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COX THE CANDIDATE.
One of the most remarkable conventions ever
held by the democratic party terminated with the
nomination of James M. Cox, governor of Ohio,
as a candidate for president. Not since the his
toric convention of 1860, when the party split
wide open, has so much acrimony and factional
bitterness been noted in the proceedings, even
-" the deadlocked Baltimore gathering being more
tiarrrionious and placid. In no other convention
that did not actually divide has so much of
genuine resentment, disappointment and lasting
feud been engendered.
I Cox's nomination is a distinct defeat for the
administration forces, who put all their great
power back of. McAdoo. But it was not a
triumph, for the plain people, because it was
brought about by a coalition of bosses whose
interests are selfish. When men like Norman
E.' 'Mack, "Tom" Tag'gart, "Charley" Murphy
and James Brennan combine, little thought is
given to any y aspiration of the masses, other
than to tell them what the bosses think is good
' for them,, and this is generally what the bosses
Tcridtf ts good for themselves if they can put it
over. The fact, that Murphy expressed himself
as supremely happy at the outcome is sufficient
proof that Tammany got what it wanted. Not
since 1904 has that remarkable group had any
hand in naming the president, and its contribu
tion to the defeat of Alton B. Parker will al
most certainly be repeated.
Conceding to Governor Cox his personal
popularity in Ohio, which rests on his avowed
"wetness," it may be questioned if he will prove
quite so attractive elsewhere. Some of the work
of the administration group may be taken into
consideration in this connection. Four United
States senators, Owen of Oklahoma, Reed of
Missouri, Smith of Georgia and Walsh of
Massachusetts, were steam-rollered to make a
holiday for the Wtlsonites. These men. are not
without influence at home, nor Are they of the
sort that humbly kiss the rod.
William Jennings Bryan comes away, as he
did from St Louis in 1904, his head "bloody but
unbowed." He will remain "regular," just as
he did in the Parker campaign; and with about
the same effect. It has never been, proved that
he sought the defeat of the Tammany nominee
then, nor has it been established that he went
to any great length to secure his election.
As days go on the issues will become clearer
and better understood and the forces that are
behind the selection made at San Francisco will
be disclosed. It is not in the heat of a June
convention, warned James A. Garfield, that a
president is elected, but in the cool days of
autumn around the firesides of American homes
the decision is made. In this instance the de
cision may be safely left to the verdict of Ameri
can homes.
- Settling the Railroad Wage Trouble. '
A forecast of the probable increase in wages
to be granted by the'federat board to the rail
road workers is reported to have had the effect
of ending the "outlaw" strikes, and that men
will soon be back to handle the trains. This it
about the best news that has been received
lately. To be sure, an increase in wages means
an increase in rates, the same to be added to
the cost of living. This is inevitable, but the
case-has a more serious aspect. Congested
freight yards brought a disturbance of business
and consequent monetary loss far in excess of
wage losses incident to the strikes. Goods
bought could not be delivered; this prevented
collection by the manufacturer, and sale by the
customer, checking business at both ends. Fac
tories could not obtain needed supplies, and
production was held up; coal mines, are running
at least 8,000,000 tons a month short of the sea
sonal demand because cars could not be ob
tained for shipment from the mines. It was
estimated last week by the governmenVthat the
coal output will have to be increased ,12,000,000
tons a month for the rest of the year to meet
normal domestic requirements, this being the
reason for the embargo placed on coal exporta
tion. With the railroads again set in motion,
and the jam cleaned up in time for the big crop
movement, the public will generally be the
gainer if business can only move into its orderly
swing and go along for a few weeks without
another eruption.
Government Life Insurance.
One of the interesting and probably natural
developments of the government's policy of per
mitting the conversion of war-time into peace
time Insurance for the soldiers is an increase of
more than $1,200 in the average amount of in
surance carried. When the plan was, proposed
the cost was placed very low, so that the sol
dier might pay for what he wanted out of his
wages. Back into civil ,life again, and with the
government offering him the rare opportunity
i first insurance at a nominal cost, the
joung man found little difficulty in taking ad
vantage of the chance. His pay and conditions
of lift as a civilian justified him in taking on a
larger amount it indemnity; his better under
standing of what is involved in life insurance
undoubtedly having some weight in this, and the
result is as noted, an increase in the average
amount The average amount now held of gov
ernment insurance by former service men and
women, according to R. Gj. Cholmely-Jones, d
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rector of the war risk insurance bureau, is $3,520.
That the plan has proved attractive to the
larger number of those who were in the service
is encouraging, and the director is of the opinion
that practically all who are eligible to this form
of protection will have taken advantage of it
before the time for final lapsation comes with
July 1, 1921. I
Uncle Joe at Ease.
Uncle Joe Cannon is a brave old Egyptian
a daring citizen who sheds his coat and vest in
hot weather, Danville style, and walks about in
comfort in his shirt sleeves with his trousers
held up by an honest old pair of galluses.
Few statesmen have the courage to do that.
Instead, they undergo the discomforts of a belt
tightly buckled about their waists, and trust
their respectability to it. 1 thin, their pelvic
bones are their main stay. If a swelling curve
exists between their wishbones and the forks of
their legs, they assume the hazards of a yielding
and slippery expanse of what polite physicians
call adipose tissue. We pity their sorrows.
Every little while they must give their trousers
an upward hitch. They are never certain
whether or not the southern section of their
shirts is in captivity or has escaped. They are
constantly tucking in the climbing garment.
And when they sit another problem arises.
The belt seems to choke them. They furtively
let it out three or four notches for comfort's
sake. Occasion to arise comes and disaster al
most overtakes them before a wild clutch saves
the situation. All day long heir experiences
are as disconcerting as those of a man eating
popcorn with his first set of false teeth.
Uncle Joe has no such troubles. He wears
suspenders, and goes about with a shirt hanging
peacefully in proper subjection, and with a
stomach unfettered and unafraid. He is never
a bare two inches from catastrophe. Good old
fashioned suspenders protect him from ridicule
and scandal. Even in a great national conven
tion, when comfort requires it, he tosses off
coat and vest and lets the photographers for
the newspapers prepare to picture his intrepid
unconventionality and good sense to millions of
his fellow-countrymen.
A fine old sport, Uncle Joe, wise in his generation-
No wonder his district has kept him
in congress - for' forty years. A man in sus
penders is safe. You never can tell what the
belted fellow may do!
Shalltnberger on Hitchcock.
Ex-Governor Shallenberger, in his remark
ably reserved speech presenting Senator Hitch
cock for the presidential nomination, told the
exact truth when he said "the democratic party
must stand or fall upon the record made by the
Wilson administration." The successful wet
movement at San Francisco which Bryan and
the women delegates opposed is an attempt to
substitute a spurious issue.
We do not think the' governor was alto
gether happy in his picture of Senator Hitch
cock as a man who "stood like a stone wall be
hind the president . . . fighting for the presi
dent." He stood in front, not behind, Mr. Wil
son; and his "standing" was not like that of a
stone wall. ., It was more in the nature of the
constant activity of a field marshal who goes
here, there and everywhere, while the siege is on.
But that's a mere matter of phraseology.
The important fact is that .Senator Hitchcock,
to wJtbse qualities the governor gave so little
attention, played well his part in the great but
ill-conceived effort to internationalize Amwica.
If the president has an atom of gratitude in his
cold nature' he must realize his debt to the
Nebraska senator who fought for him "when
he was unable to fight for himself."
League First or America First?
We advocate prompt ratification of t he
treaty without reservations which would im
pair its essential integrity. From the Vir
ginia democratic platform.
President Wilson having endorsed this
plank, it is time for the republican senators
to denounce the Virginia platform as un
American. New York World.
It Js . un-American to. this extent, that it
makes the integrity of the League as the first
consideration, and reservations protecting
America last. That is the vital distinction be
tween the democratic policy of he League First,
and the republican policy of America First, as
the infatuated followers of Woodrow Wilson
will realize in due time.
Under the Law of Physics.
The prolonged deadlock at San Francisco
was logical With about half the convention
composed of federal officeholders determined to
remain such for four years more, and the other
half equally bent on getting office, there was no
halfway place where they could meet on com
mon ground. And did they not have an illus
trious example of stubbornness to encourage
them? And in the end we have the result which
follows when an irresistible force meets an im
movable object a collision that shatters both
into flying atoms that will never get together
again on earth or in heaven.
The List of Slackers.
The Department of Justice, it is announced,
is about to publish the names of fugitives from
justice who evaded the draft during the war,
the purpose of the publication being to facilitate
their punishment.
This roll of dishonor, it is said, is far longer
than that of the American heroes who fell in
Europe. The young men who compose it are
cowards and dodgers who refused to fight for
their country when their government called. It
consigns to infamy every name upon it, and
brings shame and grief to every family from
which the erring men sprung.
With twelve judges on the pay roll, it ought
to be possible for the city to keep its police
.courts manned. However, if the present num
ber is not sufficient, let us elect a few more. In
any event business is not to interfere with vaca
tion trips.
' The nation's business at Washington may
now get some attention the cabinet officers
being released from attendance at San Fran
cisco. "Jimmy" Reed's 'welcome home ought to
sound mighty ominous to those who threw him
over the transom at San Francisco.
Mr. Bryan and Mr. Gompers might form a
consolation party. Neither got what he went
after.
Everything is ready now for the third party
to take the stage.
Pjf democrats art gujpittg real hir
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A Line 0 Type or Two
Ntw la the LIm, let Um aulta fill when they Bay.
ODES YOU MAY NOT KNOW.
TO JlTilUS IXORUS.
(Horace, Carmina, 1, 39.)
"Discolor grandem gravat uva raraum."
With burden of grapes the vine bends low,
And Autumn, a riot of color. Is near;
Soon Winter will come with tha death. of the
year,
Winter, with tresses encrusted with snow.
Then follow the Nymphs they flee, yet they
tarry.
Tact and discernment will serve to detain;
Kisses to maids feigning anger oft carry
A message that brings them to reason again.
Aye! Drink while you may of your mellow old
wine;
Beguile the dull day with the lilt of a song;
If beauty and Chance meet and bid you dine,
Let slip not your night, for oblivion's long. .
Already the leaves by the North Wind are
tossed!
What matter if sooner or later the drear
Spector of Death drags him down with the lost;
The soul of a brave man must rise above Fear.
W. C. F.
CLAIRVOYANCE is not the least of Her
bert Hoover's gifts. Having declared that he
would support the party whose platform agreed
with his principles, he did not want for the San
Francisco document.
Poisoned Arrows.
(From the Minneapolis Journal.)
10 POISONED, 1 DEAD; 6 OTHERS MAT DIE.
Cupid has been busy this month, according
to the clerk of the district court, who reported
901 marriage licenses issued in June up to today.
"THE value of beer as a food is doubtful,"
says a writer in Physical Culture. It is doubtful
if the doubter is opposed to beer. But the value
of home-brew as a food is not to be doubted.
There is in each bottle half v an inch of sediment
which is as filling as a sandwich.
WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW OF SUCH
THINGS?
Sir: A delirious ad-writer burbles about "the
ideal week end skirt." .What Is the ideal week
end skirt? Can you enlighten us?
MARIE.
PERHAPS new readers are rrtore easily di
verted than old ones. If so, the 30,000 which
the Trib recently picked up will be convulsed to
learn that Troop No. 1, Fort Plain Girl Scouts,
is in camp at East Caroga Lake, New York,
chaperoned by Lieuts. Spooner and Sweet.
TEMPORA MUTANTUR.
Old days is over. Sailin's a lost art, mostly.
I been watchin' the fishers go out o' th' harbor.
No more headwork-neat-handed reefln' an'
tackin'
Roundin' th' Narrows!
They all shoot out Hckety blam, like blazes,
All goin' "chug-chug," wakin' th" mornin'
echoes.
Chug-chug an' put-put; no more music of canvas
An' th' breeze whistlin'!
Down at th' wharf las' night I seen Hiram Mc
Callum. Says I, "What luck? Mackerel oughter be
comin'."
"Not luck enough," says Hiram, glum as in
digo, "Ter pay fer gas-leen!"
ANCHUSA.
MR. GEORGE DUNCAN, who not long
ago changedJrom the Open to the square stance,
has won the British open. A word to the wise
is as good as a flea in the ear.
FIFTY-FIFTY.
. Sir: Contribs' occasional contentions that
the life of a column conductor is one of ease, is
readily substantiated by the following story: A
sausage manufacturer in Milwaukee built a
reputation for a certain brand of sausage. He
called it rabbit sausage. A sanitary inspector
called orfe day for an analysis. "Don't you use
some horse in this make of sausage?" asked the
s. i. "Yes, I use some," was the reply. "How
much?" "Well, I make it a fifty -fifty proposi
tion. One horse, one rabbit." BISH.
' "FOUR calf shows were held in Pettis county
last week, a girl winning first and second prizes
in every instance but one." Missouri Dispatch.
Who was the Sir Willoughby Patterne? He
deserves a blast from the trumpet of Fame.
Here's a Boost for Palmer, Perhaps a Little Late.
(From "Lord Grey of the Reform Bill."
Trevelyan.)
It is strange that Fox and Grey should ever
have been regarded as "un-English" for oppos
ing a system which took away the freedom of ut
terance so long the special pride of Englishmen,
and subjected our ancestors to the perpetual and
daily fear of the spy and the political tribunal.
Fox and Grey had a much truer conception of
the British character, of the spirit of our con
stitution, and of those things for which England
stands in the comity of nations, than had the
men who, while they claimed to be monopolists
of patriotism and sole defenders of the national
traditions, completely changed the spirit of our
laws, substituted Burke's terror of the "swinish
multitude" for Chatham's trust in "loyal
Britons," and attempted to reduce the in
habitants of this island to the level of the tame
nations who obeyed the King of Prussia and the
Jacobin tyrants of France.
IN recognition of his heroic battling against
the hosts of happiness, the League of Making
Virtue Odious has elected William Jennings
Bryan as permanent president.
LEAPING TO Al CONCLUSION.
Sir: I observe the sign, "Dr. B. J. Jones,
Specialist )in Diseases of Men, Women, and Chil
dren." I take it that he is not a veterinary.
M. I.
SYRINGA is much used as a decoration for
wedding scenes, but for some reason the small
town compositor seems unable to spell it cor
rectly. Mark It 'Cse No Hooks."
Sir: The Farmers' Restaurant in Mattoon
serves with its 35c noonday dinner an o. f. B. P.
whSch is truly delicious. Shall I parcel post you
a portion? C. L. O.
THERE is no stupidity of which the produc
ers of movinp pictures are not capable. One of
their latest atrocities is a happy ending in Bal
zac's "Peau de Chagrin."
LILIES.
The great sun trailing robes of state goes
drooping-winged and slow.
In all the sky one little star, like little lamp
aglow,
And all is still and quiet in the garden here
below, ...
From silver fountains silver spray-like drops of
star-shine blow, . i
In shadowy garden naught abloom save lilies
white as snow.
BERTHA TEN EYCK JAMES.
"THEN," relates the New York Evening
Post, "the organ peeled off 'The Star Spangled
Banner, and the conventton chorused in the
strains of the air."
WE CAN ARRANGE FOR A JUVENILE
MEMBERSHIP.
Sir: After a tiresome Journey I find,
after reaching this seaside hotel, that the
two top records on the victrola are "End of
a Perfect Day" and "My Little Gray Home
in tho West." What chance for a change
and relaxation? But what I really wanted
to know . was whether this family regis
tered here Mr. Swett and children, Flor
ence Vay, and Clarence Will, are not en
titled to a complimentary summer member
ship in the Academy.
ALICE FOR SHORT.
"WHERE Will They Vaccinate Co-eds So It
Won't Show?" The Trib.
Jack suggests the ears.
Pray Do So.
i Sir: May I not suggest Miss Bessie Love
money of Springfield, Mass., as assistant treas
urer of the Academy? , ' E. M. R.
"LADY, invalid, wants room and board with
some care. Husband optional." Minneapolis
vTribune.
The height of indifference.
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AS we go to press, Mr. McAdoo is stifling a
in. p - r
MILK VS. VEGETABLES.
If by any chance man was al
lowed to choose one food and com
pelled to throw all others into the
discard he would choose milk.
. If he followed the precept and
example of children under 1, learned
from the mouths of babies, he
would. And yet the campaigns for
milk so overplayed their hands that
we now find ourselves in the midst
of a swingback. To put it different
ly, for some psychologic reason sci
entists have been testing the con
clusions of the scientists who are
milk proponents, repeating their
feeding experiments usir.g other
foods.
Milk is about 8S parts water and
12 parts nutrition elements. For a
person older than 1 year of age this
is too much water and a person
living very largely on milk becomes
"pot bellied." It is deficient in iron.
Heavy milk drinkers are apt to be
pale. But the recent sales cam
paigns for milk have been based
on its growth principle, its anti
scorbutic properties, and its anti
neuritlc properties. To put it dif
ferently, unless children especially
drank milk rreely they would be
runted, they would develop scurvy,
and would have some form of neu
ralgia.
The proponents proved their case.
Milk Is needed for all those pur
poses. But other scientists have
discovered that other foods possess
tho same properties. An ''ditorial
in the Journal of the American Med
ical association based on research
work done by Osborne and Mendel,
Byfleld' and Daniels, Seidell and
Barnes and Hume makes this clear.
They find, for instance, that milk
is not a very sufficient anti-scorbutic.
One-third of an ounce of raw fruiti
or fresh vegetables is more efficient
in warding off scurvy than five
ounce of raw milk.
The strong argument related to
the growth principle, the fat solu
ble A, On this point the Journal
says:
"Relatively large quantities of
milk are required to produce the im
proved rate of growth which is read
ily secured by very small quantities
of many green vegetables."
There is another of these vita-
mines, which we hear less about.
When this one, known as water solu
bue C or anti-scorbutic vitamine, is
deficient the result is a collection of
pains with- beriberi as an ultimate.
This vitamine is present In the Juices
of fruits and vegetables
Byfleld and Daniels found that
when a child was given enough or
ange Juice or tomato juice he not
only escaped scurvy, but he got from
it the Impulse to grow just as when
milk was fed. The increasing ten
dency to give vegetables and fruit to
babies and older children is well
grounded scientifically.
Varying Answers Probable .
F. A. T. writes: "1. .As I under
stand the treatment all mercury
which remains on tho body after
rubbing should be left on. 2. It for
some reason it Is impossible to leave
It on but must be wiped off do you
think rubbing mercury by this meth
od is more effective than the pill
treatment? S. What does ontinu
ous positive Wasserman test taken
several different times indicate in
a person who has taken treatment
sufficiently and shows no symptoms,
the case in question being an old one
of 30 years' duration?"
REPLY.
1. Probably you will get more
mercury from the rubs. Wiping off
the mercury leaves considerable drug
on the skin. Some of this will be
absorbed.
2. I am sure that were this ques
tion asked of several physicians you
would get several dissimilar answers.
My answer would be that a person
infected 30 years ago who had taken
sufficient treatment and who has no
symptom except several positive
Wassermans can safely disregard
that symptom and discontinue treat
ment. While he may not be cured
in the sense that he can be rein
fected, he is in little danger of fur
ther punishment in this life.
Swimming Not Dangerous. -Mrs.
B. C. writes: "1. Would it
be harmful for a woman who has
been pregnant for four months to
go bathing at a private beach?
2. Would swimming be too strenu
ous an exercise?"
REPLY.
No to both questions.
Treating Hay Fever.
E. R. writes: "Referring to your
calcium chloride treatment for hay
fever you say "take one teaspoonful
well diluted." Will you state defi
nitely how much water? Would
ono glassful be sufficient?"
REPLY.
Largely a matter of taste. Some
prefer more, others less. Try a half
glassful. Most persons find a dilu
tion with a wine glass only of water
too strong.
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