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big drive 20 get all Of the 1000 service
men on Staten Island into the eight
posts being organized there. Borough
President Van Name has designated the
day by an Official proclamation. There
win be mass meetings during the eve
ming at the principal business centres on
the island. followed by parades. which
VIII wind Up with the organization meet
ings OF the various posts. The campaign
was announced In the Staten Island
churches yesterday, and throughout the
week speakers at the movies win call
tho attention Of service men to the man
ner In which they may enroll.
Meetings of the posts will DO held on
Thursday evening As follows:
James 8. Siosson Post, Borough Hall,
ST. George, 8 80; James 7. Happen Posi-
Guenther's Hall, - Broad street, Staple
ton, 1850: West New Brighton Post, Vet
eran Firemen's Hall. Castleton avenue
and Elizabeth street. West New
Brighton. $3.50: Louis II. Achilles Post
Troop r Armory. Manor Farm, West
New Brighton. o 80; Arthur Egbert
Post, Sisco Y. NJ. c. A. Richmond Ter
race, Mariners Harbor. 8 $50; Beauvais
Post, Afnicitia Hall. Pleasant Plains. Q
New Dorp Post Curry's Hall. Black
Horse Tavern. Richmond road. New
Dorp. 8. and Cornelius F. Curry Post
Kuechman's Hall. 192 Bay street, Temp.
kinsville. Q 80.
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OBITUARIES.
WILLIAM BENFoRp AIrKEN.

William Benford Aitken. president of
the Bronx Savings Bank ana the Bronx
Safe Deposit Company. died yesterday
in the residence Of his daughter. Mrs
Harold p. harrington, 815 Park avenue,
after an Illness OF several months.
Mr., Aitken was q well known lawyer
and had a large corporation practice
He was the author of THE Dominion OF
Canada. and The Distinguished Families
In America Descended from wilhelmes
Beeltman and John Thommasse Van
Dyke" Mr.. Aitken was a member OF
the New York bar. the Bar Association
the New York Athletic Club, Colonial
Wars. the Sons OF the Revolution, the
Veteran Corps Of Artillery and Delta
Kappa Epsilon. He was graduated from
Columbia In 1883 with degree Of Phi. d
Mr.. Altken was a son of the late Will
lam B. Aitken and Catherine Beekmar
Aitken. He IL survived by his wife
Nora Coote Aitlxen; his son, BeekmaI
Aitlsen, and his daughter, Mrs. Harolt
p. harrington. Funeral services will b,
held at his residence, ala West Seventy
eighth street, at IL o'clock Wednesda,
morning.
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MANY MOTOR TO MOUNTAINS.
Several Parties Take Trips From
DfxvilIe Notch.

DIxvILLE NorcH, N. H. Aug. g.
Many motoring parties were here for
the week end. One of the attractions
last evening was an exhibition Of Orien-
tai dances by Miss Laura Lee.
Mr.. and Mira Clifford ". Brotaw and
party motored to Polly's Place for tea
Others there included Mrs Edward r.
Trcwbridge, Edward r. Trowbridge. Jr,
and Mrs. Christopher D. smithers Of
Glen Cove. L. /. Lieut. p. w. Stone OF
the British navy. motored there with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. .Caspary of Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shiverick Of Rye
also gave n tea party there.
The east side tennis tournament at
the Iron Mountain House, jackson, will
begin tomorrow. Entries have been re-
ceived from all parts OF tho White
Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindley NJ. Garrison Of
New York and Mr.. and Mrs. b. G.
Paskers have motored to the Waumbek
at Jefferson to pass the summer
Late arrivals at the Mount Washing
ton Hotel include Mrs. d. B. Ivison, who
motored from New York: Mr.. and MIRA
Sllas H. Witherbee of Port Henry, Mr..
and Mira w. L. Mason of Montolair.
N. j.; DR.. and Mrs Frank H. Northrup
of New York, Mr.. and Mrs A. S. Nye OF
Brookline. Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Palmer of Winchester. Mass, and Mr..
and Mrs. T. J. Moran OF Pawtucket. r. L
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THE WESTERNERS'
PLEASES AT STRAND
Screen Adaptation Of Stewart
Edward Whites Novel
Made by Author.

II 10 regrettabie that the National
Board Of Review isn't composed entirely
Of authors and other writing persons
who are supposed to know nothing about
the movies. Then perhops one would
see more productions, banned. while ap-
prova and stimulus would be given TO
photopiays Of the excellence Of THE
westerners." which was revealed at the
Strand Theatre yesterday as proof that
n novel could be transplanted to the
screen without whitening In the new
soil
The picture version Of Stewart Ed
ward Whites well known tale. which
bore In q subtitle the recommendation
that IL was produced under the per-
sonal approval of the author, was gen.
orally awaited in celluloid circles as the
rorerunner Of the promised cinemas IN
which prominent novelists had at last
determined that II their brain children
were to be mangled before the camera
they were at least to have the satisfac-
ton OF having a hand in the mutilation.
The result exhibited at the Strand yes
terday went far to justify the growing
cry that better stories are needed in the
pictures
Mr.. white may know nothing about
the movies. but he Is plentifully sup
piled with brains. Consequently his
personal editing Of his story OF the gold
rush across the prairies and life In a
mining town q generation later has
given rise to n picture that holds the in
terest from start to finish. There are
thrilling pictures of an Indian raid on
q white settlement and several hearty
scraps In n saloon that revive tender
memories OF the days before prohibition.
The dramatic flashes occur amid outdoor
settings That suggest the grandeur of
nature II not Of the movies The picture
would appear to be true to the old West
In essence
The acting is OF we'll rounded order,
particularly In the double role played
by Mildred Manning. Roy Stewart does
well as the wild young scapegrace Of "a
good Philadelphia family" Other laud-
able work is done by wilfred Lucas and
Robert McKim, one of the best villains
in the profession.
Besides orchestral and vocal numbers
the Strand programme includes a slow
motion analysis of the playing Of the
Giants. which proved even more ANUS
ing to the audiences yesterday than a
Mack Sennett comedy. Treating En-
Rough"
Catherine Calvert. another pantomim-
ist Of much personal magnetism was
projected into sight at the Rialto with
The Career Of Katherine Bush" This
is picture adaptation of one Of
Elinor Glyn's novels. In which the no.
Kitty of England barely escape with
their regulations. Besides the usual
musical features and a Mack Sennett
comedy. there Is an educational picture.
At the Rivoli Marion Davies is shown
IN "The Dark Star" another changeling
Of the book world, brought TO the light
a thrilling tale of mystery. helped out
by the unavoidable love interest
THE Fall of Babylon" enters on its
last week at the George NJ. Cohan Thea
tire, after which the d. w. Griffith roper
toire season will be renovated with
Hearts Of the World"
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DIED.

AIrKEN.-on Sunday. August ., 1918.
William Benford. dearly beloved hus-
band Of Nora Coote Aitken.
funeral services at his late residence,
Sl2 West Seventy-eighth street, on
Wednesday at IL A. NJ Interment pri-
vAte.
sAccHUs.-on August I. 1919. John
Greenwood. D. D.. Rector Emeritus OF
the Church Of the Incarnation. Brook
lyn. beloved husband Of the late
Josephine Maria Stockbridge. father
Of Josephine Bacchus Truslov, Mary
Stoekbridge Banker and stockbridge
Bacehus. and grandfather OF John Bac-
ehus Truslow and Elizabeth Trusiow.
Funeral services at the Church OF the
incarnation, Gates and Franklin ave-
nuss' on Monday at p. NJ. kindly
omit flowers. Chestsrtown. Nd. papers
please copy.
iATr'-Robert J.. suddenly. at the home
OF his mother. 6zs Greene avenue.
Brooklyn. August 2. 1919.
Services Tuesday evening, q o'clock. In
termsnt Wednesday morning. Wood
ApsrEiN.-Riehard. the celebrated pianist,
member Of the famous Elstruco Trio,
and well known as a pedaEogue both
In Europe ana in this country. died
August /.
services THE FUNERAL CHURCH.
campbell Bldg). broadway at Sixty
SIXTH street. on Monday. August 4, at
aP. II.
'NiD'-on August 2, Maria NJ, daughter
OF me late Michael Reid, at Far ROCK
away, N. Y.
solemn requiem mass at Church OF Our
lacy Star OF the Sea. Far Rockaway.
tuesday, at ii o'clock. Intermeni
private.
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The funeral OF the Rev. William
Schoenfeld. who died suddenly at Lake
George on Wednesday. was held yester-
day from Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Lexington avenue and Eighty-eighth
street. of which he had been pastor since
1898. The church was filled long before
the hour set for the service, and many
stood In the streets. The service, except
for the address Of Prof. W. H T. Dow.
president OF Concordia College, st. Louis,
was in German.
The Rev. Louis Heinze, the assistant
pastor, ofiiciated. At the close of Prof.
BOWS sermon tributes were paid by rep
'resentatives Of the Home Mission Board.
the Lutheran Educational Society and
the Consordia College at Bronxville. The
burial will be held privately this after
noon.
Among the messages OF coincidence re-
ceived by the family was one from
Lieut.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who said he
had known DIR. Schoenfeld for many
years, and regarded him as IAN eminent
divine, q true patriot and q man Of most
lovable and exalted character"
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CoLoNIsTs ATTEND SERVICE.
Several Luncheon and Dinner Par
ties Held at White Sulphur.
Special Despatch 20 THl Sun

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. Va, Aug.
s,-Most OF the colonists attended ser
vices In the various churches this MORN
ing.
Several luncheon and dinner parties
were held. Mr.. and Mrs John D. Little
gave a luncheon in the Greenbrier for
fourteen guests In honor of Mr. and Mrs.
BENJAMIN r. Winchell. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Gilroy. Jr., entertained eight
friends at luncheon at the Casino and
gave a dinner this evening for Senator
and Mrs. Miles Poindexter. Their guests
Included Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w. Nc
Kenna Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. Little. Mr..
and Mrs BENJAMIN Winchell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Colt. Mrs George Pynchon
and George w. Stevens
The largest tea party given Mt White
Sulphur in several seasons took place at
Casino cottage this afternoon, when Mr..
and Mrs. Edward McKenna entertained
$50 friends.
Irving T. Bush, who returned from
France in July. came from New York TO
pass q week with Mrs. Bush and party.
William Austin wadsworth Of New York
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and others.
Three Winter Garden productions win
PC ON tour early In September: Al Jol-
son In 'Sinbad,' "Thc Passing chow of
1913" and Monte Cristo. Jr,. .The
shubert Gaieties OF 1919" Is to remain
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre until
iall. when II will begin its first annual
Other touring attractions will be
Little Simplicity" Lew Fields In "A
Lonely Romeo" Good Morning, Judge"
with George Hasseil; "A sieepiess
Night" 20. What Girl" now cur
rent at the Shubert Theatre; 'Maytime."
"A Little Journey "ss East" The
kiss Burglar and others.
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MERCIER's CODE IS QUOTED.
RuIer for Man ana for Country He-
peated by American.

0pcCot DeSpotCH 70 Ihh Jun
OLD ORCHARD, Me-. Aug. s.--"Bettsr
be dead than dishonored is the rule for
a man. Better be annihilated than dis
honored Ia the rule for n country. No
man lives for himself; no country exists
Just for itself"
Thus Cardinal Mercier set forth his
code of moral ethics to Lieut. Col John
Van Schaick, Jr.. of the Red Cross In
conversations at Malines. while the lat
ter was doing war work In Belgium.
Col. Van Schaick spoke at Ferry Beach
tonight to a convention Of the Young,
Peoples Christian Union of the Unive,
salist Church. Speaking OF his contenl
plated visit to America next month, the
Cardinal Is quoted as saying:
Il am too old a man to take such =
long voyage. am needed here.
don't see how I can get away. But I
shall never be happy until i meet your
people face to face and thank them for
saving Belgium"
Despite his age the Cardinal will make
the trip. and Col. Van Schaick assured
him that Catholics, Professionals and Jews
would see in him no sectarianism. but
merely the man whom the Kaiser could
not daunt and to whom the entire world
looks as beacon fire OF hope ana
courage.
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SEEKING TO SETTLE
THEATRICAL CLASH
Actors and Managers Expected
to Confer To-day in Hope
Of Averting Strike.
DOUBTS ABOUT RESULT
Meeting Of Western Players Is
Held in Chicago to Con-
slider Situation.


An eleventh hour attempt VIII be maze
to-day to settle the clash between the
actor. 80 ~. r,.navar. according In a
e ,,
repor. current Yesterday
ives OF poth sioes were saiu !" Nv
been FEELING their way over tne weeh
end toward meeting To-Day "here al
adjustment could % sought
II this enort fahs. tne pro:pocts ~
that the trouble IN the tnestricai wo,,o
Will grow much more serious. An nav
cation that the Actofs Equity Associe'
ton was preparing moro drasuc moves
which might lead TO general strike was
given yesterday by Frank Gilmore exec
utive secretary OF the association.
THE Tight Is going to DO merry one
he said. 1T VIII be very merry In q
little while"
He said that a letter had been sen'
on Saturday night to Sam Harris. presi-
dent Of the Producing Managers Asso-
citation. containing copy OF the resoiu-
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More Join white Plain. Colony.

Mr.. and Mrs. Graham X MeIlen OF
Brooklyn are at Gedney. White Plains
for the season. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank s.
Brown and daughters OF Madison. Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Miller OF Chicago
and Mr.. and Mrs. L. U. Parks OF Phila-
delphia were there yesterday. Visitors
from New York for the rest OF the sum-
mer include Mr.. and Mrs Paul l.. Rasor
the Misses c. ID. and S. Hambridge. Mr.,
and Mrs. G. r. Kenyon. Mlss II. ]. Ber-
nard. Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Mcdonald and
Mr.. and AIRS. c. A. sullivan.
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BronxviIIe Attracts visitors.

Mr.. and Mrs H. Albrox have left the
Gramatan. Bfonxvills. for a months
visit at Lake Placid. Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Merzelles have gone to New
London for a month. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ
V. McQuigg Of Pasadena. Cal. are Al
Gramatan for the summer and fall
other arrivals include Mrs. Stephen
Rand, Washington: Mrs. NJ. q. Eddy
Flushing. l.. l.. Mr.. and Mrs. b. Stokes
Brooklyn. and Mrs. Guy A Reed. Mrs
Jefferson Clark. Mrs. @. Conltiin. Lieut.
and Mrs. w. Sturgis and Mira w. II
Talbot, all of New York.
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UPTON CIRCUS PLAN CHANGED.
August q, o and 10 New Dates
Subscriptions Returned.

CANT UProN, L. L. Aug. 3.-The Camp
Upton society circus, which has as hon
orary boxholders number of New York
citizens. will be held on August s. . and
10. There has been a weeks delay In
the plans because the circus IL not to be
a subscription entertainment as originally
planned, but a free show under the
management of the Commission or
Training Camp Activities.
The change was made because OF q
War Department order issued on July II
forbidding the giving of street fairs OF
carnivals IN which civilians were imam.
cially interested.
Tho $4,000 subscribed by the honor
airy boxholders will be returned thii
week with letters thanking them for theli
willingness to contribute and ASSURING
them that the boxes they desired will b.
reserved for them.
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PARTIES IN LENOx CLUB.
Several CoIonfsts Entertain-Mor,
visitors Arrive.
Special Despdtch to Tnn 81

LENox, Mass, Aug. s.-Charies Lanier
gave q luncheon to-day for his grandson,
Reginald B. Lanier. There were many
informal luncheon parties at the Lenox
Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. de Gersdorff
who have been In Newport visiting Miss
Edna H. Barger. returned to Stockbridge
to-day. Mrs. James Denny and Miss
Adelaide Denny have returned from
Waterbury. Miss Georgine Iselin and
Miss Marie A. Piderit have gone to New
York and Mrs. Robert d. Acosta of New
York has arrived.
Mrs. Austin Huntington has returned
to Stockbridge from Southampton.
Mrs. Frederick w. Whitridge Is enter
tanning Mr.. and Mrs Frederick T. Blake
man OF New York at Stockbridge.
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MRS. JENNIE GRAY PARvIN.

Mrs. Jennie Gray Parvin, wife Of
Emerson e. Parvin. secretary Of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine Company.
died Saturday at her home, 721 Watch
ung avenue, Plainfield. N. J.
She was a native Of Philadelphia. She
had lived in Plainfeld fifteen years and
was O member OF the Crescent Avenue
Presbyterian Church and was active In
the work Of the Plainfield ChLdren's
Home.
Besides her husband. she leaves a son,
a daughter and a sister
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ROBERT j. DYATT.

Robert J. Dyatt, q real estate operator,
died Saturday OF pneumonia at his home,
b2s Greene avenue. Brooklyn. after a
short illness.
Mr.. Dyatt was 50 years old and was a
widower. He was formerly connected
with the Campbell Wall Paper Company
OF Hackensack, N. J.. and lived at b.
gotta, N. ].
He is survived by his mother three
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and Boston. Mrs. s. NJ. Curry. Mrs r.
Bolles and s. w. McGiil are here from
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. X. I. Stralem,
Miss Marjorie Stralem, Donald straiem
and Reno Stralem are here for n month.
Mrs. l.. K. Griffith OF New York Is here
with her daughter, Mrs. William II.
Kaye, Miss Mary p. Yaye and Mrs. X. G.
Lewis. Other arrivals include Mr.. and
Mrs. M. W. Newton.
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GEORGE w. LEAyITT

Bosror, Aug s.--George W. Leavitt,
widely known as horse breeder ana
buyer. died at his home in the Neadviils
district to-day. He was born In Penn
broke. Ne, sixty-eight years ago. He
had a stable at Lexington, KY. and had
owned such racing successes az Bingen,
Bob Douglas and Gordon Prince.
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GEN. AND MRS. GAGE AT PIER.
Several Others Join Summer Col
ony at Narragansett.
specidl DespatcA TO TIE sus.

NARRAGANsErr PIER, r. l., Aug. D.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Moreton #. Gage
who since their return from France have
been at the country place Of Mrs. Cages
father. Henry F. Lippitt, at Cumberland
Hill. motored to the Pier and entertained
at luncheon at the Casino to-day.
Mrs. Richard II. Peasants of Balti.
more was the guest to-day OF Miss M
Alice Hartman Of New York. Miss
Lorancia Cross has returned from a
visit with Mrs. Robert Ives CANNED OF
Providence at Bethel. Me.
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sisters and n daughter, Mrs. william
Archibald. Jr., of. s3s west t43d street.
The funeral win be held at his late resi-
dence tomorrow at O'Clock p. M. The
ipterment win be at Woodlawn.
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DRIVING PARTIES AT SPRINGS.
Many Colonists Make Visit TO
NeiEhborinR Resorts.


Hot SPRINGS, Va, Aug. 3.-There were
an unusual number of driving parties
to-day. Mr. and Mrs. William Evarts
Benjamin went to Roseloe and later to
Warm Springs. Mrs. John C. Mallery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry C. Swords and Miss
Alice Scarborough also went to Warm
Springs. Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Payne drove
to the Cascades In the afternoon.
Miss Elinor Bright entertained this at
ternoon for several OF her young friends.
among them the Misses Margaret Mercer
and Lemolne Dulop. Dorothy W.. Isabelle
and Josephine Palms. Helen Gay and
James II. Gay. Thomas s. Gay. Jr., r.
Festus Wade. Jr.. and C. l.. Palms, Jr.
Mrs. Harry Campbell Graeff. who Is AT
Barton Lodge for the season. entertained
yesterday for Mr.. and Mrs William
Evarts Benjamin. Mrs. A. p. Humphreys.
Miss Humphreys. Miss Colston and Lieut..
James e Lath.
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MuLER-CHESLEY.
swampscott Couple Married I'm
Home of Brides Parents.

BosroN. Aug. S.-Miss Marion d. Ches-
ley, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Irving L
Chesley of Swampscott. was married yes
terday to Raymond p. Miller. son of Mr..
and Mrs Irving G. Miller. also Of
Swampscott. In the home Of the brides
parents by the Rev. Edward Tillotson.
The engagement IL announced Of Mira
Edward Darlington Bates to Armistead
x. Baylor OF New York
The engagement has been announced
Of Miss Hope Stoddard Aldrich. only
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Elijah
Aldrich OF Brookline. to Stanton Farrier
Slocum. son Of Mrs Carolyn X. Slocum.
also OF Brookline.
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Tho Richmond county committee has
appointed Thursday as the day for n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-17
The Anti-Treaty Barrage.

With the opening of general debate in the
senate over the ratification of the peace treaty
the anti administration guns all along the line
have begun a barrage (which for sustained
intensity and amount of noxious gases is about
up to the standard of that of the tail end OF
national political campaign.
All the opposition forces have been let loose
and from now on the appeal will be rather to
hate, selfishness and party prejudice rather
than TO calm reason. Scarcely a relevant fact
is finding it's way into the headlines of the
anti-treaty press and speakers dwell upon that
which tends to stir i'll feeling and thus to COM
plicate an already tickIish situation.
In the senate Sherman calls the president
a gutter and declares he is more interested
in third term than in the success of the com
pact with Germany Chancellor Day of SYRIA
cuse university at the opening chapel service
declares the president an advocate of "modi-
FED bolshevism" and ''unthinking blind ego
mania of socialism" Anti-WiIson newspapers
say the presidents real purpose is to force
internationalizing of the war debts of the
allies
One would suppose that the personal and
political fortunes of the president were the
only question at issue, instead of the vast stake
for which the balance Of the world combined
to defeat Germany.
Americans are not unused to this kind of
noise. They have been hearing it every four
years as long as they can remember They
long ago got over the habit of being stampeded
by it. They know that campaign oratory espe-
cialy in the final stages, is worth approximate
ly 100 per cent less than its face value We
do not expect mere denunciation to change
the national mind, already made up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-17

During four terms in the United States SEN
ate, where expediency is the gospel, nobody
can recall that McCumber shifted. Even
when woman suffrage had attained such favor
that all over the country statesmen suddenly
saw a great light, McCumber stood pat on his
opinion that the sex and the country would be
better OF if the suffrage remained male
function He voted for suffrage, but he was
careful to explain that in doing so he was
obeying the mandate of his state and that
his own view remained unchanged
That is his conception of senator's duty
On the same line OF reasoning he has lapsed
from party policies before. He has opposed
all trade agreements and reciprocity treaties
between this country and Canada; he has diff
fered on such tariff propositions as seemed
adverse to the interests of the farmers of the
northwest-he opposed the elimination of the
tax on Injuries, carried in the revenue bill
of last year, because he felt that the rich
ought to bear the burden of the war for the
most part If North Dakota should order him
to support the reservations to the treaty and
the league he would probably comply with
the instruction, asserting his belief it
mistake but otherwise he will stick out fOf
the ratification of the covenants though the
Republican heavens fall
If more Republicans would follow McCum-
ber's example, put their ears to the ground
and vote according to the rumble that reaches
them from home, we should ratify the cove
nant and the peace treaty without further
loss of time and get down to business after
wasting entirely too much time with politics.