Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 23, 1924, Page 8

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The other way is a récession from the present insistence that every human frailty be ‘cured by enacting a law against it. J = Laws against manifestly wicked things find no trouble in enforcement. There is no disre- spect for the laws against murder, arson, theft or other offenses involving moral turpitude. The disrespect exists with respect to laws designed to regulate the moral conduct of the citizens in matters regarding which there may be honest differences of opinion. ‘We are too burdened with law in this day. We} have too many dead letter laws on the books; and} too many legislative mills grinding out new laws | upon every subject under the sun that need no law regulation. While a large share of law mak- ing is. directed toward efforts to make the peo- ple good, or at least different from what they choose to be. Not Even Getting the Bait Back So far as the people of the country have been able to observe the Several investigations carried on by the senate sleuthing committees have cost a considerable sum of money, and produced noth- ing in the way of criminal wrong-doing on the part of those under investigation. If big noise has been ‘the real purpose, in- stead of the discovery and punishment of wrong and the general improyement of the public serv- ice, then these scandal parties have been guccess- ful. If.the senate committee investigation of Wheel- er of Montana, who stands indicted by a federal grand jury, is to take the same course of other investigations then nothing will come of it. That is nothing more than the friends of Wheeler de- sire. When the alleged Wheeler shortcomings were taken up by the federal court, it would seem to be inappropriate for the senate to rush into an investigation until the court had had time to bring the matter to trial in the usual way. If it is the object of the senate to clear Wheeler of the charges against him for any effect it might have upon the court's trial of the case, it looks like malicious interference of the legislative body | with the functions of the judicial branch of the government. The senate should have waited until the court j had reached a determination in the case, before plunging into any investigation whatever. The action of the senate is purely gratuitous, unwarranted, unwise, and we believe contrary to any constitutionab power it possesses. If the senate committee reaches the end of its investigation of the Wheeler charges and re- ports a job of whitewashing, which it is likely to do, and the court of justice follows with a con- viction of Wheeler on the charges presented against him, the senate committee will be left"n an unenviable position before the country. Be that as it may. If it is possible to sink the United States senate to a lower level than it oc- cupies at present in the public opinion, we can not imagine how it can be done, Punk Business Men Here we have a picture of the United States senate kicking up a tremendous fuss and inves- tigating, strictly for campaign purposes oil leases of the Republican administration, and turning a cold shoulder upon less profitable leases made by the Wilson Democratic adminis- tration. The Wilson leases netted the govern- ment eighteen per cent, while the Denby leases obtained twenty-seven per cent in addition to pipe line and storage tank concessions. The Re-| publicans appear to have been the better busi- ness administrators, Further still, the power of leasing of naval reserves was requested by Josephus. Daniels, secretary of the navy .in the Wilson adminis- after subscrip- tration and he framed the law which congress enacted, Since the Democrats got so little for the goy- ernment out of the 1 they made and the appearance of graft, on this account, would seem evident, let’s go back and dig up these transac- tions and see who gets skinned up. A good live oil scandal on our friends in addition to their] war crookedness would just sbout finish them, The Curse of Government In commenting on the necessity of abolishing tax-exempt bonds, the Commercial Appeal of Tautere factories, cotton mills and’ packing plants. . > “Now if these industries issue bonds they are taxed, and being taxed, they must pay a high rate of interest, The public must, therefore, pay bigger-money for'the products of these indus- tries because their taxes are high. “The public pays the taxes*on so-called untax- ed bonds. The government needs. thoney to run. The holder of an untaxed bond pays nothing. A producer who-pays an income tax makes up the deficit along with ‘buyer using taxed prod- ucts. “Under the present system are escaping taxation. This governments from the start of privilege.” It is remarkable the length of time congress can resist this tax reform which is so necessary to equalize present day tax burdens. i The Cave of the Winds Examination of the Congressional Record. for a period of approximately nine weeks shows. that the seven leading Democrats who have been chiefly engaged in conducting the many inquisi- tions—Messrs Ashurst, Caraway, Harrison, Hef- lin, Robinson, Walsh and Wheéler—made three hundred fifty-eight speeches on the one subject of investigation and inquisition. Assuming that the speechts averaged about twenty minutes each, the time consumed was ap- proximately seven thousand one hundred sixty minutes or about one hundred nineteen hours, in about nine weeks. Alloting about three hours each day for actual debate, one hundred nine- teen hours are the best part of thirty-nine days. During the niné weeks referred to, the senate} was in session fifty-eight days. Alloting three! hours for actual debate, the full time consumed | in debate was. about one hundred seyenty-four | hours. Of this number of hours approximately one hundred nineteen were consumed by the | seyen leading inquisitors. The personal list, with their speeches on t one subject is as follows: Ashurst, ten speeches; Caraway, sixty-eight speeches; Harrison, seven- ty speeches; Heflin, one hundred thirteen speeches; Robinson, fifty-four speeches; Walsh twenty-one speeclies; Wheeler twenty-two gpeeches. These do not represent the many in- teruptions and interrogatories. In actual time two-thirds of the time of the} sessions of the United States senate hhs . been devoted to bitter partisan.talk by seven Demo- cratic wind bags. Railroad Living Costs | Discussing railromd rates, President ‘Sproule of the Southern. Pacific says that it is impos- sible to hope for reduced rates until living costs of railroads have been lowered. “When everything the individual buys for use| on the farm or in the home is high, everything the railroad buys for use in its transportation business is also high.” After outlining the safeguards thrown about public interest by the Transportation Act of 1920, Mr. Sproule, says: “The publie interest will be further served by seeing to it that the railroads are permitted to pursue their calling without being harassed by any more legislation. Let the railroads devote themselves to the rail¢| road business, scHihg transportation at a fair price that will yield a reasonable return, that they may get money for the purpose of increas- ing, improving and extending the railroads and railroad equipment of the country for the bene- fit of the people. “Such a public policy extending over a period of years in contrast with past policies of agita- tion and uncertainty will change the position of this nation from one of shrinking railroad mileage into one of expansion and new vigor.” | Let Coolidge Write It In perfecting arrangements for the Cleveland convention the managers should not overlook the desirability of having Mr. Coolidge write the platform. He has the faculty of terse expression, an innovation that has not yet appeared in a presidential campaign platform. It would be entirely appropriate for Mr. Cool- idge to write the party platform. He is about the only thing in which the party can take pride. There can be no pride at all in the senate and very little respecting the house. As to the party record, whatever it may he, it is so much superior to anything the Demo- cratic party has ever in its history attained, any comparison between them seems foolish. The platform carpenters have had a mistaken idea about party pronouncements. All along through the years, since 1856, the platform has grown and become more and more unwieldy. It covers a multitude of subjects at great length, unworthy the space given them, when ten lines or less would have stated perfectly the party's position on any one of them. The national platform, should, at the very limit, cover no more space than two news paper columns. If the platform {s shortened to a length that people will read it, and even study it, it will obtain a wider interest among the'people. Pos- itively no one, not even those interested in pol- ities, will worry through a page and a half of thing has cursed . It is the first certain securities : dances at Evansville. he Casver Daily Tribune Editor Tribune,—I am glad that I called attention to that “Despicable Speed Trap” if for no other reason it gave Mr. Kenneth Harris)an -oppor-:| tunity to break through the dense film of obscurity that has heretofore enveloped his manly form and to burst forth into the lime light like a beautiful butterfly fresh from its chrysalis, “Fresh” ts right. Any man who has the timidity to exsume control of a government highway is not only fresh but he has bitten oft something he cannot chew. Setting speed traps on a National Highway where the lawful speed is twenty-five miles per hour is not the only unlawful thing of which the town of Evansville is guiltyy It is said to be the most deplorably bad spot in Wyoming. Boller mak- ers and tankies have told: me that in all their experlence around the entire ofl belt of the United Sthtes they have never seen anything to compare with the Saturday night They tell me they have seen young girls of school Editor Tribune—I am a business woman and have lived in Casper several years, During this time I have had the privilege of meeting many teachers socially. The majori- ty of these girls are from the East and South and have come to Casper, the most modern and progressive city in the west, expecting to find true Western hospitality and broad- mindedness. Very few homes have ben opened to them. <A few churches his |have given receptions for them early in the school year. I have attended these and found that the teachers there met only other teachers, with the exgention of the very few Casper people present. The teachers I have met are re- fined, well bred girls who find no pleasure in “wild times" and vulgar, disorderly company, It is true, some do enjoy dancing—what young people do not? Why forbid them to exercise the right of attending pub- Mc dances at their own discretion? LINES and PAGES + tet Osborne Spring Has Sprung. An April Rhapsody. Oh Spring, most joyous Spring, is here, i Sing heigh! to the zephyrs that rustle the trees, The happiest season of all the year, The Evansville Speed Trap ; }for the State of Wyoming. age so drunk they had to be carried from the hall and were driven away in automobifes that left them to the mercy of the man at the wheel. Mr. Harris had best clean up his town, that is within the jurisdiction of himself and his council, and keep his hands off the government high- way. In condemning the action of interference, I am backed by the American Automobile Association with a membership of more than 700,000 automobile owners, of Ww! I Bappen to be the vice president Please don't think because I rise in pfotest of a speed trap that 1 do not believe in control | of the speeders who violate the state road laws; especially the kind who visit Evansville, get their hides full rotten moonshine and then speed the highway with glaring Ughts that drive all legitimate traffic into the ditches. Had Mr. Harris’ cops confined actions to it would have been a commend- able act. FRED PATER. ~ School Teachers and Dancing It {s at dances that the opportunity is greatest for widening ones social acquaintance, A very small per cent of women,are able to attend the for- mal dances. This leaves only the movies as diversion, and after a time they become monotonous. The teachers conduct themselves properly at these dances and there- by exert an influence for good. It is not their fault {f they meet their pupils there—rather censure the parents who allow their children of immature years to frequent these public dance halls. If the exercise of this right is den- ied them, what way is left for them to meet other human beings? Most of the teachers are so far from home that they are forced to spend all their holidays and week ends here from the time they arrive in Sept- ember until they leave in June. We business women, thru our work, meet people from every walk of lite, but the teachers meet only teachers, A BUSINESS WOMAN. Sing ho! to a cold in the head and a sneeze, The fields have a carpet of blossom- ing buds, Sing heigh! to Dame Nature, who gives us so much. The stores are bedecked with the fanciest duds, Sing ho! to engagements, and weddings, and such. The ladies will wear on dresses bright yellows, Sing heigh! to tho clothes that are modern and faddish. their Sing ho! to three turnips, two | leaves beets, and a radish. Our woren will buy lots. of laces and frills, ¥ Sing heigh! to the love ‘songs and And men will just grumble and foot all: the. bills, Spring 1s here!’ Ho hum! Spring is here. FS m Bets in the histories of Mexico, you can never find the word “antebellum.” majority of forelgn noblemen going to visit thelr wife's relatives? , Said the sparrow to the mountain all, Z quail, ,“Of game birds, you are hunted most, “ ? But in.a restaurant, we are The same when we appear on toast." ¥ Experience Is the only ‘Teacher Who. is Highly paid ‘And her’ Salary Can never be Held back On her. Just as .Good. Diner—"I'd like to get’ an order of cold meat.” ‘Waliter—“Wo have none, sir, but we have some that is nearly cold.” A Short Story. The absent-minded professor who has been made famous in- numerous ancedotes was out of work. He ap- Plied to many colleges, but. the regents shook their heads sadly and told him that he was entirely. too well known, and that they could not employ a man who was noted for his forgetfulness. After weeks of fruitless effort, he made up his mind to capitalize his fame, and ho had no trouble in securing a position in a country fair, dropping from a balloon in a Parachute. He. was highly advertised, and on his first trip, hundreds of country folk crowded to see him perform. He made all of his preparations and when the balloon. reached an alti- tude of a thousand feet he clam- bered over the edge of the basket and jumped into space: When he had fallen about a hun- dred yards, he looked about nim and remarked in a tone of grave sur- prise: “Good gracious, I have for- gotten my umbrella.” Little Genevieve was ‘taking her first trip to California, and was very interested in the different kinds of flowers and trees. “Is that.a fig tree?” she asked. When told that it waz, she studied G newspaper space occupied by fine print and grasp what the party is trying to stand for. Do two things at Cleveland in June for the Republican platform. Popularize it by making it brief and understandable to everybody. And live up to the last letter of it in its enforcement. Since there is some difficulty in locating the half million that Jake Hamon is alleged to have paid for nominating, Harding at Chicago in 1920, will some on search Al Jennings, who was on the ground at the time. Some folks doubt the completeness of Al's reformation from banditry as well from prevarication. Odds of ten to one are being offered against Senator Walsh’s winning the ,Pemocratic presi- dential nomination. This must be an awful blow to the senator's pride after the time and effort he has spent in advertising himself through so- called senate inyestigations, That the. moon:is made of green cheese has never been prover, but the belief will not down, that a certain legislative bloc at Washington is composed almost entirely of that substance without reference to color, In simply glancing over the Easter display, it is concluded that skill required in eliminating material is apparently the large item in the cost Memphis, says: All over the country there has been a de-| mand that no more tax-free bonds be issued. The reason is plain, It ically, it in vites capital to # rbors. “The country grows through industrialism. 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