The Washington times., 1921-09-09

Times vs.. Daugherty.
Wait. You Fat Ones.
Are Courts Worn out7
The Surprised Caterpillar.
ARTHUR BRISBANE
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tcopyrisht. 1854,
The New York Times criticizes
the Attorney General. Mr.. Daugh-
erty, because he asks Congress
70 change the statute Of limita-
tions and let him reach ont for
prohteers that robbed the Gov
eminent in war.
Before long they will all be
SAFE under the statute Of limita-
lions, free to spend their stolen
money In peace.
The Times objects to the At
torney Generals request for q.
change In the law. 2WHYf
II Mr.. Daugherty were trying
20 catch q thief that had stolen
Q two-and-a-half- dollar dog from
the Times the Times would be
all Tor Mr.. Daugherty. Why the
sympathy for profiteers? They
can hire good lawyers. Statutes
OF limitations are intended to
protect the weak against trumped
up evidence later on. Profiteers
do not need such statutes, ought
not to have them.
Mr.. Daugherty is demonstrating
what his friends foretold, that
he looks upon the people az his
clients p0w, and intends to give
them-his best service.
"Sweep on, you fat and greasy
citizens" !" said Shakespeare. The
German authorities say, "Wait
s.H minute; : s.. you fatse't Ones and
Assuming that the man with the
big waist is more prosperous and
less useful than his thinner
brother, the German finance
minister. proposes to tax every
inch beyond an average waist
measure. ~,
There couldn't be a wissr tax.
Except in certain sad cases Of un-
controllable metabolism, whatever
goes on to the waistband comes,
figuratively speaking, from the
forehead. Cut down the waist,
you build up the mind. s
The old Gauls knew it. They
took q young man in his prime,
fastened . metal ring around his
waist. and said, "Grow fat at your
peril. That ring won't come
In New Jersey, masked men
calling themselves 4".Ku Kux" fas-
tened man behind an automobile
and dragged him along the road.
He had beaten his wife. He will
probably lose one eye.
In Maine, veterans Of the war
marching in funeral procession
with the national flag saw q man
in a street car with his hat on.
Annoyed, they broke ranks, enter
ed the car, and Ssbeat the man up.
In all this, perhaps, human ma
ture yields to noble impulse, But
how far should Il 70 WIN thu
man who eats with his knife Or.
'uses y toothpick Ia public, SUDDEN
y find himself lying upon the
floor7
In France everybody raises his
hat for every funeral, but II one
absent-mindedly forgets, he is not
beaten.
Would It not be better to let
the court settle these matters?
= Lenin, of Russia, is amazed at
the change In bolshevist policy
made necessary by simple human
nature. Leaders that were
driven out are called back.
Money that was despised IL ear
nestly borrowed. Superior intelh-
eence, deemed unnecessary, un-
worthy Of superior pay, now
seems. necessary and can name
The caterpillar, suddenly ,
butterfly, Is not more surprised
than Mr.. Lenin will be, il he
lives twenty years, to see what
happens in Russia. A caterpil-
lar might say: "I want to remain
q proletarian caterpillar and
crawl on the ground. No butter
fly life for me-" Nevertheless,
he becomes Q butterfly when his
time comes.
That's how It is arranged.
The caterpillar doesn't arrange
It, and human beings don't ar
range their system. It Is ar
ranged for them, all locked up
inside the first cave man that
had brains enough to fashion .
Aharp flint to the end of q stick
and thus get the tigers hide.
IF the dead could return--for
instance, the original Astor--
what surprises would appear.
Lady Astor, a Virginia girl
member of England's parlian ent,
Il credited with this reply, when
asked how Ker people compared
socially with the Astor family,
into which she married:
my people were owners of
slaves when the Astors were
skinning skunks. Decide for
yourself which Is the better an
cestry." ,t's aE. ,--...
Lady Astor's ancestors-in-law
were engaged In the fur bust
ness. Energy and foresight in
the old Astor established the
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