Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1925, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Editio WASHINGTON. D. C. WEDNESDAY.....July 20, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper C Busi 11th St. and New York Office Chicazo 0 ‘Buropean Office mpar Pennsylvania 110" East 42 Tower Buildl Regent St Ave 1 London Ex The Evening Star, with th g edition. is deliver tho city at 60 cen 45 cents per mo: one Main it the end Sunday morn within nth ‘ollection i ¥ oach month *agrghl Advance. and Virginia. T 13 Rate by Mail—| Maryland d Sunday mo. ¥ mo’. All Oth ¥ r. $8.00:1mo. 2 Member of the Associated Pr The A s exelustrely entitled to the cation of all news dis- patches 10t Other ited 0 th publ “his of of es herein are Schoolhouse Costs. Another the difficulty of trying to blic school tem on the Lasis ict d appropriations the award which the rs have ust made of house at « price of Hmit of the appropr est bid exceeded the actual sum voted by Congress $4,700, while § went to of the municipal architect to cover planning costs. It 1s expected the specifica tions sufficiently t \g the actual cost within the of the appro- priation, This arisen in several cases this year. 1f the strict letter of the law observed and contracts were awarded only when the bids were in the appropriations the school building program would be practically halted It is imperative that the Commis- stoners secure from a tem appropriations, with allowed for in the al budget. The estimates submitt to Cong S 1 December are based upon computations made in July, or perhaps earlier. The appro- priations, which are rarely more than the estimates and are usually less, are actually made—that is, written into the bill finall March, often in June, or a year after the first compu- tatifons by the architects and engl- neers. Meanwhile the cost of con- struction has in all probability through higher wages and higher cost of material. There illustration of 1pbuild the © idly res by of ri aft Commissic ded for i school- 075 above the @ contract wtion. The low- to modify br amount same situation has were wit Congres sys sliding-scale of of -in risen is sion for surprise when bids in excess of the amounts appropriated. There is no suggestion that the bidders shape their prices upon the totals of the ap- propriation bill. They base them upon the work required for the construc- tion, the quality of materfal and of finish. Naturally they hope to profit by the work. They make their bids as low as they dare in order to have a chance to secure the contracts, and as high as they dare to insure a fair return for their own investment of time and money. It will be to the distinct advantage of the District to have a marginal school building system of appropria- tlons, especially during this period of making good the arrears caused by several years of comparative neglect. The Commissioners will have an im- pressive showing to lay before the committees of Congress at the next session as an argument in favor of a eliding scale of building costs R R In the discussion career, Death bespeaks a generous forbearance. Yet history inevitably demands a merciless analysis of the record of & man who has Impressed himself conspicuously upon the an- nals of his time. The motives which inspired him, and the conditions un- der which he strove are too impor- tant to be submerged in the sym- uprising of deferential no oce are received of a prominent ———— 8o many Klan marchers are sched- tled for the parade that it is diffi- bult to see how they can complete the Journey in a day without exceeding Bhe Pennsylvania avenue speed limits. - A manful struggle is being made Py Mussolini to prevent the designa- tion of “dictator” from subsiding into & mere formal title. e i Britain and Our Movies. ! The British film industry seeks Protection against the American pilec- ture. There are some persons who feel that the United States needs pro- tection against the American picture, but the great body of our people are still strong for the homemade cinema. They welcome the foreign picture When it recls off enough thrills and when the foreign are good- Yooking. Americans have no sectional pictorial prejudice. “Down East” and other screen dramas, the scenes of which are laid in blueberry regions or the pumpkin pie belt, meet with as mucly favor sagebrush classics where painted Indians, cowboy heroes and valorous “hard-riding and straight- shooting” cowgirls litter the land- scape. We submit to old plantation pictures where Uncle Ned and his family sing songs in the cotton fleld, #Kuhnel” Smith wears a goatee and drinks mint juleps on the columned portico, and his pretty daughter in flowered sunbonnet and fulllength foulard falls in love with a Yankee soldier. There is one form of picture on which a great many American seat buyers at the movies have weakened. It is the play in which the wife has a sweetheart who is not her husband and in which the husband Jeads a double or quintuple life. It 15 not clear whether audiences have come to yawn at these things because they do not like the morals or be- cause playwrights have harped on this $une until it is monotonous. If British film producers are being overwhelmed by American films the remedy 18 in their hands. Their first effort should be to produce plctures which British audiences like as well 2s or better than the imported ar- ticle. A great many prosperous pic- tures have been made with English actors red- | |scenery ana Engiish themes. several | pictures of public appeal have been {"filmalh;ns of roundhead and cav lalier troubles. Several of our impor- tant pictures have dealt with phases | of the French Revolution, and several | very interesting pictures have treated of Rome in pagan times. If the Brit- ish producers cannot turn out as good | as we do they should i to our pictu! | learn the art. | One of the British claims that American films dre rented in’ Eng “hmd at too low prices. If this thing | goes unchecked the British talking soon of American pauper labor in moving pictures. Forbid it! The Hollywood artist who falls from the clouds, smashes through the roof of a house, lands in a tub of suds and | then shoots up & roomtul of brigands who unrighteously holding his sweetle, draws higher wages than the president of the Bank of England The beautiful girl who registers griet with glycerin takes the cashier on Saturday night a pay en- velope that holds what used to called in England “a king's ransom.’ The fellow in shirtsle with his cap worn backward on his head and who cranks the camera, rides in genuine automobile and boards hotel where meals as much lat the Cecil. picture school makers and may be are tears from ves, cost as e Today and Tomorrow. Indications that motor tending to supplant fixed-track trans- portation facilities In New York City, where the conditions additional more lines are being constantly thorized. The city transit board has just recommended the establishment of 110 new routes, aggregating over 290 miles and constituting 19 separate ystems. In this city, likewise, the Public Utilitles Commission from time to time grants extensions of the bus em, both to the traction com- panies, utilizing the more flexible units as feeders to their rail lines, and to independent operators. It is evident that with the increase in urban traffic establishment of new ratl lines becomes less likely. The track, costing heavily for installation, whether on the overhead or thé under- ground conduction system, cannot be shifted. It must remain where It is first laid. If business develops along such a route, the operating company prospers. If it does mnot develop, losses are probable. Tnit for unit, however, the bus does nOt carry as many passengers as the street railway vehicle. To accommo- date as large a number of persons as the average street service the bus service must be maintained on a basis of high frequency. This adds to the traffic volume. Similarly, the use of busses involves pavement de- terioration, owing to the heavy weights of the units employed. The question arises whether with the de- velopment of the bus service spe- cially designed pavements may not be required. This question has al- ready arisen in connection with the motor truck, which is seriously in jurious to the street surfaces. With the growth of American cities and their spread into suburban areas transportation assumes aspects never conceived before. The development of the motor car for individual transit has facilitated this growth, but at the same time has added to the traffic congestion problem. Highway engi- neers are now studying the question of roads with a view to accommodat- ing not merely the traffic of today, but of a decade or more hence. It was recently estimated that in twenty- five vears the roads leading out of New York City for a radius of fifty miles must be quadrupled in capacity to meet the demands of the estimated traffic of that time. No one can foretell the situation of a quarter century hence. It would be rash, indeed, to attempt to vision busses ure accumulate. call for transit facilities, au- the urban situation then. Contrast between today and twenty-five years ago in respect to street and road con- ditions and transportation facilities shows how futile is such an attempt. Changes that meet present needs, in street widening, in road making and in shifting from one form of trans- portation to another, are enormously expensive. The costs of the future must be left for later computation. ——— The widow of Robert M. La Fol- lette does not desire to make the race for her late husband's unexpired senatorial term. She prefers to allow Robert M. La Follette, jr., to enjoy the opportunity. Woman is aggressive in modern politics, but not so ag- gressive as to be able to conquer the loyalty of natural affection. e When Clarence Darrow mentions notoriety seeking in connection with the District of Columbia Darwinian agitation he brings to mind the re- vered admonition that only the one without sin among us should be per- mitted to cast the first stone. ——— England faces the possibility of a far-reaching coal strike. America would like to assist in solving the problem, but has the same kind of trouble of her own. e After its strange display of wit and wisdom only pathos now remains to Dayton, Tenn. A Dual Life. A wealthy farmer has just been ar- rested at Doylestown, Pa., on a charge of banditry, fraud and other crimes committed in the West. He has, it is reported, confessed his offenses, and departed without resistance for the scene of his lawbreaking, to be tried. His arrest was a total surprise to his family and neighbors, being the first intimation of any misconduct on his part. He had in his own neighbor- hood been regarded as a man of the highest integrity and uprightness, and his occasional absences from home were ascribed to legitimate business calls. He had, in short, been leading a double life, one of criminality in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, where he was leader of a gang of swindlers, and one of strict behavior in eastern Penn- sylvania. This is not an unprecedented case. The history of crime is replete with such ingtances of habitual and even, > to THE EVENING themselves as respected and law-abid- ing citizens. Many & man has gone burgling at night without the knowl- edge of his family, returning before dawn and carrying on his regular oc- | cupation without arousing the least This Doylestown man op- erated on a large scale. He had an anized crew of swindlers, of which he was the head, and it would seem that only through the jealousy of one | of the sung wn the score of the divi- stom of spoils was the identity of the | leader dis He was traced through descriptions—he is an unusu- {ally large, heavy-built man—to the thriving farm near Doylestown There was something in this case more than a wish tv make money rap- {idly. The criminal career attracted as {an adventure. The man did not need | the profits his crooked schemes. | He was making money steadily and sufficiently as a farmer. He was just naturally a crook, loving the game for its excitement, its thrill, its ris Now he has come to the end of his rope and will probably spend a long term in prison, perhaps will lose his life, for he has confessed to the Killing of a policeman. He speculated in crime and lost suspicion. “losed. of er “Be good and you will be lonesome! said an old-time humorist. Very few people admit a disbelief in a Supreme | Divinity, even though admitting hesi- tation as to an anthropomorphic con | cept. Voltaire did not go so far. Neither did Tom Paine. Neither did Bob Ingersoll. An uncompromising atheism finds scant intellectual com- panionship. The current version the facetious should read. | “Be godless and you will be lonesome.” cynicism g 8 In the meantime many a small boy is hoping the decision as to what shall be taught in school books will be de- layed so as to postpone the regular work at least until after the Christmas holidays. ———— It may eventually oceur to legisla- tors that everything they place upon the statute books is likely sooner or later to come up for serious public consideration. ——— Facilities have not been provided for Magnus Johnson to break into the debate between modernists and funda- mentalists with a plea for the simple Golden Rule. ——— As President of Germany Hinden- burg may have to bestir himself to prevent a popular impression that his position is secondary to that of an ex-Emperor. i AT The way is being paved for a suc- cessor to the once famous speaker who attracted wide attention with his address, ““The Sun Do Move.” ———— His failure to rush for a movie studio or a lecture platform would in- aicate that young Mr. Scopes does not know a spotlight when he sees it. A generous attitude toward Chinese debt is the best argument against Rus- sian communism that Uncle Sam could offer. e England’s control of the rubber sup- ply again brings up the pathetic asser- tion that it is the American motorist who pays and pays. —————— The general mentality may find re- pose if the controversy can be shifted to a debate between “atheists” and “agnostics.” - The Arctic regions have their perils, but the man who hikes for the North Pole misses a large amount of em- barrassing political controversy. S T The man who writes the school books of a nation is rapidly becoming as important as the man who writes the laws. One of the results of the present agitation may be to make life a little harder for the school-book publishers. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Advice. A man may tell His mathematics; Poets may dwell In gloomy attics. Artists may paint ‘While hunger frets them— Hard Luck’s constraint For aye besets them. My son I'd see More wise and richer— Go! Learn to be A first-class pitcher. The Touch of Humor. “Why don’t you put a touch of humor into your speeches?” “I have tried,” answered Senator Sorghum. “But when I succeed in making an audiencq laugh enthusi- astic friends gathered around to ask me why I wasted my time in politics instead of going into vaudeville, Change. So swiftly speed the hours away, As journeying we persevere, The laugh that echoed yesterday Is silenced, and we shed a tear, Jud Tunkins says a natural-born loafer either goes to the poorhouse or bluffs his way into being some kind of @ boss. A Grateful Tribute. “Who is your favorite actor?” “David Garrick,” answered Miss Cayenne. ‘But you couldn't possibly have seen him.” “That's why I like him. He never bored me.” Transient Trivialities. Why yield ourselves to doubt And harbor fear About this earthly lot? The things we raved about - This time last year Are totally forgot. “Money,” said Uncle Eben, “is a friend or an enemy ‘cordin’ to whether it interduces you to a'sav- s bank ox & pootleggss, o STAR, WASHI THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Demetrius, a wealthy man of Nicop- olis, in Epirus, had u hankering to be governor of the Cnossian s0 de- termined to go to Rome to try to get Caesar to give him the job | First, however, he thought it would be a good plan to visit Epictetus, famous philosopher, who was ac counted a wise man’ in Nicopolis. If | any one could tell him how his suit | to Caesar would come out, Epictetus would be the lad. { Demetrius might have gone to the divinators, of course, who professed to be able to tell what would or would not happen from examining the en trails of birds, but somehow he had | lost faith in these gentlemen. | Epectetus seemed his best bet. I | will just drop in on old he will tell me what I want to know,” said | Demetrius to himself, after he hyul‘ hired & sh | Accordingly, he set out t to the | mottled marble porch where Epictetus | usually sat, surrounded by his pupils, Upon arriving there, Demetrius dis covered that there were but few learners today | He could see the quietly on the seat. Epictetus was a small man, with a rather large head. | He did not move around as he talked for he w lame in one leg, which injury, according to gossip, had been inflicted. upon him when he was a slave. The white b rustled in the breez from the sea. He wore a plain white toga, befitting one who professed to| despise the things of this world Demetrius adjusted his bordered robe then confide foot upon the porch * % * “Greetings, O Epictetus sauntering ross the tiles The philosopher looked up. “Greetings, O Demetrius,” he an- swered. The scholars kept respectiul silence. Demetrius was a “big man’ in Nicopolis, and there was alw much talking when of this class came to the philosopher’s porch. “I go to Rome,’ went on the| visitor, seating himself at a little dis- | tance from Epictetus, yet farth rI teacher sitting | d of the philosopher that blew in purple- | he said, away from the body of pupils. He made the distinction plain. “What takes you there? philosopher, politely. “I am going to make suit to Ca for the position of governor of Cnossians,” replied Deme: s?" jogged Epictetus (his puy thought somewhat wearily) “Yes.” continued Demetrius. do you think of it? A crowd of rev togas lined with bands, as if they trates or the like. of this mark was illegal, doubt would be brought up the proper authorities very sc On the marble porch, howeve were engaged wi matters, “If you in Rome, you will rule about “Zeus! He has a rule about every- thing!"" Demetrius thought “But if you ask me how vou fare I can tell you,” continued tetus, Demetrius seat. “Tell me,” he half commanded “If you have right opir will fare well; if they are will fare il.” Gravely the learners nodded their heads. This was right Stoic doctrine. “To every man the cause of his a ing is opinion,” went on Epictetus. “For what is the reason why vou de sire to be elected governor of Cnossians?" asked the ius “What | ers went very br had Clear by ad their purple | magis their use ind nc before n. they h more weighty sk me what you will do * began Epictetus, “whether succeed or fail, I have no this.” leaned forward in his vou ise you National Spirit By Stone Mountain Coins North and South, East and West| recognize in the Stone Mountain half dollars, authorized by unanimous tion of Congress, another and rems able token of the spirit which ma national heroes of soldiers of the S in the war between the States “One of the most extraordinary of | war monuments” is the Providence | Journal's estimate of the “panoramic | representation of Lee and his col-| leagues on thé unique background of Stone Mountain, the largest solid body | of granite rearing its bulk anywhere | above the surface of the earth.” The | Journal says that “North as well as South will rejoice in the creation of a | memorial worthy in &cope and charac- | ter of the high courage of the men who wore the gray.” It is i two-| fold purpose that is served by the| coins, explains the Jersey Journal, which sees in them aid for the com pletion of the mammoth memorial and “national recognition of the vilor of | the Confederate soldier during the Civil War.” Purchasers of the coins, suggests the Daily Oklahoman, “should forget the financial aspect of the transaction and think only of the ‘eighth wonder of the world’ now in process of devel- opment just outside Atlanta.” Em- phasizing the national viewpoint, the Oklahoman continues: “It is not the purpose of the monument promoters to signalize in stone the ideais that animated the seceding States. The one purpose is to honor the valor of men whose heroism has long been the marvel of the modern world. There is no reason why any citizen of the tri- umphant North should fail to help complete at Stone Mountain a memo- rial to the courage of the Confederate soldier. There is no reason why the sons and daughters of the Confeder- ate South should not help build a simi- lar monument to the supreme courage of the soldiers of the Union.”” * k k% The evidence of a united Nation is viewed with satisfaction by the Seattle Times, which observes that ‘“the action of Congress in authorizing the coinage of 2,000,000 memorial half- dollars is so acclaimed through the South.” . The Times speaks of the action of the Atlanta Journal in pre- senting several thousand of the coins to representative men in the North with an expression of patriotic senti- ment. “The replies received,” adds the Seattle paper, “showed that pub- lc opinfon in the North confirmed the unanimous action of Congress.” “Perhaps never in the history of the world,” says the Birmingham News, “has a government, 60 years after its foes endeavored to destroy it, paid tribute to their valor by issuing a special coin in honor of those foes. It is one country, united and indivis- ible. The uance of these coins is merely an instance of it. The act typifies the extinction of the last em- bers of hate. It is official recognition of ‘the valor of the South,’ a con- stituent of the United States, whose sons at El Caney’and Santiago de- fended the flag their fathers fought against; and, who, again, on every battlefield in France where that flag floated, proved again the ‘valor of the soldier of the South.’™ “It was a fine feeling,” the New York Herald-Tribune remarks, “that prompted the Southern sponsors of the memorial to rely on the good will of the North for material assistance in the colossal sculpture of the leaders of the Confederacy. The con- fidence was not misplaced.” * ok ok x “The authorization of the cotns will zesult in more frmly binding Nerth uth | | opinions | “You liohe | and | way | pleasant | far Demetrius looked interested. This was getting around home. “Your. opinion,” snapped “What Is the on thel y Zoing up to Rome? Your opinion! “And going in Winter. and with danger and expense? Your opinion. Then if opinions are the causes of all actions, and a man has bad opinions, such as the cause may be, such also is the effect! Demetriu Epictetus. u are now stirred. fave we, then, all sound opinions?” he asked Epictetus countered. “Have you sounder opinions than the other fellow who wants the job?" he asked. “You think so, of course. “But he thinks that his opinions are better. And xo do mad men.” Several of the other tittered, but Ipictetus shook his head gravely at n This is bad criterion,” he mused. “But show to me that you have made some inquiry into your own opinions und have taken some pains about them,” he continued, addressing De- rius pointedly. )W you are sailing to Rome in to become governor of the Cnos- 1d you are not content to stay at home with the honors which you have, but you desire something greater nd more conspicuous. When did you ever make a voyage for the purpose of examining vour own opinions, and casting them out, if you have v that are bad?"” Ipictetus bored the visitor with his bright cyes. Demetrius, plainly taken aback, affected to examine a bit of scroll work on the marble seat. ok % ¥ sians, “Whom 1 this purpose “What time What age? “Go over your life by vou are ashamed of me. were a boy, did you examine your > And when you became a youth, what did you imagine you were deficient in? And when you were a young man and pleaded causes, who then seemed your equal? As a matter of fact, vhen would you ever have submitted to any man examining and showing that your opinions are bad? “What then do you wish me to say to you?"” Demetrius looked somewhat abashed. The pupils plainly were enjoying themselves. Epictetus sighed. “Help me in this matter,” he said. did not come to me as a philoso- but as a seller of vegetables, or «a shoemaker. You will go away and ‘I met with Epictetus as I should with a statue,” for you see me nothing more.” Epictetus sunk his head and continued: “He meets with a man as a man,| who learns his opinions, and in his| turn shows his. Let us examine one anotk If T have any bad opinion, take it away, if you have any, show ®.” Demetrius looked bored. *Well, I will admit, Epictetus,” he finally said, this is only a passing visit; while I was hiring the vessel. I thought I might just as well visit you and see what you would say.” “When you go awa broke in the philosopher, with a smile, “you will say, ‘Epictétus was nothing; he used solecisms and spoke in a barbarous| you approached for thundered Epictetu: have you fixed for it vourself, if When you “Oh, mo,” protested Demetrius. “But if I should follow your advice, I shall have no land. as you have no nor fine beasts, nor silver cups.’” “I have no peed of such thing: mused Epictetug, “What, then, have e “Of that vou need arising to go. which you have nof ried ~ Epictet “of nd which is conform- of being free from per- desire to be governor Cnossians.” Typified of 7" firmn, to nature, and South together,” in the opinion of e Boston Traveler, and the Cincin- nati Times-Star declares that “North- ners, the children and grandchil- dren of Union soldiers, and surviving Union veterans themselves will study the two heroic figures pictured upon the coin with pride at the thought that these were brother Americans.” *“That inscription to ‘the valor of the soldier of the South’ was placed there by authority of a_Government con- trolled by a New England President and a Northern Congress,” the Mem- phis News-Scimitar points out. “It is more significant than if it had been authorized by a Southern Presi- dent 4nd a Southern Congress. It isa tribute required by justice. Justice, after all, is stronger than prejudice. Assurance that the people of Ten- ne: ill do their part in making the gracious fervice of the Nation to the cause an: entire success” is ex- pressed - by the Knoxville Sentinel, while thie Nashville Banner concludes: “Buried. forever is the cause for which Lee, Jackson and the other Confeder- ate ‘eaders fought, but survive for- ever will their virtues, their courage, their splendid deeds. The exampie of East Tennessee in its support of the memorial stirs the Atlanta Jourrel also to praise of those outherners whose sympathies were with the North. “That stronghold of Unlon traditions,” the Journal ob- serves, “which gave to the armies of Lincoln thousands of keen-eyed rifle- men in the war between the States and which today numbers more Re. publicai voters than any other region of the South, has risen nobly to the chivalric challenge of the memorial idea.” Selling Honesty. New York is using advertising as a remedy for crime. Theregare warning cards displayed in evely elevated, subway and surface car in the city and in all the commuters’ ,trains, pointing an effective moral to any real or potential criminal who hap- pens tc be on board. A typlcal card reads: “You can't win! The cleverest stick-up in New York police history is now old and broken, with 10 years yet to serve in Sing Sing.” Along with this statement there is an impressive fllustration of a hold-up man cowering before a huge police- man with drawn pistol. Another illustration shows a mur- derer being led to the electric chair. Moral appeals and appeals to self- nterest tell the same old story, veri- fled by all the ages, that honesty is the best policy, that decency and squareness pay, in material rewards as well as an easy conscience. Advertising ought to be as good for “selling” honesty as for selling goods. It will be interésting to watch the New York crime curve after this inno- vation.—Morgantown New Dominion. Vacation Vanity. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Each Summer rediscovers to many persons the entire plausibility of home, sweet home, as a Summer resort. Old Goddess Still Gropes. From the Ottawa Herald. An Oklahoman has been acquitted of the charge of murdering a man, but was sentenced to 90 days in jail for bringing a loaded weapon into the cgurtroem at his trialy 5 =i Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln The Summer of 1925 has been cost ly to the liberal forces in politics in this country. First Robert M Follette of Wisconsin, who for y was a thorn in the side of the con servatives in the Republican party, passed on. And now William Jen nings Bryan, for three decades at times a dominant and always a power- ful figure in the Democratic party and leader of the progressive thought in his party, is dead. Mr. Bryan burst} into party leadership and progressiv ism in 1896. Three times he was the | Democratic nominee for President, so strong was the grip he held on th rank and file of the party, and once, at least, he brought about the nom.| ination of another Democrat who be- came President, Woodrow Wilson. Bryan it was at the Baltimore cen vention in 1912 who prevented the tion of Champ Clark of Mis- souri, and ultimately caused the selec- tion of President Wilson. In the last two presidential years, however, Mr. Bryan was not o potent in Demo-! cratic national conventions. He fought the nomin: »v. Cox of Ohio in 1920, st year he bitterly posed the selection of John W. Davis, although he later supported the Davi: Bryan ticket, with his brother as the running mate of Mr. Davis. &k x But notwithstanding the less of his power among the politicians, Mr. Bryan, through the force of his personality and his oratory, still con- tinued a masterful figure in the poli tics of the Nation, retaining his in- fluence with hundreds of thousands of voters. There will doubtless be scramble to succeed to the liber: leadership which was Bryan's, with William Gibbs McAdoo a leading con- testant. It was Mr. McAdoo for whom Mr. Bryan labored at the Democratic national convention in New York opposed to the more conservative con- | tenders for the nomination. He him- self, many obserters felt, was a poten- tial candidate in the event of an un- breakable deadlock. But If he was he did not say so. More recently he de- clared for a unlon of the Democracy | of the South with the liberal voters | of the West, turning his back upon the Democracy of the North and East, which &0 strongly backed Gov. Al Smith and which really forced the nomination of Mr. Davis. He was d nounced by the Democrats of the North and” East and by the Demo- cratic press of those sections for seek ing to make the Democratic party “sectional.” as | More recently still Mr. Bryan, large- ¥ through ts, turned the melight « n trial Scopes in Tennessee. He appeared s | the defender of the Bible, and was | hailed by the “fundamentalists." Fundamentalism, it appeared, was des- | tined to become political as wel a religious and educational issue in | this country, with Bryan as its chief | exponent. It still may enter the field | of politics, but with Mr. Bryan out of | the picture the chances.do not seem | EO_great { Without disparaging in any the sincerity of Mr. Bryan in his| battle for fundamentalism, it does not seem possible he was blind to] the political possibilities of the issue. | He was a potential candidate for the | Senate, with Senator Fletcher of Flor-| ida coming up for re-election next| year. It is very doubtful, perhap: improbable, that he would have de feated Senator Fletcher for the sena | torial nomination, which in Florida is equivalent to an election. But, had he been elected to the Senate, he| would have been an indefatigable worker for a national anti-evolution law, and if the court held it uncon- stitutional, doubtless he would have | sought to bring about an anti-evolu-| tion amendment to the Constitution, | and with such an issue why not again | the Bryan banner entered in the pres- | idential lists? | * % * % | In the twinkling of an eve all this| has been changed. Those in the Dem- | ocratic party who have felt for years | that Mr. Bryan was a kind of octopus | winding himself about the party, will | look forward to a new deal in the ! Democratic leadership. What his| passing will mean to the Republicans is another matter still. Not since th days of free silver and 16 to 1, when Mr. Bryan set the West on fire and | frightened the conservatives half to| death, have the Republicans been | really frightened by the name of Bryan. They became accustomed tc trouncing him at the polls. Ev in his old home State, Nebra Bryan was unable to gain headway He seemed unable to unite the Democ- | racy of the country behind him. The| loss of Bryan, on the other hand, may | result in welding the Democrats more closely together. He split them at times almost as widely as did Roose- velt and La Follette the Republicans in their day. * i way e a moment to the fun- damentalism issue raised by the Ten- nessee law against the teaching of evolution, in which Mr. Bryan was so vitally interested. Too much religion in politics would be far worse for this country that “too much government in busine: which has been in- veighed against so vigorously in re- cent years. Church and state in this country have been kept separate. Freedom to worship God in any way he desires has been guaranteed the citizen of the United States. Now and then the question of religion has crept into politics, however, for e ample, in the Know Nothing party of the last century, and more recently in the political efforts of the Ku Klux Klan. When Congress reconvenes it is expected there will be a score or more of antl-evolution bills introduced by members seeking political capital or notoriety, or, in some cases, from earnest conviction. Constitutional amendments seeking the same end will be proposed. But that a law of that kind, or a constitutional amend- ment, will receive the necessary vote in either house, or even could be brought to a vote in the Senate under the present rules of that body seems entirely improbable at this writing. Many churches and many preachers have differed widely over the meaning of various parts of the Bible. The danger of such legislation as that in Tennessee is that in the end it may go so far as to prescribe what people generally are to believe, a danger to which the legislators are not blind. EE* Almost every question that arises to influence or affect the people of America has its political angle, not al- together a happy state of affairs. The threatened coal strike in the anthra- cite mines is a case in point. Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania, where the anthracite fleld is located, is to be a candidate for the United States sena- torial nomination next year against Senator George Wharton Pepper, ac- cording to all reports. If Gov. Pinchot settles the hard coal controversy and prevents, or brings to a quick con- clusion, a strike, he is bound to gain a certain amount of political prestige and add to his following. Senator Pepper is a strong backer of the Cool- idge administration, while Gov. Pin- chot has been its critic, assailing par- ticularly Secretary Mellon and the pro- hibition: enforcement. Two years ago Gov. Pinchot tackled and settled the anthracite strike, after President Cool- idge and the Federal Government had stepped aside to give him a chance at it. The settlement, however, gave the miners a 10 per cent increase in wages, which was not popular with the oper- ators. The miners may be expected to favor Mr. Pinchot as an arbitrator, while the operators look to Pepper and the President. In a measure, the coal strike situa- tion, if a strike comes, s not dissimi- to that in Boston, When the police To get bac | record ! of Washington | Indian n: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. William in the Q. From wha Jennings Democratic conv nated James M. ¢ A. In the national vention of 1920 he was a the Nebraska dele; State was delegate ntion which nomi A. W, W. Democratic con member of Q. When v W. W. D. A. The while trying Flying Italian to break the 50 kijometer in England. He won n automobiling racing cham- in 1916 and in that year cap- tured 6 the 11 big events of the Season including the sweepstakes, Chicago Derby, Omaha sweepstakes and Vanderbilt Cup. The race in which he w ptember, 1924. Americ pionshi; the president of Publishers’ Association?— Q. Who Newspaper W. P. is IZ. Thomason of Chica cupies this position Q. Since Russia exports lit platinum, where does it come from? 5. A. A e mbia platinum producing country. mous platiniferous alluvial are reported in the Transvaal, Africa, the working of which re sult in a shifting of the source of sup pl The United States is the best cus tomer for platinum, consuming great quantities in the making of jewel s0 is now the leading deposits Sc Q. Where is the deepest spot in the Atlantic Ocean?—W. . The deepest thus far found lies st of the Island of Haiti, where ter is feet deep When was the New ¢ Trust formed?—W organized in 1920. Tt is an and trust com sentatives of th public for the purpose of administer ing funds for civic, charitable educational purposes. York Com T Q muni A associat panies, or Q. What is the large red star in the southeast and how long will main in view?—V. W. The Naval Observatory says the t object in the southeast in,the evening is Jupiter. This plinet ble from about a month after | before the mext conjuncti Indianapolis | | tries s killed was run in | Enor- | years | serve conjunction with the sun to a month n. Th conjunction of cember on Janua small dr |long to spherical in 1 was killed | to t o inches in len P brown ski the | ¢ flavor, having a b |in the center. Q. Where known are t soldier W. The A, Venezia termpe braska? ~ Duri the wa on Tow | Febre | edge is in public i s pe to th | basis of that a ple superior This paper Wash % zation of experts mp keeping in |eral bureaus prises it | anad c ng of edu | constant and e | thoritative Vorder. 1f wou # There in stamps postage. Addres | tion Bureau, Frederic J | rector cents WESTERN OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Undoubtedly the West, if the funnies not | squabble betwes over what name of Mount Ra the 14,800-foot peak to retain the nair it's had for 135 years, mo; while Tacoma would lik Mount Tacoma. There is everyt but civil war between St seaboard cities ov questi One g iderably more danger of blood the controversy than fro: of Japan which ke timorous awake at night. The gra situation is such that it may w the political career of a meritc public man, Representative nson, Republican, of Hoq whose district embraces Tacoma. a the new immigration will be up for re-election in 1926. coma threatens to punish him for ing to secure passage in the House of the bill which Senator Dill, Democrat, put through the Sen ate, whereby Mount Rainier would be rechristened Mount Tacoma. Mr. Johnson is not e of the peril he faces. It would be a tragi-comi thing if a statesman of Johnson's lo and meritorious career should be po 1 on the peak of Ameri- is ¢ shed in prospect a litically hung ca’s highest mountain. x ok ok x Commercial nicely blends imbroglio. should continue to be known as Mount Rainier, bec that's_been its ti nce the Brit Capt. Vancouver ¢ overed it at the end of the eight eenth century and named it British admira That Seattle ficial alibi for opposing the change to Mount Tacoma. Tacoma retorts that Seattle’s real reason is that her en- erprising business men have spent a million dollars or more in proclain Seattle’'s glories to the world, with Mount Rainier bulking conspicuously in their publicity as Fujivama figures in the pictorial advertising of Japan Moreover, Tacoma conten the old m and i in the ¥ senti ent a inier-Tacom: is S Var 3 coma ages before either Capt. couver or Admiral Rainier was heard of. Finally, opening whereas of Senator Dill's bil Rainier was an of in the days of the Revolu- tion and should not be so signally im- mortalized by a race of 100 per cent- ers! L Senator Dill ch squanders nifying the fame of Seattle. there's a suspicion that Dill something resembling fiendish delight in inducing the Senate to hand Seattle mag no energy in S one of the severest jolts in her his- tory by naturalizing Mount Rainier into Mount Tacoma. Dill is a mem ber of the public lands committee of the Senate and had little difficulty in getting his bill reported out and final- went on strike while Mr. Coolidge was governor of the Commonwealth President Coolidge is the Chief Ex ecutive of the Nation, and Pinchot governor of the State in which the strike will be located. In Massa- chusetts Mr. Coolidge was chief ex ecutive of the State with the mayor of Bos what similar under him to that now occupled by Gov. Pinchot. When the mayor could not handle the situation, Gov. Coolidge stepped in. But waited first to give the = chance, just as he gave Gov. his chance to handle the coal strike two years ago. L 1f Gov. Pinchot tries again to solve the problem and fails and the Presi- dent then takes it on successfull then Mr. Pinchot's stock goes down, and the President’s and Senator Pep- per’s go up. ; Probably Gov. Pinchot has more in his mind than the senatorial race next year. Roosevelt, his old leader, is long since dead. La Follette, who strove for the progressive leadership last vear, is gone, too. The election to the Senate— if Gov. Pinchot should be successful— might be merely a stepping stone to something higher, provided he can impress himself upon the progressives as a real leader. PEEE The Republicans have successfully filled one of the three vacancies in the House caused by death, Mrs. John Jacob Rogers succeeding her_husband in Massachusetts. Out in Michigan the nominations have just been made for the vacancy in the third district of that_State. Joseph L. Hooper of Bat- tle Creek is the choice of the Repub- licans and Claude S. Carney of Kala- mazoo is the Democratic nominee. Hooper received 11,789 votes in the primaries, while Carney received only 1,151, which does not give the Demo- crats much cause for hope. But the third _district is strongly Republican and the only chance for the Democrats is to_cut down the Republican major- ity. The election will be held August 18, The third congressional vacancy occurred in New Jersey, and the elec- tion there does not come off until | Novembery ne of the mountain was Ta-| set forth in the | comes from Spokane, | had | ton occupying a position some- | ¢ he | inchot | ponsit | re Seattle says the mountain | | coniservation the nd Alaska in pa Jjuneture.” | conservation of transportation are Alaska’s vital and ove port more veach that the New other poi | seaboard rush to the Coolidge wa of office lamp two 000 to improve the ilé“.uling to and from Plymouth | One of the | ter times in | the payment er day in Mc to the county car and planked checks tota $30,0 taxes extend back before the war, wh most delivered Montar blow. * ¥ %X x the most il an itinerant ers on a transcont is picked up in int ibers. I struck a partic | lightened knight of the r land. Asked whether | much discussed in Or tersels o, it's proved a better informed native than the conductor of North Pacific dining car. We were g our first glimpse of the mount eastern Montana. I asked him range they were. “I don't know,” he said, “but I'll find out.” He returned in five minutes to report that they were the Rocky Mountains. PEE T Secretary Wilbur dashed cold water on fond Oregon hopes when he visited Astoria and Portland day or two ago and withheld approval of the project to make the mouth of the Co lumbia River, at Tongue Point, a naval base. Senators MceNa and Stanfield, supported b o of distinguished and persuasive Ores nians, had Mr. Wilbur in tow. They did their noblest to sell him the propo sition. But he left their hospitable midst without eommitting himself be yond saying that the project would be considered some sunny day. The Oregonians concede the wisdom of maintaining major naval bases at points like San Francisco and Pearl Harbor, but if the United States bat tle fleet is to remain stationed on the coast Oregon feels that the mouth of the Columbia should become one of » whole series of secondary bases along the coast for sustenance of the ) in time of emergency. Secretary bur’s lack of enthusiasm for Tong Point is charged to the Coolidge econ omy program. Secretary Work's re cent refusal to smile upon the 50,000 acre Baker irrigation project in east ern Oregon is ascribed to the same s ins i wha {Copsright, 1925.3.