Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY . .January 21, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor Evening Star Newspaper Company vaniu Ave it the Sunday mornin within 4 Maryland Member of the Associated Pres: District's Federal Taxes. more more | the District main- | And ion of rrent re at paid his | a Fed ance than did one of s whos been ¢ tax-dodging and mendi e that with One thing s alw lia form atesmanship is the insatiable interfere the courteous i senato ———— The Art of America. A 1 evidenee the Capi more coming garded as ned Academy waadquarters of which York mark the cele ono-ha dth . by ity a o, h and thereof ¥ the t of art center is conta in decision | wtional Design, | n W of the of Autumn in to ration 3 annivers: its e nee holding next hiF art ex 1 to stage this Corcoran Gallery for the painting American sculpture, was quick to wing the prop in of Washington, Art he d prims Americ establish ily of n nd offer its facilities and h the display ga known throughout the United States, will be installed a col lection which will include the best ob. s services in w | winable cxamples of the work of tne | brushes, and perhaps also of the pens, and chisels of outstanding in Ames art during the century exhibit which will be an event of the first importance in | spatulae figures fcan | ! past -an | the history of art in the United .\'l:ll\.\.i The first Morse president of the National amuel F. B. best known as the inventor of ¢ telegraph, but also an able paint him, and ending with Ed- shficld, the present execu long of Qistinguished ding such painters as Asher Daniel Hunt Wil- Frederick L Al- John W. Alexander, Q. A. Ward and Her Iptors each “ollowing win H. B tive, « line 1 en, inclt Durand Paz Weir gton, iam Iman, and and J Ad pair AL nati t organiza New York exhibitions of nee to which leaders in 1tive art are After it for will be their work has il showing here exhibit some met s wiil umbia have oy residents of the Dis- a as of on view Gallery an institution disposition to stage t exactly where it ought chool Buildin The S g Bill ela 1 Dis- erday report | pproxi on at 1o every District uldings been rganizatior Whatever the 5 pre rs a dif ganization t what is of old laceme of tempo ft quarters and the abar insanitary sale schoolrooms. agr program weeks th Cor remain of weeks by both pre rgently the all of the e welfare d prese that wi houses, The mp work 1 with under high ur as several res now on acthon upo reac ely a the Capital | d and inciple and i nend f objec and wisdomn well assured e It would f to many 11d b r February Mar from mfort for the inaugura- Howev An and regard one of th ke @ great occasion e @ rel minds hlizzard 3. early Ave h swas. AL March ns that m ing sportsmen, weather as —————— A plan for elevating guns by utiliz- ng the roll of the ship has rked out by Thomas Edison. Sure- n will a list to lation international been w no na construa port as a of cement. — e There is enough time to elapse be- the resignation of Secretary Hughes takes effect to make him an of respectful interest to the onnaire squad in the United Trotsky Finally Ousted. nal ous of the of Leon Trots) revolutionary war Moscow effected of 50 to the central ommittee of the Communist party of Cited to appear before th for answer what was ¥y an indictment, Trotsky a letter from the suburban fvhere resting,” giving illness as his reason for non-appear- ; i, though denying the charges, admitting that the condition of affairs seems to demand that he be relieved of his post. Thus Trotsky pleaded not guilty, but consented to punishment The attack upon Trotsky by his former associates in the revolutionary council has been so well prepared that the public has failed to show any re- action in his favor. Ever since he published his twovelume work en- titled 1917, in which he reviewed the history of the revolution and as- sailed the position of the present triymvirate, which has succeeded to power s been de- He is accused of in- subordination to party discipline. He, hand, has striven for re- forms within the revolutionary party. He is now ousted, primarily on the und that his activities against the as chairman ouncil at has been vote 2 in Russia. he Lenin's Trotsky clining in favor. on the other ad to send | calendars. | party have encouraged the “‘burgeoise countries abroad” to believe that the bolshevik regime is in danger of fall- Ing to picces, At one time it was belleved that a move to oust Trotsky from his post of authority would lead to a military re- volt against the Communist govern- ment. But precautions have apparent- Iy been taken to lessen the shock to his own followers. The campaign against him has been In progress for months. His antagonists have main- tained a constant fire of criticism in the columns of the Soviet contralled 1l health has undoubtedly sapped Trotsky's vigor, and he has been unable to fight back as effective- Iy as formerly. Elimination of Trotsky ma change the situation at Moscow the relations of the Soviet to governments. A new regime is power, with a firm hold upon the Communist party and evidently upon | the government itself. The gradual { change of policy begun by Lenin when | he found that pure communism would not work ill in progress. That the holshevik zution weakened, | however be questioned. It [ has now maintained for seven Whether it will a dectde is a ques! Trot that the press. not as re spects Nico orga cannat, beer 1 quarter is years iplete m elimination is a by November the Commun | sky's symptom 19: will have « - .- Hard Coal Strike 1 No General the seal unions of 1 M voting support Dis | W he walk No, nited sdicti ke against eneral st of th the anth for Inde suspension « he definitely me the con i} prospect mining brightens of a 1 ruck union withaut Th 1 out of the mines on a griey 1sed to submit 1 was repudiated leaders, and at appeared that from 3 a probable 000 men would join the the nd the reg question of striki would vir tie up the ¥ ed 1t just stated of t was submi Groups n been e .anthracite m 1ve and striking off on “ever i Here Iked woutd the 10 Ty me 7 sudde w Conefliation boards and ers hav in ti g these dispute busy @ heavy fuetion, toll though eld been as much as of coal me has th { 20 per cent sate public in these manifestat h existing working con perennial suspension menace of a complete of hard-coal mining the settlements of ing to find the to sanction there is no has W refusing neral strike for which nceivable w astre S0 late in the sly against the public weifare. ——— a familiar policy g the conversation to pro- ceed with as little interruptign as pos- sible on her part, owi While not conspicunusly regular, Hiram Johnson is remarkabl siste —— SHOOTING STARS. PHILANDER JOHNSON A Complacency. ody t » gone upon ks e stage ide, likewise he m t! To be a figure of art | docility and rage; Yow're sure that you could do it i you tried. w I might have been a man of oratoric fame, Or else a famous pitcher in the base ballistic game. | T never made an effort thus to shine, but just the same I'm sure that I could do it tried. tic g picting love ar I kno it T tastes are’ scientific, but they never brought renown, Such opportunity has been denied. I never had a chance to run a rail- road or a town— I'm sure that I could do it it T tried. Let others toil and venture, risking poverty and grief. With no such care I feel myself a wonder and a chief Heroie deeds come natural you know is brief. I'm sure that I could do 'em if I tried. But life, The Student of Patronage. Have you a plan for prohibition enforcement?" “I have, answered Senator Sor- ghum. “Raise the pay of officers in charge of it and let me name the per- sonnel,” Time for Improvement. When there are evils to be cured We diagnose 'em first. Investigations we've endured; And now we know the worst. Jud Tunkins says he's terrible sus- picious that the overshoe trust is try- Ing to get influence with. the street cleaning department. Tllusions. “The way the world is going, I fre- quently find it difficult to belleve my eyes. > “With all this trick stuff in the movies you're not supposed to.” The Coasters. Oh, youth in a snowstorm, what heart could refuse The swift life of pleasure you've led. Some day you'll be owning a home and must use A shovel instead of a sled. “Don’t remind a friend of his short- comings,” said Uncle Eben. “De chances are you-can't remind him of a thing his own family hasn’t already told him."* e e i | | h would | Banquets bore me. They bore nine out of ten people, for that matter, if the truth were known. If you think otherwise, you are that tenth person. Banqueteers are of two kinds, those who are bored and admit it, and those who are bored, but do mnot realize it For, let us See what we do at a banquet, Dispassionately considered, & banquet {s a gathering of -human beings to eat food, where most of the time is spent in talking. it has a great hold on city dwell- It is the modern fruition of the it curse begun with the serving pple in the Garden of kden. serpent, who was the most of all creatures, staged that first bangquet. Eve was the guest of honor, and wore the original eveniyg dress. Adam de the main speech. The serpent acted as toastmaster— all we say applemaster? Any- he was responsible for the hill serving the dinner and get- ting the tip. But God was bored by th and by the after-dinner suld unto the serpent “Because thou hast art thou above all ¢ And Adam and lve drave of the banquet chan r, after ing them coats of skins ¥ N wholesome t us look calm trying 1o fred th n Th subtle or wa are, t banquet, eches. He this, ‘He out hand- With mind banquet with ord b this lesson in rn at a mo it hor prejud hology . om in the ouf- tha of DS t the way, is the charm wh prime rea some think this herd in- ne's self in th the feel- party even ydern banfuet ange as that may n though it scheduled until 8:30 that v ture habit, dinr pom., must not Lest left for the ban- have to think ayout from doing it sual di sorted banguet losing of ¢ ng r | P no r nd you duy you ¥ on acquir gnawings in on the horn n quet it ail toda ha m ner et You and = t s you [ da stomach true dilemm to eat before en the b thiy vou do nat vou t r first dinner MY Inun ea who could without quets party therr ! [ dress or jus thi 1y men s other equ Eent me Lusiness suits You de kuo n full we ou a < dr spend own n pressed, through that the antec behind pillars the virt black am of b dent | | | muke | difference b | enter tn of purgat { with stifr 10 vards, are gath | up that queer cl | tha * your choive—it which Bet ¥ antect akes no hot ked, mber sort y. Here, in red 2( umor which results w nan tongues wag in a con- hambe confused noise one of the strangest to be heard in all nature, and { deserves the study s, doctors and philosophers it has much to of 1 I in | sit, 10U | oy and | hored b chairs sitting chummily every |ject's b 0 men, setting | d n | times month by STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. fer the man who studies acoustics, the bearded gentleman who knows the ins and outs of the physical man, wlso he who feels he has somo knowledge of the workings of the human spirit. The main diversion of this purgatory is trying to look at home. You attach yourself hesitatingly to a group of four, one of whom you may know by sight, and hang on like grim death, fearful of being swept loose into the surging cur- rents And if you are so unlucky as to up- anchor, you do your best to be cozy with A strange man with bushy eyebrows, who greets you: Brother, my name is Smith—what is yours?” You murmur that yours 1s Jones, whereupon he nearly pulls your hand off and your shoulder out of the socket in the asy of his thanks at finding some one to talk to until the go sounds, Bath of _ou look with pity at the poor gazabo over there who doesn't know a soul in the room. He stands with a foolish emile of expectancy upon his lips, hoping against hope that some wight will call him “brother At last the important gentieman who has been flitting around like some giant moth assumes an attitude of command at the foiding doors. Those near him begin Lo trickle into the banquet cham- ber Glory ! Tt is feeding time! ® Soaw You other find vourself seated with five gentlem no one of whom ou, but you sit attentively, ning to the music and that queer, exate conversation. “Gosh, ungry Then you firm, hard butter glass of water, “Ill just eat bit tter,” you t vourself, you 1k ‘open one of the hard roils and nice, yellow but- tastes pretty gbod. You eat with gusto. W 'S scurry between the tables bearing oyster cocktails to every oth er table in the hall except yours. S you continue to eat bread and butte ou take up another roil, which goes the way of the first. Are the waite By the time they do you are so full af bread and butter and water t the food end of this affair has lost h for you e lines of nursery classl A You fddle srou t a bit of appr you murmur. nice rolls and fore you. Also a [ of bread full 1 cannot p b, Erass 1 with the hicken, later on, § h of the out that you enjc all ith your I fce crean . “ demit s8, when the upre irse, and the per- up of Anot have your open The see wheth just grip. 2 banquet on the back matter where vou 1ghtful walter is sure to big pane ctly behind that you the rest of Il be pneumonia or The toastmaster aster! Ah, the He is the greatest bo: with his lengthy intro- th, eakers, each intr prefaced with some bum jc the after-dinner speakers, s heard them—and bee them. Especlally if they in- sist on EoIng into the detalls of the of the guest of honor What a sinking of hearts there 10t of As to the | my banqueteers, when the Hon. Bore- ton to guest, that “now I will recall areer of our fllustrous gins slowly at the m in 1860, and pro s career year by vear, mont to wak some- with a start when the speaker arrives at the year | Twenty more years you all the ter out sheer desperation. hudder, drinking vour glass ASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE 1ns of the augural D. edy bibed cal study in thrift Co on @ The « Ivin Coolidge. A Careful Ve ter W. T. Galliher.A Conscientious Projector Other disfranchised residents of the District of Columbia, patriots all Miss Columbia.The Country at Large S This observer is young enough to remember vividly a Hoosier boyhood It was a youth steeped in high poli- tics, for all Indiana ®oys are born either poets or politiclans. This par- ticular product of the Hoosler pie belt, which had already given Colfax and Hendricks to the Natlon and was about to give Benjamin Harrison, was brought up, as millions of Ame {ican boye before and after him were brought up, to hold the presidency of the United States to be a very great and a very glorious thing. Most of the aspirations of boyhood are unre- quited ambitions. My salad days were no exception to the rule. The; prehended one avish, the non-realiza- tion of grhich left an endless shadow. That was a desire to see a President of the United Statse inaugurated with all the pomp and circumstance of tradition 5t * X X X 1 wonder how many boys—yes, and girls, too—and even men and women and other children there are who cherish the patriotic longings that were mine, well, let us say in the closing vears of the recent century. 1 wonder how, many there are who pant, as 1 did, to hear the national via triumphalls, Pennsylvania avenue, in the panoply of full glory; resound- ing to the throb of military and civic cavalcades; to see the White House and the Treasury and the Capitol, and other Givernment buildings and pri- vate buMdings, in. Washington aflame with red, white and blue; to have the blood tingle for a whole day and eve- ning, as great bands blared forth the songs which have rung across the continent in hours of joy and days of stress; to thrill as the Washington Monument towered into the nocturnal heavens, bathed In electric glory, while all around the skies were lurid with “rockets’ red glare.” Yes, those are the things my Hoosier hoyhood heart yearned to see and hear. It w man's _estate before I was to know your Washington and mine; and by that time enthusiasm palls. . .. A bor's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, thoughts, * ¥ Xk X And, of course, T wanted to see in the flesh a President of the United States rising to the heights that overy American boy is taught he him- self may scale; standing on the east steps of the Capitol, always the domed symbol of American grandeur, taking the oath of office whereby he becomes the ruler of the mightiest sovereign power on God's footstool. As an Ameri- can boy and a Hoosler I experienced a particular anxiety to be eyewitness of u ceremonial in which, weird fancy whispered to me, I myself might one day be cast for the central figure. The “thoughts of youth” sometimes arg long | l | introdu | tha not qu; only ‘1 . quai ong, th long thoughts," rughts. o this is by way of reminiscent tion. Yet it'is pertinent to h I wish today to say. Mr. < opposed to inaugural mony on March 4 on any lines avor of flummery or flambo; I appeal to him in the name nf the American boy not to let his n but An wh Coolidge ce | tionally approved partiality for econ- omy cheat the Natlon out of a com- mensurately notable {nauguration party six and a half weeks hence. The country knows Mr. Coolidge's passion for thrift. It approved it by a lan. slide_majority on November 4, 1924 But I find in the official returns no instruction, no mandate, no wish, no authority for a cancellation of a tra- dition on which, I doubt not, despite his Vermont origin, Calvin Coolidge himself, like all American boy up. 1 appeal to the lad who came Into the world on a Fourth of July, and who became President of the Republic under the light of a kerosene lamp, to give the American boy an inauguration that measures up to the American boy's tmagination. . I appeal to President Coolidge to suppress, sidetrack, for- get and obliterats his temperamental distaste for show and be “a boy again, just for a day.” ¥ x % X If it be not presumptuous to take fssue with the Chief Magistrate of the republic on a theme so essentially personal to himself, may I venture to suggest that the person of the Presi- dent of the United States, on recur- ring 4ths of March, is not alto- gether his private possession? For that day he becomes, to my way of thinking, a symbol—national prop- erty, if you please—to serve a vast purpose. ‘The purpose is to build new ‘the fires of patriotism, set light by the heartbeat of great emo- tions. I would have Calvin Coolidge, for the day, step out of the role he plays so naturally, so becomingly and so beneficently—the role of the watchdog of the Treasury—and play the President-elect of hoary tradition and unquenchable sentiment. * ok ox % Supposing the inauguration does cost a hundred thousand dollars of the budget's money: or ten times a hundred thousand dollars. That Un- cle Sam can afford it is to utter a commonpléce. Time has marched fast and long since March 4, 1801, when Thomas Jefferson rode to the old Capitol and hitched his horse to a rail, while he went through the cere- monial of inauguration. This is no longer a hitching-post country. It has become the world's.creditor. The total taxable income of the American people has just been officially report- ed to be in excess of 28,000,000,000 of go0ld dollars. A brilliant inaugurgl of the next President of the United States—I am sure the Director of the Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury will sustain the contention —can make no appreciable dent on Mr. Mellen's available cash on hand or on thd tax rate. And, even if it did, there's the American boy. Isn't he ‘worth his weight in all the gold that Furope owes us or with which the United States Treasury's veults are bulging? (Copyright, 1926 eds to| 25, 19: VITAL THEMES The Poppy’s Long Criminal Record. By BISHOP CHARLES H. BRENT The real significance of the work accom piiabed by the Geneva Opium Corferences 1t ke "who Thas. become: &' world authority o5 narcotic probiem. The narcotic problem is grave and intricate. The innocent looking pop- py has a long criminal record. Nor i the coca shrub as harmless as the privet hedge which it resembles. Both have left behind them a trail eof misery, contention and trouble that is world-wide, and they will prove an increasing menace to human well- being unless severely curbed and regulated. As long ago as 1906 it was recog- nized t nothing short of interna- tional action could cope with the situation. In 1912 a treaty alming to restrict the use of the narcotic content of the poppy and of leaves within the ascertained of science and medicine was gned at The Hague. The League of Ni tions, after the war, with diligence and thoroughness, undertook the un- grateful task of devising means for putting the treaty Into effect. Th two International opium conferences which met at Geneva this Fall were called through the agency of the league and have enjoved the hos tality and extraordinary fucilities of the secretariat, without, of cours being responsible in any wise to league in thelr negotiations find ings. The coca needs first conferenc eight nations having the nt, was chary trust (which it hetr; ans of gradually suppressing opium second comference which the eight w committed to all other aspects of th problem. All nations concerned, ex- cept-Indla, have withheld thefr st natures from the agreem by the first conference subject-mat of into the second The second confe the middle of after a rece of & month. There has been a change of personnel in some of the delega- tions. Viscount Cecll, returning from American trip, Im Delavingu soudin, Ho 1ded composed Dossessions « ced with | o and smok of 40 nations, in reconvenes to the deleg In the h other coni, | ; Included, were | ANSWER TO BY FREDERIC QU J. HASKIN Q. Who is the author tion around the cour Chamber of Commerce X'1..mrxmm,. i excerpt from a speech by Daniel Webster. Tt is an {nteresting cofncidence that the bulldi occupies the site of his old hox Q. What was the coldest day In the Winter of 1912 and 19137—B. L. M. A. The Naval Observatory says that the lowest temperaturs during that Winter at Washington, D. C., was 13 degrees, recorded on February 13, 1613. However, it may be that you have reference to the Winter of 1611- 1912, when a temperature of 13 below ero was recorded on Junuary 14, f the inscrip- ird of the headquarters? Q. It is said that Capt. B. 0. Hop- king slgned the largest check ever pald by the Government. How muc was it and what was it for?— A. The War Department says t this check was for $40,000,000 was pald to the Shipp! ard tember 29, 1920. However, this is not the largest check within their knowl edge. A check for $100,000,000, signed by Maj. H. S. Hosteter, and paid tc the director general of rallroads March 22, 1919, has first place at and Sep- t the for B Department great s in phase Q. Who s on radio?—A A. The says thera considered speclalize others in ano ing is a partial invention and de svldsmith, radio t s Jenkins, Kolster ra ship navigation; S ¥ Muj. Armstrong, regenera ing sets, and Dr. Alexander, quency alternator t authority ot ms radio of radio Commerce are expe dio « ompass Qe rg re there more bl deaf mutes in the Unit L. T The number of deaf mutes nited 19 5 s in the channe i% the Gu A. In the nar channe} the Gulf a a league of “rteking I estion in behalf of that America at the indica de for un is thorny q ind. The fa ted assumed ations, T fmportant que ational character fearlessly nber of The Hague conventi internatio equal res; upon affords mut | to, all nations which have It is the international tpeaty. the covenant of the league. tocol of the permanent court, t | protocol of international disarma- ment and security, The Hague opium onvention, which affords the most powerful agency we have for world peace and order. Indeed, there is | no other. which the p (Copyright, 1025.) Urges Co-operation. Writer Gives Suggestive Idea for Motorists. e Editor of The 8 May T not add a suggestive idea the plan being worked out for safe truffic rule? S It is si that thought broken There has alw. come an unwritten the movements both pedestrians and vehicles, "Keep to the right.” We all know that with unity of thought there is co-oper: and we move involuntarily with the rule, as given through the centuries, to keep fror butting into a stone wall; we know at 1 we have to do is to avoid the wall—this fs all there is to We know the rule, why should we v change it when change caus | fusion and veering, this way that, or a head-on collision? Drivers know when they go wrong heedless of consequences; they know the far out turn at corners, why try the short cut? Why not tiously follow the rule and be unitcd in action, not only for others, hut for themselves and families? Better lose a few moments than to go head- long into a death trap, for that what it amounts to, and it is such a senseless thing to do All the laws made about anything amount to nothing without co-opera- tion! Do be sane, citizens, and don't com mit murder or maim some one for life by heedless, careless driving, V all reach our destination, whether it on foot or in a motor, and nearly always on time! Let our motto_be co-operation L. WHITE. ar: to e, but if carried out there voluntary action, with no of a law that too law regard to and con Spanking Advocates and Foes Both Right At times, being mellowed by a del of home brew and a good cigar, you say to some equally mellowed in- timate: “Yeah, I believe in spank- ing 'em. I was licked a lot when I was a kid. Did me good. Didn't get half as many as I needed.” And you are a liar, and the truth isn't in you You are pretending that you endured martyrdom right gladly for your soul's sake, whereas your large tol- erance of spanking {s due to the fact that you no longer smart. The old-time spanking was efi- cient. You knew how the dime-novel hero felt when compelled to dig his own grave, for you were required to unbutton and bend without parental assistance. And when the back of a hair-brush first made contact it 1ift- ed you off the floor and strained vour vocal chords so that even vet voice cracks on the high notes. The theory of spanking is wholly sound. For it is manifestly difficult to make dog, horse, boy or man be good—that is, do the will of those having authority—unless some threat of punishment for wrong-doing is provided as an aid to virtue. But in many instances the un- spanked become milllonaires, Con- gressmen and labor leaders, whils the spanked go down to unrémembered graves. As many parents can testify, spanking works. But as all parents know In their secret hearts, it is em- ployed because it affords the easiest way out of difficulty. It relieves nerve tension; it imparts a lust for righteousness; it saves time and ar- gument; but it does not accomplish anything that patience, kindness, comradeship and reason could not ac- complish, It is not recorded that any one of God's_poor creatures ever went to the gallows or a throne because of panking or for lack of {t—Baltimore Bue, l 1t paved from | i i miles west of the {in western Pen New Yor in fa to 1923, the establ marily in the ading L pre When was a4 Qu receive tha ti ria’s husband of consort 'he tMle forred on Prine royal letterasy of consort Albert was How Jong did Heenan and Sayers A. On April 17, Tom Sayers, cf Q Error in Pardc Seen nt are withho! the former confine th which pe utive “ibune, history says the survival when the Des of kin 0 1 courts Tt system again held that ate Is the king true in American history to no one any of the privileges a prerogatives of rvovalty in th days. We have experimente one man authority too often in t past not to know it is the most pro- lific source of trouble there In the nion of the San Antonio Ex- pr “Too much power over the granting of 4 pa vouchsafed th or in average State; temptation abuse it is too strong for the w or corrupt official to resist. sidering this circumstance, it better to take the prerogative aw. from the executive and vest it in a pardoning board, appointed for long terms and free from political and other undue influences.” « this f is.” we Behind Kansas mine Power Case R “Do disclosures such one at Topeka really popular confidegce in stitutions?" asks the Portla gon) Telegram, “We helieve the Telegram answers, and adds: perience ever since history began to be written has taught that a certain percentage of men in public life are venal. Probably the time will never come when every man in public life is incorruptible’ Says the Omaha World-Herald: “Such things as this hurt. Good citizens everywhere view them with sorrow, and with a feeling of sympathy for the community or ¢ monweatlh whose trust has been vio- lated. There have been altogether too many such public scandals in recent years. They have invaded the cabinet, striking distressingly close to the presidential office. They have reared their heads in both houses of Con- gress. They have smirched the execu- tive offices of greal States Ilinois and Indiana and OKlahom and Texas. They have dishonored even the judiclary. And their effect is to confirm a prevalent but wholly erroneous impression of public men and public office.” In the case of Gov. Davis, the Kan- | sas City Journal-Post made the ex-| pose in which it is related the son of the governor, Russell Davis, received a sum of money from a paroled con- vict and in return presented a full pardon, which had been issued by the governor. Commenting on the case, thte Journal-Post says: “How far ti history of thousand-dollar pardons reaches cannot now, if ever, be more than approximately foretold. Bene- ficlaries of such shady transactions rarely have the courage to disclose their own participation in the wrong- as the recent undermine th our free where all is f in an' ordinarily political opponen v should nity to ru his presen of his son thi hi resent th clal omised by the public will w before ¢ for nor's crucifixion.” As the Lynch ws sees it: “When the accuser ex-Gov. Davis is a newspaper edit and, we think, owned, by a bitter p litical enemy, it should take sor 1al has yet ik pla al's charge inspired s great c evidently more partisanship th, sty in gover s name wit or. t f the pec highest oftice savs in the use the Demac 1y hope that he will m that the foul against him Is the re up.’ Kansas is now on ar des the Cine Tim 3 t . vi quitted, again, appeal he is found guilty be reckon Wh Methodist of lodg will run Davises. prove to 10t through blood-red sunset may roseate dawn.”