The Washington herald., 1918-08-30

The report at the Capitol is that
which barred American papers car
rying the aircraft report, from trans
mission to European points.
This, of course, Is reflection on
the secretary's astuteness, because
Canadian papers carried columns o!
the report and the London Times
used at least 800 or 300 words on II
by cable. British papers therefore
which must reach the front sooner or
later will furnish the news to our
troops and to the troops Of our CO.
belligerents.
The purpose seems not to have been
keeping the information from the en-
eny but from our own men. This
was unnecessary. however, for II IL
known from returning American air
men that our expectant flyers on the
other side realize that our aircraft
progrsIn fell down and that 1t will
tako some time to bring 1t back to
life. The trained American flyers
abroad have been waiting for months
for planes and the planes are not
to be had. They know that some-
thing is wIonS and there's no use
IN trylnR 10 Dilnd them.
Poor Jeanette Northumberland ir
the primaries. and forced soon to ster
down and out OF the Congress OF
the United States. We have 1t,
though, that she will stay here "a
battle for women's rights and that
every night In which she would mix
as member will be participated in
by her just the same as plain, rank,
and-file Jeanette Rankin. We ad.
mire her spunk In attacking the le.
gions Of privilege, etc. but we ques.
ton her Judgment In going as far
as she did in the effort to make
Montana think that all great busi.
ness was necessarily unpatriotic and
backward-looking. There are good
corporations and bad corporations
and all good CORPORATIONS get bad
once In O whi.G and all bad CORPORA
tons sometimes show signs OF as
suming the highest humanitarian m.,
tives in actions they take. This MSS
Rankin did not r"alze-she probably
sees the difference now, however. Tho
term which Miss Rankin served here
has not been in vain. no mgttey
what men and women may think &c
the contrary. The fact is IT has
demonstrated that some women cA6
serve with propricty in the Congress
and that others, precisely like the
sterner sex, cannot serve, no nat
ter how much Ihcy try. s..
Governor Stanley's ambition tc
come to the Senate runs back tc
the time when he served in the
Lower House. At that time the
governor decided, however, to try
himself out in Statewide politics
and to create a machine which
would then assist him in going tc
the Senate when the time became
ripe for that move. Originally 1,
was his intention to oppose Senator
Beckham but with the death OF
Ollie James a better opportunity Il
offered him, SO his friends think.
There Is q tinge of personality
thrown into the Redenberg speech
on adjourned politics which doe.
not meet the approval of many OF
the members of the House and
which Republicans feel will react
seriously upon them IL they persist
in using 1t too freely. This is the
attack upon the President. The Re.
publicans must learn to disassociats
their political ambitions from the
Presidents wartime popularity. II
they do not they will find them.
selves in the unenviable position
of having made this the chief II
not the only issue between theii
party and their opponents. This
would be disastrous, as anyone oI
political perspicacity would see al
the initial glance. There is room
to make political capital out OF
some things without making per.
sonal capital. The two. will not jibs
and the Hays general stan should
realize this.
Registrants In the new classes tc
be added by the draft amendment
will have to claim their exemption
as in the former draft. This, II
appears. was decided upon when II
was found that the questionnairet
were already printed and ready fol
distribution. A change would have
necessitated new blanks and addi.
tional expense and an unusual and
vexatious delay. Obviously, the
matter was decided upon wrongl,
at the outset. The status Of each
registrant should be so clearly de.
termined by the questionnaires that
no claims should be necessary. Ths
fact that these were decided upor
shows weakness somewhere--bu'
IL is neither here nor there, now
All the resistrants can DO Is to g
ahead and make their claims 5us'
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