Evening star., 1919-09-28
VOTE IN HOUSE LIKE
FRENCH KINGS MARCH
Went Calamity Up the Hill Against Labor
Unions and Farmers and Then
Down Again.

privileges under the general statutes
of the American people are not or
ganized; they are just plain. every
day. obedient. law-abiding citizens.
They go about their business, inter-
fered with constantly by these jarrlnG
and conflicting demands and require
ments, and bearing it all with a
patience which. considering the
American animal, is most amazing.
There can be no possible compromise
between the right of the citizen. sub
ject to that of all other citizens. to
do q S he pleases and the eternal prln-
ciple of organic justice, because the
two are inseparah1e. Yet we have
gone our way, and are still doing so.
paying little regard to those condi-
tions. thus exposing our vast unpro-
tected citizenship to the wrongs. the
outrages, of which they are always
the victims when the jarring forces
of society clash in the endeavor to
settle their disputes by the ordeal OF
civic battle" -a
The democratic national committee
recently put forth this statement, in
it's official
DEMOCRATIC VIEW publication:
:. OF G. o. p. FUTiLiTY. The demo-
Gratis in Con-
gress. though minority. are unani-
nous for the passage Of good bills
The republican majority Is in reality
q set of factions which can agree on
nothing but the policy of attacking
the President"
A disgusted republican said the
other day: 1T looks to me that we
were in the minority so long. hacking
away at the democrats, that we just
naturally keep 1t up, and have not
been able to get on q constructive
basis yet"
Can such things be? the rank and
file of the republicans in Congress
are inauiring.
We had in our midst last week one
Of the real live. honest-to-goodness
..-..s -l. cal didates.
GOV. loWDEN Is for thej
GIVEN "oNcE OVER" presidential
nomination
Gov. Frank o. sLowden Of Illinois.
The hook upon which his visit hung
was his appearance before the House
committee oneapprppEiations in, behalf
of q, national budget system. He ex-
planned to the committee how the
system now in use in Illinois 10 svgiv-
ing admirable results.
But Gov. Lowden's friends. on che
principle Of combining business with
pleasure, saw to 1t that he met prom
inent republicans in both houses of
Congress. OF course. all the old
stagers he knew from aforetime and
longtime. Some of the newcomers
were introduced to him. SO as to give
him the once over" He is easy to
look at, his friends declare. and they
think he stacks up well. His can
didacy viii be heard from right along.
it is declared
Charles G. Dawes. Illinois repub-
loans say, will net enter politics in
z. his own behalf.
DAWES NOT OUT This disposes
FOR SENATE TocA. Of reports that
he might take
o try at the United States senator
ship Senator Sherman will not run
again and the republican nomina-
tfon in Illinois is q thing to be sought.
Mr. Dawes has immense financial in
terests to look after since his return
from abroad. There will be q scram-
BILE for the nomination, and In the
front ranks Illinoisians expect to
see Representative William Mckinley
Of the Champaign district.
r Republicans Of national prominence
are urging wherever they can that
business men should seek nomination
to important Offices. This principle.
1t is said, will be largely determining
in the selection Of q candidate for
the presidency. II the big leaders
have their way and the people do not
rise up and name q man Of the pop
ular choice. =.