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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

Brooklyn housewives who have been
paying high prices for meat-and
other housewives elsewhere in the
same category-are interested in a
strike that has just been called after
demands had been made by the pro-
vision wagon drivers for increases
bringing their pay up to . scale rang
ing from $102 to $245.50 a week. These
drivers are now receiving the pitt
fully low wages Of from 90 to $50 a
week. Considering the high degree Of
skill and technical ability required to
drive meat wagon, the demands will
probably not impress the housewives
of Brooklyn as extortionate, but just
the same the women who buy the
meat for the family table and who,
If they do not actually pay ,e bills,
have to allocate the funds 70 make
both ends coincide, will feel that per-
haps even at the $49.$S0 scale they
are paying heavily for wagon talent
without any increase in the quality
of the meat itself or more prompt de-
livery. Truth is, the high cost Of
service. delivery and all else is what
makes the family table groan, not
with viands, but with obligations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

special sessions are held in other states
than those now electing, during tho
coming winter, the amendment cannot
be ratified in time to enfranchise the
women of the United States on . na-
tional basis for the presidential cleo
ton q year hence. In three of the
states special sessions have been called
to meet this month-California, Colo
RADIO and Nevada. All three are SUI
frage states and notifications are to
be expected by their legislatures,
bringing the total of recorded ap-
prevails up to twenty, and leaving six
teen to be secured. Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Rhode Island and South Caro-
lima, in addition to the states in which
elections will occur next Tuesday, will
hold regular sessions this winter. If
ratification should be secured from
all of them, including New Jersey,
Maryland and Kentucky, the amend
ment would still be nine votes short
of final ratification in the absence Of
other special sessions in season for
the presidential contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

hope was that he might prove the man
Mexico needed at the head Of her af-
fairs. But he has disappointed not
only MS but many of his own coun-
trymen. Mexican conditions remain
unsettled and unsatisfactory for ma
tive and foreign investors alike, and
banditry continues to flourish. Villa
is still in the saddle, and prowls
around very much at his pleasure.
We shall probably be told that Mex.
leo is not choosing a president to suit
us; that it is. not our putin; that
we must accept the man chosen and
get along with him the best way pos
sible.
All very we'll. And yet Mexico
should not be Indifferent to Ameri-
can opinion. She needs friends, and
America, properly encouraged, might
be converted into powerful friend.
She needs assistance. from the out
side, and where else can she hope to
find itf Europe is in throes that can
not be shaken off in years. Besides,
America is q next-door neighbor, and
entitled to consideration on that &C.
count.
There are some strong men in Mex
leo, any one of whom in the Office of
president would strive for the coun-
try's good. All have been at home
during the long and expensive period
of turmoil, and, therefore, are IA
n,iliar with the existing situation and
what has led up to it. A new man
would be able to steer clear Of such
mistakes as Carranza has made, and
to show his quality in many ways.
For this reason the talk about con-
tinuing Carranza in Office is anything
but wise or persuasive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
Mexico and Next Year,

An election in Mexico is scheduled
for next year. A successor to Presi-
dent Carranza Is to be chosen. I'm
der the constitution, he is not eligible
to succeed himself.
There are several candidates. Gen.
Obregon, well and favorably known
in this country, is one. Gen. Gonzales
il another. The latest name men
toned in connection with the Office is
that of Ignacio Bonillas, at present
the Mexican ambassador to the United
States. Carranza is said to favor him.
Things are getting warm, and this
has produced a suggestion that in or
der to avoid another revolution Car
rama be continued in Office indefi-
nitely. The English of this-and the
Mexican, too-is that the constitution
be scrapped and Carranza made the
whole works.
Such q solution of the difficulty
would be anything but agreeable to
this country. Carranza's course
toward us has had the appearance of
studied surliAess and incivility. On
several occasions about several mat
tiers he has shown almost q contempt
for American opinion, and an I'M
friendliness toward American inter
ests.
And yet he has had no good cause
for such feeling. When he took the
reins sentiment on this side of the line
was not against him. He was 90 far
above the cut Of Villa or zapata, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
Station and Obligation.

"Station imposes obligation" The
aphorism is usually applied to high
station. It applies as well to modest
station-to all stations
Take the case of those Boston po-
icemen, who, in an effort to secure
better pay and better conditions OF
work, deserted their posts and turned
the town over to thugs and thieves.
They overlooked the fact that they
were officers of the law, in the same
sense that the judges on the bench
were. the legislators in their council
chambers, the executives in their Of
fees. Their station-modest by com
parison with that of a judge, or leg
islator, or executive-imposed obliga-
ton. They had no right to leave the
town defenseless as against the law
less element, which promptly emerged
from the shadows and took posses
sion. They betrayed their trust; and
no thanks to them that the town was
not picked to the bone.
Take the case of these coal miners,
who, in an effort to secure better pay
and better conditions of labor, have
planned to freeze and starve the eoun-
try, and, if possible, produce chaos.
They seem utterly insensible to the
fact that their station, their employ
ment, imposes obligation to the pub
lie. The great majority of them are
citizens of the United States, and en-
joy the protection of its laws. And
yet they are willing to paralyze the
country for purely selfish purposes.
Take the case Of the railroad
brotherhoods, threatening open oppo
sition to authority if certain meas
ure which has been proposed to Con-
gress is enacted into law. Their sta:
tion-most important-imposes obi
CATION. Transportation is essential to
the national life. If halted, even for
a brief time, the injury inflicted on
the country would be incalculable.
And yet the members of these
brotherhocds, the great majority of
them American citizens, are ready to
defy .the law and willing to throw
everything into indescribable confu-
sion.
Policemen are, as a rule, undergrad.
They should be well paid. They per
form very important duties. Coal
miners should be well paid, and every
safety thrown round them while they
are at work. All trainmen should be
well paid. Their work is hard, and
accompanied by great personal risk.
The engineer, the fireman and the
brakeman, while on duty, stand in
jeopardy every hour.
All these men have a right to or
ganize for the purpose Of forwarding
their own interests, and to help one
another. But everything in reason.
The public welfare must always be
considered. Station-the humblest
station as well as the highest-im-
poses obligation.
The maneuver which resulted in the
so-called Adamson law three years
ago cannot be successfully repeated
now. Any organization standing with
stop-watch in one hand and loaded
pistol in the other and demanding,
'More money, or your ife!" will cause
NO fear and secure NO favor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

innocent Bys&91deI0.
In dark array, like mourning sad,
The news We now fehearse.
The large black type seems pretty bad
And the smaller type seems worse.
But farther over in the print
A marriage note you see,
'tMiss Arabella Peppermint r..
And Mr.. jerks Fitz Tree"
Among the stories grimly new,
So threateningly told,
This little item comes to view,
A story very old.
A gentle smile expands ito CLINT
In sympathetic glee
With charming Mistress Peppermint
And gallant young Fitz Tree.
A charming little homo have they.
The mortgage they don't mind;
For Faith and Work must rule he DAY
Tor gentle folk and kind.
So when at reckless strife men hint,
Oh, have . heart, say Ne,
For Alabella Peppermint 81
And honest jerks Fitz Tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
Tuesday and Woman Suffrage.

Elections will be held next Tuesday
in Massachusetts,, New jersey, vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Maryland for
members Of the state legislatures.
Save in Massachusetts,, which has al
ready ratified, these elections will have
a bearing upon the federal woman suf-
frage amendment now pending before
the states. Virginia has acted mega
lively, but q rejection can be recon
sidered by any subsequent Legislature
as long as an amendment remains be.
fore the states. New jersey, Mary.
land and Kentucky have not acted.
Up to date seventeen states have fati.
fed the Amendment, nineteen less than
the necessary three-fourths. Unless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
Working the Coal Mines.

In the maCtef OF coal mine opera
ton by emergency forces there may
be some difficulty at the outset if the
operators proceed to work the mines,
despite the strike, in obtaining what
are known as "shot-frers," the men
who set off the explosives that "knock
down" the coal. These men are prac-
tically the only skilled operatives in
the mines, outside of the engineers.
They are required to pass certain
tests, varying according to state law.
In the hard coal district the "miner"
is one who has passed an examination
and secured a certificate. He fires
all the shots after directing the plac-
ing of the drill holes. The same rules
apply in Pennsylvania to the soft
coal district, though physical condi-
lions are different from those in the
anthracite mines. In the greater part
of the bituminous field the shot-firers
are paid directly by the operators,
some of them on a contract basis.
In almost every case the shot-frer
or, as he is called in the anthracite
region, the "miner," does his work in
short time daily, while the laborers
clean up by filing the cars with the
coal knocked down by the explosions.
These laborers also drill the holes for
the shots in places indicated by the
higher grade workmen The shot
frers Of the bituminous field and the
miners" Of the anthracite district
constitute small percentage of the
total mine forces. Their skill is not
so much question Of capacity for
productive work as it is a factor for
safety.
!, In coal mining the safety element
is first essential. It would be in the
highest degree dangerous to under
take to operate the mines with such
incompetent labor as to imperil the
lives of all below ground. At the
same time safety is matter of the
observance Of very few simple rules.
In point Of fact, the largest item Of
danger in the mines is the careless
ness of the unskilled laborer, usually
the alien, ignorant of the English
language, who cannot read warnings
or fails to understand the sense Of
regulations. No amount Of skill on
the part of the shot-hrer will Offset
the recklessness Of ignorant miners in
gaseous or "wet" mines. Carelessness
or Incompetence in the firing of shots
may cause caves that entomb miners.
This, however, is avoidable BY proper
timbering and undertaking for the
drift of the mining tunnels.
In these conditions it is probable
that given protection many of the
mines now closed by tho strike can
be operated by non-union labor on
practically as safe q basis as before
the strike. The productivity of mine
forces so organized may not for a
time be as high as in the case of
mine shifts Of longer experience, but
the period Of training is short, and in
a very few weeks, in the absence of
interference, such mines would be
fully productive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
POLITICS AT HOME


Senator Poindexter announces fol
the presidency, and gives his platform
Will his example be eopiedf More
than the usual number Of men on both
sides Of the fence are figuring in
presidential gossip and their platforms
being guessed at. But the Washing
ton senator's hat is the first in the
republican ring, formally.
It seems early. The nominating
conventions are nearly eight months
and election day twelve months, away
But it is not too early. The country
is already under quiet canvass as
to next years nominations. Visiting
statesmen are sounding sentiment in
all sections. Friends of Mr.. K, say
are on the wing finding out how the
people north, south, east and ives.
are affected toward him, and, where
not favorably affected toward him, to.
ward whom. And friends of Mr.. Y
and Mr.. q. are quite as busy. Boomers
are in and out, and all about. Nc
presidential aspirant's interests are
being neglected.
This industry is the livelier be.
cause Of the Presidents illness. Be.
fore he was taken down both sides
were guessing, and in a way hesitat.
ing. On the democratic side was q
dead halt. All booms were conditioned
on the attitude of the President to.
ward another nomination. What
might that bes Nobody knew. But
the fear prevailed that it was favor.
able, and the concession was general
that the President had but to speak
the word.
On the republican side the manag.
ing politicians we're asking themselves
if it was Mr.. Wilson they would have
to stack up against again next year, O,
somebody else. If Mr.. Wilson, then
one sort of campaign would have to
be made. If somebody else, then q
campaign taking into account the rec.
ord and running qualities of the
somebody nominated.
But the general guess now is that
Mr.. Wilson is out Of it; that, as his
physicians say his recovery will be
slow, it follows that he will have ia
save himself in his future activities
and that as early as next year SO
strenuous an exertion as a presidential
campaign will be forbidden him. And
so with Mr.. Wilson in this way re.
moved from the equation the question
is simplifed, and there is an early
rush for delegates.
The contest on both sides is certain
to develop. into one Of extraordinary
spirit and interest. All sections are
represented in the lists of aspirants
Even the south is represented now.
The new order of things has given he,
confidence, and at least half a dozen
Of her sons are sporting booms, and
have records of long service in ma.
tional life. Shall we see her, after Sc
many years, secure a nomination
prizes Not since 1860, when John C.
Breckenridge and John Bell ran, has
a southern man made race for the
presidency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
HEARD And SEEN.

Policeman Davies of the State. War
and Navy guards. stationed at the cor
ner Of Az street and Missouri avenue.
is rapidly becoming one OF the pest
known persons in connection with the
Joint congressional commission on re-
classification of salaries in the District.
Davies is often mistaken for Scotch
man on account of his rich "brogue,'
but he is Welsh all through. and, like
the sailors in '.Pinafore." proud OF the
fact that 'he is an Englishman." Or. at
least. that he was born in England. for
he has lived in the United States for
many years.
Guard Davies has a laugh just like
Harry LADDERS, and a way with MIN
that makes a great hit with the en-
ployes In the temporary ONCE building
that houses the Redistribution commits
sion and the census bureau workers
That great temporary ONCE building:
know az building D." Is the seat OF
tremendous activity, by the way.
The work of the reciassifica ton COM
mission affects more than one-fourth OF
the population of the District. ana the
activities of the census bureau will reach
to the more than lOO.0oo.oOo people Oh
the country. When one stops to think
of it, there probably isn'e an office build
ing in this city Of Office buildings that
has more direct relation to the people
of the entire country than building -.
It is at the northeast corner OF the
building that Policeman Davies stands.
There Is a watchman's box there. bnt
Davies rarely uses It, Mostly the box
houses some official who wants to smoke
a cigar. Not even an official Is allowed
to smoke in tho building.
II you ask Davies what the -. W.
and N" insignia means on his arm. ne
ia very apt to give you one OF his broad
grins twist UP his mouth and whisper.
"Swedes, wops and Norweigans." Above
all, don't call him Scotchman. He
come from Wales, the place they named
the prince after. and il proud Of It.
Senator A. A. Jones Of New Mexico,
chairman OF the Redistribution commits
sion, which this week begins public hear
inRs on the wages Of government work
ers here was coming out OF the build
ing one day last week after a conference
with the other commissioners.
.'IIow do you do. SENATOR" said the
smiling guard.
. every well; thank you." returned Sen
ator Jones. smiling at Davies. Then.
probably thinking Of the fact that the
of its work of Redistribution. prior to
its report to Congress in January. he
said to Davies:
. Il don't imagine I will have to come
around here much more now"
Davies smiled and made his best bow.
I'VE shan be sorry Of that. sir" he
They know how to make pretty
speeches in Wales.
Now that King Albert has come and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
George B. Mcclellan.

Late political news from New York
is that George B. Mcclellan has IN
mind returning to Congress. Some
years ago he served several terms in
the House from New York city dis
trict. and made SO good an impression
he reached membership on the ways
and means committee. He retired to
become mayor of New York, and serv-
ed two terms. He then retired to
private life, as the result of differ
ences with Charles F. Murphy, the
leader then, as now, of Tammany Hall.
In private life Mr.. Mcclellan has
been a lecturer at Princeton Uni
versity, and has written several books.
He saw service in the war.
When Mr.. Mcclellan became mayor
of New York his friends were fgur.
ing that he would 60 higher, even to
the top. He was young, popular, able,
handsome, and well.to-do, and like
wise ambitious. And so his friends
asked, why should he not rise from
the mayoralty to the governorship,
and from the governorship to the
presidencyf That had been the line
of Mr.. Cleveland's promotion, and
why should not Mr.. Mcclellan be able
to follow iti
The row with Mr.. Murphy brought
everything to the ground. The gov
ernorship and the presidency faded
away. Mr.. McClellan's name dropped
out of all political speculation, to the
regret of many democrats outside of
New York city and state. His stand
ing wherever he was known was high.
The present gossip suggests that he
has made his peace with Tammany,
which is still power in the big town.
The story relates only to a return
to the House. Whether, with that OBJ
ject achieved, Mr.. Mcclellan in time
will try for something higher-try to
realize the hopes his friends enter
tanned for him some years ago-is
left to speculation. He is still young,
as politicians are reckoned, and evil
IDENTIFY still fond Of the political game.
The New York Of today, city and
state, is different from the New York
which, as Richard Croker's protege,
MI. Mcclellan, then not long out Of
school, made his first bow to as an
aspirant for Office. The old leaders
are out. Some are dead. Mr.. Cleve-
Hand, Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Whitney, Mr..
Flower and Col. Lamont are NO more.
Mr.. Croker Is still living, but out Of
politics permanently, he declares; and
there is an uncon6rmed rumor that
Mr.. Murphy will not much longer re-
main the leader Of Tsmmsny.
So that il Mr.. Mcclellan comes back,
With ambitious plans, he will be deal
| ins With new SGT Of mon, with public
issues much changed and many new
interests in epsration. But - no Had
his trsining In New York, where
| politics 10 Q sort Of science, he .should
prove quick and apt in adjusting him.
| self to the situation he will find.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
Immovable Opinions.

Immovable Opinions.
! "Did your argument convince any
bodyf"
II don't know" replied Senator
Sorghum. ri sometimes think that
nowadays the most an argument &C.
icomplishes is to help the statisticians
by showing how you are likely to
VOTE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

Jud Tnnkins says he knows two men,
and maybe three, who are brasgin'
about not bein' profteers, simply be-
cause they never had q good chance.
Forget to Mention . Parlor Car.
"What I want" said tho man who
was applying for 4 job, sis car fare
to and from work and pay from the
time leave homo till I get back"
"All right" replied the weary Wash
ingtonian. "Where do you ivei"
Seattle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

Reminiscent persons interested in
the theater' Of long ago are yearning
to hear once again that good old melo-
drama speech, "Back to the mines!
There'll be no strike todayl"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
A Warm Autumn.

A Warm Autumn.
snake hay while the sun shines!n How
often we've heard
This maxim regarded a. truly pro-
found.
But we weary when frost is unduly
deferred,
With promise Of haymaking all the
year round. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

Autumn's climate eceentricities may
cause the rivers and harbofs talent
to organize an expedition to ascertain
whether anything has happened to the
Gulf stream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

The Critical Cuisine.
"This coal shortage" began the
apprehensive citizen.
ut doesn't interest me-" interrupt
ed .Mr. Stormington Barnes. my
Hamlet gets roasted regardless Of the
fuel supply"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

Past experiences with meatless,
wheatless and all kinds Of "less" days
do not serve to make the public any
more patient with prospects of priva-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

Discontinued workmen should at
least draw the line At arguments
thought out and in many instances ex.
pressed in foreign languages.