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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-04

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-04

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-04

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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-20

sound and fury over exploded
over political parties that are begin
ing to call for burial in Arlington
Cemetery, so far as any clear-cut,
convincing declaration Of policy and
program of performance on the
great issues before us is concern
ed. Only men above party, above
popular clamor, who are not afraid
to antagonize this selfish vote and
that unpatriotic voter for the great
est number can help the country to-
.day-and not enough Of those men
are in office.
1t is time for every man to sit
down and ask himself what is the
one overwhelming and overshadow-
ing issue before the country,
whether he is going to play mans
part, an unselfish patriotic part, or
be beguiled by fiddling demagogues
or a chance to reap some quick
personal advantage. The men who
are cashing in on the present situa-
ton are lying up treasure in hell
There is small choice for the devil
between the red flag demagogue
and the black flag profiteer. They
are brothers under the skin.
There is just one big question be-
fore us-Democracy or Red Auto
cracy; government by despotic
minorities above the government or
by the lawabiding majority. You
cannot have that now unless you
organize for it, plan for it and
make all other interests secondary
to it. And if you do not get it
you will not have any interests
worth bothering about. Your first
concern will be, as in Russia, where
your next meal is coming from.
Your only prayer will be for any
thing or anybody that will restore
order, even the man on horse
back, and you will not much care
what kind of a horse he rides, pro-
vided it is not a hobby horse
We must start with the humblest
offices and elect men of sense and
CUTS regardless of party and their
ability to initiate the fiddle on
their vocal cords.
There is no such thing as an un-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-20

important office in government
not even the ice-presidency. We
must make candidates cut out all
this highfalutin and nothing doing
stuff about the grand old parties;
this deploring of waste and ex-
travagance that never gets beyond
deploring; this pledging themselves
to all the glttering generalities of
the political armament and to none
Of the cold bread and butter
realities of earth. Look every can.
dldate over if you were hiring him
for your own sacred business and
judge him by the same standards.
Find out what his education and ex-
perience have been; how many and
what kind of jobs he has held; why
he was fired; whether he made
money and ran a progressive, sue
cessful plant or if he was slipshod
and boneheaded to the point of
failure. A man who cannot sue
coed in private business cannot
succeed in public, though he finds
it easier to bury his blunders. He
simply takes more money from the
tax payers and so slaves off bank
ruptcy.
Don't be afraid to let the help
know where you stand and what
you expect of them. Follow this
method right up the line to the
Presidency and you will finally
have parties that mean something,
stand for something and will do
something besides talk, differed by
men of action instead of converse
tionalists. The issues before us are
clear. The man who says "per-
haps" and eff" about everything is
not the man for us now. Salvation
is by faith, and faith without
works is dead, and there are too
many dead ones discussing and con-,
ferring and speech making over live
issues as it is. They will not listen
to each other, but they will listen
to public opinion. Verbum sap!
And that word is being spoken
almost daily by men who "can't
make a good speech" but who can
talk good sense: Americans, get
together!
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-20

shall then attach more Importance
to what a candidate has done and
can do in business than to the
orchestration of his promises. 1t
was a sad day for America when
Demosthenes began to practice with
his pebble.
Few capable men of practical
affairs-farmers, merchants, manu-
facturers and labors, as distinguish
ed from labor leaders-can make
speech to which anyone could fox
trot. They have a habit of saying
everything they really have to say
on a subject in a few terse sent
ences, thus spelling perfectly good
speech and saving an exceedingly
valuable hour. Speech making has
its uses-many of them-and it may
be the most harmless of all indoor
and outdoor sports, but it does not
often expedite the work of the
world. thinking on his feet" is
phrase that is frequently used
when talking on his feet" is meant.
There is no more reason why we
should demand that our govern
mental executives be orators than
that they should be actors or grand
opera singers or banjo players.
These are all desirable accomplish
ments, but they have no direct
bearing on taxation, housing, the
price of hogs and various other
matters that have very real and
intimate relation to our happiness
and prosperity. If this seems a
3ordid view TO take of government,
we should remember that the price
of hogs has some very intricate
ramifcations that finally affect even
the arts and the sciences.
In all other subdivisions of our
business-and we use the word in
its broad sense-we select men for
fitness. A lawyer is chosen to at
tend to legal affairs; professor to
run a college; a general to lead an
army; a manufacturer to head a
corporation; nor do we ask them to
sing a popular song or to make an
Iimpassioned speech on the wrongs
of the voter at the hands of the
party in power as a test of their
fitness. Experience and a practical
habit of success are our criteria.
But when we want a President for
our great national holding company
we shy away from the men who
by training, experience and habit
of mind are best fitted for the
job We look at a candidates vocal
cords instead of his ideas; consider
his geographical position before his
experience in handling business
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-20

Inouncing an adversary one is often
unjust; and injustice for the sake
of pleasing is demagogism. There
is always an underdog everywhere,
sometimes held down throuh no
fault of his own, oftener through
some lack that no laws or rearrange-
ment of society can help; but no
Iunderdog wants to believe that so
he is with anyone who agrees with
| him and denounces whomever he
! fancies to be the man who is sitting
on his chest. Many men are will
ing to cash this weakness into votes
and money; so we have the prefes-
sion of demagogism-and it is
overcrowded A rush of words to
the head is an almost sure symptom
that the demagogue is about to
break out in a red rash of radical
ism. Travellers have reported that
so many men were maxim" speeches
on the street corners in Russia
that finally there was nobody left
for an audience. We have even
heard of one crafty engineer who
stopped his train on the steppes Of
Siberia and, when the speech max
ers in the cars rushed forward to
see what was the matter, began an
impassioned address from his cab
on the wrongs of the proletariat.
Verbum saphead: Cut it out!
Labor has been the favorite
underdoe though it is in fact no
longer one--of both the politician
and the agitator. The country has
always been disposed to take capital
at its forst and labor at its best,
with the result that capital has been
damned far beyond and labor glori-
fled far above its deserts. The san
est and most Industrious men in its
councils are gradually being displaced
by those who can talk loudest and hot
test, who will promise the most
money for the least work, until
labor is in danger of being swept
from its moorings into the mael-
strom of red radicalism.
The strikes now under way and
under consideration will probably
result in a flat increase of from
twenty-five to fifty per cent in the
cost of living, and they are largely
due to oratorically faxed rather
than to actual grievances. The
radical labor leader who cannot
find a grievance to justify his
leadership and keep him busy is
out of a job, with work staring
him in the face; so he naturally
keeps a full line of grievances in
stock for his followers. Any kind
of talk, any sort Of demand, if.
there is only enough red pepper on
it, gets over with a yell these days.
And though prices go higher with
every strike, still the carnival of
conversation without cloture con-
tinues-on the hustins, in the unions
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-20
DEMOSTHENES AND
DEMOCRACY
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Editorial in Saturday Evening Post /;


Editorial in Saturday Evening Post :
Running through a list of presi-
dental possibilities the other day, a
politician paused at one of the
names to observe: "He is man
of wide business experience, of
broad sympathies, a splendid exc
cutive and thoroughly versed in
international affairs, but he wouldn't
do, for he can't make a good
speech"
That is a fatal handicap under
our system of government by con-
versation. Unless man has a
flutelike larynx, violin-toned vocal
cords and a pair of lungs with
which he can play The Storm, he
cannot hope to get far in our public
life. In America a candidate is
known by the speeches he makes,
by his skill on the oboe, the pic
colo, the cymbals, the cowbells and
the snare drum; by the runs, trills,
MARBLES, bangs and smashes in his
performance; by his skill in jug
Cling the drum sticks, balancing
UHe ITOHlDOue Oh HIS HOoC anu
waltzing out on the floor while he
plays the bass viol; and above all
by the number of words in his
system and his ability to talk any
thing and everybody to death. Few
remember the man who sponsors an
important bill, but the member
who talks for two days and two
nights without stopping to gargle
his throat is pointed out for years
to admiring gallery.
This will continue until the coun-
try wakes up to the fact that the
President of the United States is
first of all big business executive
that the members of his cabinet
are first of all heads of big bust
ness departments; that the mem
bers of Congress are first of all
business directors, shaping the rules
under which we make our daily
bread, and that it is up to them to
see that the loaf is full weight
When these simple facts are once
fully grasped by voters the national
Government will be made up Of
men from all branches of business
instead of being wholly dominated
as at present by lawyers, necessary
as it is to have a fair proportion
of them in lawmaking bodies. We
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-11-20
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
THE COUNTRY WANTS
ACTION.

20 USINESS men of the ma
TBA ton along with those in
most other walks of life
are growing impatient over
the delay of the senate in rati-
flying the peace treaty. In his
financial review for October
IL, Henry Clews said:
Early action ON the peace treaty by
the senate viii also do much to ia
ciIitate domestic prosperity and so
adjust local financial troubles. At
this writing it is as yet uncertain
what the position of the senate will
be or what the reservations actually
to be adopted may amount to. That
they Will not hopeIessIy vitiate the
whole document is the earnest and
evident desire of the business com
munity. 1t is already apparent that,
as the president has pointed out. UNI
less we are prepared to take our place
in the world under some kind of trea-
ty agreement, other nations will with
out doubt gain the advantage. They
will take to themselves trade which
AOlfu OlAatIAA-C " III
stitutions were these prepared to un-
dertake the business of supplying in.
tefnatfonaI demand as they could and
would do il protected by the guaran-
tees of the international agreement
i.seIf. The approach of an early vote
on this document is consequently as
Stunning the proportions of an event of
FIRST class financial Importance; and
its further postponement beyond the
earliest possible moment of action
could be regarded in no other light
than as a disaster-tyis entirely apart
from what may be thought of the
contents of the agreement I'm detail.
Since it is almost inconceiv-
able that the senate will reject
the treaty or so change it as to
require that it be again refer
red to the other nations there is
no excuse for further delay.
e~S S~~-~~~-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
DARKEN GRAY HAIR,
LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY
Sage Tea and Sulphur Darkens
So Naturally that No
body can tell.

Hair that loses its color and lustre,
or when it fades turns gray, dull and
lifeless. is caused by a lack of sui
phur in the hair. Our grandmother
made up a mixture of Sage Tea and
Sulphur to keep her locks dark and
beautiful, and thousands of women
and men who value that even color,
that beautiful dark shade of hair
which is so attractive, use only this
old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture improved by the addition of other
ingredients by asking at any drug
store for a bottle of "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" which
darkens the hair so naturally, so
evenly, that nobody can possibly tell it
has been applied. You just dampen
a sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time. By morn
ing the gray hair disappears but what
delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound is that, be-
sides beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications, it also brings
back the gloss and lustre and gives it
an appearance of abundance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
TWO AUTOS SMASH
CENTRALlA BUGGIES,
TWO PERSONS HURT

CENTRALTA, Oct. 2O.-Joe Berto-
nalli and Mrs. Millie Arowsmith are
in a local hospital with serious injur-
les as the result of the latter's buggy
beng demolished by an automobile
driven by Claude Clifford, former
Centralia traffic officer last evening
on the pavement north of this city.
The cause of the accident is not
known. Bertonalli. who was riding
with Clifford, was thrown from the
car.
A similar accident occurred last
evening on the Pacific highway near
the city limits when the buggy of Per-
ry Hubbard was struck by an auto
driven by man named Baker. Bug
sy ana auto went into the ditch. the
former being demolished. Mr.. Hub
bard was badly cut and bruised. but
his injuries were not serious. He was
removed to his home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Baker We're not hurt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20

our own sun worlds circling around
them, and are they inhabited? III we
allow the imagination TO run riot there
Is no end to the theme. And vet why
not? Why should we be the only
people; are worlds created in vaine
Does il seem reasonable that they
should be made and set in the hea-
vens just for us to look upon and ad-
miro: Proctor lays down the broad
principle, in effect that all worlds are
inhabited or have been in the past or
Will be at some future time. other
wise why are they created?
Volumes have been written to prove
that at least some OF the planets be-
sides our own are inhabited. volum-
es have also been written to disprove
the argument. In the absence of di-
rect evidence it is perhaps best for
each individual TO study the circum-
stantial evidence the best he may and
draw his ofn conclusion after ALL AS
Newcomb remarked ''the reader
knows as much upon the subject as I, |
which is nothing at ALL"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
A LOCAL SUGGESTION.

- HE manner in which Pen
Ill dleton streets are named
makes it extremely diff
cult for a stranger to find his
way about the city. 1t is even
difficult for local people to find
many of our streets. At one
time it was suggested that a
numerical and alphabetical ar
rangement be adopted. The
plan was not carried out, how
ever because of the difficulties
that would accompany such
change and also for the reason
there is much local sentiment
in behalf of the names now in
use.
How would it do to retain
the present street names yet
adorn each street name with an
alphabetical or a numerical
prefix. For instance apply the
numerical arrangement on
streets west of Main, running
north and south and the alpha
betical plan on similar streets
east of Main. Under this plan
Garden street would be refer
red to as 2-Garden, Willow as
3-Willow, Cosbie as 4-Cosbie. |
East of Main the streets would
be B-Cottonwood, C-Johnson,
D-Thompson, etc., etc.
This plan if adopted would
retain the present names, thus
avoiding injury to local senti-
ment or confusion as to proper
ty titles yet would enable a per-
son to find a street without the
use of a map.
The East Oregonian would
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
ike to see the subject dis
cussed.
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THE SHANTUNC
ABSURDITY.

@ HE defeat of the Shantune
D amendment was expect.
ed by all familiar with
the conditions involved. Had
the senate adopted the amend
ment the action would have
killed the league of nations, it
would have placed China in a
perilous plight and produced a
situation under which war be-
tween the United States and
Japan would have been
brought near, with a strong
chance that Britain under the
Anglo-Japanese alliance would
have sided against America.
1t was pointed out clearly by
President Wilson on his west
ern tour that the plain interests
of China call for the success of
the league. With the league
formed China will be made
safe for the future. Without
the league Japan would be left
free not merely to hold Shan
tung but to impose upon China
in other ways. When the
league is formed Japan will not
only be obliged to give up Shan
tung in accord with promises
made at the peace conference
but will be curbed as to future :
operations.
The howl about the Shan
tung amendment was based on
ignorance and bunk. Hiram
Johnson raised the issue be-
cause it offered him an oppor-
unity to make a surface play 6
% the anti-Jap sentiment in
No sane minded man
.fter studying the subject
.ould support his position. The
lecisive vote against the :,
amendment in the senate shows p
hat its absurdity was evident = n
o many of the opposition SEN b
tors. a a,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
. = = = . = = = . : =
THE DIFFERENCE.


= The clouds drift by. the earth
moves round. the moon
comes into view,
The trees grow tall, the flowers
bloom nigh, the heat
gives place to dew;
The seasons change, the brooks
rush on, the rain gives
way 10 snow
In all Gods plan not even man
shall aught but progress
know.
Z Man builds a mill beside a stream
= where gushing waters
roar.
But Just silent mill twill be
I'll man has added more;
= The power of God works cease .
= lessly and ever onward I
= tends. I
: Mans small creations stand inert .
I'm further power he 1
: lends. 1
: In all the scheme of living things 1
there is no time TO rest: I
: Some change the hour forever 4
brings, as He has deemed 4
it best; I
; The bursting seed meath the 4
mold, the violet meath the =
sod, =
Are merely halted by the cold 4
while struggling up to- !
wards God. q
-Grace Z. Hall in Oregonian. :
= : = = = = .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
IS PAIN
ONLY, RUB IT AWAY
relief from palma sore
ness, stiffness follows rub
bing with "St. Jacobs
Liniment"
stop dosing" rheumatism.

Stop dosing rheumatism.
It's pain only; not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing, penetrating "Ct. Jacobs, Lin
iment" right on the ''tender spot" and
by the time you say Jack Robinson
out comes the rheumatic pain and dis
tress. "St. jacobs Liniment" con-
quers paint 1t is harmless rheuma-
tism liniment which never disappoints
and doesn't burn the skin. 1t takes
pain, soreness and stiffness from ach-
ing joints, muscles and bones; stops
sciatica, lumbago, backache, neural
gia and reduces swelling.
Timber up, Get a small trial bot
tie of old time, honest "St. Jacobs Lin
iment" from any drug store, and in a
moment you'll be free from pains,
aches and stiffness. Don't suffer-!
Rub rheumatism away.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
SHERMAN ANSWERS
ClERGYMEN TO WANT
TREATY RATIFICATION

WASHINGTON, Oct Ex-senator
sherman today announced in the
senate he refused to present a resolu-
ton from 800 clergymen of the Rock
River, Illinois Methodist Conference,
urging ratification of the treaty and
league.
Il whote them that if they know
no more about the plan of salvation
than they do about the league of ma
tions their congregations need a new
spiritual guidance" Sherman said.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-20
ABOUT THE STARS


1t has always been a source of the
keenest interest to those swho have
studied the subject. as to whether or
not the planets are Inhabited. Are we
the inhabitants Of this little world the
only people, or are there teening
millions living upon the other planets
in greater or less degree of advance
ment than ourselves And, II so. what
about the muriad Of suns we observe
shining from the sky? Have they like
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-09
CITY NEWS.

Waiter ]. Nanny and Eleanor c.
Nanny have sold to G. w. Megchel
sen and wife, Grace M. Megchelsen,
a tract Of land three miles west OF
Montrose, for the sum Of $1,000.
Herman j. Schroeder and wife,
Pauline K Schroeder, of Fort Madi
son, have sold farm two miles
northwest of Summitville, to the state
of Iowa for the sum of $4,000. Her
man Schroeder and heirs have bought
a tract of land near the one they
sold, from Nellie and James Gale,
Lucy and Frank M. Geese, Susie and
F. w. Campbell for $37,500.
Last evening about FIVE o'clock
while crossing Fifth and Main street,
a man by the name of Luft from
Warsaw, was struck by an automo'
bile, but was not seriously injured.
Masonic Special meeting of Har
din lodge No. 20, Monday, Aug. 18th,
p. M, F. c. degree.
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Behn
KEN was held Friday afternoon from
the home of her nephew, Edward
Stefan, 2O10 Timea street, with the
Rev. NJ. E. Nethercut officiating. The
pallbearers were: August Wustrow
Fred Cowley, Albert Vollers, Edward
Vollers, Ed Stefan and Al Jones.