Cleveland County herald., 1918-06-20


 proceedings at the present time he will observe that there are others fol- lowing in his footsteps. Senator Reed of Missouri and Senator Hardwick of Georgia are never missing when the necessity arrives for taking care of the immortal document which has had to undergo severe strain under recent administrations. Of course there is always a strain upon the constitution during war times, and there are req sons to believe that if "strict con struction" should be applied there are quite a number of instances when the constitution has been disjointed in order to meet war exigencies.
 Patriotism of high degree is shown by millions of people who cannot go to war, according to re- | ports that have been received in Wash ington from various parts of the coun- | try. As an instance of this patriotism the oversubscription to the Red Cross fund is cited, but it is shown in other ways that do not get before the public. The care that is given the soldiers and sailors is greater than was ever before heard of in any war. Possibly it was because of the reports that the camps and clothing were inadequate last winter that an extra effort was made on the part of the people to sup ply all possible deficiencies and make up to the men who are going to fight the battles of the country any short comings that might have inadvertent- ly occurred in the rapid mobilization of an army.
 Foremost in this work nave been the women of the country, who have been doing everything in their power l to furnish clothing and conveniences for the troops. The fact that the Red Cross fund was oversubscribed is be- lieved to be due largely to the work of l u women in their Red Cross uni- forms who have been soliciting funds.
 The authorities also give great cred | it to the Y. M. c. A. organization which has established rooms at every camp and by which extraordinary eff 1 forts have been made to furnish the 1 soldiers with books and entertain mentS. The manner in which people l have volunteered their services in these entertainments is one of the 1 features that has gratified the authori- | ties.
 Take 1t all in all, there is abundant evidence that the people of this coun- try, with very few exceptions, are heart and soul interested in the war and are doing everything they can to help the soldiers and sailors who must l fight the war, and make them comfort able, not only while at home, but so far as is their power while they are | abroad.
 Former Senator Chauncey M. De- | pew, who was in Washington for few | days recently, is conservative on the subject of prohibition and if he had | been in the senate he would not have voted for the prohibition amendment 1 which is going to be one of the live is- sues in the campaign this fall. MT. Depew says that notwithstanding the fact that only very small percent age of the people of New York would vote for ratifying the prohibition amendment, it is likely that the legis- lature to be elected this fall will adopt it. He points out that those who are advocating the amendment are so very determined that they will secure pledges from candidates for the legislature and that these candi- dates are timid enough to promise to vote for the amendment in order to assure their elections. It is sort of f-preservatiOn measure and mem- bers of the legislature know that ii they do not pledge themselves to SUD- port the amendment they will be marked men when the next election comes around. Just as senators and representatives in congress give at- tention to the wishes of their home folk, so do the members of state leg islatures, and that is why the prohi- bitionists are confident that they are going to win enough states to ratify the amendment after the election this fall.
 Senator Swanson of Virginia made record with the naval appropriation bill, getting it through in one after noon, although it was the largest nayal appropriation bill ever passed and contained legislation of vast import ance to the navy in the future. And the Virginia senator would have used only one-third of the time if there had not been prolonged discussion over the stop-watch and efficiency systems in connection with labor on govern ment work. The debate and votes on this and kindred subjects show what power labor has become in the poli. tics of the country.