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l'.'K1.
In view of the vigorous way in which tlie t
President has handled several Important items
of public busim.- . it would si'Oln about lime
tor Senator Motet- to revise liis? recent state- ,
ment that the former was oithor dying or !
hopelessly incapacitated.
Nannie Langhorne. otherwise Viscountess
Astor, has con.-mted to stand tor election ?
i/> Parliament a the Conservative candidate
from the Plymouth district. Incidentally,
she will reprosent the Stato of Virginia 111
the House of Commons, as well as her im- '
mediate local constituency.
? ? ? i
The French government having denied the
vote to the women of that republic, the suf
fragists an- planning to hold a rump elec
tion of their own lo .-elect members of a
jump woman's parliament, which they pro
pose to organize and conduct in competi
tion with the regular legislative body.?
When the American Union, the biggest
union of them all, makes up its mind that
the time haa conic to strike, the little unions
will discover that they make a great mistake
when tliey challenge its supreme authority.
It is not a class union and, therefore, makes
no class demands, but it includes all classes
and serves the interests of all alike.
Jt is all right for us that the all Russian
government has apologized for the flogging
of an American soldier, but we surmise that
a particularly thorough flogging of those re
sponsible for th<? outrage would bo the best
expression of regret, and would do more to
cure the victim's sore back than all the
apologies the Russian language can produce.
li is strange to find the "fighting .Metho
dists" of North Carolina inveighing against
the adoption of universal military training
or any other preparation for war in time
or peiK-.-. It is u short-sighted policy for so
progressive an institution to adopt, for even
ttie league of nations will not bring the
millennium .-CKii/.-ar to hand that America can
take the ch;uicV* of' Chinafying itself.
Maryland coal miners complain that ail
last summer they worked but two-thirds
'ime. Operators ej:plained that they were
forced ti> reduce working time because, they
C"iil<l not t-*'*t car.-. The railroad administra
tion maintained that the car shortage was
caused by strike:- in the railroad shops.
I iuis are wt interwoven and interdependent.
:? gaidiess of distat.ccs apart and diiferences
of occupations.
Itr Harry A (larfield is back on the job.
Ik liu: taX> n hold of the fuel administration,
citated as a w.-jr-tlme measure, and evi
dently be has lo.it none of that determina
tion and resourcefulness which made him
siK' < fill in c-nserviriK nn?1 regulating the
country s fuel supply in those .stressful day?
during and immediately following the war
During hi r.-i w-tl: for the nation he was
mad' th< targe? of bitter criticism and re
crimination. but he s.ucceeded not only in
vindicating hi. dra.-s measures to conserve
the fuel r?'-:-lurces oi the country, but in ulti
mately winning the respect and esteem of
many of ihosf* who had been moat tempes
tuous in their abuse, nf him. Now that he
has returned to his post, called on the eve
of the great coal strike, there will be public,
coniidence in his ability to meet the threat
ened emergency.
'rhe farmers are the salt of the earth. I
'.'hough they busily - ill the earth, leaving to
others to wrestle with the problems of State,
they have clear-eyed vision and are the
Bteadying influence which holds government j
to its true course Tit is has been proven time
and again when the ship of .State seemed to
be heading toward the breakers under unwise
helmsrnanship. ami they came ?-> the rescue.
In the prevailing unt? tfu'l period, they again
stand out a bulwark acainst radical tenden
cies. At the thirty-ninth annual session of
the Farmers' National Congress, at Hagers
- town, Md., this week, they sounded the note
of alarm and announced the need of the ef
fective assertion of 100 per cent Americanism
in combating the attempt of radical elements
to undermine the political institutions of the
country. Responding to this sentiment, the
congres.i, by unanimous resolution, pledged iis
steadfast support of thr government in the
strict enforcement of law and order in torn
bating "certain radical elements that would
.. vitiate the fundamental principles of (he gov
v ornment and tear down ith institutions." This
voicing of grim determination by the Farmers'
National Congress is significant as Lo the attl
tudo of the great body of our population
which constitutes our basic national strength.
i It uieans that the farmers have not become
; lust in the prevailing confusion anil growing
| unrest. They are on the job of saving the
| country, and all is well. ?
Unions and Contracts
NOBODY ever has given a logical reason
why labor unions should not be incor
porated and held by law to performance of
their contracts. Those who undertake to
oppose the idea invariably send up a lot of
verbal fireworks and end in a splutter, in
tended to cover the issue and confuse judg
ment. The average workingman can find in
his own conscience no argument against his
liability to do whatever he has promised to
do. directly or through those he has ap
pointed as his agents. He knows, and con
cedes. it to be entirely right that when he
buys goods from the corner grocer, or seuds
his wife to buy, ho shall be made to pay, or
that if he borrows money he must return it
or have his wages garnisheed or his property
taken. The great majority of him feels and
understands, really, that when he or his ac
credited agents sign a contract to deliver a
certain amount of work at a certain price
he is bound in honor, and should be bound
in law, to deliver. Yet. whenever somebody
suggests regular incorporation to fix re- I
sponsibility, there is a storm of opposition
and a fiood of oratory about "enslavement of
the workingman." If an employer should
refuse to pay his help ho would be sued
immediately, and made to pay. If he I? build
ing, the mechanics' lien must be settled be- 1
fore anything else. If he fails to pay on the i
day fixed or tries to exact from his em- !
ployees more hours than the law allows he
is subject to criminal prosecution. It Is a ;
bad rule always that doesn't work both ways.
Lawmakers and all the rest of us must J
sooner or later realize that modern condi- J
Mons make us so dependent ou each other,
make our mutual responsibility to cach other
so close and strong, that the law must recog
nize it. Wc cannot divide by classes. The
labor organizations owo duty to the public
as well us to their employers, and as directly
a^ the corporations, employers and capitalists.
If the pier workers in New York refuse to
unload sugar, or to allow anybody else to .
do it. the workingman's family in Richmond
suffers. ,md probably sooner and longer
than other families. When the coal miners
break their contract, stop work, and pre- I
vent everybody else from digging coal, the
poor in the cities go cold first, factories are
stopped for want of fuel, and the workers
can earn no wages. It is plain as day, and
lias been repeated a thousand times, but.
some of us seem to be unable to understand
it. And the curious part of it is that those j
who shout loudest against holding labor to .
contracts, also shout for government owner- '
ship of the mines?for instance?under
which the worker would be a servant of the ,
government, his wages might be fixed by a !
majority 1.000 miles away from him, and in
terested chiefly in cheap coal, and he could t
he made to work at the muzzle of a gun.
In New York the pier and dock workers
not only broke their contract, but repudiated
and refused to obey their own offi- !
cers; first, O'Connor, of the Amvi- ;
can Federation of Labor, and then, Yac- 1
carelli, whom they had cho?en as leader. They j
refuse to acknowledge responsibility to any- |
body, probably incited by the glib chronic
trouble-makers, who are everywhere, and by
Bolshevist and anarchist agents.
A few more instances like that, a few days
of actual deprivation among the people be- j
cause workers somewhere else refuse to keep '
their own formal promises, and the labor or- j
ganization men will be eager as anybody to j
accept the workingman's responsibility as j
part of his proper dignity, as a citizen and
business man. and to agree that he shall be [
hold to loyal performance of his bargains, j
like everybody else.
Enforcing Proliibition
AFTER many delays, much uncertainty, ;
various upr and downs from a purely par
liamentary standpoint, the prohibition en
forcement bill has now become a law. The
country, for the tirst time since t.ho War
Between the States, is upon a bone-dry basis,
?'.nd 1 ho manufacture, importation or sale j
of spirituous liquors for beverage purposes? j
that is. liquors containing more than one
halt of 1 per cent of alcohol?is unlawful. |
All judicial decisions to the contrary have j
been vitiated. . {
The machinery for the administration of j
the new measure has been transferred from i
the Department of .lustico to the bureau of ;
internal revenue of the Treasury Depart- j
menu and Revenue Commissioner Roper has j
called upon all local. State and municipal !
law-enforcement agencies to co-operate to 1
the full extent of their resources with him ;
in carrying out both the letter and the spirit j
of the law.
This call should not go unheeded. The i
local authorities arc duty bound to assist 1
tho Federal government in every possible i
way to prevent the illegal production or sale '
of liquor. Prohibition is now a matter of ?
undisputed law. It is ordained by the Con- j
gross of the I'nited States. An amendment. |
to the Federal Constitution has been adopted |
and will go into cffect on January 16. tak- J
inp the place of the statute now in effect.
The fact that the President, at some future
date, may exercise such authority as is j
vouchsafed him under the law, by lifting the I
war-time prohibition ban, is no reaBon why j
prohibition should not be enforced in the
meantime. As long as it is ordered by law,
it should be observed ai> the law of the land,
not merely by those who might be inclined
to violate it, but by those whose duty it is
to re-enforce tho efforts of the government
in its enforcement.
The time may come when prohibition will !
be unpopular. The country at some remote j
day may revolt against Jt. It may wish to 1
return to the old order, or perhaps to a J
i.,oditication ol the old order, by permitting ?
the sale of light wines and beer. If that j
time comes the orderly machinery for tho I
repeal of the Federal amendment is at hand.
It may be invoked at any time. By a two
thirds vote, Congress may propose the repeal
of tho amendment or its modification, and
when throe-fourths of tho States shall have
ratified that proposal, the act is done.
But individuals cannot, or should not, take
the law Into their own hands. Many there
may he who are inclined to rebel against
the present enactments. Some have suffered
heavy financial losses by reason of the reign
of prohibition, and others have found thelv
personal habits arbitrarily changed by
statute. But those people have no inheront
right to defy a law which is distasteful or
disastrous to them. They are aa much bound
to obey it as any other body of citizens.
SEEN ON THE SIDE
BY 11IC.Ml V KOWAHD WAUN1SU
* A MnKRulne Poem.
The dew is forming on the break.
And from the crystals by the sea
There is a mirth ness o'er the lake
That wafts its sobbing soul to rn?!
O Genevieve, could I but take
One sip. my weary thirst to slake,
What joyous minstrelsy!
Slow wend the kine. the lowing kine.
o'er mead and dale, and red the sky
Where twists the morning gl^ry vine?
And lonely, thou slialt sit and sigh
While I. this weary heart of mine,
Must thus forever stay and pine.
Nor close my restless eye!
The daffodil and sumac streak
The green-gray woodland by the stream,
The comets drive across the break?
O Genevieve, still shalt thou seem
About to move, about to speak! . . .
And on yon mountain's tallest peak
The seagull goes to dream!
When thou hast read this poem, dear . . .
When thou hast scanned its passions hot;
When to thy vision all Is clear
Kxccpting what Is never not! . . .
Stop here! . O Genevieve, stop here!
And as thou sighest shed a tear
To read such tommyrot!
Chnrconl lOpfTn Dally Thought.
"When a man git ?o low d.*t he steal a penny
oiit'n he boy's pants an' lick him fo' losin' hit,"
said Charcoal Dph. in a mood, "yo* jes' natchelly
aln' surprised none ef'n a mewl quits catin*
corn. Try a flapper, Mistali Jackson."
Anyhow, it Isn't fair to expect a stenographer
to attend to business and keep her mind on
Him, too.
??
I)us I'p.
An old one sawed over:
"Gentlemen." said the Pr>MJd Father of the
Girl Next Door. "tell me honestly, what do you
think of my daughter's voicc? What do you
think of her excciri ion?"
And with one voice all the neighbors cried:
"We're in favor of it!"'
Query.
S. O. S.?Can you tell me what will remove
my freckles? DITTDB G1RUIE.
Sure; go to a beauty doctor and get skinned.
The world is divided into two classes: Those
who want more money and those who want less
work.
Rainy Daj.
Gum shoes and goloshes,
Umbrellas, mackintoshes.
Rubber shoes and overcoats.
Sore backs, diphtheratic throats,
t'gly tempers, visions gray?
Add 'em up, makes Rainy Day.
A Daily Once Over
A Tree Doesn't lla\r to lie a Night-Stick.
Wh'n a man is curt and rude in dealing with
a situation it usually denotes that he is ignorant,
in some way.
There are some who will not agree with this,
believing that some circumstances need the
iron hand and harsh treatment.
Hut there is no use in acting like a boor I
merely to show that you can be rirni and de
cided. and antagonizing the very ones from
whom you expert deferenc to your wishes.
The stone wall which keeps out intruders
does not need to hit you in the f\ce to show
how hard it would be for you to break it down.
The happenings without precedent arc the
hardest ones with which to deal.
No knowledge of what has been done in the ?
past leaves reasonable assurance of what may I
happen under certain conditions in the future.
And uncertainty resorts to harshness to cover
up lack of knowledge.
Recausc .1 man is polite is no reason for think -
ing that he is a weakling, and the. greatest
men of any age have been among the most
yentle in appearance and demeanor.
It is not necessary for an oak tree to explain
its strength, nor does it have to fall on any one
to be recognized.? (Copyright, 1919.)
From Other Viewpoints
Killluc the General* Oat of Politico
IIY AL.KKBD II. WILLIAMS
Evidently there is determined purpose in
Washington that this war shall not furnish us
a military President, unless it be General Wood,
who was1 not allov.-ed to be in this war. Sev
eral Republican attacks on General Pershing
are followed by an attack even more energetic
and vindictive from the Democratic b'ide. Gen
eral Sherwood, of Ohio, in the House, delivered
?a !<p'-ech, obviously carefully prepared with
serious purpose, intended to discredit not only
Pershing, but all our general officer*.
General Sherwood, who is eighty-four yearJ
old. enlisted in the Federal army as a private
in Igtfl, and came out a., brigadier-general, with
twenty-odd commendations for gallantry under
rtre, probably was selected because of his ex
ceptional Civil War record to lead this charge
on 1 he present army, lie began with a rcal'y
tine and vivid description of the battle of
Fiank];?!. Tenn., in November. 1&6D He tolt
of seeing llood, the Confederate commander,
ride to the or^st of a hill between the tw.?
armies, thr w Uif stump of the leg that had
been shot off at Chickamauga across the pom
mel of his saddle and coolly inspect the Federal
position through his fieldglasses. and of the
Confederate charge' led by General Pat Cleburne,
whore Iior.se went down fifty yards from the
Federal line, and who fell himself while climb
in?: over the breastworks. The idea he drove
tiornf, amid the appiause of the House, was
that in th war the generals were real gen
or.-Is. according to his coneeptlon of what a
general should he. Twelve Confederate briga
dier and major-generals were killed or woundei
in that engagement. To a crash of applause,
he came to the climax?"More brigadier and
major-generals were killed at Franklin in that
eight hours' tight than in the great world war
of lour years or more, where IX,000,000 soidiers
were In the hell of battle."
He gave official figures showing that the
Federals lost in the Civil War, killed or mor
tally wounded in battle, twelve major-generals
and thirty-four brigadiers, and the Confeder
ate one general, three lieutenant-generals.
se.vcn major-generals and forty-four brigadiers,
and added, arnid laughter and applause, "We
had 47S generals in uniform in this great world
war, hut a benign Providence saved them all
for our home and love without a scratch."
Going further back, he said Napoleon had seven
teen horses shot under him; that the Duke o!
Wellington, at Waterloo, was In the midst of
the lighting; that Washington had four horses
killed under him and his uniforms were shot
to pieces .several times, and that every soidier
Presldent we have had could show a bolid
battle and fightIiik record.
Of course, the comparison is unfair. General
Sherwood must have known it to be so. If h.*s
hud followed the records back he knew tir.it
General Grant, although his ability to handle
men under fire had been demonstrated in the
Mexican War. never appeared as general on .1
battle line, and that the only time ifcneral Dee.
tried to lead his troops in the wilderness, h ?
was turned back by shouts of "Dec to the rear!"
?! lie soidiers refusing to move until lie ha-1
gone back and then storming 3 salient sun
posed to be impregnable. The endless details
and constant charges of the modern battle,
the vastly lengthened lines, the different style
of fighting, the Increased range of guns, ihs
telephone connections centering at field head
quarters and on to genera! headquarters, make
the place of the directing power In (he rear,
and the presence of a commander at the front
l? not only unnecessary, but likely to be dis
astrous. History seems to show that if General
Albert Sidney Johnston had be?*n in a safe
place the Confederates would have won a groa.^
victory at Shlloh.
The attack on the generals seems to be pre
concerted and determined. Rea'lly ihr world
war developed for uil no outstanding heroe.i
but privates and sergeants, none of them with
education or knowledge to make them consid
erable figures in politics. If General Wood Is
to be put to the front, it will be as martyr
rather than horo. Pre.ncnt Indications are that
If the war la to give us a President at all, It
will bo soino years hence and after the wa
rocord h?is been re-enforefd by demonvtraliou
in pcaco of some solid qualities.
Heaith Talks by Dr. Wm. Brady
IXrnl for a Tired Mrtnboliam
'Coorrtehi i?is -iy National Kawauaoer ? *
Metabolism Is not a now religion or a freak
system of healing It is a medical term mean
ing life. And I'll bet you can't tell me In a
simple sentence what life la. i*ome to think It
over a while. I don't know either, except that
It Is life that keeps us warm and keeps ua
going. We inhale fresh air and bean soup, anil
if we are still alive the oxygen from the air
and ihe nitrogen, carbon, liydojccn and other
stuff In the bean soup are worked up together
and made into first-class bone, muscle, hair,
teeth, skin or something: lor. If tho demand
for energy is urgent, the beans are immediately
oxidized (burned) to release the energy nec
essary to split some kindling or change a tire.
That Is metabolism, and It Is amar.lng how the
process goes on from month to month and from
year to year without any- attention. Not just
with beans, but with pancakes and spareribs
and mince pie and fried cornmcnl mush and
everything.
Some animals lack instinct. They don't know
when they have had enough to eat. You won't
find wild animals like that, only certain domes
tic animals. They grow obese anil keep right
on stuffing regardless; or they develop dropsy;
or the. heart muscle begins to wear out tinder
the constant overload overeating puts upon the
circulation?feeding slacker tissue: or the kid
neys break down from the strain of eliminating
such an unending excess of by-produel or waste
material: or perhaps some of these evil effects
manifest themselves for a considerable spell
merely as "dyspepsia" of an obstinate type: or
the poor animal may like to call his ill health
"gout" ? you know some animals actually
imagine g<>ut is a kind of stylish, exclusive
malady which implies that grandpa used to lilt
up the hard cider something scandalous.
If metabolism is tired give "it a rest. You
will be surprised at the Improvement you will
feel after a few days of metabolic rest. Of
course it is a terrible shock to a food fail to
learn that in order to rest the metabolism it Is
necessary also to rest the receptaculuin chylae.
A food fan assumes that the receptaculuin. being
a receptacle, should be kept constantly loaded
and slopping over some, lie thinks the recepta
culum chylae is indefatigable.
With a view to making the rest as interesting
as possible we call it a more attractive name ?
i lie Karell regimen. That sounds like a new
medicine. T: isn't new. Karell lived and flour
ished in Russia many years hko. But It i?s great
medicine for a tired metabolism. Karel! a day
or two each week, with the accent on the I.
and see for yourself. In any event it is a true
Hippokratir remedy?if it does no pood It can
do no harm. If you have forgotten the technic
of the Karell regimen, send a stamped addressed
envelooe lo the conductor of this train of
thought, or contain yourself and your overload
of nutriment for a day or two and he will give
the technic in print.
Quest Ions and Annwrrii.
Good faith. ?. . . I am signing this with,
my full name and address, not for publication,
but as an evidence of good faith. Should you
print any part ot it please use only my Initials.
<F. M. J.>
Answer.?Have rto fear, friend. No query Is
ever answered by me unless it is signed with
the full name, and no names arc ever printed
here.
| Voice of the People
I
Lctlrra muat *l*r the onme ani adireaa of
(he writer. Name Mill not be pnbllahed If
vrrltcr ao reqneata.
Decries Attack on ltnoae\H4.
To 'he Kditor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.? 1 .tm a'hamed of any one claiming to be
?4 Southerner that would make an attack on the
character of Colonel Roosevelt, stter he was dead
xnd could not defend himself, as was done by
an article signed "Southerner" in your Voice
of the People column in your tissue of today.
It looks to me like attacking a man when he is
down, and 1 am always Inclined to have sym
pathy for the man or woman win is down.
While no name is mentioned in this article, it
:s very plain who the writer means.
While none of us agreed with Colonel Roose
veit in every thing, we are all bound to admit
that lie was a brainy man. a great American,
and a great statesman. While I would not de
tract anything from the fame of Daniel, Maury
or any other great Virginian. 1 do think this
Is an unjust nttack upon Colonel Roosevelt,
when he can t defend himself. I urn not sur
prised at "Southerner" not signing his name to
his article, as it seems to me 110 true Southerner
would make an attack upon a man when he Is
dead and can't defend himself.
A. G. MASON.
Richmond. Va.. October 27, 11> 10.
Expediency ond the Irlah.
To the Kditor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?Reading your editorial In today's issue,
I am reminded of the old bromule, "The. apology
is worse than the offense."
Just what is meant by a "professional Irish
man"? Why d? we not ever hear of professional
Armenians, professional C*??chf, professional
Finns, ad Infinitum? It !s <juite proper to iet
looic the floodgates of emotion when we con
template the wrongs of the latter peoples, but
to ask for justice for the Irish?really, it is not (
being done this season. Ireland is a dainty j
morsel for the British 1-ion. and it Is not right
that America should interfere. Why not say
that? We have been surfeited with high-round
ing phrases for some years past, forgetting that
tills is a world where people more often have
corns from tight-fitting shoes than they have
pin feathers from newly formed wings. In a
policy of expediency "self-determination."
"world democracy." "freedom of the seas." and
%o forth are not germane. Del us be honest
with ourselves at least and face the truth, be
it ever so despicable. _ _
PATRICK S. MURPHY.
Richmond, Va., October 28. 1319.
Keyboard Touches
Short Stops for Speaker*
nv KRANK II. BUOOKS
\ public speaker who feels "encouraged to
go* on" is apt to go too far. Tie will not have
lo look at his watch to know that "the hour 13
growln" late." The face of an audience is an
open time-piece. The speaker who "cannot find
words" is very apt to find empty seats. When
a speaker says, "far be it from me" he oughtn't
to'trv to overtake it. After a speaker has ex
hausted his subject and says. "Now, what s*i-e
the facts?" it Is an admission that he is not
cert tin that he has stated any In his preceding
remarks When a speaker says, "I can say no
more" he mav feel that his audience is in ac
cord with him. When a speaker says one or
several times. "I fear," he is either conscious
that he has failed or his utterance is a rellex
of his hearers. ... , , ?
The speaker who says, "1 might talk to you
for hours" knows better than to undertake it.
Saying "1 haven't the the time nor the anility"
la a contradiction. The audience knows the
speaker has plenty of the former. When a
sneaker says, "Looking back upon my child
hood." his audience. Is justified In thinking that
be is so far from his base that he is on the
last lap of hl3 dotage.
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 4, 1SG9.)
BUV.
Rev. J. R. Garlick. pro
fessor at the Richmond
Female Institute, has con
sented to supply the pulpit
of the. L,eigh Street Haptist
Church for the present.
This pulpit was made va
cant a few days ago by the
resignation of Rev. A. 10.
Dickinson. Mr. Garlick is
an able prcacner.
.At about 8:30 o'clock Sat
urday night fire broko out
*r wtk. in the engine house of the
Bft?r foundry of Talbott Broth
,?. J. B'./."!!;!, 'ors, corner Seventeenth and
ItoDtlHt MlntNter. cary Streets, and. the
1 ' flames spreading rapidly.
IK. hull dings with contents were entirely de
sDoyed. Th" loss was about $160,000. No in
surance.
Eaton Nance, well known as a lawyer of ahtl
Hv Industry and unswerving integrity, died at
his home in this city Saturday nignt.
Married: October 28 at Broad Street Mflbo
^i? Church by Rev. John 13. Edwards. D. D..
Samuel P Willis to Jennie, daughter of Wil
liam J. Rlddick, all of this city.
The nrotest or the ultras against the admis
sion of Virginia into the Union hnn died away
The breeze has blown their murmurs away off
to the cave of evil clamors, and v/e shall hardly
bear of them again.
lion Zeph Turner, Speaker of the. Virginia
1 louse'of Delegates. Interviewed President Orant
at the White House yesterday?on what sub
ject la not reported.
it is said that poor Carlotta, widow of Maxi
milian cannot live through the winter. I>o
woman on earth has suffered ? more. than she.
Kvlvanus Johnson's fine, residence, near Pe
tersburg. was burned on Thursday last. Loss,
$9,000; Insurance. *6.000.
Married: On October 27 at the Eleventh Street
Synagogue, by He v. Hottelholroer, Solomon
Sycle and BurrowaenU Smith, all of lUchmqnd.
DOUBT OVER ADOPTION OF
DRY AMENDMENT EXISTS
Forty-Fivo btu(ct) Huve Rutlfieil
Measure, but Action May lie
Itevei-scil by Popular Vole.
DECIDK TOMOIUtOW IX OHIO
Kffort Will Bo Mmlo ut Folia by
Wets to Nullify Approval '.>f
Amendment by Stute liTgislnture
and to He vivo Liquor Issue.
waIT, ;^.K'tin>I IUf K K?ai*Y.
.?? ASIIl^cj'pON, Nov $t tin .
f?.*ty-nve Slate ^islulure's h'ave'rau
tie cig-hleenlh, or prohibit^,,
~r l? lh? KeUeral Oon?titu
tlon the necessary three-fourths hav
bccn ofriclttlly recorded on Jrhu
?ry 16. 10,0. ,t is ,t?| a debatable p""!
position whether that amendment to
the organic ,HW haH bccn U(|, a<jQ
dnd whether It win become operative
on January 1G, 1020.
Should the action of ten of the State
Legislatures wiUo.h have voted fyr
ratiilration be reversed by means or
popular referendum, the amendment
would be nullified and the nation would
return to a liquor basis in ho fa? as
constitutional. ,ts distinguished from
statutory prohibition. )h concerned
l he most Important phase of this
matter is the vote which the people
i Ohio will cast on Tuesday, at which
i time an efTort will 1..; made bv the
j wets to negative Ihe action of the Ohlol
; i.egi.s.ature upon the question of rati
j fixation, and if this effort succeeds j?nd i
t.s sustained by she t'nited States Su
i t'tcine t.ourt, prohibition as an issue
may be wholly ;csurrcctcd.
UKii.l*lurr Ratified Mraaure.
I The Ohio situation la this: The Leg
? iHlature of that State was one of the
thli t> - six which ratified ilie amend-i
, nient. The we t.s almost immediately j
. Invoked referendum proceedings to
overturn the action of the legislature. !
A lecal fight took plate in the Ohio
courtJi. and tiie Supieme ?'ourt of the
State finally ruled that upon petition!
of 50,000 citizens the Legislature's ac- '
lion would have to be votod upon. Thin I
I petition was duly filed with t tie Sccre- |
I i.iry of State, and the question now >
appears upon the Ohio ballot.
Meantilnc the d->s have appealed the
case to the United Sta'i-s Supreme
'Court, but that court will not rule I
' upon it. before th<> Tuesday election. Tt
j has not even been heard by the court
i or set for argument, and becaune the
i highest court has given no opinion
tile Ohio voter? will go to the polls,
i without knowing whether or not their
I vote? will count one way or the other)
in i lie final decision.
Hut a. tremendously interesting situa
. Hon would develc p ir the citizens of I
j Ohio should reverse the action of their'
( Legislature upon the question of rati- ;
float ion and if the Supreme <*'o\irf '
| should hold that their action is valid
In th> first place. according to couns' i
I for th? nets, the United States Secre.
i Htry of State would have to issue a new,
! proclamation, declarinc the eighteenth :
j amendment ratified and would have to
, substitute one of the States which rati
fied subsequently to January 1 l:?U\
for Ohio, which, ..a already stated, was
among the original thirty-six Stairs j
, whose action was the basis for the'
first proclamation. And these same
lawyers contend that the amendment
would not go into effect until one year
after the issuance of the new procla
mation, which would be a year from
some future elate yet untixd.
Dry Leader* nt Work.
That the dry leaders are deeply!
I concerned over this possibility Is In
I dlcated b> the trantic efforts which!
| they arc making to secure a majority!
i in the Ohio election supporting the
| action of tno Legislature. William J.I
? Bryan a few days ago made a public <
appeal to lrlcnds in tiie Senate to!
override the J'lcMiient's veto of tie;
enforcement act, saying that failure to
do so would have an important bear
ing upon the Ohio situation. James'
I A. White, the Ohio Auii-Saloon League!
! superintendent, has been quoted as I
j saying:
?"The drya are awak? to the fact
that if the United states Supreme!
Court sustains the Ohio Supreme Court
in its ruling that t ie action of the
General Assembly in ratifying the Fed
eral prohibition amenelment is subject
to rcicrendurn, and that if ten States
out of the fifteen having the initiative
and referendum provision then fail to
ratify, national prohibition will be de
feated
If the citizens of ten of the forty
five States express tneir disapproval'
of the ratification resolution, and if
their action is sustained by the United1
States Supreme Court. then only
thirty-five will have legally ratified!
tiie measure, and, it having failed to;
receive three-fourths of the forty-'
eight States, tiie eighteenth amend
ment will have been rejected.
Oddfi Seem AgninMt Weta.
It must be admitted that the odds'
are against the wets in this particular'
speculation. This is indicated bv the'
roll call of t.ie fifteen States which
have, tiie initiative and referendum.
1 hey are .Michigan, Ohio, Missouri,
Arkansas, New Mexico. Colctrado, Ne
braska. Washington. California, Ne
vada. Maine. Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah
and Idaho. The rtferendunv proceed
i ngs have been thrown out in Oregon,
Ltah arid Idaho already, and no a])
,-cal has been taken In any of t'
t.iree cases to the United States Su
preme Court. At last accounts petl
uons had been filed in seven <>' i
necessary ten States, and were being '?
circulated for signatures in several!
others.
The most which the wets actually!
hope for.is a favorable verdict Irons
the people eif Ohio and a decision from
the supreme. Court sustaining that!
verdict The first half of this ques
tion will be answered when t.i? \
is counted on Tuesday. For the an
swer to the other half all interests
will have to await the pleasure of the
?Supreme Court. If Ohio sustains its
Legislature, the 'referendum tight will
oe about 9!) per cent over, and if the
court sustains the dry contention, the
? * ke 100 per cent over. But
it both t.ie people and the court no
against the prohibitioni-sts, there is"a
reasonable chance that constitutional
prohibition win be deferred for an
other year or mom
StaitsCd by rcfcrcnda '? nine other
: OLE HAljSON DECLARES
LETTER IS DECLARATION,'
former Mayor of Seattle Comment* on
Letter Dictated on Preatdent'a
Sick Bed.
IBy Universal Servioe.1
NKW YORK., Nov. 3.?"President
Wilson wrote a new declaration of
independence from Ms sick bed when
he issued his letter on the conl strike,"
said Ole Ilanson, former Mayor of
Seattle at the Waldorf tonight. Mr.
Hanson has Just returned from a five
weeks' tour of the Western and South
ern States.
?"People everywhere are talking
about t>he coal strike." he added. "The
demand for a six-hour day and a five
day week with a Co per cent increase
in pay Is considered everywhere as an
outrageous, Burglarious holdup. Farm
ers. laborers, doctors, lawyers, rail
road men?everybody feels that it is
simply a prelude to and the beginning
of a nation-wide, attempt to establish
class control throughout the land. The
people believe that even if bhe de
mands were granted, still more out
rageous and unjust demands would
soon follow. The people want a show
down. They want no more un-A^neri
ct:n compromises anel no surrenders.
"If 110.000,000 people must submit
to the American Lenines and Trotzkys
we ought to know it. "Wo must olean
our country of its alien anarchists and
imprison or confine in asylums those
who, born in this country, would still
1 overthrow the government."
SAYS THAT AMERICANS
ARE W0N2ERFUL PEOPL!
Advises lirltlslicrH That in Neurc
Approximation to Proficiency
Lies Hope of Nation.
ENERGY IS EXTRAORDINA1U
Sir Albert Stanley Asserts There In ?.
Spirit of Progress and Dcvelopmcn
Everywhere In United States
Sees Many Motor Cars.
[By Cnlvernal Scrvlcc.]
LONDON, Nov. 2?Sir Albert Stanley
until recently president of the Brltlsi
government board of trade. has jlle!
reti^rncd to London after an extenslv&
tour In America, where he wan for?
merly a railroad manager. IIo brought
back the advice to Britishers that itj
a nearer approximation to Arnericni:
proficiency lies the hope o! induatritt
Britain If she is to retain her posltloi-'
In the world. i
"The extraordinary energy, vitality^
and initiative of the American pooplr;
arc remarkable," he said, in an inter-1;
view printed lure for Kngllrdi con 5
sumptln. "Thro. in a spirit of prog-i
ret'y and development apparent every-}
where.
"One thing that appealed to me as3
noteworthy waH the almost astonish-]
ing use of motor cars. Not to lie tliej
owner of u car appears to l>e the ex-]
ceptlon rather than the rule among'
AmericaiiH. The popularity of thu;
"m'?r oar directly due to the highly!
ernclent manner in which the inanu-'
facturers have concentrated on mas?'
production, with u. consequent cheap
ening yf the vehicles. The manufai;
turers believe that in a reasonable tlrm
every family in the United Stale* will
be able to own a car. ?
Finds Car* Cheap Here.
'Motor '?? r production swerves* toj
illustrate the methods) (Jf manufactur
er* generally. The. cars are much
cheaper than the products of Great!
Britain, <?nd the explanation of the.'
cheapness it standardlxatlon of design,
rrusa production, modern plants and
fhe laj^-Kt word in machinery and
equipment.
"The American manufacturer never
hesitates to m rap a piece ??f machinery ]
or to redesign his plan/, it by ?loitik
so he can cheapen the cost of produc
tion. The American workmen earn
higher wages, but th<-ir wages nro
based on the unit cost of production,
and. fti lonR ;is there in profii to the
manufacturer, he is only too hapy tr.
see his workmen earning lilgh wage:
\mrricn FormIdnUlr ( ompt-1itor.
"Th* t'nited States will undoubtedly
be .1 formidable competitor i" the ex
port trade of the world, and manu
facturers are planning the develop
ment. of their export trade on an elab
orate scale. Ah an Instance of tin
thoroughness with which the buslnes*
firms are equipping themselves I have
in mind one i-irgt concern, which
sending an agent Into tvery country
in '.he world. It Ik not so much that
the American manufacturer possesses
certain advantages over British manu
facturer? that makes him able to pro
duce at a lower cost in many Instance
than is the case in Great Britain, but
because he has a modern plant, adopts
modern methods, provided for labor the
best possible conditions, and it is
through this all-around cfTVlency that
he Is making enormous strides in the
development and expansion of trade.
Kind* Country of Luxuries.
'?America's prosperity is amazing. It
is a country of luxuries beyond any
thing I had imagined possible. The
people are working very hard. teach
person is trying to cfifal)ll.-h for him
self a satisfactory position In the
world. Everybody seems imbued with
the thought ~ that thero if plenty of
room at the top and that by industry
and initiative there Is no reason why
they should not acquire great riches
just as so many of their fellow coun
trymen have done.
?'Amcrica will undoubto. dly *>?
formidable competitor with Great Brit
ain for world trade. The competition
can only be met by Great Britain l>y
methods which have prevailed in
America." ______
CARDINAL MERCIER PRAISES
WORK DONE BY RED CROSS
Belgian 1'rlnontr Tells of Work Done
Anionic Ills People and for
Wounded Troop*.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.?The nation
al Inspiration that expressed usei'
through the American Ked Cross
should be kept in some permanent
form, says Cardinal Mercier. Primate
of Belgium, in a statement issued here
today.
"I feel a profound sympathy for
your American lied Cro.?9. During four
sorrowful years of war among a people,
who had much to suffer. I learned the
full importance of, your work?what
you did for the wounded, and not only
for them. hut for those who were sick
and for their families.
"I know that your membership has
grown from 100,000 to almost 'JO.OOO,
nOO. This is a splendid progress in a
splendid movement.
"tili 11 there Is one thing which T ap
preciate more than quantity?it is
quality. Quantity Is one thing you
have. But for the quality of your
hearts and your charily for mankind ?
for all these 1 offer you my expression
of admiration. And when I shall go
back home, ufter some time, I shall
tell my people not only of what you
were during the war, bat what you ar*
already coming to be. our permanent
institution for charity towards man
kind.
"Your American Hed Cross is mag
nitlcent, and the extent of its work
and its membership is simply marvel
ous. Of course, without ouch support
from the whole American people, it
would have been obviously impossi
ble to accomplish the wonderful things
your Ked Cross did during the war.
Such a national Inspiration should be
captured and hejd for the benefit ot
society,''
MARRY CHINAMAN
That Is Advice of Counarlor In Telling
French Girls IIo?v to He
Happy.
t By Universal Service. 1
PARIS, Nov. 2.?"Girls, if you want
a happy married life, with a husband
who will always be faithful and never
unkind, marry a Chinaman."
This is the pronouncement of I?iao
Hze leans', counselor of the Chinese
republic: here, in answer to a recent
warning to French girls by Minister of
the Interior Pams to keep the "yel
low peril" from their homes, ami not
to marry Chinese laborers.
The Glory Una Departed.
I ride through a dark, dark land \af
night, ,
Where moon le none; nor stars land
light.
And rueful winds are blowing;
Yet oft have I trodden this way ere
now,
With summer zephyrs fanning niy
brow,
And the gold of the sunshine glow
ing.
I roam by a glowing garden wall.
The death-stricken leaves around
me fa1!.
And the night blast wails its dolors.
How oft with my love I have loitered
and strayed,
When the rose flowered, and all I sur
veyed ,
Was radiant with hope's own colors!
But the gold of the sunshine la shed
and gone.
The once bright roses are dead and
wan,
Ami my love in her low grave moid*
cr?:
And 1 rido through a dark, dark land
b.v night,
With nover a star to bless m? with
light.
And tha mantel of wge on my
shoulders!
?Trana'atlon of Jamea Clarence Man* -
gan ifrom 4. i*. U bland.