Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1930, Page 8

{THE EVENING STA WABHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. .September 8, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor AR The ln-l::.!“l:r Ne T jper Company 1d !c;u;lylvinll Aveq, and "H‘M st per month !lmdu St T S0 t each menth. ermay Be bent 1n by mall of (+lepRORS | REEFRE = Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. ryland and Virginia, Ei“n .ml’unuly All Other States and Canada. | E‘r lnld’ Sunday. ”: t}:.w: } mo. s1.00 5 only * ji 800 imos do¢ Member of the Associated Press. ! Press is exclusively entitied s paper and aiso the pul herein. Al right special dispatches he Unemployment Insurance. One day last week Gov. Franklin D, Roosevelt of New York addressed the delegates of the New York State Fed- eration of Labor, assembled at Buflalo in attendance upon the annual con- vention of that body. He chose for his prineipal topic compulsory insur- ance of labor against unemployment by the State. The day following the State federation adopted a resolution favoring such a system. This gave headway to a movement to align the American Federation of Labor in fa- vor of the system, when that body meets in annual convention at Boston October 6. It is expected that this will be the most important topic on the federation's convention agenda and there will be much campaigning during the next four weeks for and against the L Yesterday William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement issued by him from At- lantic City, criticized the movement for compulsory unemployment insurance @8 one that would fasten the dole sys- tem upon American labor and indus- try. He said: If the dole system is ever established the el‘r:mnyeu will be to blame, because have falled to deal with un- yment in & systematic, scientific constructive way by regularizing and stabllizing employment. ‘We believe in the shorter work day and the shorter week. In a period of YHE EVENING STAR R | Tin, the great movie actor, was brought|ne was passed out of the seldom-used up, 50 to speak, by an American airman | south gate by the keeper in charge, who on the French front. Admiral Byrd has|did not notice that Mitchell failed to s dog which shared his adventures,|return. Half an hour after he had though he was not taken on the flight | gone through the gate a check-up of to the South Pole. John Henry Mears, | prisoners revealed Mitchell's absence who recently essayed to make a flight iand an alarm was given. Then the to Europe from this country, had & dog | gatekeeper bethought himself of his named Tallwind that was in the plane lown motor car, which he had parked when it crashed on the take-off,| just outside of the gate, around a corner. promptly disappearing, only to be found | It was found to be missing and Mitchell later in & thoroughly frightened con-|was suspected of having taken it, prob- dition. ably a justified assumption. He had Even though his gift was rejected, | half an hour's start in a car, a clever Master Harper of Washington has the | getaway. satisfaction of knowing that in more| This man had served more than a favorable circumstances it would have |Quarter of his term in prison, with re- been accepted with joy. In after years, 8ard for the good behavior allowance. when the pup has become a staid adult, | He was the only man in Sing Sing who he will represent a highly commenda- | Was permitted to go outside of the walls ble emotional reaction on the part of |Unaccompanied. ~Greater trust could his owner. It is to be hoped that they |10t have been bestowed upon him. He will remain pals for many years to|COuld not withstand the temptation to e slip away and for this escape he will ——— “As Maine Goes—" The Council for Research in the So- cial Sciences of Columbia University - {has investigated “off-year” elections in | % of [Maine and has come to the conclusion - |that there is very little truth in the | old saying that “as Maine goes so goes the Nation.” Maine is holding its election today, clinging as it does to the September date for State and con- gressional elections, while the rest of the country waits until November. The Republicans, unless all signs fail, are | to win. That is nothing unusual in Maine. If the Democrats should win in the Pine Tree State today, their vic- tory might well be interpreted as the forerunner of a Democratic national landslide in November. It would be comparable to a Republican victory all along the line in North Carolina. So & Republican victory in Maine today will not necessarily mean a great deal. But if the Republicans roll up a ma- Jority that is comparable to other off- year victories in that State, the G. O. P. will be mighttly heartened. And cour- age is what they need to tackle the campaign in some of the other States this year. ‘The Council of Research of Columbia University, it appears, has been mak- ing & study of “methods used in gaug- ing political sentiment in the United States,” which is just another way of saying “political prophecy” in which newspapers, magazines and, above all, the politicians themselves indulge. The inquiry into the old claim that Maine elections in an off-year, or in any year, can be considered a reliable barometer of political sentiment throughout the country is part of the broader study. The council has looked into Maine dis- | ¢lections from 1874 to 1926, a matter of charging men wholesale as has been the arrangements should he made for the division of work so that all will be given an equal share of what work there may be. American workman resents the being compelled to make a fixed tion to & fund. In this He is, hv!we;:{ ;fllm: to a_system of untary - ‘worked out by joint l'r!!l::l’lt ‘o'l.ie Tesents being told basis President Green will e resolution that will be in- at Boston, probably by the legation. It is likely that and if he does not eect resolution he will cause its reference to & committee for study, which will mean its postponement for 88 least & year. Mr. Green's high pres- with his organization, his clear conditions and, in his reasoning, will in an this result. dole system has not for either the state or been enormously costly. ded the unemployed the ce for subsistence, and it has undoubtedly led to chronic idle- ness on the part of a great number, has brought about a condition of ustrial inertia from which Great tain will have & hard time in re- '35? g ] 4 | £ ¥ Iy 1 No such condition confronts the American workingman today as that led to the adoption of the dole in Great Britain shortly after the war. here has been acute, but tset was certain to pass crisis there was acute, systematic. Recovery could possibly come within a decade. Re. devised or supported, is in the line of American economic development. Had there been some system of division of labor and sharing of wages during the time of industrial and commercial slackness following the Stock Exchange collapse of last Autumn, much suffer- ing would have been prevented and probably the recovery toward economic balance would have been more rapid. This subject is easily the most im- portant one that now confronts both business and labor in America, and it should not be decided in any degree of by any of the participating factors with snap judgment. ——————— It might be easier to arrange trade with Russia if Sovietists would gua: fifty-two years, and finds that in the off- year elections, when there is no presi- dential contest, there is “very little re- Iationship between Republican strength registered at the Maine ballot box in September and the ability of the Re- t from the Buropean work- | Publican party to gather votes through- out the Nation in November.” This should be encouraging to the Demo- crats if Maine runs true to form in to- day's election and elects a Republican Governor, & Republican Senator and Republican members of the House. ‘The council omitted from its calcula- tions the elections in Maine in 1914, 1890 and 1878, because in those years the situation was complicated by strong third-party movements. Sticking to the so-called normal years, it was found that the results in Maine, as compared to the entire country, were in error from one to eighty-nine seats, or an average of about twenty seats per elec- tion. This is for off-year elections. In presidential years the Maine results have as a rule been more nearly a real indication of how the rest of the coun- try would go. A better rule, according to the coun- cil of research, to estimate what is go- ing to happen in the congressional elections this~year is merely to study what has happened in off-year elec- tions, no matter which party has been in power. " “The habit of the American electo- rate to deflate administration strength in the House of Representatives in off- year elections,” is the way the council describes this political phenomenon. In other words, the American people almost invariably “take a crack” at the administration in power after two years of its administration. Sometimes this is a mild rebuke, as in 1926, when the Republicans lost only nine seats after the first two years of the term of office to which Mr. Coolidge was elected. Four years earlier, however, when Harding was President, the Re- publicans lost seventy-seven seats in the congressional election and had their majority reduced to a mere handful of votes. In 1918 the Democrats lost control of both the House and Senate, half way through President Wilson's second term of office. ‘This “deflation rule” for off-year elections, the council points out, would mean a loss of twenty-seven House seats to the Republicans. As the Re-| publicans have approximately a ma- | jority of one hundred in the present House, such & loss would be far from | pay dearly when caught, as he probably will be. Meanwhile, his betrayal of trust reacts unfavorably upon the other inmates of the institution. There are, of course, many cases of trust reposed in prisoners without be- trayal. Every penal institution has in- stances of men of desperately bad rec- ords comporting themselves with per- fect obedience to discipline and with dence placed in them. But rarely are they given freedom from restraint or attention. This case shows that it is unsafe to put confidence in any pris- oner who is permitted to pass, for even & brief period, beyond the range of con- finement observation. . Siberian prisoners learned only the other day that the war is over. They trudged wearily home to tell their neigh- bors in Silesia how incomprehensibly foolish in some of its details war can be. —.— wins a libel suit. He would have had less chance of doing so as an imperial authority. There is, after all, a certain advantage in being one of the plain Ppeople. e Ordinarily the disturbances in Argen- tina would -be designated as a riot. Its political consequences entitle it to be regarded as a revolution. o The Mexican government would like to take charge of the churches. Older and wiser nations have found it hard to arbitrate between the rival assump- tions of authority by politics and reli- gion, e SHOOTING STARS, PUE A BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. One-Sided Promising. “I shall not promise to ‘obey,’ ” A gentle bride was heard to say. “If I should feel inclined to roam I shall not promise to be home— But to be home you must agree. Oh, Promise Me! Oh, Promise Mel “The bargain,” said the gentle bride, “Is now completely on my side. I shall not promise to avoid A shot at you, if I'm annoyed. But kind and courteous you must be, Oh, Promise Me! Oh, Promise Me! “I'll not be hindered, should I dare To smoke or drink or even swear. You must have loyalty immense Unto a way of innocence, And not engage in careless glee— ©Oh, Promise Me! Oh, Promise Me!" Longing for Romance. “What would you do if you found a detective on your trafl?” “I'd try to corner him,” answered Senator Sorghum, “and see if he couldn't disclose some facts about my hard- working life that are really interesting and picturesque.” Jud Tunkins says you can boil most of what they write about “political economy” into the one word, ‘Taxes. Invoking the Ballot. We're called upon once more to vote |In primaries. And then we note | Atter that ceremony’s o'er ‘We must get out and vote some more. | And after some few years have past | If we are not well pleased at last We will not helplessly complain. ‘We'll just get out and vote again! Unspecialization, “People should be expert in their own lines of business.” “It can't be arranged,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “Farmers are called on to know all about finance and finan- jclers are supposed to know all about farming.” “He who has no sorrow,” said Hi Ho, |the sage of Chinatown, “has found !some way to exist without usefulness or sympathy.” Successive Requirements, Even when Old Man Winter's here The climate will seem cruel. ‘The wish for ice will disappear. We'll be discussing fuel. “We all wants to go to Heaven,” said antee to be content to traffic in tangible | giving the Democrats control of the Uncle Eben. “So you might as well for- commodities and not seek to make a gratuitous distribution of political the- orles. No one can express his views to the people as well as the President. This is one function that cannot be dele- gated to deputies, however efficient. — Billy Harper's Pup. ‘When Willlam Harper, aged fourteen, yesterday offered Capt. Dieudonne Coste | s bull terrier puppy as a mascot in token of his admiration for the great French fiyer he was paying the highest compliment. And it was in no wise a lessening of the compliment that Capt. Coste was compelled by circumstances to decline the gift. Probably in other conditions — in Prance especially — he would have been delighted to take the offering. But just at present a bull terrier pup would have been a re- sponsibility to the French ace which he could not assume without cramping | his fiying style. ‘The cockpit of an airplane is no place for a lively dog of tender years. Dogs have flown and have behaved them- selves admirably aloft, but to be a com- panion of comfort a dog must have experience, and when a fiyer is thou- £onds of miles from home and is about next House of Representatives. But even this deflation rule has in the past been shown to be in error from two to sixty-five seats. It appears from this study that rule of thumb methods of estimating the probable outcome of elections in this country are not very satisfactory. Political prophets this year will have to be guided by a real study of conditions in the country. ——— In the course of time it becomes clear that people who once seemed remote are distant by only & short airplane fiight and entitled to help and sympa- A Betrayal of Trust. An escape from Sing Sing prison has just taken place that will cause dis- couragemenrt to those who hold that prisoners shou:d be treated with leniency and consideration. A man named Mitch- ell, an aviator, reached that place of de- tention in January, 1928, having been convicted of passing worthless checks while fiying about the country and given a sentence of seven years. In view of the character of his offense, and likewise in consideration of a cer- tain prestige which he had gained as a flyer, he was put on the “trusty” basis and given work in the prison as to start upon an aerial round of Amer- ica he has no time or opportunity to train a canine youngster in flying ways. “ "There have been numerous frendships Between aviators end doga.’ Rin-Tin- a mechanic. keep in repair an electric pump situ- ated a few yards beyond the prison wall, Every evening he went outside to oll the pump. Saturday night, as usual, One of his duties was to | give yoh enemies. Some of 'em is liable to be dar right ’longside o' you.” | boci i sbloers . i e | 5 | He Found Out. From the Toledo Blade. To Zaro Agha, middle age was prob- ably that period in life when he be- gan to wonder what the next 78 years would be like, et Hope She Doesn’t Have To. | Prom the Rutiand Herald. | The New Jersey teacher who died re- | cently at 101 had probably reached the oint where she couldn’t stand deal- | ing with “those little devils” any longer. ——————— Industry Rewarded. From the Cleveland News. ‘Thief who wrecked the corner stone of a church in Syracuse, N. Y., to steal $25 from it must have been more will- ing to work than most crooks. iy r——— | Which Is That? | Prom the Detroit Pree Press. | 1t Detroit is the dryest city in the | | country, we would not care to try to | swim through the wettest one. i Next to Meanest Thief. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ‘The Massachusetts thief who stole the wheels from a perambulator came as clrse as possible to taking candy from baby. B | Instead of Worms. From the Altoons Mirror. An angler, declares the office - m. is just .hh‘gn wm the most scrupulous regard for confi- | the As a citizen the former German Kaiser | WASHINGTON, D. C, MONLAY, SEi THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A rather serious, earnest man, very well known to many Washingtonians, he succeeds in astonishing those who do not know him very well by his preference in radio music. He Iikes to listen to dance orchestras best of all. He never calls them “jazz.” Most of his friends know his tastes and understand the reasons for them, but to acquaintances his liking for the rum-tum-tum-tum music seems some- what queer. “Why, I thought he would listen only to symphony orchestras!” said one. “Or high-brow music.” “Or great songs by the old masters.” * ok ok ‘This radio listener has a genuine taste for all of those, but when it comes to his real prefere -~ he likes first, last and all the time the rocking cadences of the fox-trot. He finds in this music, as no doubt hundreds of thousands of persons do, an exhilarating something or other which at the same time is soothing. ‘There is a combination! Exhilaration which soothes, lullaby effect with trimmings of deepest “blues.” ‘This music lover brought himself up, it were, on popular music in his youth, and has never found it necessary to apologize for it. As he grew older he took up, nat- urally enough, the better comic operas, e best of the grand variety, the songs of the great German composers, the symphonies of Beethoven. He grew to know and love them all. ‘With him all music that was good was good. It is a stranre fact that many music lovers “educate” themselves away from much that is good. Becoming enamored of some one branch of the art, they tend to forget and finally to sneer at another, No real musician does, of course, but, alas, there are thousands of performers who are not musicians at heart! They are but mechanics, labori.usly plowing through the soul dreams of the masters. Often they plow with great success and fool thousands of musically uued:c-ted persons into thinking them greal * ok ok K Our friend who likes dance music the best of all is a thoroughgoing radio “fan.” He had a crystal set away back in 1923. He once "got""‘ Hoyxdngz.m': lon a on it from ploneer Pittsburgh. The famous Democratic convention which nominated Jawn W. Davis liter- ally broke down his crystal set. It was never any good afterward. He then purchased a series of radios, ranging from one-tube affairs to his latest, an eight-tube, which now mainly supplies him with dance music, to which he listens with his accustomed solemnity. Speeches, including those of an- nouncers, he abhors. His perfect broad- casting stations would be one totally without announcers, an ideal which he yet believes he will live to hear. Already, he says, signs point to the coming of this type of station. There is one now which broadcasts good pho- nograph music with a minimum of in- terruption. Some day, he believes, a station will be on the air which will broadcast hour after hour nothing but perfect music. Then those who become tired of “speeches” will be able to turn at will | to music, the basis of broadcasting, the real reason for its existence, after all. * ok k *x Our friend analyzes his fondness for dance music this way: Modern dance orchestras play in the main but two tempos—4-4, called com- mon time, and 3-4, or waltz time. Occasionally they use the classic 2-4, or march time, and the 9-8, or what- ever-it-is, of the tango, whose languor- out, swaying rhythm fascinates some and oppresses othe.s. In the main, however, the vast bulk of popular music played by dance or- chestras, vulgarl known as “jazs ,"” comes in common time. It is not for nothing perhaps that the fundamental beat of four quarter notes to a measure is known as “‘common.” It is common, not in the sense of cheap, but solely in that it is univerfal. ‘When a savage in the jungle thumps on his drum he does it in 4-4 time. When the Indians beat out their gibll dance: they do it in common ime. Most folk songs are in common time. Perhaps the only exception to this is the Hawaiian, and it must be remem- bered that these peoples got their music from other peoples. The majority of the hymns and most of the Negro spirituals are in 4-4, or common time, And the fox-trot. * ok ox % He heard an arrangement of Offen- bach's glorious “Barcarolle” done. by some one who kept the spirit of the proper 6-8 time in the 4-4 in which it was played. Similar transcriptions have been sacrilege, but this one was art. So, it must be insisted, are all popu- lar songs which are produced and played properly. Not great art, of course, but art in their way. Dvorak recognized this a long time ago. Our listener (no necessity for “in”) recently heard a chamber music quartet by the great Bohemjan composer, in the course of which most of the modern quirks of ‘“ragtime” and “the blues” were exploited. And the quartet was 1890. composed about played by the ‘The popular tunes dance orchestras often enough are true art, simple in pattern, consistent. Their invention is the 2 plus 2 of musical mathematics, it is true, but no 1l pleasing for that. Just as all mathematics cannot s calculus, so all music cannot be sym- my, oratorio, grand opera. The ighter moments have their place. In modern music the dance orchestras have usurped the place once held by the small general orchestra. They play day and night everywhere. They are more ubic uitous than the Ital- ian trios which once came around on Summer nights, or the German bands which delighted t' > ears of our fore- fathers. The dance orchestras which come into our very homes by means of radio set our feet thumping, our hearts to beat- ing faster, our minds to functioning better. One may have a sn no- tion that the “music of the spheres” is in common time, too. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS They are voting in Maine today for United States Senator and Natlonal Representatives, and one party or the other, notwithstanding the proved un- dependability of the maxim, “As Maine goes, 80 goes the Nation,” will hail the outcome as a demonstration of what may be expected in November. Claude E. Robinson, Columbia University in- vestigator, after statistical studies of Maine’s voting from 1874 to 1926, an- nounces that the off-year elections in that State do not offer much of a guide to congressional elections for the coun: try at large. “There is very little lationship,” he says, “between Republi- can strength regis! ballot box in September and the ability of the Republican party to gather votes throughout the Natlon in November.” His compilation shows errors of an average of 20 seats to an election in predictions based on the popular ba- rometer, * ok ok Commenting that the party of the President always loses seats in the House in the elections following an inaugura- n, . Robinson says the habit of the American electorate to deflate ad- ministration strength in off years per- mits the formulation of a forecasting rule more accurate than the Maine maxim. “If the party that carries the presidency wins at the same time, less than 55 per cent of the seats in the House, or more than 65 per cent, it will lose one-fourth of its gressmen at the off-year election, while if the party of the President carries more than 55 per cent of the House, but less than 65 per cent, it will lose one-tenth of its Congressmen.” Application of this deflation rule to the 1930 elections would forecast a Republican loss in November of 27 House seats, which happens to be just one-half the number that the Democrats must win to gain control. * ok ok % ‘Two speeches of President Hoover, re- vised for special publication, will be published in book form this Fall by the Huntington Press. The slim vol- ume, containing fewer than 50 pages, will bear the title “A Remedy for Dis- -wemng Game Fishes,” which is the title of the first speech therein, one Mr. Hoover delivered when he became pres- ident of the Izaak Walton League of America. The other speech, “An Ad- dress to the People of Virginia,” is an expression of the President’s sentiment for his Summer camp on the Rapidan. Fishing 1s more than the “king of healthy recreations,” the President says; it is the ideal sport for a democracy, because “all men are equal before fishes.” * ok kX Wilbur F. Wakeman, who is even more widely known as a tariff expert than Joseph R. Grundy, has been des- ignated for the Republican nomination for Congress in the eleventh New York distriet, which is _made up of Staten Island and the office bullding part of Manhattan. As secretary of the Amer- ican Protective Tariff League and edi- torial direction of the American Eco- nomist, Wakeman, for nearly 40 years, has been a familiar figure to political Washington. He is reputed to have had as large a hand in the writing of the McKinley, Dingley and Payne-Aldrich tariff bills as Senator Grundy is alleged by the Democrats to have had in the writing of the new Hawley-Smoot revi- sion measure. * ok ok X Senator Wheeler's reaffirmation of his view that the United States ought to recognize Soviet Russia carried a fa- miliar ring, but S. Stanwood Menken, chairman of the National Security League, struck an entirely new chord for him when he announced, “I now definitely favor recognition.” He and his organization were on the other side of the question. “I was bitterly opposed to recognition, but now I believe we should take the step,” Menken said on his return from Europe, adding he was as much opposed to Communism as he was before. A third returning passenger on the Leviathan, Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, had mnot *col pletely”” made up his mind about Russ| * Kk ok A falling off in the number of first- rade school enrollments this September reported by the Office of Education, Department of the Interior. At the same time the number of students in institutions of higher education is . A constantly de- clining national birth rate is held re- sponsible for the falling off in the enrollment in the early grades. Chil- this Fall were the birth tered at the Maine | g, 3 to 19.7 in 1928, makes it doubt- lhu: nuu';b‘er o!;mtlwhlc u:hfl- dren creasing materially f to year. sy * ok k% “The old frontier forefathers knew the habits of birds, fishes and animals, for these provided them with food, in addition to recreation and sport. They have passed away, and trained men must be selected to take their places,” Senator Harry B. Hawes wrote to the founders of ~“More Game Birds in America” in accepting the presidency of that foundation. “Our vigorous peo- ple, settling a new land of plenty, me verted our rivers, in 191 ful dr:.l:d%d '.gur tor‘:eu. di e le moist areas and so changed natural conditions that eonservluon'of our wild life demands systematic, sci- entific replacements.” His by Friend, the Black Bass,” is responsible for the shift by which the Senator from Missouri will forsake politics and devote his tremendous energy to the preserva- tion of wild life. Prior to its publica- tion he had written “The Dog,” which has been translated into several lan- guages, and “Big Outdoors.” (Copyright, 1930.) rve s Canadian Praises Monroe Doctrine From the Ban Prancisco Chronicle. Americans are pleased to be reminded by a Canadian that the Monroe Doctrine is & great instrument of peace. Misin- formation and misunderstandings have occurred at times to make some of the nations on this continent, beneficiaries under the Monroe Doctrine, view it with suspicion. That Canada, the country least likely to be in need of the protec- tion afforded by tLe Monroe Doctrine, is alive to the benefits accruing from it is & source of satisfaction on this side of the border. ‘The subject is brought to mind by an address which Dean Percy Elwood Corbett, of McGill University Law School Tecently made at the University of Chicago. Commenting on Canada's strong sense of security which permits the national energles to be devoted so lu"'dely to organizing peace, Dean Corbett sald: “Somewhat unwillingly I have come at last to the conclusion that the great strength of the United States and the likelihood of their preventing encroach- ments from outside have something to do with our state of mind and our refusal to arm.” In Dean Corbett's words, doubtless expressing the subconscious opinion of the people of the Dominion, is the im- plied compliment of perfect confidence in the good faith of the United States. While this confidence has been strength- ened by the years of cordial understand- ing, it rests on a historic base, In the troublous times that brought forth the Monroe Doctrine, Great Britain adopted the view of the United States against the Holy Alliance which proposed the coercion of South Amer- ican countries then in revolt against Spain. True, the British were moved by the danger to their own large in- terests in this hemisphere. But President Monroe did not pretend to altogether altruistic motives. The doctrine he pro- claimed was intended to prevent the growth of European military powers close to our borders which might be dangerous to us. But, idealistic or selfish, the Monroe Doctrine has been a strong cement of the friendship between the United States and Canada. As late as the early years of the World War, before this country got into the conflict, our Gov- ernment made plain its feeling that in any event we held Canada immune to conquest. That reiteration was like the fAirst enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine, merely a principle of our own national security. | Canada’s appreciation that the Mon- | roe Doctrine is neither menacing nor | patronizing to the other nations on this | side of the world has been one of the factors in the unwavering friendship between the Dominion and the United States. Dean Corbett does a service to both countries in calling to mind the value of the Monroe Doctrine in pro- ::nlnl peace with our national neigh- TS, ) Umbrella Menders Out of a Job. From the Milwaukee Sentinel. This has been a very poor season, we are informed, for umbrella menders. —_— e Notable Endurance Record. From the Hartford Dally Timés. One en e came down aft- er 12 hours. being s “?h“l:f'llm TEMBER 8, 1930. The Political Mill By G. Gould Lincoln. BY FREDERIC A strange state of affairs exists in| Any reader can get the answer to any Nebraska. Many Nebraska Republicans | question by writing to our lnformsuo:: would prefer to see the nominee of the [ Bureau in Washington, D. C. Thi Democratic party, former Senator Gil- |offer applies strictly to mamuuotlm bert M. Hitchcock, elected to the Senate | The bureau cannot give advice on legal, in November, and at the same time |medical and financial matters. It does many Democrats are going to back [not attempt to settle domestic troubles Senator George Norris, the Republican [or undertake exhaustive research on nominee, who is seeking to succeed him- | any subject. Write your question plainly self. The Republicans in Nebraska who |and briefly. Give full name and ad- prefer Mr. Hitchcock to Mr. Norris |dress and inclose 2 cents in coin or belong to the regular wing of the ¥, | stamps for return postage. The reply the wing which resented strongly Sena- |is sent direct to the inquirer. address tor Norris’ desertion of the Republican [ The Evening Star Information Bure national ticket in 1928 and which has | Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washing- viewed his attacks on the Hoover ad- |ton, D. C. ministration during the last eighteen months with disfavor. They say they | Q. How long would it take & person would rather have an out-and-out|to from New York to Honolulu by | Democrat in the Senate than to have | train and boat?—T. F. a Democrat who calls himself a Re-| A. A person may leave New York on publican. a Tuesday, board a steamer at San But there are many Democrats who | Francisco on Saturday, and arrive in like Senator Norris and all his works, | Honolulu on the following Wednesday. less self particularly his attacks on the Hoover administration. They would like to see him re-elected, and the probabilities are they will vote for him, thus off- setting in large part the defection from the Norris standard of the regular Republicans. ok kX Senator Hitchcock is highly regarded by the Democrats of his State and by many of the Republicans, too. He ap- pears, however, to be in this Senate race this year not out of any great de- sire to return to the Senate, which he left soon after the World War, but rather to keep the Democratic party alive in the State for future activity. When the time rolled around for Dem- ocrats to announce themselves as can- didates for the senatorial nomination against Senator Norris, the prospective candidates were as scarce as Repub- licans in Mississippl. Dr. Jennie Cal- fas, however, who has beene:mmlnent in politics and who bolte the Al Smith ticket in 1928 and is an ardent dry, announced she would be & can- didate for the Democratic nomination. This was just too much for the veteran Senator Hitchcock. After trying to pursuade a number of other Democrat to enter the race against Dr. Calfas, the former Senator took on the job himself. In the primary he defeated Dr. Calfas, as he was expected to do. Having accomplished her elimination, Senator Hitchcock is reported to be somewhat indifferent to the outcome of the race for the Senate itself. He him- insists, however, that he will make & real campaign. He is perfectly will- ing to go again to the Senate an resent the people of Nebraska if they desire him to do 0. According to re- ports received here, however, Le does not intend to attack Senator Norris, whom he admires and whom he has supported at times in his own new paper, the Omaha World-Herald. Sen- ator Hitchcock will make ihree or four speeches during the campaign and let 1t go at that, it is said. He is 73 years old and has not been in the most ro- bust health during the last year. * K k% It is significant that the Democratic leaders, who are bending every effort this year to defeat Republican candi- dates for the Senate and the House and who believe they will be successful in & large degree, are not now counting the Nebraska senatorship as even a possibility in their lists of probable vic- tories. They figure Norris elected. And many of them are by no means dis- satisfied with that outlook. They believe that Senator Norris, as & Republican, can do more for them in the Senate with his attacks on the Hoover ad- ministration than could Senator Hitch- cock, for example, an announced Demo- crat. The Democratic leaders ai ing to the West for aid in 1932. They had Senator Norris with them in the Pmld!ntill fight in 1928. They would ike to have him and many other pro- gressive Republicans and independents of the West with them two years hence. The regular Republicans, the dyed- in-the-wool drys and other voters who resented Senator Norris' support of Al Smith, in 1928, if they flock to the polls in great numbers and vote for Hitch- cock, can still give Mr. Norris con- siderable trouble. But will they do it? It will teresting, too, to see whether the Democratic candidate, Mr. Hitch- cock, and his Democratic supporters are able to retain their more or less friend- ly attitude toward Senator Norris, once the heat of battle is on. Unexpected in- cidents have frequently been the cause of political explosions during campaigns of the past. P The Anti-Saloon League is bent on keeping its grip on the Republican Eflfly in Illinois, just as it was bent on eeping a grip on the G. O. P. in New York in 1926, preferring to see a Dem- ocratic Senator and a wet elected rather than to suffer a Republican to win who | might vote wet. e league has given | its indorsement to Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Nelll, independent dry Republican candidate for the Senate against Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, the Repub- lican nominee, who has announced she will vote for the repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act if the voters of Illinois, in a referendum to be held this Fall, de- clare for such repeal or modification. Mrs. O'Neill's entry into the Senal race may make it very difficult for Mrs. McCormick to win against former Sen- ator James Hamilton Lewis, the wet Democratic nominee. The league leaders realize that there is not the siightest chance of electing Mrs. O'Neill to the Senate. But they apparently prefer to see the wet Mr. Lewis take a seat in the Senate rather than Mrs. McCormick, who is regarded by the league leaders as a betrayer of the dry cause. Mrs, McCormick was elected Representative at Large in Illi- nois in 1928, running as a dry. She was nominated by the Republicans last April for the Senate as a dry. The league leaders say she has straddled the wet and dry issue now merely be- cause she was afrald that the wets of the Chicago Republican nization would not support her if she main- tained her dry attitude. Back in 1926 the drys in New York pulled just such & “fast one” on former Senator James ‘W. Wadsworth, Republican, then a Sen- ator, who had declared for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. They put into the fleld a dry member of the State Senate as an independent can- didate for the Senate. s candidate polled about 300,000 votes, which might ordinarily have gone for Wadsworth, and Senator Wagner, the Democratic candidate, was elected. The drys may defeat Mrs. McCormick in the same way and place Senator Lewis, a Demo- crat and a wet, in office. They are not going to permit the Republican party in Illinois to become wet if they can help it. Mrs, O'Neill was the first woman elected to the Illinois State Legislature. She has been actlve in politics for a long time, and she and Mrs. McCor- mick have clashed several times in the past. If many of the Deneen voters, for example, should get behind Mrs. O'Nelll, downstate and in Chicago, it is going to be a tough job for Mrs. Mc- Cormick to win, especially in a year when the Democratic chances ~are brighter than they have been for some time in the past. [ e ‘The recent disclosure of the pur- chase of judicial and other jobs in New York City is not making it any easier for Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt to win re-election ;m: &nth Da erally concedet A e Democrats had the upper hand in the Empire State, with the Republican hosts disorganized and fighting among themselves. But the picture drawn of the sale of judge- ships in New York is likely to lose the Democratic State ticket a considerable vote in the city itself, perhaps 100,000 votes or more, If the Republicans can agree on some kind of a wet-and-dry formula for their platform and nom- d rep- | & {lature, might bring about an investiga- Q. Did Harry Atwood ever land on the White House lawn?—D. A. A. Harry Atwood, aviator, made a skillful landing on the White House lawn in the rear of the President’s resi- | ;l:nce at about 2 o'clock on July 14, 11 : Q.dedwlun w;: ‘!.‘ho Bank of England ?7—H, L, ouA’f It was established in 1694 to finance Wiillam and Mary. Q. How wide is ‘boundary between Canada and the United States?—T. N. A. The boundary has no width, It 18 merely a line between the termination of the United States and the commence- ment of Canada. q KD A. It is a deep, steep-walled amphi- theatral recess in a mountain, gener- ally ascribed to glacial erosion. Q. Which of the fingers is most sen- sitive?—W. B, A. As the result of an experiment dealing with the left hand, it has been found that the index finger was most sensitive. The middle finger and thumb are next, being about the same; then the little finger, and finally the ring| Q. Are black or white camels often seen?—H. J. R. A. Camels seem to be singular]- free from the color variations that affect so many domesticated animals—melanism and albinism. Black camels, presum- bly melantics, are rr.c. A breed called Nubian camel is of & very light shade. 18 seems to be a regular color strain, however, and not a case of albinism. Q. What is a “pro-cathedral”?—S, L. A. An Episcopal church taken over by a bishop and used as his chief church when there is no cathedral in his residential city is called a pro- cathedral. Q. Why is it that a United States g("oh 'pllced at the stern of s ship?— A. The origin of the custom is ob- scure. Several theories have been ad- vanced, one of the most substantial be- Lufl that in the case of old s ling ves- sels the flag was flown over the cap- t:i]n'l quarters, which are aft on board ship. “ Q. Is it true that most of the paint- that are considered the world’s greatest have religious subjects?—R. P. A. Many of them do treat of events recorded in the Bible. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS J. HASKIN. gh«k arc buried near Concord Bridge?— A. The memorial near this bridge is erected to two unknown British sc'diers who fell in the first skirmish of the Revolutionary War and were buried by the side of the road. These were the first Britons that England sacrificed in her attempt to retain her colonies. Q. What metal is most useful to man?—L. G. H. A. Iron is considered the most use- ful on account of its great strength, durability and malleability. Q. What can be cone to keep bureau drawers from sticking?—P. M. A. Rubbing a little floor wax or soap on the points of contact will help. Q. What is the difference betweeh melodies and harmonies?>—I. H. A. . Melodies are nroduced by notes in succession, harmonies by notes in com- bination, Q. How bright is moonlight?—D. T. A. The total brightness of the moon is reckoned as equal to a 100-candle~ power lamp at a distance of 22 yards. Q. What is the fraternal order of Gideons?—A. C. H. A, 'l'rheo ggmluflm known ;;l th‘n Sons of leon was organized July 1899. Its declared purpose was “to band together the Christian travelers of America and through them to win the :gmmlercu;f g;:’lelers of 1Amerlcn.h o!: e glory ; to su| every in America with a Blb]:pfnyr each room, and to prepare the hearts of trave elers for salvation.” ?. (;m;f" is President Hoover’s farm? A. The farm of President Hoover is situated in the San Joaquin Valley, Call~ fornia, and consists of 1,260 acres. In the height of the season as many as 600 men are employed. It is co-operas tive, President Hoover being the largest stock owner. Q. Arenplvtsnu over granted for fur- nltxre?— A - A great many patents have been granted gr furniture. “ornithopter”?— is a form of aircraft heavier than air, deriving its chief support and propelling force from flapping wings. Q. Who developed the plan for the City of Canberra, Australia?—E. R. Afm 3‘!\9’ An:l;lm:h who Elfl out the grol ans for the caj city was Walter g\lxley Griffin, s i Q. Should a child be taught old teacher?—s. C. ik A. Experience is more of a factor age in the efficiency of a teacher. Dr. Clyde R. Miller, director of educs~ tlonal service at Teachers' College, Co= lumbia University, is quoted as come demning the practice of schools in ene | gaging the recent graduates of teachers' training ' schools rather than with long experience. recent interview that one ) .ature teacher, capable and experienced, who can be hired for $3,000, is worth more to & community than 10 young ones who may be engagec for $1,000 each. Q. Is Gabriele d’Annunzio a noble~ man?—L. K. A. D'Annunzio has the title Prince of Monte Nevoso. Q. How is the Scottish name “An- struther” pronounced?—M. N, O. Q. Who were the two British soldiers ly it is pronounced A. 1 as it spelled “Anster.” ‘Texas, the rest of the South and the country . general all seem imprecsed by the defeat of Mrs. Miriam Ferguson for the Democratic nomination for the governorship in the Lone Star State. Many predict that there will be no future return to power for the defeated candidate and her husband. The latter is assumed to engage in political activi- ties through his wife’s campaigns be- cause of his own ineligibility as a result of impeachment. ‘The wealth of Ross Sterling, the nom- but the Houston Chronicle says: Sterling is a far better friend of the poor than Jim Ferguson. He has known more poverty and more toil. He has had fewer years of wealth. He lives in no more luxury today than his oppo- and the underprivileged. He has eiven to every charity movement, to organi tions serving the boys and girls of the State, to relief of stricken people in all parts of the world. He has given em- ployment—good employment—to thou- sands, and has ncver faced employe complaint.” “Jp; Perguson is about the last of & vanishing race,” in the opinion of the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “Ross Sterling_represents the type of public official that is coming more and more to the front. If he succeeds in carry- ing out his pledges, more men of busi- ness will enter politics.” The San Antoni> Express believes that the nomi- nation of Ross Sterling was “demanded for the very protection of the citizens’ vital interest.” The Oklahoma City Oklahomar. declares that “Texas has done well, and Texas will be eminently fortunate if she has seen the last of this composite of the demagogic and theatrical known as Fergusonism.” “The people of Texas,” thinks the New Orleans Times-Picayune, “evidently had, confidence in Mr. Sterling, and quite as evidently were tired of the mud throwing and continual strife and tur- moil which have constituted ‘Pa’ Fer- guson's political stock in trade. View.d from this distance, the Sterling victory looms up as & triumph of political de- cency and sanity.” The Chattanooga ‘Times holds that “what is more grati- fying to the South than all else is the manner in which Texas renounced Jim Ferguson’s policies.” * kK Kk “The fact that Mrs. Ferguson released 6,000 convicts during her term as Gov- ernor,” suggests the Buffalo Evening News, “prcbably counted strongly against her. But it always should be counted to her credit that she scotched the Klan in Texas. Also Mrs. Ferguson will be remembered as the first woman elected Governor of an American State.” The Charlotte Observer states that Mr. Sterling “got in on a promise of a ‘business administration’ and to reduce ‘Ma' Ferguson's record of paroles and pardons.” “Mr. Sterling's strong appeal,” states the Atlanta Journal, “lay evidently in his character, which is a product, or rather a type, of the best history, the best thought and achievement of the cratic candidate for Governor. They would not look with equanimity on the election of a Republican Governor who, in conjuction with a Republican Legis- tion of conditions in the greater city from the very bottom up. * X X X Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, who intimated in a speech at the State Democratic convention that he might voluntarily retire from the Senate at the conclusion of a fourth term—the term he is seeking at the polls this Fall—does not give the impression that he is in need of retirement, even at the no harder worker in the Senate nor any Senator who seems to relish his work more than does Senator Walsh. Retirement to & life of inaction does not seem to fit in the picture of Waléh inate & man who is likely to receive the support of the drys and wets, too, the Democrats may have a real job on their hands n-elscl.{nc Gov. Roosevelt. It is quite true, however, that the Tammany for leaders in New York will do their ut- of the most to get out the vote for the Demo-~ of Montana, although at the close of another term of office he would be 77 !End- of Power for Fergusons Read in Primary Overthrow close of the next six years. There is|is beginnin Southwest. His pioneering spirit, dll.lglh‘t in deeds as against mere words, broad sympathies and his whole-hearted democracy commend him to his Commonwealth. The nomination virtually assures his election to the governorship, and his administration will be watched with cordial interest far and wide.” The Baltimore Sun comments: “Since women now have the blbl]lotwlll ove';‘ ':M Nation, it : agreeable to note that a great State le to resist the emotional of & test, | woman candidate whose one idea is to serve : male m alt] her lmfly ‘who cannot opera ically on own.” ““The dismal errors of the Moody ad- ministration,” in the judgment of the Fort Worth Stas-Telegram, “made it possible for Jim Ferguson to come back d make a serious bid for supremacy. * * It is up to Mr. Sterling to com- plete the victory over Fergusonism, only partially obtained at the polls, by giv- ing the State an administration which, by its probity, harmony and accome plishment in the cause of good gl:‘:adwflldodfll:r x;:dc-u.se for d an gusted voters to turn to Fergusonism as r. protest.” * % % K “The run-off primary brought greatest numi P s ever cant in's Democratic contest in Texas,” Roanoke World-News, observing that im Ferguson glibly offered to the People of Texas ‘two Governors for the price of one,’” and concluding: “Evie dently the people of Texas, by 100,000 majority, prefer one Governor of the Sterl’l.n‘ type to two of the PFergusom type.” The Louisville Courier-Journal * avers that, considering the result of the first primary, “Texans have set a magnificent example of the use of the primary. run;;lu “She might ‘e made a picturesque concedes the P Scranton Governor,” Times, but that paper adds, tion and abuse marked the campaign of the Fergusons against their opponent and they have learned that this method is not always successf1l.” The Shreve- port Journal finds that “it is the earnest hope of a great majority of Texans that the last has been heard of the Fergu=~ sons .a politics.” The Texarkana Ga- Zzette concludes: ‘“Personalities in poli~ tics and prejudices were dealt a severe blow, Ferguson’s ‘prince and pauper’ slogan failing to put him in the execu~ tive mansion. Prisoners in the peniten tiary will stay there until they have paid the penalties assessed against them. Business principles wil: rule in the handling of State affairs. Fergu- sonism is stamped out.” “The Lone Star State's verdict was a victory for intelligence,” states the Birmingham News. “Mrs. Ferguson should never have been dragged away from her preserve and jelly making to draw chestnuts out of the fire for her ambitious husband. All is well, how- ever, that ends w~'l. If the Fergusons will but brush up the old motto, ‘God Bless Our Home,’ and keep their eyes firmly fixed upon it—recalling, of course, that Texas voters did actually vindicate ‘Farmer Jim' once upen & time—Texas may come at last to re~ member the Ferguson affliction as some- thing ‘one with forever.” The Anniston Star believes that “ ‘Fergusonism’ has been definitely thrust out of Texas p liticc by the Democratic voters, and it is just as well, for at bes* Ferguson control ‘/as freakish and was no credit to Texas” The Charleston Evening Post avers that “in politics anything may happen, and in Texas politics it would seem that everything does hannen, but a second return of the Fergusons to power is mnbly to be the exception.” The c] , “Altho a firm o a part 0. the electorate, the victory of Sterling indicates their power g to wane." The Lexington Leader concludes, * ns may now wake up to the fact that politically thev are dead in Texas.” S s Defining Oplimisl;:. old. Senator Walsh is faced with z':::l contest for re-election this year. His ent, Judge Albert .J Galen and is popular. ‘who starts From the Little Rock Arkansas Democrat. As we understand the optimists, prosperity will return when every man uving hings oo creds that e can’t pay lor.