Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1922, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR,!t ‘With Sunday Morning Editlen. ' WASHINGTON,D.C THURSDAY. . November 18, 1922 YTHEODORE W. NOYES......Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Tie Evening Star, with the Sunday moraing sfition, e dellvered by carriers within the eity r month: dully only. 45 ‘vlll 8“ ay only. 30 crnts pef month ay be sent by mall, or telephone Matn nm Ga"eerlnll (5 made by carrier e ead of euch month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Suntday 1 yr $8.40; 1 mo., T0e Daily only 1mo., Sunday only All Other States. Daily und Sunday..1 3= 310.00; 1 me. 1y Daily only Sunday only Member of the Associated Press. TD! ‘M;I(Qd "P;;l l.u‘ '!(‘ol'lfl”l’ .l“l": o ee for. Fepubiication r patehes Srediied Tt or it olterwiae eroaived Near East Skies Clearing. The Turk appears to be playing the same old game in the samo old way, but with consideradbly less success than he played it in years gone by. He tries to get the powers opposed to him quarreling among themselves and bluffs until his bluff is called. Then, when a showdown no longer can be avoided, he retreats from an untenable position Wwith all the com- placence of a victor. Such a showdown has come in the matter of withdrawal of allled troops from Constantinople and the zones stipulated in the Mundania armistice agreement, The allies would not with- draw, therefore the Turk gives gta- cious assent that they may remain. Tt 1s true that this assent is coupled ‘with stipuletions that there must be 70 interference with Turkish edmin- istration of internal affairs, but that 1s not a proviso which the allies need take too scriously. So long as the Turks administer internal affairs in a manner satisfactory to the allies there will be no occasion for interference It internal administration is not sat- isfactory the allies will have on! interfere determinedly and with a united front, and the Turks will re- treat again from a position which will have been rendered untenable. That they must be firm, and unifed i dealing with the Turk is a lesson which the powers of westefn Europe have learned time after timre, but each cccasion they arc called upon to deal with him it seems necessary that the lasson shall be learned &Il over again. They came face to face with-disaster in the present controversy because they were unable or unwilling to pre- sent a united front. As soon as they were able to agree upon a common policy the threat of disaster receded. There is fair prospect now, with the relearned lesson fresh in the minds of the ailicd powers, that @ solution of the Turkish problem will be found. However much we may disapprove of Kemal, credit must be given him for being a bold and skillful player on the chess-board of diplomacy. His policy of bluff and bluster won a great Geal for the Angora government, and it came ‘within an ace of winning the whole of the Turkish demands. Of course, Kemsl is not mad enough to think he céuld Wwage successful war azainst the allied powers, but he had them almost bluffed into belleving he was willing to take the chance, and the moral vietory he won promised for a time to Be as effective Yor his purposes as would have been a victory at arms, The Ralston Boom. Promptly appears a Ralston boom for President. The Moosiér benator clect'’s success is =0 signal end his personality so pleasing his friends think he deserves to go higher. He defeated the most brilliant man in the state after a canvass whi¢h had shown his opponent off to excellent advantage. Mr. Beveridge in the cam? paign had been quite up td his own high mark. e had spoken admirably and often, and in every part of the state, and vet on clection day the democratic candidate was successful. Mr. Ralston has served a term as Governor of Indiana, and in the of- fice acquitted himself well. dress is described as cordial and un- affected, and as giving him a strong zrip on the everyday man. He is-un- doubtedly a vote-getter. Indiana i8 no stranger to specula- tion about the presidency. She was for long in the calculations when pres. idential booms were booming. Hoosier booms were as resonant as others. On the republican side, Morton, Harrison, Gresham, Porter, Fairbanks, each had, & boem. and Harrison’s boom scored. On the democratic side. Hendricks, McDenald, English, Turpie, each had a npreaidential boom; and Hendricks and English achieved vice presidential nominations, while much later Mar- shall, himself boomed for the presi- deney, attained the vice presidency. It s no new thing, therefore, for & Hoosjer boom to be booming, or for mangging politicians to be engaged in appreising the valué of Indiana in g presidentidl equatior. For years: she: figured in affairs as a piyotal state; European politics insnages 1o velop & grést deal of, pefplexity, even| though there 1s absolutely, no room . for alterostion between. wets ‘and drys ———— Rt Nineteen Styles: of Chiafrs. Almost. all Amerlean homes, es- pecially those of the more, > modest sort, knaW whdt. it is to make peciat pro- vision for “company.”. When friends come for ‘any particular mlm £y dozen or brought - from «adl . over * the houpe. There afe sometimeé Bedroom: chairs and dinjag- room chairs, and " éven kitafleri-chairs: Often the ngighbors are called upon for ¢hairs. And ¢ven then'at times thiere are not enough, and some of the guests must: deg! on-the -floor. * But ‘everybody hgs a good time, and no.one: reckons the suctess of such a gathering'by the variety of ‘the- nm ncovmmod-. His ad-|. ——ee e to _go round for:even its own officlal] gatherings. It has, according to & re- cently printed description -of the be- furbished session room, no less than| nineteen kinds of ¢hairs. They have all been painted and they are clean ard they look comfortable enough, but when analysed they look as though ell the neighbors along K street and 13th street had sént their spare furniture into the Frauklin bulldlnl to provide “for COMPANY. Here 14 the 'sésslbn {room of the board of ¢ducation of the capital of the nal the administrative body presidin; Mr the affairs of a school systom g¥itR ‘an enrollment 6F nearly 70,000 puplls, with a hodgepodge col- lection of seating facllittés brought from séhadlhouses and: paswidly from the rejected stocks of government of- fices, thé ddds and ends of -discarded Tublic furniture. . And what ia true of the boardroom W true of the school system generaily 1t hag been equipped after & fashibn from inadequlite appro- priutions, There i# hardiy s Mlly fur- nished schoolroom in 1 In every Bullding are m.xuhuu much > | like thode nineteen kinds of @hairs‘in the bdurdroom. Some of the teachers, fn brder 10 keep up the work, buy thelr é%n supplies rather than wait foe tHe unwinding’of the Ped Wape that tangles up the equipment funds. At the next session of: Congpess, when' the Distelet appropriations are being framed, it is to be hoped that these nineteen styles of chalrs in the sesalon room of the boatd of educa- tion will be mentioned, as an argu- ment for a decent cquipment for the. school system. The showing of inade- quacy can be made very impressive, with e multitude of detalls. There should be no queation of what Is “‘good fenough” for the achodls; good éncugh barely to let the work continue, just as these ninetcen chairs are good cnough for the bourdroom for the bare purposés - of sdating the am- semblage. The =chools of Washington should have assufficiency of @ standard cquipment in every particulsr. P e e e British Conservatives Leading. British election re‘urns are slow in coming. With sixty per cent of the constityencies reported, hewever, the Bonar Law conservatives have a com- manding lead, with the laborites sec- ond and the two groups of liberals far in the rear. The score at 2 o'clock, London time. was as follows: Con- servatives, 222; laborites, 78; Asquith liberals, 30: national liberals (George- ites), 26, and scattering, 9, d total of 365 out of the full mernhcruhlp of 615 in commons. Thus as the récord now sands the eongervetives have elected, seventy- nine more members than alithe other parties together. If this should con- tinue Bonar Law will have & clear ma« jority in support of his ministry. Early returns indfcated a large la- borite success. But these promptly reporting constituencies were chiefly in the large centers, from which the results are always quickly known. It is noteworthy that in the successive returns from the fafther and more fsolated districts the consérvative galns were more marked, while the laborites, after the first rush of vie- tories, remained practically stationary. If this tendenéy continues the con- servatives will hold their now 'indi- cated clear majority. The distancing of both the wings ot tHe liberal party by the laberites in the balloting as thus far reported is & significant indicatien. It would ap- pear that the liberals have lost sup: porters in doth directione, to the con. servatives as well as the labor side. The warning of Austen Chamberlain has plainiy had an effect. Unless a remarkable change occurs in the lster returns, Lloyd George will occupy an ineonsiderable position in the cofimons, with a very small and actually negligible following. The size of his “party,” however, will not nec- essarily operate to lessen his activi- ties. Ko will probably be a persistent proponent of questions calculateéd to cduse embarrassment to the ministry. e oS B bmemmmra Kemal has compélled a number of cities to interest themselves in fire prévention as a paramount {ssue in polities. B e Turkish women have taken off their veils, but the Turkish statesman con- tinues to wear the mask of hypocrisy. tr——— . the famous slacker Bergdoll, and no- body scems to care. e e There has been no c¢omplaint of apathy in the English election. Chancellor Wirth has fallen, but net es far or as hard @s the German mark. The Defense of Washington. shington was saved from dlsaster yestert But ' for the superior skl of its fleet of six defenders it would have been bombed into bits by five -hontue" planes raiding the capital from the South. - According to the Judges of tfe ‘*battle,” the ememy planes were ghwarted in thelr purpose and 'were captured after a chass of several miles. Those who saw the plancs elrcling and speeding through the air over the city had merely an impression of an unusual number of aerial performers in action at once. Few realized that &s' | the exhibition was & demonstration of poesible wartare. They behald the two groups of planes moving fiest northward, then northeastward; and | then disppear In the misty horigon far beyond the city. - & straight lie, with a gm opeed. circling around .M ing the whole show. Back:to Balling’ Fleld they went and one by one they descended, while one of them, just to celebrate the “vic- tory;" Dechips, did & few wiggles and flw. and then it, t0o, Nwrnod 9, Those who during. the war expert. enced air pilide'knew whet those awirt. ly speeding: planse might-bava done to the city, They could visualise the Nobody knows what has become of | T plancs had beeri veritable' enemies ‘Washington would have suffered ter- ribly, aven thoukh they HAd been de- féated by the defenders. There is no absolute protection from the air. Yes- terday the defense krew the attack ‘was to be made and was on the watch. of & raid and the watch must be con- tinuous. This means a large force, In action and in reserve. The demonstration yesterday should have ita’cffect as a proof that the American Alr service must be majn- tained at high eMciency. We are pro- foundly at peace at present. No for- elgn foe menaces. us. We are sup- posedly Immune from assault®from overseas. But- theré remains always | the poenibility, and- the great war | taught that there is no such thing us immunity. No one has measured the possibili- ties af aerial- warfare. When the afmistice was signed, four years ago, it was just developing. Since then much advance has been made, with the United States, however, lagging. Considering all the lessons of the con- flict, we ure sadly negligent. ——tr——— The Prohibition Question. The Fresident s quoted as predict- ing that the: prohibition question will not be taken out of politics within this generation. It is a »afe prediction. The enemlies of prohibition are well organized, and active and resourceful under trained leadership. . Last week's elections greatly heartened them, and their drive for results In the Sixty-eighth Cohgress and latet in the presidential | campaign of 1924 will show them at their trongest, 1 Thelr strategy is worth attention. | They present themsclves as the real { friends of temperance.. They join in the most, vigorous denunciation of the saloon. which they assert cannot and ehould not return. They join with equal fervor in the denuncmuon of John Batleycorn. As they stute theit case, all they have in mind is the restoration for sale of light wines and beer, the for- mer for purposes of harmless refresh- | ment, the latter for the purpose of af- fording the laboring man something to help hin: maintain his strength and keep his spirits up. As they insist, he needs it In his business. Without it, he is @lscontented and an unstable worker, With it, he is industrious, and on the job every day. The friends of prohibition—the men and women who beélieve in the eight- eenth amendment ‘and want it en- foreed—take thelr cue from this: Rec- ognizing the shrewdnest of the ap peal, they' are working the harder to show that lght Wines and beer, the saloon and Jobn Barleycorn are al linked togethe?, and that the gain of one will ulhmately be the gain of the other, . The drink trafiic when unrestrained is a source of enormous. money re- turns, and those “who once enjoyed them are éager to enjoy them again. A _great and protracted fight is aheed, with both sides in dead carneat. Clgmeneeay. discourages Intruders #s e paces the deck of the ship. A man with #6 many lectures to deliver on a delicate subject is entitled to re- sent interruption while walking the floor. ——————— 'The tarilf, as W. 8. Hancock said. waa a local Issue, as it affected the industries of particular edmmunities. It {9, nevertheless, a véry vital theme of world discuesion. e S His determination not to go out nights justifies the conclusion that| ‘howsver brilliant he may be as a lec- turer, Clemenceau {s not going to be a sucéérs as un after-dinner npenker. Germany \l making evary effort to get her currency Into the hands of the government, instéad of those of the printers and publishers. e e Nobody is pining for the “good old times” that used to produce several blizzards before the middle of Novem- Ber. e et . SHOOTING STARS. I l l 1 f ! i BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. : I ' Perpatual Themes. H Methuselah, an aged man, i Heard various folks declare That error lingered in life's plan And things were most unfair. He heard that pessimistic way Of epeech the wise employ, And sighed, “That’s what they used to say ‘When I was but a boy! “Go on and tell me of the flaws In every’ tariff scheme And of the well intended laws That venish like a dream. ‘Tell me about the wave of crime That rises to annoy— It takes me back to that dear time ‘When I was but & boy.” I TUnmercenary. “Your salary as-a public officiel m not high.” ‘ “Not very,” replied Senator Sor- ghum, morosely. “We are sérvants of the public and the only inducements some of ue statesmen can -offer our employer is that we're w-mlnx to work cheap.” i Jud Tunkins says the nmm wgn perfectly right in fring the hired girl. Who threw a lump of coal at the ot for being. wlMu! o ‘Returns upon eleetion* . - Bid everybody roam. ° Domewmeb.oktwl.mnherslay And othiérs g back home. “Do you think the exhw ln! !filfl ‘ot " firecu mu In actual warfare no notice is given | Here and There in Washingt BY “THE MAJOR” URING the past week I have recelved geveral letters all asking if it is not possible to bring to the attention of the differsnt civic organizations in the city the fact that the recent foot ball game bétween the Nittany Lions and ti Navy team strongly emphasised the need of = great national stadium where athletic contests of all kin could be held. There fs much to | said in favor of the idea, and it is a matter that 1 think could be success- fully handled by the different civie bodies if they would combine their fores nd present the matter to Con- gress. The idea is an excellent one, for not only would it bring thousands of people to Wushington, thus bene- fitting the ity financially, but of the thoysands who came to view these athletic events, hundreds would re- turn to thelr homes and tell of the béautles “of the nation's capital. 1 have for u long time past been urging that steps bé taken €o that the gradu- ating clnsses of schools throughout thé country may spend at least a week in Washington In order that they may view, at cose hand. just what this gov- ernment really is. It would not only afford a pleasant outing for the puplls, but it would be the greatest lesson in Amerleanigation that could be taught. pe ¥ kR ¥ T might not be a bad idea for the Commissionety to authorize the ém- ployment, without pay, of & number of citizens to act as auxiliary traffic po- licemen. It is conceded that the con- gressional appropriations do hot pro- vide for near énough traffic officers. and it Is also admitted by every one that traffic régulations are violated every day in the year. A moet flagrant | violation accurred several days ago at| the corner of 13th and I streets north- wert, when George Harris and a friend were crosging the street, A light de- | livery wagon, bearing 2 Virginia truck license, dashed past the corner at-a rate of not less than thirty miles an hour, and had the two men not been particularly aglle they woud have beén fun over by the driver, who continued recklessly down F stfeet. There are many inototists in Washington tod whe would gladly act without pay in order to stop the reckless de¢iving on the streets of this city. the members of the motor corps au- thority to ke arfests? While, course, the age cltizen does not care to exercise poliee powerk, yet at the bame time there are men who are willing to give at least a liltle of their Why not give | of | time in helping rid the city of the class of drivers who apparently refolce in breaking every law and rule of de- cency that obtains. Some day, pere haps, some citisen whose loved one has been killed or maimed will take & shot at a driver, and someé are of the opinion that it will be rather 8 hard matter to secure & conviction in the case. * ok % ¥ T is truly remarkable how many lot- find thelr way Intd newspaper more especially to the desk of one who writes a column of this char- acter. Many helpful suggestions are made in these communications. and one is pleased when hls attentlon 1 called to something that has been per- haps overlgoked or not yet written mbout. 1 am réproducing herewith part of a letter that I rectived & day or g0 ago. It runs as follows: “From time 10 tiME you have made valuable criticlsms and helpfule suggéstions, and, while, of course, you .prebably would write about {t mooner or later, yet may T usk you If you will not say a word sbout the benefits that will ac- crue from one attending chureh. I uin not what you would cail s church- going man, but 1 find that from time to time when I attend sefvices that I am much benefitted, and 1 am ‘sure that others would feel the same way. The old-fashioned, and, T must confess, dull, sérmons of extensive length no fonger are preached. The modern-day teachers of the Word present their subject in a manner that not only con- vinces one of the rightesusness of the cause, but also does It without the old- fashioned accompaniment of .hell fire {and brimstone that used to be. huried iat us when we were youngsters. 1 think that If every one, no matter | whether he be a member of a church {or not, was to attend Bunday services ‘hc would fee] better in every way dur- |'|nx the succeeding week. T eincerely trust that you will find reem for my suggestion in your column, because I am confident that It will bring happ! ness to many.” * % ¥ ¥ AVE you noticed how, in the last two or three weeks, many autos moblles huve been decorated with a neat little label, on the windshield, in. { dicating that the driver of the caf is !a member of the organization that is trying to Instill the principles of courtesy in- all automobilists. The | movement s an excellent on¢, and a ! man or woman should feel lonely if he or the does not join and help thé movement to achleve the desired re- sult. EDITORIAL DIGEST Lewsons of Recent Election Topic' of Serious Comment. “The country hasn't gone demo- cratic. 1t has gone liberal. "—Wichita Eagle (independent). “The democrals are celebrating the eleetion as = democratic Vietory, but 1t would be far morg accurate-16 de- goribe ft &s a democratic defeat. Thete has been no vérs of confidence in the demoectstic party.’—New York World (democtatie). ~ ‘While fepublican consérvatives gloom, the radicals bearing the party badge are in the ascendant, armed for asssult for pafty-c¢ontrdl two years hence.”—Ncwark Newa (independént), This is a typlcal comment by the newspapers of the natlon oh the fe- sult of the recent election.- Every- where editors read their own moral inte the 'verdict of the electors on November 7, 1022, Striking para- mpns fllustrative of this fact fol- “Whatever other interpretation may be put, they cannut well be heralded as a retutn to Wilsonlam."—New Tork i Tribune (republican). “The political result of 1922 is doubtless to be set down as due to an aceumulated dis: like of what has been done rathet than to a definite demand that some- thing else shall be done.”~New York Tim (Independent _ democratic). ‘heve may not have been an over- vhelmm. tidal wave, but there has been enough of an earthquaie to shake the strongest republican cit a '—Baltimore Bun (democratic). i was a manifestation of the dis- content, restiémsness and dissatistac been sbout the country in the lai dvl‘ nonths has Peported.”—Phila- iphia “Politically the ration is in Tand, and unul leaders arise an: re of no permanent promise. 3 ipbe "independenD. “The pre- < ry In turn."—Bpringficld e iiean (mdependent he result tion of the Harding administration Rochester Herald (independent).* ttempting to minimize them., e ooourred 1 water that has nhucnn wreckage. Profiting by bit. er expepience, thé republicans. must 00kt emubives In- polley practice that they will regain what they have hllun fact that the demo- P "dl4 riot win_ the natlon-wide expected Is a_remarkable tribute to Prosi —Provideace arty cannot take 2 purely nll:l.\ve :anmon. Jt must develop an Active independent).\ "Dluullfullon with the foreign Congress has pureued a do- uotth poli .all sre rmectu ln News-Tribune (independent). "Old party aré gradually Ddeing s and conservatives, snd the oth- er thing demonstrated, which has a populat diszonte aloma l(hfilenmdem) it was to be ex-' | ual off-year Trib- tae! rapabioans, “The election way ‘one of the rvepublican policies has been I'Ep\ldlltld—-nobt.::a of nn dem- tion that every observer who Publle Ledger llndop'endenl ples are olarified the bicnaial undslm vailing popllaf mood séems to be to in the naticn i« unmistakably a repudia- “It is no time for cevering condi- passed over the dem lsden with re. {' o the future and eo compert tost, Umingln «Del) Journal (re- congressional victory they confidently nal (lndeman) e dtapubtican ugmuwe hmzhmv '—Abendeen World po icls the tariff, the accusation the remarkable returns. - gned in a direct trend between li! direct bearing upon the first lhlnfi‘“ ected the democrat :%u-l: hn’:ke the not decided on national issues. Not ocratic prot leated." = Los_Angeles Times (rtpnblle‘n) “othing But ould come ‘rom the wigging the mo)lo ave given the party in power. was .mot only deserved, l{ ‘B8~ Transcript dndeptndon repub- “The réturns indicate the ex- blcan nglul nxlurl: of fwo go and are voting now 'fl.l Qh. sobeér. judgment that gen- e ’m. Pairlet @ lear note ofi out. l’ | There s nation-wi . & g deal in 103¢. .Bo tiee will new ull n 1! ‘O(? n'l.‘} o domocrule nlr!y has shown wer beyo dulu Sl g SH vol.d for cred, 3':‘«‘.'1.. “The dem- 1 zette-Times (republican). ' o ocratic victorles and gains will, ! courre. Le halled by that Dlrlr {partisan trlumphs, but though! "\ll nbservers of the political situation ;knov th ére in the mass nothing he kind.''--Pltteburgh Dispatch (in- nen-mlen' républican), “The le of the election s that the voters are not uuanu 'lll re- publican performances shows that unless the udmlnlulnllon dves more public satisfaction in ihe next two yéars the overturn of the ff-yea el ctions is likély to be re a presidential election in Commetvial (independ- to the 1922 and other giaring errors of the Blxty. m.nm Ceon use Herald. (Independentys -The election 18 & ¥er- dlu for old-fashioned Amanmnltv: ln Times (independent mo- “decided Harding admini the tariff, action against the ration. Congress and in the indicate a probable victory for progressivé re- publicans of the west against the re- actionary east.”—Hartford Times (dem. ocratle). “The gampaign of 1924 al. ready s moré than half won.”—Ric nmond Times-Dispatch (democratic). “1f there i leadership, If t oonnmcuv ermanabi is ereative ability of a T.m. order 1thin the nnh of the democracy the thundering anewer to the republicans ould wake it from its long leth- ey irmingham _ Newa (demo- cratic). “Looking back ‘over the formances of the Sixty-seventh gress most open-minded folk, regard- lees of party affiliations, will agree that the rebuke was fully earned allogether deserved.” — New Ofiehns Times-Plcayune (democratic). “The outcome is a warning to the pafty in power. A policy of drift won't do. A policy simply of fortue lmnl go0d program aloné won’t K (independent). plef aolltlntle ] s ot rematkagle that 3t ha hat " task. ".3 {oux City It wae & warning, not —Duluth Herald (inde- pendent). “The election of 1922 was a rebuke to the republican admin- mrulon It cahYot ‘well be viewed in any other light."—Great Falls Tribune (democratic! “The people ave made their areat protest. They ave-overturned lhl machine set up two years But there Is nothing to take its nothing that prom- {ses decla! structive actiol Inneapolis Journal (fndependent re- publican). “Out o mn election tan bé drawn no lesson atly éncouraging _t ither of mo lwo Mmlcu parties.— -mo“ Christian Science Monitor (in- dependent). Indicates a restobation of normal political condition rather than a déliberate r!"llllllon of particular program of political ac- tion."—Cleveland Pllln alef (Inde- pendent democ; “Government prosveu best wi n parties are equal. ‘ ‘matched and one operatés as a eheck upon the other. m that ‘viewpoint, two {‘us of nnllbla le‘- lal.lpfl‘ ould ington."=] lQlD\ll‘% n (Md.vflld- he “llnlry wihits hl.l'll (republlcln) defent. m democratic) constructive, - progrel It will weleome cle n~¢|" nd vigorous poligies.”—s] éster Unlon (indépendent upubucm). The aré tos short. :un be- fore you St out ot "bed 1 ({30 ou Weré at Wwork.—Nashville Ttn- nessean. The_kiok that tumbled anll jovér had morée than any hal :“ per cent power behind lL‘Vnhvllle Bannet. ):r. hrflanea‘v. :h: u‘rhl!!' ma.ko no' reéall rul of 4: higher the nwer. lwaukée Jourpal.: A polics col minlon who would oat ‘Ifl" B‘Il‘ ed Ih.fl’flgllll! ‘would %I o hiladelphia How did -mm men put over the ’Mnr% 't'::: ace, "Dbl“lolr:.d“lbey d‘.‘ls- cave: o ot read?’—Atl nstitution. B The brlmnz uggestion to fi - print eve A u:: K : l;‘:llr brmlnt 1 o- Shurlm mbfl l.fl.l‘n!fll ! 'Il.l His lau t h o ol n‘iri ohul w n No weonder. the Pr'lll’lt 18 receiv-. lut mfiurh‘l' of sy “vh- “.Dln.enl, "m now- l 004 col ucm—-rolm bunceme: the Uni Biates ¥ ';:“llp{'i o m o c\eflfi‘ VeBAve o may old It eV blm shirt Revelations of the War Cabinet and Intimate Views of National and World Figures by the For- mer Secretary of the Interior. (Copyright, 1988, by Anse W. Lans.) INSTALLMENT Ne. 18, That Mr. Lane was not only a keen ltudcnl o( pollllcllo but a political prophet acumen s shown hy lhon the lollowln‘ let- ters which were wrmen prior 16 the election of 1912: To Bidney K. Meses: Washington, February 15, 1912, The Supreme bench I could ‘not get becsuse 1 am a democrat, and the President could not afford to appoint another democrat on the bench. 1 da not know when McKenna 'gbés out, and I am mot going to he disturbed about it snyway. If I had not been unlycky enough to be born in Carada 1 0ould be nominated for. President y this year. Things are in = devil of & condition. We could have elected, ‘Wilson, hands down, if it had not tieen for Hearst's malevolent Infl ence. He Is at the bottom of all this deviltry.” His aim s to kil Wilson off and hominate Clark, and Clark, is in the léad now, 1 think. God knows whether he can beat Taft or not. It 166ks to me 1f Taft will be nomi- nated. 1 have a feeling somehow that the Roosevélt boom won't ta- terialize. To Carl Bnyde Washington, March 6, 1912. It is a mighty critical year, I think, in our history. It looks to mne as if the reactionaries were going to get possexsion of both parties, and that & third pary will bé needed and no- body will have the nérve to start it. Roosevelt has got evérything west of the Mississlpp! excepting Utah "‘"I s, he | To Woodrow Wilson, Trenton, N. J.: Wyoming, in my judgment. Th will be able t6 get the nemination I am not so sure, but he does not care a tinker's_ dam whether he gets it himself or not. That is the worst of it, because the people wgn't give any- thing to 2 man that he does not want. To Curt G. Pleiffer: ‘Washington, May 21, 1912, This is the eritical day, for if T. R. ‘wins more than half of the delegation in Ohio he is nominated and, I might alinost sy, clected. But I find that the democrats feel more suré of his strength than the fepublicans do. Have you noticed how eéxtremely #mall the democratic vote iz at all thé primaries, not amounting to more than one-fourth of the republican | vote? ® © o Tne democrats are in an| awkward- positién. 1If Roosevelt ls nominated, one wing will be figmmg fot Underwood, to get the dlnmcud consetvative stréngth, while the other wing Will be fighting for Bryan, so 88 to hold aa lafge a portion of the radical support as poesible. Oh, well, and|We have all got to come to a real dixision of parties along linés of téndency and tempeérament and have those of Us who feel democratic-wise get into the same wagon, and those who fear democracy, and whose first intefest is property, flock together 3% |on the tory side. To George W, Lane: Washington, July 2, 1812, 1t looks, as T am writing, as 1t Wilson were to be nominatéd at Bal- timore. If he 15 he will sweep the country. Taft won't earry three states. Wilson is clean, strong, high-minded and cold-blooded. To fiominate him would be a tremendous ttlumph fof the anti-Hearst péople. I have been’ over at thé convention séveral, times. Hearst Bryan for temporary chaifman by making & compact with Murphy, Sul- 1ivan and Taggert. * © ° Bryan has fought a most splendid fight. I had a talk with him. He was in splgndid spirits and most cordial. The Cali- fornia delegation headed by Théodore d | Bell has been made to l6ok like = 16t of weodén Indlans. Bell himi was shouted down with the cry ot “Hearst! Hearst!” the last time he rose to wpeak. The delegation Is probably the most discreditéd une in the entiré conventon. ¢ ¢ © ashington, July 3, 1912, Now wa shall have a chafice to sée what & ¢ollégé president ¢an do as President of the United Statés. I believe Wilson will be elected. What a splendid jump in threé years that man has made! They tell me he is very ocold-blooded. We need & cold- blooded fellow thess days. & © © To John H. ‘Wigmore: September 21, 1812, Xou will by this time have picked 0| gon is strong, but not strongér than he was when nominated. T. R. is galning stréngth daily, that my best guess. He has the laboring man with him most enthusjastically, but not unanimousty, of course. The fat 76 the Baitor of The Stal 1n a recent lssué of your papér you published, under the head of “spelal sease Leglalation Urged,” an ad. aress delivéred by Dr. W. C. Fewler, health ofior of the District ef Co- lumbis, before the Social Hy#iens Bocisty of this city, In which he ap- pealed to that organizdtion to enlist the favorable support of other olvic bodies of the District in sohnéction with thc Gilpert bill, now pending in Congre! ‘While there may be & Teal ANa hom- et difference of opinion betwéen some altizens of the Distéiet of Columbla and that of the health office regarding the merits of this Bill, og the publie nyoossl e .*?.-:.. A3 n mesn {wnn'y utumrj Pacusan follows! “I Mm- GIIMR blll.\vhl-h the heal h n umuny advosatl ladoring for, containg po ch sound and rovl ou for’:: o teauines, u. ln eh:lne;eau ifl“amll'cfi Iblllll. | | | defeated ! up all the pélitice of the time. Wil lllfl; oonee- | dof west—Pacific coast—is his. All the all 1.am not sure of Wilson. “wise” to modern conditions, 1 fear. Tearing up the tariff won't change tle liké a statesman? - Hearst knifing him for all he 1s worth. He hae fixed in the workingmen's minds that Wilson favors Chinese immigra- tion. To Timothy peliacy: « ' Washington, September 36, 935 1 don’t want a position in the cabi- | net. Iam not looking for any further henors, but I ‘want tq heip Wilson make u success of his administration, #or I think he will be elected. I am afraid that he will become surrounded by southern peactionaries—men of his oWn blood and feeling, who sre. not of the northern and more progressive type. We have got to cut some sharp corners In doing the things that are tight. By this 1 don't mean that we will do anything that is wrong; but |fess from the standpoint of the southern @emocrat it is illegal to have a strong @entral government—one that is effec- tive—and we have got to have such a government if we are going to hold Ppopsession of the natio; The péople want things. done. Wilson is & bit t60 conservative for me, but maybe when he.realizes the necessity for strength he will be for it. Following the news of the demo- eratic victory in the election of Wood- row Wilson to the pnfl%flc)’. Mr. Lune sent these letters: Washington, November 6, 1912. My dear Governor: The door of op~ portunity has 6pened to the progres- sive democricy. 1 know that you will enter courageously. The struggle of the next four years will be to per- suade our timid brethren to follow Your leadership, ‘“gentlemen un- afraid.” 1 am persuaded, from my experience here, that no President can be a success unless he takes the position of a real party léader—the premier in parllament as well as a chief executive. The theoretical idea of the President’s aloofness from Con- @ress—of a President dealing with the national legislature as if he were an independent government dealing with ansther—is wrong, bécause it has been demonstrated to be Ineffec- tive and ruinous. We need definite- ness of program and co-operation be- | tween both ends 6f Pennsylvania ave- nue. There Is generally one end of the Avenue that does mot krow its own mind, and sometimes it is one, and someétimes the other. Your friends have been made happy through the campaign by the manner in which you have conducted your- 8elf. You wpolled o many bad prophecies. With heartiest of personal con- gratulations, - believe me, faithfully yours, FRANKLIN K. LA To Willlam JeAnings Bryan: ‘Washington, November 6. 191 My @ear Mr. Bryan: The unpri dented heroiem of your fight at Ba timore has bofne fruit, and every man who has fought with you for the last sixteen vears rejoices that this vi Now comes the time when it is to be proved whether we are worthy of confidence. We shall see whether democrats will foilow a wise, aggressive, modern leaderehip. Faithfully vours, FRANKLIN K. LANE. To Benjamin Ide Wheeler: ‘Washington, Décember 23, 1912 ‘What you say regarding the Presi- dent-to-be is extremely interesting. That he is headstrong, arbitrary and positive, his friends sdmit. Thése are real virtues in this day of slackness and sloppiness. 1 have just returned from New York, where I have talked with MeAdoo and House, who are extremely close to him, and advising him regarding his cabinet, and they tell me he is a most satisfactory man to deal with. He listens quite pa- tiently and makes up his mind and then “stays put.” His cabinét will be | his advisers, but no one will control him. I saw House a coupie of times in New York. He certainly is an adroit and masterful diplomat. The fact is. 1 de not know that 1 have scen a man who is altogether 8o capablé of handling a delicate situation. By some look of the eye or appreciative smile at the.right momént he gives ¥ou to understand his sympathy with and full comprehension of what you are saying to him. They tell me in New York that he is really the man closest to Wilson, and he tells me that Wilson i a delightful man to deal with Becsuse he has got a mind thatis firmasarock. § * * Urges Objection to Clause of Gilbert Bill. Whene: pérson aftedted by the biill Yefuses to submit to an examMa- tion, for the purpose of enabling the health omce 15 ahow the necessity for SUth exam) nulxn. and t6 enable the couft to consider the case and the Decesaity for such an examination: to ewnlnx? thé dourt has been given no syeh discretionaty power by the Bill, but ifstead the couft has no other olee than to command such person appear, not before the Sourt. but Before the health omcor hlmnlf F_an actual examination o umuu- in thelr zeal real or mistaken scnsé of duty 16 lll ubm have often gone 1o éxtreme lengths, and havé In so lu been chargeable with acts that quhl. lual 8 humiliation g upon of fl. the difter- wun the procedure you out- Ill\e and that nuuns ‘rovmcd for in the I bécome larly striking andsignifican * For thalueuon. theu vhc ha c of this bill I»Ill .’m !hl ve an ame t by are no uuon tjll security and protec- person violated or -hr by ln ‘An!niur tive officer u there as Deén dequate num lnuulry ud deumluuon M hc matter. i hst 4 un understa; of the G ) that the Put Raisins in Oatmeal Add the lure of sweets to cer- eals that your children should eat and you'll no longer have to foree those healthful foods. 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