying to make
such profits.
T find from 20 years' experience
that 75 per cent of the hen’s feed is
first grade grain, and one-half of
chicks raised are roosters, that sel
dom bring profit even if sold at broiler
stage.
Then thera Is loss from rain, crows
and disease. The hens of Nebraska
are not fed on sewage like the
Chinese hens are mostly; but.it does
hurt to think that our city cousins
have to pay 10 cents or over more'
for the eggs per dozen then we who
furnish the eggs 40 miles away get
for all our work, when we only get
IS cents per dozen average for the
year for all our eggs.
I would be glad to have someone
explain why a plump, tender broiler
sells for more when dressed and sold
on the market than a large, bony
broiler of some weight. When the
(dump one is of a smaller breed and
sells alive for less money. X think
there are more farm wives who
would be glad to have these ques
tions answered. A FARM WIFE.
Editor's note: The article to which
Is referred was one in which the ex
tension service of the agricultural
college discussed the advantages of
culling out poor layers and the build
ing up of accredited flocks. It did
not discuss the question of market
ing, but dealt with the greater profits
of scientific production.
Prefers Books to Picture*.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: If the Omaha public
library would use the lit ary build
ing, which is supported by the tax
payers of Omaha, for library pur
poses, it would have plenty of room.
Now the three best rooms on the
third floor of the building are given
fiver to tbe Society of Fine Arts. free.
This society has several hundred
members, while the population of
Omaha who should be supplied with
books and accommodation at the
library is several thousand. The gen
eral public lost Interest In the library
when the library lost interest in the
general public, and decided to please
a small group of people known as the
Fine Arts society, who are amply
ablo to pay rent for their exhibits.
The same small group of people go
to these exhibits and they are counted
every time they go, hut the actual
number of different people who at
tend these exhibits could be accom
modated In a room where hooks oc
cupied the floor space and ^rt the
walls. Just as well as they are now
accommodated In the three large
rooms of the library, which are never
crowded, while the reading room and
children's room and reference room
suffer for space.
IV'hen the library board realises
that this is a public building support
ed by all the people for all the people.
It can ask for more liberal assistance
from taxpayers, but as things arc
now run there, it is to laugh!
HELEN SCOTT.
Defends the 'Iramway.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: As nearly everyone 1*
taking a dip Into the street car prob
lem. and as I happen to contribute
$7 to $8 a month to this corporation,
hence believe that I may be permitted
to voice my opinion.
A well planned and continued cam
paign of agitation affecting public
utilities generally results In Increased
cost to the patron.
The present agitation. If I am not
mistaken. Is largely due to those who
live in far distant sections of the
city and many of whom are dependent
upon the street car service, only In
bad weather.
I know from personal contact that
many of those who complain most
bitterly against the present arrange
ment use automobile* whenever city
*treets or country road* permitting,
competition, also 75 per cent of delays
to me that additional service neces
sitating Increased fares should result
from agitation.
The street car company today Is
subject to the most Injurious kind of
Abe Martin
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Ther’s all sorts o’ beau catchers,
but modesty still hold* th' plume
fer husband gittin’. Plug hat* may
come in agin* but ther’s nothin' t'
indieate that th’ ole time gentle
man is plnnnin' a come back.
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The Making of the Constitution
If, to please the people, tee offer what we ourselves
disapprove, how can we aftertvard defend our teork?—
Washington as President of the Constitutional Conven
tion.
Be assured, Washington's influence carried this
government.—James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson.
XXVI.
SN May 4, 1787, the day ap
pointed for the constitu
tional convention to meet,
a quorum of seven states |
was not present .and it wasj
not until May 25 that the oonventlon,
organized with 29 delegates answering!
the roll. On that roll were many fa-1
mous names, and more were to ap-l
pear on it as the belated delegations |
came in.
From New York came Alexander ]
Hamilton, already distinguished as a
soldier, but with his greatest fame
yet to make. Among those from
Pennsylvania were Robert Morris,
financier of the revolution; Gouver
neur .Morris and the great and \encr
able Dr. Franklin. Virginia sent
George Washington, James Madison,
Edmund Randolph and George Mason,
who, with others less known, made up
the strongest delegation of the con
vention. Two of them were to be
president of the United States. From
Connecticut were Roger Sherman
and Oliver Ellsworth, the latter to be
chief -Justice of the supreme court.
Elbridge Gerry and Rufus King were
there from Massachusetts; Gerry was*
to be vice president of the United
States and give us our word "gerry
mander." South Carolina Hent John
Rutledge and the two Pinckneys.
From Delaware came John Dickinson,
once a member of the Continental
congress from Pennsylvania, whose,
mother had told him. "Johnny, you
will l>e hanged." Perhaps it wag this!
prediction Dickinson had In mind
when lie refused to sign the Declara !
tion of Independence.
The convention rat for four months,
and its work was done in secret. Not
until the government published ltie
Journal of Madison, after his death,
was it definitely known by what
processes the constitution was
wrought. During the sessions of the
convention the wildest outside rumors'
were afloat. It was asserted that a|
monarchy was being set up and or
dcrs of nobility created, and these re
ports received so much popular belief
that members of the convention found
it necessary to deny them. Rut at
no time were any reports of what
actually did transpire behind i the
closed door of the state house officially
given out.
There was but one man in that
gathering who could be considered
for its presiding officer, and George
Washington wag called to the chair.
It is worthy of note, as again evi
dencing the universal respect and
veneration in which he was held, that
the convention adopted a rule that
upon each day's adjournment every
member should stand in ids place un
til Washington had passed before him.
Ffe was conducted to the chair b.v
Robert Morris and John Rutledge.
Washington, owing to his position as
presiding officer, took no part in the
convention debates, except that on the
last day of its sessions, he said a few
words in support of an amendment
rerpecting the basis of representation
in tlie lower house of congress. The
amendment was instantly agreed to.
A11 of the 13 states ultimately were
represented in the convention except
Rhode Island. The New Hampshire
compelitton also 75 per cent of delay*
are caused by the same vehicle.
It is a well established fact that a
metropolitan city such as Omaha
need* a modern electric car system
and It seems to me that the present
system, while not as extensive as we
would like to have It, neverless. meets
the requirements of the vast majority
of street car users.
Extensions of course, are desirable
but I wish to register my protest
against making such extensions if the
results be generally increased fare*.
It seem* to me to be a great Incon
sistency in the manner In which cer
tain improvements such as grading,
paving, sewer*, water and gas *re ob
talned when a comparison is made,
with the method employed In getting
street car service.
We sll know that the outlying com
munlty benetlt* bv street car service
a* well ns the grading, paving, sewer*,
water and gas. yet the street car com
pany must pay for those line exten
tlons while the property owners pay
for the grading, paving, sewers, gas
etc.
If the one set of public Improve
•nents constitute an advantage to the
newly populated district and i* patd
for by the people of that district,
then It seem* reasonable to conclude
that street car extensions shouldj
also lie paid for by the property and
persons who are mostly benefited and
uni directly hy the street car company
ind indirectly hy the whole city
.hrough Increased car fare*.
T. H MCIOVERN.
-437 Ennnet Street.
delegates, however, did not take their
seats until June 23. The voting was
by states.
It soon became apparent that there
were wide diversities of opinion as to
a scheme of government. The first
presented was in a series of 13 resolu
tlone explained by Randolph and
known as the Virginia plan. Their
author was Madison. Charles Pinck
ney presented a plan to which some
mystery attaches. The draft, which
was referred to a committee, never
afterwards was found. One was sup
plied many years later by Pinckney
himself, which bore a striking re
semblance to the constitution as it
was adopted, but If Pinckney supplied
It from memory he may unconsciously
have drawn from the constitution
more than from memory.
Many students of the constitution
row trace both the Madison and
Pinckney plans, as well as thrft of
Hamilton and the aocalled New Jer
sey plan, to one Pelatiah Webster, a
Vale political economist, who as early
00 1733 put forth a pamphlet propos
ing a scheme of government embody
ing the main essentials of the present
federal system.
The Virginia plan called for two
branches of a national legislature,
one’ house to l*e elected by the legis
latures of the states and the other
by the people: an executive elected
by the national legislature: and pro
vided that suffrage In the states
should be based on the amount of
revenue they paid Into the national
treasury or on population.
The debate on this plan revealed a
strong distrust of democracy. Gerry
of Maesachuaett* objected to the p p
ular election of the lower house. He
said the country had too much democ
racy already. His state had just had
experience of it in Hhay's rebellion,
caused by the desire of the people to
escape their debts. The people.” he
tsald. "are led into the must baneful
measures by the false reports of de
signing men.”
*1 Tie debate on the executive was
vigorous. Randolph himself was for
a three-heade 1 executive. A single
executive, he said, savored of innn
archy. lie would have the country
divided Into three section*, with on"
member of a triumvirate elected from
each. He urged a seven year term. Cu
riously. that term remained the favor
ite throughout the sesaions of the
convention and stood in the completed
document when It was turned over
to the committee of detail.
Sherman of Connecticut, WiJeon of
Pennsylvania and Rutledge of South
Carolina nrgued for a single execu
tive. Sherman favoring the addition
to tile executive of a council of re
vision. the other two opposing the
council.
But when the question of repre
sentatlon came up Patterson of New
Jersey challenged the whole procedure
by reminding the .-onveri'lon that it
had no mandate to create a national
leg slat me at all. Its powers were
limited, he declared, to a mere revi
sion of the Articles of Confederation
"Can we.” he asked, ' form a govern
ment that destroys the sovereignty of
the states that have sent us h«*re to
make their sovereignty more secure?”
He ended by declaring New Jersey
never would submit to the despotism
of a national authority that would
override its own.
The • New Jersey v .ew was gener
ally that of the smaller states. They
were afraid of a representation In a
national legislature based either Oil
wealth or numbers, for they conceived
that under such a plan the wealthier
and more populous states would force
arbitrary rule upon the smaller ones.
It was this cleavage of opinion and
the state jealousy and fear it evldenc
ed that for many weeks threatened
the success of the convention s task.
(Coryriglit. Karevs r'iiy star 1
When in Omaha
Hotel Conant
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SPEAKING OF Ml SIC.
There is music in Niagara where the
water* leap and roar.
Or when foaming billows shatter on,
the ocean’s rocky shore.
There Is music in the tempest lashing
ocean waves to foam.
Or when a sullen thunder crashes
through the arch of heaven s
dome.
There is music in the battle when the
cannon loudly speak.
£»r when earthquake's mighty shivers
make all buildings crack and
creak.
But the wildest, weirdest music that
you ever did hear ring
Is when Swanson does gymnastics,
starting Ad-Sell league to sing.
Have you heard a wild tornado tear
ing trees up by the roots?
Or a roundhouse full of engines In a
wild uproar of toots?
Did you ever hear two freight trains
hitting head-on in a smash,
Or two autos, drunkard driven, In
collision's awful crash?
Or perhaps some time *>r other some
big boiler factory's din
Has your eardrums darn near rup
tured when you had to listen in?
Bo, believe me. you've heard nothing,
not a blooming, bleeding thing.
'Less you've heard Oue Swanson lead
ing when the Ad-Sell tries to sing.
After bombing planes have scat
tered the Ice gorges in the Platte and
Missouri rivers, wouldn't It be'a good
idea to keep 'em right here In Omaha
for us in breaking up any threatened
ice trust during the rapidly approach
ing summer?
Now and then we find ourselves in
hearty accord with the conclusions of
professional reformers and welfare
workers, and when we do we feel the
urge to gay so In plain language.
When pr. Caroline Hedger of Chi
cago, child expert with the Elizabeth
McCormick Foundation fund, sug
gests that a little application of fath
er's razor strop, a pliant bedroom
slipper or a convenient shingle, at
the proper time, is almost indispensa
ble in the education of future Amer
icans. we feel like throwing our hat
into the air and giving three rousing
cheers.
"It simply has to he done some
times." rays Ur. Hedger with an air
of finality that would quickly con
vince us were we not already con
vinced. Parental discipline shows
discouraging signs of becoming a
lost art in this country. The signs
increase with the waning use of the
little old persuaders that were such a
fat tor in the hon e life of a genera
tlon that knew little or nothing of
professional welfarers.
We opine that Irr. Hedger knows
a lot more r bout this phase of child
jiife than site does about some ethers.
For .instance, we read in the news
columns of The Hee that Dr. Coler
was appalled by some thing*
she raw In the beet fields of Nebraska.
Hut we greatly fear that she *a*»
things that never happened. She
sa vs she saw 'Tittle children bending
over the plants working methodically
with their'knives,” but If she did she
saw something no one else ever saw
That is about as near as the aver
age child welfare worker ever comes
to the truth in reporting on beet field
conditions. We have had a more or
less Intimate acquaintance with the
beet industry for some 12 or 1»
years, and we have never seen any
children working methodically, or any
other way over the plants with their
knives. In font, we have never seen
anybody, young or old. working over
beet plants with knives. The onlv
time knives are imed Is when the beets
dre topped, after being pulled by ma
chinery. and then the topping Ip done
by experts, never by small children.
Child labor at topping would be too
slow and expensive.
"Did you ever," writes a Printer s
Devil of Long Ago, 'squeeze into a
perfect 36 telephone booth and. being
a Kno i contortionist, after squirming
or- und to get the fold.rfg door closed
behind you, and the almost candle
power light turned on reach for the
telephone directory, fastened to a
short chain near the roof, and then by
the lightning bug lamp try to find
your number on the pearl type print* i
page—well, if you never have, just
try and do it."
We have, we have! Time and again
have we laboriously thrust our 42-inch
corporosity into one of those narrow
cells and suffered as our correspond
ent explains. And when the ther
mometer is registering 110 in the
shade, an experience in one of those
booths is what we would call a
foretast* of what we might expect in
the future if the Recording Angel is
charging us up with what we are
| thinking about the telephone com
pany.
And why is it. we ask. that when
we do manage to discover th* num
ber, we Invariably forget it before
We can find the right change to d»
! posit in the slot, and have to go
through all the contortions again?
Ppr-n mature deliberation we have
decided to support no man for the
legislature who will not pledge him
self, or herself, to stand for the en
largement of telephone booths with
out waiting for the aid or consent of
any telephone company on earth.
After mature deliberation we have
decided not to file for anything this
year. We have some friends run
ning whom we would regret to de
feat. and there are others on the
[ticket with whom we do not care to
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