The Washington herald., 1918-03-18

Congress rather frowns now on the
proposal to take a ten-day adjourn
ment and go home to talk 1t over with
constituents.
The belief among most of the mem
bers on the hill is that II would be the
better course to prosecute the work Of
the session and conclude just as soon
as possible this summer. This will
save some travelling expense, and will
make it possible to do more work ut
home when the folks are more in a
mood to talk politics than they are
just now.
Mr.. McAdoO thought 1t might be
wise thing 10 have the members of
the House and Senate help out in the
Liberty Loan drive Some of them
will do so. as 1t is. but many of them
will remain here to transact the work
and to drive the session-end that
much nearer. There are plenty of vol
unteer speakers who have time to aid
in the drive and Congressional MEM
bers generally believe that their place
is here at the present time.
Much OF the complaint about prof
iteering here is justified-and some of
1t is not.
We want to know who set the ex-
ample?
We are Of the opinion the govern
ment itself went a long way toward
doing so.
For instance. we know of the own
cr of a building who received $1,000
year for 1t. and he was coolly tod
one day to get 1t ready for the gov
ernment.
Your rent will be $4,000 year"
was the order he received-and OF
course. he wouldn't think OF disobey-
ing orders.
There are other instances We CouId
cite of similar inCTeases-an of them
made before the owners could say
aye. yes or no.
Who can blame the people for SHOW
ing rents up when the government it.
self set this absurd and unbuSinesE-
like example? Maybe some of the
gentlemen who are thinking harsh
things would gain better view of
the situation II they made a general
inquiry into governmental rents here
abOuts.
1t wouldn't hurt IL all the facts. In
this respect. became public property
-inasmuch, you know, as the public
has to foot the bills.
OF course: they are proposing Hiram
Johnson for President. You'll hear
more OF this, gentle reader. from now
on-and peraps the chorus will get
strong from that section OF the land
where Senator Philander Knox, of
Pennsylvania, dwells.
There are signs that this Hays man
Is a wise individual and this. coupled
with the fact that the pie-biters of
the party have been absent from their
accustomed places at the table for
these many years. makes 1t impera-
tive that the Democrats do their best
this fall il they hope to gallop away
with things and make. formidable
showing in 1920. when the finals in the
race will be run.
Both shining Presidential lights are
from the West-Senator Borah being
the other. He has a record that is
stability than Johnson. which COM
mends him to the thinkers OF the
party.
A farmers organization in the West
has sent resolutions to Senator.
passed at a Saturday afternoon meet
ing at "the neighbors," in which some
rather unusual suggestions are made.
Here are the steps this gathering
thinks should be taken at once in or
der to help out the Yankee war pro-
gram:
Rich men should cut out vaIets and
fasten their own collars and brush
their own clothes. They should cut out
their buffers and 80 to the door them
selves TO meet their company. They
should drive their own cars-and all
the males thus released should get into
some productive employment or go to
war
Rich women should do their own
cooking. do their own washing aud
mending. be their own maids-aud thus
release more women for nurses and
other occupations where women are
badly needed at the present time.
Pshaw. wouldn't 1t be a funny world
If all this came true?
Think of it-wouldn't many per-,
fectly good rule against saying harsh