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Terror at Smyrna.
The expected has happened a
Smyrna. The city is in flames, and ir
regular Turkish troop* are said to bi
firing on the terror-stricken people
All who can are fleeing the city, bu
fifteen naturalized Americans are re
ported to be missing and beyond doub
many foreigners as well as natives wil
be massacred.
Karlier reports of the splendid be
havior of Tdrklsh troops uccupylnj
the city were too good to be true. It ii
not the way of the Turk to refraii
frt>m arson and pillage and murdei
and rapine. He is a direct actionist o
the first water. and his trend Is to pu
his foes to the sword, regardless o
age or sex, imploring the blessings o
Allah upon the deed.
Had the Turks refrained from thi
usual savagery at Smyrna It wouli
have been more than passing strange
for It is charged that when the Greeki
occupied the city three years ago mori
than 5.000 Moslems were massacred
In that land of undying rellgiou:
hatreds it was to be expected tha
when their turn came the Turks wouli
exact a terrible vengeance, and whei
the foil storv is in from Smvrna it i:
probable that expectation will have
been more than realized.
The orgy of bloodshed is one b
shock and sicken a world not yet re
covered from the horrors of the wa
in Europe, but what most appals I
the utter senselessness and useless
ness of it all. Had there been states
manship and courage in the council!
of the great powers there would be m
war today in the near east. But Jeal
ousies and selfishness made it impos
sible to deal with the Turks and th'
tlreeks with the sanity and flrmnes
which would have kept the peace. Oi
the contrary, to serve nationalists
ambitions, sparks were kindled whlcl
hurs^nto a flame and then grew to to
a c"flagratlon which the power
were unable to control when the;
awoke to tup perils involved.
So far as the western world Is abl
to Judge, there is little to choose a
between the, Greeks and Turks. Oi
both sides there are sordldness and de
pravity. and the war in which they ar
engaged is a common nuisance to mar
kind. So long as they confine thei
killings to each other civilization i
not greatly loser. *>ut unfortunate!;
the more numerous victims of thi
slaughter are bound to he those whi
are innocent of the auarrel.
Gov. Hard wick's Defeat.
Score another for Air. Wilson. Whili
he did not figure in the gubernatoria
primary in Georgia as prominently ai
previously he had done in the sena
torial prijnary in Missouri and that It
mu?: ssinni th#? rlpfpat nf flov. Hard
wick was yet probably welcome new:
to him. For while in the Senate th(
Georgian was quite as "Willful" a:
either the Missourian or the Mississip
pian, and incurred Mr. Wilson's dis
pleasure quite as emphatically. 1
was Mr. Wilson's influence that cos
Mr. Hardwick reelection to the Sen
ate.
This primary result in Georgia ma;
disarrange some -calculations as t<
1924 in that state. There was expecta
tion that a second tefcn as govern 01
would bring Mr. Hardwick into th<
field again for the Senate in a secont
tussle wun air. Harris, But in tn<
light at this defeat that hardly seemi
likely.
Still, you never can tell. It is par
ticularly difficult to tell in this time ol
whirligig politics anything about any
thing or anybody two months muct
less two years in advance. Mr. Hard
wick may decide to try his luck agalr
at the next opportunity.
'Politics makes strange bedfellows.'
Tea. verily! In Oraekerdom, as else
where. Consider Woodrow Wilson ant
"Tom" Watson rejoicing over th<
same result, and to which both con
tributed! "It is a great game If yot
don't weaken." And the play thesi
dajp is so exciting and the surprises
often so remarkable, players get fh<
full value of their investments in ths
way of exhilaration whether they wir
or lose. x ( i
Even if America Went into tht
European chaos and straightened il
out a number of people would insisl
that She came in too late.
t mr t
Psaee will be restored in the rail
ways and mines, but arrangement!
for"* general love feast will apparently
not be undertaken for some time.
The Presidency.
In speaking of the burdens laid upon
. our Presidents these later years?the
enormous amount of business they
must transact; the necessity of their
remaining close to base for long
periods of time Imposed upon them by
tin long sessldhs of Congress, regular
and special: and the thought they must
constantly give to the general state ol
the Union?the New York Times says:
Only a man in robust health and
with every stay and- comfort In his
homS life oan be ctpeoted to go
through this prolonged' ordeal frithout
having vitality takart out of him.
Evan the dynamic energy of Theodore
Rooeevelt showed sighs of temporary
enfeeMemrnt under the Imperious demands
that beat upon him In the
Ighlte House.
file burdens of the presidency are
ha|vy; and the Times puts its finger
on: them. But no incumbent of'the office
has ever broken under them. Mr.
Cleveland and.Gen. Harrison were in
Una chape physicaly when they left
r
? ! !
the White Houee. Mr. McKlnley was et
1 in health and strength when the as- to
. sassin's bullet found him. Mr. Tgft m
flourished physically while President.
I Mr. Wilson's collapse was caused by P<
what may be called his extra-presldenr
tlal labors, self-imposed, at the Paris at
peace conferenc. tli
y As for Mr. Roosevelt, his Condition T
when he surrendered the helm of state tti
was "bully." He described himself as M
[; I feeling "fresh as a daisy." He broke cc
Kinder the African hunt and the South
*' American exploration trip. Had he te
r foregone those two jourfleys he might In
?) have lived to pass the elghthieth or te
? the ninetieth milestone. E
Mr. Harding's burden is unusually ar
heavy, but he is carrying It well, for- u<
tunately for both him and the country,
he has the physique and the tern?
perament required for his present
0 post.
be
The'Visit of Clemenceau. Ce
e In the news that M. Clemenceau is In
? to come to the United States in No
vember, unofficially to argue an ardent
negative to the Charge now brought Pl
t i against France of militarism ana im!
perialism. and to voice his viewpoint tr
f upon the league of nations?the AmerIran
public will And large satisfaction,
j There exists today in Europe no more c'
magnetic or exhilarating figure than
t the leader of the valiant nation in b<
I | her darkest hours, who earned thu ca
! love and veneration of his country- e*
I men and the esteem and applause of
! the world. Brilliant In intellect, an
* i orator and writer of consummate abil- w
l | ity. subtle, worldly-wise and genially h?
I cynical, there burns with consuming m
,..-,1.-.*. in V, V, ^ T inert n# he
? niuwi lit luc iivai i ui iiic iifeu ui
t France a fine conviction in the ne- l,tJ
j eeRsity and wisdom of the course that
, nation today pursues. His intellectual dj
qualities, his unique position as a master
statesman today outside of politics ?'
j ?these, combined with the vivid ^
flame of his persuasions, will render H
j him the most effective of protagonists w'
B of these Uilngs and more Clemenceau sv
is to tell us, in the cause he will plead. T
Of what he is to sav on the score of
the league of nations no hint has been 111
forthcoming. But on the subject of ^
the land armaments of France it has <*c
jl.een indicated that the tenor of his *~
! argument will follow in a-sseasure thAt wl
0 i ft
(of the report recently made by France "
! to the league. In that report the
j strength of the French home and co|
lonlal forces is announced as HBO.000,
j and the cost of their maintenance m
; \ 4.300.000.000 francs, or. In American 4r
t | money at the current rate of ex- -j-j
B i change, about I34S.750.000. With this
0:are to he compared Great Britain's
1 army of 215,000 men. which will cost V(
| that nation $272,800,000 in 1923. and our gc
own army of about 137,000. for which
Congress has appropriated $271,000,000. n<
1 It is to meet the charges of militarism b(
and extravagance with which the re1
port and M. Clemenceau are concernB
ed. The defense is based upon the C(
' absolute necessity of France, eager
r for a reduction in her armament bur- r#
dens, to maintain her present armnment
as an essential factor of peace er
in Europe. M. Clemenceau has served b(
notice that he will seek to bring home h<
to the United States his belief that pe
e we have, through our complete with- tfl
! ! drawal from any direct p^-tidipation in
j the maintenance of that peace, mates
) rialiy increased the necessity for pre- of
vparedness on the part of France to
j, j meet alone such contingencies as may j
i nrigp anri Amprira will liAtpn with an ?
3 j : ? y,
I open mind. For. though the roads
j which France and the United States . j(
j have elected to travel since the sign- w
i ing of the armistice in 1916 have at e(
j times been far apart, and though It f
I may have seemed to us aa a nation ^
that the road of France's choice might b?
not be the one to lead her to happier
days, there is no fair-minded American ^
who. with the memory of all that binds j,
America and France to each other. In '
l his heart is not only ready, but anx:
iously eager, to be shown that our
i sister republic, seeing with clear eyes
the journey's end, presses forward
with wisdom ahd courage toward the ^
mutual goal of all civilized peoples. tr
It M. Clemenceau can show us that? hi
and, bearing in mind the record of
France, it is in no wise improbable
that he will?he will once mors have re
i splendidly served not only that nation hi
I to which his life's service has been re
(dedicated, but America as well. at
Now that the seashore festivities
Tare over add Hudson Maxim has at- .
, - - - - - - -- - JO
tained historic prominence, Inquiry
may be ventured as to why the die- of
^ tinguished inventor was selected to
play "Neptune" instead of Josephus
1 Daniels.
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Former Secretary of War Newton
D. Baker declines to make any com.
ments on the work of the writer who
I selected his biography as a possible
, j means of putting "pep" into an en.
! cyclopedia.
i | 1 ge
s 1 Private commercial concerns in Geri
f many will print their own money. Re^suiting
conditions will provide interi!
esting problems' if our old-time cur
I j reney theorists care to renew their
i activities. "Tl
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i Like other important matters, the
| United States tariff is going through
j a long, hard series of conferences.
Oov. Cox and Col. House. vt
I In a cable to The Star, published
yesterday, A. G. Gardiner, the brilliant
London editor, said respecting the I
European situation: ta
The appeal to America is significant. m
All eyes In Europe turn increasfngly
toward America as a source of hope
and help. Germany turns for one mo<
tive. FVsnoe for another and England tk
. for a third. But all hopes are ulti- if
mately one. Europe is caught in a .
whirlpool of passion and needs an urn- l0'
: plre?disinterested. powerrul, sym- .
J pathetic, to resolve Its discords. Hence
the extraordinary Interest everywhere
' In the visits of former Gov. Cox and
Col. House. I had the privilege of dln;
Ing with each before their departure.
! I was much impressed with the sanity
1 of their surrey of the European sttu!
atlon and their acute appreciation of
; the perils and the necessary remedies.
Gov. Cox and Col. House are men pf
consequence, and their views pom- en
i mand attention In America as well as .
in Europe. But Europe, unfamiliar >
with American affairs, rjilght easily err f0i
in her appraisement of these men. pjj
Gov. Cox has returned home to And th<
democratic campaigns concerned not
with foreign but with domestic affairs.
He is scheduled for the stump, and will da
< discover that his views ap. to the tariff, sei
the bonus, the merebantmariite and uh
' .
her quettlone are of mor^ interest
audience* than; the discoveries he
ade while In Europe as to European
lestlcn* and the remedies he Is proving
concerning them.
As tot Cot. House he seems not to be
present In politics at all. At on*
me a force to be reckoned with In
exas, he has passed out. of the aquaan
there, and since his break with
r. Wilson he has not established a
mnection anywhere.
Neither of these men. therefore, Inresting
as both are, Is in position to
fluence American action In any matr
bearing on the rehabilitation of
urope. Their views are their own,
id doubtless sincere, but they are
>t likely to be translated Into policies.
The Herria Horror.
H Is announced from Marlon, 111..
iat the "Williamson county Jail has
-en refurnished and an entire tier of
lis remodeled to house the miners
dieted by the grand jury lft connecnn
with the Herrin massacre."
The Jails everywhere ought to be
? ?. in vmct tui ijni.ucini O.HU jr nvitci o
er.vwhere put in the Jail*. The couny,
in every way. would greatly bene
\
The Herrln massacre capped the
[max of a long eerie* of bloody deed*,
contained feature* which "lynching
>es" elsewhere had lacked. It was
.lculated, and cold-blooded in the
:ecutlon, almost beyond belief. The
ircest of our Indian tribe* never In
e heyday of their practices dealt
ith captives In a manner more spilling
than was exhibited by that
ob at Herrin In dealing with the unipp.v
men it surrounded and disitched.
It not only brought them to
. ? .... i- ? A .I. , in .k.:.. I
ic gruunu, uui jceicu uivm an man 1
ing momenta.' c
"The blood of the martyr la the seed a
the church." It may be thaf from <i
e blood of the men masaacred at c
errin while defending their right to 1
ork?while earning their bread In the
treat of their facea?will spring a J
ilrlt strengthening the law and put- ^
lg more power in the elbows of the t
en selected to execute the law. In r
at event the Herrln horror will be r
lubly assured of lasting remembrance t
as marking the crest of the lynching
sve and the beginning of its sub- '
lence. |
1 J,L ' v
TVs A Tttilwaa ..
auc auuiiwiwi uugvvi a
The Increase by twenty-five of the *
imber of federal judges la a weleoma "
id important matter at this time. J
nere is a food deal of business to be
ken care of. Litigation in volume is
grown out of the war. and the
ilume is likely to grow larger for
ime time to come.
The bench, federal or state, should
>ver be short. There should always .
i judges enough to give prompt atntlon
to all business presented.
This has not been the case for years,
implalnts of congested dockets have I
ten been heard and efforts made to <
medy the trouble. r
At last we have action as to the fed- t
*1 bench. It may not be sufficient. *
it it is a start, and warrants the 3
jpe that if still more Judges are nec- e
isary they will be provided from time r
i time as the need is demonstrated.
"The law's delay" is an old and fa,ous
phrase, and has often been acrnnted
an evil with many iVmiflcaons.
It has even been pleaded as a f
ft-handed justification for lynchings. *
5me apologists for mobs have char- '
terized the mob spirit as an impa- f
?nce on the part of excitable people s
ith the slow because crowded proc- j
:ses of the courts. Prompter trials t
id the meting out of justice would, c
ley have asserted, put an end to that ..
irt of lawlessness. c
It is a good and fit time to say that
ie salaries of all federal judges
lould be raised. They are among the
icrest paid of Our public servants.
A few New York democrats are
mbtless wondering why Mr. Charles
. Murphy does not settle all eonoversy
by taking the job of governor
mself.
The schoolboy is back to his books,
grettlng the fact that a world war
is added new perplexities to the alady
laborious task of historical
udy.
The shippers of the country have r
st interest in reading the debates c
id arc looking forward to a perusal t
the train schedules. J
r
Lenin has recovered, but the soviet ^
ivernment continues to tie a trifle s
verish. J1
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SHOOTING STARS. I
t
BT PHILANDER JOHNSON. *
? c
Almost Due. c
sptember gay is on her way, j1
October's almost here? t
id then once more we'll feel the (;
/ r
sway (
Of winter bleak and drear. li
r
ie call of yore will sound once more, ^
We'll talk of Christmas trees, t
id heal* them say in every store, j
"Shop early, if you please!" 0
o
Superfluous Agitation. (
"Do you object to being inter- Jj
ewed?" c
"No." replied Senator 8orghum. t
Jut I don't see the necessity of it. f.
can start all the controversy I can n
ke care of In my regular speech- ?
iking." ? g
<J
Jud Tunkins says Solomon's reputa- J.
m for wisdom would have suffered g
his biographer had published his r
ire letters in addition to his proverbs. J!
Truth and Poetry. o
The poet has a song sublime, "
Though sometimes inexact, <j
When, to accommodate a rhyme ' P
He has to twist a. fact. . *'
Musical Tests. v
"Do you miss the summer board- ?
it" 8
"No," answered Farmer Corntossel. h
foijr that the smart, up-to-date city. ?
Iks are gone we'll get a chance to u
iy a little something besides Jazz on
e phonograph." ti
Is
So many of us has fancy ideas dese
ys," Said Uncle Eben, "dat common tl
aae 'pears to be gettin*' downright. *
common." ' ,
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Here and There
BY '"THE 1
AFTER the laat republican na- i
tlonal convention at Chicago, i
at which time the present occupant
of the White Hoose :
vas nominated, there wan a seven-day |l
:uesslng contest by the Inhabitants of i
he Windy City as to Just why It was i
hat during one afternoon of the contention
period the Clttxens of Michigan .
lyenue were treated to the spectacle
if seeing the Are chief's automobile
lashing madly down the boulevard
,nd that no Are engines followed and ,
hat n$> alarm turned In. For the Arst
ime the story Is told. It uppears that
he committee on platform, consisting
if Senators Watson, Smoot, Lodge and
3orah, were busily drafting the repub- .
lean platform in their /oomi at the
Congress Hall Hotel. Drawing up a ,
tarty platform is no easy rpatter, and
he senators engaged on the work had
>een laboring for hours on the docunent
when call after call came from
he floor managers that the convenlon
was becoming Impatient- Some
militant mind conceived the Idea that
n order to expedite matters the chief
if the Are department be appealed to '
ind asked to place one of his fast
lutos at the disposal of the committee.
10 that when the document was competed
the senators could rush the
locument to the Coliseum.
When the Important paper was flnaly
completed, typed and assembled,
he committee grabbed their respective
tats, dashed down to the street and
nto the waiting automobile. Many
;hlcagoans still remember the shrlekng
of the sirens and the clangng
of the gongs on the machine as it
lashed at a sixty-or-more-miles-anlour
clip from the hotel to the contention
hall. Traffic officers had reislved
Instructions to clear the way,
ind It Is doubtful If any of the four
llstlngulshed senators had ever before
ir have ever since taken an antomoille
ride at such a high rate of speed.
* * * *
T?OR some time past John Hayes. 1
i secretary to Senator James E.
Yatson of Indiana, has been badgered, i
milled and besieged by a friend of <
lis to play a game of golf. On Wed- 1
iesday last Hayes managed to find an <
tour that should have been devoted 1
o lunch and accepted the challenge. 1
layes won by 2 up, and, in addition *
o winning the game, he tella the fol- 1
owing story on the challenger. "It
ras rather amusing, after these weeks '
nd months, to pick up the clubs and
>eat Jim eg handily. One thing that j
imused me very much was his ad- ]
nonition to the caddie to keep his eye i
?n the ball. Jim then took his posl- i
EDITORIA]
[a Follette Wins, Vardaman J
Losei, Editors Wonder Why. 5
The fact that senator nooen m. j
jx Follette, radical republican, was J
>v#rwhelmingly triumphant in the 1
ecent Wisconsin primaries while, at
he same time, James K. Vardaman,
adical democrat, was defeated in
Mississippi has resulted in a general ^
ditorial discussion. Both were j
nembers of the "little group of will- j
ful men" denounced by President
iVilson for their opposition to his
var policies, while Vardaman was
lefeated originally through the perlonal
intervention of Wilson in belalf
of Senator Pat Harrison. Editors
fenerally suggest that La Follette's
var votes were satisfactory to his
itate, while his general radicalism is
lis source of strength there, the Mississippi
is again more conservative
n its views. There are also some
ditors who argue that La Follette's
riumph constitutes another rejection
?r trie Haruing policies uy mc vuiob. Not
alone is the outcome a |
'triumph for La Follette," but. ac- c
;ording to the Baltimore Sun (tndelendent
democratic), for "those who
eallie the need of remedying the inolerable
conditions now sponsored
>y the special powers in Washing- <
on." The Newark News (indepen- .
lent), thinks, however, that "liquor
ilayed so important a part in the 1
iOntest that It left uncertain just i
vhere the majority of the people of
he state stand on La Folletteism." So
ar as being a teet affecting the ;
Washington administration, the <
Brooklyn Eagle (independent demo- ,
ratio), believes that "will not come ,
efore the November elections owing i ,
o absolute machine control of ?
lominations." The triumph, in ad- j
lition, was personal in Wisconsin. a
he New York Times (independent
Iomocratic), says, as "in his state ,
ai Follette is invincible: in Wash- J
ngton his structural defect is that *
le can never quite or long agree ,
rlth anybody."
While the regular republicans "have
10 cause for rejoicing" so far as Wisonsln
is concerned, the regular demorats
"have IN Mississippi." the I11lianapolia
News (Independent) ariues,
beaguse "Vardaman is an Ideal
epresentatlve of the blatant type of
lolitlcian and the democratic party
>f the nation is the gainer" by his
lownfall. While one of the six seniors
who voted against the war
neasures was nominated, and another
ost, the Norfolk Virginian Pilot (inependent
democrctlc) thinks the reaon
is read ly ascertainable "on a
tudy of the two and the Issues of
heir campaign. La Follette's years of
lOlitlcal training have given him a
are Insight into what makes good
ampalgn thunder. Vardaman. on the
ontrary, is a political misfit." Intorsing
this view, the Louisville Post 1
ikewise calls attention to the fact 1
hat "Vardaman first rode into power I
h his own state on a platform of race
iktred.", and the Lynchburg News I
democratic) points out that "La Fol- i
Itte suits Wisconsin?a state often i
eferred to as the kaiser's borough in i
imerica. That fact attests and ex- 1
ilalns whatever of honor goes with
h? renubllean senatorial nomination i
list bestowed by the G. O. P. voters
f that state."
There also Is this difference, in the
pinion of the Wheeling Register
democratic), "La Follette remained
11 the Senate and redeemed his war
otes. Ever he has championed the
ause of the people against the lnerests,
even leaning to what might
eem radicalism to do so. Vardaman's
ote still occupies a place of promience."
In addition the Springfield
tepubllcan (Independent) Insists "it
sakes not the least difference What
enator La Follette thinks, says or
oes; he Will probably he returned to
he Senate so long as he lives." But
he Janeaville Gazette (republican)
uggests that It was the "popular
evolution" which has set in "against
he administration" that was reponsible
for the enormous La Folstte
vote. This, In part. Is th^- view
f the Buffalo News (republican),
-hich sees Senator La Follette riding
higher than ever on a new wave of
Iscontent. It was a personal and
articular political landslide, a pro?st
by '"the voters of Wisconsin |
gainst wnat ne cans mc k>cw*v.j ,
iterests' and many other things,
rhloh, whether they exist largely in
tie tnind of the deinagoglc senator or s
ot. are actually enough to the eon- h
tituehta who hang so adVnlringly on i
is words."
Grouping La Follette and Vardatan
"is Inevitable," the Manchester a
nion (independent republican) In- t
ists, "because of similarity in oeriin
of their methods. If not In all of
tieir ideas or on their nominal party t
ibels. La Follette won because the r
andtdate of^the conservative element g
i. his party failed singularly to lire
tie popular heart," while "Varflaman
as a most vulnerable candidate, p
reanwhlle the north can extract u
mall comfort from the comparison of \
'
in Washington
MAJOR"
'
ion, wl||M for a moment or two,
stopped, a rain cautioned the oaddle to.
watch the drive. The caddie and the
reat of ua on the tee Intently raxed 1
In the direction of the puttlnr rreen
ahead, but we did not aee the ball, be- \
cauae, deaplte hJp mirhty awlnr, Jim
hadJpropelled the little white globule
luatfour feet from the tee."
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DURING the recent debate on the
tariff bill Senator Park Trammell
at Florida demonstrated that he it a
practical fruit expert, and afterward,
while conversing with some of his colleagues
In the cloakroom, he told of
how, for a number of years, he had
worked on one of the orange and grapefruit
groves, and he gave a technical
and scientific definition of the manner
In which these delicious Florida fruits j
are grown.
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BETWEEN the speedway and Water
street Is a picturesque body of
water, and here for some months past
have rested easily at anchor'dozens
of pleasure craft, sitting like great
white swans on the quiet waters of
this branch of the Potomac river;
some are the last word In luxurious
motor hoatdom, others are a comblna- j
tion of gas-power boats and sailing
vessels, while others rely entirely upon
the wind for their power. The white I
hulls, combined with the shining brass 1
ind gleaming copper, make a mdst attractive
color scheme. Lazily riding
at ease, gently rocked by the waves
irom passing craft, they turn their
noses up or down stream with the,
tides. On one side you view me
wharves at which the pleasure crafts
and commercial vessels dock; fringed
along; the sea wall on the other bank,
are the weeping-willow trdes, whose
restful to the eye branches gently
away In rhythm with the soft, caressing
winds.
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THE usual crop of patriotic spellbinders
are now busily engaged
In trying to Impress upon the members
at the republican and democratic national
committees the fact that they
leslre to serve their country and their
jarty during the coming campaign. A
arge number of them, however, have
i qualifying clause, to wit?at so
nuch per.
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rHIS Is just about the time that
those who have been enjoying the
summer season along the streams of
S'ew England are preparing to pack,
set camps to right and return home?
ind the usual fish stories will be told.
L DIGEST
he day's work in Wisconsin and Mis-|
lissfssippi. The honors of the occasion
are clearly with the south." As
Mohilp Rfcister fdemocratfc) sees
it, "Mississippi may be recovering:
from a state of mind. The result is
jnquestionably a victory for the
IVoodrow Wilson party in the state,*'
While the Boston Traveler (independent)
suggests that "La Follette is a
political tragedy. Mighty in his own
state, he is an outcast in the Senate."
The New York World (democratic)
isserts that "the radicalism that won
in Wisconsin is a superficial radicalism
in respect to basic principles, but
it is an aggressive and military radicalism
in respect to old guard government
and the reactionary stupidities
Df the Harding administration. It
was said of the bourbons that they
earned nothing and forgot nothing.
It could be said of the Harding administration
that it learned nothing
md forgot everything." But the New |
Y'ork Tribune (republican) in turn
suggests that "in many respects the
luckliest public man in America is
La Follette. at least in his own state.
For example, this time, in Wisconsin
if all states, his chief adversary was
i clergyman who is a militant'prohibitionist,
and had the enthusiastic Inlorsement
of the Anti-Saloon League."
The Most Beautiful.
Of course, there were "hundreds who
iisacreed with the experts" at Atlan
tic City. When a group of judges
pick for the prize beauty of all America
hazel eyes and auburn hair and
128 pounds, they must expect wailing
md groaning from hordes and hordes
yf connoisseurs. Their only consolation
can be that the consequtncss
would have been quite as evil had
they chosen last year's prize winner,
a beautiful blond slip of a girl with
jlue eyes." Or any other, a slip or
in armful.
There may be such a thing as a
standard of beauty in statuary or
)ostage stamps or kitchen stoves,
rhere is apparently none when it
tomes to humans. Racial taste varies
is widely as the color of skins and
he curliness of hair. Between naions
there are divergences beyond
explaining.
All of which is an admirable detign
of nature to make us contented
vith our lot, ho doubt. If Italians
?ould abide only very tall, flaxenlaired
blondes, and the French must
lave their beauty long and solemn,
md the English could not eat breakast
unless their wives were petite
md sprightly, the world would be a
?reat deal more peevish than it is.
^s it is, save at beauty contests, men
>f all faiths go away contented.?New
fork Tribune.
Pioneer of Presses.
A charming little story 'has been
revived with the approach of the
Episcopal general convention in
Portland.
Away back in 1857 the children in
the Sunday schools of the denomination
in Massachusetts were inspired
with the id-ta of helping the
tvild, almost trackless Oregon country.
They put their pennies into a comiton
fund. With it they bought a
printing press. There wa? no translontinental
railroad system in those
lays. There was no Panama canal. ;
rhere was no great steel freighter ]
:o load the press aboard. The chlliren
found a sailing ship that was!
:oming around thfe Horn. When the ;
Dress arrived in Portland, addressed ;
:o Bishop Thomas Fielding Scott, j
:here was no advance word of its
Doming. !
It did not go to work at once, j
Slshop Scott's resources were so
slender that a period of saving was !
equired in order to finance the oper- j
ition of the press. But from it is- j
sued the first copies of the Oregon ;
Churchman. It was used in th?
DUblication of the first Portland dally I
lewspaper, the Portland Dally News, j
It was employed in issuing the first I
famhill county paper.
Today the press is a part of the I
sxhibit maintained by the Oregon ;
historical Society. It should < be
viewed by many convention delefates.
It is a monument to that
ligh standard of education in which
:he Episcopal church has ever pioleered.?Oregon
Journal.
Autosuggestion aa ina wire unaer- |
tands it: Honey, I believe we should
iave a car.?Little Rock Arkansas
Jeraocrat.
The only part of the nation's food
upply raised by the middleman is
he price.?Hartford Times.
Ed Howe says that golf Is ruining
he nation. Ay. mon, but hae ye e'er
loticed what the nation is doin' to
:olf??Tacoma Ledger.
The crisis in the Philippines has
issaed. The patient is recuperating
inder the skilled care of Dr. Leonard
Vood.?^Seattle Times. . .
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