Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1922, Page 6

. THE EVENING STAR, 6 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON,D. G THEODORE W. NOYES......Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company St. and sivaaia Ave. e Evering Star. with the Sunday fiion, i delivered by carclers within y ! | 1 vote for the two offices, the House for - o | President, each member to vote as ag WEDNESDAY . . December 6, 1922 yivigual and not cach stato delega- “ | tion as a unit. I * | variant bodies of citizens, as, for ex- jample, by the American Bar a happening in that the Congress is to President and the Senate for Vice Earlier assembly of Congress after election has been often urged, and is now advocated strongly by widely ia- cant. Provision Is made against such | were reluctant to let him go cven to take on higher responsibilities succeed in that office. It {s to be noted in his own interests as well as in those of the country that Mr. Couzens enters political life at a time’ when business questions are up- permost, and when suggestions from men of his training and caliber are far jtion and the American Federation of imore than ordinarily welcome. morning | Labor. Opposition to the plan is equal- ihe strong, on the ground that time | The Senate Minority. He decides now to concentrate on the senatorship, and there is every reason to believe he will by doing so A Story (13 quitting Congress on March 4, with a record that will probably never be equaled of serving for a half century In the House. Speaker Gillett holds the record About a Youth Who Worked Hard and Won Out NCLE JOE® CANNON is|Kennedy nded in Washington just thirty-three years ago this month. He arrived In the midst of that hi toric fight for Speaker of the Fifty- first Congress, when Joseph G. Can- non of Illinois, Willlam McKinley of Ohlo, Thomas B. Reed of Malne and Julius C. Burrows of Michigan wel candidates—and Reed won. “Charli Adams of Maryland was chosen door- keeper. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922. Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER. ‘When it is considered that thers are 435 representatives and 96 sen- ators in Congress, the presence of thirty-seven democratic and repub- lican senators and representatives In the progressive bloc formed here last week would not seem such a formi- dable weakening of strict party lines. Of course, this limitation does not mean that there are not more men in CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS. HY is a filibuster? Who elected a filibuster to rul over America? How does with adults that is impractical, ex- cept ‘o a limited extent which will go-ordinate with their dally labor. ut even if only the rising gemera- a filibuster bluff a major- | tion is given the fundamentals it will ity and compel it to submit to the | 123 e five years before the present: will of & minority? norance will e wined oug © The We have just seen a filibuster ac- |5.000.000 illiterate adults will grad- complish in the Senate, what no u‘;:l!y 'd;: off. but it i most important Somwlish tu ) el Senate, whst ane) oncoming generation shi n be enabied to live int v aside ffom the merits of the Dyeriand read and know v‘;;”ill‘l':‘etl i‘i;'! 4 20 e houid be given for the solidification of 7 Ie went by matl, or teleph ain 3 Report has it that Mr. Simmons of for continuous| Wy il () onnell of J Iy each party in the House and Benate ibe e st e e ackson, Micl -1y - | democ 44 A 0. " Citerion 12" aade by carriers at Ib ntiment r?:!‘l ‘u\lg‘ the ttxrkunnl,l (]: Ninth Carelios e M Robioaier service, and Wil|was then a member. Ut to s cha-lin sympathy with the—better, per- l.m:‘ 1ynching bill, it seems to;n :;: l;:flyb';;;}lllcvo‘xé)\ernmel t on whiel prevent unwisely hasty actlon. Arkansas will contest for the minority on March 4. have|grin Bert Kennedy found that Jack-|haps, say some—policies of the pro-|100Ker that the success of the £ c Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. ¥ and Sunday. 3. Member of the Associated Press. Asociated Preas fn exeln entit! ~ for_republicstion of news, redited to it or not othezwise credi papor and a o the local newa pan. rein. Al rizhts of publication of anat liow Jivrein are aig0 reserved School Pay and Reorganization. It was appropriate that the Senate should: pass the teachers’ hool reorganization bill on the day wien the citizens of Washington were | earliest later opportunity. H | The dream o {men tuday sees its fruition. Ircland!sized up and improved, should make | | becone meeting to express their anxiety for ¢ betterment of the public schor tem of the District. This measure, s to the House. pro- s in the bLasic the ol 1. n granted by appropriation acts have Senate has jus a schedule which sheuld resuit in attracting to and satary c or to re- . owing to the in- | Congrees can be summoned in extra rg:ixesllon. as has frequently bgen done, fthe method of election, but provides pay and]the present session, but evidently it is The in-i {of thetr cwn destiny {of the Irish, for the Irish and by the | nd the DUL| g g, o0 get up'in Dublin Castle, which passed es ‘ i <hools teachers who ! | ment go out | to demcnsirate that Ireland of right urged also that in case of need the within four months of the election. for an earlier assembly of Congress, coincident with the inauguration of the President. Thus there is a con- flict between the two plans. with strong advocates of each, though with a community of interest between the groups. 2 It is altogether unlikely that this matter can be brought to a head at to be pressed to a conclusion at the evo—————— The Irish Free State. | wenerations of Irish- 1 self-governing free state! i crowa, the Irish become, in fact, o free people and the the masters | ¢. A government fov centuries nas been the hated seat A sign of British domination. | Au world wishes Treland well teday, and sympathy encourage- 0 those who are striving the ought to Le fres and self-goverutng. are able and experienced men. The post sought will be one of im- portance from the day its duties are assumed. For, whether the new Con- &reas meets in the spring in response to & summons by the President, or a year hence at the constitutionally ap- pointed time, its work will enter into the next presidential campaign and therefore call for the, utmost care in the execution. Both the mafjority and the minority must be on their mettle. senatorial contests last month, and so will not possess in the next Scnate the numerical strength thev posscss in the present Senate. The minority. therefore, If opportunities are seized, some party capital for use in 1924, plague the minority quite as much as it does the majority. It is something new {n our affairs, and both the ma- Jjority leader and the minority leader of the next Senate wiil be obliged to study it in their maneuverings. Some surprises and difficulties may grow out of it, and cause cxtra vigilance and readiness of decision on the part of the gentinels on the watch towers. Gen. Pershing’s Warning. leadership of the next Sgnate. Both The North Carolinian has probably had ‘The republicans lost in some of the | ! completed thirty years—and is still going strong. But there is one continuously on the floor of the House longer than any man about the Capitol. That is BERT KENNEDY. DBert W. Kennedy, doorkeeper of the House, who has just completed thirty- son had already promised the job of page to another man, W. W. Williams, Who, by the way, was Kennedy's state representative when he was a page in the Michigan legislature. Then four Michigan members got together—Rep.. ceeded in making Kennedy a page in the Fifty-first Congress. Then he made the acquaintance and won the favor of the old war horges of those daya. “I tried to be quick and alert and obliging and helpful,” Kennedy says, and rccalls that th posed combination, but the point is the mass of those withholding aeso- ciation possibly prefer to work to the ends in view thro tion, rather than bipar and become, like the stone which the builders rejected, the head of the cor- ner. But they are now looking at it with the cold and fishy eye of prac- tical appraisement and adfudging all the attendant elements. It is as- buster is a more serious matter than cither passing or defesting any measure that has come before Con- gress for many a year. If a handful The schools cverywhere need more funds: teachers cannot live on old- time pay and new bulldings and equipment are pressingly needed, bu: i . > the larger and longer experience, but % ts - | of determined filibusterers can wholly The resolution which has heen ap-| o SR T T ator is far man ““: d"'.‘nd resentatives Charles C. Belknap, ex.| There is no disposition among poli- | biuff ® great majority out of suc-|even if the available funds for such proved by a_.subcommitiee of the ju-{ o BTt ool either record, e "xo;l..' aron 'r‘.Dsu- BamiiSievenson ":.:‘,,“:..'.';,":}}:‘,‘:‘ or g{yd::‘:! ::e cess in carrying out its determina- | necessities were doubled and trebled. diclary committee does not change 3 f who has served|and James O'Donnell—and they suc-{profressive effort It may have in-|tion, then the oountry may well QUes- | nlesy other steps are added that will tion a8 to whether it has lost the franchise and continues to overn by and for the people. It may well be recognized that the particular measure against which the late filibuster was aimed had two skles in the argument We would not touch the crying need of reach- Ing the submerged illlierates. How much does education cos™” Thomas Jefferson gave the ecctimat. “Let our countrymen kpow that sumed that the projectors of the won him the soubriquet of “Lighting Lou from Kalamazoo” from the fel- low pages. Bert just smiled and kept movement have in_view the upbuild- ing of a force In Congress, composed not confuse the {ssue by even stating the main points of that argument.|these evil, and that the tax which will for the greater menace lles in the|be paid is not more than the thou- people alone can protect us agains three uninterrupted years. ‘There is a lesson for the youth of today and tomorrow record. His father {8 a civil war veteran, atill living, who was & “jack all-trades” and a local “judge” at his home in Grand Ledge, Mich. As a youngster Bert worked at anything he could get to earn a few cents— {picking apples, potatoes. berries, driving a horse at a grain loading the n. selling horseradish, peddling vegetables from & push-eart, sweeping out offic He always proudly took the peunles he earned home to his mother. i Lansing &6 a page in the state house. A few days later he went to see Milo D. Campbell, who at that time, January, 1887, was H Lewis. They called Diekema, who later came to Congress and who was for man of the republ tee. They fixed it up for Bert to be page in the state legislature, where Lie_merved two years. Then in 18§59 the republican mem- bers of the senate and house in caucta tructed the postmaster to put Bert all page. His were to earry the muil from ! Mce: to the ibute it to the members. in Kennedy's!s, | vania. capitol and ms.:‘Yo';k‘ and D. D. Altken of Michigan hasn’t been another such contest thit session for a gold watch for the e. Bert won it, and there en’'t been another such contest Kennedy still has that watch ing his gold watch proudly, arted for home. At the station aw McKinley at the gate with some friends. When he got into the car McKinley came in to tay good- bye to him and to give him some words of encouragement, which Bert treasures today in grateful memory. ¥rom that day he kept lookin on« fidently for McKinley to be President. In 1392, when the republican na- of Btate to be ination, but Benlamin Harriéon, then President, was renominatcd and de- feated by Cleveland. 3 Inthose early days theminoritydidn’t have a page, but in the Fifty-secon Congress Reed and the republican members In caucus parsed a resolu- ~hich was Introduced by Repre. sentative Jullus C. Burrows, that Bert Kennedy should be made minority He held that same place In the ~third Congres en the Fifty-fourth Congress ¢us organized Gov. Stone of Pennsy Warren B. Hooker of Ne tion, fixed it up for Bert to be nade as- and has no oppo: of democrats and republicans, which can be swung to the support in that body of a measure of legislation of approved progressive character. kxR The question which arises is: ‘What potential political organization is to decide the details and merits of a designated bill? A democratic progressive and a republican pro- gressive, each passionately insistent upon the right to be called a pro- gressive, may have differing views of the Senate, whose members rebel at the {dea of being bound by caucus, whether {t iz to be favored or op- posed. The idea would seem to be d {that if either of the old parties|:(ghat are you going to do about it? brought in a bill which was objec- tionable, or even unsatisfactory in scope, to the progressives composing the bloc, they would unite with the other party opposing the bill or seek- {ing to broaden it to their satisfac- tion. The effectivene: of the bloc in that event would consist wholly in the number of men composing it, which at present is not large. * * x % When the criginators of this bloc question " of how it was defeated.! randth Father thay in the defeat ithell. 16| ameiiert of what will be patd. ar the fllibuster is to triumph un- * ™ x % checked, then the Senate itself in 5 & measure in defeated in its useful-| The progressives do not purpose to form a new narty; merely appoint a ness as a deliberative body. If the filibuster could triumph over the m: committee to formulate a platform on which each may put one foot. whila a jority in the one measure, what is l.o.::tlrnr;he lh‘;l Iln“l'l“‘nol ‘be the e o & letermine: minority Whenever argument fails? holding the other firmly on the oA b party organizations. That may be e ilbuster s sovcintionars progressive ldea of holding a balan: onary and | | ower in both th old parties. in essence Is outlawrs. It has noj”" ! . lesitimate place in = deliberative | *HAP Who stands in the middle of v ssification and | . : i 5 'The leading men of that day in - 112~ | the particular legialation in hand. In S e, 5 he | tecterioard aces a lot more toward 4. {under s ewn constitution. The last|The republicans are mot uniied. and| T ading 2t tional convention was heid in Min- 7. The term comes from the el % s and with wll 2600 TR soldlery f £ bel with-| they e e e iountted aftos | bis home town cbserved that Bert!neajone, McKialey was chairiman and | desling with measures of major im-|reventeenth cantury, when it meant clling S whith “end or ithat SboRnl et Tl sivest thals o e a0 HEREE it e T ah oo el ofker and s Bert Kennedy was his personal page.iportance in Congress it is the cus-| the same as piracy. A filibusterer io a |UP &nd which goes down than if T It Eives thel jrywn from the island and. while own- | the lo: business gets into its stride. | P2, 983, 3 B NS Ra N Yhatert | Two duse botore the convention {iom tor the opposing political parties | pirate or Luceaneer—an outiaw. Unti | €0t off onto & baard of s pmn. 815 compensation for | & % 5 4 o ;. cev pai P James G. Blaine resigned as Secretary ine in party caucus, or con-|a few vears th = a 5 ing stiil a noninal alieglance to the| The bloc business, however, may | “Gernsey, 1'd like t6 see Bert go t ndld‘ulf Al nom_!,e"nc ot e eea asasnliaas ago the term and meth (o ia ods were limited to those citizens of {one country who organized plunder- lnf expeditions against another and a friendly countr. But, in the langus e i hobrnafis. e of Boss Tweed: | o5 an ‘alienism'—a deliberate alienisn —which becomes hostile and crimins * % k% declared Dr. Abram Simon. Several courses are open. The most | of n:; W.u‘h 3 e mpeaking at & conference of the new nvaquu is to turn the Weapon upPon|,roanized Americanization Soelet the filibusterers whenever they have | *“We can not ask 100 much money fr a measure dear to their hearts. If the; 1.’3«":.:“‘:,‘1"..“3-.::’ nlnt‘lh-;"f‘\;nd; a: Senate is to be broken up into groups. | e Tl i the flibuster becomes all the mare;.‘:.;:";r.‘c::" S LAY ormidable, for any little bloc can hem lock the wheels of Drogress. It in & | Siued (o Gorcamment offers. 1 dangerous welpon, magnifying In the years immediately precedinz | its | { Having attained to freedum,. their : : | cvice, the District’s school | A ; Gen. Pershing continues to warn| " hes his smbitlon was aroused to rtto be made as- e e e nediat : & developel by impul 5 | featics, {nsead of heing’ over, 4re | ogainst unpreparedness. He is no ' come to Washington and be page '"‘Y"Al!lld”;n‘)r 2?:2‘::‘;’.23}-“:::?11 (gr :.mc,'"*"ed they distinctly disavowed in-!nterest: n.T::'::;»”l;';me m'l‘;’ m;k:: d}“r" rathen G Ly pam. Tt ie. in Tact, a | {USt begun. Severeand bitter trlals et 4o oate of war. No moldler of experi. | e, Noticnal Congress o HarTy M e flo was electeq door- | tention of forming . third pasty.| Another way to curb It fu to change | eian born and Pruedan cltizens s athe un by plan, s, ot, . % s R 2 " { Rose. now gecretary o he n 2 b3 2 e > e rules of ehate so as to limit the rhe red 1 oves ent ers menace o 5 two Congresses, who were ensaged In governm. T e tiun am awpee | acad. but whatever dangers menace | o "o iinetion fa. But, au doen | Statcs ‘Senate. then enrolfing clork | Keeper in the 1ogt, U Lolarerssh Some of the older politisians think|apeaking: but that would run counter | partments, makink datall mas of eve Ireland today lie within, not without, every eoldler of experfence and dis- iat the state house fn Lansing. p pured an elaborate petition. dune ng Congress. that a third party wauld be the logi- the traditions of th at most sugul ‘ro.d and farm in the Unlted State: nefation. Many efforts have been inade | > i . ; S E {her borders. Having won the right to| Herea. the f soral-—Bers | cal sequence of the undertakiig and|bedy. and it is doubtful If even a|invaluable to an invader. Let none Stk des the iy N S ¢ that the w: i 5 = % promised mora T2 | s z g 5 1 Standardiz> the schools and to ef-{ o RS CIE I ment, | thnetion: e knows that the war epirtt {parchment, wddressed to the members | SUEL G0 Pluck on the job for | that the lack of & hard and fast or- | S{TonE majority could accomplish the | Americans by birth or adoption be b organization ayart ton procedure. but ttle success. This fect a consistent ning at two big mec-:lngs‘ of- Washington registered | { capacity to administer | bravery and patriotism | to the tu demonstrate their it. More than re summoned Tt calls fur stategmaaship and wisdom, but more tign all the governors of Ireland will have need of patience and toleration, without sacri-{ fice of firmness. and of that moral they now must is not dead in the worid, and he &p- preciates the necessity of being ready to meet it whencver it manifgsts it self. & World conditions toda: ing and threatening. Turn in any di- rection, and you find untest and even commotion. 0ld governments are stag- gering under Lurdens bequeathed by ress, urging them to get Bert {nedy ® Job as page. This was s the governor, lieuténant governor, he atate officers, every member of | ice. an tnte senate and house. and of the eme court. Carrying this pretenttiows document, willing to work to m THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON' Ken. | th igned | game of politl | ) i ty-three vears in the in-and-out because he has re- membered hie wue there to d he hus made friends, room In the Cupitol other hoys from the far: ke good. e Berv- There's for m who are| iganization under a distinctive title jand with & declared objective, for i which it could be unanimous, is the greatest weakness of the project just launched. Furthermore, it is pointed out by these men. the new movement comes just at t e when there is =p parently crystailization of a dispo change. 1in_ positions of trust. *oxow % refase to learn the idesis of Americy The most effective means of wunnglx;flf.",:;‘fl"‘fl“"n." R e the time of the Senate—which is all |of the Washington 14.000 allens is that u filibuster afms to do—is to yolied in. the America imake useless motions or parliament- ary demands, and then ask for a roll call upon each dilatory motion. A iroll call coste the Benate some {twenty miRutes, &nd eo it only re- be welcomed Into full citizenship as as they quallfy. * % % % Safety week in Washington was 4 | their wish in the matter of the schools ition among the voters to return to p 3 courag fuses to foliow a uires three to kil i in emphatic terms. One of these meet- “mf‘“ew:f“z:“':" & c‘::mw' & L.e’"“‘ late world upheaval. New govern- normal lines of demarcation between e ANy senaton can et} atiomtinn | splondid suceess. largely owin tn tha = he Fi o as | 3 e - avall e repu n and democratic par- i = o n3s, held at the Frankim School, was | v ments growing out of that upheaval the republican and democratie par-|to the moet trifing detail ana general management. whose poll attended hy instrucied representatives from practically every civic and trade the easler and less troublesome of ways. The government at Dublin is the legally constituted government of are finding themselves with difficulty. Here, there and yonder are all the BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM. in the November elections, when rank and file returned to their old party fealty. mand & roll call upon it. Taere ix|yas to Incite everybody with a spirit jof co-operation to make it a success The police deserve spectal. credit. not n ore argument in that sor: fillbuster than there warman’s sandbag. of is In a high- dy in t:hb District. At the otheriy ...q gnd it must command respect elements that make for destruction ati g, one obviously had to do it.|{him and was gone. el s S, e porice Msteres wRc Al oopal e wmieeting, held under the auspices of 2 the drap of a hat. I Why? Well, lcok at the way things! Clemenceau looked up at the Amer- 3 e i A7 UShe B aol s s eresntaiivaalan | o cbdlence. We are making o gestures of ag- |y os gol . licans His ayesltwinkitng | Opportunity will soon be given.|! But now there comes & possibility | thelr discriminative recognition t LS g L 5 e o} 1t was, perhaps, too much to expect| 8 SFE 0 o o violence. | e O T ed Staten mowert || "Tha mavenal) lssamed o) e mne | however, for a try-out of this new | of relfef from that sort of holding up | when & citizen made a hlunder it wa these organizations were aiso present.{ .0 .1 Trishmen would accept crea- e B £ | Here was the Un o it i = ibloc. 1t wiil occur in the Senate, mig,: the nation’s Interests. A young|not through carelesssess nor tndiffo:- The purposes of the two meetings tion of the free state as a solution of were the same—to urge the most lib- But there is no warrant whatever for assuming safety for ourselves if ag- {a century the firm and affectionate ful, generous, wealthy, for more than noyed.” he remarked quietly. 1 eo ering the pending merchant jelectrician of Washington, Marshall |ence. ax a rule, and so it called o the Irish probiem and as the fruit of A 5 = That is Clemenceaws way. Ile|MAarine bilk It is favored end op-|F. Thompson. has an invention which, » for 2dmon and explanation a< cral tréatment of the schools in the s gression manifests itsel? elsewhere, friend of France. c ¥. i 2 e T : BB ol S eliSel Pt it Ireland's long struggle against opprés- and great nations scross the big water | And there was France, reeling from {never gets angry himseif. He de- { Posed. in Loth the democratic ard re- |t is claimed, will enable all members | FIOF °0 5 courtesy mlways goes far- ppropriations about to be voted by | yon mpere were flery souls, burning C‘ongress and the adoption of -such |3 LR RO LS endured, basic sncasures as will insure a com-{ vy o ORI S PO LT an e, H blican membership of the Senate. |lights in working his cpponent into | P! 2 [a rage, but he holds his cwn temper, | b Individuals. Considered as a party IWhom he would defeat . he ‘first]Measure. a majority of the repubdlic- to vote simultaneous!y and Instan- taneously by merely pressing a b ton in an electric contrivance, will register his vote—“ave. ther than bluster. * % x Now that we cap breathe again an the effects cf war, steeped in debt. facing a huge reconstruction problem and some other things, mostly con- begin hammering one another agath. ‘We were drawn in before. We should prehensive building program, the ve- 3 likely be drawn In agafr. 2 i 5 {ans advocate it and a majority of the!ent” “nay” or “eorrection.” : knowledge any shadow of allegiance icerning Germany, abowt which her imakes mad. ! L "€ | think out the whole problem of how ief of the schaols from thelr present| o Britiah crown, and who honestly [ T1® SOy of our. unprepaftdness in i STMDE BT O Al for four’ Just now he appenrs to be on the{democrats oppose it. It may be call-| whol wotg WAL (hAS Be FOoTSCnor 4o get hurt and how not to hurt, congestion. and, as in the case of thé| oo g.g those who compromised with | ¢ SPFINE of 1917 la co painful and trail of the goat of some of our lead- |0 @ PArty measure, gince it is Pulimainy minutex and it 18 es<ti- | chall we not reflect that Safety weeks Copper Uill just pussed by the Senate, |l ®o N0 o ries of thelr coun. | FeProachful to us as a natlon—is &8-1" oy prency statesmen turned to|ink semiturs. 1If he can make them forward by the adminiatracion pasty jdunted that u the Honne (mlds froin ) pupt be 0 -two DOE Fear, Mol thac S % ¢ = = S 2 5 i ime v was n stering). the ; = SIS “stablishment cf the schools on @[y "Byt the logle of clreumstance | UCiated with such unnecessary and|y;erica for sympathy. They were|mad he will really enjoy the cn»"""_:“w;fu‘" "0‘: “0:;:: e a g, | sirument will save twa ) hene { next year there will be in the United sound basis of compensation. distressful sacrifices—and 18 5O fresh iy priped that it was not forthcoming | counter. - i il geanfibe ed by a fili-1months time in a session of Congress, | States 2,400,000 more automobilex All these measures are possible at thie present session if the soirit which { v those representa- were present at | as observers will | nrevail in the two houses acting as speaks from knowledge, and rigatfully i iwould join the progressive bloc onlg, et he - | ture |t crown. Patrlotism in Irelend has| " oo " ogpect and confidence of jern publiclty stunts arouse theand yawns. He s lfkely (0 do <o uijsome other bllls, perhaps, but not jSrates between the ages of five and]and vehicles cnu no lomger occupy the i | changed fts form, and it consists to- all sections of the country. fAmerxcnn people. Im)— old inopportune time. { against this ore. .-lgh!et-n years one-fourth are ho‘i.n,ne level. l-.‘lt“a_lfll‘fnolpnxh- il | day in helping to bulld up. not In try- = G {"'Se over on the other side the] On one occasion he was escorting i The success of the late Alibusteridnifany school CTREL (cainciies it Talbne L e e Every \isit from a distinguished g t, tear down, that which has been e L e toomen turned to Georgen | Krande dame at & soctal function tn | 28R irt the DYer blll was due to thejthe Arm: test of literacy amonkst|ITGPY, second stories of nur Lus foreign statesman calls forth some! 4 A statesman now has to decide whrat | And Georges, who had | Parls. Such functions appealed to|there were always enough Etriot | the drafted men. which showed that’ ;' d 1 ouees, be in the middle »f 1 splendid tribute to our native hercnsmI ind patriotisa weil calculated to - e i H o] 1 Lo ekl which have been committed and the degree, kept abreast of her pro; S Procedure indefinitely, with —‘mem|for Ereater funds for educating the!nate grade crossinzs entirely in th fortify American morale. y g = s S g ver. A ormally, Clempenceau goes to bed at|¥" & = masses, but seems to many that, congested districts. Individual bridz. oues e cutrages which have been perpetrated | -and slang—thought 1t © 7 o'clock and gets up at 3 to work, | TeRAY to make interminable speeches| ;. " s needed. in addition to. and | will give entrance to the serond st ——————— Motoring mey yet to malke life cne was against these dauntiess spirits, and the vital thing which cannot be escaped today Is that tie Irish Free State is an accomplished fact. Tnose who rebel against it are in rebellion against Ireland. not against the Brit- won., Let a veil be drawn over the crimes in the name of Irish liberty. Dark- s regnlated as | nens and despair have for long years ROt been entirely suce :ty Week after an- | heen Ireland’s’ portion, and darkness | regions abroad. in mind, that should such a thing occur again we should forfeit not only our self-respect, but the respect of ali g ives, Amertoa did not understand. his adversary into passi Some jthem s to yawn—openly and often— | ators in each party wio are for the mankind. Gen. Pershing is well employed. He bloc as we!ll as what national party he shall become identified with. . The “‘borrow early” campaigns have cessful in some {to so kreat a degree as they had ex- ipected. Apparently, they told them- i Some one had to tell her. {one had to go across the occan and iby the spectacular methods of m 1Clemenceau. ilived in the United States and, to a twinkle came into his eye. “Let Georges do It. en?" he asked. { And xo Georges Is doing the great- | 1 ( i he found kis grande dume and led her | When arkulng with an opponent;buster, providing it is denounced by |A demonstration of it is to be given Clemenceau uses many iwiles to lure n. One of while his opponent speaks. When he 6d- ; becomes bored he yawne und yawns | him but little, and this one not at all. crese |He wanted to go home and to bed. On this occasion he managed to put up with the affair till 9 o'cloclk. Then !a materisl number of senators as s antagonistic to progressive princt- ‘plea. The trouble is that some sena- bill stlll claim to be as good pro- iwressives as can be found. They {party men to demand & roll call, and then more roll calls. and keep up the meanwhile. That Was a case of party \regularity working with inexorable j eftectiv It will soon be demcn- ated whether the opponents of the rehan: marine bill can ral What are ve ad- !than there are now. going to do about that? Merel {ing policemen and driving more c tiously have their limits In assurinz safety and practical speed of travel. The day is coming when pedrstri; this week in the House office building. T T The United States commissioner of education, Dr. Tigert, states that of the 6.000.000 children in the United treets. leaving ample space for day That will elim one-fourth of them could not read nor write. The commiseloner calis light ‘or the houses more than funds to improve of each business house. The « & « compuisory cdu- | ground space will be given to t the Coustitu-|cles. &1l sireets tu ba one-way hor oughfures on escn Side of the contoe power Sother. X i a ings which | ationa y s i e to 01 - o y a co- the | ? the pillare of ed sxtring " !am] despair breed mt_my }h ngs “h_k'}l: jest internationa Dublicll?‘ -flux;!luu‘l‘ }he door to excort her home. i UipArtiean force to, et 8 niins Senny the l‘{_r;:kt.fl e il ped xtriny —_————————— - cannot live and thrive where the sun | SHOOTING STARS. !which one man has undertuken in, Rut . surely, Mr. Prime Ministe similar purpose as was accomplished | ciifldren, and all ad: e 11- | by vehicles will e limy Like every cther enterprise, a secret | fety requires publicity. —— e Pt —————— A better day has! beckons. The ; of liberty shines. dawned and opportunity world now expects Letter things of —_——————————— BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. With feelings of uncanny dread, Being a fighter, he i3 having one of the best times of his ilong and eventful life. irecent times. {the moment his chief opponent ap- remarked a friend who saw Lim leav- ! by a party line-up. Opinions are con-|jjterate. tn attend urely youre not gzoing so yes” replied Clemenceau in (Yawn).” tradictory on this score, the welght of opinion seeming fo be that if the enemies of the proposed legislation i i the bill fiom reaching a vote. T4 1 ther | sections of the streets i -'m‘nu-r‘ ~21? Within lcan at least n ve years noth- jmen 1 5 T = ey i hat he should lding their strength ¥ Turkey promotes no gratitude on;Irishmen, and Irishmen will not dn,l Shadows. { It was inevitable tl 2 il Ll ;0 | sucoeed In welding their strengt mfl{ A key J g : : - i sonal controversy. At |English, yawning. “It's late. (Yawn!) {a compact organisation they can, with o » Thanksgiving or any other day. ! appoint the expectations of the world.| When I was emall I went to bed Hleap into perso; Late as the devil. (Yawn.) And I've |the pressure of public b“.fness. keep Iges ellt (1) romise to be Senator Hitchcock of Ne- got to take this home first. s = ; . | pear: Anyhow, it will be very Interestin Constitution Changing. Enger money: {s: no doubt favcrablejAnd chought - leord & oSty WOd |Braska. Tomorrow it may be some| — to watch the practical procers of the e e L JktolgerTastettBouR it may bardohied L1 Yoy iesingEReR FAbA stirred. {0 "Il Goesn't mattor. The| Clemenceau loves a good siors. 1fe janti-merchant’ marine bloe." which (4] uarantee aALEe y (1) rance e Dort by the comimit-| wpetper it stays in any person’s hands Lo e the thing, “Clest la guerre” |tells many ‘nimeelf. Mo scldom | contuine mome of the leaders in the tee on agriculture on one proposition affecting -the manner of electing the President and Vice President and the long enough for the germs to climb off and do damage. 1 thought the shadows long and slim Had talons sharp and faceg grim. 1 almost wept, yet silence kept, icarried down to an individual basis. As an instance of Clemenceau’s en- foyment of a fight may be cited an springs an old one, and when he doer tell one it is generally piquant. He has learned never to laugh at | prosressive bloc. L s the popular practice of poli- It {1«. the Editor of The Stur: snch action on —_———— & i e Ashamed of fears that o’er me crept. = E S LA ticians to jeer when me; vou giv ace to .58 entering into an time of the inauguration and themeet-| ;g gre frankly expressed that an | s rept. L erview with Marshal Foch which|hiS own stors. Often. in a room o 3 ntlon 18 made| Can you give e space to express SULETILE Lo Bh ing of Congress, and by a subcommit- 2 i 2 M hortly after the|COnVulsed with laughter. he is the,°f the possible candidacy of Henry|the views of very many Americans in .75 o 2 i {attempt at another war will result{And when the morning dawned so|occurred in Paris sl ortly a e Y < s 5 5 dcv. but such would not have tee of the judiciary committee-on an- orld-d hi lstlce. An American was pres- only person with a straight face. His:Ford for the presidential nomination rd to our relations to France? (1. case, for un ugrecment such us other proposition to change tho date| O, It °ne swift wociddemolishing bright jaranlatices 2 favorite gesture, which comes at thelon the democratic ticket. They ex-| Irhen it came to agrecing on peace |the one proposed. notegeneral in ita explosion. I scorned the terrors of the night., !ent. end of a story, 18 to throw both hands ! hibit an incredulous state of mind, as {terms France was insistent, ns she | {°rms, to the effect that if a certain of the inauguration and the meeting of Congress present this matter of a constitutional amendment for con- sideration at this session. Suddenly this question, long discussed in a somewhat academic manner, assumes the aspect of an issue. 3 ‘The preserit system of indirect elec- tion of the President, by an electoral oollege, was adopted by the Constitu- Uon makers becausé in 1789 the suf- frage was limited, and because it was . ———teee ‘Having organized Russia on a strictly autocratic basis, Lenin now desires other parts of the world to try soviet- ism. —_———e—— TInvestigation of the New Brunswick case has at least reaulted in bringing a witness to trial. A Man and His Job. 1 vowed no more when day was o'er ‘Would shadows fret me as before, 1 said I'd be serenely brave Nor let my fancles misbehhve. But just the eAme when. twllight came The goblins played their usual game. I half enjoyed it, when afrald Of what I knew by morn must fade. All mortals will seek terror still, IJu-l for the pleasure of a thrill. ‘They differed on a matter of policy and Clemenceau made his position plain in emphatic’ terms. Then he took up Foch’s argument and for ten minutes derided, ridiculed and held it up to scorn. As “the Tiger” proceeded, Foch's choler rose. Within five minutes the marshal was pacing the floor, his tace flaming. He gritted his teeth I ed and snorted. To no avail and pulled at his hair and expostulat- | gloves for an entirely The | son.” up and out, distended, with a shrug of his ehoulders, He always wears gloves. Gener- ally they are gray. There are many theories as to why he does this. One day the correspondents were discuss- ing it when Clemenceau appeared un- expectedly and overheard some of thel? remarke. “All wrong,” he told them. “I wear different rea- And the usual twinkle came inté his eve. {1t such a thing were impossible, the rebuttal of the suggestion being that “he 1s not presidential timber.” Be that as it may, it 18 not to be dis- missed too lightly or as outside the range of possible attempting, at any rate. The Ford nomination boom, Which started on u “shoestring.” as many ‘flnlnelll successes have had their In- i ception, is growing. It is known iIn { well informea political ofrcles that it | thing happened the United States {would act ig not an alliance, and the |agreement was qualified and taken lout of the eategors of alliances by 5 | the right of England and the United that the Rhine should be her bound- tes to Sudge whether apy sitack ary, and she was in a position to en- | hhlh-n might be made was unjustifi- . entative able or not. 4 force her Wl O e neuse se. | One other thing should not be over- objected, savirg e futu! slooked, and that is. that in entering curity of France could be otherwise into : ch an agreement which could hereupon promised that be Elven a reasonable time limiy, if :‘f";""' g 'm ‘39 u" ber demana | thought best. we should not be as- ERLCS O B P, suming the elightest risk, for Ger- the United States and England, who many even if on a full war footing was ready to agree, would stand be- ain, which she cannot be for many had the right to be, after having been twice wrongfully invaded and ruthlessly devastated by Germany, “ * out-talked him. i 3 not .conceded that the people coul jmserisout:ts jante s ! ia being discussed serloualy by lead-|hind France in case Germany again |years to come, would not ventu safely be intrusted .with ux: dire: This is from Detroit, dated yester- New and Old. < | As Clemenceau neared the end of 'Why, Mr. Prime Minister? flukedlerl both in the democratic and re-|unjustly attacked her. France con- to attack the united strength of e ; & 4 3 his denouncement Foch whirled for one of the correspondents. publican parties. The democratic |sented, thereby ylelding ‘a valuable | France, Great Britain and the United cholce, owing to those limitations. At|%F0 L L ted 'What is your opinlon of @ new the door. e opened it and stood in| I wear them to keep my hande|Yiewpoint in r?;'urnlsi first, t|ha asmr- consideration for a promised |.n;lem, | States. firat the electora wera chosert in maiti{ 1o the United States Senie. to a1l the | PPy 7. s . the doorway, trembling wit rage. |warm.” he said. “My hands got cold.” | TG hanced: This Is nor sa1d Tn an | bevwacn prvate partics . court of s et e e e e e of the states by the legislatires, but{ uncxpired term of Truman H. New- T don't think one can urprise me| .oy« he exclaimed. “Wigh you—| There wa pause, and presently | offensive sense, but stated &s & prac- |law woulg enforce, and_would it not ! regentative made, to securc which gradually the choice ‘was given to the voters, South’ Carolina alone -presersy ing ‘the legihlatuie method: ugtil. the civil War. In time the ‘“electorsl col- lege” became a mere recording body, and it is that today. The people, in ef- fect, vote directly for the presidential offices. Inasmuch as the Norris reso- lutfon, which the committes on agri- cuiture piaces before the Senate, pro- vidgs that the vote shall be taken by states, though without the interven- tion of electors, no change in fact berry, will devote his entire time to his “senatorial duties, it was -ai nounced last night, following contfe ences hére ycsterday between the re- tiring mayor, the city council 4nd the street railway commiasion. Some of Mr. Couzens' friends had urged him; to retain the office of mayor of De- troit and to continue as general man- ager of the municipal traction sys- tem, which he brought into being. ¢ e'e The genator-designate re- mained sflent on his attitude toward various national ssues. The right appraisement of the case. Mr. Couzens will find—he takes the oath of office tomorrow—a man’s job much,” answered 8enator Sorghum. “A new paity almost invarfably tells the same old story.” Jud Tunkins says since cowbells got into jazs orchestras, both milk and beef have demanded high prices like they had something to do with art. Musings of a Motor Cop. Hortense Magee has t0o0 much pep. A street car man said, “Watch your step!” £ She heard him, as she tried to pass, poof! One cannot argue.” ‘And he slammed the door behind Clemenceau added: “But my feet don't,” A True Heroine. Occasions like that of the burning of the ‘High Point school afford im- | prescive proof of the fact thft dem- ocstrations of true heroism are by no means limited to exploits on a battle- field. L Mrs. Grant was in chari cond floor of the of the two. ry pine school building at High Point, a lit-'f below—the only possible means by which their lives could be saved! ‘Then, as the floor sank beneath her own feet, she seized the window ledges and Jeaped to the ground, whence she was rescued, fearfully burned an otherwise injured, 2 Rare Lerolsm was also demonstrated by her sister teachers In charge of the ground floor rooms of the build- ng. Stifled by the smoke, seared with tical proposition. The increasing cost of the legitimate e: dential campalgn § It appoals not only to democrats who disclaim relationship with the gources of ".';f' campaign contributifne, but is_realized by republican managers, who 40 not find tI expected finan- ofal connection 1 that they are cracked up to b The republican view vision ittle further. It sees Mr. Ford attracting to his candidacy for the presidency, in event of his, nomination by the democrats, the support of a large body of the discontented, the indepén- dent and the floating vote. It is sald by them that there may be a large the electorate which re- = be still more bdinding fn a court of France gave up « great advantage. honor? Had we ratified the agree- land I believe, if the situation ful ment not only would France have|explained, could be put to the Amer- at once largely reduced her army to|jcan J.gogle a vast majority of them her own great relief, which now, would say, “Sign.” Let us promote the whether mistakenly or not, she is|peaceund good will of the world by profoundly convinced it would be un- | enabling our old-time friend and safe for her to do, but the whole |recent brother in arms to lay aside European situation would at that. his armor and resume his mnormal time have been greatly stabilized and | place In the paths of industry anud tranquillised. progress. ARCHIBALD HOPK1Y The objection has been raised that A Safety Week The Editorial View. Every once in a while somebody For Pedestrians speaks casually of an editorial utter- S, proposed in this respect. > awaiting him on Capitol Hill. He will tle rural community near Covington, element of ] i h th, ¢ And promptly stepped upon the gas. tense heat, and with th 3 as a superman f = lance in such a way that the editor Thd moet crastic] cuange peopceed) Lav no Hie £or ShYIhnE aley. reRy Y B G I S ve tan Sears of 4k }lhful:.i‘ TROIF “faces and. arms, thope | Business, a8 & vml-mm::;: t and | Toghe BAlor of The B ety week” has|Knows such articles are being read. Ly the Norris resolution is in regard! Tt is this spirit of cbncentration Discipline. 2 . in her care, brave ladies stood beside the burni: friend of the plain vmx.p‘s‘ S -1 ended In such a blaze of glory. with | Sometimes an objection s~ volced; to the meeting of Congress and the’in- probably that explains Mr. Couzens’ “Do you approve of the Iatest fash. Her first intimation that the build- ing was on fire came when one of her structure doing their utmost to cnlcg the little forma as Mrs. Grant dropped would look upon him wi the moment of voting. without con- sometimes approbation, sometimes a twenty-four accidents credited to it | G r T BP O e main auguration. The duty of canvassing|extraordinary success In life. As al{ofis iittle charges called her attention to|them from she window above. jecturing further into his abilities as e, 1oy d wind-up day, I want to - Z “pr s fil-| Many of the little ones were b; oxecutive or his training as a(fof its srand wind-up day, thing, the thing that interests, is the vote {8 transferred from the retir-{ business man ho concentrated on busl.| s, replied Miss Caysnne. x| the “preily white ol ul‘l::r;:naln‘ burned and Rurt: very few of tahar? }; Stateaman. In fact, they might think |SuSSest that, inasmuch az we have | that the columns of editorlais, which ing to the newly elected Congress, and to enable it to function in that re- spect it s to be assembled on the first ness, and becme one of the most sucs| cessful operators it his section of the country, amassing a fortune and tak- might as well. Fashions represent one subject that leaves a woman without a chance to assert her own opirion tering _through the door—“dust’ her was smoke. Realizing the danger of a panic eraol which Intuition told fact, escaped injury. But had it not been for the courage, the bravery and the self-sacrificin devotion of those nqble women, no him eminently equipped as an execu- tive, without differentiating between business capacity and fitness based upon acquaintancaship with the larger are the opinions of & newspaper en heard from the side of the autoists, we | 260, (€ P8 0 day in the nation s now have a “Safety week” operated | jha worid, nr- being scrutinized with from the outlook of the pedestrian, | cere and diligence. he children and that at- Monday in January. while the inaugu- | ing & foremost place among the cap-|qng put up an argument.” - ::'.?:1. 1: oeufsnpe down the n:i’:vny one of them would be living today! affairs of the nadon aud the world. and that signs might be placed uvgry{ pig :h«'- public desires to improve tho ration of the President is to take place | tains of industry in the northwest. — | ineant certain death, this brave wom-| Not only the parents of ti:e rescued| All of which is designed to intf-|few blocks bearing this warning, “I’0 quality of the editorial articles ap- " “Some ‘0" de’ money tréubles in extrae displaying rdinary re- ‘children, but the publiz, owe those mate that it would be well to follow not hurt any one —illuminated wighs jPearing in newspupers and magazines. on the thifd Monday. In event of a| As mayor of Detroit—a city of A cetalness und ‘presence of mind, | teachers an everlasting debt of grati- | carefully the developments in the |for night time—and let them all re- |it must read them carefully. upprais, rontest before Congress, as in 1876, it | progress and importance—he had con-| dishere neighderhood,” sald Uncle|locked the door, cuanm-nded her S }lu‘nry ;‘\;fi {wfln wn‘:::h‘. v"h:thar he w:(l“l‘n‘ nndlhe sul:,eu voern;ancatlyl. fi . l':,eni:l‘lgh;:;:‘:.:l)fl|=l(lyl:n:'-~ha|l(nge !ly.h.- 3 5 v P “ain” v, ‘ “1 " gan - | .It is such heroism that molds all hu- | is favor: 0 it or not, is deing pro- s and crossbones on some might j ¢ 3 t disagrees. They must,be settjed within thred weeks o | centrated 50 successfully on the duties | Eben, “ain” dye to mufin® “cep™qe bigh |Bulls o Mine up” Snd Pekaa 4rop. | L6 ool hep g g DU % GG {moted politiclans ik "(he |emphesize the much-needed warning! | belong in & vers important sense to - %he prealdential office may remaln va- cost o' hoss racin®.* -t Window to the ground, twenty -feet|Constitution. = 1 democratic pa - LULU P. FLETCHER. the people.—South Bend Tribune. I, of his office that-his fellow citizens