The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-01-04

last night for his post ci dCty 10 the
nations capital. Asked iUst before
he took his derovtu~c e he wCu'9 be
candidaCe 10 succeed himself, nc
said that he would be and that his
announcement would appear in abun-
dant time. This will be good news TO
Congressman Helms friends all over
the district, and from the. najori-
ties he always gets, his friends must
include almost every democratic vot-
er. 1t is very probable that he will
have no opposition and he should
have none. This is no time to swap
horses and Mr.. Helms services in the
House have been entirely satisfactory
to those who endorse President Will
sons course. and they are very num-
erous in this section of Kentucky. He
has been with the President all along
the line and has made record that
his constituency has right to be
proud Of The mere announcement
that he will again stand for the nom
nation virtually means that he will
go back for another two years. for
he has long since proven that neither
the democrats nor the republicans
have ghost of a show to defeat
| him.
The death of Editor Richard W.
Knott, of the Louisville Post. re-
moves from earthly scenes one of the
ablest newspaper men in the State,
if not the South. He was as indepen-
ent and fearless as mOrtals ever get
10 be and his vitriolic broadsides at
, treason, whether in high places or
low, in most istances made conditions
letter. He was an able defender of
right, as he saw it. and while seldom
on The winning side, he always gave
to the man or proposition he was for
the best that was in him. While he
made enemies for the time, his ex-
treme sincerity of purpose made
those he fought soon forget and
eventually admire the man who had
the courage to say and do what he
thought he should.
Many of our lawyers, at the eX-
pense of their private practice, are
devoting day after day to helping the
drafted boys fill or their question
naires. 1t is hard and eXacting work,
in some instances taking n couple or
more hours to make out a single
QueSllOnnalfe. L ne lawyers, OF
course, are working without pay and
they are giving up day after to this
task. Their cheerful RESPONSE to the
call of duty is in line with the spirit
being shown by real men everywhere
in this great country. 1t is rather a
new spirit and it is full worthy of
every encouragement.
"Charlie Chaplin has lust recover
ed from small-pox," reads headline
i'm the dailies. Don't get it into your
head that it is the silly fellow of film
fame. but it happens to be negro
of the same name. Charley hasn't
had the misfortune Of having to be
sent to the pest house yet, but many
who are disguised with his sickening
stage work think he should have been
confied there long ago.
The United States enters the new
year with national net debt of
1851 100000. more than five times
greater than when it entered the war
nine months ago, but only one-third
of the debt which promises to devel-
op by the first of next year. The debt
per capita is about $51, and the per-
centage of debt 10 estimated nation
al wealth is 2 l-2 per cent.
The government did not take into
consideration the fact that Negroes
feet in most instances are larger
than those of the whites when shoes
for the drafted men were ordered
and hence have not enough of the
larger sizes for the colOred fellows.
When Secretary Baker was ask
ed if he discouraged women from
knitting for soldiers, he replied.
"Nit," with a k on it.
Liberty Service League meets to-
night at o'clock. Be there.