The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 31, 1920, Page 6

The Seattle Star [gz iain year, per montly per week, . —_ thi a monthae tt ton, Outsider of year, liyrearr “Toperative, Invalid, Unconstitutional.” _ Frank T. Post, of Spokane, president of the state bar association, thus 1 the veterans’ bonus bill, referred to the people’s vote by the legis- low, When a lawyer calls a thing “inoperative,” he’s a bit “het up” on ac- nt of it. When he also calls it “invalid,” he’s hotter than blazes. And mn he tops off his condemnation by labeling it “unconstitutiansl,” zowie! in a stew for fair. You can almost smell the torrid fumes faring fortli rom his flaming nostrils. Or, if his nostrils aren't flaming, hiseeyes are cer- inly shooting great gobs of fierce fire. " noperative, Invalid, Unconstitutional!” Gosh! Whatrcould "be more ter- To the layman, it might a that-when the sovereign people of a free fate vote upon a measure, and sanction it, it should be quite operative and »|valid and constitutional from thence on, at least. \ jf ge tag Me,}|For what higher authority is thereain the state than hem will My Father hon-||the electorate? + dca -*| But thats all-wrong, if Mr. Postgis correct. It does to the /not matter what the voters want; what they decide; rs |what they ish done. The lawyer-mind would rather have a 5 to 4 decision of the state supreme court on a question as momentous as the.bonus bill jthan a majority of the people. i We would not quarrel with Mr. Post for’anything — in the world, If he says the bonus bill is “inopera- tees tive, invalid, and unconstitutional,” he no doubt feels The Star: 1 have been! Satisfied he knows what he is talking about. Yet we o the accounts of the invest!-/ cannot forbear from offering a suggestion even to Of the Japanese situation, and) the head of the: bar association—not an the consti- palo eet ghax|tutionality of the measure—bution theygeneral prin- deeply on & subject, are making | Ciples involved. its about the benefit the Japs} The bonus bill is good or bad—regardiess of any legal }to the community on account of | technicalities with which lawyers may surround it. the land. If the bonus (bill is.bad, Mr. Post should) direct the atten- Tt Bh an admitted tact that @ very! tion of the voters to its defects, If he can convince them Percentage of the gardening/ that it has no merit, they will defeat it at the polls. But Bits is done by Japs; but it ts also a) it ig hardly good strategy for Mr. Post ‘to say in effect: the quality of the produce| “Th the bonus bill may be a good measure, it should be eae arerit acon to pre, | defeated because, in my opinion, it is invalid.” t quantity. We used} The people, by a majority vote at the polls, have a right berries and ¢anta-/to amend their own constitution. Clearly, a full expression py ners of the electorate at the polls stands higher than any other are getting fiat andpauthority. ‘Khe bonus bill, after it strall have received a almost impossible totmajorit¢ vote of the people, will, to all intents and purposes, favored ones. How often tie considered valid ‘in everybody’s mind except a few lawyers. Opposition to the bonns .bill, to have weight, must be | Doctor Frank CRANE’S Daily Article Justice, Paying the Piper. Germany Whines. Crime Is Eapensive, Germany t# finding it ho fun to pay the piper. | It was a mad, dance and a rip roarous frolic to smash Belgium, burn and blast northern France, glut the marshes of Russia with dead tions to the bottom of the wen, A erandiose program, and pleasing And now she pays, And whiner, [bosom hate again, for they that sow |the wind must reap the whirlwind. She proclaimed the sovereignty of Might, and she now feels the edge of that steel she exalted, for with what measure We mote It ahall be meted unto us. It ts bitter for her to etve up the Ruhr district, the heart of her com- mercial #upremacy, but wan it not bitter for the people of Lens to see their mines flooded and blasted? It fs hard to, have to pay all that flection should have occurred to her when she was levying tribute tn Brussels. Ike the Germans should not be de- atroyed by vast taxes to pay war debts. Trae, most true, so true that she otight to have teen the horror and crime of destroying a nation and the Malkan states, dragging them down into the vortex of her devour. ing pride, when ‘she kindled the flames of anarchy In Russia and of blood-thiraty cruelty In Turkey. Her children are starving and her widows moaning, For that all must pity, bat we pity also them that went down In the Laritanta, and the homes tn France, Italy and Great Hritain where a erape-hung picture bats replaced a son. Crime ts expensive, Criminals are pitindte, Tut there's A difference between our pity for the victims of « burglar and the compassion we feel for eaid burglar when he ts laid by the heeis and brought to justice Thus Kipling: Tietore we lone the wore ‘That bide new worlds te btrth, Needs most we loosen first the sword directed to the merits of the:measure. Legal quibbling does not meet the issue. . Henry—and the Working Girl the underpaid working gtrl wae forever clos to his Her cause was « passion with him. To's nature as warm es hia, her plight evoked the tenderest xympathy. He ‘wrote about her; he wrote » But always it was tn the 0. Henry style—the refreshing, 4> you things, but did not preach them at you; that entertained, tho it may have dwelt tn pahos It wil always be to O. Henry's great creiit that he never allowed his investigation pen to Gabble fn the sordidness of «ex problems—and that he forever 5 Moves hativcaina uithet ot exhibited a fatherly solicitade for the women who toll. Tn all his writings, one could search long and thorety for any phrase which’ condemns any other human being. Butiin behalf of the working xirl, O. Henry almost made an exception. In truly ©. Henry style, he tells of the scene nt the putes of Heaven! KA crowd of employers of underpaid girls were seeking adminsion. And ¥so was a stranger. The recording angel, addressing himself to the lstranger, inquired if he alko belonged to the other group. “Not on your immortality,” ts the quick rewponse. “I'm only the fellow that set fire to an orphan asylum and murdered a jblind man for his pennies.” Mr. Christensen Out on Limb By rolng to Ohio for a candidate for president the prohititiontsth Mmve shown a proper regard for ethics and the constitution a» well as for the sensibilities of a great state, Their action makes more con- te lacked for a dancing partner. | spicnous the flagrant unconstitutionality of the farmer-labor party In had as honor guests on these) nominating a candidate from Utah. Mr. Christensen must nee by thin! the Honorable Josephus) time that the bold attempt of his party to mmiash one of the polident secretary of the navy; the! traditions of the republic—to may nothing of {ts slap at Ohio—will not Jobn Barton Payne, sec | wail, | ot interior; the Honorable/" ‘rie farmeriahor party simply cannot get awny with this sort of ‘ F. Hart. governor of state of/ning Ohio has its rights and the country will stand by it. ‘The Washington; the Honorable Hugh Ml} yo utticans and democrats, powerful, confident and agerenive as they eens Maver of Belitie, and other). aa not dare violate thom righia, ‘They showed thetr respect for Breminent citisens. the constitution and laws and took Oho candidates. There may have ave beteve that ev ri 4 wh ea been radicals in both parties who wanted to defy Ohio, but the onim,| Sieaeperes ty Gus as Pod of en.| Conservative common sense and high principles of the majority pre-| hea vailed. The prohibitionists, after a moment of rebellious counsel, swung 7 ae thar vobr seclitene Aldea] beck to sound moorings and also went to Ohio, What's the use of | fi Making the dances a success. Mr. Christensen trying to stand out? None, of courne. After due 7. 8. LIPPY, reflection—for nobody will want to hurry him—he mmrt see that the! . T. CHRISTENSEN, proper course for him im to concede his ineligibility and withdraw and let his party go to Ohio for a candidate of whose right to run there can be no question~Kansas “City Times, * SAYS CONSUL HERE Responsible? Of Course Star: In regard to th . « vaniping, Mies ile Bids w by Mr. Jacke Macon, tag! Speaking on the popular pastime of vamping, Mins ‘Theda Tiara 4e-| July 29, purporting a tama.|clares that “men are responsible for what women wear" and the effects ete ve "| of such apparel upon public morals | a bee to eaeme see thas Theda iy right. All that fs necessary to lengthen skirts vot news is absolutely bam» by the men against short skirts. To cover feminine that his majesty tn ag | Wih-bones and shoulder blades, a mere refusal by husbands and fathers residing at Numedra, meas |t® Pay for low-cut go It makes no difference how easily woman taking care of his ip-|Can skip acroms the landscape in a knee-high skirt, or how greatly Mee wats, coolness about the throat and spine contributes to sweetness of feminine M. HIROTA, disposition, only let men feel and respond to his responatbility and Consul for Japan, | there'll come a great change. Masculine dictum can put woman in rio bearskins or gunny-sacks, if it only will. | Forsooth, Theda #0 tickles ts with the idea of omr remponaibility for| CANDIDATES, ATTENTION: woman's dream that we feel like organizing the “National Society for Telling Woman How to Wear Her Clothes.” It's about the only society for moral uplift that hasn't already been ofganized, anyhow. ° Serious Charges Parley Christensen, farmerlabor candidate for president, publicty | charges officials of the United States government with secretely sup | plying war munitions and supplies to Poland in its campaign agninat | Resea, | These charges, if true, are nerthus. Tf this country f# to be em-| broiled in the war fn Eastern Europe, the people are entitled to know it, There need be no mystery about ft. ‘There need be no secrecy. If the United States is to wend meh to battle in foreign lands in| purely local disputes, it shall do #0 only after public sanction, either by direct vote of the people, or thru an act of congress. One-tian dic-| tation cannot be tolerated. If we are to shed our blood on foreign soil we should at least know why. | It ts but a short step from supplying munitions to Poland and! = | supplying troops—especially if the transactions fire conducted necretely. It was months before America discovered that it had many thousands Politician: “He took his vie-jof Yanks in Siberia. It was without the least lin wn intimation easily, didn’t he? I ©) that we read one day of the landing of American troopa in Dalmatia. Gid-with ali his placards The United States of America must keep its hands clean. It can Politician: “Told me he uded| do that best by not only declaring against secret diplomacy, but by papering bis garn<e.” living up to the declaration, 's Capture A Jay's Command te & Chinaman's cus. 75-Pound Turtle) 4 cc cdwy purty wwe edsieinils habia Congress should tax excess baggage platforms. they thought {t| Boldhevtem, tte kes strange rn 1e it turtle they ey ie or » F veges = ber range bedfellows, ink of Iuden- pred bad A eo) Anent the attempt to Mackmalt Henry and son, tt may Ye/obscrved that . Pe Fite P04 tee ners bs phaken, daypn, : . Por agony and spot! Of nations heat to @ust, For poisoned alr and tortured oul And cold, commanded lust, And every beeret woe ‘The shaddering watery sae Wiles and fulfilled by high an oe Let them relearn the Law, ‘That ti tne end of time ‘Thair remnant shall recaf ‘Thetr tathery 614, confederate ertame Avatied them not at ail, “Briefhand” May | bodies and send the ships of all na- | unto national vanity, but expensive, | Por the storm of hate she loored | Jon the world she recetves into her | money tn indemnity, but that re-| |" A great and tndustrious poeste| when she nilned Austria-Hungary | Noody | WELL, IT'S EX- ACTCY §:30 Aim"? eed VICE VERSA BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE The cheerful ex-boozeologist Said, “Well, I'm no apologist For arid legislation, as you guess, And yet I fly no signals of distress. Why shold I care? For in my time I’ve had my share. 1 don’t see why I should repine, For I’ve had mine, i Yes, I've had mine!” gy" The mournful prohfbitiontst Said, “Well, I’m no seditionist, And law is law, so I submit, No matter what I think of it. But oh! why, why, Why was it I was always dry? And evermore must mourn my fate That I’m too late, Too late! too late? erty © © eo Rowe e © o (Copyright, 190, NEA), Sec.0 cle ele e-« Will Not Build derzon, Any More Giants |. July 20—-Hareld fan- Junk “Shorthand” | tit« 14 t:0 company had no inten PARIS, Jity 99.—Ty a new aystam | UOn of building another ahip of the called = “briefhand,” which, i {n| mame nize an the Olymple in view of cinimed, makes shorthand out of Ante, M. Daoul Deval, ¢x-president of the French Shorthand Typists’ union hopes to quicken the speed at which | & apeech ean be recorded, It took him 17 months to (vent the ma- china, Ports are born—and so are prose writers, for the matter of that. Listen to afvice of others—and then follow your own. Matthews Will deliver a sermon Sunday morning entitled: WHO IS HERE? the enormous cost. Hoe believed the |shipbutider would regard as fit onty or ‘\ In the evening he will discuss the subject: EIGHT THINGS SEATTLE NEEDS In this sermon he will try to answer the cry of the restless forces of Seattle, and outline a program for the constructive forcen. COME! 3 «6Programs of Good Music WELCOME TO ALL FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Seventh and Spring In your attic and closets, and call Red Cross Salvage, Filiott 4512, to remove everything you no longer want, We are al- chemists —“We turn waste things into gold.” Red Cross nurtes charge by the hour. If you are able to ket along by having your #ick one visited once daily, tele phone Kitiott 796, Nursing De- partment. If you are able, you pay up to $1; otherwise, the service is free, In women's and giris’ coats and dresses the Jumble Shop is offering splendid special op portunities, Remember our classes in Home Nursing, & lunatic ayttim the owner who ed euch an onder, clmirman of the White Star | Thero in trouble in the untvernity ‘forth that Ups will be banned in the | By CONDO HEY, THers, NCICH BoR !|— DO You know WHAT TIME iT (SZ eerrreerrcersrsrerreresees Pa Tips Banned Now at Oxford College OX¥YORD, England, July 2%0—~ among the college servanta, particu inrly at Morton and Worcester. Hith- | erto they have been paid a low wage, | in view of the fact that at the end of the term they cihimed a gratoity from each undergraduate they served. Now ‘the edict has gone future. PATURDAY, JOY $1, 199 You NEVER CAN TELL” or Know Your Neighbor adventures In| Went gurgling down the Chapters that If the next-door steanger had Go nently in the life| tected anything they didn’t ot a Green Lakeed it. Home evening we intend toi turn the call, : 5 By Winsett The day of Jap chauffeurs for’ When the wife and I moved into! write men in paming. Noticed « chanffeuring the Green Lake district some months | write man today’ ago, whe Put on her best fitout and | yap, 1 for expected callers, ee Yone came ' A foxy commission: % The wife, unfamfiar with the #6-! ‘consignment of potuiies fi inl practices: of the modern metro-| vrower, The erook politan city, felt we were bein | senies #o he cheated thet: nubbed. In this she wan, of course, | o¢ $2.75 onthe lot. mistaken. | Wotks nowadays are not) ana he patted BinmeiRt em, uppored to call on newcorters, ut | pack — leas to borrow something. Qnrfy Time wore on. The other night we| Before he sent those concluded there was no danger of | «mart old farmer placed surprise visit from nextdoor strang-| round rocks in the om. We put on our old clothes and | sack. bewan to act naturally. We closed| Rocks weigh more th : ¥ up the front part of the house and| And he patted himaeclf Back.| retired to the kitchen. agp —inaienniagniginoneiaiae a Jn the midwt of our work, Bomeons| Colambia Colo—the new | Asie mimrhonied us from the front porch. | beer nA averes “My foodness!’ This from the |Z wits. “You ro | “I can't,” replie’ 1. “Cant you nea, I'm right in the midst of ft. You ro. It's probably only the paper boy making his collections.” She went. 1 heard strange wom | en's voices conversing, and continted my operations. Wive minutes late the wife slipped thrn the door tn! the kitchen. Said she: “My heavens, do get that stuff ont of the house at once. It mmetis ter- ribly, The neighbors have called. We don’t know anything about them. Henides, you'll have to come in and | get acquainted. | “The smoliiest part t af over | now,” protested J, weakly. “Might | an well go on with ft. I'll be thru In a few minutes, We don't want to| waste it It's the first we've made | since we came here, you know” “Oh, get it out of here qrick. They can’t help smelting it. They| might not be the right -sort. We! Washington gardeners, diate vicinity of these ing. Best land on ever put =. is now Anu mee oak a Your chance to séeand buy a home is soy, Come to-51! <A “s for * e Merchants Manufactarers and Traders Specialized and intel service is needed to met changing requireménts those who. produce #nd | ket the output-of ‘oar-indk tries. The Scandinavian 4 can Bank, through ton ations with Seattle men has established favorat tions and undertakes to their banking requirements teh and fully co-operate, been serving the merchants manufacturers and importer and exporters over