The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-09


ECHOES OF THE PRESIDENTS APPEAL
Arizona has, like Nevada, but one congressman. The
present member, Hayden, is of the presidents party. He vot-
ed against the administration on five of the eight principal
war measures. His opponent, Maddox, whom the presidents
appeal would defeat, is in France, helping Wilson win the
war" and make the world safe for democracy" and Hayden,
the presidents candidate, has been stumping the state while
politics stood adjourned
When the president issued his appeal for the cleo
ton of democrats only to congress citizens of Arizona
wired the president to know if he had any objection to them
and the people of their state electing Maddox, instead of
Hayden; and if Maddock's election to congress was likely to
"embarrass the president with our allies would it not be well
to recall him from France, since our allies might learn that
the people of Arizona had nominated him without con-
suling their president.
The presidents reply, if any, has not yet been published.
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One eastern correspondent, referring to the change in the
mental attitude of the people, says that ten days ago the man
on the street who spoke in disrespectful terms of the presi-
dent was likely to get a swift punch in the face" And the
blow was as likely to come from a republican as from a demo-
crat. "Now," he adds, anybody can call him anything any
where"
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The president is the recognized head of the -Four Minute
Men" Some weeks ago an order went out from Washington
requiring that any Four Minute Man who became a candidate
for office or actively identified with party politics should not
be permitted to appear before the public as a member OF the
organization and should at once surrender his card, or creden-
tails. The Tribune published the order and as far as we
know there has been no violation in GOldfield, or in Nevada.
We are now asked whether the president surrendered his
card. Frankly, we don't know.
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The presidents son-in-law, Mr.. McAdoo, head of the great
transportation system of the country, and having under his
direction more men than any other man has ever had before
in America; and having told us but a few days before that
politics "stood adjourned' with the railroads, and no employe
could be in politics and hold his iob-Mr. McAdoo was among
the first to back up the presidents appeal with one of his
own.
And in it he told us that the president was entitled to the
credit for having brought about the unity of control under
Foch of all the allied armies.
We have assumed it was only a coincidence, but just two
days later the press published the reply of Foch to the British
premier, Lloyd George, in answer to the premiers telegram OF
congratulatiOn on his, Fochs, birthday anniversary. In ms
reply Foch graciously acknowledged his Indebtedness and ex-
pressed his gratitude to Lloyd George for doing the thing
McAdoo had just told us his father-in-law did.
If McAdoos statement should get to our allies they
Knight not understand"
Among the documents printed at Washington while
politics stood adjourned" and which now have reached the
west in great numbers, is one that warns us that in the event
the presidents appeal is not needed Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
and Fordney, of Michigan, may become chairmen of the fl
nance and ways and means committees of the senate and
house, respectively. But it doesn't tell us that both these
lchairmanships are now held by the one state of North Caro-
Imam the senate by Simmons and in the house by Claude
Kitchen. These are the committees that fix the tax schedules
and formulate all revenue measures. And these are the COM
mittees that have defeated every effort to limit the price of
cotton, which they have to sell, while insisting on a price
limit to everything their section has to buy. And this with
cotton climbing from 40 cents to 40 cents.
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And while North Carolina paid 20 millions in federal tax
es to "help Wilson win the war" Michigan and Pennsylvania
paid 500 millions, or % times as much.
While North Carolina subscribed "a millions to the third
Liberty loan Michigan and Pennsylvania subscribed SIS mil
While ao4 persons in every 1000 in Michigan and 2s4 in
Pennsylvania subscribed, there were only 80 in North Caro-
lima, the lowest ratio in any of the iS states.
While North Carolina contributed 565 of her men to the
casualty lists from May 4 to October "a, Michigan and Penn
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