Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 13, 1924, Page 10

~ Ce i ee ama red setae as ws "AGE ‘TEN. Che Casper Daily Cribune The Casper Daily Tribune issued everyrevening ant The Sunday Morning Tribune every Sunday, at Cas- per, Wyornng. Publication offices: Tribune Building, opposite postoftice. }. Entered at Casper (Wyoming) postoZfice as second class matter, November 22, 1916, Business Telephones ~..------------------ 15, and 16 Branch Teleplione Exchenge Connecting All Departments. By J. FE. HANWAY and E. BE. HANWAY MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the & use tor publication of ali news credited in this paper = and also the local news published herein. PES CEERERSESESINCTOSSESRESUSESSERERS TONE seese pee Soci ii tiie pPerenterT asneewers Side gcanticnta ake mdi zak ba dasherscoaatie sh tes Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. 0.) ee Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 1720-23 Steger Bide... Chi- cago, Lil, 2 th Ave., New York City; Globe Hidg., Bostor, Maas. 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The can- didates are known and esteemed throughout the nation, not alone for their high personal char- acter but for their public accomplishment as well. They stand for the highest citizenship. They are unafraid in their championship of the rights d their well-being the defense and all American institutions. e strong me nd true, and they will lift the republic from its position of drifting with he tide and direct it into the channel charted b} the founuing fathers. a Wit! ch a ticket and the hope it inspires in the b s of all true Americans there can be no other resnit in November than the overwhelm- ing selection of Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes. The safety of the republic demands their combined wisdom and statesmanship. Disciplining Sir Henry There is little sympathy for Henry Cabot Lodge in the humiliation put upon him by his home state of Massachusetts in the national con- vention. Wh he received he richly merited. For many years Senator Lodge has been not only an impressive figure but a power of the first magnitude in Republican national conventions. In the recent session of congress he. proved a traitor to his president, from his own state, in his petty disagreement with the president's rec- ommendations and policies and worst of all he refused to sustain the president’s veto of the bonus measure in the face of the desires of both his home state and the nation. The senator was made a member of the Massa- chusetts delegation to the convention but his hands were tied by instructions. He was accord- ed no place of influence, and in fact no place at all, as committee member from his home st Massachusetts took him along to the convention but tied him outside when the convention was in session. Half the Massachusetts delegation was com- posed of women and they are the ones who de- manded party loyalty and insisted upon casting the senator into.outer darkness, The treatment is exact justice. The people of Massachusetts have retained Henry Lodge in the senate sinée 1893. He is the ranking mem ber in point of continuous service. He will have served if he lives out his present term which ex pires in 1929, thirty-six years, six consecutive terms. After these continuous honors bestowed by his peop nd with no good reason or ex- cuse to justify himself, Henry Lodge failed the people who had honored him in matters vital to them when their desires had been plainly ex- pressed to him previously. The trouble with Senator Lodge is the same trouble that affects other members of the Unit- Their clothes don’t fit them, . themselves into the belief that the United States senate is in some way super- ior to eyery other co-ordinate branch of the gov- ernment. And upon this theo: they have at- tempted to arrogate to themselves even the pow ers of the executive and judicial branches. The people are sick of it and with the example set by Massachusetts let the other states of the union, not only in conventions, but in elections set these senators in their rightful places. Alas! Poor Old LaFollette So far as reported the blowup threatened by LaFollette to occur at the Cleveland convention did not blow. The delegation from Wisconsin voted for their master when the balloting oc. eurred, having objected to an aéclamation nomi nation of Mr. Coolidge, but that ripple on the surface when the presid ed a total of more than a thousand votes, here is nothing in the atform that would in- dicate that LaFollette’s demands were complied with by th publican platform builders, and ~ no evide that he or any of his friends or sup porters ever offered any other suggestions than those published in the press of the country a week ago. r If Senator LaFollette was ignored in any man ner by the Republicans assembled, it cause they did not recognize in hin a member of the party. He has traveled upon false pre- tenses so long that he has lost not only his standing and ntity as a Republican but he has lost his right to sit in a Republican conven: tion or any other assemblage where Republicans foregather. And what is more he has lost the re. spect of all regular’ Republicans who love their party and fight for its principles and its repre tives. ignore a man like LaFollette is not enough, was be Ile should be read out of the Republican party 1 1 out of ita camp and if | ithined the party name in mply sue him for infringment upor » party ne and label or sever diplomatic relations with that branch of the party which operates in Wis sin until the members purge themselves of their iniquitous radicalism and are rebaptised in the trne faith. What luck LaFollette may have if he takes his troubles to the Democratic party convention in New York, as he also threatens to do, we do not venture a guess and we care less. Whatever else the Democratic party may be it is entirel, too respectable an organization to trifle with so cheap a demagogue and charlatan as LaFollette. Let him gather together on Independence Day at Cleveland all of his Reds, radicals, near radi- |) cals, disreputables undesirables and other things and fight it all out with his own gang. Nobody: cares. Comparing the Chairmen It has been said that the old guard may be de- feated but it never surrenders. This lias proven. substantially true, but there is another Way to do the trick, possibly more effectively than any other means heretofore employed. So long as battle was offered the old guard could not be entirely dislodged, but when the plan of elimina- tion was applied and removal of all convention nourishment from these old fighters, there was no need of either defeat or surrender. The- old guard was annihilated. It was no more. A political turnoyer isan excellent thing for the party. It brings ‘to the forefront new men with new ideas. The pre-convention campaign this year has developed, so far as may be judged at this time, a duplicate of Mark Hanna in the person of William M. Butler. Their careers are yery. similar. Both were big business men and had little experience in politics or political man- agement previous to launching into president king. Both applied business principles to pol- s. Both conducted cleancut straightforward campaigns for their candidates. Each put his candidate over in the conyention®*by a great majorit The Coolidge campaign for election is yet to be fought out but the similarity is likely to be carried through to the end. For Mr. Butler has the undivided support of the party everywhere will be successful as Mark Hanna was suc- ful. Mark Hanna had the utmost faith in William and his cause, just as William Butler f n Calvin Coolidge and his cause, There will be as anuch heart and soul in the Coolidge campaign on Mr. Butler’s part as there was in the McKinley campaign on Mark Hanna’s part. You simply cannot defeat chairmen like these. Smith Still Wet Governor Al Smith of New York has planted both feet in the camp of light wine and beer ad- yocates in a letter defining his views on prohi- bition. He reiterated his demand for congression- al revision of the definition of intoxicants and insisted on the right of individual states to fix the alcoholic content of beverages within the ‘limit set by the federal government. The governor's declaration is thought to be doubly significant coming so soon after the state- ment of Franklin D. Roosevelt, chairman of the Citizens Committee backing Smith for president, that the New York delegation to the Democratic national convention would not sponsor a wet plank in the party platform. , The Roosevelt statement-was taken to mean an intended desertion of the wets by the governor and ¢ondemnation was accordingly loud and vig orous, The Smith backers were fearful that the statement would proye a boomerang, raising a doubt in the minds of the wets, without winning any favor among the drys, However Governor Smith has now reassured his followers that he stands upon his original damp platform. All this may cheer up some fellow Democrats who are thirsty and not in accord with the ex- isting situation; but shouid Governor Smith re- ceive the Democratic presidential nomination and election, his wet friends are still a long way from legalized wine and beer, which is only an- other way of bringing back liquor, for it will re- quire the votes of forty-hine senators and two hundred eighteen representati in the congress ‘to pass an act accomplishing Governor Smith’s desires. And’ which it is safe to say will never be realized. . Scramble for Office Minnesota is having the time of her political life. There is open season on public office and most everybody is present or at least accounted for. The election of Henrik Shipstead and Magnus Johnson to the United States senate in the last two years by the Farmer-Labor party has re- sulted in the greatest scramble for office in Min- nesota the oldest inhabitant can remember, It appears that nearly every man who has ha’ an active part in politics has decided this year to Aerve the people. The election of Johnson over Preus last year has greatly interested office seekers who could by any stretch of the imagi- nation file on the Farmer-Labor ticket. ‘The scramble in the Farmer-Labor ranks has aroused Republicans, many of whom believe they are the chosen ones to defeat the nominees of the Farm- er-Labor parfy in the fall election. All sorts and nditions of men 1 women—who favor the ‘common people” are in the race. All shades of radicalism are represented. The Commfnist par- ty of Russia is openely in the field with a slate of candidates, For the major offices, including United States senator, state offices and Qepresentatives in congress, there are [43 names on the ticket for the June 16 primary. _The seat now held by Magnus Johnson in the United States senate is sought by seven, in- cluding the senator, who has filed for re-election, although elected on a promise that he would not seek re-election. Three\ are Republicans, Oxear Hallam, former justice of the state supreme court, who was defeated by Governor Preus in the primary last year; Ole Sageng, state senator and “dirt farn ” and Thomas D, ha rind representative from the tenth district, Hjalmer Dantes, who has the indorsem of the Com munist party; Michael Ferch, radical 6f rather vivid hue, and Magnus Johnson are Farmer-La bor candidates, John J. Farrell is the Demo cratic candidate, on the state supreme court bench fteen canc with three seats ates aspire to chief are fourteen candids .» Of the Republicans Theodore Christianson is an editor and chairman of the finance committee of the house; Frapklin F. Elisworth is a former rep resentative who has been a candidate for gov ernor every two years since and is making his third attempt; Ole J. B. Jacobson is member of the state railroad and warehouse commission, whose chief claim to fame is the fact that he has dissented from every decision of the commis sion of importance; Georg F the 51st, who defeated a klan mayor of Minneapolis last year and Julius A Schmahl, & htury of state for many years, f On the Farmer-Labor ticket for governor there is Tom Davis, who helped elect Johnson and therefore claims resident rights in. the par i, A. Fritsche, New Ulm radical; Vietor B, Law candidate for Leach, colonel of | Che Casper Daily Ecibune son, editor recently converted; Floyd B. Olson, who owes his present job as county attorney in, Henpepin to appointment by a Republican gov- Y | ernor and election as a Republican, but who has, decided the Farmer Labor water is fine; W. W-. Royster, railroad. worker arid veteran of the’ rty; William A. Schaper, former member ‘of he university faculty removed during the World War and Thomas Vollum, farmer. —_ ; Carlos Avery, former staté game and fish com-| onheee att nin Pemiaijates for congress, ere are ynine ¢ . f with only ten.seats. In_the Teuth, deaerted By Schall, there are eleven candidates, from conser- vative Republican to u ist. % triets and counties the candidate hord is 1a y:tpurtion to the importance of the office. No use talking there will be a hot time in Min-. nesota this year. . ‘When it comes down to minor offices in dis: ; Civilization and Happiness ‘3 Doubtless the builders of the pyramids, with their gold-plated chariots, their gorgeous tem- ples and tombs and their hieroglyphics, imagined they had reached the apex of civilization. Came then the Greeks with their art, literature, poetry, drama, architecture, and the Romans, borrowing largely from the Greeks and conquering the world. Each era in turn could see no glory great- er thun its own. Yet none of these knew the sim’ ple art of printing; mone had newspapers nor of the world without gunpowder and her war yesssl were propelled by the oars of slaves chain- ed to the benches. ~ * So France, of France, on hig “field of the cloth of gold;” the “grand monarch” and his sue cessors in the brilliant court of Versailles; N.- poleon at the acme of his fame; Victorian Eng- land—could these foresee anything greater -or more Inxurious than their own times? Yet they knew not sanitary plumbing and little of bath tubs. Measured by the advance in science and inven- tion our own hectic era surpasses all the thou- sands of years of the pastas the airplane does an_oxcart. But of what use is civilization except as it adds to the comfort and happiness of mankind? We rush across oceans in floating palaces, we fly over continents and seas in airplanes; the mother is relieved of reading bedtime’ stories to the childreu—she tunes in on the radio; the roads are full of speeding motor cars; we have canned music and canned drama; we live in steam-heat- ed cubby-holes. Are we better, happier, more honest, more com- fortable than our ancestors, of say 1800? Are our food and drink, largely synthetic, as good, as abundant or as palatable? Our pleasures are more sophisti¢ated, but hardly more pleasurable Are our lives really richer or more wholesome? Our forefathers had no phones, nor motor cars nor airplanes, nor radio, nor moyies, but by the same token they had no poison gas, no subma rines, no bombs falling from the skies to slay women and children no. “death rays.” The trouble about our modern civilization is that it has be- come so sophisticated it is in danger of commit- ting suicide. ¢ ¥ Electoral Investigation “Senator LaFollette’s ingenious proposal of a senate committee to carry on a continugys in- vestigation of campaign contributions and: ex- penditures,” says the New York Tribune Heraid, “turning in its report when congress reconvenes in December, is an interesting and original ex- tension of that theory of government by inyés- tigation upon which the regent session has so largely been conducted. The: problem of election costs has long since passed out of the simpler field of direct bribery and corruption, and the incontrovertible fact that under modern condi- tions it takes money for the most honest of men to win an election has presented democracy with one of its serious difficulties. Congréss at the close of the session was attempting to meet it in the traditional manner—by first recogniz- ing the necessity for large campaign expendi- tures and then regulating the legal maximum and insisting upon a report of the sources from which the funds are derived and the uses made of them. The method has never been successfol be- cause the maximums can be exceeded and the re- ports juggled without much difficulty. Senator LaFollette has brilliantly reinforeed the older methods with the machinery of the congressional investigating committee, which, sitting contin- uously throughout the campaign, will direct the publicity where ever it choses whenever it likes, call witnesses at anytime, end reveal to the yot- ters the pregise obligations of any candidate who is asking their suffrages., This is a definite inno- vafion. The new committee will have only the faintest connection with congress’ duties as a legislative hody, but it will be an exceedingly active instrument in government. It may actually establish the desired control over the influence of wealth in elections. But it would establish it, unfortunately, in the hands of the few congress- men who happen to make up the membership, “The political opportunities. will be -unpar- alleled and unlimited and regardless of what the final report may contain the adroit use of witnesses should give the most brilliant effects. Almost anything could be accomplished in a close election if the committee members are, as would seem probable, human, But it is the idea in the suggestion rather than its merits which is -sig- nificant. It is the frank proposal to add the investigating committee to the three existing branches of government as an independent arm, The political lesson of the senate investigations has not been neglected by the politicians.” When Hancock Was Nominated - By ELDEN SMALL Although he wa avowed candidate for the presidential nomination in the Democratic con- vention at Cincinnati in 1880, the actual success of General Winfield Scott Hancock at that time was.a genuine surprise to the country and the party, much as was the selection of the late President Harding at Chicago, Samuel. Tilden, whom many really believed elected four years previously, had sent a letter declining a nomi- nation, and Horatio Seymour of New York had withdrawn. Indiana had two active: candidates, Thomas A, Hendricks, governor and senator, who had held second place on the Tilden ticket and wlfo was later vice president with Cleveland, and William H. English, who was put on the ticket with Hancock Although Hendricks had shown strength as a presidential candidate against Tilden four years previously, English had a great following, In congress a8 a Democrat he had won note for his independent attitude, and especially his opposi tion to the idea of secession when his party lead ers mainly fayored it. Allen G, Thurman of Obio books as we know them. Rome became mistress | $1 vice-preatdential: nominee on the defeated Cleve- land ticket in 1888, was also a strong contender. sd. When a long deadlock became probable, Han- cock’s friends put forth the argument that his splendid war record would swing the doubtful states-for him, and the zesult was a landslide, i Be Ore Public Debt and Taxation os y speaking, about 20 per cent of the prams of £30,004000,000 spent. by the United ‘tates in the World War was raised from taxa- | and 80 cent from loans of various sorts. h total of the four Liberty loans was . According to official estimates, s or subscriptions for honds were dis- tril among upwards of 20,000,000 subscrib- ers. Then there were sales of war savings stamps ahd thrift stamps aggregating well oyer a bil- lion dollars. ‘he public debt of the United States reached ‘its maximum in 1919, when it was $25,482,000,000 or $242 per capita. For thirty years prior to 1919 ‘the public debt averaged about $1,200,000,000, Today the debt is approximately $22,600,000,000, The annual interest on this debt is about $980, 000.000. To take care of the interest and a portion of the public debt each year requires about $3,894,- 000,000 this year ending June 20, next. If is ex- pected this requirement for the year 1925 will be reduced to about $2,017,000,000. The soldiers’ insurance bonus will probably increase this about 46,000,000, : A little less than one-half of the ordinary re- ceipts of the government during this fiseal year will be from internal revenue, that is, income and special direct taxes: About one-sixth will come from customs revenue, and the balance from sales of public land and a dozen or more miscellaneous sources. The little less than one-half of the receipts will be direct taxes on the people. When the fed- eral government takes about a billion .and a half dollars from the pockets pf the people, they feel it. The relief already afforded the direct taxpayers since’ the present administration came into power is seen in the fact that in 1921 the government took $3,228,000,000 from the people in the form of income.and profits taxes. This is ‘a reduction of more than 50 per cent in three ars. While the public debt is enormous, it is only seven per cent of the estimated total national wealth, and the total direct tax is an exceedingly small per cent of the total national income, esti- mated at something like $70,000,000,000. The to- itl national revenue needed this ye>r or next will not exceed four per cent of the total annual increase in wealth. ‘ Unless there is another war, the entire public debt can be paid off_in less than 50 years. Lines and Angles By TED OSBORNE . The Japanese discovered that the slogan “See America First” also applies iit international re- lations. - UNCLE HOOK SAYS. “Love is a good deal like philosophy: th’ more a feller has’ of it an’ th’ less he talks about it, th’ better off he is.” EXPERT. “Paw, what is a promoter?” “He ig a man, my boy, who can make eithera penny or a dollar look like thirty cents.” What is pork to one congressman is pie to another. TRY THIS ONE. Young Lady—*“I want to decorate you for your generosity. Put this Ittle charity medal on your coat.” : Young Man—“But I haven’t done anything that is particularly generous.” Young Lady—*I know that, but you will when you pay me a dollar for the medal.” RIVALRY. . First Landlady—“The boarders in my house stay longer than the ones at yours.” Second Landlady—*Oh, I'm not so sure, You keep them so thin that they look longer than they really are.” EXPERT ADVICE. .“Doctor, I am troubled with cold chills run- ning up my spine. I just sit and shiver all day. What do you-suppose is the reason?” “Cold weather. Five dollars, please.” A POST OFFICE ROMANCE. Maiden, N. ©, Nora, Ind. Fellow, Cal. |, Robert, La. Friendship, W. Va. Affinity, W. Va. Love, Wa. Kissimmee, Fla. Ring, Ark. Parson, Ky. United, Pa. Divide, Col. Nora Spring, Ta. Due West, N.- ©. Reno, Ney. Liberty, Ala. In opposition to the Coolidge steam roller in Cleveland, we rather expect to see a lot of Ford jitneys, REASON FOR HASTE. Lawyer—‘You say you want this pushed with the utmost speed?” Client—“Yes,'T have a boy six weeks old, and { want the money to send him to college.” lawsuit ° UNCLE HOOK SAYB, “Th’ feller who thinks that th’ hardships an’ afflictions in life pre tryin’ t break him ought t’ remember that a violin string is only a piece o’ catgut when it is left soft an’ loose; it h ¥ be pulled an’ stretched, an’ strained nearly t th’ breakin’ point before it can produce any sort o’ music.” . 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