Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-27

we did not get a single tank to
France before the Hun laid down
his arms. But why speak further
of this saturnalia of wild expendi-
ture of money? Habits of eXtrava-
sance grow, never diminish. once
acquired, like those of the man ad-
dicted to opiates, they are hard to
change The war is over and yet
the demands of the several depart
ments at washington for more
money are on war basis. These
demands call for billions. If we
did not have a republican congress
to stand between the people and
these exorbitant demands, our
country, rich as it is. would be on
the verge of bankruptcy. More
than two billions of dollars have
already been saved since we have
had d republican congress by cut
ting down the estimates of this adj
ministration, and it is predicted
that there will be a further cut Of
one billion and a quarter million
for the present year.
Business Administration.
Our dissatisfied democratic
friends are right. A business adj
ministration is wanted and it is the
purpose, and will continue to be
the purpose of republicans, to bring
about this contamination so de-
voutly to be wished, by .electing a
republican president at the next
election. But who would our DEM
ocratic friends select for q busi-
ness administration? The present
occupant of the White House Is
Dresumptively excluded. He does
not measure up to the STANDARD
suggested. Already we see signs Of
discomfort among his followers.
One by one they are tagging be-
hind and dropping out of the pro-
cession. Soon you will see others
abandoning him and then will come
the rush like rats from sinking
ship. But the faithful must have
an idol Like a coy young widow,
they are casting wistful glances IN
the direction of Mr.. Hoover; but
unfortunately for his admirers, he
has not yet found out to which
party he belongs He is watch
fully waiting in order to announce
hereafter the party of his choice,
He still has the subject under con-
sideration, bordering well what he
shall do. If he be man of good
Judgment, he will naturally cast
his lot with the republican party
and thereby abandon a hopeless
future. if he has any aspirations
for office.
Woman's Suffrage.
The proposed amendment to the
constitution of the United States
relating to woman's suffrage Will
before many months, bring a new
factor into the politics of all the
states. The republican party well
comes them. That party has at all
times stood for liberal elective
franchise. There is not a republi-
can state in this union in which
those who have the right to a
ballot cannot cast that ballot I'M
molested for the party or candidate
of his choice. There Is not a re-
publican state in this union where
a man is denied his right to vote,
if he has not violated the criminal
laws of his country. But this is not
so in many of the democratic states
and it is well for the women to
consider this difference on that
BY democratic manipula-
tons and -trickery in some of the
democratic states, an untrammeled
ballot is unknown. In one demo-
cratic state. alone, the state of Vir-
ginia, only about rs per cent of the
male population is allowed to vote;
tho others are politically diSinher-