The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24

The peace of Europe is surely threatened once more.
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 Prohibition Candidate m HE prohibition party has found 0 presidential candidate in Aaron s. Watkins of Germantown, 0. MT. Bryan declined to accept. While the prohibition party is not an old party, as parties go, it has never been vote getter. Now that prohibition is an accomplished fact, it is strange that the organization should be kept up. But politics is a habit, and MT. Watkins was a willing candidate for the presidency.
 The first prohibition candidate was Green Clay Smith of Kentucky, in 1876. He was an ardent temper ance man, but his popular vote was less than ten thousand. In 1880 the prohibition ticket was headed by Neal Dow. His vote was barely ten thousand. In 1884 St. John poled 151, ,5O9. In 1888 the strength of the party rose to 249, ,9O7, but that was the high water mark.
 There has always been a candi- date in the race, but the prohibition sentiment was absorbed by the old parties.
 MT. Watkins will have the fun of running, but his total vote will fall to less than two hundred and fifty thousand. There is certainly less reason for a prohibition party now than ever since 1916.
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 Writing to the New York World, a young woman says, l m not eoiu uis- ger; but show me something with pants and an income Lord, but I'm tired of working for living" A cry from the depths.
 Dear, dear Brother Gompers is dis pleased with the railroad wage increase Brother Gompers' loyalty to union labor is commendable, but we don't all belong to union.
 If the Chicago electrical workers strike. which tied up street car traffic, was a victory for Mir. Umbrella Mike" Boyle as we'll as victory for the employers. everybody concerned should be happy.
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 Europe would get precious little comfort out of Americas moral support, when a fleet of battleships and several mill lion soldiers were needed
 England has a pawnbroker-poet who has become famous. He is in a business which enables him to write poetry with out missing any meals.
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 It is encouraging to note that Mrs. Catt is pleased with the attitude of the two major league presidential candidates. The motto of both is, We strive to please. ''
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 Don't let your interest in politics dis tract your attention from following that spectacular flight of army aviators to Nome and back.
 Senator Lodge could not forbear taking another rap at President Wilson in his Marion speech. It seems to be habit of his old age.
 MT. Bryan was fishing when rendered the prohibition nomination for President Incidentally, MT. Bryan's idea of bait is something a fish will swallow.
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 MT. Babe" Futh's smile is childlike and bland. but his swat would have been described by Sam Weller as "wicious.
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 Chicago is not preparing to slay the fatted calf in honor of prodigal son who is on his way home from Mexico. A new comet has been discovered by an astronomer at Nice. A comet is our icea of a movable wart on the universe.
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 Another point in Governor Cox's favor is that he has a far better publishing plant than Senator Harding.
 As more or less confidently predicted in this column, Senator Harding's speech ot acceptance did not set the woods afire.
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 Alice Paul continues to nurse deep- seated grouch. If she were only like the Alice Ben Bolt knew.
 Those Germans who paid marks for Confederate money probably felt like shouting, "Gott strafe America"
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