The Washington herald., 1918-07-12
Sly Shots at the Solons.
By THE OBSERVER.

Chilly" Mason is not in the tri-
angular Senatorial race in Illinois, for
which he is duly thankful, so we are
informed. There are sides to 1t which
''outtriangle' the human triangle-and
who will be the recipient of the Do
litical love OF the vampire constituents
no one knows as yet. All are hoping
to profit by the prohigacy however,
Thompson and Mccormick and Ed
munds, all three.
7. r. deserves commendation-and
will receive IL, Of course-for the sug-
gestion he makes with reference to
the Nobel peace prize. The use he
suggests Is a use 1t can be put to,
without desecrating the prize. vive
la peace prizes.
News coming out of Russia Is not
at all descriptive of what may be hap
pening there, but Just the same we
are convinced that there are thou
sands of Austrians who would give a
great deal II they could barter their
existence for Russian existence. But
their day is coming. They have It in
their power to bring peace.
AhC yOAhB lOOlDdll ucTO WHO Idk6S
the late Senator TiIlman's place, Mr.,
Benet, promises to be less explosive
than his predecessor, but quite as eff
fective when he gets on to the ways
Of doing things in the upper house.
The Senate has no way of hazing the
freshmen there, but yet 1t has q way.
Champ Clark Is due to give the
folks of the West a heap of common
sense talk when he meets the Demo-
Gratis Of Nebraska in State convention
assembled. at Hastings on July q.
They are coming from several miles
to hear him then, 50 we understand.
We think the man who. refers to
the Russian troubles as Rootian must
have 1t in for Elihu. What has there
been, we inquire, that the critic thinks
inconsistent in Mr.. Root-at least in
consistent for one who would be a
Moses to lead the Russians out of the
land Of governmental darkness?
Wed like to learn.
Senator Gallinger's resolution on the
Costa Rican matter slumbers. The
subcommittee of the Foreign Relations
Committee may act on 1t soon-and It
may not. There are little angles to
that affair which make 1t a big one,
for a small country.
Col. Harvey has the pleasure Of say
ing. anyway. that most Of the things
achieved by the War Department
have been brought about since the
War Departments derelictions- were
shown up before the world and since
the President profited thereby and
put in, great big men to help out
N. d. 3. The Colonel doesn't have
to prove this, either-the work Of the
department Is an admission of 1t,
since Stettfnius and others came in.
In the haste OF the moment we for
got to remind Congress that II
shouldn't think of going home before
enacting the District suffrage bill. All
who believe this viii be done, stand
on their heads-ah, we see we do not
have to stretch our neck any to count
the number Of upturned Washing
tonians.
Goodness sakes, Earl Goodwin, don't
talk OF automatic phones in that
mysterious way any longer We lived
in city where they've been operated
successfully-yery successfully. too,
Wen say-for at least eight years.
Every man his own central Is some
little slogan in those parts too. and
q popular one, as you may imagine.
Some day the District viii have a
sensible taxation system-and SO will
the various States Of the Union. The
day Is not SO far on as It would have
been had war not come. There Is no
movement for single-tax doctrine,
however, but q sane. business-like
movement for taxation systems that
win be both equitable and sensible.
Profteers belong to an autocracy
rather than q democracy.