The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06

be one of the intellectual lights of the
 party of reaction, but Lodge, Penrose
 and Knox are the dominant factors.
 They are in every sense the big bosses.
 Borah is, as might have been ex- pected, bit peeved because the can didate has not leaned more upon him than upon others. But in his state ment at Danbury last Monday, the Idaho senator in discussing the League of Nations in terms of bitter protest, said: "There can be no ques- tion of who \ am supporting for President. Cox favors going into the league, while Harding has declared in favor of staying out"
 In substance Borah reaffirmed his attitude yesterday.
 But it is evident that Borah's sup port will be only half hearted. He will work earnestly for the republican candidates for the Senate, but he can not conceal his disappointment that the republican party has so weak a nominee.
 l Dark horse candidates often dis play extraordinary strength. But Senator Borah doubtless feels that a blindfolded person could have picked a stronger man than Harding. On the other hand, the very fact that he is spineless suits Lodge, Penrose and Knox all the better. From their point of view Senator Harding is ideal,
 More than 150 men charged with il- licit distilling will be arraigned be- 1 fore the federal court term which I opened Monday morning in Macon, Ga. Long before prohibition began it's up- hill battle to prohibit "moonshining.' was fine art in the hill counties of Georgia
 | Unfortunately, people who have hearty appetites can't wait for the price of foodstuffs to drop. as they | ing a flivver or a set of furniture for | the spare room
 It is announced that Eleanora Duse will return to the stage starting her tour in Rome. DAnnunzio should run over from Plume for the opening night. | rora-and may yet.
 5s js < The Sim Fein plan to change the | names of English streets in Ireland is a trick probably learned when Sim Feiners were conspicuous by their ab- sence from the front. < # x It isn't surprising that a former prize fighter was mixed up hn the base hall scandal. Pugilism is only about two laps ahead of wrestling in it's ethics
 "Is the social life decadent?" asks the Cincinnati Enquirer. Reports of home brew parties in the middle west indicate that the social life is flourishing with astonishing vgor. < k * If Senator Harding doesn't know any l more about affairs of state than he knows about the Shakespearian drama he'l, need advisers-if he ever reaches the White House. # # x President Fritz Ebert of Germany couldn't make both ends meet on his salary. Surely he didn't have Potsdam ambitions?
 Harvard has started a drive for pure A1iiSiiSH. oHduc soL tue SdCIcu Cou! I1dS Ithe speech of Boston and it's environs been corrupted?
 j. * < There may or may not be any con- nection between California's big raisin crop and the fact that one man in California owns twenty automobiles
 
 More than S5,000 immigrants poured into America during last month. Yet the servant problem is still acute. * # E | It is now possible to ask for suit of clothes costing less than $50 without bringing pained expression to the face of the clothier. 1 x # <
 The Poles don't want to make peace with the bolsheyiki as long as they are winning. That may be bad poli- | tics, but it's human x x Charles E. Murphy may be giving some confidential advice to democratic leaders It certainly isn't getting into the newspapers enough to notice. *' # < Senator Harding is so long on dig nity he doesn't seem to have anything