The Washington herald., 1918-05-20
Sly Shots at the Solons.
BY THE OBSERVER.

The Indiana miners who ask the
Supreme Court for beer for fam
Yily use this summer seem to con-
j fuse the executive and the judi
ciary. But there is a serious side
to their plea which should be given
consideration somewhere in Hoosier-
dom.
Senator Kenyon said, Disguise
the rivers and harbOrs bill as you
will, the odor of pork hangs around
1t still
Are you in favor Of another rev.
Il enue bill? When you pay revenue to
your Uncle Samuel the money Is gone
When you buy bonds you get 1t
back. See how liberal Uncle Sam
has been thus far in the conflict?
4 Well appreciate this some day.
HuTrah for revenue.
Mr.. Creefs late experience should
be a guide to those who aspire to
be statesmen. and a warning TO
the people who have the duty of
picking our statesmen. All in all
the effect should be beneficiaI-upon
every body but Mr.. CreeL
Old Johnny" Powers, father of
Populism, is dead. But before he
passed away he had the extreme
pleasure of seeing an abundance of
PopGlistic doctrine accepted by the
major political parties, so much
so. in fact. that the Populist party
did not need to live in order to ac-
complish its end
No one is likely to lose out in
eternity il he attended Sunday ball
games but did his full duty by man
kind. And, on the other hand, men
who stay away from Sunday games
, are not apt to enter the Kingdom
of Heaven wholly on that recon-
! mendatiOn. Both points are worth
thinking about in the discussion
now going on.
This year the last crowd Of Sem
ators to be chosen by the legisla-
lures of their States faces the peo-
pie, and from the people must get
their next commission. The direA,
selection method is expected.
ever. to make no great chann
A Mr.. Thompson, of II in
The limeliEht and there everal
chances for a Senatorial victory in
Kansas have been enhanced by the
calcium. A reported Republican row
lends color to the hope, too.
Soldiers absent from the country
on foreign service want a hand in
the selection of the public officers
who serve them back home. That
is the statement of many soldiers
already in France and many who
are to go between now and the fall
elections.
Woman suffragists, so we were
Uniformed yesterday by one of their
aumber, are not making their prin-
pal argument that they hope to
Ihieve great things by their use
the ballot They admit the men
Pve done many worthy things, in
|on-suffrage States, which have not
Jet been done in suffrage States.
Mr.. Bryan has a brother Charles
who wants to be governor of Ne
braska. He has just put out a plat
Form which provides for more things
he Non-PaTtiSan League wants than
ny other man who ever sought Of
ice in the State.
Senator ]. Ham Lewis will face
he people in Illinois this year. Six
ears ago he was a compromise
election for the Senate when the
legislature failed to get together on
ny other candidate. But ]. Hams
fiends have faith. It is well, they
hy.
Reports are that Ollie James is
tting slightly better. His COL
Rgues hope to have him back with
EN- at an early date. The Ken
ckian is one of the really popu-
members Of Congress.
Many a man has made the mis-
ke of thinking that Majority
ader Martin, of the Senate, was
easy-going, unobstrusive MEM
He has pep" and to spare.
you ever talk about him to
Inbers of the Democratic side?
his is the week-come across
the Red Cross. 1t shouldn't
ke anyone cross to do so. Re-
nber the Red Cross is doing
gs for you.
Fire in Gothenburg.
ndon. May 19-A dispatch to
Exchange Telegraph from