The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-12-21
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Senator J. Ham Lewis remarked
that "oil was Q very smooth mat
ter" But nothing on J. Ham. u
his constituents know hlns Any
way, his speech reads weil-we rec
ommend Il to schools where German
textbooks have been eliminated.
The city. council cry Of '.too much
snow where snow ought not 70 be-
was heard In the Senate when Sem
ator Poindexter dwelt upon the con-
dItion Of washington walks. Let
the Senator's, or their. secretaries ana
other attaches, form q volunteer
brigade to help out in this emer-
gency. Their work would not only
clear the sidewalks, but would also
improve their physical condition.
As a result Of Mondays debate In
the House, hundreds OF thousands
OF pamphlets will be sent out from
the Government Printing once to
the Congressional districts Of the
land. such is the pulling power Of
q question upon which votes may be
sought.
Caleb Powers, Of Kentucky. cares
not whom he may offend In his state
ments about the patriotism Of Re
publicans during our national crisis
He believes that while the Democrats
are urging their partisan opponents
to forget political lines, they also
should forget them-and once In q
while lean toward Republicans for
prominent appointments. II Mr..
Powers cares to investigate he may
find q singuiarly long list Of Repub-
licans given preferment
And the strange thing n that war.
which w. J. Bryan was willing TO
oppose even to the extent Of for
feiting our national honor, Ii the
very thing that has brought on pro-
hibition years ahead Of its coming
under other circumstances. But IL
he did have to give up Peace and
Unpreparedness. he has the pleasure
Of seeing prohibition triumph In Con-
gress.
Vice President Marshall has a very
efficient secretary. Mr.. Marcus
Thistelwaite, who used to be a news
paper man and who understands the
work which he handles In his Of
ficial capacity. He has given all
other secretaries something to think
about In his arrangement Of clippings
about the vice president.
The resignation Of Representative
johnson, Of South Dakota, to be-
come q private In the army IL proof
to all the country that soldiers cam
not be made through political in
fiuence. II is to be hoped now that
the popular demand for commissions
through this means viii decrease.
II the fight 8 successful on rum,
the members say In the House, fights
will be waged against other evils
which exist In this country today.
The battle to make the country good
has Just begun. It is going to be
deucedly hard to be bad, after q
while. There'f1 even be legislation
against evil thoughts.
New Workers. are already beginnins
to fear q drouth- Congressman from
the mammoth burg say that there's no
use OF continuing the wet regime es
long as Garfield has shut down on the
lightG No fun drinking In the dark
Senator Martin, majority leader. IN
sisted, at the close of the last session,
that investigation OF expenditures
would have to follow the enactment
Of SO many bills approprlating large
sums Of money for the war. On
that statement was based the as
sumption OF many members that such
inquiries could not be averted no mat
ter how much opposition against
them came from outside sources