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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-27

In the warm heart of Richmond = sna-
cious corner is reserved for one ins,i,u-
ton, to which ii Is peculiarly devoted-,bc
Virginia Home for Incurablcs. TO ;bose
who know not OF its ministrations its very
name might seem to preclude hope to IAN
those who enter here" but to those SO for
tunate as to gain admittance within its mr.
tails. while their maiadics Of the flesh NAV
not yield. 1t is the signal for fresh hone
and a renewed faith that so far as i, is
humanly possible their remaining DAYS on
earth are to be made as comfortable and
as happy az loving Kindness can make them
The great regret Is that, because OF limited
facilities, many must be disappointed
Through long retention on the growing
waiting list. Richmond's pride in the home
has q twofoid canse; first, because 1t sees
daily the mayyeious good that it accom-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-27

Rainfall T. hours ending 3 +. M..... .0I
Rainfall - hours ending 8 l.. M.... OF
deficiency since March l............ l.5e
Excess since January l............. LIS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-27

Genius is akin TO madness and the Kaiser
isn't crazy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-27

OF again, on again, gone again, Nillagain.
The halo placed upon Villas head a few
days ago, when ii seemed that he had de-
cided To he good, Was OF perishable quality
and already il has been smashed into bits.
lie had his opportunity 10 help cement Mex
leo INTO ii conicnted. happy nation and the
past would have been forgiven. but the
banditry Impulse was too strong for him to
resist. Now his eradication Would seem TO
be the one paramount thing that must be
accomplished before any sort of a stable
government can be established.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-27

Local Observations Mt 3 +. NJ. Yesterday.
Wind direction. northeast: wind velocity.
6. Weather at ! +. 81, cloudy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-27

The conference agreement on the
was unanimous.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
PRESIDENTIAL TERM AND CABINET.

A lot OF interest has been aroused by Johh
Bassett Moore's proposal to change the presi-
Dental term of Office to two years, to remove
the immunity of querying by congress from that
Office when the president addresses congress-
and to make the cabinet officers eligible to SIT
in congress, participate in discussions in house
and senate and committees but to do so without
vote This was commented on by The Gate
City the other day as somewhat drastic al
though it's motive was plainly in line with what
many thinking people want. A presidential
election every two years would be too eXpen-
sive; unnecessarily so. But were the term made
three years and the president made eligible for
reelection for second term, thus making the
maximum of presidential period six pears, the
objection of unnecessary expense might be OBJ
Waited The proposal regarding the power OF
congress to query the president when he adj
dresses it is excellent; this power should be
granted The members of the cabinet should
be eligible to take part in congressional dis
cussions and debates. And in this connection it
is interesting to note that Senator Edge, OF New
Jersey. offered a bill to make the vice-president
the head of the nations budget system, to make
this office one of major influence and power, in
stead of the sinecure it is. This proposal IS
likely to become a live issue before the next
congress.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
What l must do is all that concerns me, not
what the people think.-Emerson.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY SUFFERS.

The serious losses Sustained by farmers and
others due to the car shortage, augmented by
the recent railroad strike, is shown by the testi
mony given by Vice President Cain, OF the Gulf
Texas, and Western railroad, at the recent hear
ing before the interstate commerce committee
OF the senate. He declared that within the pre-
vous sixty days the farmers and truck raisers
of Texas lost over million dollars in cabbages
and potatoes which rotted because there were
no cars to transport them. He declared that he
then had in his pocket kilograms from patrons
of his own one hundred and thirty miles Of road,
asking for seventy cars for the shipment of cat
tie but that every connecting railroad was com
PEELED to refuse to supply the cars because they
were not available. Said Mr. Cain, 1.-The cattle
men, the cabbage raisers, and the onion raisers
are not the only men who suffer. Back Of them
Is the country merchant and banker.'
Every loss through the spelling of food or its
depreciation in usefulness is loss to the entire
country and results in higher prices. 1t is not
the producer alone. therefore, who susainS a
loss when strike and a car shortage tie up
transportation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
Garfield HAS WRONG DOPE.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The
president of the Iowa labor organiza-
ton, Mr.. Garfield, justifying his ac-
Invites against Senator Cumm1ns,
says in the current issue of the
Tribune:
The president appeared before the
congress of the United States on two
different occasions and delivered a
message dealing with the high cost
of living and profteering, making
specific suggestion, none of which
were needed even in the face of the
fact that con gress was fully aware
that the greed of the Spectator is
the cause of the high prices which
are causing the unrest that we have
today"
| Mr.. Garfield is more anxious to
.vindicate Mr. Wilson than he is to
state the facts. The president did
appear before congress-and what
did he propose that congress failed
or refused to enact? The administra-
tons efforts to keep down the high
! costs finally resolved themselves into
! an. appropriation which the attorney
general asked We believe it was
| for five millions of dollars. With
that he was going to sweep the
profiteers out of the land. Congress
thought it meant the wastage of
great deal of that money in more in
spectors and prosecutors, but 1T ap-
propriated the money in order to give
the administration power to carry out
it's policies. Did congress fail or re-
fuse to do what it was told should
be done?
So confident was the administra-
ton of the outcome of its campaign
against the high costs Of living that
when the sugar proposition was
placed before the president and at
torney general, upon the advice OF
the latter, the Cuban crop was not
purchased for the then offered price
of six and half cents pound. The
peak of the prices, the attorney gen
eral said, had been passed and his
policies would force prices down
rapidly and it was therefore mol
necessary to bother about sugar.
! Mr. Garfield is in error. Congress-
passed every remedial act asked for.
1T was not more laws that were need
ed. but more enforcement of laws.
The attorney general had inspectors
all over the land-and they fined
few corner grocery men or peddlers
of bananas while the bigger rogues
did their business unscathed. BY cx-
press ruling the Louisiana sugar men
were illegally" permitted to mark up
their sugar from nine to seventeen
cents-and then corner groceryman
was arrested for selling the 17-cent
sugar for % cents; six cents being
deemed too much profit for him, while
eight was not too much for the big
sugar interests. ....
, Mr. Garfield stepped off on the
wrong foot and he IS now trying TO
justify himself with the wrong side
of his head, the side that does no,
think coherently.
AS to government operation Of rail-
iroads-surely we have paid enough
for that already and today all rates
much to the costs of everything.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
OPPORTUNITIES.

Job E. Hedges, of New York, in an
address in Washington, d. c.: There
never has been time since the adop-
ton of phe constitution when there
were more or better opportunities TO-
individual preferment han at this
moment in these United States. The
man who can't see them couldn't fill
them if he had them. The man who
can only prefer himself by personal
advertisement Of the alleged wrongs
Of someone else has no place as n
professional administrator to humna
ills. Education, general. specialized:
charities, general, specialized; libeT-
Iality, sympathy, hope, are all carried
on to a degree in this country beyon1
ordinary everyday conception. Could
the private charity and charities OF
the United States be segregated and
exposed to public view they wouIo
be staggering and comforting at the
same time. The simple fact is that
we have grown so fast materially
that we have not caught up with our
selves sentimentally. We have in
creased in numbers SO rapidly that
with demands upon ourselves mn
teriaIly we have not vitalized our new
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
Making a Farce of Law.

Warsaw Bulletin: Oquawka N
adopted a strin gent automobile orl
nance, conforming to the state al
relative to speed, carrying liehl
etc, one especially good feature N
ing that forbidding the use Of blip|
ing headlights within the corpora
limits. Now the town has an ord
nance on the subject, the next que
ton is, will 1t enforce it? Or wi
each city official pass along the \
sponsibility, Notwithstanding the IA
that mayor or alderman, as well ;
a city marshal or constable, is N
only empowered to make an arres
but 1t is his sworn duty. Most m
inequalities content themselves wi
passing stringent ordinances Oh OIL
subject or another and then lea,
each to enforce itself, which is sill
ply making a farce of law.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
"Mud Throwing Tactic.

mud Throwing Tactic.
Donnellson Review: SpeaLi,
Kopp's nomination for congress-
Mt. Pleasant Free Press last
said:
Mud throwing tactics Of NJ
river county managers failed b
work with the intelligent farm
and labor vote in the congressioa|
al fight. Ivy
The only mud throwing" yisib,,
the naked eye in this section was ,
canard put out by friends of the ~
Try county candidate against !,
steen, and the very fact that u !
sprung on the eleventh hour tim i,
to refute, was evidence in itself i
it was false.
We had candidate who haa
clean record, both as a civilian !.
a soldier-although his age eyemn,
him, he enlisted and served no ~,
three years, while the Henry con,
candidate not only stayed at bo,
but was known as "a neutral" nj
word mad but one meaning dnri
the war, and according to TESTING
of Henry county men, that word :
not strong enough to fit his case
According to the Free Press
farmers of Lee county are not
telligent," for very large pror
tion of them voted against Kopp
was nominated by the radical elem
that voted for Brookhart, includ
several hundred democratic va,
that were cast contrary to the 81
and intent of the primary law.
The republican majority in
first district is usually difficult
overcome, but it has been done
can be done again. and so far as
congressional vote is concerned III
won't be any republican majority
LIE county this year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
OUR EDUCATED IGNORANCE

The idea has sometimes oD-
sessed my mind with force that
transcends logic and common
everyone Of us vitality and ete.-
nally all our education has be0a
a failure.
The routine Of school and the
curriculum of a university cover
a number of subjects which,
though useful for what are called
practical" purposes, are of less
use as Observation-Disclosures of
thought. never knew any boy
save an eccentric youth who
might in after life become that
nondescript entity known as a
genius" to put the question to
his "other self: What am II"
or why am I?' 1t is very abb
surd to speak Of self-knowledge
in the teeth of the fact that only
those among us whom the sen
sfble" ones consider foolish or
daft ever dream of interrogat-
ing themselves.
Children are essentially wiser
than adults. But when they de-
mand explanations of the enig-
mas of the external world, their
parents and their teachers re-
fuse to satisfy their curiosity or,
to put the matter in its true
light, are utterly unable to do so.
Sex is not the only puzzle to
the young. God is a bigger conun-
drum. ''Who is God, anyhow"
| once heard country boy of
nine exclaim. Nobody paid any
attention to him. Uncouth and
primitive conceptions of the Di-
vine are not so irrational as
theologians and sociologists i'm
agine. 1t is said that Cuchulain,
the Celtic hero, wanted to know
IL God were stronger than his
son. The apostle answered in
the affirmative when I see
my son down and God on top Of
him I'll believe you," said the
Celtic believer in physical s.orce
A class of persons are trained
to tell us what we should believe.
But how much do any of tn an
know about the matter? The par
ents of children love to- shift
their responsibility for the chill
dren's spiritual welfare on clergy
men. The feelings Of the very
young when first brought to
church service are almost COM
pletely unknown to the grown UP.
/ remember | looked upon the
whole thing as a very dull show.
Once at night when the lights
dazed my eyes | fell asleep. I
was awakened by droning noise.
I felt it very disagreeable.
Dagma or doctrine is not con-
vincing to the young mind. Fear
aids religion more than anything
else save love. Deadly peril
makes even the boy or girl of
tender years afraid of God. The
prejudice instilled into the I'M
formed mind Is short-lived. In
stinctively terror and the awe Of
the unknown are more intense
in man than in the lower animals.
Indeed, awe is peculiarly human,
and even. the most stupid child
is obsessed by strain of mysti-
cism.
The naturalists who, like Oar.
win, Huxley and Haeckel study
the habits Of worms. insects and
organized beings, and treat them
as a kind of automata, are on the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

citizens with the real American sen'i.
ment so that they can think 'beyon,
their immediate personal experience
AS for our older citizenship-they
who have been here themselves oi
through their forbears for genera
tions-their attention has been dis
tracted by material success from the
wider range of civic obligations. For
tunately for all of us, there has been
and now is body of men and women,
quiet, unobtrustive, self-denying,
patient, persistent, who have under.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

wrong track. II they began at
the other end they might not
have lost the faculty af wonder.
The reason why an earthworm
is not so important as Darwin
would have us assume is be-
cause the creature cannot think
Whether evolution is true or not
is of little consequence. What
is important in the permanent
sense is what lies behind the So
called human organism. Our fac
ulties may be scientifically or
philosophically analysed, but the
analysis is mere materialism. 1t
has none of the profundity of
Hamlet's soliloquy beginning:
"To be or not to be, that is the
question:"
We have bodies. We have
muscles and nerves. We have
brains and consciousness. But,
if these are all subject to decay,
what part Of us is it that per-
sists, that endures, that escapes
ultimate annihilation?
The occidental fears death.
The oriental and the savage do
net. This fear is with US not
religious fear. 1t is craven ter
ror. Fear is an animal instin net
but not all fear The prospect of
being punished by an unseen but
omnipotent God in other days
drove men to the desert.
But in the orient fatalism ex-
orcizes even the fear of future
suffering. The oriental submits
patiently to the approach OF the
inevitable.
1t is said that a child assimi-
lates the habits and ways of
thought af it's parents. But this
is only partially correct. Gradu-
ally the child begins to Judge its
parents. It is not so plastic as
the moralist fancies. There is
an unmalleable force in tenn
permanent, and the childs tenn
permanent is not necessarily the
resultant Of it's parents tempera-
mentS.
The personal errors and sins
of the child are the product of
ignorance and false teaching.
Here one somehow yearns after
some superhuman guidance for
the young. All. if some clear
visioned angel would only lead
the little one along the path of
light!
Moral education is thing that
has yet ia be invented. Can man
ever invent it? I doubt it.
Conscience has it's seat in the
young heart, but it is not guard
ed, disciplined, or invigorated.
Our false code of expediency and
compromise Stays the child's love
for truth.
My hope is in the emancipa.
ton Of the individual. When
each af us finds himself or her
self, we shall have a personal
revelation. We shall reject the
falsehoods OF even our parents
and our teachers. We shall
dare to see for ourselves,
to be responsible for ourselves.
We shall recognize the master
ship Of God over our souls, our
I unacceptable responsibility to Him.
Thus there Is a possibility that
in some golden age of true en-
lightenment all may learn to.
teach themselves, and that the
educated ignorance Of taday will
be thing of the past"
s<ss
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
THE MARE GOES SIDEWAYS.

The truth Of the old rural proverb that
''money makes the mare CO. is being exempl-
fed most widely and strikingly in current af-
fairs. In Individual expenditures the mare
seems to be an old skate shufling along, often
with more side than forward motion: getting no.
where in any useful direction and yet going.
For instance this from the Wall Street Journal :
Diamonds have recently retaled high as
thousand dollars 4 karat for the finest water
pared with hundred dollars prior
"There is no country in the world outside of the
east that is wearing much joWelr!~ these days
the United States" said leading Maiden
\ Lane dealer and 50 far we have been unable to
~ keep up with the demand Leading American
merchants have been securing Europe for the fin
est gems and owing TO the impoverished condition
of Europe, have been able obtain the choicest
gems and the best workmen from the
periods last year and early this
when New York City dealers sold million dol
lars worth Of jewelry daily and the demand
from walk Of life
Of course, when the mare leads off like that,
she is headed straight for a bog-hole for
though investment in diamonds for the sake of
security in troubled financial times may be a
reasonable recourse, there is security in
blowing money into jewels at FIVE times their
normal value. Iowa farmers who planning
to buy taras for their wives this fall will please
note this fact.
Of course, the bible is right when it says that
the love Of money is the root Of all evil" but
it is also true that the absence of proper respect
for money, which leads to extravagant squan-
dering of it, without regard to the usefulness or
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE.
ROAD TO REMEMBRANCE.


The old wind stirs the hawthor tree,
The tree is blOssoming;
Northward the road runs to the sea,
And past the House of Spring
The folk go down it unafraid;
The still roofs rise before
When you were a lad and / a maid,
Wide open stood the door.
Now. other children crowd and stir,
And hunt from room to room;
Outside. under the hawthorn fair,
We pluck the bonny bloom.
Out in the quiet road we stand,
Shut in from wharf and mart,
The old wind blowing up the land,
The old thoughts at our heart.
-Iizzette Woodward Rec
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
Soon Be Republican

Donnellson Review: Two years a,
in West Point township the dem
Gratis cast twenty-three more vot,
than the republicans. This year thu
cast but eng, Baldwin
W"so On was notnLf3n' 80 to
Meyers, for auditor, received s
votes, and Paisley, for supervise
thirteen. These last two had to
written in.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

Mr.. Bryan comedies that the republican can
didates are men Of ability who will prove ac-
ceptible to a large majority Of their party, and
admits that they cannot be successfully attack
ed as other aspirants have been. To this he
adds, bit maIiciousIy perhaps, that the dis
tinguished Ohoan is happy in having a wife
who will grace the white house if her husband
reaches the goal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
It Struck Home.

The Home Sector: ''My sermon or
thrift made tremendous impression
on the congregation"
How do you know"
81 could tell when I counted the
collection. 80
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

stood what 1t meant contractuallv. W
to be an American citizen
and who furnish the cement which
binds the foundation together until
the superstructure can proceed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

Even the supreme court decision isn't dry
enough for Brother Bryan. Now he wants to
form party pledged to keep the country dry
for all time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

HE who hesitates is lost But how is one
going to ''look before he Leaps if there is no
hesitation? Some Of our proverbs surely are
contradictory.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

Happiness waysde flower free to all who pluck it,
orchid only be purchased by the roh There
bit of joy in every floating feecy cloud every golden
days evening SKY. There is music in
The winds of if hearts aune to eaten the
arr1ony.-M. G. Woodruff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

value Of the article received for it, is also a
mighty poor root to lay hold upon III the ciiiho
toward prosperity and comfort
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19

Sioux City Tribune: The campaign
really began and the issue was defined
when Henry Allen and Samuel Com
pers debated in New York City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-19
A WastefuI Business.

DR.. Frank Crane in the Chicag
Daily News: There is no busine1
known to human beings where mol
is spent and nothing is got than
business of running a political part!
For, when it's all over, what has bee
accomplished? Nothing! The pee
pie are not corrupted or fooled. The)
vote as they please. They get thef
information from the daily press
which goes along anyhow and which
no party has succeeded in permanent
ly substituting. Briefly, at least four
fifths of the money spent in election!
in the United States is wasted. L
is not stolen. 1t does not get any
body anything. 1T is poured out tt
lot of campaign workers, who exec
all the busy workers of the world il
hustling activity that does not amount
to hill of beans.