The Nome daily nugget., 1913-09-27

pie who pick their servants in con
 gross. and had they not desired a
 change the old way would stin pre-
 vail and we would not be hearing of
 lobby investigations and the like.
 | Fortunately the people do take an
 interest in their government and the
 ma iority of the people are clean. II
 is regrettable that so eminent and re-
 spected a statesman as Clark should
 be led into the error of supposing that no matter how vital the issue no
 matter how important the decision. the
 people could wish 1t decided upon any
 thing but it's merits. Results the peo-
 pie must have. Results MT. Clark and
 his able conferees must deliver. But the results must be obtained honestly and with the thought on the part of congress of the greatest good to the greatest number. The people do care.
 Daniels is reported in a news dispatch to have said that a free press In the
 hands of an interruptions editor was matter to be deplored. or words to
 that effect. Mir Daniels Is right. He
 is m editor himself and knows a good
 deal about the game. AS we say. ethically MT. Daniels is quite right in regard 10 the harm that can be done by blaguards in the newspaper busi- ness. Fortunately they are few. how ever. and any curtailment of free speech in the press because some edi- tors take undue liberty under it's pro- tection would be striking blow d. reCtly at the liberties of the American people. It is probable that the honor able secretary of the navy. newspaper man though he be- is just a little sore at some of hic colleagues in the busi-
 ness. Of course the republican papers have not been in the habit of saying nice things about MT Daniels party and the way they are running things in Washington. That was not to be expected and the cabinet officer could not take exception to their attitude in that respect. There has, however. been
 l u.bn lot of f,,V, ha Ao at the expense of the secretary of the navy. He and his frind Mir Bryan have probably furnished more clever paragraphs to the newspapers since the fourth of last March than have all the rest of the administration officials put together. Clever and distinguish ed as he is. there are some subjects on which Mir. Bryan will never he taken as anything hut joke by the American people. He is used to 1t and probably doesn't mind. Not SO Mr. Daniels. The paragraphers laugh at the secretary of the navy. who proba- bly, never knew until he assumed of flee which end of a battleship went first, saving that when the canal is opened he will lead the fleet through standing on the bridge of the flagship. The wits of newspaper row laughed when MT. Daniels. escorting the ann bassador of a foreign power, ignorei the officers lined mp on the quarter deck and honored man from the fire room with an introduction not that the fireman was in any way less of an American than the officers. but it sur prised the foreigner Again the papers have not ceased to poke fun at the navy secretary for his penchant for travel, at the governments expense, on the lune and frequent tour sof inspec- ton which have kept him away from his desk far more than was good for the navy. In fine MT Daniels has furnished good deal of fun to the papers of both parties Perhaps when he speaks of the press as being too free the honorable secretary of the navy is just wee bit sore.