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The Washington herald., 1920-08-24
Browsing Round in
Politics
By LABERT ST. CLAIR.

When the Democrats recently
found themselves all snarIed up
over selecting a national chairman
somebody suggested George White.
former Congressman from Ohio as
a good man and he went over with
a whoop.
Now the rank and file of Demor-
racy generally is just finding out
what a good selection was made for
them. White is a politician from
the crack of the whip, and the best
part of it is that he doesn't look a
thing like a politician is supposed
to look. Instead of being all portly
and wearing a red vest and smoking
lat cigars, he is just a nice. thin.
rather solemn looking citizen. who
dresses and acts the part of the
name the boys up at Princeton Uni
verslty gave him back in 1892
Deacon" White.
White moved quietly about
Princeton, living right up TO his
name. and when he got out Of
school, he kept on being Deacon
fS'NN anu lHuS ne EOt
rich. had himself elected to Con-
Gress and did a lot of things Iike
that which a noisy man never could
accomplish. For instance, he went
to the Klondike and quietly alb
stractcd gold from the hills and
then he went back home to Marietta
Ohio, and added to his fortune by
natural gas.
Initial contact with White in tho
national political ring has convinced
leaders that he has laid aside his
natural gas business for the pres
ent. He still is quiet Deacon"
I and the odds are that he will not GO
on with a loud bang any time dur
ing the campaign.
Wisconsin Fight Hot.
Reports coming out of Wiscon-
SIN say that never since back in
1895 has there been such a heated
campaign waged in the State as
is now under way
The La Toilette and anti-Ls Fol
lette, or Lenroot. forces are at II
tooth and toenail, and Lenroot is
declared to have Just a fighting
, chance to win
Arrayed against Lenroot is James
thompson, who is indorsed by Sem
ator La Toilette, a campaigner OF
great ability. In the primary two
years ago Lenroot defeated Thomp.
son by only 5000 votes. and las:
spring, when Thompson ran for
a place on the delegate to the
national convention he poIled far
and away more votes than any
other man.
Lenroot's Friends 10 Aid,
So great is interest in the con-
test that national celebrities from
! throughout the country who are
friendly to Lenroot. are going 10
Wisconsin to help him. Represen;
ing the old progressive wing of the
Republicans is Clifford Pinchot, who
Is ready to invade the State. Con-
servative leaders in Washington.
too. are going to lend Lenroot a
| hand. Lenroot himself has taken
the stump and is visiting hamlets
as well as large towns. Senator
La Toilette is heading a lively
! bunch of orators in Thompson's be-
half.
Lenroot's greatest hope, il is said
! lies in defections of the Thompson
strength caused by the Socialists
having a ticket of their own which.
it is expected, they will vote for
| in preference to Thompson.
incidentally, being thrown out Of
Congress means nothing in Victor
Bergers young life. He is running
again in his old district, and indi-
cations are that he will win IL
f. might be added, however, that still
stronger indications are that IL he
wins he again will be turned out
\ of the House.
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Armed Men Guard Railroad.

New York. Aug. %. - Seventies
armed guards OF the New Have
Railroad were brought here tod 4
from Waterbury, New Haven al
New London. Conn to patrol Il
exits OF the compsny's rsiirol
yards and protect workers srsi1
further mol-stins by outlaw" ~
road strikers.
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Local Teuperrtur,.

HIEUFtI 90 T0NNsII VI
Relative hUmidity-S a N, s.; . .. n
6s: .. m, 50.
Rainfall IS .. N. 20 8 p. m. DOL.
Hour Of sunshine. as.
Per cent Of possible sunshine. -
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p,p.rtur,s from Normsl.

Accumulated deficiency Of tempeuturs
since January /. 1890. go.
Excess Of temPen ture since August L
1890. Is.
Accumulated debciebcy Of precipitsticu
since January 1, 1880, o.lf.
Excess Of precirits ton since August L
1890, ] 80.
Temperature same dat, last yesr-Hisl
est. 81; lowest, 7s.
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The Weather

Torec.sts for IodIy and Tonorrov.
For the Distric; Of ColUn nis, Maryland md
virginia: Generally lair Tuesday and Wed
nesday: moderate temPeu ture; fentls
northerly winds
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Once the mystery was, who struck Billy Patterson !?
S, who hit John Slavin?"
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Sugar Continues Downward" say the headlines. NJ
poor prohteer who held his sugar too long
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The Boisheviks marched into Poland and straightwa
Mt again
The broad ax., 1920-11-27
SLATED FOR WHITE HOUSE POO
TON.

New York.-If the rumored PiaD'
President Elect and Mrs. Harding
not miscarry, Georgia viii in al -
ability move to Washington %
after March 4.
The official family Of the next =, =,
dent Of the United States VIII noL ,,
have among its members Hon. -. !.
Lincoln johnson, but VIII al0
Miss Inez MeWharter, of Atlantis
ing her rightful place at the n'.,
the culinary department. It Is - {.
very excellent authority that MS :.
Wharter, who for many years, Ia ~
q member of the Senator's nous 3
has played an important par = a
Front Porch Campaign Movns y,
the Senator and Mrs. Harding -
Washington, to Marion shorty
the nomination last June, ~ y
assiduously devoted herself to " ~
Of Supplying the Hardings ane
countless guests with the mo-
quisite menus ever prepared Oy
nan hand
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One of Chcagos most prominent lawyers, who would
ceive the loyal support of every coIored and woman
voter IN this city and Cook County he should decide to enter
the race for Judge of the Circuit Court.

If he relates his spiritual powers the
heart of the universe, and brings with
him to this sublime contact his mind
and body then-he becomes in very
truth a man.
In aeeentuating in a memorial ser
vice our appreciation of their genius,
we cannot but feel that we are honor
ing ourselves.
Mr.. Ellis was greatly interested in
the origin and history of races and
early conceived the idea, and imbibed
the wish to study the African in his
primitive state. To do this his ambi-
ton led him into the political life of
Kansas which rewarded him with a DO
sition as secretary to legation at Mon
rovia Liberia.
Hiram Holland, after graduating
from the high school at Hot Springs,
Ark, came to Chicago in search for
public libraries to which university of
all knowledge he matriculated his
mind, his heart and soul. It is no idle
remark to say that without teacher,
or monitor he became a master in the
knowledge of all science ALI art, and
all history. In the early passing of
these young men our sustained loss is
far greater than any one among us is
able to comprehend.
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CIVILIZATIONS GOAL Is MEN,
NOT PRopUOTa

New /YOrk--''Men, not things, is
the true goal Of civilization said
President GOmpers, in an address be
fore the American Society + Meehan-
zeal Engineers.
"That civilization fails that does
aot produce great men and great wom-
en-, able to create and to use with dis
eernment the material things that
serve the spirit Who can estimate
the worth Of human beingsi I submit
that the true ethical point of view Of
production is that the man himself is
the main product and the materials the
by-products, and it is in this clearer
point Of view, it seema to me, the way
lies open for joining the forces which
the labor movement represents and the
forces represented by the activities of
your own societies.
'fThe old feeling Of craftsmanship,
which existed before the Industrial
revolution came about, has been great
y modified because Of the perfection
reached in machine design. This pro-
cess, however, has been carried entire
y too far, for in many places the man
has become human connecting link in
a machine and mastered by It instead
Of controlling the machine himself, as
he did with the tools in the old DAYS.
"The result is that today mems
work tends to become mere toil,-so It
seems TO me that the task that lies be-
fore Us is to develop q definite kind of
working environment which win be at
traetive and which win inspire rather
than repulse the workman. The work
itself must become central concern.
This cannot be brought about unless
the man finds the opportunity for self
expression in the days work and a
chance to exercise his creative i'm
pulses.
cit is the deadly monotony Of re-
petitive work that is at the root Of
most Of our troubles and I, therefore,
IN the name Of the workers urge upon
you engineers 20 direct sonr energies
to the solution Of this problem.
tsBewars that the machines you
.rests do not become q Frankenstein
md snslave the humaz raees'
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As the Democrats had lost power I'M
der a bachelor President, James
Buchanan, they regained it after a
quarter of a century under another
bachelor President. That strange CO.
incidence was brought to an end by
ClevelAnd's marriage in the second
year Of his administration.
From the day Cleveland entered the
executive mansion at Albany, gossip
busily made matches for him with one
after another of the eligible women
who appeared at his receptions. A
special favorite Of those persistent ru-
mors was the pretty widow OF one of
his old law partners, Oscar Folsom,
whose home was one Of the few homes
in Buffalo where this unsoeial person
had been in the habit Of visiting. It
was not suspected that all along his
own choice had been the daughter
rather than the mother.
Mrs. Folsom and her daughter were
guests Of the President and Miss Cleve-
land in their first month at the White
House. Even the wiseaeres Of Wash
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No other man has stepped so quickly
from obseurity to the Presidency a
Grover Cleveland. When Garfield stood
on the steps Of the Capitol 20 be in
auguated he never had heard the
name of this Buffalo. attorney, who
was to stand in the same place four
years afterward.
At IS Cleveland remained unknown
outside his county. At AZ he was in
the White House.
It was a meteorie rise. Yet this
man was no meteor. Slow OF mind,
with a narrow range of reading snd Of
intellectual interests, Cleveland was
stolid in manner and without brilliant
qualities. But he had character as
rugged and immovable as a mountain.
1t had been built up in rural parson-
ages, where his father, Presbyterian
minister, was required to rear a large
family and set an example to the com
munity on 5000 a year.
For more than a quarter Of a cen
fury he plodded along in Buffalo, a
quiet, trusted, but not distinguished
lawyer. Unmarried and without family
or home, h. took no part in the so
cial life Of his community, where 100
other Buffalonians may have been bet
ter known to their fellow-townsmen.
He had been an assistant district at
torney Of Erie County and also its
sheriff. The first that was ever heard
Of him outside his neighborhood were
his sledge-hammer vetoes from the
Mayors Office only two years before
his election to the Presidency. The
whole State Of New York stopped TO
listen to his resembling whaeks and
next the whole country took notice.
The sudden, the theatrical rise of
the man was not a mere caprice, a
blind stroke of luck. On the contrary,
be was nominated and elected Presi-
lent because he was the logical, com
ehoiSs; because this un-
known, unambitious lawyer Of Buffalo /
had become in two swift years the
most conspicuous embodiment of the =,
:hings that the times called for-inde-
'endence in politics and a higher
standard Of conduct in Office.
Here was a mon who was to make |
lis own presidents, a man who was
o care for nothing that had hap
'ened before he happened. The first
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Incomplete checking alre,5v ia,
that Congressman who were ipso,s,.
ate and hostile have been defe,,a
"This is one of the most Impress,
features of the entire election, IA
time-servers have been beaten.
against these 50 who were !
feated the working people have elem
from Sc to 60 men whose record, sv
fair and eonsiderate service.
"This represents a clear pain :
integrity in government. The ~
Congress also will show an ip,u,vl
number of men who hold union al
Incomplete checking up of the nj
so far shows Is elected to hsH
Congress with the probability Il
final counting will show more tsn 4
possibly 25.
cit is not to be said that tie Iz
ton was satisfactory in every rsvs4
Every forward looking man and vaasi
must feel some deep regret because {
the great plunge toward reaction. b
democracy will right itself At b
proper time, and meanwhile the atI
tabulation of results in Congress o.
law-making body, shows a definite n
specified gain for all that make; h
progress and response to the needs I
our time.
"The non-partisan campaign Of y
A F. of L. was primarily and n
effectively a campaign in eOngsSi1
districts. Its results were gained !
the primaries and in the ehsha
These results viii serve as a sOns1a
reminder to all servants Of Te1
privilege and the ever-present and =
ways impressive fact viii be BEN
the new Congress that 50 Of the .
faithful and the hostile were dsf'Hi-
by the organized workers of oT =
public.
GA notable American has sad I
would rather be right than be pm
dent To be engaged in a righi''
cause, to fight for freedom, for Ja'aA
for peace and human brOther1ooa
IF greater concern to the human tAls
than is a passing success. Inc ~
Of America recognizes
struggle of the mass I
he people in all history to 0oa-
he right, and the setbaeks they
,fteR had to endure and the sa'f'.'
hey have had to make decade 0y :
.ade, cycle by cycle, in the mar'h
he trend Of the cause Of freedom :
America, forward, onward and =
ward"
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five MINUTE CHAT ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS.
SHORT AND INTERESTING REVIEW OF THE CAREER
OF THE LATE PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND,
BYJAMES MORGAN.

President after the Civil War to have
had no part in that strife, he was with
out a political past, and his face was
turned wholly to the future.
He struck dismay to the greedy
hopes Of the Democrats, after their
long wandering in wilderness with
out spoils, by announcing that he
would let the Republican ofiee-hOlders
finish their terms, with the exception
of those who had been guilty of
g offensive partissnship." When the
Republican Senate attempted to inter
fere with such removals as he did
make, he objected to the revival of an
old statute "after an existence of
nearly 20 years Of almost innocuous
desuetude.J This phrase was too
much for the Senators, and the act was
repealed.
At last Cleveland deliberately sac
rifeed himself for the sake of plain
speaking. The prospects of his re-
election were bright. His native con-
servation had made him a favorite in
the great financial eenters Of New
York, and the aIl-powerful business
interests of the country were satisfied
with him. But on the eve Of the cleo
tiOn of 1888 he upset the entire situa-
tion by sepding to Congress his sensa-
tiOnal tariff message, opening with the
now oft-quoted words: cit is a con
dition which eonfronts US, not a
theory"
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ington did not guess that the beauti-
full young girl who was present at a re-
eeption-a1 in white-would in an
other year be the bride of her host.
Miss Folsom had graduated and was
travelling in Europe when the country
was set in futter by the announce
ment Of her engagement. She returned
home to meet such an ordeal as no
other American girl Of twenty-five ever
has faced. Her name was no every
tongue in America; her portrait was
in every paper and the press boats
crowded about her ship from which she
was struggled aboard a revenue cutter
to avoid the curious crowd at New
York dock.
There had been only one marriage
of a President, and John Tyler was a
widower, which took some of the TO-
nance out Of the occasion. For the
first time a President was to marry in
the White House. As Miss Folsom 3
mother had given up her home and as
her grandfather's house was in mourn
ing for his recent death, like the
afhanced Of a sovereign she went to
her husbands home to be married.
The wedding in the blue room was
extremely simple, the only guests be-
ing a few relatievs of the bride and
groom and the members Of the cabinet.
After the cake had been cut in the
state dining room, the bridal pair sue
eeeded in stealing out the back door
under cover Of darkness to a waiting
train in a switch yard. They had
eluded the curious crowds gathered in
front Of the White House and at the
station, but not the ubiquitous press,
whose locomotive was under steam and
in readiness to pursue them, with
trainload Of reporters, to their honey
moon retreat in the Maryland noun
tains.
The continued attention of a vigi-
ant press wherever the Presidential
couple went was Indignantly resented
BY the bridegroom, who hotly de-
louneed the "ghoulish glee'p with
which his family affairs were dis
'ussed. More malicious, more cruel
where the imprinted tales which were
'ersistently circulated as long as he
in public life.
Mrs. Cleveland is said on one occa-
non to have given a pathetic hint Of
What the strokes aimed at the Presi-
lent through her little ones meant to
mother. With ehildlike bashfulness
!. daughter was holding back from the
reetings Of q small company at the
White House, when Mrs. Cleveland 1
aid, "Speak up, dear, or the people
Vin be told that you are deaf and
umb."
Mrs Cleveland herself was spared.
It first her girlish charms, afterward
er womanly dignity and her maternal J
eviction made this most youthful the
lost beloved mistress Of the White 4
louise. !
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TOTAL EYNCHNGs DURING 1920
REACH FIFTY MARK.

New York.-The National Asoeia.
tion for the Advancement of Colored
People, 20 Fifth avenue, has announced
the lynehings of one woman, Minnie
Ivory, and two men, Alex Byrd and
Willie Ivory, reported to have occurred
in Douglas, Ga, on November is,
brought the total number of verified
lynehings for the year 1920 up to fifty.
Before 1920 passes away about 20
more eolored men and women viii be
mobbed and lynched by the white
Christian gentlemen residing through
out the Southland without the slightest
Provocation simply to show their
superiority or brute force over the
eolored people.-Editor.
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LABoR's NoN-PARTIsAN cAM-
PAIGE HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED.
SAYS oAEPERs.

WashingtOn.-LabOr's nou-partisan
campaign has been justified, declared
President eompers IN his fist public
statement on the recent election. One
Of the features Of the election, says
the trade union executive, is the de-
feat Of 50 tims-ssrving congressman
and the election Of 9 surprising num-
Der Of friends Of labor.
Mr.. eompsrs' statement follows:
"The non-partisan political policy
Of the A. p Of L. l. more completely
julti1sd than ever and the futility Of
s7F-zats party action more convincing
h dsnoastrstsd
Every nan IN the house who's
record Of service va psrfset A.s been
sselsstsa
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II T. BAILEY GREETED BY MANY
FRIENDS.

NJ 7. Bailey, President Of the Bailey
Beatty Co., also Manager of the Milton
Mercantile Agency, $685. S. State
street; has returned to his Office, after
having undergone a very successful
operation under DR.. Geo. G. Hall, prais-
ing DR.. Hall, the intemes, officials and
nurses Of the Provident Hospital, also
his sister, Ms. L. @. Robinson and Mrs.
Lou Ella Young, who so efficiently
cared for his official matters while he
was confined.
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UP FROM ossCUR1TY.


1ss7-March Is, Stephen Grover
Cleveland, born at Caldwell,
N. J.
1s54-An once boy in a Buffalo
law once.
1s59-Admitted 70 the bar.
1s6S-Assistant district attorney
Of Erie County.
1S7o-Eected Sheriff.
1ssI-Elected Mayor Of Buffalo.
1ss2-Eected Governor.
1ss4-Eected President.
1s85-March 4, Grover Cleveland
inaugurated twenty-second
President, aged a..
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1frs. Hattie Sawyer, Past State
Grand Princess s n. T, residing at
$3.50 S. Dearborn street, wko has been
fl e her homo for q loag psrisd, i'll
inprpviag rapidly
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He a warm friend of the late DR.. Booker T W,B.
ton and in May, 1907, he presided at great meeting u
York City and assisted to raise more than six HUNDRED
sand dollars, for Tuskegee Institute AS President # !
United States, Mr.. Cleveland in many ways demOnsJ
sincere friendship for the colored race
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Tm BROAD AK HALL OF FAA1R

The late Samuel A. McElwee, one
time ,stOrekeeper at Brownsville, Tenn.
member Of legislature of Tennessee
politician, and in fact big man al
one time in the South. Became a law.
yer and praetieed before the Chicago
bar for many years. At one time cher
ished hopes Of a bright future, but did
not win honored renown because of
some Of the frailties eoumon to a
great many. he could have turned the
force and power Of his great intellect
into well merited success, but he did
not do it.
Hon. W. E. MoIIisOn, one time power
IN Mississippi both in politics and
finance. Progressive and prosperous in
the law in this great city. Has a force
possessed by Few men in the matter Of
winning friends he is eloquent, and
has grasp upon the prerequisites that
insure to him success in his profession.
Being up to date, he has in the loop
an office and q library, and a full
equipment to carry on the practice of
law. A good fellow, not pulled up in
any sense, and in every way a good
father and husband.
Bob Jackson is just plain Bob, al
though they call him Major jackson.
Vigorous and active in civic life, he
Is both business man and a politician.
But he is much more. he is a pro-
gressive factor, and is chief among the
aggressive elements of our race lift in
this great city. He is an alderman
that alders. Belongs to all the lodges,
an ofRser in everything he belongs 20.
and he and money ara not rank stran-
gers BY any means, owning a deal of
real estate. Whenever Major jackson
makes speech he grows eloquent and
instructive, and e you have never
heard him crate, yOu have not diseox-
sred the reason why he is almost al /
ways at the head Of everything to |
which he belOngA bis friends are way
up il i've or six figures. But-whats
the usef Everybody likes the Major. !
Cary B. Lewis, veteran writer, dis
siple Of Col Henry WatersOn Of The
[cuisviIle Courier Journal, contributor
% The Freeman, The Conservation, city
'ditOr Of TIE Chicago Defender, an es-
IayisS winner Of several gold medals,
] serious student Of the times, and
progressive factor among the live spirits
4 the city. he is now in the hotel
and learning the art Of good
in the matter Of looking
tier the wants of strangers who reg
ster at The Idlewild Hotel
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DIR. N.
A MAJORS on THE OCCASION
or TIE MEMORIAL MEETING
AT GRACE PRESBYTERIAN
HURcH TrovEzFEpR a


-
Ladies and Gentlemen-we do our.
selves very great credit on such oeea.
siOns that can us together for a pause,
and a breath space to pay tribute to
men Of our race, and especially when
they have left their impression Of
genius on cur minds.
It may seem sad to emphasize our
interest in giving uttsrancs to thoughts
that convey the greatness Of our re-
speet for them, sim it win have no
less effect than magnifying the glory
Of our attainments, and rebound to the
honor Of the race to which the iate
Geo. ". Ellis and Hiram Holland wsre.
attached By ties Of blood.
As historian and poet their ven per
formed work win add 70 our valuable
eontributions n Htsratnrs wealth IN
appraised, but rieh and splendid.
ne ereatnsss Of . nan Is measured
~ lis rslstianlaips r be hvsl n he
So ard only f1E ths EEL, he bslongs
= the World e Norna
Il - ariss t9 intsIectnal rsntaet
vita nniFerss. bit l1aTss his norsl
lEii1s sgsloped. ks Is hks . harrsn
p 1saa znssr ths u.ianiek. sue
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Mr.. and Ms. Cary B. Lew. =
l0th street, are in St. LeoA -,
whsrs hey win be among To -
lights At the big seISbasion >
cOnsgS.
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1fz Carrie warner, ss2s cslunst
aveuns, vin spna ler TAan1.siving IL
f- Louis, No. VIA hia sitsr, 1Hrs
Bette hay. End via IN nsthsr Mn.
1i1nor
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Welded IN WHITE HOUSE

1s64-July q, Frances Folsom
bonn In Buffalo.
1s85-Graduated from Wells col
lege.
1ss6-vJune 2, married President
Cleveland In the White
House.
191S-February 10, married Prof.
Thomas J. Preston at
Princeton, N. J.