The Washington times., 1920-06-15

You VIII near Great ueAi apout
that name before election day.
BEGIN reading about II now. in the
Old Testament There we're many
Gamsliels, the best known being .
teacher and fighter, one who
CLEANED up the wilderness"
IL the Ohio Gsmalisl OF 1920 is
anything like his predecessor Of
$500 years ago, he will md plenty
OF cleaning up TO do in Washing
ton.
You will have an exciting politi-
cal campaign this fall. with at
least one independent ticket. Amos
Pinchot announces his Independent
ticket. LaFollette may Join the
Pinchot procession.
Another independent party may
be started by union labor. although
union labor party would not
make much headway against Nc
Adoo on the Democratic ticket.
AS regards independent parties.
the Republican and Democratic
regulars say, THE more the mer-
rier. Split up into little pieces.
gentlemen: little pieces are easy
TO swallow"
The nne, civilized art of packing
sardines and citizens has reached
the maximum. New York's latest
subway accident proves it. A car
was packed, with all the science Of
q corporation that says 1t can't af-
ford to carry passengers for five
cents. An automatic door at the
side flew open, three compressed
passengers flew out, like gas es-
Gaping from a punctured toy bal
loon. Two were killed, one badly
injured. Give the Street Car Trust
credit for efficiency in packing.
And give Mr.. Harding credit for
Intelligence right at the beginning.
He isn't going to race around the
country, landing up in California
on the last day to snub the ablest
man in his party and get a beating,
as did unfortunate Mr.. Hughes.
Not for nothing was Mr.. Harding
born near Mckinley. and raised
on the Mckinley plan. Harding
will go back to Marion, Ohio, to
his little house with its little
cupola, and little veranda running
around it. There he will sit and
think, or, as the story has it, lust
sit" Delegations will be received
and told pleasant things about the
American flag. That is the part Of
wisdom for a conservative Repub-
lican candidate. tits s~easy to talk
yourself out of election on Re-
publican ticket; not so easy for
others to talk you out of IL II you
are wise enough to let the others
do the talking.
Judge Grain, in New York city,
agrees with others that American
public schools should include the
teaching of religion in their pro-
gramme. On his motion, the
Amsterdam Democratic Club
unanimously passed resolutions
demanding legislation and, if nee
essary, constitutional amendment
to provide a religious training in
pubic SCHOOLS.
Just WHICH religion would
Judge Grain put into the Consti-
tuition, in which, as it stands to-
day, the name of God is not even
mentioned?
Mr.. Grains view is different
from that of Thomas Jefferson,
who wrote to some clergymen that
asked him to proclaim a day Of
fasting and prayer:
~ consider the Government Of
the United States as interdicted
by the Constitution from inter.
meddling with religious institu-
tiOns, their doctrines, discipllnes
or exercises. Civil powers alone
have been given to the President
Oi the United States (See JEFF
ferson Encyclopedias, page 742D
There are echoes through the
land of quite an interesting John
w. Davis of West Virginia"
Presidential boom. Several months
ago, at Washington, an important
member of the Cabinet and very
able politician told this writer
that John w. Davis was to be the
man selected. A good many 9TH
ers appear to have been told the
same thing. However, it will not
be John W. Davis.
The only man mentioned on the
Democratic side that has any real
power is McAdoo. He raised the
wages of several million men and
indirectly raised the wages Of
more by setting a high wage
standard when he was running
the railroads. The workers know
il and there is no doubt that he
has a definite labor following.
McAdoo increased the wages OF
railroad workers by a thousand
million dollars a year. And there
are two million railroad men tell
ing their friends every day, from
the dining car on the Twentieth
Century to the freight train STALL
ed on the single-track road, that
McAdoo is the man to elect.
A man who has spent on union
labor a campaign fund of thou