The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
Sly Shots at the Solons.
NJ THE OBSERVER.

Georgia ratified the national pro-
hibition amendment on June &c max
ing thirteen States 10 take that ac-
ton. Only twenty-three States re-
main to make up the required num-
Der for adoption. Neither the num-
Der ratifying nor the number re-
quired is looked upon as ''phony'' by
the prohobbyitionists. however.
Senator Norris is the author Of the
dry rider to the agricultural appropri-
alton bill. The fact that his home
State is dry and that he is running
for Reelection does not count with
him as much, Of course. as making
the nation dry for war purposes.
Meanwhile. II the Norris amend
ment is adopted the country will be
on q whisky basis'' during the period
intervening between three months
after approval OF the act and June
%. 1919. During this whisky spree"
of course, much more harm can be
done than under present conditions
and everyone admits that the real
critical period OF the war will be 90
that very period.
In view OF this it does not appear
that some OF those crying so loudly
for war prohibition are as sincere as
they might be. They owe il TO their
country in the present emergency TO
think twice. and perhaps thrice. be-
fore they seek TO thrust such a pro-
posal upon the country.
The New Mexico Jones makes a hit
with his brother members in an
nouncing that no suffrage legislation
shall delay them in getting home for
a recess But tits. out of the frying
pan now just the same-the other
twin. ''Prohib.' threatens now to
keep the members here indeiniteiS.
Miss Alice Paul is unreasonable in
blaming President Wilson for the de-
lay in the suffrage action. II some
OF the surragists take her view, how
can the Democrats expect TO gain in
a party way by passing the amend
ment? For this clique will then
maintain that il would have come
months SOONER had the Republicans
had their way.
Oscar Underwood is known as one
Of the most marked eXponents Of
true southern chivalry, the Senate has
hal on its membership rolls. Yet to
make some OF our Pankhurstian
friends believe this would be mince
pie beside forcing an aristocratic
bondholder through a needles eye.
Wonder II Alexander Rerensky
still lives? One cannot tell at :his
distance just what our State Depart
ment believes. but we note that no
invitation TO the supposed former
Russian premier has gone forth.
Senator Borah is on the trail Of
the profteers and in this direction is
likely to achieve something more
tangible and more commenda BILE and
reasonable than could be achieved in
letting down the bars of discretion
in the making of treaties with other
nations.
Joe Folk is out for the Senate in
vigorous fashion in Missouri.
What he will do no one knows, Of
course. There are intricate phases
Of the Democratic situation there, not
the least of which is that Senator
WiIfey is a candidate for the Stone
vacancy.
In the I. W. W. trial the other day
at Chicago one J. p. Thompson said.
Congress and the Courts are
dominated by Wall Street" How
like Bryan campaign speech this
sounds Yet Bryan with his pacifism
got away with it, for several years.
The same I. w. w. witness insisted
that right and wrong are only
relative terms. that one cannot set
up standards and judge Of them
apart This view is strangely II. W.
W-esque" and is decidedly not likely
to be found in as many places in our
country as IL formerly was. The
tramp, tramp" Of marching soldiers
in our country and the pounding of
American artillery in France have
rescued our nation from our in
lnsenitv of impossible idealism.