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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
bankers representatives, BARRIERS,

bankers representatives, BARRIERS,
chicken and sheep raisers, college
men, railroad managers, telephone
operators, coal miners, and probably
other interests working for special
legislation or trying to block danger
GUS propositions that appear.
Governors Election Tuesday.
1t may not be generally understood
that the governor has not been de-
clared elected yet, nor, in fact, has it
been determined officially how many
votes the gubernatorial candidates re-
ceived at the recent election. Com
mittees of the Senate and House
members will meet in the presence of
the joint assembly on Tuesday, the
14th, and canvass the election re-
turns on governor and lieutenant-gov-
ernor from each county to determine
the exact vote received by each condi-
date and thereupon the declaration
will be made of the election. 1t is
conceded that w. L. Harding will
have the long end Of the proposition
and that on Thursday next he will
be inaugurated governor of Iowa for
the second term.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15

standing a presidential veto. and a like
vote, to submit resolution to amend
the constitution.
Now, if our constitution calls for
the affirmative vote Of two-thirds of
the entire membership of each House
to pass resolution to amend the
constitution, then the Prohlbitory
Amendment would fail no matter what
the states might do. But neither house
has ever interpreted this constitutions
al provision in that way.
Two-thirds of a quorum, instead OF
two-thirds of the entire membership,
has at all times been considered by
both Houses of Congress as a suffl-
cient compliance with the constitu-
tional provision, but not until last
week was the question definitely de-
termined by the courts.
The Webb-Kenyon law was passed
over presidential veto by two-thirds
of a quorum, but not by two-thirds OF
the entire membership of each House
The validity of the law was attacked
on that ground, and on Tuesday OF
last week the Supreme Court OF the
United States unanimously approved
of the two-thirds of quorum rule
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
MISLEADING COMPARISONS.
(Des Moines RegiSter.)

Unconsciously everybody falls into
the habit of speaking of an election in
Great Britain or France as he would
of an election in the United States, and
| comparing an endorsement Of Lloyd
George or Clemenceau with the return
of a majority in our congress, when
conditions are so different as to af-
ford almost no basis for comparison.
Consider Great Britain for instance.
They elect nearly TOT members OF
parliament in territory not so large
as the two states of Minnesota and
| Iowa. England and Wales are to-
gether some little larger than the
state of Iowa, while Scotland and
Ireland are neither of them two-thirds
as large as Iowa. And yet England
| and Wales have 36,400,000 people and
Scotland and Ireland about 100000
each.
| A British election is much more
| like one of our local elections than it
! is like our national elections. Not
only is the territory small, but that
territory is dominated by the wonder
full city of London, and the other great
industrial and political centers. Con-
slider the two states of Minnesota and
| Iowa with a city like London, and
newspapers of such circulation as the
London newspapers, not to mention
other cities and their newspapers, and
it is easy to understand how an cleo
ton can be called one week and held
the next.
While France is some bigger than
Great Britain, covering almost exact
ly the same area as the three states OF
Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri, France
is dominated also by a great city. So
much does France center in Paris that
the French themselves felt that France
was lost if Paris was taken, and the
outside world would have looked up
on the loss of Paris as a staggering
blow. The great French newspapers
are Partisan. An election in France
is also much more like q local cleo
ton with us than like our national
elections
ognize that the whole field of this wal
would not cover a strip through the
central United States as wide as the
three states OF North Dakota, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin and as long as
from St Paul to New Orleans. In
that territory in Europe are innumer
able governments. We fall into the
habit of comparing the activities OF
each one Of these with the activities
of the entire United States. 1t is
plain that no such comparison is pos
sibie.
Because of these differences it is
misleading to. speak OF the results Of
4 an election in America in the same
terms we use in speaking of the re
turn of Lloyd George. There can be
no such single and direct issue pre-
scented in the United States. Thus
! while in a general way we say the ad.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
BOOZE.TALK.
Chicago Herald-Examiner.)

Chicago Herald -Examiner)
Booze has lied to man in all it's rela-
tons with him. It has told him he
was brave when he was not. 1t has
even made him believe he was dig
nified when the most charitable judy
ment could not credit him with the
poise of third-class monkey
AlcOhols falsehoods are legion, but
the most ridiculous is the assumption
of a logical basis for it's own defense.
From the beginning of it's battle for
life whiskey has fought on untenable
ground. It's defeat, inevitable for this
very reason, still might have been de-
layed a generation or two if it had
not lied so persistently to itself.
In whiskey's dying thrust we find 1t
placing dependence upon the tin spear
of false logic. That it should think
for a moment of spending real money
in the test is the final revelation OF
the limp sophistry with which it has
replaced reason even in it's own coun-
ellis Of war
One of the arguments advanced
against prohibition by amendment OF
the federal constitution is that part OF
the states have no right to restrict
the personal habits of all the people
of the United States.
Booze is not being outlawed solely
to protect the individual against hab-
it's which may be injurious to him per-
sonally. The drinking of whisky in
most instances has results that extend
beyond the individual who does the
drinking. The results of whisky
drinking do not remain personal. 1t
is impossible so to confine them.
Society has doomed whisky because
whisky is injurious to society. Perhaps
many drinkers will argue that whisky
never caused them to harm anybody.
The statement is as false as all of the
whisky pleadings.
For in order that this harmless
drinker may have it to drink whisky
must exist. And so long as whisky
exists society suffers, as science has
proved. Therefore, society, being
greater than any individual, however
harmless, is justified in removing that
which causes it to suffer.
Before they take the string off that
billion-dollar bank roll the whisky in
terests might protitably spend little
time in studying the difference be-
tween the PUBLIC good and the
COMMON good.
Then they might decide to save the
billion. 1t would raise lot OF bread
and beef steak.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15

ministration is endorsed or repudiat-
ed in general election, as matter
of fact, we know that the considera-
lions that determine the result in Tex
as bear no relation whatever to sthe
controlling motives of the voters of
illinois, The voters do not speak about
the same things in the campaign, and
most assuredly they do not vote on
the same proposals when they go to
the polls.
Nobody can know to what extent
the election of an adverse majority in
our congress in the mid-term election
will go to create the impression
abroad that the ministry, as they
would call it, has been given a vote
of want of confidence. There is al
ways danger that without understand
ing our methods the British and
French leaders may interpret results
here in the light of their own expert
ence AS We well know, this will be
extremely misleading. With us it is
understood that three-fourths of the
people might be solidly behind the
president in what he is trying to do
at the peace conference at the very
time that a change was being made in
both houses of congress. If the British
and French would measure our lead
ership at Versailles intelligently they
must make proper account of this diff
ference between the American and the
European parliamentary systems.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
ORR PREDICTIONS VERIFIED.

On the 9Th day of last October, when
the German armies were fighting
fiercely, and when it was generally
believed it would take at least another
wear to end the war, this paper said:
Before the autocrats are aware
the ships of revolution, on an oc-
can redeemed with floods OF blood,
may arrive in Berlin and Vienna.
Unless the kaiser and his faWn-
ing syncophants can end the war
before their armies are completely
overthrow they will be thrown
into the whirlpool Of horrible re-
volution. The half starved, de-
feated Prussians will destroy
every man responsible for the
commencement of this war.
Well, the ship of revolution has ar
rived already in Berlin, and bloody
revolution is destroying the lives OF
thousands in that country. The rem
nant of the army, not completely
overthrow, may be able to save Ger
many from lapsing into condition of
lawless confusion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
KIPLING'S aIF.,

A committee of the American Bar
Association, consisting of one men,
Der from each state, held a meeting
in Chicago some time ago. The Presi-
dent of the Association was present
and invited the committeeman to dine
with him at one Of the noted clubs in
that city. When the score or more
of committeeman were seated, at a
single large round table, someone
suggested that each guest write on
his menu card what he considered
the best poem in the English language.
Without consultation with each other
all but two named the following poem
by Rudyard Kipling:
If you can keep your head when all
about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on
you;
If you can trust yourself when all men
doubt you.'
But make allowance for their doubt
ing too:
If you can wait and not be tired by
waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in
lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hat
ing,
And yet don't look too good, nor
talk too wise;
If you can dream-and not make
dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make
thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and
20 Disaster
And treat those two imposters just
the same;
II you can hear the truth you've spok-
en- a.
Twisted by knaves to make a trap
for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your
life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with
worn-Out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your
winnings
And risk it in one turn of piteh-aDd-
toss,
And lose, and start again at your be-
ginnings
And never breathe word about
your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve
and sinew
To serve your turn long after they
are gone,
And so hold on when there is moth
ing in you
Except the Will which says to them;
Hold on"
If you can talk with crowds and keep
your virtue,
Or walk with Kings-nor lose the
common touch,
If neither foes nor living friends can
hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none
too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving min
ute
With sixty seconds worth of dis
lance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything
that's in it,
And you'll be a man my son.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Peculiar Articles of Commerce.

Dried lizards are said to be an arti-
Gle of merchandise regularly imported
into this country. They come from
China, to supply a demand by Chinese
residents in the United States. They
are supposed to possess much medi-
cinal virtue when ground to powder
and mixed with certain other curative
substances. The Chinese used dried
toads for tonic, sailed scorpions for
smallpox and fossil crabs as an anti
dote for poison.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
DEMON RUM GETS STAGGERING
RI0W.

AT the recent meeting of the whis-
key men in Chicago, the enormous
sum of thousand millions of dollars
was pledged to secure, if possible, the
defeat of National prohibition.
This convention of "wets" seemed
to base their. principal hopes for the
defeat of the law upon the fact that
two-thirds of all the members of each
House did not vote for the submission
of the Prohibition Amendment.
Under the constitution it requires
two-thirds vote to pass bill notwith
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Antique Furniture.

Those who possess pieces OF an.
tioue furniture should devote personai
attention to them, and especially TO
any of old OAK, which should be kept
in condition by periodical rubbings
with flannel dipped in a mixture OF
beeswax, oil and spirits of turpentine'
White painted French furniture Is
hest cleaned with parafin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
NATIONAL PROHIBITION A GREAT
WINNER.

National ratification of the prohibit
4,on amendment is going forward with
leaps and bounds. Yesterday seven
more states Joined the dry column, H.
linois being one Of them. That will
mt the skids under the East Dubuque
booze parlors.
This morning five more states was
all that was needed to bring the num-
Der up to the necessary SO, and that
number will probably be secured to-
day. The amendment will likely win
in every state, except New Jersey
In that event this country can be de-
scribed as the United States of Ameri-
can and New Jersey.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
GOOD FAITH IS DEMANDED.

The question of league of nations
was settled definitely at Versailles on
November 4th, 1918, by the representa-
tives of Great Britain, France, Italy
and the United States The President
of the United States, in his address of
January Sth, 1918, and other address,
es, stated the objects for which this
government was fighting, and Ger
many offered to conclude peace on
the terms desired by the President
and end the war. But the United
States and Germany could not end the
war, unless their agreements were
approved by all the warning nations.
And to secure that approval all Of the
correspondence between this country
and Germany in reference to the peace
treaty was turned over to the repres-
entatives of the Allies, and they pre-
pared memoranda, signed it, sent
it to the President which contained
the following declaration:
The Allied Governments have
given careful consideration to the
correspondence which has passed
between the President of the
United States and the German
Government Subject to the
qualifications which follow, they
declare their willingness to make
peace with the Government of
Germany on the terms of peace
laid down in the presidents adj
dress to Congress of January,
s191S, and the principles of settle
ment enunciated in his subse-
quept addresses.
The two qualifications referred to
in this memorandum related to the
freedom of the seas and the compen-
sation to be exacted from Germany
for damages sustained by the civilian
populations of the Allies.
tons which was the fourteenth point
in the Presidents address of Jan. s,
1918, was accepted without qualifica-
ton. This is the language of the
clause to which the Allied Govern
ments unanimously pledged them
y selves.
A general association of ma
lions must be formed under spe-
cific covenants for the purpose
of affording mutual guarantees of
political independence and terri
torial integrity to great and small
nations alike.
And Germany relied upon the terms
of that peace agreement. She sur
rendered enough Of her territory and
war armament to render herself de-
fenseless, and it is almost unthink-
/, able that any American at this time
would advocate the reputation of the
agreement that ended the war, and
that has been loyalty observed by
Germany The man who favors such
a disreputable act places himself in
the kaiser class and is disgrace to
the country in which he claims citi-
ZenShip.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Bill Puzzled.

Bill, age three, was ready for bed,
but before being tucked in for the
night, kneIt at his bedside to say his
prayer He repeated it without a mis-
take until he was ready to say,
"Amen"-then he forgot, and calling
to his mother said. '"NOw, how do you
say 'good-by' ?"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Scale Reveals SaImon's AGE.

A single scale from a salmon will
tell its owners age and whether the
fish's pickings have been slim or the
opposite. When viewed through mi
croscope the scale will reveal tiny
lines, which have developed at the rate
of 16 year. Lines crowded close
prove that the salmon has been living
high. Lines widely spread indicate
scant diet.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Singing the Bees.

at has always seemed funny to me-
murmured the almost philosopher,
"why fellow says he keeps bees. The
truth of the matter is the bees keep
themselves. All he does is rob en-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Where Proud Man Fails.

The average man can do almost ev.
erything or, at least, he thinks heNcan,
but we have yet to see the first one
capable of wheeling u baby buggy
straight with one hand.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Avoid the ouarreIsome.

If there is quarrelsome person in
your neighborhood don't fool with him.
He is sure TO involve YOU in some of
his quarrels if you are not careful.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
unskilled Labor.

A man never realizes what the term
"unskilled labor" can mean until he
boldly volunteers to repair the water
faucets and take down the screen
doors.-Washingt Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Actions That Make Greatness.

A truly great mans actions are
works Of art. Nothing with him is ex-
temporized or improvised. They In
volve their consequences, and develop
themselves along with the events that
gave them birth.-Guesses at Truth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Small Sons chlyalry.

williams mother is a little over
weight. She had been to school with
him that day, and coming home
small boy said to william: "Your
mother is fat" William looked at
him in surprise and said: "No, she
isn't; she's just comfortable"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Do Not Waste Coal Dust.

Coal dust should not be wasted.
Have a special scuttle and mix sufi-
cient water with it to make it quite
moist. When the fire is nice and clear
bank it up with this mixture.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Lioht. but Then.

Automobile bodies made Of concrete
REINFORCED with steel wire are said to
be lighter than wood. But if they
turn over on you, they bear down quite
as hard. n
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
Inconsistent.

Lots of men spend half Of their time
complaining of life's brevity and the
other half in trying to kill time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15

Have Much the Same Thought.
A luxury is something we are apt
to think our neighbors cannot afford,
and our neighbors are apt to think
we cannot afford themselves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15

Worth Having, Sometimes.
GLOSS sense" said Uncle Eben, "is
whut keeps a man fun bettin' away
bis money on bosses"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-15
IOWA LAWMAKERS
HARD AT WORK
ratorical powers and gifts of leader

Continued from page one.)
Evening journal., 1919-12-01
A Little Reminder of Our Gift Department

Here IS place where you can find something for that to
please relative friend We have
articles prices suit your purse. week now New
gifts arriving daily but they being bought foreghed n
almost fast they We have Shipment Of
handsome silk lamp shades which
your visit until our stocks all picked over"
Evening journal., 1919-12-01

ID EHIND the daven-
opOrt, a davenport
table with plenty Of
space for books and
magazines and on it at
least one soft shaded
lamp. This table will
prove the crOwning
feature of the room.
Evening journal., 1919-12-01

New York has just been announced
sings Vol 10 sapete, o Mama from
"Ca'alleria Rusticana' This Is a ihr0b-
bog. terribly tragic aria, and her rem
derlng gives all OF rs drama.
sascha Jacobsen plays two exquisite
violin solos he serenadc' from LES
Millions harlequin and Drdla's SOU
yenir.' Novelty Record OF the
month. played by Olga Blbor's GYPSY
Orchestra. ta "5tephanie Gavoitc'
coupled with uon1 BE Cross"
you Didn. Want Me When You Had
Me So Why DO You Want AIe Now?'
inquiries Irving kaufman In a tenor
solo. and on ihe other side Of the
record he reyerses the sentiment in
another solo entitled That's Worth
While Waiting For"
The children are not forgotten in this
months record releases The Columbia
Orchestra plays parts / and II Of Bow
er's "The Riddles Christmas Frolic."
This IS q real Christmas record which
viii appeal TO everyone, old or young
Columbia Records offer a second
chance This month 20 hear Charles
Evening journal., 1919-12-01

which will appear daily in the Evening
Public Ledger, beginning Saturday.
December 6. tells the story OF devastated
Belgium from the inside. No novel ever
portrayed a braver figure than Cardinal
dercier. the hero among q nation Of
heroes. No historical description of the
Great Var is more full Of stirring pic
lures ct actual conditions in a country
Evening journal., 1919-12-01

Hackett, the sensational new tenor Of
the Metropolitan Opera Company OF
New York. 20 Paradise from "L'Afrl-
caine,' the aria which almost alone
would make az opera famous. Is what
he sings. II Is undoubtedly one Of his
most superb efforts and he gives you
all the beauty Of the song.
Evening journal., 1919-12-01
NEM C0LUMnIA nEcOnDs.

There are Grand opera arias. popular
song hits Christmas hymns, ienog
duets violin solos, symphony orchestra
selections, GYPSY prchestra selections,
chidren's orchestra selections. ch3rac-
lar ducts, luariettes aud many dances
on Columbia Records This month
Rosa ponseile, the great dramatic
soprano whose second engagement with
lhe Metropolitas opera Company of
Evening journal., 1919-12-01

XE7E prepared for the annual Christmas chests Martha
w Washington sewing cabinets and 1t impossible
them yourself Cedar Chests Sewing
Evening journal., 1919-12-01

a T this time of the year
"A everyone's attention IS
focused upon the living room
as the gathering place of
the entire family during
the long winter evenings.
We are we'll equipped to help
you make this room just
what it should be
Here are big, roomy,
comfortable davenport
suites, beautifully uphol-
stored in tapestry and con
sisting of davenport, chair
and rocker, ranging in price
all the way from S225.00 to
$650.00.
Evening journal., 1919-12-01

and cook in a slow oven until beans are
soft
WHY not eat less as means OF lower
ing me cost Of living?