The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-08
THE NATIONAL DAILY
Various Matters
Including Harding, Radicals and Billions.

| Including Harding, Radicals and Billions.
When Mr.. Harding spoke in the Senate
1t the first time that Senators had heard one
Of their members talking to them Senator and
at the time the elected President of the United
States.
Mr. Harding made it clear that he has read the Con
suton Of the United States and realizes that the Pres
dent is NOT the lawmaker but the official executive
Thus far everything indicates that have to be
cheerful about Mr.. Harding's election
The Greeks, by an overwhelming ma ority,
have voted to bring back their king The frogs in the fable
did the
It takes many thousands of years. apparently teach
intelligent people the Greeks how to rule them
selves without any bossing' by Divine right. With
TONS with individuals many fit to be employees few
fit to be bosses and rule themselves
Judge Mitchell May tells the advocates of
Putanica Sabbath that to force blue Sunday this
nation would be irritating to workers. and productive OF
the Bolshevist spirit
It is not likely that the absence of Sunday baseball
would drive American workmen into the foolish theory
that intelligent direction is unnecessary in nation affairs
But it is certain that there ought to be SOME limit
to irritating bossng and bullying those that work six days
and the right enjoy themselves the seventh day
The tailor in the old story delighted in teasing the
elephant and pcked the great beasts sensitive trunk with
his needle it passed along He regretted that later when
the elephant came back.
~. body of workers is huge elephant slow to wrath
But Puritans and others will find it mistake to overdo
the teasing process.
Those who think Bolshevism is coming to-
morrow and that would sell their stocks if they knew
what else buy may be comfored by the Chicago incident
Meyer London only Socialist in Congress- talked to two
thousand radicals He said he did not approve of Russian
methods There a riot and the police called.
Before the present system is changed in the United
States it will be necessary for those that want to change
j. and think they know HOW to agree definite
an That agreement is q long way of.
There at least ffty-sev different varieties of
radicals from rational Socialist thinkers like Berger and
1Illquit to lunatcs who believe that all the worlds
troubles due to the individual wickedness of few
.oce-cful men.
country that has, perhaps, million people that
would like VIOLENT change, four millions who would
like DECIDED change and hundred millions that
DON'T WANT ANY CHANGE is not apt to change right
away
Senator Bourne declares that England has
practically refused to pay her debt to the United States
unless guarantee in way that other countries will
pay their debts to England.
Lord Northclife, who knows England better than any
American, says England will pay, and has no idea of
Erepudiating
If reputation should come, the United States fortu
Inatey is able to charge the European debt Of about
fourteen thousand millions to profit loss and experience
Our gentlemen in office ought not to have been quite
so enthusiastic in lending and giving away the peoples
money without interest But at least this nation escaped
the League Of Nations. That much more to the
United States than the billions lent and perhaps lost
All building materials seem to have been in
cuded in the conspiracy that kept up prices cut down
production and prevented the building of needed houses
The worst Of such conspraces is that they discourage
all enterprise and invention Guaranteeing dishonest profits
they destroy all incentive for improving methods Of pro
ducton.
Prosperous ladies of New York maintain q
f'Bide-aWee Home for frendless animals. They gave
performance of "Thy Name Is Woman" for the benefit
of the animals Sunday night. Some wouldbe Sunday
yeformers wanted to stop the show.
This represents two kinds of foolshness Foolish
ladies-they ought to know that the best thing for
fiendess animal is chloroform Friendess children can