Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. 5 NOi’EB. .. .Editor THEODOURE W The Evening Star Newspape Busigexs Ofice. 11th 8t. and Pennsylvan New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicazo Ofce: Tower Ruilding Enropean Oftice : 16 Regen: St., London, The Evening Star, with the edition. in delivered by ity ai_60 cents per cents per month: Sunds month. Orders may be phone Ma‘y 5000. Collection is made by car. Tiers at the end of each mont r Company Ave Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. 1 mo., 70c 11 mo., 50¢ mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00 : 1 mo., 85¢ Daily oaly r., $7.00:1 mo., uc Sunday onl, yr., $3.00:1mo. 2ic Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press ix exclusively eotitled to the use for republication of all news dis patches credited 1o 1 or not otherwine credited :n thie paper and also the local news pub. lished “herein. All “rights of publication of | dispatches herein are reserved. —_— Vicious Legislation by Rider. The fundamental vice of legislation by rider on an appropriation bill is the coercion which it invoives, some- times of the Senate by the House or vice versa, sometimes of the President by Congress. The appropriation money to maintain in accordance with the requirements of existing law. They be passed promptly and regularly every vear to| keep the machinery of government running. If attempt is made to change the Jaw by smuggling into the uppropria- tion bill @ legislative rider. the house making the attempt must convince, persuade or coerce the other into as- | sent or the attempt fails. And if both | houses agree to the rider, the Presi dent must then, if not convinced of the merits of the new legislation. be coerced into withholding his veto. In such case coercion of one house by the othe possible through threat of the body attempting the ir- regular legislation to defeat an ap-| propriation bill and bring v a stand- | still part of the governmental ma. chinery unless the other house vields its convictions concerning the merits | of the proposed legislation and assents | to the enactment of the vicious rider. Coercion of the President is made pos sibie by the fact that he cannot segre- mate and veto separately a legisiative rider which he finds unjust and of- fensive, but must either sign under duress or must veto the whole appro- | priation bill with infinite diversified | resulting injury. | The normal p acts supply the government | is seedure of wise Amer- | ican law-making is for the proposed | new to first, thorough | consideration on its merits by the ap- | propriate committee, after full and | faur hearings of those whos: rights or interests will be affected by the change; then to be thoughtfully con- sidered and put into the best shape possible by the House or Senate, whichever takes the initiative: then | after enactment by one house to be sent to the other for similar careful consideration on its merits in commit- tee and in the full body: then if it still survives but in changed form through amendments to be discussed in con- ference committee and the issues be- tween the two houses settled by mu- tual concessions or reported as hope- less, resulting in the death of the bil ana. finally, if it passes the two houses | the bill to the President to be signed vetoed by him, in accord- ance with his convictions of his duty. By this procedure each new legis- lative proposition in order to become law must be approved on its distinc- tive merits by House, Senate and President, or by two-thirds of House and Senate in spite of the President's disapproval. The House cannot cram it down the throat of the Senate, or the Senate dows the throat of the House, or Cangress (unless by a two- thirds voter down the throat of the President. Of course, thix wise principle of American law-making is repudiated to | the public injury if a legislative propo- | sition which is so offensive in itself that it would be killed either by House. Senate or President if con- sidered separately on its merits is per- mitted to sneak from the open field of regular legislation, where it must de- fend itself against the assault of rea- sonable eriticism, and to skulk as a rider behind some great appropria- tions bill in its necessary, regular and almost perfunctory course through Congress. The application of thiese observa- tions to the lump-sum payment rider which alters radically a vital financial provision of the organic act of 1922 is obvious. law receive, goes or R A civilization which permits every citizen to select the laws it suits his personal convenience to observe must in the course of time come to be re- garded as more or less impractical. ——— The danger in presenting a cam- Paign slogan thus early is that events may so shape themselves as to enable a rival glee club to set it to music and sing it the loudest. Potomac Power Bill Hearing. The special sdbcommittee of the House District committee named to consider the Potomac power bill is ob- taining at its hearing ample testimony from government engineers and others familiar with hydroelectric matters that the proposed development of the upper Potomac is practicable, that it promises advantages to the govern- ment and the Capital and that the work, according to the Tyler plan, could be done within the estimate of cost. So far there is agreement between the government experts that the gov- ernment should undertake this work. Reasons are given why the task will probably not be undertaken by private interests. Discussing that point, Gen. Black, formerly chief of engineers of the Army, and who is as well ac- quainted with the, Potomac River as 6ld residents are, §aid that “The gov- ernment can, profitably make this de- ‘velopment where it would be un- the | | duction | matter of business. have to pay as much as 8 per cent for money, while the government could get all the capital needed for 4 or 4% per cent, and the difference represents the spread between success and fail- ure.” There seems also to be agreement between the expertd that the govern- ment, after transforming tke Potomac into a power stream, should not go into the business of.retail delivery of electric current, but before undertak- ing the work should have contracts with local public utilities that they would buy all the current produced and use it or distribute it to private consumers. Gen. Black said he could see no objection to leasing the plunt to a local distributing company such as the Potomac Electric Power Com- pany. The water power of the Potomac has been under discussion many yvears. and ever since the development of hydroelectric power the falls and rapids of the Potomac have been looked at approvingly by engineers, | but, the estimates of cost were always in big figures, and a few years ago there was no assurance that all the current produced could be sold nearby. Meanwhile the coal-power electric plants have reached remarkable ef- ficiency and have prospered. und a | few vears ago there was little or no difference between the cost of generat- 5 electricity by steam power and the estimates for doing it with Potomac water power. With the rise in the cost | of ccal has come quite a wide differ- | ence in the cost of coal and water | power electric current, and it is likely that the difference will | greater. | become b e Now for the Tax Bill. Now that Congress has had its way in the matter of the bonus for ex- soldiers by overriding the President’s veto, it should endeavor to frame a| tax-revision bill that will both effect | reductions and will assure the govern- | ment of a sufficient income to meet its expenses, thus enlarged by the bonus requirements. The bill is now in con- ference. Certain features of it are sub- | Ject to change. Indeed. in some vital | respects it can be materially modified | and altered from its original form. A | spirit of accommodation and of real accomplishment should prevail. 1 The President is pledged to tax re- | Congress desires to effect tax | duction. The President recommend ed reduction based upon the condition of an econcmy of government ex- penses. without a bonus. Congress has scen fit to put the bonus on the| statutes. The original program of re- | duction cannot be carried into effect without invalving a deficiency. A com- | promise is required | his is not a political question. It is | a matter of federal financing. It is a| If an unsatisfactory tax-revision | measure is enacted into law responsi- | bility will rest upon Congress and not | upon the President. There will be no | political advantage to either party in a revision that throws out of gear the machinery of government financing. although it assures an immediate les- sening of the tax burden. Mr. Coolidge wants to sign a tax- revision bill, for the sake of the public welfare. Some of the features of the bill as it passed the Senate are par- | ticularly objectionable, the corpora- tion tax provisions and that for the publicity of income tax returns. If these, for which there is no justifica- | tion, are eliminated the bill will stand as a reasonable tax revision, with at least a fair chance of assuring suf ficient revenue to meet the ordinary expenses and the bonus charge as well. Only a few more days remain before | Congress will, according to schedule. | adjourn for the session. There is time for the necessary adjustment. The bill, however, should not be left to the last days and put on its final| passage in the rush of work at the | close of the session. | | | | | — e rae A well arranged program will per- mit the Cleveland delegates to trans act business in short order and slflli have plenty of time to listen to the in- | cidental concerts and the complimen- tary vice presidential speeches. s A large amount of persuasion Wi required to convince Hiram Johnson that he was not a candidate. The truths that come nearest home are often hardest to discover. DL e The song of the nightingale has been successfully breadcast by radio. This is a case of ultra-modern mechan- ism getting back to first art prin- ciples: as far from jazz as possible. ————————— Preparations are being made to have New York strictly dry during the Democratic national convention. It is hoped that all the bellhops are reading the newspapers. ——————— 1t is Trotsky's evident opinion that Lenin must be remembered as a very fine man, if only because of the com- pany he kept. ————————— Saturday Half-Holiday. A news announcement states that Saturday half-holidays for federal and District government employes will be- gin June 15 to continue until Septem- ber 15. The Saturday half-holiday during the hot months has been ef- fective in government offices in the District since 1814, and it has been said authoritatively at the White House that the executive order of June, 1914, creating the half-holiday for three months is looked upon as a continuing order from year to, year, “thereby making it unnecessary for e new order to be fssued each year.” The government's Saturday afternoon rest in summer is lgoked upon by many thousands of people -in Wash- ington as & highly desirable thing. The week end rest spell gives one the chance to have a full-day rest day on Sunday. It gives the chance for work- ing in the garden on Saturday after- noon end for more play at golf and tennis and for week-day boating aad fishing. Its advantages are many. The Saturday half-holiday has been taken up by great numbers of people who do not work for the government. Private employers heard the demand for a ‘shorter Saturday work day and answered it affirmatively be- | gain | fact and offices has become general. With many persons Saturday was the most uncomfortable day. Shops were kept open until late at night, and it was custom of large numbers of people to sleep late on Sunday §o “catch up” with their rest. When the early-closing idea began to spread it was argued by many persons that it would hurt busi- ness. It seems to have benefited busi- ness and all those who work at busi- ness. —— r—ee The 3-5-3 Ratio. There is cause for gratification over the announcement in the House yes- terday by Chairman Butler of the naval affairs committes that the House will be asked to vote May 28 on his bill appropriating $150,000,000 for modernizing the Navy and bring- ing it up to the strength authorized by the 5. treaty. The bill has the indorsement of President Coolidge and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and should be enacted into law The nation was shocked when it was asserted that the naval strength had fallen below the ratio authorized by thé treaty. That gatio was thoroughly satisfactory to the advocates of lessened armament, for it realized the ums of patriotic Americans for ade- Quate defense of the country, preserva- tion of our commerce on the high reas and maintaining the dignity and safety of the United States before all the world, while at the same time limiting the constantly increasing ex- pense of armament. It has been claimed in some quar- ters that the usscrtion thai we have fallen far below the treaty ratio is un-| founded. Chairman Butler, who is in touch with the Navy authorities, in- formed the House vesterday that the | | actual ratio is § for Great Britain. a fraction over 4 for the United States and 3 for Japan. He said the proposed appropriation would raise the United States to the authorized 5. The vessels to be provided to bring the ratio up would be the construction eight new scout cruisers of 10.000 tons, reconditioning of six firstline battleships and construction of six gunboats of 400 tons each for far east- ern service. This does not smack of “militarism.” 1t is good common sense and patriotism. e o radical movement is likely very serious momentum. The average radical soon loses enthusiasm when he finds himself under the or- to ganization discipline with which even | radicalism cannot dispens e——— When Jules Verne wrote “Around the World in Eighty Days.” he creat- ed a wonderful work of imagination He could have made it even more thrilling if he had known about the | airship. e Success in holding down rentals will lead to the hope that a large number of other items in the high cost restraint. Fairness compels recognition of the that Mr. Bok's prize plan for world peace has thus far proved itself quite as influential as any suggestion oftered. _— - Welcoming the first straw hat is a matter of less popular interest this vear than the farewell to the um brelia. o Photographs can be sent over tele- phone wires. An indignant subscriber may have to disguise his facial ex- pression as well as his tone of voice. ————— In addition to its other complica- tions the housing problem may de- velop an intricate system of lawyers' fees. B — It is confidently expected that in a short time the oil investigation will be gone—but not forgotten. e SHOOTING STARS. Excursion. loud boat in the.tranquil sky, With Fancy at the helm, May swiftly carry us on high To an enchanted realm. So let us, on a distant shore, Forsake the weary grind And for a little while explore The Land of Nevermind. A A little time to rest and dream— ‘Phen homeward with a smile! Our duties oft so irksome seem And yet make life worth while. So. comrade, let us sail away And leave our cares behind, We'll seek—nor grudge the brief de- lay— . The land of Nevermind. Restraint. “Don’t vou find it rather difficult to think of new ideas for your speeches?” . answered Senator Sorghum. “What keeps me busy is eliminating the novel touches until some more venturesome talker has tried 'em out and shown whether they are liable to be popular. Jud Tunkins says a good politician will always extend sympathy, but what he expects from vou is practical assistance. Moonshine. The moon bestows & mystic light. It soothes the eye to follow it. The moonshine’s really all right Unless you try to swallow it. Cleverness Handicapped. “‘Weren't you afraid to play poker with that magician who did such won- derful tricks with cards?” answered Cactus Joe. figured the advantage was all our way. That feller was too smart for his own good. He simply had to lose in order to show that he was honest.” Different. “Things are different since we've had prohibition.” “‘Entirely,” agreed Uncle Bill Bottle- top. “We used to call the patrol wagon. Now it's the ambulance.” “Some men talks so continuqus, said Uncle Eben, “dat dey don’t give profitable for private concerns, be-|fore the government caught the idea, | deirseifs time to -find out anything caunse the private companies would numdanummunn-.!# i of | | living can be placed under judicious NO. Lifting of Tax Burden and Ai BY SAMUEL M. RALSTON, ed Ntates Semator From I nd Former Govermor of Indiana. 1 am not expert enough to give a full answer to the question, “What can be done to improve the economic condition of the United States?’ 1 am willing (o suggest, however, that business will not materially improve in this country until our government quits ignoring the principle that “just taxation is limited to the needs of the government economically adminis- tered.” That muxim means that “public of- flee is a public trust” and thut offi- cials who are ele‘ted to serve people shall not exereise the power 10 tax to benefit one class of persons to the detriment of other classes. It seems to me that the process which has been followed in this country of taxing the people for the benefit of favored clusses has been carried on until our whole governmental system Is demoralized and that now the whole idea of the paternalistic ad- vocates is to stimulate the portions of the community or country which have been injured by 1t by s further perverting the legitimate functions of government ¥ x ok The farmers, for example, have b [taxed for the benefit of everybod: |and are still being tuxed without re |&ard to the iniquitous effect of the Irate and system of tuxes imposed them. Most of the remedies n upon |that are now being offered to relieve them of some of their unjust burdens are along the lines of temporary re- lef in the form of loans and con- cessions of various kinds As a member of the committee on agriculture and forestry, I have lis- tened for weeks to witnesses testify- ing to the deplorable condition of the farmers in the northwest, and I have been astounded to see how they all, with very few exceptions. cling to a high protective tariff as the farmers' gTeatest safeguard. notwithstanding that ugder such a policy the farmers of this country have come (o the very precipice of ubsolute ruin. Appar ently these witnesses were most so- licitous that there be nothing done b our government to develop foreig markets for the surplus of our farm that might in any way weaken high protective policy lican party * * wedded willing So strongly are the [ high tariffs that th IN TODAY’S BY PAUL } re | { | | A muss meeting was held last day under the uwuspices of the Wa ington Board of Trade and presided over by Chief Justice McCoy of the Distriet Supreme Court The under discussion was how to canize the 18.000 aliens residing the National Capital. who are 8- lectfu f their privilege of becoming American citizens. It was announced that the Board of Trade wus putting on a thirty-day campaign of naturalization, with the view of demonstrating to these aliens their shortcoming in failing to take out their citizenship papers. The dif- ficulties of the board's task appear greatly enhanced by the necessity of explaining to these potential "voters’ that they will have the privilege of exercising their franchise in the Dis- | trict of Columbia just as soon us the native sons gain the same privilege, and that it is their manifest duty to make ready A distinguished sociologist has de- fined Americanization as it is gen- erally practiced. as being “something done to somebody by somebody else.” The alien is taught how he should think in America. and how he should put out of his mind the ideals and teachings of his native land. He is to become oculated with the ideals of America before he can be melted down and molded in the cast ¢ “ real. or, rather a naturalized Amer- ican o topic Ameri- in ne * o= o This may not be the process pro- posed in the thirty-day naturaliaztion campaign in Washingion. It seems a slow and tedious process to apply to 18,000 aliens who should all be in- duced to become non-voting nutural- ized American citizens within thirty days. At the Sunday conference upon this subject Miss Aiton, who has been doing brilliant work for several vears the | head of the Americanization School of |“’nsnlngtcn. called attention to the fact that the foreigners coming to us have something to give, as well as something | to take, and that we should meet them land take what they are so willing to Kive. for “one of their endowments ix culture.” It is often a great surprise to Amer cans to discover that broken English | not the invariable sign of crude ideals or lack of appreciation of taste and knowledge of the finer things in life. It is also true that the immigrant is not the greatest sinner in lacking patriotic instincts and a_yearning for the better things in government. * xox % Two boys were overheard disput- ing as to which one was the happfer in the love of his parents. One was the son of devoted parents: the other had been a waif adopted into a house- hoid. The first taunted the adopted boy: “Your parents don’t love you like mine do me, for my father and mother are my real father and moth- er. You're just an adopted boy.” “Y-a-a-s” faltered the wa your parents had to take yo chose me." g What have been the dreams, the ideals of freedom, the instincts of love of & country that would vouch- safe_opportunity, which have drawn the thousands of every nationality to choose the United States of America? What rebuffs have the immigrants experienced from the moment they landed and fell into the hands of in- terpreters and sharks who fleeced them and turned them adrift in a foreign land! It has been officially stated that 80 per cent of the immi- grants are thus cheated upon landing, and when, after their early experi- ences, they will develop patrotic feelings for the “land of the free;" how much greater is their loyalty than that of the native who has known no such rebuffs and yet neg- lects to exercise his legal rights and perform his lawful obligations as a citizen! Not half of the authorized yoters of America exercise their franchise, and probably not a quarter attend political meetings, read politi- cal debates or have even a hazy com. prehension of the living _issues on which the electors are expected to pass judgment. * ok x % According to the 1920 census, thers were in that year 22,000,000 men en- ga2ged in manufactures and farming, and 4,250,000 in merchandising—a to- tal of nearly 27,000,000 men, presum- ably all voters. There were as many women—all voters. That makes a total of about 54,000,000 potential voters, yet there were cast for' Mr. Harding's election 16,152,200 ballots and for Mr. Cox, 9,147,353 votes, and the Prohibitiopist, Secialist and i | but mine the | the | of the Repub- | VIL d for Country’s Farmers Essen- tial, Declares Democratic Presidential Possibility. have this stitutional government ignore con- limitations in order that it may help the farmer through un- and unsafe legislation. 1 con- cede that farmers have every right that any other industry has to have our organic law violated in their in- terest, but no industry, in truth, has this right, d | would emphasize the fact that disregard for constitutional safeguards is alwa followed by dangerous consequence Every witness who has stood f the policy of the special interests knows that the protective tariff pol- licy of the Republican party enhances the price of every spoon of sugar, every thread of clothing, beds and carpets used in the farmer's home and makes (he price of his farm im- plements and machinery almost pro- hibitive. Besides, this policy affects the farmer's surplus in two ways. First, it makes it cost him so much that he cannot sell it in u competitive for- eign market; and, secondly, if he could produce his surplus as cheapl s his foreign competitor produc like surplus, the tariff which he would have to pay to this government on the goods which he would get in ex- change for his surplus would make the trunsaction loging one to him * % k¥ wise In these two w therefore, there are others, our high protective tariff bars the surplus of the Ameri- can farmer from foreign markets does more than this. By our system of forcing an increase of agricultural prices at home, even without profit to our farmers, we have encouraged the development of new fields of agri- culture abroad, until Australia, South America and parts of Africa and Asia and Canada have become formidable competitors. Unquestionably, if the United States regains its foreign markets for agri- | cultural products, once so profitable %o our people, it must cheapen pro- duction at home and the only feasible | modes of doing that which nave been presentsd for consideration are Cheapening transportation, cheapen- {ing fertilizers wnd relieving the ! farmer of the unjust burdens of tar- iff taxes on most of the articies that he is compelled to use. This would materially “improve |l}o economic condition of the United States. States and Great Newspaper Al (Copyright, 1924, in Unit Pritain by North Ameri 11 rights rese SPOTLIGHT . COLLINS. about 1,- a total of 000,000 ballots. and leaves 100,000 “slacker” Americans ttle for their govern- v fail to indicate wheth- it to follow the ideals or drift into so- While candidates rmer-Labor P That is lots about who ment t hey or unar | Americanizing school to Ame icanize Americans? * % There many milions more of Americans who fail to vote than the total number of aliens who neglect to become naturalized. What has become of the old-fashioned patriotism ex- pressed in Fourth of July orations or even in town meetings where all the community would meet 10 disucs matters of public policy? What other nation would tolerate the propaganda emboided in some of our school hi tories undermining loyalty and per- verting truth and belitiling the ideals of our forefathers? * Americans have reason to be proud of the fact that this is the oldest un- changed government in the world, well as the most prosperous nation In an article published March 1 in the Literary Digest 1t was recorded: “Since the year 1789, we are told when the American system of gov- ernment and the federal ('on.\hlnlmr: went into effect, the government of every important mation on earth has undergol such radical and at times revol nary changes as to reconsti- tute it in the form of a new one thereby leaving the Constitution and government of the United States the bldest of any great nation of the present day. i But 25,000,000 American citizens are self-disfranchised and therefore are enduring that state which their fore- fathers so resented that they re- belled against taxation without rep- resentation. If these milllons had be- come men without a country, against their wills, if some conqueror had robbed them of their American = izenship, what would have been their course? Americans seek to “natural- ize” the comparatively few aliens within our boundaries, but who will e-Americanibe our 28000000 cit- zens who are without the spirit of serious patriotism? While we rejoice at the stability of America. is there no warning in the facts cited in the Senate by Sen ator Pepper a little over a month ago. when he presentéd a table show- ing_the mutability of nations. Since 1807 one-half the nations—twent three out of forty-six—have suffered revolutionary changes in their gov- ernments. . There are today influences in Amer- ica openly plotting revolution, which can be opposed effectively by the oting American_citizens. His- may repeat: “Put none but Americans on guard!”—not exclusive- iy native-obrn, but Americans—for, paraphrasing St. Paul, “He ix not an American who is one by la but he is American who is that of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter (Copyright, 1924, by Paul V. Collinx.) ——— Decries Bonus Bill As Aid to Veterans To the Editor of The Star: 1 have son who would be a “beneficiary” under the soldier bonus law. He has a wife and family. The Lord knows he needs the money. He works for the government, and thera- fore gets small pay compared with hodcarriers and bricklayers and such. Most ex-soldiers are in the same condition. The question is: Would such a law benefit or injure him (or them)? And then there is the larger ques- tion—that of justice. The benefit will not accrue for twenty years. In the meantime all the money to be paid out must be raised by taxes. These taxes must come out of increased prices—not merely the amount of the taxes, but several times as much. The one who primarily pays a tax always adds it toflhis prices, and something more be- sides. And also in the meantime these higher prices will, when he needs it most, deprive him and his family of much they need and would otherwise be able to buy. If the money to be raised to pay the bonus were raised in such a way as to force down prices instead of raise them such a law would be a | blessing to all, instead of a curse. For instance: A penalty of §1 per acra-foot per annum laid on all de- posits of coal held out of use would raise all the money needed to pay the ex-soldiers, and would also force down the price of to less than half What it now is. Jt would settle the soldier bonus ques! and break the Soth o3, AManawAr bothr € B, GWAY. are * % Politics at BY N. 0. MESSENGER Large Politicians In both parties are dis- cussing the probable effect upon Eresident Coolidge’s political fortunes next November of the desertion of him by a section of his party in Con- gress on the bonus veto. The ma- jority opinion seems to be that the Votes he may lose from having vetoed the bill in the first instance will be counterbalanced many times over by the support he will get from people who were opposed tu the bonus on the economic grounds set forth by the President and the Secretary of the Treasury. Any cne can judge for himself whether this is a safe assumption by what he hears his nelghbors say upon subject and the comment of the n in the street.” * ook x Aside from thix is also the question of the e¥ect of the rejection of his leadership by the republican senators and representatives who registered their difference with him on the bonus bill. Possibly of more tance is the effect upon the political fortun of those senators and p- resentatives themselves who went against him as the sentiment of the country crystallizes on t r action, Many predictions are heard that the President will be applauded for his courage and criticism will fall upon the individual statesmen for | ilic and ) who will swart | | the ! Congress during its se: course, which will be impugned in many cases as having b mis- tuken policy adopted al reasons * *x % % The suggestion made that the temper of the majority sentiment of the republicans of the country on the bonus was shown unanimous demand for the nomina- tion of President Coolidge. His posi- tion on the bonus was made clear in his message to Congress, in which he declared that he wus against grant- ing a bonus. That was said before the campaign for delegates was under way. It was & flat-footed stand the issue. His only opponent, Senator Johnson, took the other end of the proposition, declaring in favor of the bonus. Every one knows the result. The President swept the country, save for South Dakota and three or four scat- tring delegates. Was there no sig- nificance in that? * % * is in the * nator Hiram W in releasing the delegates instry for him in the republican convention is construed by the ticians as indicating that he not intent upon making further trouble for the party in the campaign for the election ¢y do not ny dramatic bolt from the party by Se ator Johnson, although they admit doubt of his coming actively to support of the national ticket in cted national poli- the View President Coolidge and the dominant organization of the party in his los- ing campaign for the nomination They say that if Senator Joh continues in public life he “would make a killing” for himself by “tak- ing his medicine” like a good Sports- man and supporting the ticket. but some of his friends are of opinic that he ix tired of polities and will gradually withdraw from activity * % % The effect of the Coolidge's vetoes, is that “thes so far as they further spoiiing by the Republi sion of nearly This iy stated ax the neutral bystanders in Washington,” although it is sent out with the caption of the Democ: national committee and signed by the chief of the national commiitee publicity director, so its * can be taken with a 2 “Besides that.” the tional committee’s stat 1o say, “the bills “which atter months Democratic of President past and prospective, will result, in effective, in Rowing made viewpoint are the | | six months opinion of ment goes on President’s quietus on Congress has enacted work and worry will emphasize and extend the cleavage Letween the publican executive and the Republican legislative branch of the —administration. The vote recorded on the President's veto of the pension bill and his disapproval of the soldier bonus merely reveals 1o the country that a majority of Republican senators and representa- tives are in sharp disagreement with him and unwilling to aceept his guidance in respect either to wco omic or political question: * 4 Then the Democra mittee statement, this prediction” “This divergence between the Re- publican Congress and the Republi- n President will become even more obvious and significant when the campuign (o exalt him above his party und his official associates shall have progressed u litte turther. If the President is convinced that he can his election only by re- pudiating his party and hix Congress w greal many Repubiicans in. the Houre and Seénate are equally con- scious that they can win only by dis- avowing him. ) “When both the President and thes. congressmen begin to wet aecordin o their conviciions there will be little of co-urdination or cohesiveness in the forthcoming campaign ™ * x % ic national com- with unction, makes * The main topic of interest in Democratic circles is the rapid gains William G. McAdoo seems to be mak- ing in his campaign for the presi- dential nomination and the increased activity in the combinations which are trying to “stop” him. It is con- ceded that he has been ecvidencing Browing strength in the pasl fow weeks and this is confirmed by the vigor with which stirring themselves. The hope of the opposing aspirants for the nomination and of that ele- ment in the party which is irrecon- cilably = determined tu keep Mr. McAdoo from getting the nomination, although not decided upon who shall have it, is in the possibility of elimi- nating ‘Mr. McAdoo in the early bal- loting. This hope is somewhat clouded by the fact that Mr. McAdoo is con- ceded to possess at this time the support of a greater number of dele- gates than any other candidate— “birds in the hand”—who naturally will have something to say about this “process of elimination. * ok ¥ The backers of Gov. Alfred Smith of New York, Senator Under- wood of Alabama and former Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio are reported to have conferred together in York this week and after comparing notes and counting noses were con- vinced that Mr. McAdoo has not the number of delegates claimed by him and that the McAdoo boomers “are running the bluff,” which can be ex- ploded “early in the balloting. The anti-McAdoo managers say that the “bIuff” is made possible by the existence of so many uninstructed delegates, u great number of whom are keeping open mind on the can- didacy, but are being “claimed” for Mr. McAdoo. his rivals are be- xixie ¥ It is a subject of comment among the politicians that there are two elements among the Democrats, one just as bitterly intent upon defeat- ing Mr. McAdoo as the other is upon resisting Gov. Smith. These (wo candidates thus face a block of irre- concilable enemies which it is thought will be large enough to withhold the vote necessary to make the two- jority, and many thought- ful leaders think that the bitterness which exists precludes the probabil- ity of either of these candidates win- impor- | their | practicaily | on | Johnson's action | ot the things he has said about | Q. Are the dogs that the Zoo still alive?—(. K. A. The National Zoological Park says that the cogs which Admiral Perry gave the Zoo are dead. i last one died over a year ago Q. From grants come back?—R. C. A_ From July to November, 1187 Ruthenians were admitied this country and during the same pe- riod only two left the United States Ly far the greatest number emigrat- ing from the United States were peo- | ple from south Italy. There 4, “checking out,” while were admitted Q. At what times are the Presi- dent of the United States and cabinet members paid?—F. G. K A. All of the cabinet members are paid twice a month, on the Ist and | th. The President of the United States ix paid on the Ist cach month. Q is the geographic tance between the Tropic of dna the Tropic of Capricorn Perry gave what that do immi- seldom go country most were of dis- ancer . A.F. the level between This _distunce is 467 which at 25 statute miles. “The - a true story” A. Mrs. London calls attention to | the fact that it could not be, since the is placed in the future many Kkinds ipm 4 telephone compan Juck Iron by | story How t used by [ A The Telephone y& that 0,000 dissimilar parts are produced and assembled. An automobile—for Sake of comparison—vontaing about 1000 dissimilar parts Q have the Famous Playe poration absorbed ?—F. B A. This company was incorporated in 1916, acquiring stock of Famous | Plavers and Jesse L. Lasky Feature | Play Company. It soon added Oliver| Morosco Photoplay and Bosworth., Inc., which, with Paramount Pictures. | Arteraft Pictures, Cardinal Film and Charles Frohman. Inc., make up the | present corporation | A News ® What motion picture companies | Lasky Cor- i Q What two Mira visible?—J A. Mira telescope, except in part of April and | May, when it is in the cinity of the | sun. Large irregularities oceur in the times of maxima and also in the mag- nitude at maximum At maximum Mira is a naked-eve object and may even be brighter than a standard =ec ond-magnitude star. Maximum bright- Mess ocours, on an average, every ! “leven months, and will next occur nths in the vear is i al | that always visible through a | i about the beginning of 1925 Q. How many cows does the Her- | chev Company have to supply milk | for their products V. ool A. The Hershey Company says that | its herds do not supply it with all the | milk required in the manufacture of | the chocolate, but that it receives,a | Jarge quantity from the country - | in a radius of fifty miles. This milk | gathered at forty-five branch re- iving stations. On the Hershey | farm. at the present time. there are | approximately 10000 head of stock. | Q man body to B ow long does it take for a hu- | thay 1o become a skeleton?—R A, According to the text book on| wrivdica) Jutisprudence” it takes from one and one-half to two years for Mi. Tacoma Is Favored. Writer Urges Change of Name for Majestic Peak. « Editor of The Star ! In vour issue of last Sunday. May 11, on the editorial page. 1 read with interest the comments of one of your columnists anent the pending Senate | which passed te joint resolution No. 61, the Senate without a dissenting vo April 21, 1924, and which is now pend- ing in the House. Knowing that your great publication is at all times fair and open to its readers of all sides of a question, 1 am taking the liberty herewith of calling a fow ient points to your attention. The Stute of Washington passed a | memorial in 1817 urging that the; name Rainier be removed from the | most majestic natural eminence and { that there be substituted therefor thet most suitable adaptation of the abo- riginal appellation for which by common consert then and is now agreed to be Tacoma ‘Fhis memorial passed both houses of | the Legislature by a vote of nearly 3 to 1. but in the face of it, Dr. €. Hart Merriam of the National Gevgraphic Board reiused to remove the name Rainie his resolution was re- ported out of the Senate public land Pommittee favorably (vide report o inclosing) and passed the Senat Pmanimously. | read vour writers humoreus comments on the fact of changing names and citing the reso- fution of Representative Miller with wpproval, which resolution. in child- fon retaliation of the Mount Tacéma resolution, proposes to change all for- | eiwn names in this country. Repre- Cehtative Albert Johnson (Repub- Tiean, Washington), in whose district the ountain is actually located, has | introduced #n identical resolution to that of Senator Dill's in the House Your writer would find that this resolution does not appear ludicrous [fo the people of the great State of Washington. All of the newspapers of the state, outside of Seattles sup- | port this proposed change of name. | The Governor of Washington. L. F Hagt: Mavor Brown of Seattle. Mas- | or Fawcett of Tacoma. Mavor Flem- | ing of Spokane and Mavor Baker of Portiand, Oreg. favor this change of | name. The National Bncampment of The G. A. R. in Indianapolis in 1920 Almost unanimously passed a resolu-; tion usking for the removal of the | hame Rainter. The State Chapters of | the D. A. R. and _R. in Califor- hih have passed resolutions indorsing | The proposed removal of the name Rainter by Congress and the substi-| tution of the aboriginal name Taco- ma therefor. Leading citizens of Se- attle favor ‘the mame. The ‘.\:mvlll‘xl- Chamber of Commerce is at pres ey lophosing the change of name. | Rainier has been canonized in Seattle Everything from its most exclusive club to its leading taxicab company has been named Rainier. —Seattle’s Zolden opportunity to placate her old time rival, the neighboring city, Ta- coma bointed out by Col. Blethen in the Seattle Times) was at hand. But the board of trustees of the Seat- tle Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution ter fight the Mount Taco- ma resolution on the ground, mind You, that some beneficial advertising Inight attach to the city of Tacoma by giving the mountain the same name, when as a matter of fact the City had been originally named after mountain. = e “eomtroversy should be of pe- culiar interest to citizens of the Di trict of Columbia because of the pres- ence of Takoma Park and Mount ier suburban sections. B et Who is this Rainier after whom the mountain was named- in 1792 by the British explorer Van- couver? 1In Robert Beatson's “Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Brit- ain, 1 " (London, Vol. 4, pp. 204-405) we find that Capt. Peter Rai- nier commanded the British sloop of war Ostrich, which, on July 8, 1778 attacked the American ship Polly, then a part of the South Carolina navy, bound from Port au Prince to Boston with molasses, and captured it after killing at least twent men, including the captain, some 130 priséners or more, were transferred to the unspeakable British prison ships and there left to die of disease or starvation as the case may be. Where else in Ameri- ca do we name our great scenic land | a | w | 1al 2 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN a body to boaw.ae so decomposea as’ to lcave aoinng but the skeleton. However, if the body has been cm- balmed it 1 stay in a reserye condition indefinitiy. i 5 helInto what kind af con helium put when in use i —F. W. T. SHnse A. lInner taining th, gold-bea cattle. It is pores and cont any other mater Q. How many kinds of a 9 apes are thereraH. E, O 2" nrepeid A. The anthrapoid apes orang-utan, the chimpanzee, the go- rilla and the gibbon. All of these 4p- proach and some excend man in ¢ize and all are more or less at home in n erect attitude, ners is &ibica? gas cells lifting gas, wkin actually con- are made of, a derivative from' practically without] B gas better (han are the Q. _How much power does an elen- tric fan use?’—G. D. A. The bureau of standards savs an electric fan uses from twenty 1o fifty kilowatt hours per month running twenty-four hours PR The varfation i due to difference in size of fan and difference «ffi- cieney of the motors used Q. What ad?—1. A. M A. This means the pouring of a dressing over a salad a half hour be- fore using, thus allowing the flavor of all ingredi to blend. A French g dressing—two parts oil, onc part vinegar or lemon, d red penper —is usually ueed rinating The salad is drained al serving ans a mayonnaise dressing added Q is meant by marinating was the first universits ed. and how g University s is the oldest kind in the United its founding, in 1865 similar organizations ha stablished Whe ub organ Q. Of what caliber is the Meiji rifc> K. M A. The Meiji or Arisaka rif- breech-loading rifle of .256-in iber. having a magazine holdin cartridges, loaded from a clip rifie was used by the Japamese fantry in the Russo-Japanese war Q. 1 have an accumulation of po ds and envelopes such as are o oscd by business houses be redeemed for their —R. C. H A. The Post Office Department that post cards and envelopes not be redeemed Q hese value stam man who has served prison term be naturalized®—W ¢ A. The naturalization bureau that_aliens who have served i in prison must prove five years moral character after their re before they can hecome natura Q. Is it Can a true that cases of hydre phobia are unknown south equator?—i. M A. The publ that hydrophobi of the world. There is no truth the statement that it does not exis below the equator health service oceurs in all pa (Take advantage of the free informa tion bureau which this newspaper ma tains. If there is a question wou iwant answered don't hesitate to use (his serv- ice. All replies are sent dircet to the o quirer. Address Frederic J. Haskin. i rector. The Star Information Burean 1220 North Capitol street. Inclose : cents . stanips for return postage.) Writer Rebukes Borah. Deplores Senator’s Stand on Recognition of Russia. To the Editor of The Star: Your issue of today containg a very interesting article, the first of a series by Senator Borah, in which, amoni other things, he advocates most ear- nestly our recognition of the present government of Russia. I have a verv high regard for Senator Borah, he- cause | believe he is honest, sincere and of hizh moral courage and capa- ble of tremendous good and useful- ness as « national legislator—his only limitation being that he sometimes gets wrong, and so frightfully wrong on vital public For ample. he stands with @ mere handful of lawyers of no weight in the legal profession who, are advocating the curtailment by legislation of the powers of the Supreme Court to nul- lify unconstitutional laws. Now he wants us to recognize the soviets, accepting them upon terms o equality with the most honorable and #nlightened governments, when he knows that this government wWas shapensd in iniquity and conceived in sin. and that the affiictions of the Rus- Sian people are the inescapable fruits of their transgressions and iniquities A government that has repudiated iod and the Decalogue; that declares it will be bound by neither moral or obligations, and whose uvowed purpose is to destroy every svernment in th world that does not conform to their hellish princi- ples. A government that has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in prop to achieve the overthrow of roment and others, and whi Tecognized by us. would be fres t establish in our country a legation, consular offic and commercial agents, all of whom would be but centers of unmolested propaganda among our own people for the over- th w and destruction of our insti- tutions 1 do not agree with the senator. nor do 1 believe that the present regime in R ia represents the Russian peo- ple. It took advantage of the dis- organized and demoralized state of uesian society and secured its power by murder. assassination and terrors ism. without conscience ot pity. und are perpetuating themselves in power {5day by the same methods by which they achieved it. Can we with honor or fety take in recognition, frater- nity and ass tion the hand of the murderer, the assassin, the repudiator of God and religion, and of those who hive no sense of moral or legal obli- ation, and who in their hearts are the sworn enemies of our institutions and social order? To ask the question Would seem to answer it in the mind of every right thinking man. ALEXANDER SIDNEY LANIER —_———— American_patriot, after the man e his beat to Qefeat Washing- ton's efforts to achieve independence i es. for he Brvec. the brilliant late la- mented ambassador from the court of St, James, refers to the peak in the third edition of his “American Commonwealth” as “Mount Tacoma (Vol. 2, page 835), and in 1812 at Bal- timore, in un address before the Na- tional Parks Association: “Mount Tacoma—no doubt the name given by Rainier—but which used when 1 first explored its forests to be called by the more sonorous Indian name Ta- coma.’ The late President Roose- velt, with characteristic unequivocal candor, declared: “Why should we Americans abandon the splendid In- dian name Tacoma, in order o cail our noblest landmark after an ob. scure foreigner, whose only connec- tion_with history was that he fought against us _when we were an infant nation?’ Mayor Curley of Boston said recently: “The naming of Wash- ington's _great mountain after the British Capt. Rainier is a grave and upid error.” e resalution pending in the Hous is intended to remove the name Rai- nier from this majestic peak and sub stitute therefor the euphonivus In dian name Tacoma, the Great White Mountain, a nume at once meaning- ful, redolent of aboriginal legends, beautiful. It would appear that the retention of the name Rainier longer were unjustifiable in the light of the questions, ox- marks after men who fought to de- stroy us? Certainly it seems rather absurd to name the greatest and most beautiful .mountain in America, sit- uated in the only state named after foregoing. Tacoma seems 10 be the right name. 1 hold it is the mani- fest duty of patriotic Americans to champion the removal of the taintaq name Rainier. JOHN M. COFFEE. 5