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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-12-24
Origin of Quaint Traditions
of the Yuleude

HE holiday season recalls
quaint ideas and Christmas
fancieS of old. even back
to the ancient days OF the
DruidS-a time when the
mistlctoc sprig, as a po-
tent mascot. was presented
as an omen 81 good for
tune. as a symbol OF
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tried, not for admission to the legis.
lative assembly, but for their liberty,
before the criminal courts. But sedi-
tion is hard to prove and doubtless the
best course was pursued.
1t is not crime for man to hold
to socialistic beliefs. It is not criminal
to support the principle Of state own
ership and communal control. 1t is,
however, illegal to advocate the sub
stitution of such measures by violence,
to foment industrial strife, to SOW
seeds Of dissension among the work
ing people Of the country to the end
of upsetting the orderly processes and
promoting revolt. It was on the
ground that they had been engaged
in such efforts that the five men were
unseated at Albany, not merely be-
cause they were socialists or belonged
to any particular faction of the So
cialist party.
The expulsion of these men may have
a marked effect in the coming cam
paign. It will probably be adopted,
with the Debs case, as one of the
grounds of complaint against the exist
ing political parties and demand for
the substitution Of another organiza-
ton. 1t would be we'll if this social
ist dissent were all assembled in one
group, to permit a full reckoning of
its strength in the country.
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and we are asked to believe that money
in such quantities and in such un-
scrupulous hands has already appeared
as to threaten the debauchment Of the
ballot boxes.
If these charges were true, or even
measurably true, would there be any
hope for the countrys Should We not
be SO close to the abyss as to make it
impossible, or not worth while, to save
the situationf
Our greatest danger lies in the ex-
travagances of expression that seem
to inhere in our political campaigning.
We open a campaign with shrek,
conduct it with a shrek and close it
with a shrek. Often we become our
own traducers. What We charge against
ourselves would be resented with in
dignation if charged by outsiders.
But this is no new thing. 1t is not
result of the war, but has marked
US for good many years. Why it
continues in the face Of so much that
refutes it is a mystery.
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Mississippi Disappoints.

Mississippi played a rather ungal-
liant April ! joke on the women of
America, a few hours ahead of cal
endar, by starting suffrage ratification
in the state senate and then, when the
hope had been raised that the thirty
sixth affirmation was about to be
given, overwhelmingly defeating it in
the house. There was prospect for
a short time that the Bayou state
would gain the honor, for itself and
for the democratic party, of contribut-
ing the deciding vote for the national
enfranchisement Of the women in time
for the coming election. Delaware,
continuing to hesitate, still has this
chance. But the outlook there is du-
bious. The advocates of suffrage are
yet reluctant to bring the ratifying
resolution to vote in either chamber,
evidently lacking assurance Of suffi-
cient support. In Connecticut the gov
ernor, himself opposed to enfranchis-
ing the women, persists in refusing to
call the legislature in extra session,
despite the heavy pressure exerted
by his republican colleagues. In Yer
mont a somewhat similar situation ex-
lists. The governor is adverse, though
sentiment favors suffrage in the state
The honor may finally pass to North
Carolina, whose governor is willing to
summon the legislature and declares
confidence in the result. If none of
these states acts this spring or sum-
mer the ratification Of the amendment
must wait until next winter-after the
election. It is as certain of ultimate
adoption as anything can be in Ameri-
can political happenings. Justice de-
mands that no time be lost or occa-
sion allowed to pass without complet.
ing the full award Of citizenship rights
to the women of this country without
discrimination.
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Our Men and Institutions.

We are told that the rising genera
ton is being taught contempt for
American institutions and American
public men. Students in our prepare.
tory schools, in our colleges and as
high as in our universities, are being
tam pered with in this particular by
their instructors.
To the extent that this is true it
merits the severest condemnation.
There is no warrant for such instruc.
tion; and falling upon virgin ground
it is likely to produce much too abun-
dant crop of mischief. We shall feel
the effect of it later.
But let US not forget what is now
going on in much larger school. In
that schoolthe school of public at
fairs-growns-ups are being taught by
their would-be instructors that the
country has fallen upon sad times;
that its institutions have broken or are
breaking down; that those to whom
it intrusts the conduct Of its business
are unworthy Of their trust, and that
a general refashioning and a new deal
are now imperative.
It was only the other day that a
member of the Senate told his con.
stituents that that body had fallen so
Iow he welcomed the apnroach of hi.
retirement from it.
There is loud charge that the su-
preme Court has fallen from its high
estate, and, instead Of interpreting law,
is giving law to the country. The
remedy proposed is the abolition Of
the life tenure for members, and their
election for short terms. Let it be
made possible for the people to "get At
them" easily.
A presidential campaign is opening.
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The Socialists Expelled at ALBANY

= By such majorities as to leave no
question of the strength and non-par.
tisan character of the sentiment, the
New York state assembly has voted to
expel the FIVE men who were elected
last November to that body and who
were in January prevented from tax
ing their seats. The votes cast against
them were overwhelming and went far
beyond the republican majority in the
assembly.
Nothing comparable to this per-
formaace has ever occurred before in
our political history. These FIVE men
were elected distinctly as socialists.
Their districts doubtless chose them
with full knowledge of their views,
probably because of them. 1t is con-
ceivable that the expelled assembly
men will present themselves again for
election, as did Berger in Milwaukee,
and it is possible that they will be
again elected, as was Berger. In that
case it will be for the assembly to
consider whether to renew the inquiry
or to act without delay. 1t cannot we'll
withdraw from its position.
In the investigation held by the
Judiciary committee of the assembly
it was plainly shown that these five
men had spoken and written not only
in disparagement of the. system OF
government in this country, but had
been active in movements tending to
subvert our institutions. They claimed
! that theirs had been Legitimate pelit.
ical activity, in search of reforms. Pos
sibly it was case Of keeping bad
company, but it was indicated tha,
the five men had been more than in
nocently enmeshed in intrigues max
ing for the change of governmental
system here, by force.
Possibly these men have been in the
ftwilight zone" between loyalty and
ssdition. II they have been guilty oi
actual sedition they should have been
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Lend a Hand.

Brought face to face with struggling
family, stricken with illness or acci-
dent or other distress, there are few
readers of The Star, if any, who would
not gladly lend hand. The readiness
to help ones neighbor does not die out
in big city. The difficulty lies in
finding the needy, in Distinguishing the
true from the false and in coming face
to face with an appeal the answering
Of which alone can leave that warmth
about the heart that is its own reward.
It is to meet that difficulty that the
Associated Charities exists. There are
today in Washington hundreds of
families stricken through bitter ad-
versity, their little world crumbling
about their feet. Only pride remains
to them, and pride forbids that they
display the pathos Of their circum-
stances with professional beggars upon
the street corners. And SO we do not
know.
But the Associated Charities knows.
Through its corps of trained visitors;
through the notifications it receives
from the friends and neighbors Of
those in distress; through the halt
ing confessions of those who, too
proud to ask publicly for assistance,
wistfully tell it their stories, the board
is in intimate. touch with the distress
which, under the existing organization
of society, inevitably is to be found
in Washington.
The measure Of the Associated
Charities ability to answer the ap-
peals made upon it is dependent upon
the measure Of the readiness Of indi-
vidual Washingtonians to lend hand.
The funds essential to its work have
been in the past and must continue to
be subscribed by the citizens of the
District. The required sum is not a
large one if the whole city helps. The
pity has been that in the past many,
seeing little Of poverty at frst hand,
have forgotten its existence.
An Easter appeal has been made for
$4,000 essential to carry on the work
the organization has conducted in the
past. If every Washingtonian who is
able would give dollar to aid in
keeping despair without the District
the required sum would be raised
many times over.
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Politics and Generalities.

This is taken from press report
Of yesterdays proceedings in the Sen.
ate:
"Referring to Hoover as 'onee the
active candidate of two parties, now
of only one,' Senator McKellar read
from Hoover's suggestion to remedy
labor problems and said he was 'ut-
terly unable to comprehend the former
food administrators language. Sena-
tor Thomas, democrat. of Colorado
suggested that use of ineomprehensible
language qualified candidate for both
party nominations
At this stage of the game presiden-
tial aspirants are allowed the use of
neralities-incompre if
YOU please. At any rate, all are using
them. Stump speeches, interviews and
other forms of deliverances show the
political art of not saying too much
while saying something. As evasion is
inadvisable, the conventional thing in
approaching a delicate subject is not
to get too close.
This procedure, however, will not do
for either the Chicago or the San
Francisco convention. Those bodies in
their platforms must say what they
mean and mean what they say. What
they say will have to bear close scru-
tiny for four months-the length of
the presidential campaign-and under
go dissection at the hands of trained
and mereiless disputants.
Nor will such procedure do for the
nominees of those conventions. Each
must indorse without quibble or quail
fication the platform upon which he is
standing. In his letter or speech of
acceptance he must go into detail and
make himself well understood. His
candidacy will suffer if he attempts to
shuttle, or to "hold out" on anything
Whatever the platform pledges the can
didate must pledge; and, in case of
success at the polls, he must fully re-
deem his pledges.
The people will be justified in hold
ing the winner to strict account this
time. The situation now is very diff
ferent from the situation of eight OF
even four years ago. Financially, in
dustrially and in a measure socially.
this country has undergone great
change as the result of the war. We
are loaded to the gunwales with debt
We are taxing ourselves far beyond
any previous figure. There has hither-
to never been so much unrest Both
capital circles and labor circles ex-
hibit uneasiness. From ocean to
ocean, the people of the United States
are studying, as well as they may in
. period of general disturbance, the
signs of the times.
For these reasons the proposition to
conduct the country's affairs is un-
usually important and serious in this
year of grace 1t is a mans job, and
will tax the man who takes command
next March for all he may represent
morally, intellectually and physically.
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Street railway officials and conduc-
tors are thoroughly in accord in salut.
ing the public with the slogan, "Fares,
please!"
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Chairman Hays has not materially
modified his impression that 1t is his
business to elect and not to select.
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Mr.. Thomas Lawson will say that
while wealth may not bring happiness
the accumulation Of it brings excite
mcnt.
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New York hotels are no longer
crowded. Landlords who have been
evicting tenants may yet be offering
inducements for their return.
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France denies being militaristic, but
Marshal Foch will never consent to be-
ing classified as a pacifst.
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The most interest a socialist is like
1y to fpd in connection with any or
derly legislative body is getting elected
to it..
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Some interesting stories Of real life
have been enacted by famous emotion
picture stars.
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Col. Bryan does not say who will be
the democratic candidate, but has some
definite ideas as to who will not.
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An uninstructed delegate may come
to be regarded with attention as one
of the wise.,
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The fact that nobody wants the
Turk in Europe makes no difference
to the Turk.
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In presidential plans, Woods Hole,
Mass, is evidently regarded as "The
Better 'Ole."
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Having been designated as a "mas-
ter mind" Nicky Arnstein is inclined
to become most exclusive.
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Az Far as He Gets.

~Why don't you 60 into politicsi"
inquired the friend.
II don't see how can manage il" J"
confessed Mr.. Dustin Stax. "When
you're Is enormously wealthy as am
they treat you as if they were doing
you a great favor to let you contribute
to a campaign fund"
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Melancholy SUSPICION.

"T heard lot O. folks acrost the road
singin' THE Old Oaken Bucket way
late last night" remarked 81 Simlin.
eyes," replied Uncle Bill Bottletop.
AKind o sounded like they'd been
tskin' that old oaken bucket ont, an
film 'er up with 1aisins ana yeast
and things"
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Sure Enough Toiler.

The candidate goes on his way
With purpose all sublime;
he labors fourteen hours day
And then works overtime.
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Serious Pursuit.

"Has your husband quit work and
gone fshingi"
II won't say he has quit work" said
the woman whose facial expression is
both firm and unfriendly. "When he
goes fishing he works harder than he
ever does around the house."
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The World Bareheaded.

The world Bafeheaded.
Behold, the ring is full Of hats,
Which. people toss from day to day.
Civilians, soldiers, diplomats,
All send their signals for the fray.
The broad sombrero Of the west,
The derby, Of the business man,
The cap which golfers like. the best,
The tile built on the stovepipe plan
Still are they hurtling through the air,
Tho old and rough, the. sleek and
trim;
Each one Of them when landed there
Looms up as a war bonnet grim.
Some day the. laurel or the bay,
Or e'en the ivy wreath, we'll bring /;
But headgear now goes all one way,
And every hat is in the ring.
Jud Tunkins says he is so tired of
jazz that he wishes for the old days
when everybody: played Tisten to the
Mocking Bird" and whistled imita.
tions Of the bird.
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Wood Body
Baby Carriage

Very new and stylish, with
reversible gear, leatherette
hood, and nicely upholstered.
Choice of black or gray
enamel finishes. Special,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-31

friendship in his life. II he know
where God was he would like to
thank Him. Lying 10 and looking up
to THE star he breathed from his
heart a wordless thanksgiving.
The next night he wrote and told
her he Was coming. ana asked per-
mission to CALI and thanhsh her face to
lace. Then he fairly haunted the
post office at mail time the rest of the
week hoping for ar answer He had
not written his mother about his
Week if there came 10 WORD from
Ruth. Besides, it would be nice to
surprise his mother. Then there was
some doubt about his getting a pass
anyway and so between the, two
aExieties he vas kept busy up to the
last minute. But Friday evening he,
got his pass, and in the last mail
came a special delivery from Ruth.
Just. a brief note saying she had been
away from home when his letter ar
rived, but she would be delighted to
had suggested. :
He felt like "a boy let loose from
school as he brushed up his uniform
and polished his big army shoes
while his les9 fortunate companions
kidded. him about the girl he was 60
ing to see. He denied their thrusts
joyously, in his heart r~epudiatipg
any such personalities, yet somehow
it was pleasant. He haa never real
lied how pleasant it would be to have
a girl and be going to see her-such
Ehim-not with that poasessiveness.
but she vas a friend. a real friend,
and he would not let anything spoil
1.-THE pleasure Of that!
He had not thought anything in
his army experience. could be 80 ex-
citing as that first ride back home
again. Somehow the Difference paid
to his uniform got into his blood and
made him feel that people all along
the line really did care for what the
boys were doing for them. 1t made
camp life and hardstips seem less
dreary.
tie mother and put his, big arms
around her again. She seemed ga
ANAL. Had she. shrunken since he
left her or was he grown 40 much
huskier with the out of door life ?
Both, perhaps, and he looked at her
sorrowfully. She was so little and
quiet n brave to bear life all alone,
IT he only could get back aud get to
succeeding in life sc that he might
make some brightness for her. She
had borne so much, and she ought
not to have looked so old and worn
at her age! For a brief instant again
his heart was almost bitter, ana he
wondered what God meant by giving
his good little mother 50 much trou.
Eble. Was there a Cod when such
things could be ~ He resolved I'd do
something about finding out this very
day.
1t vas pleasant to help his moth
er about the Kitchen. saving her az
she had not been saved since he LETT,
telling her about the camp, Inc lis-
,tening to her fearful admiration OF
him. She could scarcely take her
eyes from him, he seemed SO tall and
big and handsome in his UNIFORM; he
appeared 80 much older and more
manly that her heart yearned for her
boy who seemed to be slipping away
NfroE her. It wa 10 heavenly blessed
to- sit down beside him and lew on q
button and mend a torn spot in his
flannel shirt and have him pat her
shoulder nav and then c%ontentedly.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-31
PRoFTTEExsING IN wHlsKEY,

Industrious and thrifty moonshin-
ers IN Georgia and Alabama are re-
ported to have formed an organiza-
tien for the double purpose of secur-
Ing protection from the annoying in
references Of government agents and
OF maintaining the price of their
product al a figure which will enable
them in "A reasonable way to meet
the high o Of living.
The first purpose is to be ac-
complished through the more or less
familiar method Of making occasional
~payments~of none to men who are
employed by the government to dis
cover illicit stills. This plan, while
attended by certain risks, has served
on some. occasions when the federal
agent was not averse to increasing
his incoane without being too particu-
lar as to&the source or purpose OF the
payment. From the government he
received a regular salary to look for
stills. and from the moonshiner he
received stated payments not to find
them. Occasionally this practice has
landed both parties in Jail, but then.
there are risks to be taken in every
business.
In the matter Of price a condition
Is revealed which seems to need at
tenuon. The Woodworking southern
nountaineers. 1t seems have been
driven to the creation OF an orEani-
cation in order that they may main
tain the price Of their liquid product
at what seems to be the very moder-
ate price of $40 a. gallon. It has
been reported hat certain individuals
are vending an article described az
whiskey at $20.a quart, or Just four
times what the hardy mountaineer
hopes to get for it. 1t that a fair
proportion? Il
The m~oonshiner must provide him
self with a fairly elabofate plant. He
must have tubs and kettles, a fire.
place, a lot Of copper tubing, and
various other items OF equipment.
He must provide his raw material,
and corn costs money these days. The
retail vendor needs little more than
capacious pocket and he is equip
ped for business. The producer re-
ceives $50 for hat for which the
consumer pays $50. Sixty dollars
seems an. exorbitant price to pay for
the service rendered.
The obvious remedy is 4 consurn-
ers' league TO put a stop 10 the OK
tortionate practices of the middle
man.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-31
\ MATTER OF PRINCIPLE.

Says the New York TirHes: 80
fretted are most people by the disor-
%ders and insubordinations and aban-
donmcnts of established rules so
characteristic of these days that the
first impulse of. many will be to see
new evidence that the world is go
ing all wrong in the accounts printed
yesterday of things done by the stu
dents in the Fort Hays normal school.
But, in the first place, that institution
is in Kansas, where eccentricity of
conduct and opinion is too familiar to
be either startling or discouraging,
and, in the next, the episode, though
at involved the submersion of several
professors in a. convenient pond,
seems to have been marked by more
of humorous than of really horrific
features.
The school authorities had given
a a holiday. with the half sugges-
ton, half order, that everybody con-
nected with it devote the accorded
time to the construction of a running
track. Ever the girl students were
to. do what they could in the estma-
bly, feminine way of supplying lunch
con for the toiling males.
A was to he expected. not all re.
ssponded. They never do when the
call is TO real hard work, and natur.
ally this gave occasion for protes,
ant criticism. Not unnaturally, the
pond being there, duckings followed
That they did one must try to Ia.
ment-to express gricved astonish.
nnent that such, things can be. Blu.
The task is difficult, and it is not mad,
the more easy by the announeemen
f%that one professor escaped the threat
eped Immersion at the hands of tn,
students by diving into the~yater be
feof hey could catch him. He di,
tthe said: on princip.e'-hc woult
Aet eoercsd by a lot OF boys!
NiIaf that professor teaches is no
sssaatcd. st3ne must hope that it is mo
nevertheless the professors losi
Ngas better than a good deal that ha
&5ecn taught. He seen the inevitable
ind he done It.