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8 THE EVE e ————————————————————————— THE EVENING With Sunday Merning ‘"WASHINGTON, D. C ‘WEDNESDAY. . November 6, 1929 | . THEODORE W. NOYES tar Newspaper Company usiness Office: Pennsylvi : 110 East 42nd St. Office: Lake Michigan Buflding. o Office; 14 Regent Sj.. London: Englan the City. 45¢ per month 60c per month Rate b o Bvenime Carrier Within T Oriers may Fe sent NAtional 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Iy and Sunday. 1 mo., #8c fi:u_v on) 1 mo., 80c junday only $4.00: 1 mo.. 40c All Of States and Canada. Sunday..1 yr. $12.00; 1 mo., $1. aily only . 00; 1 e, junday only .. 00: 1 mo.. 80c Member of the Associated Press. ‘The Associated Press i« cxclusively entitied 3 each month. 1n by mall or telephone cred- news to th patches credited to it or not otherwis ted in this paper and aiso the local published herein. All riehts of publica‘fon of special dispatche- herein are also reserved. A Return to Normaley. Yesterday's election in Virginia, re- sulting in the choice of a Democrat for governor by an overwhelming ma- Jority, demonstrates that last year's turn-over whereby the Old Dominion gave its electoral vote to Hoover was not & party change, but a revolt against the specific Democratic candidacy. In this present campaign exceptional ef- forts have been made by the Demo- cratic regulars, those who remained true to their party and its nominee in 1928, to bring back those voters, who crossed the line and became, for the nonce, Republicans. They have succeed- ed in that endeavor. Analysis of the votes cast for the Democratic and Re- publican candidates for governor will later afford indication of how far the ‘wanderers have returned to the party fold. g In this campaign both parties made excellent nominations. The Democrats, realizing that their party organization in the State was menaced by the de- fection of 1928, sought and found and named a man who commanded the highest respect for his character and his ability. Likewise the Republicans, hopeful of a continued victory that would give them a definite status as & contesting party in State affairs, placed in nomination a man of the same kind, who proved himself a ca- pable campaigner. The reaction to party “regyjarity, however, was too strong for the Republicans and so VirgQpia Ze- turns, for the present certainly, §9 the Democratic eolumn. In New York City, the only &her place where the elections were of public interest outside of the voting area, the usua] and expected and indeed almost inevitable result was scored—a Demo- cratic-Tammany victory in the munici- pal contest by a big majority. Mayor ‘Walker was re-elected by considerably more than 300,000 votes over all con- testants, The Republican-fusion eandi- date was snowed under by more than half & million plurality, the' Socialist candidate by nearly 700,000. Enright, the “Square Deal” candidate, was & pitiful fourth in the race. ‘This result was fully discounted. None of the contesting candidates hoped for victory., Thomas, the Socialist, had & considerable support outside of his party. Those who most ardently wished for a change from Tammany's control supported him rather than LaGuardia, who was voted for, it would seem, only by the regular Republicans of Greater New York. The vote for Thomas, ap- proximately 175,000, was greater by about 35,000 than the highest previous Boclalist vote ever cast in a municipal election in New York, that given Mor- ris Hilquit in 1917. But this does not necessarily mean an actual gain in Socialist strength in New York, inas- much as Thomas received, as stated, many votes for mayor from non-Social- ists, who were trying to defeat Walker. Taken altogether, yesterday's off- year elections were what the late Presi- dent Harding, setting a new verbal style, called a return to normalcy. ——ret— A surprise party as described by Senator Brookhart leaves it to be in- ferred that Wall Street wealth did not attempt to lure plain straightforward legislators to any of those late suppers where ginger ale was supposed to flow like pseudo-champagne. ———— Senator Brookhart’s Disclosures. Careful reading of Senator Brook- hart’s speech yesterdsy in the Senate. which had been proclaimed in advance as certain to astonish, even to startle, the public with disclosures regarding lawlessness in Washington, fails to re- veal anything sensational. Indeed, if he told everything he knows on the sub- ject in the course of the speech it may be questioned whether he has in truth anything of importance to tell the grand jury, before which he appears to- day as & voluntary witness. The gravamen of the offense cited by Senator Brookhart seems to be that llquor was imbibed by some of the guests at a dinner given at a hotel in this city nearly three years ago, and that this liquor was furnished by the hosts, who were “Wall Street magnates,” some of the guests being members of the Senate. Senator Brookhart cannot qualify as a witness in this regard, however, for he did pot partake of the liquor. He could judge of its character only by the color, and presumably by the wafting odor that reached his nostrils. It is questionable whether this STAR ition. .Editor ted | e use for republication of all rews dis- its presence up to the grand jury and let judicial nature take its course. Of course, the liquor accompaniment of the dinner was not the real cause of the frritation of the senatdrial guest. When he got to the feast he found that he was sandwiched in between two ogrish monsters of Wall Street, repre- sentative money magnates of the high- est degree, who tried to “work” him with their views regarding finance and busi- ness. But even:so, he was immune to their poisonous machinations. He so told & colleague of the Senate, himself pres- | ent, when later he was chaffed for being in such shocking company. It would be a distinct contribution { to the public peace of mind if the full | text of the Senator’s testimony or state- ment to the grand jury were given to print. For there is much doubt today whether he told everything he knows on the subject in yesterday's speech. If he did, there is surely little, if anything, in the matter to justify a visit to the grand jury room. If he did not, why did he tell anything at all, if the withheld portion is the vital part? ——ve—s Withholding the Diploma. Despite what may be the common {opinion to the contrary, the Board of ! Education is not acting this afternoon on the question of making personal cleanliness or neatness a required course for a high school diploma. The pro- posed so-called “dirty neck” amendment to the rules of the board is in fact more far-reaching. Its purpose is to place in the hands of the school officials & weapon which they do not new possess. In brief, the amendment would give them authority to withhold a diploma from a student whose “immoral conduct, indecent language, violent or pointed opposition to authority, persistent diso- bedience or disorder, dishonesty or un- truthfulness, habitual tardiness, unau- thorized absence or uncleanly condition of person or clothing” indicates a defi~ ciency in character, despite proficiency in study. ¥ ‘The amendment is sought by its pro- ponents as a means of enforcing dis- cipline under the compulsory education laws which now prevent the suspension or dismissal of students between the ages of seven and sixteen. In other words, the fourteen-year-old student now may be guilty of an offense which under the rules of the board is punish- able by suspension, But as the law prevents his being removed from school, the proposed amendment would permit the completion of his course, but would withhold from him the diploma that certifies to that completion. It is conceivable that under this amendment a student, brilliant as he might be in his studies and exemplary as might be his conduct, .could fall within the ban and lose & deserved diploma. because of an inherent dislike of soap and water. But that is unlikely. The real purpose of the amendment is understood to be the strategic position that it gives the school officials in their war against secret fraternities and so- cleties. That is an old war, and so far the students apparently have been vie- torlous. Despite their pledge, counter- signed by parents, which places them on thelr honor not to join forbidden socletles or secret organizations, they do make these affiliations and go unpun- ished. One purpose to be meomplhhz': the proposed amendment is to crea :I’n form of punishment that lies in withholding diplomas. The root of disagreement over this amendment probably rests in one’s con- ception of the diploma as well as the function of the public school system. If the diploma attests mere scholastic attainment, the personal character of the student does not enter the equatio. But if the diploma represents the at- tainment of & certain fixed standard of ethics by the student as well as the completion of a course of study, failure. in one requirement could be considered as ground for withholding the diploma. 1t the public schools-are to mold char- acter as well as teach mathematics, consideration of the student’s character plays a part. It is ridiculous to believe that the Board of Education would deny a bril- Mant and hard-working student his diploma, even if the student refused to cut his hair or remove the dirt from behind his ears. And the Board of Education is entering on dangerous ground when it attempts to write in black and white the attributes of good character. But it seems logical to withhold from the student who lies and deceives his superiors the same honor and distinction that is awarded, through & diploma, to those students whose conduct, in the face of tempta- tion, has been unimpeachable. ‘There might be a compromise based on a distinction between the regular diploma and & mere certificate atte ing to a standard of scholastic at- tainment. It is doubtful if the board could legally deny a student the cer- tification of his scholastic record. Such certification plays an essential part in the student’s future education.” To deny it on the basis of a theoretical de- ficlency in character is to deny the pos- sibility of that reformation and reali- zation of responsibility that, unfortu- nately, is too often delayed until high school days are over. o Explosion of a bomb at Monte Carlo proved ineffectual; no way to make a dent, much less break the bank. Macdonald’s First Hurdle. Prime Minister Macdonald's minority government yesterday took its maiden parliamentary hurdle in fine style. Choosing to make its recognition of Soviet Russia the first test of its strength in the House of Commons, Labor secured ratification of its second testimony would be altogether com- petent. If an offense against the law was committed in the giving of the alcoholic dinner in December, 1926, and Senator Brookhart can give testimony on which the grand jury can act in indictment, he has spoken just in time, for in & few weeks the “crime” would be outlawed by the statute of limitations. According to the description given yes- terday to 8 large and appreciative audi- ence in the Senate chamber, floor and galleries, nobody seems to have “served” the obnoxious booze at the hotel. It was simply there, in some sort of cur- tain-covered rack or bookcase or what- venture in that direction by a vote of 324 to 199. Analysis of the vote is mot yet at hand, but the margin of 125 indicates that Mr. Macdonald had support not only from Lloyd George Liberals, but from a few Baldwin Conservatives as well. ¥ Labor can muster a similar mosalc of “confidence” on other oc- caslons, its tenure in Downing Street may turn out to be more prolonged than its minority status in Parliament would ordinarily indicate. Undoubtedly the House of Commons’ approval of the resumption of relations with Moscow was forthcoming mainly because of an assurance by Foreign not, an array of handsome silver flasks | Secretary Henderson, who negotiated filled with the supposedly intoxicating the arrangement. Mr. Henderson stated beverage. Can the grand jury now find | categorically, during the course of de- out who put it there, and bring an in- | bate, that “Soviet propaganda would be tolerated at any time in any dominions, so far heard from had definitely requested that the guarantee of no.propaganda be made applicable to them. It was particularly with ref- erence to the sowing of communistic seed in British soil, not only in Great Britain but throughout the empire, that the Conservative party shied at the re- newal of diplomatic ties with a govern- ment notoriously under the thumb of the Third Internationale. John Bull is apparently ready to gamble again on the integrity of a Soviet “pledge.” He took the same chance in 1924, only to be disillusioned by the Arcos House scandal a year or two later, Time will answer the ques- tion raised in the House of Commons yesterday by Sir Austen Chamberlain, | who said: “The only thing that remains obscure to me .s, Who is it that is be- ing fooled? Has the government been fooled by the Soviet government, or is it trying to fool the country?” T gl Mr. MacMurray’s Resignation. The American foreign service in a long time has not suffered a more severe loss than the resignation of John V. A. MacMurray from the ministership to China. Beyond all compare, this seasoned young diplomat is the United States’ foremost authority on the tortuous political affairs of the Far East. Mr. MacMurray has specialized in them throughout his twenty years and more in the service. He has seen duty in Siam, Japan and China and been chief of the Far Eastern division in the State Department. His two monumental volumes on China's inter- national treaties are so authoritative in character that the Washington Conference on Pacific affals in 1921-22 adopted them as official reference ‘works. Now and then there is disparagement of the diplomatic “career man.” The commonest charge against him is that through long service abroad he tends to grow increasingly out of touch with affairs in his own country. But, con- versely and no less valuably, the “career man” stationed for any 'ength of time in a foreign capital becomes cor- respondingly better acquainted with the conditions of the country to which he is accredited. In the mystic East such familarity and knowledge are indis- pensable. It seems a thousand pities that a man of John V. A. MacMurray’s experience and capacity cannot be in- duced to continue to place them at his country’s disposal. ——— e « The ratio 5-5-3 puts a few “numbers” into evidence in the big game of diplomacy. They are well backed by those who have an intelligent eye to the mffmldmll future. et Political naturalists do not recognize the Republican elephant as a native in- habitant of the South, but hope he may become acclimated. . Critics have said that Mayor Jimmy Walker is light-hearted. In view of various elections, there is no apparent reason why he should not be so. ———ree It is feared that the tariff is in danger of overdoing the serial story as a feature of legislation. e NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 192 BY CHARLES There is nothing surer than that a great many “slick customers,” as they like to picture themselves, do not “take m“ as many people as they thyak ey do. Fi Many who have something “put over on them, as the popular phrase has it, know all the time what is in the air. And how do they know? It is here that the wise ones fall down, fatuous in their own conceit. They think that they conceal thelr wolf's coat very well, when all the time {1t is the one thing which sticks out. Those who “fall” for practical jokes, or tricks which turn the laugh on them, or even for fraud, are warned in ad- vance by the very persons who advance | toward them. They realize that nothing good can come from a certain type of person. They know that if such a man or woman proposes to do something for them, or seems to take an interest mn them, something is entirely Wrong in Denmark, or wherever it is ihey live, for this matter is not confined America, of course. S Thus the boys wise in their own conceit might be mildly astonished to realize that their very appearance, as smooth as they like to think it is, more often than not gives them away. Their very actions, which in the past have been compounded only of similar tricks, without admixture of kindness or that larger human decency which everywhere is called love, pro- claim who and what they are louder than words could do it. Their victims almost always realize this, down in their hearts, and that is why they are not “taken in” as often as they seem to be. They are wiser than they are given credit for being. ‘There is, at_bottom, an eternal en- mity between these two types of people. The ancient Persian idea of good and evil, with its everlasting warfare be- tween the children of light and the children of darkness, is_duplicated in everyday life wherever human beings live. Often there is nothing either splendid or mean about this battle. It does not soar, on the one hand, or sink, on the other. It merely runs along in @ calm, easy way, resulting in bicker- ing and dislike, or an ill-at-ease feeling. One man says of another, “I do not like that fellow. I do not know why, but I don't like him.” All sorts of explana- tions have been advanced, from transmi- gration of souls to an ‘“‘aura” around each human being. Different auras do not mix, etc. Beasts of one nature come back to find beasts of another nature sitting in office with them. ‘The common sense of mankind re- Jects these conjectures, and prefers to rest solidly on the simple but satisfy- ing doctrine of good and evil, and its natural warfare. * ok ok K Let it be stated again that good and evil has thousands of intermediate phases; there is nothing in the con- ception which calls for grand moments only, or utter depravity. One may do an evil deed to another by so simple a device as withholding deserved praise, laudation which one feels in one’s heart, but which, uttered, might forward a rival, or help another ‘human being of whom one is jealous. Oh, yes, there are many, many ways of doing the devil's work in this world which are not recognized as such, but are held to be a part of the normal, natural life of human beings. Often an acquiescence in the words of another is evil, since both parties to the conver- sation know the gist of the statement THIS AND THAT E. TRACEWELL. to be untrue, but each pretends that he thinks it correct, in order to carry favor, on the one hand, and run no risk | on the other. Of such slimy stuff are| many human beings, especially after they get into middle age and begin to lose the high ideals which they once had. Although perhaps no man is utterly free from this admixture of evil, there are thousands who sincerely att>mpt to run their lives on a different basis. These may be called the kindly people one meets everywhere. Somchow the first force of their minds and hearts is | given to doing good. Their approach to their fellow human beings is one of admiration. They try to see the good side, and either forget or honestly do not 'see the bad one. The other class of human beings con- stitute _the essentially unkind group. Their first thought is to hurt, either by word or deed. Perhaps this comes about through an excess of the primi- tive principle of self-protection, or self- preservation, which is held to be Nature's first law. Even when they live in an urbanized civilization where life | to some extent is made remarkably | easy and safe for the great majority, | they feel in the very fibers of their in- telligent flesh that something is after | them, k. ‘These curious studies—let us eall such people that—knew no escape from the cruel chains in which their nature has bound them. Secretly their hand is against every man. They are the Cains of the modern world. A brand 1s not on their forehead, but is psycho- logical, being burned into their brains, so that the ordinarily astute can see it in what they say and do. And espe- clally at what they laugh. The kindly people are their especial meat. Those of the tribe of Cain would rather “pick” on a kindly person than eat, for such personally administered torture is their food and drink in this world. If they can “catch” one of them on some bit of foolishness and have the laugh of the assembled company turned on him, they feel immenscly pleased with themselves. Short of this, they are satisfled with indulging in the perpetual sneer. This is carried so far that they cannot use the ordinary “Good morning” or “Good afternoon” of right-minded men and women, but must substitute some “wise- crack” in 1ts stead, with the hope that the kindly person will make an ass— the wisecracker's idea of such, of course—out of himself. ‘The sad part of it is that the average group is perfectly willing to tee-hee and haw-haw over the shortcomings of those who are taken in. Its members are afraild of the tongue of the mean man or woman. Its component parts know that the best way to keep that lash away is to join in with the pack and run along yelping at the victim. ) Let every such “slick customer” know, therefore, that he is as easy to read as an open book. The comparison is rather tough on the book. The chances are decidedly that the vietim permits himself to be “taken in," through an excess of kindness on his part. He does not reserve this trait for his cronies merely, but permits it to play a part in all his contacts with life. He knows that the wisecrackers, having nothing in common with him, would not approach him unless it were to attempt to discomfort him. When he sees them coming, smiling pleasantly, he knows that they have something up their sleeves. He recalls the ancient proverb, “When the Greeks come bearing gifts, beware!” WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Apparently it is almost as hard to dismiss a policeman as it is to capture and convict a lawbreaker. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Homely Advice. “Remember, S1,” the good wife said, “The blameless life yowve always led, | {0€ D And earned the confidence complete Of every neighbor that you meet. So when in Congress you appear, Avold all company that's queer And be content with homelike joys— Don't stop to play with those Lobby boys. “Remember, Si, your fate's your own And by your company yowll be known. So mind your books and study hard And watch the gang in the old school yard. Be at your desk each day in style With hands all clean and a winsome smile. And as good work your time employs, Don't stop to play with those Lobby boys.” Investigations. “They talk of more inquiry.” “Yes,” declared Senator Sorghum. “I have been mixed up in so many in- vestigations that I sometimes doubt whether I am really & statesman. Iam beginning to feel like a policeman.” Jud Tunkins says he has managed to keep out o' the stock market owin' to the fact that he could never find a broker willin’ to take a two-dollar bet. Imitation. My radio! My radio! The artists listening in To imitate the acts that *“go” All slavishly begin. Aunt Susan’s imitating Kate, Pat’s imitating Tke— We may not have so long to wait Till tunes all sound alike! Discreet Restraint. “Did you never think of telling your wife to quit driving from the back seat?"” “Never,” answered Mr, Chuggins. “On such an occasion, there's plenty of material for argument, without adding complications.” “I am often surprised,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “at the assur- ance with which boys and girls at the St threshold of life use that vast word ‘Forever.’ " Lost in the Street. Into Wall Street once I strayed— My exit will be long delayed. I+margin” on with heart so stout— It may be years ere I get out. “Dar'd be & heap mo’ incouragement in livin',” sald Uncle Eben, “if it was as easy to make de world a little better as it is to make it a little worse.” ——— e Call Out the Guard! Prom the Kansas City Journal-Post. If a tariff will not keep hexamethy- lenetetramine out of this country, there g::::: be an appeal to the Coas Gamblers and Gamblers. From the Tulsa Daily World. The idea that the amateur gam- Street s ly bler in crap-shooter BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Many who heard his “booze party’ harangue in the Senate yesterday think Senator Brookhart ought to be prose- cuted for obtaining a crowd under false pretenses. He drew capacity galleries for his projected expose of Demon Rum’s depredations in high senatorial society, but the promised bombshell was prett” much of a dud. If Brookhart hasn’t anything more startling to tell the District grand jury than he told s disappointed Senate audience, his subpoena will hardly have been worth the time of the balliff who served it. The Iowan's hearers wanted to be shocked by a long list of Senators who bibbled at the festivity in question. Instead they heard only of Brookhart himself, Smoot of Utah and the late Gooding of Idaho—who, did mnot look upon the grape which “Wall Street” proffered—and of three other Senators (Edge of New Jersey, Vare of Pennsyl- vania and Moses of New Hampshire), whom the Hawkeye mentioned, but did not accuse of quaffing. On the whole, the rifleman-statesman put on a poor show. He spent most of his wrath on the evils of alcohol in general and on the iniquities of watered railroad valu- ations. * ok ok X Brookhart has no cause at any time to spare the susceptibilities of the ma- jority of the United States Senate as now constituted. He sets forth in his Congressional Record autoblography that that body “disregarded the Iowa election laws and seated his Democratic opponent (now Senator Daniel F. Steck) on April 12, 1926, after a pro- longed contest.” Probably most of the solons who attended the wet dinner party which scandalized Brookhart voted to banish him three years ago. It's just possible that he's waited for an opportunity like this to show ’em up. Among those who listened to Brookhart’s homily on hip flasks was Judge Willlam S. Kenyon of Iowa. It was Kenyon's unexpired term in the Senate that Brookhart first was elected to fill in 1922. * ok ok ok Vice President Curtis is leaving for Chicago next Sunday to deliver the Armistice day speech at the Windy City's American Legion celebration in the huge amphitheater of Soldier Field, on the Lake front. He will speak at 11 o'clock in the morning and his voice will be broadcast all over the country. * ok ok ok Nobody can question the legitimacy of the “tariff expert” invariably at the elbow of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Senate finance com- mittee, when the tariff bill is under dis- cussion in the Senate chamber. Various specialists are commandeered for that duty from time to time, depend upon the particular question under bate. Sometimes it is Mr. Smoot’s capable private secretary, Isaac M. Stewart; sometimes it is attache of the legis- lative drafting service, skilled in the science of drawing up bills. At other times it may be a man from the United tates Tariff Commission who is an ex- pert on this or that subject—carbide, sugar, hides or, whatnot. * K K X Capitol Hill, as well as the executive end g} Pennsylvania avenue, is buzzing with tales of the row that has broken out_between James W. Good, Secretary of War, and Representative W. Frank James, Republican, of Michigan, chair- man of the House committee on mill- tary affairs, Matters are sald to have reached so heated a stage that Presi- dent Hoover may find it necessary to step in and end the feud. Three dif- ferent issues are at the bottom of the Good-James fracas—the San Geronimo military reservation incident in Porto Rico, the withdrawal of Maj. Thomas W. Hammond as liaison officer between the War Department and military af- fairs committee, and the $6,500,000 cut in the Army's five-year aviation pro- gram. Representative James is ic- ularly irked by Secretary s Te- cent” action in recommending Presi- dent Hoever to Transfer the San - mo property to the jurisdiction of the Porto m-n government. This was done unbeknown to James, who had ready inf ced & bill iding_for lease to an ex-naval officer after hav- ing been under litigation in the United States Courts for several years. * K K K Gen, Jan Christian Smuts, former premier of South Africa, is likely to be ‘Washington's first distinguished for- elgn guest in 1930. He has accepted an invitation of the American League of Nations’ Association to address a mase meeting at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on January 5. The occasion will be a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the league. George W. Wickersham, chalrman of the Hoover Law Enforce- ment Commission, is chairman of the committee in charge of the meeting. Gen. Smuts was one of South Africa’s delegates at the Paris Peace Conference and collaborated intimately with Presi- dent Wilson and Col. House in fash- loning the Covenant of the League. Some authorities credit Smuts with the Covenant’s authorship. * x % K Not many months before they left the ‘White House Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge in- vited a number of distinguished Ameri- cans to interest themselves in the Clarke School for the Deaf, at North- ampton, Mass. Later it was decided to found the “Coolidge Fund,” in honor of the gracious lady who once taught at the Clarke School and while there was wooed and won by a certain fair-haired young Northampton lawyer . politi- cian. The popularity of thé former mistress of the Executive Mansion is attested by the fact that up to Novem- ber 1 of this year contributions to the “Coolidge Fund” had come from 1,601 donors, totaling a little over two million dollars. Since their return to North- ampton Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge have continued their warm interest in Clarke School. As a trustee, Mr. Coolidge has entered actively into the school's ad- ministration. * ok ok ok Senator Ellison D. Smith, Democrat. of South Carolina, is the recipient of many plaudits for his speech on the tariff in the Senate debate on Novem- ber 1. It was devoted to the guestion of machinery versus manual labor and revealed an uncommonly analytical knowledge of that particular phase of economics. “The point I am making,” sald Senator Smith, in an epitome of his argument, “is that the gfl?h- ro-" tectionist takes no cognizance of labor- saving devices or of the displacement of labor by machinery.” As an {llus- tration from his own South, Smith de- clared that cotton-spinning work which it would require 300 girls to do by hand can now be done by 1 girl and a ma- chine. (Copyright, 1929.) “Arrogance” of Grundy Cut From Single Piece From the St. Paul Ploneer Press. At last a genuinely candid man. He is Joseph R. Grundy, the Pennsylvania manufacturer who collects e cam- gn funds and then goes down to ashington to make the tariff safe for Pennsylvania manufacturers in general. He has told the Senate committees in- vestigating lobb; that the m of tariffs is work for the big and wealthy States like Pennsylvania, which pay the most taxes. Little inconsequential tes out in the West and South are intended to be seen and not heard where tariffs are concerned. . Mr, Grundy seems to be a little upset because the Western and Southern Sen- ators are having some success in their attempt to make the tariff reasonably honest. Hence his outburst, which boils down to the striking idea that instead of a flat rate of two Senators aplece, States should get representation in the Senate in proportion to the taxes they pay to the Federal Government. ‘The Senators on the committee are sald not to have belleved their ears when Mr. Grundy launched his propo- sition, but why should any one be sur- prised? According to the lights of Mr. Grundy and those he represents the tariff exists for the exclusive benefit of industries, If “for” indusf ? It is Politics at Large By G. CGould Lincoln. The Republican tide in the South, at a flood last year when four of the | States which had never gone Republi- can since reconstruction days and all the so-called border States cast their electoral votes for President Hoover, on the ebb, judging from § f the gubernatorial election in Virginia yesterday and the victory tof the Democrats in Kentucky, where a Legislature was being chosen. The Virginia election, which was watched with keen interest in all parts of the ccuntry, clearly demonstrated that in State affairs the Old Dominion is still strongly Democratic. There are many voters in Virginia—as in other Southern Democratic States— who cast their votes for Republican candidates in_national elections and contribute to the Republican war chest. | But many of these voters have in the past voted regularly for the Domocratic candidates in State elections. They undoubtedly did so again yesterday. * K X X Dr. John G. Pollard's lead over his coalition opponent, Dr. William Mosely Brown, may run to 60,000. This far exceeds the estimates made by some of the most ardent Pollard Democrats during the last week of the campaign. Observers who had traveled over the State in an effort to size up the situ- ation failed to see the picture as it really was. Some of them placed Pol- lard’s probable lgnd over Brown as low as 10,000 to 20,000. The victory of the regular Democrats yesterday in Virginia is not giving Senator Carter Glass any sorrow. The junior Senator from Virginia comes up for re-election next year and had Brown, the coalition candidate of the Republicans and the so-called anti- Smith Democrats, won the election, Glass chances for re-election would have been very slim. Senator Glass took an active part in the gubernatorial campaign, denouncing the coalition. He was & strong supporter of the Demo- cratic national ticket, headed by Al mith, last year. b The supporters of Mr. Smith for the presidency, however, are not likely to find much consolation from the result in Vvirginia yesterday. The State went for President Hoover and against Gov. mith last November by a little more lshm\ 24,000 votes. Yesterday the same State completely _reversed itself and gave Pollard, the Democratic candidate for governor, more than twice as great a lead over the Republican and antl- Smith coalition candidate. In other words, with Smith eliminated from the equation, Virginia demonstrated again {ts strong adherence to the Democratic i * ok k¥ In the gubernatorial campalgn -in Virginia, the situation was complicated by issues that cut deep—just as the national campaign was complicated by such issues a year ago. The race issue, which failed to hold the State in line Jast year in the national election, while it was not frequently brought into the open by the campaign speakers, is_be- lieved to have had a strong effect. Bishop Cannon’s influence with the voters seems to have gone for very lit- tle in the gubernatorial campaign. ‘The bishop sought this year to make an is- sue of prohibition and of “Smith-Ras- kobism” as the controlling element in the Democratic national organization, but without avail. The publication of reports of Bishop Cannon'’s stock mar- ket transactions did not help the anti- Smith Democratic cause. Bishop Can- non did not take part personally in the campaign, other than to issue several statements denouncing _the regular Democratic leaders who had supported Gov. Smith last year. The religious issue and the prohibition issue, which combined turned the State over to the Republicans last year, were absent from the campaign this year. Pollard as ‘well as Brown is a Protestant and an ardent dry. In some Democratic quarters the fear had been expressed that a class revolt might bite into the Democratic strength, with the coalitionists urging that the poor man got nothing from the old Democratic organizat! and that Brown was the poor man's candidate. Brown was expected to get a heavy vote among the workers in a number of sections of the State. If he got this vote, at least it was not sufficient to offset the heavy Democratic vote generally cast throughout the State. * k kX The election of Dr. Pollard may rightly be held a strong indorsement of the administration of Gov. Harry Byrd. The coalitionists assailed the Demo- cratic administration of State affairs, and mn;;lee the most of disaffection among the voters, In view of the Virginia election yes- terday, hopes of the Republicans and anti-Smith Democrats in Texas, North Carolina and Florida to hold what they gained last year are considered exceed- ingly slim. "It is true that the situa- tions in the other States are somewhat different from that which was found in Virginia for example, with some of its strongest Democratic leaders in Texas ranged against each other in the battle for control. But the old party alle- giance plus the race issue is operative in all of these States. The best chance for the upbuilding of the Republican party in the South appears to be along national rather than State lines. The big test will come again in 1932 and much will depend upon what the con- dition of the country happens to be at that time. If it is prosperous under Republican rule, the business elements in the South are not likely to desire a change any more than the business elements in other sections of the coun- try. The congressional elections next year may generally be expected to see the South swing back into the old Democratic alignment which has per- sisted for so many years. 4 which now has three Republican mem- tlz;rs of the House, may lose them all in x x k % Mayor “Jimmy"” Walker’s re-election in New York City was the expected. ‘The only possible gamble was on the size of his plurality,, He had against him a Republican candidate, pre- sentative La Guardia, who admittedly was not poYular with a large number of the Republicans. Furthermore, Tam- many appears to have been functioning perfectly once more. The Democratic sweep in the greater city reached huge proportions. giving Walker more than half a million votes lead. In the twenty-first_ New York congressional district—a Democratic district, which includes a large part of Harlem with its tremendous colored population—the Democrats elected their candidate to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Representative Weller. A colored man ran on the Republican ticket, but was defeated. Had he been elected there would have been two colored Represent- atives in the House. Representative De Priest of Illinois, who represents the old Madden district in Chicago, is the only colored man in the House at present. * K Kk Boston is another Democratic city which ran true to form in its mayoralty election yesterday,putting James J. Cur- ley back into office. Out in Indianap- olis, however, the voters turned the Republicans out and elected a Demo- cratic mayor, Reginald H. Sullivan, by about 30,000 plurality. It is inter- preted as another manifestation of the disgust of the citizens with the old Klan-ridden Republican regime. A vear ago, although Indlana, including the city, went strongly for Hoover against Smith, Representative Ludlow, a Demo- crat, was elected in Indianapolis, and Gov. Leslie, Republican, failed to carry the city. The opposition to Al Smith in the State held the State in line for the Republicans by & big vote a year ago. Indiana has been the scene of many filflul scandals involving the Republ in recent years. Mayor John L. Duvall of Indianapolis was con- victed of political corruption and for- mer Gov. Ed -V:EI'.IOI‘I w‘u indicted. In Chicago the coalition ticket won in the ju contests. This ticket ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. This is a special department devoted | to the handling of inquiries. You have at your disposal an extensive organiza- tion in Washington to serve you in any capacity that relates to information Write your question, your name and | your address clearly, and inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for reply Send to The Evening Star Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. Is there & radio broadcast con- cerning co-operative marketing? —S. C. .A. This Winter there is to be a pro- tam over the radio which will be of faterest to farmers along the spectal line of co-operative markeling. Many of the leaders in the agricultural world | will give talks. Q. How long must a starting pitcher | stay in & game in order to get credit for a base ball game?—H. L. B. A. American League ruu provide that a starting pitcher must work four full innings before receiving credit tor a game, while National League rules specify that he must pitch five innings. However, in the case of a pitcher's leaving the game before the minimum innings, it still may be arbitrary with the official scorer, according 1o the rules, as to whether he should receive credit for a victory if his team wins. If in the opinion of the official scorer the starting pitcher had a commanding lead when withdrawn, he still could be credited with the victory. Q. What does it cost the United States to fire one of its 16-inch guns, its 14-inch, 12-inch and 6-inch?— W.C.B. A. The cost per round for the i6- inch gun is $2,030.10; 14-inch gun, $1,345.68; 12-inch gun, $962.25; 6-inch gun, $104.64. Q. How do new sponges develop?— E. H. A. Little is known of the life history of the commercial sponges. In some species, if not all, the sexes are dis- tinct, the female preponderating. The vyoung produced from the eggs are free- swimming organisms and are still of very small size when they seitle and be- come permanently attached This must be a critical stage in their life history, for they are so minute that a very thin stratum of silt would be sufficient to engulf and smother them. As much of the sea bottom is covered with soft or shifting deposits, the mortality at thig period must be very high. Q. What does “O Tempoia, O Mores,” mean?—D. P. A. These Latin words mean “Oh, what times (are these)! What man- ners!” They are from Cicero's First Oration against Catiline. Q. When was the Ancient and Hon- ourable Artillery Company of Boston or- ganized?—M. C. D. B. A. The Ancient and Honourable Artil- lery Company of Boston had for its first commander Capt. Robert Keayne. ‘The organization was formed on March 13, 1638-1639, under its first name of Military Company of the Massachusetts. Capt. Keayne was formerly of the Lon- don company of the same title. The Boston company claims to be an off- shoot of the older one. The necessity of a watch and military training in Massachusetts was coincident with the settlement of the town. Q. How many men and women are now enrolled in schools for adult edu- cation?—P. T. A. Regular classes in adult education gre conducted in more than 3,000 com- munities and _approximately 300,000 Q. Was Nye, the humorist, & Westerner>—T. T. H. A. Edgar Wilson Nye was born in Shirley, Me,, in 1850. His childhood was spent in Wisconsin, but as a young man he went to Wyoming, where he studied law, worked on @ newspaper and became postmaster. He returned East in 1883, going to New York in 1886. He won wide popularity as & lec~ turer, humorist and writer.” Bill Nye died at the age of 46. Q. Why are so many of the carts used by the French peasants built with but two wheels and these of great size? D. . In early times taxes were levied on the wheels of vehicles. It was found that a cart could be placed upon two large wheels and have about the same carrying value as a four-wheeled wagon, but cutting the tax in two. Q. Under British law, does an eldest son inherit the entire estate of his fa- ther's?—N. McL. A. The British law of primogeniture is still in force. Under this law all real estate goes to the eldest son except for the dower right of the wife which ex- pires at her death. In the case of money, a man may leave his money where he wishes, with the exception that he cannot divert from the estate any money proceeding from that source. In the event of a man dying without will, leaving money alone, it would be divided among the children, subject to the dower right of the wife. Q. Where is Mabel Normand?—P. D. A. Motion Picture News says she is making a desperate fight against tuber- culosis at a sanitarium. Q. Why is a janitor so called?— J. E. F. A. In ancient Rome, the doormen were called janitors, from the Latin word “janua,” meaning door. Gradually, the province of doorman was extended to general caretaker, the name remain- ing the same. Q. Where do orchids and poinsettias grow wild?—J. C. X 1A Both grow wild in tropical coun- ries. Q. How many filling stations are there in the United States?—W, W. P. A. Round numbers must be given, since there are constant changes: Total drive-in filling stations, 125,000: ga- rage with car storage, 52,000; curb and roadside filling stations, 140,000; total vetail outlets, 317,000. Q. What is the difference between the airplane terms “cruising speed” and “fllying speed”?—C. G. A. Crulsing speed of an al the speed at which it runs to best ad- vantage considering oil and con- sumption rate, vibration, laboring of and strain on motor. In other words, the speed one would care to run the motor (or airplane) on a long trip so that one would not burn up too much gas per hour, compared to much less gas per hour at, perhaps, a slightly low- er motor speed at, perhaps, no de- crease in airplane speed; so that the motor would not waste oil; so that the motor would vibrate least; so that the motor would take it most easily. Com- parable to an automobile there is top speed—say 65 miles per hour—and cruising speed (speed at which a car runs most smoothly with not too much care in steering, say at 30 miles per hour). In a plane, tops speed might be 105 miles per hour; crusing speed, 90 miles per hour. Speed necessary to keep the plane in air is called flyln? speed. Minimum flying speed is called stalling speed. Landing epeed is usually about 2 miles lane is adults are in schools of this sort. per hour greater than stalling speed. In Praise of Death of Senator Theodore Elijah Burton of Ohio is mourned by the entire country. He is praised throughout the country as a great statesman and out- standing legislator, a_strong peace ad- vocate, and one to whom credit is due for the development of waterways in the United States. His honesty and his sincerity awake the admiration of the press. “Party for party’s sake was not in his creed,” declares the Columbus Evening tolerance won him the honor more than once of re-election to the House with no opposing candidate nominated against him.” The Cincinnati Times-Star simi- larly states: “In manner, Burton had the simple, unaffected kindliness that is a reliable indication of greatness of soul. Those who knew him well, per- sonally and politically, are the best fitted to know how much poorer Ohio is for his going.” The Boston Tran- script also lauds “his modest devotion to the public service, to which he gave the best that was in him for more than a quarter of a century.” Recalling the Senator’s interest when House chairman of the rivers and har- bors committee in harbor development at Savannah, the Press of that city states that ““Ohio has lost a favorite son, Savannah a friend, and the Nation a very capable statesman.” The loss to the country also is emphasized by the Chattanooga Times, which describes him as “lawyer, student, author, busi- ness man, negotiator, legislator and statesman of long experience and far more than average ability.” W His unique experience impresses the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and that paper records: “It is said of Mr. Burton that no other American had ever served first in the House, then in the Senate, re- turned to the House, and then again served in the Senate. His services in the cause of international peace were continuous and consistent, absolutely independent of administration or party control. He was & man \who always kept his sovereignty under hat, and for that he was most admired in the Western Reserve and throughout the Stltg. of Ohio, which delighted to honor “Time will not diminish his stature,” avers the Dayton Daily News, whose tribute is that “he was a public servant the truest sense, independent in thought and courageous in positions as- sumed on current problems.” The Ak- ron Beacon-Journal testifies that “good government was his hobby, and seldom dd he taste the bitterness of defeat in his many campaigns for election,” while the Herald of Washington Court House, calling him “a progressive with no trace of radicalism, a Republican who refused to indorse a stand-pat policy,” looks upon him as “one of thase all too few public servants who take an active part in litics and in the service of the public, not for what they can get out of it, but for what they can contribute.” “Through a long-active career,” says the Lansing State Journal, “he brought knowledge and capability in an unself- ish way to the public service.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer eulogizes him in the words, “Scholar-statesman, lover and worker for peace, kindly humani- tarian, good citizen, a true Senator of the people, hail and farewell!” * oK ko {Senator Burton fought valiantly un- til the beginning of his fatal flines: states the Little Rock Arkansas Demo- crat, “for the elimination of those things which he believed at all times threatened world peace. He was first to advocate abolition of polsonous gas in publican, and by “Tony” Cermack, long & Democratic leader. The victory prob- ably means Cermack will be more of a power than ever in the Democratic party in Cook County, and that Senator Deneen's influence 'in the county will be increased. Brundage and some of w Republican leaders who went down ith Mayor Thompson tion” in the revolt of the voters more Dispatch, “and his breadth of mind and | Nation’s Press Is Unanimous Senator Burton warfare. He threw his political strength into a move to outlaw the T nation in international strife. He ap- posed the building of additional cruis- ers. Burton lost, at least temporarily, some of those fights. But surely he did not fight in vain. His name was among the Nation’s sincere believers in peace.” The San Antonio Express em- phasizes the fact that “it was his for- tune to labor diligently and often under discouraging conditions in behalf of in- ternational peace, and to die just as his long work was beginning to bear fruit.” Similar tributes to his peace efforts | are offered by the Charlotte Observer, the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, the Indianapolis Star and the Grand Rapids Press. The last-mentioned adds that “his favorite Tecreation was fighting skillfully for the right.” The New York World places him as “every inch a statesman” by virtue of “intellectual power, principle and vision,” and the World concludes: “Mr. Burton, unfor- tunately for the country, never held any of the high executive offices to which his talents entitled him. But it would be._impossible to name any member of Congress in the last 30 years who did more to justify public faith in legisla- tive government.” * k k% “The Ohio River, in the sentimental judgment of the moment, is accounted his monument,” remarks the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, while the Albany Eve- ning News states that “he was one of the foremost authorities on rivers and harbors and one of the builders of in- land waterways”; that “he was an gr- dent worker in the cause of peace,” and was “an authority on financial affairs.” The Providence Journal appraises him as one who “had strong convictions, great ability and a vigorous way of ex< pressing himself.” ‘The Roanoke Times classes him as “a statesman rather than a politician,” the Toledo Blade as a man of “rugged honesty and sincerity,” the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as one who “was never a narrow partisan,” and-the Raleigh News and Observe as “high-minded and broad-gauged.” The Wheeling Intelli- gencer believes that he “would have :imie a good, perhaps a great, Presi- ent.” Girl Who Slapped Critic Like Twain’s Frenchman From the Kansas Oity Times. It is with profound satisfaction that we note the explanation made by Miss Lillian Foster for slapping the face of an English dramatic critic in a London restaurant. There was a danger that persons reading of the incident might have misconstrued Miss Foster's pur- pose. They might have imagined that she was actuated by some personal mo- tive, arising out of the critic's com- ments concerning her histrionic abil- ities. In short, despite her profession's well known tolerance of criticism, they might have thought Miss Foster merely lost her temper. Happily, as a result of her own ex- planation, there can be no possibility of such a misconception. By one brief statement Miss Foster has placed the entire incident upon another plane. It was high patriotism that led her to slap Hannen Swaffer—nothing less. “I smacked him wholeheartedly on behalf of America.” What true American did not thrill as he read these words! They take their place with “Millions for defense,” and with the exclamation of Mark in's o le—confound 1t, what is it that I die for? Oh, yes—I die that France may live.” Tt is good to know that the country's honor is still upheld on the stage. Why an Amateur Athlete? From the Worcester Evening Gazetts, and “organiza- in of s W hen a State's at- e e iy had canditiome It wouldn't be a bad idea if the Carnegle o i wiich o 1ol e D

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