Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 15, 1920, Page 2

« €be Casper Daily €rivune ‘ ve. Pu niles eons Sunaay, pee eS ge. Entered at Casper (Wyoming) Postoffice as a a matter, November 22, 1916 MEMBER THB ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS FROM UNITED PRESS HANWAY. PHOMAS DAILY Advertising Representatives David J. Randall, 341 Fifth Ave., ‘New York, City Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bldg., Chicago, Tu. Copies of the Daily ‘Tribune are on file in the New York and Chicago offices and yisitorsare welcome. SUBSCRIPTION BATES By Carrier By Mail Ne subscription by mail accepted for leas period than three months. All subscriptions must be paid in navanie and the Daily Tribune will not insure delivery after subscription becomes Ph. MoD in arrears. fo) Fusidle dese ESOC ee EEE Eo enna mber of Audit Burean of Circulations (A. B. ©.) alsq- Member of the Associated Press “\.2MPhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. HE GIVES THE REASONS. United States Senator Charles 5. Ihomas of Colorado, Democrat, who is campaigning for re- election, says: “I am opposed to the covenant of the League of Natjons because it cannot under the constitution be established through the exercise of the treaty-mak- ing power. “Because it is-founded upon and must admin- ister a victor’s treaty of penalties and indemnities. “Because its articles will tend in practice to pre- vent rather than promiote permanent peace among the nations. “Because it creates two international organisms —one for the administration of world affairs, the other to dominate labor as an international class in- stitution. “Because it abandons the nations’ foreign policy. “Because it commits the United States to direct traditional participation in the political, religious, racial and / geographical differences and controversies, present and future, between nations, races and creeds the } world over. “Because it obliterates the Monroe doctrine. “Because it involves also the ratification of the Anglo-French-American alliance treaty against Germany. “Because it took America to Europe and kept her there indefinitely.” ASR: All good and sufficient reasons. All American reasons. Reasons, too, that will meet the appro- val of most people. ‘Former Senator junes E. Martin of New Jer- sey, a Democrat, declining to join the proleague of nations independents, told the organization: “To my mind the League of Nations is a heresy, bor- dering on treason, to our county and in violation of our constitution.” WOULD BRING BACK THE CURSE. ‘The Hearst string of newspapers have opened up on James M. Cox, Democratic candidate for president, and Al. Smith, Democratic candidate for governor of New York. The Hearst papers are in ordinary times Democratic, haye a tremendous cir- culation and a corresponding influence. Tt is the liquor question. that hs been the de- termining . factor in turning these newspapers against.Cox and Smith. In twelve and sixteen point L{ 1d face type the editorial assaults are going forth daily against these two. candidates, Tammany is on the rocks. The respectable ele- ment has joined Democratic Harding clubs, and the wet element has taken to cover. Deep gloom has settled down upon Democratic heatguartere both at New York and Washington. Chairman White and other officials of the Democratic national com- mittee are not even attempting to whistle to keep up their, courage. A few of the heavy shells fired by the Ameri- can and Journal make a noise like this: “You know that William Jennings Bryan, three times leader of the Democratic party, has not. said or written one word for the Democratic. ticket this year. He has not done so because he is against article X in the League of Nations that has been forced upon the Democrats, and he has not said a word for the Democratic party because he knows that without the consent of that party democracy, by its candidates, has been made in this election the party of whisky, the party that would bring back upon this nation the curse of the saloon and its, deadly poison. “The whisky men believe that their best friend is Al. Smith, who wants to be governor af New York state, and their next best friend is Cox, foolish enough to hope that the people will elect him presi- dent of the United States, knowing that he would work through the League of Nations to do away with the independence of the United States, and work ‘with the whisky men to do away with the’ legislation that annoys them. “You read of Mr..Wilson’s $500 contribution to | the Cox campaign that is made publicly. “Very much bigger, but not so public, are the contributions of the whisky men to Democratic campaign funds. “They feel that this time the Democratic party y, z before him at every corner and every street. is theit party, and it is, or would be, if it were ‘got to be beaten. “Eyery whisky victim will tell you that in his sane moments he would rather lose one hang than have whisky and the saloon brought back and put “Women deal with the man after whisky and the bartender have finished with him. “Poor women welcome home the man from whom whisky and the saloons have taken wages, sanity and kindness. “Children have an safety They have a right to have a sober and decent father. “Thousands of them have never known until lately a home in which they were not compelled from very shame to hide, when they heard their father’s steps in the evening, “The whisky men believe and hope that they will win through the Democratic party; they that the state of New York will take the lead, Al. Smith as governor, in freeing whisky from the prison where decency put it. “But the whisky men will be mistaken now as they were before. The couatry is done with whisky. “Tt will not set whisky free; it will not put in office. men Who have advertised themselves as friends of whisky. - “The determination of this state to remain free from whisky will defeat Al. Smith, and the deter- mination of the nation to remain free from whisky and free from foreign control, will defeat Mr. Cox. *. “Whisky ruins all those that it controls; politi- cians are ‘no exception to the rule. “Women vote this year. They vote for whisky and the open saloon, if they vote for whisky’s friend, Al. Smith, or whisky’s other friend, Mr. Cox. How many women will vote for whisky >” Lillian Russell campaigning in Indiana for Hard- ing and Coolidge, discussing the League of Nations, said: “If you can find a single mention of congress in the whole darned document, show it to me. | can t. YOUNG THEODORE’S REJOINDER. Unfortunately for Mr. Cox he’ added another mistake to the long list he has. inade since he be- came a candidate for. president, > He made the. mis- take of tackling young Theodore Roosevelt. He ought to have known better, but theri he didn’t: He ' said this of the young colonel: “Some wne oug’st to ‘take this juvenile states- man aside and in primer fashion make plain what really ought to be obvious,’ concerning the League of Nations.” In the next public address the “juvenile states- man” made, he said: “Mr. Cox attacks my statement that the league’ can declare war for the United States. He main- tains it cannot. I wish to refer Mr.‘Cox to article X. “Mr, Cox evidently bases his position on dent Wilson’s statement that an ‘iene: Ret. the mandate of the league would be-a moral obli- gation, not a legal obligation. . “This is precisely the attitude I would expect Mr. Cox to take. We Republicans maintain that a} moral obligation is as binding’ as a legal obligation. “Do thie people of the country wish to elect a man like Mr. Cox their chief executive who braz- enly, in effect, does not consider his word to be as good as his bond?” THE COAL SCANDAL. The country is on the edge of a coal scandal, said to be the equal of the life insurance scandal exposed by Charles E. Hughes some years since The rottenness about to be exposed, is throughout the bituminous coal regions east of the Mississippi River, although it is hinted that it my reach much further westward. Millions haye been made wrongfully, graft and bribery have been rampant and now that it has all been exposed, the people are appalled at the mag- nitude and extent. Priority shipping permits, diversion of ship- ments, fayoritism in car distribution to grafting operators, conniving between unfaithful officers of public utilities corporations and speculators in coal for export at fabulous’ prices. It is a Moving story of graft, bribery and cor- ruption that will startle the country. It explains the coal famines of last winter and winter before, the sufferings of the people, the idle- ness of industry. administration was directing the railroads and supervising the production and distribution of coal. ’ We don’t want public ownership or public di- rection, but we will welcome honest ‘public regula- hon. THE MORAL OBLIGATION. A moral obligation, The president .reports, Has. binding force surpassing The merely legal sorts. "Twould send a nioral army By moral high decree To fight a moral battle Across a moral sea. f We'd put our moral bullets Inside our moral foe Because of moral’ reasons That nobody would know. And when our moral doughboy For that had fought and bled, He'd have a moral torabstone Above his moral head. ( —McLandburgh Wilson. ~ogether $1017.75 in completed goods materials, tt Sold them back to ] Now’ if you will take what the gov- j 118) Hast Se: BOSHLLY 9 bat und Beech f oanene A.W W. H. BROWN GROCERY men ‘set things to gi ti mr Be Contintied pene Age Does Not Stop ; Man, aie 70, trom Pans While Mr. Miller was. still thinking of swearing. and- Mrs, MiNer of crying over the tale of saddles and harness and | ~ the high price of leather, the tension was relieved by the entrance of the lieutenant and. Mary to. complete the to moonlight, ch?" said Watson, who always had both an idea and word in readiness. “I simply took my patient out for an Airing,” said Mars very demurely. “Anyway, Um glad you have come,” went on Watson, “for I have one more talé to tell and it is one that you a they PLE as ns "NEW STATE ADT TANT fi “a ne ome! HERE TO ASSUME OFFICE! xe interested in, Mary, for it has to with bread pans which come after see and honey-mooning.” hen please, tell it quickly,” su gested Mary “Gt's a fairy tale of profits. one in the war department decided that we fighting boys needed tin boxes for our bread, boxes two feet long, and two feet deep and one foot wide. And so hey ordered 22,000 of them at $17.50 2ach—a very high price for them, but that is'not material now for every one who did anything for bis country, ex rept the boys who did the fighting, ex- ~ected to make /his fortune out of the var. There were also some fireless ookers and cook's Chests included for he same contractors. But the war did ast long enough te require the eom-|* nletion “ef the contracts. Of coyrse. they had a claim-on the government jor stopped contracts and unrealized profits. 4 “And what was their claim?” + “It was for materials they had bought to make the bread hoxes and fireleas] « ‘ookers and cook’s @hésts out of, for abors done on them and what jg cajled ahameling and overhead’ and interest on their investment. Altogether these Sgured up $216,502.69—the odd cents ire always included for they give an ‘pearance of exactness and veracity, qs if they had figured closely. he gov- sTnment thought the claims were exces- aive and’ eo sealed them down to $171,- °587.06—stil retaining the od@ cents— ind when:they settled on that basis the adjusters boasted that they had saved their government $45,000!" “But had they?” asked Mr. Miller: “Yes, had they?” repeated Watson. “Well,""-said Mr. Miller, ‘the govern- ment paid $171,687.06—and what did the gSovernment get for that?” “It got the completed bread boxes, seven of them worth $52.50; twenty-five c00k's chests worth $206.25, and sjxty- six fireless cookers worth $759, or al- and it had left on-its hands all the materials “out of which the balance were to ha¥e been made, together with what work had been done on them. But + 1s the government ‘had no use for the & to the eon 7649, = Adjusters, thought that Bosh a Jog The although five es as much had just been paid for them, and the fireless sookers which had been partly com- pleted were good commercial articles.4 tractors.as. eoree Tor trnment paid for the materials and subtract from it What the government ot for them you will have $133,020.17, whicli is what those seven bread box ‘half a dozen Chests and sixty-six fircless|& eookers cost the governnient.” wasn't right,” ‘said Mr. Miller. “No it wasn't right, but a hundred and thirty-three thousand is a small matter as matters ran in the war times. cite it simply to show the manner in which business was done and money was wasted. In all these settle- pents it may be noticed the govern- |% ment bought dear and sold cheap. What was precious material when sold to the |& government instantly junk when the government sold it back. There are hundreds and thousands of such transactions in the records with which I can not detain or weary you. Sut I want you to see how It was done ind then you will not wonder how the country found itself facing a debt of 326,000,000,000, or how, we managed to spend in a year almost as much as France and England spent in four years. Incompetence; ignétance, extrav- agance, wastefulpess, profiteering and downright dishe and robbery piled upon us a good share of that indebted- hess." And in, permitting such things to Aor in,” suggested MY. Miller, “we Vii epg became TBRAND - POWDERED MILK Remember these i about Kiim: <atiee It is MILK and not a substitute. It is absolutely pure and freati: It fs a delicious drink —appetiz- ing and wholesome, It is used for all milk usés. 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