El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-28

il they can defeat him or someone
he wants for president, they will pay
him back for taking away their beer
and maybe relieve the situation by
] electing a man who will give them
/ their beer.
Strangely as It may seem. the utter
] ances Of a former dyed in the wool
! Democrat are being used in this stace
] 90 create sentiment for Hiram John
I son, Republican radical. and stir I'D
| sentiment against president Wilson.
Two years ago president Wilson
Z caused the defeat Of J. K. Vardaman
I Of Mississippi, by a telegram he sent
I 10 that state during the campaign. in
I which he said he did not wish 10 see
I the long haired Mississippian re-
/ elected
/ Strange how politics make strange
J bedIelloWsl Nobody would ever have
& dreamed Of Nardaman Of Mississippi
{ advocating a Republicans election.
Z any sooner than that a Cobb. Of Geor-
{ g1a would do Il. but Vardaman is
| now out for Johnson and the Varda-
/ man pronunciamento IS being dis
I tributed in this state freely By the
] Republicans Of the Johnson persuas-
I ion.
Vardaman For johnson.
The man who would get the larg-
1 est popular vote in America-prob-
l ably two millions more than any other
mans Hiram Johnson, Of Califor-
I MIA"
So runs the article by vardaman.
I Just printed In "Vardaman's Weekly"
Continuing the senator said:
IF the Republicans should nonf-
8 nate Johnson in spite Of the opposi-
Z ton CT the money power. johnson
7 VIII be elected. and the United States
Z VIII have notwithstanding he is a
I Republican in name. a better Demo-
Z crat for president than il had during
I the admin stration Of either Cleye-
l land or Wilson.
There is another thing the south
/ should think about II johnson Is
Z elected. we need not fear him on the
race question. He has a race question
In the west which viii insure his
/ sympathy with the white people Of
| the southern states.
President Wilson is not a Demo-
erat, For his .perfidious betrayal OF
/ the Democratic party and policies. the
party viii have to suffer"
Cardinal Gibbons. Of Baltimore. Is
for good roads and for them strongly.
he has just said so in a letter 10 Dr.
s NJ Johnson. Of Ruidoso. y NJ man
aver OF the Lee National highway.
Dr. Johnson wants to have a Sun
day set aside as Good Roads Sun
day for an early date and he is con-
sulting with ecclesiastical authori-
ties and clergymen all over the coun-
4
CIVILIZATION to the people and civiliza-
ton means religion. "Wherever there
are good roads and the people can col
lect easiest" SAYS Dr.. Johnson. you
lind a higher civilization. g more law
abiding. intelligent people. hence the
church should support good roads,
cardinal Gibbons gave Dr. John
son the following pronunciamento in
favor Of the good road:
Ny Dear DR.. johnson:
I eheerfuily endorse the move
menf to improve our Highways
and for the very obvious reason
that such improvement will benz
tit the farmer who can thus more
easily and eIpedftfously transport
his goods TO the public markets.
Tins the whole country viii bene-
fit by this Improvement. Good
roads should help materially TO
Increase production and lower the
cost Of food supplies
(signed) J. Cardinal Gibbons.
They say corporations are soulless. ]
yet the Pennsylvania railroad has I
set out privet hedge alongside OF its ]
right Of way almost all the way be- /
tween Baltimore and PHILADELPHIA ]
There can be no financial greed" in I
It might appear that the stork
has opposition in Wilmington. {
Del, for in plain view Of the
train there T. n sign on n big
fo1r-story building that reads rs
standard Kid manufacturing
'-No. the cigar is in no danger; they /
VIII never outlaw tobacco said a 4
man as ne enjoyed his Havana on the I
train between Philadelphia and 1
Baltimore
Z have heard the saloon men say
that about whisky, too" said a quiet /
little man in the corner Of the smok- I
ing compartment.
In Chester. Pa. sign says
80. W. Keteham. manufacturer Of
terra cOtta.S
One would expect him to make
good sheriff.
Prices increase as you go west 4
New York papers are two and three I
cents at home. four cents in Phila- I
delphia and Baltimore and six cents I
in Washington.
An actress who has just finished I
her season and must conserve her /
finances until new engagement is I
certain, was stopping at a local hotel (
and telephoned down to have her /
breakfast sent up.
Bring me some straw berries-oh, I
wait; how much are they2s she said. Z
-Thev are a dollar an ORDER came I
the reply.
Never mind the berries. Bring me
some stewed prunes." she said.
They do as much Jay walking" I
IN the cities up here as they do in the /.
1ayest Of jay towns anywhere. Balti- I
more. Washington and Philadelphia Z
have lines marked for the people to /
cross, but they cross in the middle Of f.
blocks or anywhere. at great risk Of I
life and limb, frequently.
The other night in Washington
they repninted all these lines
and on every sidewalk this in big
LETTERS eCrOEs Walk. USE it,
All three cities use the seraa-
phores such ns Fl PasO once used.
TO indicate when traffic should
''Go7 and sstop.o
X
Washington has more different ]
kinds Of police than any city in the .
country.
There are the District police who
keep the peace and handle traffic.
the O. S. Capitol police, whose duty
Il Is to guard the capitol. and the
T. ). police whose duty Il Is to guard 4
the public buildings and the parks
surrounding them.
Then there are all sorts OF guards
treasury guards, Smithsonian Insti-
tute guards and so on
The price Of a marriage license
has been raised in Washington
from 81 to 81 and they say that
with the high cost Of living they
now have the high cost OF loving. u