The Washington herald., 1918-06-05
Sly Shots at the SoIons.
BY THE OBSERVER.

Make IT peppy all the time" said
Ed Snyder to us with reference to
something to keep the congressman
awake during a summer session. All
right Wen accept the amendment.
If we had Julius Kahn's smile.
which he showeTed upon US yester-
day. we would never want anything
else when we went before our peo-
pie for reelection. A smile like
that is a greater power for good
than anything the Kaiser could use.
President Wilson said in his Con-
gressional Government" The Vice
Presidents position is one of an
amadeus insignificance and curious
uncertainty" But when we have
Tom Marshall filling it. some of the
uncertainties disappear. and cer-
taInIy a great share of the insigni-
ficance.
From the headlines we CLEAN that
only 100000 railroad men oppose the
wage raise which Secretary Nc
Adoo granted them. Come, come
boys what is there about this, any
way?
If the wage raise was a reduce
tion after all. We are wondering if
we will hear that the rate was also
a reduction. We may wait a long
time for this latter wall. But Wen
wait
The same folks who made him
Congressman-at-large will not fail
him when he seeks to represent
them at the other end Of the Capt.
tol, is the way Medill Mccormick
speaks of it when referring to his
Illinois Senatorial contest. ]. Ham
Lewis may have different plans, but
NJ. NJ. hasn't heard of them yet so
he AYERS.
Representative Shallenberger's let
ter from Secretary Baker, with re-
ference to Col Harvey, was merely
a Democratic aside" as it were.
There are those who want to make
it either an inside" or an "out-
side" however.
There is nothing in the library on
purging Of the Congressional Record
by extraneous means, and yet that
seemingly impossible feat is oc-
casionally accomplished. And often
what is cut out is more illuminat-
ing than that left in.
With the people of the country
wiring in resolutions on the war
time prohibition matter, and with
discovery made of liquor in the
Congressional Offices old John B.
Corn appears to be having fun with
the lawmakers. His antics are
nothing, IL not diabolical.
Just a whiff over the tariff in the
house, which Henry Rainey was
said to have quoted when he de-
clared that Republicans once held
that consumers didn't really pay
taxes under a tariff bill, but that
now the Republican contention is
they pay but do not know it,"
A very small printed line in a
Congressional publication reads
THE condition of the United States
Treasury" A very important sub
ject-and Congressional inquiry as
to the health of the Treasury will
The patient will have much atten-
ton. We may be sure.
Open work has been the fashion
Of years and now Senator Borah
would have IL extended to the max
ing Of treaties with foreign coun-
tries. He is evidently going on the
principle that where much light is
there can there be no darkness.
Quite correct. we believe. and more
than desirable.
Only a few days before the At
lantic coast raid of the U-boats we
heard that the submarine was con-
quered. We hoped it was, but we
had our doubts. The truth Is, we've
got to win the war by deeds-not
words. Secretary Baker had to
learn this lesson. and so will we,
all of uA
As loag as Lenine continues to
WELD power in Russia we win com
ciude ne has the majority of peo-
pie mere behind him. How, pray,
could one reach any other conclu-
sion! N Russia wants us to change
our ming she will have e change