The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
In the Linelight
By George Perry Morris.

NAedt 0oioWafcs Fctcfah
jurist. once prominent figure in
the national Senate and q man who
hos played large part in interna-
tional judicial procedure as q repre-
sentative Of his country, is arrayed
against equal suffrage. He advises
the State legislature to let we'll
enough alone. Once his word would
have been very weighty with the
Democratic lawmakers: but the
pressure from President Wilson and
MS Cabinet favoring adoption of the
amendment is steady and intensive;
and new generation has come into
politics that is less obedient to the
desire Of the States Senators and
former Senators than earlier gem
erations were. Delaware has tradi-
tion Of always being governed
from above, but these are waning
in power.
One Of the expert economists and
statisticians who came into the ma
tional service from academic insti-
tutions during the war and is stay
ing longest on his particular job is
William z. Ripley, of Harvard Uni
versity, chairman of the National
Adjustment Commission: Much of
his time and labor during recent
months has been given to dealing
with controversies between ship
owners and stevedores and long
shoremen, especially those of them
In and around New York City. Con-
sequently Washington has not seen
him as often as earlier in his career
as an arbitrator. The loyalty he
shows to his task and his refusal
to slide back into academic life are
due to very sincere interest in
social reconstruction, which his
wife shares. When in their Massa-
chusetts habitat they are two OF
the livest and most intelligent
citizens that the State has. and IL Is
toss-up which one is the better.
DR.. Adolf Lorenz, of Vienna, who
visited the United States in 1902 to
aid in curing a daughter of ]. Og-
den Armour. of Chicago. has undis-
puted rank as a surgeon, and a fine
record as a man. He writes to DR..
Randolph Winslow. of the Univer-
sity of Maryland Hospital that
|
AS things are now all of us have
become beggars. The middle class
/ is impoverished to an intolerable
degree. Our only fortune
is to be able to work. Hunger
bones. which break without a
crack, are common in my wards.
Albee's operations in their diseased
spines would simply kill them. The
Blue Danube has become the Black
Danube. and the waltz has given
way to the dirge."
The late Walter H. Page. whose
duties as Ambassador to Great Brit
tain during the war strained and
broke his physical powers and
brought on death. little thought
when he left Boston and the editor
ship of the Atlantic Monthly to es-
tablish in New York City the maga-
zine called Worlds Work." that the
day would come when an edition of
( 1t would be published in Madrid.
Spain. Yet that is just the specific
! job that Herbert S. Houston has
gone to Spain to do. Incidentally
he may preach the gospel of en-
forced peace and the league of ma
tions to the Spaniards, this being
his avocation.
Stefansson. the Arctic explorer.
has turned promoter" and resigned
his position with the Canadian gov
ernment. He believes that in the
northern regions of Canada, up
where the musk OK and reindeer
roam. lie one of the sources of the
worlds future meat supply. Canada
not caring to finance" the venture
of developing the business, he has
decided to get John Bull interested;
and. freed from any government
connection, he will now walk into
ILondon's financial center and try
to get "staked." Thus near to ap-
piled science is finance. and thus
readily does the explorer of nature
become a commissioner Of food sup
ply.
CALIFORNIA; agrarian problem is
getting more acute. and the demand
for distribution of holdings and a
fairer method of taxation is in
creasing. The fundamental issue
probably will come before the voters
next November, in the form of a
constitutional amendment. Note
worthy is the fact that one of the
leaders in the demand for change
is Archbishop Hanna of San Fran.
cisco, one of the ablest Roman Cath
| olic scholars in the country, who
bases his attitude largely on facts
ascertained by the Commission OF
immigration and Housing. of which
he was a member. His personal
and official influence, thrown in ia.
vor of popular relief, will make
more difiult the opposition of the
railroads and the landed plutocracy