Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1921, Page 6

'..‘ THE EVENING STAR, ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. . .January 17, 1931 el ‘Tribuse Bullding. Office: Pirst National Bask Buildiag. Office: 3 Begeat St Londos, Kaglend. Br |be resisted to the end by organized 'he ‘Washington, which has develcped into ‘What the Hearings Teach. The hearings on District national representation before the House ju- diciary committee have absolutely demonstrated certain propositions. Organized Washington unitedly earnestly petitions Congress for vot- ing representation for its people in House, Senate and electoral college. To amend the Constitution so that it may become possible for District resi- dents to enjoy this distinctive Ameri- can right Congress is asked first to empower itself in its discretion to grant this representation. When by constitutional amendment this new power is (by vote of two-thirds of Con- gress and threxfourths of the states) added to the list of the powers of Con- gress, then in conformity with the second paragraph of the constitutional amendment we shall urge Congress by majority vote to exercise this power, and in accordance with equity and American principles, to grant us this representation. A The provision empowering Congress to act takes District national repre- sentation out of inaccessibility and impossibility and brings it within reach. Subsequent action by Con- gress will actually grant this repre- sentation and make it a reality. The organized District is not only united to ask for this national repre- sentation, but it is united in the opinion that the procedure outlined for securing this representation is blocked by a minimum of obstacles and gives maximum promise of suc- cess. ‘The organized District which these hearings disclose is no negligible, con- temptible community, the mere hetero- geneous aggrogation in a temporary camp of transients of thousands of government employes with permanent residence in the states, and of others, also largely transient, who house and feed them and minister to their needs. The District has become, compara- tively speaking, a homogeneous com-. munity, a distinct entity, with a vig- orous united community spirit and with a people manifesting civic loy- alty and community pride. Our business and professional men, the educational, scientific, literary and artistic elements of our population, our workingmen in public and pri- vate employ, our department clerks and other government employes, our winter residents in process of conver- sien into Washingtonians, combine to constitute ene of the strongest, most intelligent, most public-spirited and most American communities in the ‘whole republic. The capital rejects the theory that it is merely the temporary camping place of transients, to remain for- ever a community of defective de- Americanized Americans, on the same footing as aliens in relation to the legislative and executive branehes of the national government, and on a lower plane than aliens (the United States Supreme Court says) as suitors in the national courts. Congress - will give due considera- tion to the appeal for equity and American fair play of a community more populous ' than ' seven states; ‘which pays.annually eighteen millions in national taxes and tw='ve millionsin } municipal taxes; Which sends 18,000 otl its sons to war: which contains per- baps approximately 100,000 residents of voting age, perhaps 20,000 of whom, expensively maintaining a dual resi- dence, vote in: the states because they cannot now vote here at home, The efficiency and power of organ- fzed Washington were ‘demonstrated in the recent war in a dozen differen bulldings or necessary for national {as President with the mast’impres- purposes must be surrendered, and the |sive backing as to size in our history. remainder of the District retroceded to Maryland or made into a full- fledged state. Or this community must be disintegrated as a political entity and its people as national Americans divided as voters among the states, s . - Editorial Digest The people in enormous numbers have s i pinned their faith to him, and will not be easily influenced to believe that he is other than the man of inde- pendence and resolution they voted for in Nevember. Elaborate ceremonies and gay fe tivities are evidently not the Amel ican idea of a fitting inauguration for a new President If we may judge by | the press comment on Mr. Harding' A Simple Inauguration. i | i FOR RENT UNFURNISHED ear Dupont Cirele 11 rooms and 3 baths. hot- water-beat. elec., hardwood doors, good condiffon. Vacant. $160.00 Maryland taking all who cannot be placed politically elsewhere through claim of residence in another state. Buch of these proposals as involve the disintegration and political dis- persal of the capital community will The Sea Flight to Panama. Twelve of the fourteen naval sea- planes which started from San Diego have arrived at the Canal Zone. The other two will probably complete the fight later. The distance covered civic consciousness and civic pride|was about 3,200 miles and wus com- and must be reckuned with as an en-|pleted in seventeen flying days. This tity. i18 one of the longest flights on record, Whatever the actual solution may |but not a particularly notable one in be the prcblem must be solved of the (point of time. As a means of quick status—political, judicial, industrial, | passage from a continental naval base material—of & populous and intelif-|[to the canal it is not an impressive gent American community, living at |demonstration. But it had its value the National Capital, but politically {in that it blazed a route to the isth- outside of the nation; and this prob-|mus, inasmuch as this “ground” had lem is fast becoming, with the notable Inever been flown over before. It growth of the class of Isolated Wash- {proved to be very rough, the fiyers ingtonians, one of the most impor-|encountering squalls in several places, tant and urgent which confront Con-especially in crossing the gulf of Te- gress and the American people. Premier Briand. For the sixth time Aristide Briand essays the task of organizing a min- istry in France. One of the most bril- liant of French statesmen, he has been repeatedly called upon in crises to create cabinets. He is possessed of positive views, but is an adept in the art of political management and at this juncture, though faced with a strong sentiment in the deputies in favor of a more aggressive policy toward Germany in the matter of treaty enforcement than he is willing to pursue, he may win through by appeals to the patriotism of the leg- islators. Had President Millerand followed the line of the deputies’ desire he would have called former President Poincare to the head of the ministry. Poincare favors a positive enforce- ment of the indemnity and repara- tions provisions of the treaty. In this he has the support of a majority of the chamber, and he could probably without difficulty form a ministry that would command a substantial support. But Millerand does not feel that such a policy is wise at this time. It is not favored by England, for one thing. and England and France have already drifted somewhat apart, and it is the desire of the more conservative forces in France to keep from further sep- aration. Of those named in the list preserited by M. Briand to the president yester- day few are well known in this coun- try. Probably those most familiar are MM. Bonnevay and Barthou, re- spectivelr ministers of justice and war. The question arises whether such a ministry will be but a repeti- tion of the Leygues' cabinet, which Lloyd George is reported to have char- acterized as composed of ‘‘nobodies.” But Briand himself claims for it es- pecial strength. Possibly he refers to political strength in the chamber, where numerous groups must be pla- cated and held in support for a gov- ernmental “bloc.” Herein lies one of the difficulties of the French system of government. No ministry is stronger, in effect, than its weakest member, for if a single ‘minister in- curs the displeasure of a majority of the chamber he must be displaced or the entire cabinet faces a vote of dis- approval and consequent dissolution. Briand has demonstrated in the past that he is a master at adjustment, thought not wanting in positive force. He has one of the hardest tasks ever assigned to & French statesman and the best wishes of the American peo- ple go to him at this crisis. B e e Elimination of waste in industry is sought by Mr. Hoover. It is an old problem whose solution is beginning to be as doubtful as that of perpetual motion itself. ———————— There is a desire in Europe for sim- pler passport rules. A disentangle- ment of red tape restrictions is recog- nized as more or less desirable the world over. —————— Germany's attitude toward disar- mament has always been favorable when ft was considered as a forelgn policy, but never as a local issue. ——————— Lenin bhas been made nervous by ttempts at assassination. Trotsky's osition at the front may have been ‘ways—in securing soldiers and sallors |less dangerous, gfter all. to help to win the war, in applying effectively the selective draft, in cam- —_——— No nation,admits a desire for war. paigns for liberty loans, for conserva- Every nation that ever went to war tion and for money for the Red c:-o-.,m,,:(y,d that war was forced upon it. the united war workers’ drive and for countless charities. The power thus developed is now evidently about to be turned into the campaign for national representation. Nearly all. of the citizens’ orguni- zations of Washington, large and small, co-operate in the organization of the joint citizens' committee on national representation for the Dis- trict of Columbia. ‘What the organized District did in respect to the enumerated war activi- ties it can and will do in a campaign for its own Americanization, for the ap- plication to ftself of the vital principle of political equity. upon which as one foundation all these other campaigns and activities have avowedly been based. ‘What the organized District resi- dents did in war-time organization shows the community’s resources, ca- pacity and latent strength. ‘When we stand together, as we do now, to campaign for political equity and natfonal representation with the same enthusiasm and the same power that characterized our campaigns for One of the inevitable elements of ‘wastage in a nation’s affairs is a large amount of untaken advice. Will Speak for Himself. Addressing the Ohio Society of New York Saturday night, Senator Willis, in referring to Mr. Harding, said that “that non-existent figment of a po- litical brain, the so-called Senate oligarchy, and no individual, faction, clique or ring can speak for him.” And the senator proceeded in these terms: “I am not his mouthpiece nor will any other man have that honor. His acts as a great Ohio President will speak for themselves. He will wel- come illuminating information from every legitimate source. To him the same right. There is_wisdom to be gathered from each. But having taken counsel, as befits the chlef executive of a country never intend- ed to be & one-man country, the de- cision will be his.” A good deal of rubbish circulates about every President. He is sup- posed to have, and accused of having, the success of the selective draft, for the Mberty louns and for the Red Cross campaigns and the unite. war service drive we will move forwara ‘o certain victory. Solution by the nation of the prob- lem of Americanizing the community of isolated Washingtonians cannot much longer be avoided. many “confidential men” in his em- ploy. If a senator or representative in Congress on cordial terms with the occupant of the White House makes = notable speech in support of a meas- ure agreeable to the administration, he is represented in gossip as having been “inspired” for the occasion. If a newspaper supports an admin- Either they must be taken into the American system as national Ameri- cans, in some such way as we pro- pase in our constitutional amendment, with retention by the nation of con- of its capital, or this control ex- trol cept ef the area covered by public istration measure with a vigor that attracts general attention, its articles are tagged as “inspired” and itself tagged as an “organ.” = ‘The country is in & humor to ac- copt Mr. Willis’ peedictions Mr. Harding’s stock is high. He will start huantepec. One man was killed by an accident in tuning up a motor. One plane was forced to descend in the course of a flight owing to casual en- gine trouble. The flyers were accom- panied along the route by destroyers and tenders, for it was thought best not to risk shortage of fuel and other service in the course of the flight. Most of this country is wild and un- inhabited. Naturally the machines kept mostly over the sea, as they are hydroplanes, which cannot make a landing on the ground. Eventually probably these flights will become fre- quent and stations will be established along the way, permitting unattended progress. The real test of the air- plane, of whatever variety, lies in its following of a long set course without reliance upon tenders or special fa- cilities and seeking to make the quick- est time. * A famous opera singer proposes to make Chicago the world’s music cen- ter. Chicago's literary and artistic ambitions have long been famous and she has steadily accumulated the financial resources calculated to ren- der her competent in that most im- portant capacity of financial backer. ——— i e o A calm, impartial view of the quar- rel of the balloon lads must take into consideration the fact that experi- ences such as theirs are calculated to spoil, temporarily, the loveliest of dispositions. v l People who want to adopt one of Admiral McCulley's waifs may find solace for their disappointments by the fact that there are many more waifs where those came from. f According to Beveridge's “Life of John Marshall,” Jeffersonian ‘‘sim- plicity” manifested itself in Jeffer- son’s personal customs, but not in his politics. . | One of the biggest problems Ger- many has to face in her era of cur- rency inflation is the ‘“sound money” question, which caused so much con- cern in the minds of our grandsires. I Viviani says that compliments breed only insincerity. The frank acerbities of a presidential campaign may have some value, after all. l Interest in. America’s friendship re- mains alert even thoygh there may be some delay in the lesigue of nations initiation. \ Lenin hopes, no doubt, to prove more efficient as an economist than he was as a terrorist. { SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. Prices and Temperature. Cost of living going down! 8ing a song of glory! ‘Wake 'em up in every town As we tell the story. Let us curb the profiteer Who might something rude ‘With his incantations queer In financial voodoo. do, Temperature is going down. ‘Winter time is hoary. Nature now assumes a frown. That's obligatory! As the bitter chill draws near, A climatic hoodoo, Hope the prices will appear Dropping fast as you do. Confusion. “We ought to bring sunshine into the lives of our fellowmen."” “Yes,” replied Uncle Bill Bottletop. ““The trouble is that too many people mistake moonshine for sunshine.” The Real Relief. Advice, a remedy refined, Doth bring, beyond a doubt, The most relief unto the n}lnd Of him who gives it out. Interest Secure. “1 don't believe Josh is interested in the dear old home,” remarked Farmer Corntossel sadly. “Yes, he 1s,” replied Josh's mother, bricklayer and a_banker will have| ‘nd he's goin’ to keep on bein' in- terested regardless of pleasures and palaces, so long as the old home is the only place where three meals per day are absolutely reliable.” ) In All Modesty. “I suppose you think you know ex- actly how this government ocught to be run,” remarked the man who never speaks save with a slight sneer. “No,” replied Benator Sorghum, “I don't pretend to know how it ought to be run. Only, on seein’ the mis- takes other fellers make I get kind o' reconciled to takin’ a chance on some of my own.” . An Uncertainty. “Father,” said the small boy, “what s & soviet? ‘“That, my son, is not for you or me to say. What & sovist is depends en- tirely on the decision of the political boss whe happens to berunning t.” refusal to permit display on the o caslon of his becoming President. H plea for simplicity for simplicity isake {8 interpreted by many papers as o further Insight into the dem: haracter of the man, while his insistence on practicing in this wise the thrift to which ho stands com- mitted 18 almost universally &p- | proved. Thero are, howe many |papers which defend the custom of making {nauguration a natlo wala day, and which, while admitting the | i evident sincerity of Mr. Harding'n po- | | sition, feel that the celebration should not fall Into d'suse. “Ostentatious d!splay” of the kind which, report sald, was be!ng planned in Washington has no place in our country, the New Haven Journal Cou- rier (Independent) declares, ‘‘because there is nothing more absurd on the fu of the earth than a display of royalty in the inauguration of an American | President.”” The Fort Wayne Gasette (democratic) agrees tha is no reason why the inauguration of a President should be made the oc- casion of a saturnalla of any kind, and every reason why §§ should be one of simplicity and sobriety and dignity.” While “we are still barbarian enough,” as the New York Globe (i dependent) sees us, to want ‘“cer mony,” every “approach toward sim- plicity is a gain, and Mr. Harding has thrown hig influence in the right di- rection.” His position is “tvpical of this man who conducted a national campaign from the front porch of a village home,” the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald (republican) believes. and the Bridgeport Post (independ- ent) adds, It has reassured the nation “that its judgment of the personal character of Warren G. Harding not wrong.” The incident furnish the “highly interesting proof” to the New York Evening Post (independent) | “that Mr. Harding can put his foot| down when he wants to.” But the affair, in the opinion of the New York Herald (independent). is “of national importance, not so muc for what it does as what it mea And what it means to the Detroit Fr Press (independent) is a demon: tion that ‘the logical way to start an administration pledged to thrift is to start it with an exhibition of | thrift.” It was obviously Mr. Hard- Intelli- ing’s purpose, the Wheeling gencer (republican) believes. “to im- | press the entire nation, and espec Congress, with the genuineness of his intentions to follow out the principle of economy in all matters, both great and small.” Fifty thousand dollars, the Minne- apolis’ Tribune (republican) admits. “is not a large sum of money,” but in saving it from extra penditure Mr. Harling is * a precedent which is very well worth while” His ‘“characteristic appeal” against creating an ‘“impression of | extravagance” strengthens his posi- tion with regard to his cconomy pro- gram, the Boston Herald (independ- ent_republican) holds. “In justice to himself and to what he hopes to accomplish” the Ohio State Journal (Columbus. repub- lican) thinks he could not risk ha ing his “banner stained at the out- set with the extravagance planned in his honor,” because “thcre is a cry- ing, ever-present need for applied economies, for the right use of money. A few voices discount the value of such an example of “thrift.”” how- ever. The Fort Worth Star Telegram (independent democratic), for example, peaks of Harding’s action as a eroic gesture,” aml hints at “dema- gogery.” But “tradition and practice have surrounded an inauguration with cer- tain formalities” which have persist- ed “because at bottom there was real reason for them, the Manchester Union (independent republican) points out, and the event “is not a thing to be passed over lightly, nor put s‘xlflmg’h perfunctorily, nor done shab- From another viewpoint the Brooklyn Eagle( independent democratic) holds that: “This is a great and wealthy coun- try of 105,000,000 people, among whom the joy of life is not dead, despite pro- hibition, and the drama df life is fitly appreciated. Inauguration day is a part of that drama. A drama with- out stage settings is inconceivable.” If the question were put to popu- lar vote the Pittsburgh Gazette Times (republican) belleves that “there would probably be registered over- whelming approval of the plans’ which the _ President-elect vetoed. Apparently this feeling will be wide- spread, in the opinion of the Ithaca Journal News (independent), which asks: “What of the plain, ordinary cfti- zen from almost every city, town, vil- lage and hamlet from Maine to Cali- fornia who was counting on the trip to Washington as one of the great events of his life? Haven't the Amer- fcan people some rights in the mat- ter? Should they be denied their privilege of taking part in the big show with which it has been cus- tomary these many vears to induct Presidents into office?” “The International Trogedy of Milk for Children.” The letter of the German niothers to the French mothers, in which they make an appeal to the effect that they should not be deprived of the cows which are providing their children with milk, is probably the strongest attack that has so far been made on the Versailles peace treaty. It proves that before the abstract justice one ordinarily has in mind—political, strategical and commercial calenlas tions—stands the simple human jus- tice that reckons mostly with human daily needs, such as milk for children, bread for grown-ups and shoes and clothing for all. In the name of abstract justice, Ger- many has probably qeserved the pun- | ishment, but the simple human jus- tice stands in the way and does not allow the punishment to be carried out. As an empire state or political | system, Germany has well deserved its | punishment. But why must the inno- cent little children of Germany be | forced to pay the penalty; why should | the tens of thousands of little Ger- | man children be doomed to die be- | cause the $00,000 cows that Germany | must glve up, according to the peace” treaty, will be taken away? 1f the official peace makers had only given a little more thought to the problem of mothers and children, they might have brought about peace. If thoughts of mothers and _children | were foremost in the plans for inter- national problems, there would be no wars at all—The Day (Yiddish, inde- pendent), New York city. Some way the middle man always manages to keep on top.—Johnstown (Pa.) Democrat. Getting a tarift that will help with- out hurting is about as casy as find- ing a dentist who can.—Indianapolis News. The undertakers may now go south for a brief rest, as the hunting season has closed.—Muncie (Ind.) Star. When the days hegin to lengthen the cold begins to strengthen—but it's the other way with the gas pressure— Richmond (Tnd.) Item. We can't see why the bolsheviki seek new worlds to conquer. Only one-eighth of the Russians have starved.—Arkansas Gazette. Over in London, according to the headlines, they “nip plots”” Over in this dusty desert it has become quite & practice to plot nips.—Norfolk (Neb.) News. The doughboys and the gobs will note with interest the proofs from Mattice that at least two members of the aviation branch did finally go into action.—Gre, oro (N.C.) News. Down {n Chattanooga the police oured kerosene into beer to prevent ts u beverage. But these days w nd a little thing like that.— Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer. Bomebody has discovered that wom- en control the vote in Hatboro, N. ¥. only right that they should in a town of that name.—Buffalo Com- mercial. nd 3 baths, Excelient condition. Rent, Call Mr. Lee, Office of Greame T. Nmallwood 747-729 14th St. N.W. 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