The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-04

with the trouble De Valera and his
colleagues may be having In Dublin
to reach decision, and intimated the
negotiations may continue several
weeks.
A recent rumor concerning Lloyd
Georges plan Is that 1t provides for
two senates In Ireland, one for Ul-
ster and one for the rest Of the island,
each managing Its own affairs but sub
ject to an Irish parliament In Dublin
In which the members Of the lower
house shall be elected on a popular
representation basis and the upper
house shall have equal numbers from
the two provinces.
President Harding and Director Cen
eral Davis Of the railroad administra.
ton having worked out plan for the
relief Of the railroads, the President
last week presented 1t to congress In
q message and asked for legislative
action. Briefly, he urged that the War
Finance corporation he permitted By
congress to purchase about $500 O0O,.
600 Of securities deposited with the
railroad administration as evidence Of
the railroad debts to the government.
the railroad administration then to ap-
ply the purchase price against claims
which the roads have against the gov
ernment. thus giving the roads funds
that they greatly need. "There Is no
thought to ask congress for additional
funds" said Mr.. Harding. "No added
expense, no investment IL required on
the part Of the government; there ID
no added liability. no added tax bur.
den.~
Less definite was the part Of the
message asking congress to approve
assistance to farmers and cattle men.
But his plan here, too. rests on added
authority for the War Finance cor
poration. and later Senator Kellogg
introduced the administration bill pro-
vIding that whenever the corporation
Is Of the opinion that conditions aris-
Ing out Of the war have resulted In
an abnormal surplus accumulation Of
any staple agricultural product. which
is normally exported In substantial
quantity, and that the ordinary bank
Ing facilities are inadequate to carry
such products until they can be ex-
ported, advances may be made for
periods not exceeding one year and
up to $l.0OO.O0OO00.
Either the public health service has
been receiving a lot Of false inforrna.
ton, or the public officials Of southern
states refuse to admit the truth. Re.
Gently Surgeon General Cummings re-
celved reports that the South is threat
ened with an epidemic Of pellagra and
resulting seml.famlne, and thereup-
on President Harding called on the
public health service ami the Ameri.
can Red Cross to Investigate at once,
and devise measures Of relief. II was
said the low price Of cotton, with re-
sulting shortage Of money. was to
blame. The two agencies got busy at
once. and At the same time In came
the protests Of the southern states. In
all cases the state health officials took
Issue with the reports Of the public
health service. most Of them denying
vigorously that there was any Increase
Of pellagra and all denying that the
situation was serious or that semi.
famine threatened.
The Illinois scandal. or comedy
whichever way you look at it--had an
amazing development when Governor
Small. indicted for embezzlement Of
state funds. decided that he was I'm
mune to arrest during his term In Of.
Hce and considered the calling out Of
state troops to protect himself. His
lawyers, appearing before Judge Smith
Of Springfield as "amici curiae," ad-
vised the court that the governor was
immune, ridiculously basing their as
sertion on the old maxim that "the
king can do no wrong" The Judge
hum0red their solemn dignity with
long and erudite opinion. in which he
completely. rddled their position,
turned their authorities against them.
selves aud made It quite clear that
In his view these friends Of the court
were offering decidedly unfriendly ad.
vice. He ruled that the governor, like
any other man, was not immune to ar.
rest and prosecution for crime. and
ordered the sheriff to take him Into
custody after giving him reasonable
time to surrender. At this writing
Mr.. Small Is still at large. conferring
with his political friends, presumably
trying to ind some way ont Of the di.
lemma.