Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 16, 1924, Page 8

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Business may well congratulate itself that the agony is over and all the nominating con- ventions adjourned, The qualified elector has no need to speculate as to how he should vote: The plain people have already discounted plat- form hokum and from this on will be busy turning deaf ears to. political buncombe and seudo-patriotism. Pere yealous process of reconstruction after the great war is be; ning to show results. The outlook is beginning to brighten and better days will be upon us befe we know it. The power of politics as an active business deter- rent is weakening and soon will have run its course. The December session of congress will be as tame and decorous us a sewing ctrele, compared with the session when me bers and party manag engaged in f zied efforts to discredit each other and win y intere: needle: As a matter of, fact alarmed about the are a whole*lot of sober, sound, conservative people in the United States. Official Washing- ton is still sane and the old flag still flies over the capitol. Polit ay put on a great trapese performanc such frantic tricks before high heayen ion which declines to be swept into folly by irresponsible leadership, This sort of thing is occurring right now and if you don’t see it you can feel it. rs With all nominations out of the way there will be peace throughout the country and busi- ness at the old stand will resume as usual. Pos war psychology has been depressing as ever; body knows. It was to be expected, but it avails nothing at this stage. Overworking the sighs and moans and the deplorings is vanish- ing as an accepted style in the better business circles. A general cleanup of demagogic poli- tics is just about due, when a return to ‘states- manship will be the reaction. . We shave gone through all of these aspects be- fore, without being frightened, because of our firm faith in the United ates of America. We must retain our faith. That is the only re quisite. And most of us can recall the ample rewards, Give history u chance to repeat. Radical Jargon Radical writers and speakers sneer at what they call the buncombe of the conservative’ po- litical parties. Yet nothing could possibly be more empty and insincere than the hackneyed phrase “the interes by which the insurgents and radicals designate a traditional group sup- posed to be in opposition to the masses. One Socialist leader at Cleveland is quoted as having said that after all there were only two classes in the United States, the workers and the exploiters. “The explo and “the interests’ are us' interchangeable terms. So are “the workers” and “the masses.” No person with even a rudimentary notion of the realities of life can fail to perceive the hol- lowness and arbitrariness of such classifica- tions. There are millions of well-to-do farm- ers in the country who work hard and possess capital and proper pressors nor oppre: are millions of mechanics and ‘wage workers who own homes and other property and who do not feel that they are disinherit and downtrodden. There of manufacturers, 1 chants and Nf their living without sing anyone or being subjected to oppres- Parties and movements cannot endure unless they grow out of actual conditions. American conditions, when fairly and honestly viewed, mt no soil for fruitful Communist or So- t propaganda. For that reason extreme als egregiously distort 8s, draw gro- tesque pictures of Social and nomic life and indulge the hope that yague hatreds, suspicions and perjudices will so poison men’s minds as to lead them to vote for noisy candidates who ac- tually have nothing definite to propose by way of remedy for such ills as really exist in mo- dern society. If, ins’ 1 of talking arrant nonsense about “the interests” or exploited workers. radicals lyze the situa- ause with the and work effee- lality—the re- 1 States, capable of thinking stopped to ar tion they would make commo opponents of special privile: tively for the maintenance form actually needed in the U1 « Small Groups LaFollette states his address to the n people that “the government isin the hands of small but powerful groups.” For once Mr. Follette has made a statement of truth and one with which everybody ree. One of these “small but powerful groups” controlled the last session of congress and blocked sensible progress at every step, including scientific tax reduction, proper farm legislation and similar proper and necessary legislation and reduced thy session 4 a farce, That particular “small »ut powerful group” was led by Robert M. La- follette in person. When Mr. LaFollette’ speaks of the influence of “small but powerful groups” upon the gov- ernment of this country, he is informed. He stands at the head of them. Simply. Incompetent Away back in 1894 Thomas B. Reed addressing the Democratic members of the house of repre- sentatives, then in majority said: “You can’t last long, because you are not accustomed to governing anything or ‘body. You can not govern the country, because you cannot govern yourve,yes. You are incompetent. 7 + if the great speaker was anticipating 1924, he could not have spoken truer. In All But Name “La Follette is Socialist in everything but name.” So announces Victor Berger, Socialist member of congress, in an appeal for support for the Wisconsin aspirant. “He has been so for 20 years,” continues Berger. “He hasn't vot- ed the Republican ticket since 1904. There is no reason why he can’t be our (the Socialist) candidate.” And Victor knows what he’s talk- ing about. About States’ Rights On occasion it is well to permit the Demo- cratic See to expose their party’s, illogical and ridiculous position on public affairs, just as the Richmond Times-Dispatch has done with reference to the states’ rights plank in the 1924 national platform, The Times-Dispatch says: “Here in the very bosom of this Democratic family of ours it is permissible to smile, not cynically but with measured sadness, at one, at least of the planks adopted by the Demo- cratic party in solemn convention assembled. That plank reads: ¢ “We demand that the States of the Union shall be preserved in all their vigor and power. They constitute a bulwark against the centralizing and destructive tendencies of the Republican party. “We condemn the efforts of .the Repub- lican party to nationalize the functions «nd duties of the st “We oppose the f tension of bureaucracy the creation nnecessary bureaus and Federal age: and the multiplication of offices and officeholders. “We demand a revival of the spirit of local self-government essential to the pre- servation of the free institutions of our re- publi ; “These be nice, high-sounding words, but in the nguage Of the cartoonist, they don’t mean ng. Time wi when the Democrat not only spoke but voted for, the servation to the states of their rights. Now the Democratic party votes for centralization of authority and power in the Federal govern- ment, and only talks about the rights of the states. Take the suffrage amendment: That amend- ment, while lawful, of course, was directly con- trary to the spirit of the Constitution a flatly in violation of the principle of the rights of the states. For those reasons, it should have been opposed by every Democrat who held to Demo- cratic tenets, without regard for the rightness or wrongness of woman suffrage Yet it was ratified by every normally Democratic state, except Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana and North Carolina. “Take the prohibition amendment, again with- out regard for the rightness or wrongness of prohibition as a principle. That amendment, without taking into account the wisdom or un- wisdom of prohibiti ates’ rights violative of the prin- Yet it was ratified by ta , ineluding of course virtually the Democratic states, “Comes now the childJabor amendment. to the Constitution, submitted to the legislatures of the states by congress, This proposed amend- ment is also clearly in violation of the principle of states’ rights, Louisiana, a Democratic state jected it~-thanks be!—but it may not be gotten that a sufficient number of Demo- ts in the te and house of Representa- tives voted for it to make possible its submis- sion to the states, “The war between the states settled only one question of states’ rights—the right of a. state to secede. Many other questions are unsettled, but the. Democratic party is about as active in settling them in favor of centralization in the Federal government as is the Republican party. So the plank in the Democratic platform af- firming and reaffirming the party’s stern ad- herence to the principle of the preservation of states’ rights is, in the argot of the street. little more than blah.” Cannot Be Stopped Schulz wanted to fly. Being a school teach- er in East Prussia, he didn’t have any too much money. So he gathered together some poles and tin cans and made a glider, one of those flying machines heavier than air and without a motor. Schulz got his machine finished and entered the big gliding contest in Germany. The com- mittee in charge decided his outfit was unsafe. So they barred him. That was a year ago. Schulz went to work again. He got more tin cans, some baling wire and a lot of old broom handles, He built another glider, and gave it a cout of paint, got past the committee. Vith this crude homemade affair, Schulz broke the world’s record, remaining in the air over 42 minutes, Take another case, Earle F. Olson of. Gales- burg, Ill. He wanted a piano. Didn't have enough money to spare. So he built: his own, a baby grand. It took all his spare time, five hours a day for two years. Patiently he shaped and assembled 5,000 separate pieces of parts and materials. Experts are amazed when they hear Olson play this home-made piano. It looks and sounds like a factory-made instrument. You appreciate such an accomplishment if you are a musician. One man builds his own flying machine, Another, his own piano. Not many years since Ford, a mechanic, built. his own auto—engine in- cluded—and th@n began “building them for others by the millions, over ten million cars to date. Farther back, we find Howe laboriously figuring out and building the first sewing ma- chine, So it goes. None of these men had opportunities. They created their own opportunities. Handicaps and obstacles can be overcome, That's been proved thousands upon thousands of times. What count are ambition, determina- tion and willingness to work. Given these; nothing can stop the progress of man—except the most exceptionally bad luck. The-best way to honor the flag of our country is to scrupulously obey the laws created under the dome on which it waves in the, breeze. aT vy se It’s a Terrible Country “The United States is ina terribly bad way, isn’t it?” inquiries. Wilbur Sutton, the optimist “The pinks and reds have the blues and tley think something ought to be done about it right away. The whole country has just naturally gone to the dogs, they say, and they:are gathering, about thém quite a.bunch of canines like them- selves to help with tlie howling. But still, before we overturn our government and place it in the hands of the foreign born calamity howlers and home-grown kickers with imported ideas, maybe it would be all right to ponder a few things, not, of course, because. they mean any- thing to those who think that everything in the United States is all wrong, but because it might help to clarify the minds of some of those not yet wholly converted to the new order. The United States is the richest nation in the world, not only in bulk of riches but in per capita of wealth. The wealth in this country in 1922 was esti- mated at $320,803,2862,000. The United States now practically controls the world’s credit, although we have less than seven per cent of the world’s population. The wide distribution of the wealth ‘is indi- cated by the fact that (with less than seven per cent of the globe's population) .we own 78 per cent Of all the automobiles, We have one motor vehicle for every two families and this number is rapidly increasing. : We spend every year $8,710,000,000 for luxur- ies alone. o Every man, woman and child is equal under the law to every other man, woman and child. Thus the governor of a great American common- wealth recently was sentenced to serve ten years in federal prison while hé was still holding of- fice, this because he was dishonest. A governor who ‘had possessed millions and yet without “pull” to keep himself out of jail! Nobody in the United States is permitted to|° go hungry, or to be without clothing or a roof over him if hig wants become known to the right, persons, 5 Unemployment is rare and always transient. Our working people mingle so¢ially with all classes as equals and have the same privileges of education as all others. There is no class in politics. The. president of the United States. has but one vote and the humblest laborer has one vote. Once every four years everybody has the right to help effect « complete change of political parties in govern- ment, if he wishes. ° Sixty per cent of all the people outside the rer) large cities own their homes in which they ive. Yes, the United States is’ a in which to live. Something ought to be done about it, Why the Non-Voter Is a Traitor Editor Tribune—The greatest venture of civil- zation was the forming of a democratic form-of government, and placing the management of ‘civil and political affairs in the hands of the people. That was. one of the greatest epochs in human history when the people demanded the privilege of governing themselves. It was the high water mark in the onward march of human progress. There is no more interesting theme in the annals of history than the study ofthe incidents and causes leading up to that highest expréssion of a true manhood, when the people aroge in their might and threw off the yoke of despotism and tyranny. = : There was a time in the adolescent period of the race, when in both religious and civil affairs, man needed both supervision and tutellage. But in the very nature of tilings this assumed author- ity was not intended to be the permanent order of society. The simple development of man’s n: tive faculties, demanded that in religion as well’ as civil affairs, man should have his full share and ‘part. ‘ Before this period little general progress was made Or was possible to be made. The wonderful made by every nation making the experiment Of free government, is ample and con: clusive proof of these general statements. Our schools render no greater service in the education of the youth of the land than when they elaborate upon the ‘slow, hard, and struggling process by which at last, some branch of the human family aroge in the dignity of its created manhood, and threw off the yoke of bondage, and broke aslunder the shackles of intellectual and religious oppression. This line of study is abso- lutely necessary to the understanding and ap preciation of true citizenship. ~ : Many things however have arisen, to cause a lack of appreciation of this God-given, and man achieved, blessing. We have mentioned religion, because we are indebted to religion for the kind and degree of morals we have, and because self-government rests in largest measure upon the moral quality in our common citizenship. The man who thinks that material progress is the greatest asset to civilization, is not half educated, and only really about half civilized. When the building of hotels, and banks and vast business emporiums, are considered of more value to a community than the building of churcher, hospitals and asylums, he has only the grosser part of his nature cultivated, and. in light of the facts involved is one of the worst enemies of society and should not be entrusted with affairs of importance in the community. But what we want to emphasize is ,that every interest in our complex cjvilization depends u every other man. No one man is more responsible great as powerful, as influential, as any -and evesy other man. No one man is more responsible here than any other man. The niost worthy and noted citizen can do no more at the poles than the most disreputable character. But what magnifies this fact is, that the un- worthy citizen is most generally at the polls. Whether he votes for the best of the worst, in so far he manifests an interest. He votes and would vote often if—that were possible. What an argument this is for the better citi- zen to be sure to cast his ballot. And when he does not, he gives the bad man a half vote! One of the things most difficult to explain, considering what our liberty cost us, and what all depends upon it, is that any fair-minded man for any reason~should refuse to vote, or have no interest in voting. Oh, yes, we know all about the rottenness of politics, and these non-voters, of which alas there are many too many, do make an awful howl about rotten politics. But this is blank hypocrisy for a refusal to vote gives a half vote to perpetuate this rotten- ness, And they howl about malfeasance in of- fice derelict officials, 2nd the miscarriage of justice. But how self-condemnatory for a refu- sal \o vote is giving a half yote making all these evils possible That man is worse than the Pharisees of olden time who is too pure, and high and holy, to pretty bad place stain his lilly white hands (and heart) by dab- bling in polities, ee ay ot" SNe maha WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1924. ndiffe * ; a Power company, and Th ho is simply indifferent, and allows P ter, 2st a0 Agu ga oii Pata eames | eT COMPORY) Sees @ fete b; ) default, sho: be disfranchised, ti}. aa olig Fave all this taxes doubled: for'the rest of his! Joges Decision natural life. If this matter could be properly wl gages held against them, was an- od nounced by Judge J. Stanley W: pean ne suit was brought by his country as be pee repre Fae Ire manitanis Trust company aud When a man does suc! ‘unpatriotic thing as to refuse to vote, Ke alanilers s the royal and loyal blood that was .shed to youchsafe to‘ him thi SPOKANE, Wash., July 16.—De- cision against the Washington, Wa- the Guarantee Bank and Trust com- _ {per pany of New York. : highest prerogative of a free citizen. ae . There are matters of unusual interest coming up.at the approaching « ion. There are high offices to be filled. There are most important interests, to. be considered. If ever there was a time. when every red-blooded, full-fledged Ameri- can citizen should vote, that time is now. Another matter is hardly second in importance. It were supposed to be a step toward the secur- ing of better candidates and giving fuller oppor- tunity for the general expression of’ the ple, when the. primary law was passed to the place of the often ring-ruled convention. _ But what a farce these primaries have come to be through such a wide-spread indifference toward them. How can we vote good and compet- ent men into office unless nominated at the pri- maries and thus legally put on the ticket? After the primaries, and after the election, there should be genera! satisfaction.For all have had-an opportunity to haye their say, and .wheth- er they have yoted or mot-they are equally respon- sible for the men elected. . Let the citizens°of Casper wake up. and be real, active and patriotic.members of the great body’ politic z As men announce for office let us look them up, inquire into their fitness Let us hunt down their record, and let us give the world an illus- tration of what comes to pass when all have voted intelligently and for the best man. A VOTER. ” “ Famous ‘Lost Speech BY ELDEN SMALL There are at least two instances of “lost speeches” famous in this country but of very widely differing sorts arid degrees of importance. Oddly enough, the two orators were Lincoln and ex-Governor “Uncle Dick” Oglesby of Ilkinois, long-time personal and political friends. The latter, called upon unexpectedly for a. talk at a press club dinner in Chicago, responded with an impromptu tribute to’ the Illinois corn: corp whose- verbal beauty carried the reporters off their feet—and work. When the political strife over the slavery ques- tion in. the then territories of Kansas and Ne- braska reached a point of bitterness that led to a political revolt which later-grew-into the Re publican ‘party, the outbreak in Illinois was marked by a convention at. Bloomington, May 29, 1856. Lincoln accepted a place on the delegation from Sangamon county, and during the meeting made a ringing *speech which crystalized the state's sentiment against the extension of sla- very, and ‘so exerted a wondrous influénce on succeeding national events. ~ " It bas. been called one of the masterly ad-|, dresses uf the whole period and swept the con- |. vention almost into frenzy.. Reporters dropped their pencils and forgot to take notes. The speaker had none, and except for the uncertain recollection of various hearers, written out in vague fragmentary and uncertain form some. 35 yars later, this speech which cut so important a figure in national history was Hterally “lost te Concrete . 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PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION’ Ideal Building DENVER A National i : to Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete Offices in 29 Cities the world.” Lines and Angles BY TED OSBORNE DID HIS BEST Teacher—“Do you know the population of this city?” Pupil—‘Not all of them, but we've only been here two years.” Call for Republican County Convention The other day Gwendolyn Went to see a Famous doctor For a diagnosis And he told her ‘To stick out Her tongue And she did And he illustrated How he had made Notice is hereby given that there will be a con- vention of the Republican party of Natrona county, Wyoming, held at the court house in Casper on Wednesday, July 16, 1924, at the hour of 8 p. m., for the purpose of discussing the welfare of the party and to suggest qualified and suitable candidates for county and legislative offices to be voted upon at the regular primary election to be held August 19. Delegates to this convention will be selected at precinct primaries to be held at the voting place i ei uraeon designated at the last general election in the various i ervoorked? county precincts, at the hour of 8 o’clock p. m. on Tuesday, July 15, 1924; and to consist of three dele- gates from each voting precinct, one of whom shall be the precinct committeeman. The committeeman will call the caucus in his pre- cinct; see that a proper chairman and secretary are chosen to conduct the meeting; and that credentials are officially made up and transmitted to the chair- man of the county committee before the county cen- vention goes into session. In the absence or unavoidable detention of the precinct committeeman, any qualified Republican elector may exercise the functions of the committee- man, call the meeting to order‘and perform all duties incumbent upon him for the purposes of the caucus. The delegates elected at the precinct meetings must be present in person at the convention. No proxies will be recognized or accepted. The Republicans throughout the county are urged to participate in the precinct caucuses and see that representative members of the party are chosen delegates. Republicans generally and all well-wishers of the party are invited to attend the convention and assist the delegates in selecting competent and qualified persons to represent the party in the regular August primary election. Women voters are especially urged to take part in all these party proceedings, ; The caucus and convention in no’wise interferes with the regular primary election. The object is to establish 4 greater party responsibility and a closer co-operation between the party and the candidates, A. E. STIRRETT, “I don’t like a man who brags. Take Jinks, for instance. He spent half an hour this. morn- ing telling me how wonderful his wife is.” “What does he say about her?” “He says that everything in the world that he is he owes to her.” “Huh! Do you call that bragging?” Some women think they are economizing when they put moth balls in a new dress to make the neighbors think it isan old one, aA i eee a fary—“I would ly Marry a man who has lived and suffered.” Jerry—“What you want is a widower.” ek te es HaeD oh e Was literary, and he was not. He spent & most miserable evening discussing books and authors he had never heard of. pay “Of course you have read ‘Dr. Jekyll.and Mr. Hyde’,” she said. 5 ‘ fe floundered hopelessly for a minute, and then answered, “Well, I’ve read-‘Dr. Jekyll’.” “Very few rrewsities receive the care and at- tention that should be bestowed on them,” re- marked the Old Fogy. § “You must be talking about the machines, are- n't. you?” asked the Grouch. UNCLE HOOK SAYS “Th’ trouble with lots o’ is thet too many fellers try t’ support their wives in a style t’ which they can’t become accustomed.” HAPPY EXPECTATION Chairman, “Are you | forward to a happy sum- C. H. BAILEY, mer?” asked the pleasant man. x Secretary. “I sure am,” answered the grouchy one “I’m SSS ey going to stay right here.” “But nearly everybody you know will be leay- ing town.” . “I know it. That’s why I am loking forward to a pleasant time.” . HARD TO TELL First. Convict—“When I ‘git outa. this place, I’m sure goin’ t’ have a hot time, ain’t you?” Second Convict: (gloomily)—“T hope not. I’m in for life.” OUR DAILY SONG HIT “The Larger the Soup-Spoon, the ‘ Tone.” oR . TRAIN SCHEDULES Chicage & Northwestern Westbouna No. 603 -_.. No. 613