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Mid granite pile in which the democrats are
holding an uproarious jollification, ajittle un
dertone is perceptible, just a note of protest amid
the discordant din that deafens all about. David
Starr Jordan calls attention to the fact that Mr.
Wrlstm may not have his way on the League of
N'ations, and finds also that Mr. Bryan's plan
or' an amendment to the constitution is a good
ng. Dr. Jordan's discission of the situation
.vagrants the conclusion that even the most
nfjiusiastic of the president's supporters is
oming to realize that there is a point bevond
kht'ch they dare not go.
i"Most significant, however, is the adoption by
ha resolutions committee of an amendment to
hit Virginia platform plan, framed by Senator
lsh of Massachusetts, a bitter opponent of
hf presidents league plan. This is in essence
hfc sublimation of equivocation. It declares:
4 We advocate prompt ratification of the
treaty without reservation which would impair
itjt essential integity, but it the democratic
party does not oppose the acceptance of any
rjjervfinons niakirfr clearer or more specific
obligations ot the United Mates to the
;uc associates.
o coon trap ever set by traditional darky
more completely double-ended than this. All
the Lodge reservations undertook to do
to make clear and specific "the obligations
Mfthe United States to the league associates."
Mr. Wilson would have none of them, and
pisjfaithful followers in the senate stuck by him
hrugh .thick and thin, to the end that the
Si...
iy idiicu.
s it possible that these exponents of political
nery will now undertake to befool the po-
blcif the world with the evasive and hypocriti-
rl declaration set forth, which may mean
;y thing, and at the same time may be so
Oigtrued as to mean nothing? Supporters of
heSadministration, eager to close a gap in the
btrjy s ranks, to smooth over a dilticult situa-
lioijf and bring about a fiction of harmony in the
ohjjchs ot democracy, may salve their con-
cipces with such a subtertuge, but it certainly
acfc the courage of the imperious leader of the
, who demanded the treaty without dotting
n 'i or crossing a t.
f
V Mr. Taft's Disturbing Talk.
The Hon. William H. Taft out of office is
Ota pleasant influence to the llson party,
roprietor and beneficiary of the well known
enjperatic political organisation. He is too
hulh of a vivisectionist of live questions to suit
fiofe who regard Mr. Wilson and his notions as
helium total of human wisdom and authority.
Mr. Taft' latest exnloit with the Leasue of
...
flftAns if na rt Irnta r1 lr A pnrpe c i n or in tlincA A7il-
pnian enthusiasts who would have the people
elive that the only hope of the League is the
efajat of the republicans in this campaign, for
e Semonstrates logically and truthfully that
nlyV by the election of Senator Harding can
: Renter the League and help the world."
fljr! Wilson demands liis personal League,
hich is as dead as Julius Caesar. The hold-
ver republican senators and a few democratic
ne absolutely bar its resurrection except by
ie paving and revivifying grace of republican
3ftvations. The fact is as plain as a pike staff.
fOrJlj the suspicion ever enter the minds of the
ncere believers in the Wilson League, we won-
kr.lthftt the gentleman in the White House is
Vid'lfor months has been, plotting not to put
he .eague over, but to put his party, with all '
S Sins OI oniissiuu auu vuimiiissiuii, niiu tuwci
r Vnother four years by playing on their in
itiation with an impossible ideal?
Mr. Wilson knows his League is dead. He
utilizing its cadaver to snare votes. That's
!; f.r Mr. Taft makes 't plain in language
iuch easier to comprehend than that used in,
ipreme court decisions.
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Lack of Moral Sense.
An amazing illustration of the lack of moral
nsi with which the entire Wilson adminis-
tun is permeated is afforded by the mailing
f al) address of Mrs. Josephus Daniels to the
ress under official frank of the Navy depart-
en, As the wife of the secretary of the navy
was evidently regarded as unnecessary for
pr to pay postape, so the public has paid it for
pr i'on envelopes marked "Official Business.
enlty for private use, $.i00."
It is about time for a change, all things con-
dered.
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I Edward H. Harriman's Monument.
Njo monolith or marble pile ever marked the
tt or commemorated the virtues ot a oe-
notable with the impiessiveness that sur-
1s the Union Pacific which stands as the
lent to Edward H. Harriman. His genius
lilder, the thoroughness of his work and
inse of his vision are emphasized now by
of the greatest of American railroads
that all must understand. It is the
.commerce carrier that was ready for
jtn the war came, that gave service
war was on, and that emerged
of government operation practic
ed. While other roads are floun-
a welter of confusion, the Union
steadily on its way. doing its ap-
such regularity as makes an
if it is merely the result of j
WILSON STRIKES A SNAG.
jmid the tumult and shouting that rocks the
preparation and prudent foresight or if by some
sort of magic formula the management has been
able to revive the system. This is perfectly ex
emplified in the allotment of the government
funds to great lines. From the list of these that
are being loaned millions from the public treas
ury wherewith to restore equipment, roadbed
and for other purposes the Union Facific is
conspicuously absent. When all is settled down
again, the great railroad inagntes of the world
might profit something if they will study the
Overland's way of doing things. Harriman's
Taj Mahal is the road he built up from a wreck.
Travel in Summer.
Both the ignorant and the learned love travel.
To the former it is a kind of education; to the
latter an experience of 'hings oft lived in the
imagination. In this country by far the great
est amount of travel is done in the summer, for
some inexplicable reason. Of all times hot
weather would seem to be the worst in which
to be away from home, yet that is when the
multitudes board the boats and the trains to go
sightseeing.
Perhaps we look on the matter with eyes
jaundiced by age, but in hot weather, at least,
we concur with Touchstone, who, even in the
forest of Arden a pleasant place to think of in
the heated period said: "Ay, now I am in
Arden; the more fool I; when I was at home, I
was in a better place; but travelers must be con
tent." Sometimes it is hard for travelers to be con
tent, cither on land or sea, for discomforts are
many east and west, north and south, in America
or abroad, and many thera are who go rushing
hither and thither in search of pleasure only to
think "the more fool I; when I was at home I
was in a better place." An I of those who roam
the earth for happiness, seeking it in foreign
lands. Joaquin Miller had it right when he wrote:
Better sit still where born, 1 say,
W ed one sweet woman and love her well,
Love and be loved in the old East way.
Drink sweet waters, and dream in a spell,
Than to wander in search of the Blessed Isles,
And to sail the thousands of water miles
In search of love, and find you at last
On the edge of the world, an da curs'd outcast.
Blessed are those who find contentment at
home; more blessed than those who start their
journeys on Sunday, like Dean Swift, in order
to have the prayers of the church to preserve
all who travel.
The Oldest Code of Laws.
The oldest written code of laws yet discov
ered has been deciphered lecently by a scholar
in Paris from clay Nippur tablets. They date
back 3,000 years before Christ, 900 years before
the Hammurabi code, and show a high state'of
civilization.
We know much in our age. Advancement in
science, government, arts and invention has
been prodigious in the past two hundred years,
but the fundamentals of human nature reach
back as far as known records go, and invariably
show that a knowledge of justice and right and
wrong existed.
What we have hoped to hear of for years
from some ancient record is the story of the
beginning of the use of cooked foods. It makes
us miserable sometimes to think of the millions
of people who had to live their lives away with
out ever knowing the delights of hot biscuits,
fried chicken and cherry pic.
Shocking Treatment of a Maiden' Lady.
Miss Pitiless Publicity, one of the president's
fair favorites, who was terribly battered,
snubbed and finally repudiated at the Peace
Conference, asked admission to the final session
of the resolutions committee at San Francisco
only to be pushed away at first glance. She
was a fright, and every newspaper man at the
convention was kept SO feet away from the
room, lest she get a glimpse of what was going
on in that rough and tumble meeting of oppos
ing intellects. There indeed was a matching of
minds between the two elements in the demo
cratic party those for America First, and those
for Wilson first, last and all the time.
For the general credit of American manhood
it is proper to state that federal officeholders
were the backbone of the Wilson contingent,
animated more by desire to hold on to the fed
eral payroll than anything else.
Greedy Cuban sugar planters are now pooled
to push the price of their product up to 24 cents.
And our president might have bought it all for
less than 7 cents six months ago!
Tennessee's governor has not yet announced
the date when he will call the legislature in
extra session to ratify suffiage, so some of the
shouting has been premature.
"W. J. B." may not write the platform, but
it looks as if he were to have something to say
about what goes into it.
Noise in a June convention is very nice, but
the ballots drop silently in November.
Senator Harding's idea of Americans con
trolling America is popular.
Mr. Bryan is also some organizer.
A Public Servant and His
Reward
On Saturday night a man came into the
Tribune newsrooms. He was about SS years
old. He looked 70. His shoulders were
rounded and stooped. His hair was thin and
gray. His face was drawn and hauntingly eager.
"There's been a wreck on the Elgin elec
tric," he said. "I've made some snapshots of it.
I brought them with me. And I thought I
might give you some details. My brother was
one of the victims. It's been a pretty bad ex
perience for me "
His voice began weakly to trail off into halt
ing syllables.
"You'll have to excuse me," he said, in con
fusion. He was very pale. "My head aches.
There's a pain shooting" He put his hand to
his bosom and slid down in his chair.
He didn't weigh much. A couple of reporters
carried him into another room and laid him on
a table. A physician was called. The sick
man revived. The physician made a quick
diagnosis.
"You've got apoplexy," he said. "You've
worked too hard. You're not old, but you've
made your body pay too much for what you've
got out of life. The only way you can save
yourself is to stop work and rest. If you don't
rest another attack will bt the end."
"I don't think I can Jo that." The sick
man's voice was little better than a whisper.
His words came heavily. "I have to keep
going. If I stop work well, my pay stops."
The physician's eyes narrowed. "What kind
of a place do you work in?" he asked.
"I work." said the other, painfully, "in the
in the Lmtett otatej costomce. --v.nn.ago
ribune, 1
A Line 0 Type or Two
Haw to tha Una. Itl tha aulpi fall whar that liar.
READING Mr. Cummings' impassioned
story of the great war and the great demo
cratic party, one wonders how the administra
tion managed to keep out of it so long in spite
of republican opposition. For, as Congressman
Mann aid, as late as 1017, "God knows where
we will land, if this country enters the war."
They Add So Much.
Sir: "Dine among aplendor." Ad of Terrai-e
(.arden.
There Is nothing more delightful than dining
where there are a few splendor scattered around.
E. O. W.
"A YOUNG man of 24," answering an ad,
mentions that he requires at least $25 for a
week of five days, as, being a Seventh Day Ad
ventist, he does not work on Saturday. Does
this sect attempt to make converts? If so,
we should think its numbers would increase by
1, and b.
WHY THE COMPOSITOR IS KI'NNING YKT.
(From the Sycamore True Republican.)
The twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Swanson celebrated their sixth birthday
Thursday afternoon. Fifteen little Mends,
all girls but two. came from De Kalb, and
with the children from Sycamore made
quite a party.
THE Chicago convention left the demo
cratic party as the sole custodian of the honor
of the country." Orator Cummings.
Some custodian, nous en informerons 1'uni
vers! The Toonorvllle Trolley.
(From the Taylorville Courier.)
This is just what Merle Perkins, con
ductor on the Taylorville line, did last night,
and he has won for himself the title of the
most courteous and accommodating con
ductor. Mrs. George Banks was attending
a party at the home of Mrs. Mae Adams,
and .Mr. Perkins knowing that she had no
way of getting home as the last car was due
out, stopped the car at the Adams' home
and went in and called for his passenger.
"WHEN IT IS HOT."
Sir: Why no "Consider Mr. Shadrach"
again. The 500,000 new citizens do not know
him. and the older ones love him. W. H. G.
BY an uncanny coincidence the same no
tion occurred to us before we opened our cor
respondent's missive. Voila!
VHi; IT IS HOT.
Consider Mr. Shadrfich,
Of fiery furnace fiime,
He didn't bleat about the heat
Or fuss about the flame.
He didn't stew and worry
And get his nenvs in kinks.
Nor fill his skin wkh limes and gin
And other "cooling drinks."
Consider Mr. Meshach,
Who felt the furnace, too;
He let it sizz, nor queried "Is
It hot enough for you?"
He didn't mop his forehead,
And hunt a shady spol:
Nor did he say, "Gee, what a day!
Believe me, it's some hot! '
Consider, too. Abed-nego.
Who shared his comrades' plight;
He didn't shake his coat and make
Himself a holy siht.
He didn't wear suspenders
Without a coat and vest;
Nor did he scowl ami snort and howl
And make himself a peFt.
Consider, friends, this trio
How little fuss they made.
They didn't curse when it was worse
Than ninety in the shade.
They moved about serenely
Within the furnace bright.
And soon forgot that it was hot,
With no relief in sigh'.
WE hope some statistician is keeping tabs
on the heat prostrations this summer. B. F.
They were commonly ascribed to alcohol. They
should, therefore, be comparatively rare.
WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT A GRAVE OR
TWO?
(From the Kokomo Tribune.)
Going west; will sell my 6-room bunga
low, furnished or unfurnished; also 3 graves
in Crown Point cemetery, old part. Imme
diate possession.
OUR friend Guillaume Lejeune is devastat
ed by the newspaper practice of referring to a
teacher in a high school as "Professor." "Will
not the Trib," he queries, "give a brief lecture
to its bright young men on the subject of the
proper designation for heads of secondary
schools, teachers in secondary schools, college
professors, college instructors, et alia omnes in
the mills for eddycatin' the youth of our laud?"
Answer: Probably not.
The Second Post.
(The soldier who penned it seems to have got
as far as his A. B. C's.)
Dearest Sweetheart: I received your Beautiful
photo yesterday. And it sure is masterly. I ad
mires it with my whole heart Soul and Boily. l
Just kissed it over and over again and hug it to
my heart And wish it was you in pearson in
stead of your photo. Your loving photo are Beau
teous dear and I do admire it, it sure is Admir
able, it is a real perfect Algebra and real Ali
ment to my hungry heart. It seems Just I like
an Alcove from heaven or some other Sanctu
ary. You look real Amiable and Amicable. I
am delighted to note that I had the high honor
of gaining your amity and love a few years
ago. I admire you dear to the Apex of my Am
bition, and love you The same way. Your photo
appeased my mind more than anything That
I have ever Obtained in my life So far as the
Human body are consearned. 1 know that you
are a Belle now, and has the Benevolence as any
girl in the world. Now that we are Betroth
and has come to a satisfacture Betrothmen,
there are no other pleasure we need except to
meet Each other face to face. And Then the
Alliance As The Different States in the United
States, there are nothing to become of us but
blissful and Algebra. I Affirm and Absolutely
Aggree to The oath on our allied Contract and
shall prove my allegiance ;i3 A Husband. With
the same affection as it is ffeliate and it is my
affidavit. And I know that you are dequate
as ; true loving wife. There are Acumen aeute
ness of mind and Actuate Between L"s Both.
Without you dear this World would be a place
of Abysmal and A Abysn. I could not exist with
out you to love and Admire.
"IN delivering our message to the American
people our party will raise its anchor upon the
shores of honesty and steer unfalteringly
through the straits of courage." J. Bruce
Kremer.
With four bags of wind aboard.
"THE shooting took place in Coza's home.
They were discussing presidential candidates,
and Coza laughed when Facino mentioned one."
The valued Post.
Which one? We are frenetic to know!
Asides.
M. C. : Au revoir, my clear, and don't for
get to write.
Twelve: Tle ayes have it on all counts.
THE democrat from New Jersey who ob
served that Bryan had amassed a fortune with
his mouth would perhaps be interested to learn
that Bryan & Kale are in business in South
Bend.
IF McAdoo is to be ihc nominee. G. K. M.
hasten to propose Charlie Chaplin as running
mate; platform, "Corned v and Custard."
MARSHALL, Davis. Clark These dark
equines have no 'o' in their names.
I'ROM the incomparable Heraminer:
FIRST FIGHT ON CONVENTION FLOOR
WILSON BEATS BRYAN
THIS latest attempt to knock Bill into a
cocked hat bids fair to succeed.
"GO it, husband! Go it, bear!" B. L. T.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS
()uetlon omrrning hygiene, aunt
tntion and prevention of dlnmaa, nub
mlttfd In Or. Kvana by readers of Tha
Itee, will be answered pervODitlly. uh
Jeet tti proper limitation, where n
Ntnmprd. nddreaned envelope la en-
limed. Or. Kvnna will not mnkt
diajrno'ta or preacribe for individual
illsfBHes. Addrens I ft tern In ware of
The Itee.
copyright. 1920. by Dr. W. A. Evsna.
MINING CAMP HYGIENE.
in a certain place during the re
cent epidemic of influenza the
schools were kept open until the
buildings were needed for use as
hospitals. Each child brought his
own cup to school and thp first ex
ercise of the morning wa.' a gargle
drill. This drill was carried out with
all the enthusiasm of the chorus in
light opera and had some vocal re
semblance to the output of such an
organization.
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The children then lined up in mili
tary formation out of doors and went
through calisthenics and breathing
exercises.
The town was quarantined and
visiting with infected towns was sup
pressed in so far as possible. This
was not in Illinois or Massachusetts,
but in New Mexico, a -tate which,
up to four years ago, had no health
department. Not only are they now
doing health work aa a state activi
ty, but some counties and cities have
local health departments and var
ious of their industries have well de
veloped welfare departments doing
preventive work as well as maintain
ing a medical and nursing service.
The place alluded to above is the
mining camps of the St. Louis,
Rocky Mountain and Pacific com
pany in Colfax county. They did not
succeed in keeping influenza out,
but H. W. Kruse thinks the cam
paign was worth what it cost in that
it impressed the importance of
health habits.
This company employs large num
bers of foreign bona. It tries to
Americanize them. Rand in hand
with the campaign to get them to
take out their papers is one run on
cleanliness the first requisite of
American living -in the opinion of
Mr. Kruse. The. company found
overcrowding. In some cases there
were twenty people living in a four
room house. The company cleaned
tht houses thoroughly and painted
them. Rubbish cans were provided.
A fence was built around each house.
The fence was used hang the
washing on. The company then
built clothes lines and clothes poles.
But the out of doors display of car
pets, tubs, and miscellaneous impedi
menta was not wholly cared for.
Cellars were dug and coal bins were
built.
Now the. work of nousehold
cleanliness was well started, but
something needed to be done for
personal cleanliness. Community
bathhouses were built and r.t once
became popular. The company
made over the old saloons into ice
cream parlors, dance halls, and mov
ing picture amphitheaters.
The school children have a health
examination twice a year. The
nurses visit in the homes as well as
in the schools.
GUY L. SMITH
-StRVrCE FIRIT'
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Weather Note.
Eliza will he croiif the ice here next
Monday. This has cc'ifii'ily h-n a cold, back
ward spring. Jewell tKausasj Kepublitu. ,
before invesrirlq
Irv a new yitkxxo
before giviivg
a. piano for weddirx
or l)irtKclay or
otker occasioxv
give et Ka.lPRoTir's
time to iiwestiaatiorv
oftKe TensiorvResona.'
tor construction
yoxx will
realize vAy it is tke
world's fittest piano,
tmapproacKecl by
emv other-car -norv&.
There Are Five Others You Can
Bank Upon
Sohmer, Kranich & Bach,
Brambach, Kimball, Vose &
Sons
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5 7l? s
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Nebraska and Johnson.
Omaha. June 30. To the Editor
of The Uee: Hiram Johnson, pass
ins through Nebraska, let out a war
wboop and passed on. U intends to
pi r.ish Nebraska delegates in the na
tional republican conven'ion who de
clined to die in the last ditch with
htm.
Within 24 hours aftei our delega
tion got to Chicago it learned
that Johnson was impossible. It is
an r.nwrttcn law that he preferen
tial vote of a state is binding upon
di legates only up to the timt when
the preferred candidate is found to
ho impossble. Analyze he successive
brllots and it is easy to see that
Johnson could not make it. The rea
sons are many and pos'tivc. Most
taen know them. I won't take the
t:mc- to mention them.
To what extent is a preferential
vote binding upon a delegation? Ask
Hryan, who was sent to Baltimore
to vote for Champ Clark. He ig
nored the preferential vo'.e and open
ly fought Clark. Wilson rewarded
him. His party in his stute sent him
tj San Francisco.
In the republican primaries John
son got about 4 0 iter cent of the vote
polled, Wood and I'ershing having
60 per cent. Thus the delegation to
Chicago was expected to stand with
the minority candidate and go down
to defeat. A primary system that
creates such a situation as this ought
to be abolished.
H is quite evident !o me that
Nebraska republicans did rot want
Johnson. J. B. H.
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